Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 52 Claw Marks
Chapter 52 Claw Marks

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The sudden change of scene made Mike's heart beat wildly. With a thought, the blackthorn wood wand hidden in his sleeve appeared in his hand.

"Armor protection!"

The newly learned protective spell was released. With this layer of invisible armor on his body, Mike finally had some confidence and began to observe his own situation.

Everywhere he looked was a pale blue light. Since there was no reference point, Mike couldn't tell east, west, south, or north.

Suddenly, in the sea of ​​light, a dead tree more than ten meters high that required two people to hug appeared not far from Mike. The branches of the dead tree were full of ravens, all staring at Mike below. The raven at the highest point was particularly large, and Mike recognized it as the sculpture at a glance.

Now it no longer looked like a sculpture. There was a cold light flashing in its dark brown pupils. It twisted its neck flexibly and looked at Mike in turn with its eyes on both sides of its head.

This strange scene gave Mike a lot of pressure. He waved his wand instinctively, and another layer of armor was put on his body.

Unexpectedly, this action seemed to anger the largest raven, which suddenly spread its wings and made a hoarse and unpleasant cry towards Mike. This was like a signal, and all the other ravens on the dead tree flapped their wings and flew towards Mike like arrows.

Looking at the flock of crows swooping towards him like a dark cloud, Mike couldn't help but feel scared.

He raised the magic wand high, and a blazing white flame shot up into the sky.

The expected scene of flames engulfing the crows did not appear. These ravens were like non-substantial beings. They rushed out from the blazing white flames one after another, ignoring the two layers of armor protection and continued to attack Mike.

The first raven quickly hit Mike, but strangely, the raven turned into a wisp of black smoke and drilled into Mike's body.

As the wisp of black smoke penetrated, Mike felt that the magic power in his body began to become difficult to control, and the fire spell he was releasing could no longer be maintained.

And this is just the beginning.

One raven after another turned into black smoke and drilled into Mike's body. Soon Mike's whole body was covered in a thick black color.

At first, the magic power in the body could be suppressed by mental force, but as time passed, the magic power soon boiled like boiling water.

The runaway magic brought Mike severe pain that was unbearable for ordinary people. After a while, Mike's consciousness began to become blurred and he was about to faint.

At this moment, Mike felt a piercing chill in his chest that rushed straight to his brain, forcing his consciousness back from the brink of coma.

As we all know, coma is a protective mechanism of the body, but under the influence of the cold breath, Mike's protective mechanism failed.

So, today, Mike finally understood what it meant to be living a life worse than death.

Every inch of my body was feeling excruciating pain, as if I were bitten by a bullet ant, but my consciousness was clear as a rock.

What Mike didn't know was that at this moment, the greed pendant on his chest was emitting a dazzling blue light, and the black air on his body quickly faded and disappeared under the illumination of this blue light.

The giant raven on the top of the dead tree saw the whole scene, and a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes in a very human way.

Mike found that he had lost feeling in his limbs, and a feeling of numbness was spreading from his limbs to his torso. He immediately realized that he could not just sit there and wait for death. If this continued, he might die here today. Damn old man Carter, didn't you say that the test would not be dangerous?
Mike endured the severe pain and began to try to control the magic power in his body. When the cold breath saw Mike begin to shrink his mental power, it seemed to have its own consciousness and actively attached itself to Mike's mental power.

The mental power with this icy aura seemed to have the effect of cooling down the magic power. The originally unruly magic power actually began to calm down after being swept away, and Mike's limbs were slowly regaining consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, the magic power became soft again, and the cold breath attached to the mental power was also consumed. Without the refreshing effect of the cold breath, Mike felt that his consciousness began to become blurred. He could only vaguely hear the familiar cry, and a huge bird claw quickly enlarged in the blurred vision, and then a burning pain came from his face.

"what!"

Mike covered his face, screamed and finally passed out.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw four old faces looking down at him. Mike punched out instinctively, and one of them screamed and fell backwards.

After hearing the scream, Mike finally realized that he seemed to have escaped from the sea of ​​light. He quickly sat up and felt his face, but found it was smooth without any scars.

"What's wrong with your face?" Professor Flitwick asked curiously.

"I just saw a giant raven scratch my face!"

"It's okay. The damage you suffered during the test was not real. It was just an illusion created by the raven statue." Carter stroked his goatee and said with a smile, "Congratulations, you passed the test."

"What? I passed? How did I pass?" Mike looked confused.

"You passed it when the raven statue pulled you into the illusion. Only those with outstanding talents can trigger the raven statue. The illusion you entered is more like a reward. The longer you stay in it, the greater the benefits you get." Mario, who was hit in the left eye by Mike's punch, climbed up. "I have to say, you are quite strong."

"Yes, feel it carefully. Your magic capacity and mental strength should have increased." Carter added, "In addition, the meditation method should have been imprinted in your mind. This is the benefit that the Raven Statue provides to underage wizards."

Mike turned on his magic perception and found that his perception range had increased by nearly three times, and his magic capacity and magic control had also increased significantly. Not only that, but passages of profound and difficult to understand text began to emerge in his mind.

Mike didn't recognize these words at all, but they seemed to carry a magical power. As soon as Mike focused his attention on them, he fell into a deep state of meditation.

Not long after entering, Mike was awakened by a severe headache.

This state of meditation consumed a lot of mental energy. In addition, Mike had already consumed a lot of mental energy in the illusion before, so it was no surprise that he was overdrawn at this moment.

"It looks like our drinking party will be postponed. Filius, take this kid back to rest. His mental strength is overdrawn." Seeing this, Mario said to Flitwick helplessly, "You will definitely not be able to escape next time."

"Don't worry, I will definitely get drunk with you next time."

Upon hearing this, Professor Flitwick hurried forward and helped Mike up and walked out of the hut. The space restriction here was released and Apparition could not be used.

Mike did not lose consciousness. This time's mental overdraft was nothing compared to the one in the Forbidden Forest.

The two men walked out of the hut quickly. The little animals that had gathered around the hut and were playing and frolicking, saw Flitwick and Mike and ran away in all directions as if they had seen something terrifying.

Flitwick felt strange, but didn't care. The most urgent thing now was to settle Mike as soon as possible.

What they didn't know was that in a tree not far from the cabin, a raven did not run away like the other animals. Instead, it stared at Mike curiously.

In its field of vision, there was a huge claw mark on Mike's left cheek, which was emitting a deep blue light.

(End of this chapter)