Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 379 Battle Test
"Mike, are you ready?"

In the Charms professor's office, Professor Flitwick spoke to Mike with a serious face.

"Okay, Professor."

Mike nodded.

Recently, as he has grown older, the magic power in his body has been surging.

This caused him to lose accurate judgment of his own strength, and he had no choice but to find his Professor Flitwick to ask for help.

The latter agreed without hesitation upon hearing this.

Hearing this, Professor Flitwick nodded, took out his wand and waved it gently. The bookshelf in the office suddenly opened, revealing a secret door hidden inside.

"Then let's go."

As he spoke, Professor Flitwick pushed the door open with Mike.

Mike was very familiar with the space inside the door. It was a small spell training room that Professor Flitwick had created in his office using the Traceless Stretching Charm. When Mike was in the lower grades, he often practiced spells here with Professor Flitwick.

But later, as Michael gained more and more power, this spell training room was slowly abandoned by him.

Mike originally thought that he would see a familiar training room, but when Mike actually entered it, he found that the current spell training room had already been completely renewed.

The floor and walls inside have also been replaced with mithril alloy with a higher magic resistance level. The large-scale use of such precious materials in such a place even made a rich man like Mike feel a little shocked.

Apparently, Professor Flitwick also discovered that this training room was no longer suitable for Mike, so he renovated it.

After figuring this out, Mike felt a sudden warmth in his heart.

Professor Flitwick on the side seemed to see what Mike was thinking from his expression. He smiled and patted Mike on the shoulder, then walked to a place nearly ten meters away from Mike.

"Don't be distracted, boy!" Professor Flitwick shouted, "Since this is a test to test your strength, there is no need for you to conserve your strength. You can use those Unforgivable Curses and Dark Magic on me this time! Oh! Don't tell me that you haven't used these things for so long that they are rusty. I don't believe it. With your personality, you should practice these things every day!"

"But Professor..."

"Don't say but! Do you think you can hurt me with your mediocre skills?" Professor Flitwick shouted with a smile, "Hurry up and start. I'll let you make the first move!"

Mike smiled bitterly and shook his head. He could understand Professor Flitwick's idea of ​​not wanting to bully the weak, but what Professor Flitwick didn't know was that Mike's magic power had increased too much recently, so much so that Mike had even given up developing all new spell routines and concentrated all his training time on repetitive training to allow himself to adapt to the increased magic power.

To be honest, Mike now even thinks that even top professors like McGonagall and Snape are no match for him.

Of course, he would not say such words out loud, after all, it would seem arrogant, but Mike had this feeling deep down in his heart. Even Professor Flitwick standing in front of him was not his opponent!

So, let’s just forget about the Unforgivable Curse.

Thinking of this, Mike no longer hesitated. He waved his wand and cast a disarming spell.

"Oh!"

There was an explosion, and Mike's disarming spell was easily dispelled by Professor Flitwick.

"You little brat, you will suffer if you don't listen to the old man! I gave you a chance, but you didn't live up to it!"

After saying this, Professor Flitwick took a step, and his short body immediately moved quickly.

That’s not all. As he moved, spells flashed with various colors like raindrops and covered Mike.

Seeing this, Mike no longer held back. He chuckled and launched his skilled three-attack combo: Wind Speed ​​Spell + Illusion Spell + Fire Spell.

Three complex spells were completely released almost in an instant. Mike's figure suddenly turned transparent. At the same time, a huge ball of fire shot up into the sky and collided with the oncoming spells, causing a more violent explosion, but also blocked all the spells.

A raging heat wave swept through the entire spell training room, scorching the air in this small space and causing it to twist and churn, making it even more difficult for Professor Flitwick to detect Mike who had entered a phantom state.

"Not bad!" Professor Flitwick raised his lips. "But do you think this is the end?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mike, who was moving at high speed on the field like a ghost, felt a palpitation.

Mike knew very well that this was the early warning ability that came with his sudden surge in mental power, and this ability had saved him many times in the past.

But this time the warning left him a little confused, because the source of that intense feeling of palpitations was actually himself!

The next moment, the Hogwarts robe on Mike suddenly turned into a giant python, binding Mike tightly, and at the same time making Mike's figure that had disappeared reappear.

"wtf!"

Mike cursed and immediately used his own powerful physical strength to try to break free.

Professor Flitwick's move really surprised him. He originally thought that a hot-tempered duel champion like Professor Flitwick would be straightforward, but he didn't expect that Professor Flitwick, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, could use shady tricks. He actually hid a hidden Transfiguration Spell in the rain of spells just now! And he even broke through his own fire barrier!

"caught you!"

Professor Flitwick shouted loudly, and pointed his wand straight at the restrained Mike, and a ball of bright white light began to condense wildly on the tip of his wand!

"Oops!"

McDun felt something was not right. The tingling sensation coming from between his eyebrows kept reminding him that he must not be hit directly by that attack!
There was a flash of silver light in his hand, and the steel sword flew out of its sheath and cut off the giant python that was binding him. At the same time, the magic wand in his hand quickly turned into a complex and strange arc in the air.

"Burn everything!"

As Mike roared, a strange dark red flame rose up and turned into a giant flaming python. It quickly coiled into a snake cake with Mike as the center, protecting Mike tightly.

At this time, the ball of light at the tip of Professor Flitwick's staff had also accumulated energy. Another loud shout was heard, and a huge beam of light, bright enough to rival the sun, shot out and collided with the huge fire snake head that was ejected.

"Boom!"

The moment the beam of light came into contact with it, the huge fire python began to dissipate rapidly like ice and snow encountering fire.

