Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 376 Christmas Secret Meeting
The Christmas holiday has finally arrived. This year's Hogwarts can be said to be the quietest in nearly a hundred years.

Because all the students who had homes to return to chose to go home to spend Christmas without hesitation. No one wanted to stay in Hogwarts and continue to face Umbridge's ugly face every day.

Harry and Mike also chose not to stay at school, but the difference was that the former did not choose to stay at school only because he had to take care of the injured Mr. Weasley with the three Weasley brothers at St. Mungo's to ease his inner guilt - Harry believed that Mr. Weasley's attack was largely to blame on him.

As for the latter, Mike is no longer the lonely man he was when he first traveled through time. Now he not only has a group of companions in the Freemasonry, but also has an elder like Professor Flitwick. Naturally, he will spend Christmas with them.

Of course, the most important reason is Penelope.

In the past few months, Mike and Penelope have not seen each other for a long time due to work reasons, which makes Penelope very unhappy.

I finally have a vacation this time, so of course I have to comfort my girlfriend.

However, what Mike didn't expect was that shortly after the Christmas holiday began, Victor, who had not appeared for a long time, found him and made a strange request to him.

In the Masonic secret spell training ground, Mike and Victor were standing opposite each other.

Mike was wearing a dark black combat uniform used exclusively by the Freemasons, while Victor opposite him was shirtless. His exposed muscles reflected a strange light under the illumination of the magic lamps on the ceiling of the training square, and there was even a faint flickering light inside.

At the edge of the training ground, Arthur, Penelope and other Masonic members were looking nervously at the two people in the square. Among them, Benjamin was holding a laptop and typing on it while observing the two people.

"Is Victor crazy?" Franklin looked at Victor, who was solemnly standing in the square, with an expression as if he was looking at a fool. "If he wants to test the data of the new machine, he can use other methods. Why does he have to find Mike for actual combat testing? Isn't this courting death?"

Hearing this, Benjamin looked at Victor deeply, and his typing on the keyboard paused.
As someone who has lived with Victor for a long time, he can actually understand Victor's psychology very well - Victor is actually very anxious.

Mike gave him great support in his journey of body mechanical transformation.

This touched Victor deeply, but it was not easy to open up a new field after all.

Victor is a proud man.

But now, people like them who concentrate on studying spells, potions and other ordinary conventional combat methods have made great progress in combat effectiveness, but Victor has been stagnant. This makes him very anxious and eager to prove himself.

But even so, isn't it a bit too reckless for you to directly choose Mike as the test subject?
You know, Mike's strength is at the monster level in the eyes of everyone!
Thinking of this, a hint of worry appeared in Benjamin's eyes.

While Benjamin was daydreaming, Victor, who was standing on the field, started moving.

Only the sound of an engine was heard, and bursts of blue light began to emanate from Victor's knees and other leg joints, which were wrapped in black trousers.

Immediately afterwards, Victor turned into a shadow and rushed straight towards Mike at an extremely fast speed!

"That speed! It's almost catching up with me!"

There was a hint of surprise in Arthur's eyes, but Victor did not stop at this moment. His upper body was constantly deforming while running. First, a mechanical creature similar to a tail stretched out from behind him. The tip of the tail was a brown magic wand, which was constantly moving in the air as Victor ran.

These sliding tracks may seem mindless, but if you look closely you'll find that they're actually dancing according to a certain pattern.

At the same time, Victor's free arms also changed.

His right hand had disappeared, replaced by a sharp sword flashing with cold light, while his left hand had turned into a gun barrel, which was emitting the same faint blue light.

"sough!"

As two sounds of breaking through the air were heard, two beams of light, one red and one blue, shot out from the barrel of Victor's left hand and the tail behind him, respectively, and flew towards Mike.

Seeing this, Penelope and others at the edge of the square exclaimed, because the speed of the two beams of light was so fast that it almost exceeded the limit of what the naked eye could capture.

But the next moment, their exclamations were stuck.

Because at the moment when the two beams of light were about to hit, Mike gently waved his right hand holding the magic wand, and then a powerful and terrifying magic power burst out from the magic wand.

In this powerful magic, Victor's attack was like a drop of water falling into the sea. After creating a small ripple, it disappeared silently.

Benjamin was so shocked that he was speechless at this moment, because as a specialist in spells and potions, he knew very well what Mike had just done.

That's not a defensive technique at all, but a pure release of magic power!
Generally, this kind of defense method will only appear between two wizards with a huge difference in strength, like a professor versus a student. Only when the opponent's magic level is low enough, or one's own magic power is high enough, can one easily resolve the opponent's attack.

But is Victor's magic level really that low?

certainly not!
As someone who specifically takes care of Victor's life, Benjamin knows Victor's level of magic very well.

Although Victor has been studying human mechanics, he is still in his developmental stage, so the level of magic in his body is still increasing.

Even compared to himself and others, he is not weaker at all.

Then there is only one answer left - Mike has become so strong that they can't even guess!
Just as several people at the edge of the square were shocked, Victor had already approached Mike. His right hand turned into a sharp sword and chopped at Mike without hesitation. However, this sword was blocked by another sword - a spare sword of Mike.

Seeing that Mike did not use the holy sword to deal with him, Victor's expression became even more ferocious. He put the barrel of the gun in his left hand against Mike's chest and began to accumulate energy again.

