Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 106 Return and Harvest (Second Update)
Watching Helga disappear into the dense forest, Mike wanted to chase her, but the big hole on his thigh that was still bleeding stopped him.

The wound caused by the stone thorn was not small, and Mike continued to fight with the middle-aged man for such a long time after being injured. Now Mike has begun to lose consciousness due to excessive blood loss.

There were some medicines such as difficile that could treat external injuries in Mike's pocket, but unfortunately his personal belongings did not follow him into the trial illusion, so Mike had to use extreme methods to stop the bleeding.

He found a wooden stick and put it in his mouth to bite, then he released a weakened version of the fire spell on his wound. Under Mike's control, a weak flame spurted out from the wand, licking Mike's wound. When the flame burned all the wounds, Mike had already fallen to the ground covered in sweat, and the wooden stick was also bitten off by him.

Mike lay on the ground and rested for a long time. Only after the forest fire gradually died down did he force himself to walk in the direction where Helga had escaped.

My injuries were very serious. If I couldn't get further treatment as soon as possible, I would definitely die here. So the top priority now was to get to Raven Town as soon as possible.

However, Mike soon felt Helga's revenge. Not only did the originally gentle little animals all attack him like crazy, but even the plants were full of malice towards him, appearing at Mike's feet from time to time and trying to trip him.

Fortunately, this forest is not big, and Mike and Helga have been walking for half a day, so Mike's magical perception has already discovered the boundary of the forest.

After struggling forward in the forest for a whole night, Mike finally walked out of the forest when his wound began to become inflamed and he was about to die. What appeared before him was a beautiful farm with a windmill and a shepherd boy was looking after his cattle and sheep.

Mike staggered towards the farm, the wand already silently grasped in his hand. After a night when he seemed to be targeted by the whole world, Mike was in urgent need of food and treatment.

Mike was willing to use force to get them.

However, when he officially stepped onto the farm, everything around him started to become blurry. At first, Mike thought he was going to faint, but he soon realized that this meant the trial was over.

The wound on Mike's leg healed quickly, and his tattered clothes were restored to their original state. The long-lost feeling of refreshment made Mike moan in comfort.

But the feeling of comfort did not last long, and a sharp pain came from his brain. A memory that did not belong to Mike appeared in Mike's mind, and even the brain blockade could not stop it.

In severe pain, Mike saw the memory of Ms. Ravenclaw: his hometown was attacked by goblins, his mother died in front of him, and he and Helga worked together to repel the little goblin, and fled into the forest with Helga.

The first half of the memory was exactly the same as what Mike had experienced, but things began to change when the two entered the forest.

When the two girls met the middle-aged wizard, they did not launch an attack but turned around and ran away. However, the two little girls could not run faster than the middle-aged wizard and were soon caught.

But the wizard turned out to be a good man. Not only did he bring the two to Raventown, he also adopted them, raised them, and even invited other wizards to join him in destroying the goblins that destroyed Ravenclaw's hometown.

However, two years later, when Ravenclaw was 13 years old, the town called Raventown was attacked by a group of nightmare ravens. Except for Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff who escaped because they went into the forest to collect herbs, the entire town, including the middle-aged wizard, all died.

After reading the memory, Mike smiled bitterly and shook his head. No wonder the first trial was so difficult. He was also surprised that even someone as powerful as himself almost died in it. How did those witches pass the first trial and the more difficult second trial? It turned out that he only needed to follow the middle-aged wizard.

By the time Mike recovered from the severe pain, he had returned to the Ravenclaw common room. The moon outside the window was still hanging in the night sky. Mike glanced at the hourglass beside him and found that the one day and two nights he spent in the trial only took one hour in real time.

Without being too surprised, Mike began to check his physical condition and personal belongings.

Mike was immediately delighted by the inspection. Of course, his belongings were not missing, but his magic power had increased significantly, and his mental strength had also improved. Although the specific values ​​still needed to be tested in the Room of Requirement, Mike conservatively estimated that the increase should be more than 10%. Although it was only more than 3%, Mike's current magic power level was comparable to that of an average adult wizard, so this % increase was already a huge improvement after multiplication. At least if there were no adventures, it would take Mike years to achieve this.

But these are not the most important things. What makes Mike most happy is that the spell that the middle-aged wizard used to injure him before also appeared in his mind.

Earth Thorn Curse

Spell: Stone spear appears.

Wand waving method: First this way, then that way, and finally this way.

Note: Using this spell requires strong mental support, otherwise you will not be able to attack accurately and cause magic backlash.

This spell should be a revised version improved by Ravenclaw. When releasing the original spell, it should require inserting the wand into the ground like the middle-aged wizard to allow the magic power to flow smoothly into the ground, but the revised version only requires chanting the spell and waving the wand.

Come to think of it, in the early Middle Ages, Europe was still built on earthen floors, so people learned this spell. But now, wooden and stone floors are everywhere, and the wand can't be inserted into the soil at all. Mike guessed that this spell was lost for this reason.

Excited Mike took his wand and went straight to the Room of Requirement. He couldn't wait to test the power of the Earth Spike Technique.

Since it was directly instilled into his brain, Mike's use of the Earth Spike Technique was as easy as eating and drinking, and he didn't need any retraining at all.

"The stone spear appears! The stone spear appears!"

As Mike chanted the spell, a dummy not far away was pierced by a stone spike more than one meter high and ten centimeters thick. At the same time, a dummy next to it was also lifted up by a stone pillar more than one meter high and 70 centimeters thick.

The two spikes were about the same height, but very different in thickness. The thinner spike had a sharper tip, while the thicker one was much blunter.

Looking at the two stone spikes in front of him, Mike nodded with satisfaction.

The use of the ground spike spell is very flexible, he can control the length and thickness of the ground spikes at will. And this spell has no signs before the ground spikes appear, which is very suitable for sneak attacks.

After completing the ground stabbing experiment, Mike began to feel mentally exhausted.

Although his physical injuries and fatigue had all disappeared, his spirit was exhausted from the trial. He had not felt tired before because he was too excited, but now that he calmed down, he felt extremely sleepy.

Mike fought back his sleepiness and arrived at the auditorium, then crawled back into his sleeping bag.

Looking at the half-empty glass of water beside his pillow, Mike couldn't help but feel a sense of reunion after a long separation.

"It's great to be back."

(End of this chapter)