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Chapter 478: The Ridiculously Difficult Transfiguration Chessboard
“It’s really not that difficult…”

Andrew found himself a small stool, put his wand in place, and sat down to ponder over a pile of chess pieces.

This is the Transfiguration chessboard set up by Professor McGonagall, and his own spells are completely useless here - not that they cannot be used, but that they are all invalidated by the chess pieces and the chessboard.

Even this small stool was made with great difficulty by him using the art of transfiguration.

It was obvious that Professor McGonagall had been ruthless and used all her strength, otherwise her Transfiguration spell would not have been suppressed to this extent.

"By the way, what would it be like if Dumbledore went all out, taking control of the entire place and incorporating the rules of Transfiguration into everything? Or something else? An entire Transfiguration field?"

He didn't know that Dumbledore didn't show that kind of state of mind - there was no way, that was Professor Dumbledore's character, an absolute secret keeper.

"But if I ever master the Transfiguration Board, I'll probably be able to see a demonstration like that..."

Andrew encouraged himself in this way, and then tried to find new loopholes in the range deformation released by the professor here.

No matter what rules are used to piece them together, there will inevitably be traces - no matter how well they are covered up.

But this thing was much more perfect than he had expected. The professor seemed to have woven several rules together and hidden them very well.

"No, they are definitely not that strong. Quirrell and the half-crippled Voldemort can handle it. It can't be that they are superb chess players, right?"

It would be fine for others, but Andrew didn't believe that the man with the lost nose would obediently follow other people's rules.

"A blast of top-notch dark magic? Something more powerful than Grindelwald?"

'But does this give me any clues?'

Andrew pulled out his wand and cast a range transformation spell on the ground.

But it was no use—the ground had solidified into a chessboard.

Just like he can rely on Transfiguration to crush his peers and even most students, Professor McGonagall's higher level of Transfiguration can suppress his Transfiguration.

"Let's follow the rules and see if there are any flaws when we put it into practice."

Andrew took out an egg from his left pocket, put it on the stool, then nodded at the two things. The egg was lifted up by the stool, kicked and rushed towards the chess piece, then replaced the position of a knight.

'This is the biggest loophole - it can be used as a decoration elsewhere, but here it is good enough to be used as a creature instead of a chess piece.'

Although it looked weird, the whole chessboard started to work.

The stone statue, mixed with a stool with an egg on top, began to return to its place. As for Andrew himself, he used transformation magic to put him on the chessboard.

'You can't hit the decorations on the chessboard, can you?'

Andrew directed the egg to move - but it was fine when it wasn't moving. When the chess piece started moving, his whole body was covered with a mask of pain.

'You must be kidding, this is too complete!'

He couldn't even feel the operation of the rules, as if it was supposed to be that way, so harmonious that there were no loopholes to find!

"You must be kidding..."

Andrew looked at the black knight next to him - the horse was even paddling the ground.

But the horse ignored Andrew and just pawed there, snorting from time to time. 'It's impossible. The professor's Transfiguration is definitely not that outrageous... This is just a special field Transfiguration enhancement...'

Andrew shook his head and directed his chair with the egg on top to attack the soldier - it rushed directly towards the opposite chess piece like a real knight, then stood up its legs and kicked the tall soldier directly under the chessboard.

"The expression is also ridiculously exaggerated, it is completely inconsistent with the rules of reality..."

'Yes, it's not a real rule, but it's acceptable?'

Andrew's eyes widened, and he began to command the knights to continue charging - the egg seemed to have extraordinary fighting power, and it pulled the stool and rushed to the next chess piece.

"It's outrageous. I can actually see the feeling of the egg controlling the stool. It's so weird..."

Andrew shook his head, but in this moment of distraction, he realized something was wrong - he was paying too much attention to observing the eggs and forgot to observe the opponent's chess moves.

Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration chessboard was already much better than his own, and at this point his knight was in a deadlock.

The queen of the white side rushed over with a fierce look in her eyes, and then slapped the poor egg hard - the stool flipped over, and the egg rolled down, but it was still intact.

The chessboard stopped with a click, the door of the room opened, and the chess pieces returned to their positions. Professor McGonagall ran over quickly, "Are you okay, Taylor?"

"I'm fine, Professor."

Andrew responded quickly, but the moment of opening the door came to his mind.

"There are obvious flaws here, but never mind. I don't intend to exploit this loophole. I am here to learn, not to crack..."

"Eggs and stools... Well, smart choice," the professor glanced at the ground and roughly understood Andrew's trick, "To be precise, an egg wrapped in parchment. You are more prepared than I thought, Taylor."

"Since I can't perfectly animate dead objects, I have to carry something with me that is easy to transform."

Andrew shook his head in response, "But the Transfiguration board, I haven't quite figured it out yet, Professor."

"Don't worry, take your time, Taylor. We have half a summer vacation to study. After all, you will have fewer tasks after the next semester starts—Ministry of Magic personnel will enter the school, and Quidditch games will also be suspended."

Professor McGonagall glanced at the chessboard and said, "Well, Taylor, you should go and rest, and think about the gains and losses of today's test."

"Actually, I can come a few more times..."

Andrew thought to himself, but did not refute the professor. He nodded obediently, said goodbye, and walked towards the library.

'Let's summarize, then write a letter to contact them. After all, they have been invited to the Quidditch World Cup many times, so I have to respond formally...'

He quickly left the place, leaving Professor McGonagall to begin to sense her own Transfiguration board.

"It needs to be repaired. It's fine for other students, but if Taylor is here, it must be fully charged. Otherwise, there are too many flaws. He will focus on the flaws at a glance and will not be able to understand the overall harmonious state at all."

"Albus happened to be on vacation... I can only recharge myself."

It's very fun to use, but to repair it you have to apply Transfiguration to each piece - just like the stone pillars of a castle, which is difficult to use.

"I don't know when I can use those stone pillars... Forget it, the safer the school is, the better. It would be best if they were never used."

Professor McGonagall shook her head and went back to work.

(End of this chapter)