Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 85 84. The next stage of the Shaman Club course
"I understand, mentor," Zacharias Smith interrupted. "A sleeping element is like a sleepwalker. They won't even take the initiative to control their own power. If we rashly come into contact with them without experience or protection, we might be burned to ashes - or something else."

"Good understanding, Smith," Harry nodded and said, "That's the answer, but you have been with the earth element for a while. Although you can't say you are proficient or understand it, at least you have enough to proceed to the next step of learning."

"And what I am going to teach you today is something that every shaman cannot do without - totem making."

For a moment, several apprentices became excited.

"Teacher!" Penelo said excitedly, "Is it like the totem you carry on your back?"

To be honest, they had long wanted to walk around the castle all day carrying a totem like Harry, especially when some of them got themselves a set of wolfskin costumes that looked very realistic.

Unfortunately, their action had just begun, and before they could cut down a tree in the Forbidden Forest, they were arrested on the spot by Hagrid and sent to Harry.

And Harry certainly would not agree with these people just relying on their imagination to casually create a totem pole.

No longer a stranger entering the magical world, Harry has full understanding and trust of how rich and bizarre the imagination of Hogwarts students is.

——It means that he trusts these people very much and they will do something wrong if left alone.

If Harry had relaxed the restrictions in the morning and allowed the students to make a totem pole according to their own preferences, then in the evening they would definitely come to see him holding a totem pole... or a bunch of strange-shaped things.

They may even turn the pole into a cake or a ball, or make some meaningless decorations on the totem pole, such as installing some things that glow or make strange noises, or even putting a Christmas hat on the totem pole - in short, it is full of imagination.

Well, or maybe he could come up with some weird customs of the Minotaur tribe that Harry had never thought of, and then spread them to other people in a serious manner.

Just thinking about it gave Harry the feeling of having a nightmare.

"The one on my back?" Harry took down the totem, stood on the ground and supported it with one hand, saying, "Totems are a unique discipline. Each totem has its own function. For example, mine represents my past, a commemoration of what I have experienced, and my glory."

"Are those the patterns above? Teacher?" Penelope asked curiously, "I saw people with horns in it, and many creatures that don't match the existing magical beasts... Sorry, I was quite curious, so I looked it up when I saw it before."

"And the words on your totem pole, mentor, have never appeared in the wizarding world." Seeing that everyone around him was looking at him, Cedric Diggory lowered his head shyly and said, "Sorry, I checked it too."

In fact, this is also what these apprentices are most curious about. After all, if the totem on Harry's back records his past, then so many patterns all look like scenes of very fierce battles, which is inconsistent with what they know about Harry's past life experiences.

"What's there to apologize for?" Harry shook his head and said, "I will slowly teach you that kind of writing in the future. As for the pattern on the totem... that is my secret."

secret.

Since Harry had already said it was a secret, as Harry's sensible apprentices, they sensibly did not ask any more questions.

"Anyway, this totem is my personal totem, which is just a record of past experiences. In addition, it is also a battle totem - do you remember what I did in the first class?" Harry asked.

"Remember, mentor!" Hannah Abbott said excitedly, "That's so cool, you just raised your hand, and the soil next to you rose up, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a stone pillar, and then when you stuck it into the ground, it summoned those big guys!!"

After the students reviewed repeatedly what happened in the first class of the Shaman Club, every detail is now clear and familiar to them.

"Yes, that is also a totem," Harry nodded and said, "If you were sitting closer to the front, you would have been able to see that there were corresponding patterns on those totems."

As he spoke, Harry raised his hand. As he spoke, the soil around him began to flow and float into the air, but compared to the first lesson, this process was much slower.

"I saw it! Teacher!" Padma Patil suddenly exclaimed, "So this is what the process is like after establishing a contract with the elements!"

"The flow of earth elements, right?" Harry said with a smile, "The first time I saw elements driving matter in motion, I had almost the same reaction as you. It's interesting, isn't it?"

The apprentices nodded repeatedly.

As he spoke, the totem next to Harry's hand was completely formed, and this time his apprentices could observe it closely - it had completely turned into a gray rock texture, and several people clearly saw with their own eyes that the totem was condensed from the black soil beside them.

