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Chapter 471: Third-rate Duelist

"That's... impressive..."

Andrew shook his head and spoke to the failing professor.

He was still a little dizzy - in the morning he thought the puppet could be a substitute, but in the afternoon he realized how difficult it was to replicate this thing.

A full mental attack that can even produce consequences like a curse.

The protection provided by the Iron Armor Charm and the armor was limited - although they blocked the prop attacks of those old ghosts, Andrew had to withstand almost all the magical damage.

"You were able to make it to the end of the first level without a corresponding spell, Mr. Taylor. You are much stronger than I thought."

Professor Negokin praised sincerely - this time there was really no flattery involved.

Without any targeted spells or any protection to comfort himself, he simply relied on the Bubble Head Charm to provide some protection for his head, which was better than nothing, to carry these old ghosts - if it were a wizard of the same level who had just reached adulthood, he would have fallen to the ground halfway.

"I didn't want to. I worked hard for a long time to get my anti-dark magic skills up to the level of a fourth-year student. I am already an excellent student in my grade at Hogwarts..."

He tried hard to calm himself down - the strange creatures plus the excessive intensity, he was able to withstand it only thanks to his foundation in magic.

'The howling even has the effect of a curse, is there any law? I have never been cursed so much in my life - those unlucky guys who rushed to the front during the group fight at Hogwarts were only at this level.'

I'm not kidding. There were some that made him lose his sense of direction, some that made his senses temporarily confused, some that made him want to dance involuntarily, and some that made him remove the armor curse...

With all the messy effects, if he hadn't been quick to break the curse, the Failing Professor behind him would have had to take action long ago.

Of course, there is a big reason why his Bubble Head Curse was improved by himself - probably because he used the same technique as the modified Iron Armor Curse when modifying it. When the two are used at the same time, it will passively be contaminated with some of the power of the Iron Armor Curse.

"I have learned a lot. Thank you, Professor Negokin."

Andrew looked a little tired as he was led out of here. He went straight back to his room and fell into a deep sleep - to analyze something, one must at least be able to think normally.

It was not until almost dinner that he came to his senses and began to sort out the old ghostly howls that were like curses that made his scalp tingle.

"It's not impossible to imitate it. It's also possible to make something that can cast a fixed curse, but that's too far away..."

He shook his head, began to summarize, and thought about how to better deal with these with his knowledge of anti-dark magic.

But his experience was limited, and until he talked about his experience today with Professor McGonagall after dinner, he had only solved less than half of the problem.

"Hmm, a completely different underground area? It sounds very valuable indeed - even better than we expected."

Professor McGonagall nodded as she read Andrew's records. "But as for better protection, I can't give you anything except attacking first. You have to learn to modify it yourself. The protection of the Shield Charm is actually better than you think. If you want to use the Bubble Head Charm to contain it, you have to adjust it according to your actual situation."

"I'll try slowly, Professor."

Andrew shook his head. "Even if our professor came, he would have to think about how to deal with this thing. After all, it is a special creature. Is it possible to imitate it?"

"Albus could probably build it, but it wouldn't last long, and the effect would be much worse - Hogwarts has too many protective spells, and it would be extremely difficult to build other areas inside. You'll know once you start building your own chessboard formation."

The professor shook his head, "Of course, you can try it. It will only benefit your Transfiguration skills."

"Let's talk about it later... I'll change my target tomorrow and focus on feeling the rules there. Of course, I'll continue the adventure."

As he thought so, he agreed and asked Professor McGonagall, "Professor, how is the negotiation going?"

"It's much easier than you thought. Just stay in the underground area and train. The training effect in the underground area is much better than I thought."

——It’s really good——In the past six days, Andrew has clearly felt a significant improvement in his combat skills.

The accuracy of the spells that he had practiced hard before was greatly improved with the sparring with the old ghost and the corpse. Andrew, who could only hit fixed targets steadily before, can now easily stop an attacking target with his spells.

He could even use two spells cast consecutively to form a siege to restrict the attacker's pounce or other attack intentions.

As for the angle of attack, it is much more tricky than before. The originally orthodox casting method now has a distinct personal style, tricky and fast.

As for the wand-waving speed and spell-casting speed, the improvement was astonishing - Andrew even had a strange illusion that he was already a third-rate duelist.

"The professor has demonstrated this many times, but the fastest way to improve is through actual combat..."

"My anti-dark magic has also improved a lot. Although I'm training with the special edition of the old ghost, after being attacked by these two things so many times, my speed in dealing with other magical creatures has also increased a lot. Unfortunately, my foundation is not good enough, so the improvement is still limited..."

"We've walked halfway through the third floor, Mr. Taylor."

The failing professor was reminding from behind.

"Then I can only give up for now. I'd better come over here today to adapt myself - it turns out that groups of guys are not easy to deal with, Professor Negokin."

Andrew shook his head and moved his body carefully.

After five days, he had become familiar with the armor he was wearing, and had a rough idea of ​​its protective strength and which posture was more likely to produce noise.

But it’s still a long way to go before we can get through the third floor - the shortcoming of anti-dark magic is not so easy to make up for, and it will be too difficult to just use spells to pull it forward.

"Tomorrow, I will provide some help."

The failing professor suddenly said this while analyzing on the way back.

"That's not necessary, Professor Negokin," Andrew waved his hand, "I'm just here to practice, and I want to try a different approach tomorrow."

The scheduled trip is only for a few days, and tomorrow at noon will be the day of farewell - the negotiations have basically ended in these days, and will come to an end this afternoon.

The discussion had a good effect—the professor looked in good spirits the whole time.

"That's fine, see you tomorrow after breakfast."

"See you tomorrow, then, Professor Negokin."

Andrew waved goodbye to him, returned to the accommodation area and knocked on Professor McGonagall's door.

"Looks like good progress today, Taylor."

"Yes, it's bigger than expected, Professor." Andrew nodded. "Are the negotiations over?"

"It's been very successful, much better than I thought. We can officially say goodbye at noon tomorrow - so tomorrow morning..."

The professor looked at Andrew, his expression as serious as ever.

"It's the last day. I will cherish this opportunity, Professor."

Andrew nodded - tomorrow was the day to complete the Transfiguration Skill, after all, the next time he came, it would be Christmas.

And the Warriors also came at that time, so he couldn't do it alone.

(End of this chapter)