Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 235 The Half-Blood Prince's Textbook

Before, when he was in Snape's office, Mike did not carefully check the Half-Blood Prince's textbook due to time constraints, so when Mike came to the Room of Requirement, he found that this book "Advanced Potion-Making" was really torn.

It seems that Snape did not keep the book well, or maybe Snape bought it second-hand.

In short, the condition of this book is very bad. Not only is the cover paper pages old and curled, but even the spine of the book bound inside has been damaged in many places, which means that this precious textbook is on the verge of falling apart.

Mike turned the pages carefully, fearing that he would tear the book if he used too much force.

After opening the book, the first thing that caught Mike's eyes was the various complicated potion theories and formulas. In addition to the clear and neatly printed words, the blank spaces in the book were also covered with obviously handwritten notes.

Although Snape's handwriting was not too ugly, and could even be called beautiful, it was obvious that the ink used by Snape when he was a student was not very good, which resulted in a large number of notes becoming blurred after the passage of time.

However, this did not have much impact on Mike, because he could not even understand the contents composed of printed words.

“This is really scary!”

Mike couldn't help but speak out his inner thoughts.

NEWT-level potion knowledge was too profound for Mike. Not to mention the weird potion knowledge, Mike couldn't even recognize most of the herbs on it.

Mike had no choice but to temporarily give up preparing these advanced potions and instead focus on the several spells recorded in the textbook.

There are a total of six spells recorded in Snape's book "Advanced Potion Making", which are:

Lock the tongue and throat, hang upside down like a golden bell, fall to the ground like a golden bell (the counter-spell of hanging upside down like a golden bell), block the ears and deafen, invisible sword, toenail growth spell.

Except for the Shadowless Sword, all other spells here are prank spells, but that doesn't mean these spells are ineffective, just like the tongue-locking and throat-sealing spells.

This spell can render a person speechless. On the surface, it seems to have very low direct killing power, but it is extremely useful when facing wizards.

After all, wizards need to recite spells to cast spells, and there are very few wizards in this world who have mastered the technique of silent casting.

In addition, Mike also remembered the Hanging Bell Curse recorded in the textbook. This spell can make people hang upside down. When Mike just entered the wizarding world, the unlucky guy from the Burke family in the tavern once used this spell on Mike.

This spell is very special. Like the Shadowless Spell, it requires a counter-spell to break it.

This type of spell is very vicious because it is almost impossible to restore the victim to his original state except by using a counterspell.

For this reason, whether a counter-curse is needed was once an important reason for the Ministry of Magic to judge whether a spell is dark magic.

This spell was entirely invented by Snape and was further developed by him.

In fact, Hogwarts will not teach too many prank spells like this. After all, after teaching you, you will most likely use it to play pranks. The main way to learn them is through word of mouth among classmates.

Given how easy these spells are to cast, they spread quite quickly.

Like Harry and Ron, they had already learned a lot of mischievous spells such as "teeth as sticks" from the Weasley brothers in their first and second years.

Spells also have popularity. For example, the popular prank spells in Mike's era were spells such as the "dancing spell", "front teeth spell" and "slug spell".

In Snape's time, the mischievous spells he invented were loved by all the students in Hogwarts, especially the Fuchsia spell, which was a must-learn spell for everyone in his time.

Mike could understand why Snape wanted to spread the spells he invented. He probably wanted to prove his talent to someone.

But he would never have thought that his mortal enemy, James Potter, had also learned the spell he invented, and used it against him, making her look bad.

In front of the woman he loved most!

Mike believed that Snape must have felt desperate when he was hung upside down in front of the person he loved.

After a few seconds of silence for Professor Snape's lost love, Mike turned his attention back to the Sharp Edge Spell.

What surprised Mike was that the difficulty of casting the Shadowless Spell was unexpectedly low. This extremely lethal spell did not require any complicated wand-waving movements, nor did it require any specific emotions. One only had to move the wand according to the instructions in the textbook and recite the spell clearly.

Mike was very confused. The time he had spent learning the Patronus Charm made him unable to believe that releasing the Shadowless Divine Strike would be so easy.

Out of trust in the original work, Mike half-doubtfully raised his wand, pointed it at an alchemical doll not far away, and chanted a spell at it.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

As the spell was recited, Mike felt the magic power in his body suddenly drop a little, and then without any signs, a scar as if cut by a sword appeared on the head of the alchemy doll.

Mike went forward and took a closer look. The scar was about 20 centimeters long, starting from the forehead of the puppet and extending to the chin.

The wound was very deep. Even though the materials used to make the alchemical doll were all magical biological leather with certain anti-magic properties, it was unable to block the sharp blade of the shadowless god.

Mike now understood why this spell was called "Invisible Sharpness". This kind of lethality and stealthiness made it even more suitable for sneak attacks than the Ground Spike Spell.

And because of the characteristic of Shenfeng Wuying that it requires a counter-curse to be removed, even if the person who is affected by it does not die on the spot, there is a high probability that he will die from excessive bleeding afterwards.

The only pity is that the counter-spell of Shenfengwuying was not recorded in the Half-Blood Prince’s textbook.

In addition, Mike also discovered a very interesting place.

After being released, Shenfeng Wuying did not summon a magic blade similar to a wind blade to slash the enemy as Mike originally understood, but directly cracked the enemy's skin.

This is especially evident under the field of view of magic perception.

Mike didn't notice any magic power coming out of his wand at all. The sharp and invisible blade seemed to be formed directly on the enemy's body surface after being guided by mental power.

Mike was overjoyed when he discovered this. He had been coveting Tom Riddle's spellcasting skill that could make spells lose their trajectory for a long time, but Professor Flitwick didn't know what this skill was called.

