Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 367 Da Army

"Then, let's officially start the class."

In the "Wish-Granting" room, as Mike finished speaking, the students who were originally chatting in groups of two or three immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at Mike intently.

This is the difference between this kind of spontaneous tutoring and ordinary courses. When dealing with this kind of spontaneous tutoring, most people will not be distracted like they would in ordinary classes. Instead, they will listen carefully because they know that this is their own choice.

Mike smiled slightly, came to an open space and said to everyone:
"As your temporary professor, I know very well that many of you came here just for my fire spell! After all, art is about explosions, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately burst into laughter, and many of them even continued to agree with Mike.

Mike stretched out his hand and pressed it, and waited until the scene quieted down before continuing:
"But what I want to say is that although the various variants of the Fire Spell are powerful and the light effects are very cool, they are not suitable for you. As students, I think you need to master a spell that can truly ensure your survival under the attack of black magic, rather than the so-called offensive spells. So, today I will teach you 'Safe Guard' and 'Universal Protection'."

"I don't like to be long-winded, so I will demonstrate the effects of these two spells to you now."

After saying that, Mike raised his wand and began to circle around the spot where he was standing, muttering "All protection".

After a while, everyone saw that the air around Mike began to tremble slightly, as if Mike had created a stream of hot air in the open space, thereby heating the surrounding air.

"Okay, the spell was cast successfully!" Mike shook his wand and turned to face everyone again, "Now please use spells to attack me, any spell will do."

Everyone who was listening to the class was shocked when they heard this. They looked at each other, and no one dared to cast a spell on Mike.

Mike shook his head, pointed at the crowd and said:

"Franklin, come here!"

"Hey hey!" Franklin was delighted when he heard that, and raised his wand to Mike excitedly, "Wadiwasi!"

As the spell was recited, several thick books on the bookshelf nearby suddenly flew up and hit Mike straight at them.

Those thick books were more than ten centimeters thick and incredibly heavy. If they hit someone, they would probably break their bones.

Hermione exclaimed instinctively, not hiding the worry in her eyes.

But Mike didn't know whether she was worried that he would be injured by the books or that the precious books would be damaged.

"Boom! Boom!"

Following a few muffled sounds, something happened that surprised everyone present.

The books that were thrown at Mike stopped as if they had hit a wall when they flew in front of Mike.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

Mike in the open space shook his head at Franklin with a sarcastic smile on his face, which made the latter a little angry, and he waved his clenched wand again.

"Except your weapons!"

A bright red spell flashed out, leaving a blood-red afterimage on everyone's retina, and then hit the still distorted air in front of Mike, creating ripples like a stone falling into the water.

There was warm applause from the crowd. It was the first time for most of them to see such a high level of protection spell.

"Everyone, I believe you have seen it, this is the function of the Universal Protection." Mike spread out his hands and said, "It can create a shield to protect a specific area. It is very suitable for protecting important targets that cannot be moved at critical moments, such as Hogwarts Castle, or your girlfriend."

Mike pointed at a couple in the crowd, and the crowd burst into laughter again.

"Then the All-Protective Spell has been demonstrated. I believe you have all seen the specific spells and the casting process. Of course, there must be some people who don't understand or remember the details (Neville lowered his head in embarrassment). You can ask me these questions later. Now, I will demonstrate the next spell I will teach today."

"Secure and safe!"

Under the gaze of everyone, Mike recited the spell, while the blackthorn wand in his hand continued to slide in the air.

As the blackthorn wand slid, the large area of ​​air it passed through suddenly began to tremble slightly as before. Gradually, after Mike circled around again, he was surrounded by a layer of distorted air again.

"It's the same as before. Is there anyone willing to give it a try this time?"

Mike, whose figure was somewhat distorted by the reflection, said so. After hearing this, a large number of people who wanted to try it suddenly emerged after seeing Franklin's demonstration. Everyone raised their hands one after another, wanting to be the lucky one chosen by Mike.

"Hmm..." Mike touched his chin and thought for a while before saying, "You guys come together!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone stopped hesitating, and all kinds of lights lit up from everyone's wands.

"The thugs fell to the ground!" "Everyone is petrified!" "Disarm your weapons!" "The front teeth are like clubs!" "The beautiful girl transforms!"...

Dozens of light beams of various colors blasted straight towards Mike, who was spreading his arms in a gesture of welcoming a hug in the center of the venue. Harry and Ron were so scared that they closed their eyes. Hermione next to them was much calmer than them, but there was still a hint of worry in her shining eyes.

“Swish, swish, chirp, chirp~”

Various spells hit the distorted air in front of Mike with a breaking sound, but the next scene left everyone stunned.

All the spells that were supposed to hit Mike directly suddenly changed direction after passing through that layer of distorted air and shot towards other places.

Some of the spells even reversed 180 degrees and shot towards their owners.

Fortunately, the members of the mutual aid association that Mike brought with him have been vigilant and stopped the spells in time, otherwise the spell casters would have suffered the consequences. "This is the Peace Guarding Spell!" Mike smiled as he walked out of the area where the air was distorted, "It can deflect most evil spells, including many perception spells..."

Mike shook the magic wand in his hand, and an invisible sharp blade shot out, hitting the "Safe Guard" and then was deflected and shot towards the ceiling.

"Pfft!"

A nearly two-meter-long gap appeared in the ceiling of the Room of Requirement, and exclamations suddenly rose from the crowd.

It was only then that Mike said the second half of his sentence: "...even curses and black magic are no exception!"

What Mike used was the 'God's Shadowless Curse'. Many people who follow Mike are actually familiar with this strange curse.