But the Li Fire was not an ordinary fire after all. It was a cursed fire composed purely of a terrifying curse! While the light beam was melting the flames, the curse within the Li Fire was also constantly eroding the terrifying magic power contained in the light beam.

In the end, after penetrating the Fire Shield, the All-Protective Barrier, and two layers of reinforced armor, the light beam was finally blocked by the last ordinary armor spell in front of Mike.

"call!"

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Mike felt like his heart was about to jump out.

His intuition told him that if he was hit directly by that terrifying beam of light, he would definitely die!
After the panic, Mike was filled with anger. He gasped and shouted:
"You're going too far! Professor Flitwick! If I get hit by this, I'll die!"

"Stop talking nonsense, kid. I told you not to hold back! You didn't listen, and now you're suffering!" Professor Flitwick cursed back, "Fight back if you have the guts, or shut up!"

Hearing this, Mike felt even angrier and decided not to hold back.

As the wand was pointed forward, the magic power in Mike's body gushed out, carrying with it the few remaining flames beside him, which condensed, rotated, and took shape at an extremely fast speed at the tip of the wand, eventually forming a fireball the size of a washbasin.

A smile appeared on Mike's face. Although the fireball in front of him looked ordinary, it actually consumed nearly one third of the magic power in his body, and it also contained the power of fire. If it was released, it would definitely surprise Flitwick!
As the fireball took shape, it immediately broke away from Mike's control and flew towards Professor Flitwick at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.

However, the fireball did not hit Flitwick directly, but suddenly stopped in the air not far in front of Flitwick, then it expanded strangely, and then quickly collapsed into a small black dot...

"Merlin's beard..."

Professor Flitwick murmured in surprise, his pupils still reflecting the strange black light.

The next moment, a ball of blazing light exploded from the black dot.

"Boom!"

A huge explosion swept through the entire training room, making Mike's ears ring.

But that was not the end, because the blazing light only lasted for a moment, and then endless flames swept through the entire training room along with a huge shock wave!

The floor and walls of the training room are made of a super-strong alloy whose magic resistance is second only to Bella's vault door. In theory, it should be able to withstand most spells in the world.

But with Mike's attack, almost all the mithril alloy in the training room was destroyed, and the very few that were not completely destroyed also began to melt.

Mike was breathing heavily, struggling to maintain all the protective barriers in front of him.

In such a small space, the power of the fireball I just fired was greatly enhanced. If I didn't open the barrier in time, I would probably be hurt.

However, although this attack was very powerful, Professor Flitwick was no pushover. Mike firmly believed that such an attack should be nothing to Professor Flitwick.

What's more, Mike had actually shown mercy and did not let the fireball hit Flitwick directly as originally planned, but detonated it in advance.

Inside the training ground, the huge smoke caused by the explosion was slowly dissipating, revealing a small figure hidden behind the smoke.

That was Professor Flitwick.

Just as Mike predicted, Professor Flitwick took evasive and defensive measures before the explosion began, so he did not suffer any substantial damage.

But at this moment, Professor Flitwick maintained a stunned expression, his special robe had turned into beggar's clothes, his face and body were covered with black burn marks, even his hair and beard were burned a lot, he looked extremely miserable.

"Uuha! Ahahahaha!"

Seeing this, Mike couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Professor Flitwick, who was still in a daze not far away, was also awakened by the laughter. He first looked at the destroyed training room and his own condition, then looked at Mike who was laughing in the distance, and couldn't help but laugh.

……

Two hours later, in Professor Flitwick's office, Mike and Professor Flitwick were sitting around a round table, enjoying the dinner specially prepared by the house-elves.

In the previous combat test, both Mike and Professor Flitwick had consumed a lot of physical energy, so it was natural for them to stay and have a sumptuous dinner together.

"Mike," Professor Flitwick took a sip of the rose wine that Mike brought and said solemnly, "You are really getting stronger and stronger. I'm afraid there is nothing more I can teach you next."

Mike paused slightly with the steak fork in his hand, then smiled and said:

"Thank you for your compliment, Professor Flitwick. I am far from being as good as you are, and I will have to rely on your guidance in the future."

"No, no, no!" Professor Flitwick drank the wine in the glass and shook his head. "I'm serious, Mac. You are very strong now. You are already on par with me. Even McGonagall and Snape should be on par with you."

Mike didn't say anything, just stared at Professor Flitwick.

The latter seemed to be drunk, with a smile in his eyes, and said with relief:
"But you have to remember one thing!"

Mike straightened himself and said, "Please go ahead!"

"The growth of power can make people lose themselves, especially since you have learned a lot of dark magic that is theoretically forbidden. This way, your mind will be lost more easily than others. So you must remember to always keep your original intention. Otherwise, the greater your power, the greater the damage you will cause to the world. Voldemort became what he is now because he was overcome by his own desires. I don't want you to repeat his mistakes."

"Don't worry, Professor. I won't make that mistake."

Mike said sincerely while refilling Professor Flitwick's empty glass.

He did not use the refilling spell commonly used in the wizarding world, but instead picked up the bottle and poured wine for Flitwick himself.

Professor Flitwick nodded, seeming to enjoy the feeling of being respected by a younger generation.

As for whether he would lose himself in his own desires, Mike was very confident. After all, he was not as young as he looked. He had been extremely wealthy in his previous life and had enjoyed all the things he should have.

He believed that his mental age and life experience were enough for him to control the devil in his heart.

"Mike, no matter what, ha!" Professor Flitwick gulped down another glass of wine, "You must remember that I will always keep a place for you here!"

"Of course! Professor!"

(End of this chapter)