Seeing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Mike's eyes. Of course, what surprised him was not that Victor was so ruthless, but that Victor had not shown any signs of fatigue until now.

Combined with the research reports submitted by Victor, Mike actually has a certain understanding of the fighting style of Victor's machine.

Victor's body is equipped with multiple high-powered alchemical engines, energy storage cannons, transforming swords, and a 'tail' that is directly connected to the nerves and can independently wave a wand and transfer magic power.

This makes his fighting style extremely special, a combination of speed and strength.

Such an organism requires enormous amounts of energy.

In order to keep the machine highly flexible, Victor did not choose to pretend to be an energy pendant, but chose to charge it completely with the magic power in his body. But Victor is not like himself who has many adventures. As a wizard who has not yet reached adulthood, the magic power content in his body is not much. Victor should feel very tired after continuously using the energy-consuming energy cannon.

Thinking of this, Mike looked at Victor's face again.

At this moment, Victor was gritting his teeth, with cold sweat appearing on his forehead.

Suddenly Mike understood what was going on - Victor was holding on!
Mike's expression became serious and he decided to end this battle quickly.

He waved the magic wand in his right hand again, and a ball of magic power so dense that it was almost visible to the naked eye gushed towards Victor. At the same time, Mike's left hand was not idle either. His fingers silently drew a semicircle in the air, and he murmured:

"Confuse the public!"

"Oh!"

There was a loud bang, and Victor flew backwards at a faster speed than when he came. He fell heavily to the ground and slid for nearly five meters before he stopped.

Victor raised his dusty face and looked at the figure still standing quietly in the distance, his heart full of despair.

Mike is so strong, so strong that it is shocking and hopeless!

But can he really give up like this?
Victor questioned himself in his heart, but the next moment, he got the answer.

No! I absolutely cannot give up like this!
"Except your weapons!"

Victor shouted with all his strength, and at the same time, the tail behind him twisted, and an extremely strong red light gushed out from it!

"Boom!"

There was a muffled sound, and the disarming spell shot from the tip of Victor's staff did not shoot at Mike, but fell on Victor himself!
Victor was knocked away again, his face full of confusion.

Franklin and others at the edge of the venue were equally unbelievable. From their perspective, Victor had just cast a disarming spell at them, and it was a super powerful one.

So the question is, is Victor really the kind of loser who can't even get his attack targets right?

of course not!

You know, before Victor joined the Freemasons, he was a well-known combat elite! The first place in the Monster Hunting Competition!
"It's the Confusion Spell!" Benjamin sighed and explained, "Just now, the moment Victor and Mike touched each other, Mike cast a Confusion Spell on Victor's wand, so his wand can't distinguish between friend and foe!"

Everyone suddenly understood what was going on after hearing this, and at the same time Mike came to Victor and stretched out his hand towards Victor, who was lying on the ground in a very embarrassed state.

"Get up."

Listening to Mike's gentle words and looking at his sunny smile, Victor sighed deeply.

"I'm really impressed by you!"

The two hands were clasped together in mid-air, and Benjamin and others at the edge of the venue smiled when they saw this.

"Master." The house-elf Shuke suddenly appeared beside Mike, "The dinner is ready. Should we start now?"

Mike laughed, pulled Victor up, and said:

"Then let's get started!"

……

Ten minutes later, in the restaurant of the Masonic Secret Realm, Mike and other Masonic members were sitting around a long table, with mountains of delicious food in front of them.

Especially Arthur, the food in front of him could be described as a small mountain. This was a decision Shuke made specifically after considering his appetite, so that every guest at this dinner could enjoy themselves.

You have to know that this banquet is the year-end summary dinner specially prepared by Mike. As the organizer, Shuke naturally cannot make any mistakes.

Actually, there is no such custom as company annual meetings in the wizarding world. After all, the population of the wizarding world is too small, and humans are social creatures. Compared to gatherings with colleagues in the company, everyone prefers to be with their families.

But Mike and the Freemasons are different. They are the new generation of wizards from the Muggle society, and naturally they like such gatherings more.

Halfway through the banquet, Mike raised his glass and pointed it at everyone and said loudly:

"Everyone, you have done a great job in the past year, especially the new members who have joined us. You have proved your abilities to me. And I want to say something more about Victor. As you have just seen, his human mecha has the ability to fight in actual combat. Although it is still not strong enough to face the absolutely overwhelming wizards, there is no doubt that this is an innovation that can change the world!"

Hearing this, Zhou Hong and the others all smiled. As for Victor, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

No one knows it better than him. Although the current mechas do have impressive combat capabilities, it is still far from enough for the Freemasons.

At least until he solves the energy problem and adds more and stronger mechanical components, this so-called human mecha is completely useless!
However, Mike, who was sitting at the first seat, did not notice Victor's expression and continued:

"But this is not enough. I'm sorry. I know it's a bit disappointing to say this at such a festive moment, but I still have to say it. The difficulties we will face next will be even more severe, and some decisions made within the organization may be unacceptable to some members. But please believe me, everything I do is to enable Freemasonry to have a better tomorrow. Here, I apologize to everyone for the decisions I may make in the future!"

Mike stood up and bowed to everyone.

"Okay, now, please raise your glasses and let's toast to the greater good!"

Hearing this, everyone stood up. Even Arthur, who was eating voraciously, hurriedly poured a glass of red wine and stood up.

"For the greater good!"

(End of this chapter)