The appearance of this spell also re-energized those who were disappointed because Mike did not teach an attacking spell, because as long as this 'Defense Against the Dark Arts Group' can continue, they will most likely be able to learn a powerful and cool spell like 'God of Swords'!

"Since the angle at which 'Safe Guard' deflects evil spells is random, I don't recommend you use this spell when there are many companions around you, because it is easy to accidentally hurt friendly forces." Mike said, "But this does not mean that it is useless. In fact, since it can even deflect many perception spells, this spell is extremely useful for small-scale escape and infiltration. I hope you can use these two spells flexibly."

"Speaking of this, I believe many students have already discovered that the two protection spells, 'Universal Protection' and 'Safeguarding', have many similarities. For example, they are both barrier-type protection spells, and they are both variants of the Armor Spell." Mike said, "But what I want to say is that they actually have a special technique that can be shared by multiple people, that is, they can be released together!"

"Whether it's 'Safeguard' or 'Universal Protection', they are both limited in shield strength and duration, and because their protection range is much larger than that of ordinary armor spells, their release threshold is also very high. This results in many people barely releasing these two protection spells, but their effects may not be as good as an ordinary 'Armor Protection'. In order to solve this shortcoming, and at the same time, in order to enable everyone to better protect themselves, I specifically consulted Professor Flitwick, and he gave me a perfect solution. That is - teamwork!"

"Yes, you heard me right. What I'm talking about is teamwork. The two protective spells I demonstrated above can be multiplied in duration and effect by the cooperation of multiple people. Then, I will explain to you how to operate them..."

Half an hour later, everyone started trying under Mike's command.

They often form groups of two or three, with one person acting as an attacker, while the others stand together and release "Safeguarding Peace" or "Universal Protection" to defend, and then they rotate continuously.

Among all the people present, the senior mutual aid members brought by Mike performed the best.

The most outstanding group of members even successfully released a combined protection spell after several attempts, and successfully blocked the 'fainting' shot from their compatriots.

Mike was not surprised at all. The age rule in the wizarding world (the older the underage wizard is, the stronger his magic and control are, and his strength can even increase exponentially) is still applicable to ordinary wizards.

The combined protection spell is a spellcasting technique that is easy to learn but difficult to master. If novice wizards have sufficient magic power, they can easily cast it successfully.

But that doesn't mean they're proficient.

The key to releasing a combined protection spell is to coordinate everyone's magic output to maximize efficiency.

The magic conversion efficiency of the successful groups of people is simply eye-catching.

The strength of the protective spell they cast is at best only slightly stronger than that cast by a single person, but the output of magic power is several times greater.

"Okay, our time is almost up." Mike looked at the clock on the wall and said loudly, "Everyone stop."

Hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing, with a look of wanting more on their faces.

"I know everyone is very excited, but it's already late. If we don't go back, I'm afraid many of us will be put in detention tomorrow for sleeping in class." Mike said with a smile, and everyone laughed. "But before we officially announce the end of get out of class, we still have two things to deal with.

The first is about the name of our organization.”

Mike looked at Harry, who nodded excitedly.

"I discussed it with the other founders, and we have always felt that the name 'Defense Against the Dark Arts Group' is not enough to echo our intention to resist Umbridge, so we decided to officially change the name of the 'Defense Against the Dark Arts Group' to the DA Army, that is, Dumbledore's Army!" Mike said, "You may not know, but Harry Potter and I clearly felt his fear of Dumbledore during our contact with Minister of Magic Fudge. He was very afraid that the reason why Dumbledore wanted to become the headmaster of Hogwarts was entirely to form a suppression 'band' to overthrow him. Although we all know that this is impossible, since he has now sent Umbridge to disgust us, why don't we really form a Dumbledore Army!"

There was sparse applause from the crowd. It was obvious that no one cared much about the name of this organization. Most of them came here just to learn advanced Defense Against the Dark Arts and dueling skills.

"Then I'm going to tell you the second thing." Mike looked at Hermione, who gritted her teeth and finally walked forward.

"Everyone, let me explain this matter." Hermione said seriously, "I believe you all remember that I asked everyone to sign their names to ensure that we know who is coming."

Everyone nodded. Seeing this, Hermione took a deep breath and said:

"What I want to tell you is that the parchment is actually a magic contract with an extremely vicious curse attached to it. If any of you dare to break your original promise and reveal the secrets of the DA Army, your body will be covered with chickenpox and pimples! It is especially important to note that this is a curse! I bet that even the professors in the school cannot easily break this curse. So, if any of you really have the idea of ​​betrayal, I advise you to bury it. Because the consequences of that curse are likely to accompany you for the rest of your life!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar among the crowd.

Many people began to panic, especially the girls. The curse of having chickenpox and pimples all over their bodies was a nightmare for them.

Soon, the panic turned into anger.

People began to curse Hermione constantly, and some even threw the debris in their hands at Hermione, who looked guilty and did not move.

"Quiet, everyone!"

A huge wave of sound swept through the entire Request Room. Everyone instinctively covered their ears and looked at the culprit of the loud noise - Mike.

"This is just a safety measure for some of you. As long as you keep your promise, the curse will never take effect!" Mike said seriously, "Of course, if you firmly refuse to accept this approach, I can also release 'Oblivion' on you to erase all your memories of the DA Army. However, you also know that 'Oblivion' occasionally makes people forgetful. Now, anyone who wants to quit can raise your hand!"

In the crowd, the members of the mutual aid association looked indifferent, while Qiu Zhang and more than 20 others looked terrified. However, no one raised their hands, whether they were members of the mutual aid association or Qiu Zhang and others.

"Good!" Mike nodded in satisfaction. "Then I declare the get out of class dismissed!"

(End of this chapter)