Although there are patterns, they are not telling any special stories, but depicting an image. When people take a look at them, they can immediately understand that they are depicting mountains or hills.

But to be honest, these patterns are too few. Compared with Harry's totem pole, these patterns only exist at the top of the totem pole, and there is only one circle - the rest of the place is all incomprehensible text.

The apprentices now are no longer the blank slates that knew nothing about shamans at the beginning. Although they still don't know the specific meanings, they can already recognize that some of the texts are the texts between elements, and the other part are the texts that appear on Harry's totem.

Without inserting the totem, Harry still commanded it to float beside him.

"This is the totem that the shamans will use in battle. After all, no one will take out a piece of wood and chisel and carve it on the spot during such a critical moment of battle." Harry made a joke, causing laughter.

Just by imagining the funny scene of "shouting to the enemy during a battle, "Wait a moment, let me carve a totem first", these apprentices were already laughing so hard that their stomachs were about to hurt.

——While Hermione was smiling, there was a hint of teasing in her eyes when she looked at Harry.

Because she remembered very clearly that on the night when Harry rescued her from those dark wizards and two trolls, before leaving, she did see a thick wooden totem on the floor of the castle corridor... and there were sawdust and wood fragments floating on the water.

And Harry...he now pretended not to notice Hermione's gaze and continued:

"Whether it is wood or stone, the shaman must be fully focused during the entire process and communicate with the corresponding elements through spiritual connection."

In fact, this sentence should be followed by an ancestor after the element, but at this stage, the latter part is not suitable to be exposed.

"Do you understand what this means?" Following the advice Professor McGonagall later gave privately, Harry did not give a direct answer, but guided the apprentices to think.

"Meaning that... uh, we have to not be distracted?" Terry Boot said, raising his hand tentatively.

For example, Terry Booth said this as if he had said something.

"It means that once we start making a powerful totem, we can't stop halfway because we can't disconnect from the communication with the corresponding elements," Hermione responded quickly.

"It also means that we can't make a bunch of totems in advance and insert them when needed," Penelope also gave her answer after thinking about it. "I thought we could make some totems with only the last part left, carry them with us, and then add the last few strokes when needed."

This is a very Ravenclaw idea. If there is a loophole to be exploited, then Ravenclaw will definitely exploit it. As for those Ravenclaws who have to create loopholes even if there are none, they will go to Azkaban - a little Ravenclaw joke.

"That's pretty much what you said," Harry said with a smile, "In short, you can't interrupt the process on the totem used in battle, because the function of this totem is to call on the corresponding elements and let them help you fight." "Remember not to play with the elements."

"Okay, mentor," Cedric Diggory said with a painful expression, holding his breath, "but using the earth element to create a totem in one go... isn't this a bit too difficult?"

Under the gaze of the other apprentices, Cedric raised his arms high with his five fingers spread out, and his entire body, from the tips of his fingers to the tips of his toes, was tense to a certain degree - he was exerting force.

He exerted so much strength that others couldn't help but tense their bodies just by seeing him.

In front of Cedric, the earth element was driving the mud to form a pillar. It could be seen that Cedric was trying hard to carve some pattern on it, but the result...

"What is that?" Ron asked curiously, "A wild boar?"

"Uh, I want to carve a badger on it." Finally giving up, Cedric put down his hand, wiped the sweat from his head and said in a dilemma: "But it's really difficult."

"That doesn't look like a badger at all," Roger Davis couldn't help but complained, "To be honest, I thought it was some formless monster."

The totem made by Cedric looked like a popsicle covered with a layer of chocolate sauce mixed with various nuts. It was bumpy and looked like a large melted candle. In short, it was very ugly.

Compared with Harry's totem next to it, which has a regular shape and intricate patterns and text on the surface, it is like heaven and earth.

"Well done, Cedric," Harry praised, "You need to improve your mastery and control over the power of the earth element, and of course, you need more practice."

"Speaking of this, I remember something," Harry suddenly became serious, "Absolutely, absolutely not in the castle or your home - not even in other people's homes. In short, don't summon earth elementals in places like these, even if you're just using earth elementals to condense a battle totem."

"Why?" Qiu Zhang asked.