Since the Shadowless Sword was too simple, Mike couldn't help but think of teaching it to Penelope and Franklin, the two people he trusted the most.

Mike thought that the two were still a little bit weaker than him. He could not rely on himself to establish an organization in the future. He also needed to make the core members of his organization have overwhelming power to crush other members. And the magic spell of God's Sword and Shadowless was just right.

As for whether Snape would get the news and come to trouble him after he spread the Sharpshooter Curse, Mike was not worried at all.

The copy of "Half-Blood Prince's Textbook" in his hand is not only a priceless second-hand book, but also Snape's second-year book, the dark history that he never wants to recall.

Mike believed that anyone would burst into laughter after suddenly learning that Snape was also a middle school student with syndrome when he was a teenager and even called himself the Half-Blood Prince.

This was a devastating blow to Snape's image. The ridicule of countless people was simply a nightmare for Snape, who had once suffered from school bullying.

Based on the above reasons, Mike believed that even if Snape knew that he had stolen his textbook, he would pretend to be dumb and at most target him secretly.

Having made the decision, Mike immediately headed for the Ravenclaw common room.

Mike arrived at the common room at a perfect time, Penelope had just finished class and Franklin had just finished Quidditch training.

When Penelope heard that Mike had something to talk to them about, she followed Mike without asking any questions, while Franklin kept asking questions and claimed that if he was not in a hurry, he wanted to take a shower first, as he was covered in sweat after practicing Quidditch all day.

In response, Mike threw a clean-up at him and walked out of the lounge.

"I'm really impressed by you, Mike." Franklin hurriedly followed him and asked, "What's the matter that's so urgent?"

"Good news, very good news! Don't ask for details, just follow me."

Hearing this, Franklin had to shut his mouth. Penelope, who was standing by, couldn't help laughing because she found the conversation between the two quite interesting.

However, Franklin, the active boy, was unwilling to stop for a moment. Not long after the group of three walked, he started talking to Mike again.

"Mike, have you read today's newspaper?" Franklin said seriously, "I heard that a Muggle saw Sirius Black near Hogwarts!"

Mike, who was walking in front, stopped suddenly, turned his head and looked straight at Franklin. He didn't ask until Franklin felt uncomfortable all over, "How did you know?"

"The Daily Prophet. It also said that the Ministry of Magic used too much force when erasing the Muggle's memory. The Muggle will probably be very forgetful in the future."

Mike didn't hear the second half of Franklin's words at all. His brain was working very fast at this moment.

Sirius had no wand and no access to any wizarding public transportation, so he moved very slowly. They had only just arrived near Hogwarts after school had started for so long.

Now that Black has arrived at Hogwarts, his next step may be to sneak into Hogwarts directly...

'We must speed up our plans.'

Mike said this to himself in his heart, and the next moment he quickened his pace and walked towards the Room of Requirement.

When the three of them arrived at the Room of Requests, before the panting Penelope and Franklin could catch their breath, Mike directly told them the purpose of why he called them over this time.

"I'm going to teach you a new spell!"

Penelope and Franklin reacted differently to the news.

A smile immediately appeared on Franklin's face. For him, learning new spells must be a good thing. His current spell pool is much shallower than Mike's.

Penelope looked embarrassed, and said to Mike tentatively: "Mike, I'm in the fifth grade now, and I have a lot of courses, so..."

Penelope didn't continue talking because Mike was looking at her with a strange look.

"I can assure you that the spell I'm going to teach you next will be the most amazing one you've ever seen!" Mike persuaded, "And you don't have to work so hard. I'm considered a wealthy man now. Based on the level of spending you showed during our last date, I should still be able to support you."

In response to the second half of Mike's joke, Penelope just forced a smile, but did not say anything to refuse.

Seeing this, Mike stopped trying to persuade her. He drew out his wand and cast a sharp and invisible spell at the training dummy beside him.

Franklin and Penelope looked at the dummy, and after seeing the shocking wound on the dummy, they both opened their mouths in amazement.

This was not the end yet. Mike changed direction and raised his wand again. After a brief thought, he chanted the Patronus Charm.

"Call the gods to protect you!"

As Mike chanted the spell, a silver-white raven suddenly appeared, flew around Penelope and then disappeared into the air.

"Patronus Charm!"

Penelope was obviously a connoisseur. She reacted immediately after the silver raven disappeared and exclaimed in surprise.

"Hyouka! You got it right, it's the Patronus Charm. The two spells I just demonstrated are what I will teach you next." Mike snapped his fingers and said, "The Patronus Charm is difficult, so I don't expect you to learn it in a short time. But the Shadowless Spell just now is very simple, I hope you can learn it within two days."

Franklin and Penelope were stunned at first, and then agreed with great difficulty.

Franklin was worried that he was too stupid to learn, while Penelope was worried that the sudden task assigned by Mike would affect her already busy studies.

Mike didn't say much when he saw the two of them like this. He asked them to sit down first and said with a serious expression:
"I hope you can keep everything I'm going to say strictly confidential!"

Penelope and Franklin looked at each other and nodded again.

"Sirius Black will launch an attack on Hogwarts next, and his actions are bound to anger the Dementors guarding the perimeter of Hogwarts."

"I believe you have seen how unruly the Dementors are. I have reason to believe that these beasts will use the excuse of searching for Black to enter Hogwarts and search!"

Before Mike could finish his words, Penelope's body began to tremble. The Dementors at the beginning of the school year had left her with a deep psychological trauma.

"But we don't have to worry too much. As you have just seen, I can already summon a physical version of the patronus, which can protect the three of us." Mike continued, "But the safety of the rest of the students is still a problem. So I ask you to help me, to help me protect those in need!"

(End of this chapter)