"The earth element will extract the material closest to you as its own body and appear in the real world - you don't want to see your home turned into ruins, do you?" Harry warned, "Professor McGonagall wouldn't be happy to see you destroy the castle, right? And if you're outside, you'll be arrested by the Aurors if you destroy someone else's home, so be sure to pay attention to this."

For these young wizards who have not yet entered society, the situations Harry described are undoubtedly what they fear the most.

"Wait a minute," Zacharias Smith suddenly thought of something, "The newspaper before school started! That's the Daily Prophet! The one about you, my mentor!"

There was no need for him to say more, because everyone remembered the report and the photograph - Harry standing on the ruins and looking at Dumbledore, and next to him stood a giant made of various ruins.

"Yes," Harry said expressionlessly, "So this is my unique experience, and now I share it with you, hoping that you won't make the same mistake again."

"..."

This is not silence, but a kind of endurance in which many people want to laugh but dare not.

"Anyway, it's a little too early for you to think about battle totems now," Harry said, changing the subject. "As apprentices, you should start with the most basic, which is to manually carve a totem that can summon elemental power."

"But before that, I must warn you." Harry became serious again, "This is a rule that you'd better not break. It is also the code of conduct for every shaman."

Seeing Harry's seriousness, the apprentices stopped smiling and listened attentively.

"Using the power of the earth element to directly shape totems and communicate with elements is limited to combat totems," Harry said seriously. "In previous courses, I have already told you how important the two cultures of elements and ancestors are in the inheritance of shaman priests."

“So when you make ancestral totems or totems used in rituals to honor the elements or ancestors, it’s best to carve them yourself so that they have unique meaning and power.”

Among all the apprentices present, perhaps only Hermione and the other two could understand the meaning of the rule that Harry mentioned - because they had actually seen Harry summon the souls of their parents with their own eyes.

Ancestors——are real!!

"I understand, great mentor," Filch said seriously, "If I find anyone carving totems casually outside of battle, he will pay the price!"

Filch may not understand some things yet, but it doesn't matter, he will improve his understanding through execution.

"No, no, no, this rule is not that serious. You just need to take it seriously. Special circumstances require special treatment," Harry said, waving his hands repeatedly. He was a little overwhelmed.

Filch's reaction was really too exaggerated, and Harry was really worried that he would cause trouble.

"Come here, I have prepared the materials for you." Harry motioned his apprentices to follow him to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where more than a dozen pieces of wood of suitable size and thickness had been placed. "Don't worry about the trees in the Forbidden Forest. For every one you use to practice, I will plant two back - thanks to Professor Snape's growth potion."

"...Are we going to carve them all?" Looking at the pile of wood in front of him, Zacharias Smith's face turned green. "With our hands? Can't we use magic? We are wizards."

"Once you become a qualified shaman, you can use your wand to speed up the process," Harry said, looking at him, "but before that, you need to experience this process with your heart and think about its meaning - I mean you have to use your hands, understand? Whether you are a wizard or something else."

Behind Harry, Filch was glaring menacingly at Zacharias Smith.

"Yes, Teacher Harry," Zacharias Smith sighed and spoke in a long voice.

"Since you have only established a connection with the earth element, what I am going to teach you now is how to make an Earth Totem." After giving everyone a piece of wood that matched their size and height, Harry continued, "It is not just a symbol, it also has powerful power."

"Can we also summon a huge earth element like the one you summoned in your first class?" Qiu Zhang asked excitedly.

"That may take some time," Harry replied with a smile. "Practice the way of elements and keep a peaceful heart, and you will all have a chance. Well, at least once you successfully make a standard earth totem, it will be no problem to summon an earth elemental that is almost as tall as two adults."

"Two people that tall?!" Ron couldn't help but exclaimed.

Not only him, but even the other apprentices fell into fantasy because of Harry's words - if they were followed by an earth elemental who was as tall as two adults - they would definitely be the focus of the entire Hogwarts.

"Let's get back to the Earth Totem." Seeing that his apprentices were all paying attention and listening attentively, Harry continued with satisfaction: "One of the main uses of the totem pole is to concentrate the energy of our spells, and those spells are all connected to the earth."

"And when you gain more wisdom in the future, you will have more abilities related to the earth to use."

"For now, let's start by making the first totem pole in your life."

(End of this chapter)