Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 230, Chapter 228: The Prototype of the Den Den Mushi

The Dementors outside Hogwarts Castle retreated after Peter Pettigrew was captured, and they returned to Azkaban to carry out their duties of guarding prisoners. The weather returned to normal, although it was still sunny one moment and pouring rain the next, but at least it wasn't raining all the time.

Having mastered the method to turn back into a human, Lupin was in high spirits and taught the young wizards even more diligently.

"Today's Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson is about how to deal with dark magic—Oolong's attack."

The content of their studies also gradually shifted from dark magic creatures to combating dark magic.

The number of dark magic creatures is limited, and Lupin can only manage to get up to level 4X at most. Level 5X dark magic creatures are beyond Lupin's capabilities. For example, Lupin cannot get his hands on Voldemort's Voldemort-like creature for the time being.

These creatures are so rare that the wizarding world is already considering adding them to the list of extinct magical creatures.

The basilisk was almost included before.

Learning how to counter dark magic is also a key and core part of the Defense Against Dark Magic course, which is divided into two sections: countering dark magic during its casting and dispelling it after it takes effect.

The first section is about combat during black magic spellcasting, but a more accurate description would be defense during spellcasting.

In the general understanding, there is black and white, so the spell to counter black magic should be white magic.

But in fact, while the wizarding world has black magic, there is no such thing as white magic.

In the wizarding world, spells that can defend against dark magic are collectively called—Guardian Charms.

The Patronus Charm is one of the higher spells, and the ancient spell that Lily used to protect Harry at the cost of her life can also be considered a Patronus Charm.

Of course, the battle will change as the situation changes, and there is no specific battle pattern.

If your magic power is strong enough, you don't need any protective spells at all; you can even use "Expelliarmus" as a means of attack and defense.

Under Lupin's tutelage, the young wizards learned many different kinds of protective charms.

The second section discusses the removal of black magic after it has taken effect.

The content involved here is about counter-spells.

Most spells have counterspells, even dark magic, and a good defense against dark magic master needs to be proficient in these spells.

For example, the powerful black magic "Divine Sharpness Without Shadow" will cause profuse bleeding and very difficult wound healing once you are hit by it. Its counter-curse is "rapid healing".

If you don't know how to counter a curse, injuries caused by black magic (evil curses) are very difficult to heal.

So even though there are potions that can regenerate bones, some people still lose their legs and hands because they can't find out which dark magic they've been afflicted with, or how to counteract it.

Of course, being hit by multiple spells of dark magic at the same time will also cause mutations, making it even more difficult to treat.

It's worth mentioning that a reverse spell isn't the closing of a valve, nor is black magic the opening and closing of a valve; rather, it's a retrospective of the spell cast previously.

It is the best and most effective way to undo the damage caused by dark magic.

It can be said that every excellent master of defense against black magic is also a master of anti-spells and defense.

The young wizards greedily absorbed the knowledge Lupin imparted, learning at a pace that left everyone speechless.

Even Lupin himself said that if he taught them for another year or two, he might have squeezed out all the knowledge he had.

With Dudley around and the discipline team around, the third-year students at Hogwarts are incredibly disciplined.

It's not just Defense Against the Dark Arts; every subject is packed with challenges. Even the fifth-year students preparing for OWLs are being surpassed by these crazy third-year students.

During the Magical Creatures Protection class, while the other young wizards were engrossed in observing the unicorn, Hagrid quietly pulled Dudley aside.

"Dali, I have successfully bred the third generation of shelled carnivorous slugs."

A new batch of carnivorous slugs has once again successfully bred under the guidance of the amazing hybridization master, and a new generation has now hatched.

Hagrid looked extremely happy; his obsession with magical creatures had reached unimaginable levels.

The feeling of cultivating a new species himself was especially wonderful for him.

"Their shells are already fully defensive; I think that should achieve what you want."

As Hagrid spoke, he lifted the wooden crate to show Dudley his results. The carnivorous slugs with shells had grown to four or five times their original size, even larger than a normal person's palm.

This third generation of shelled carnivorous slugs has essentially broken away from the category of carnivorous slugs and is evolving into a completely new species.

"How was it? Not bad, right? Oh, and there's more good news. That man-headed lion-bodied scorpion-tailed beast has finally gotten several fire crabs pregnant. I think they'll give birth to another new species soon. What kind of little babies will they be? I can't wait!"

Hagrid spoke even more excitedly, saying that he was more satisfied with the pregnant fire crab than the carnivorous slug.

Perhaps due to the giant blood within him, Hagrid has an instinctive affinity for dangerous creatures, finding them more endearing the more dangerous they are.

In addition, as a half-giant, Hagrid not only has thick skin and extremely high physical defense, but also incredibly high physical attack. He can suppress 99% of magical creatures with pure physical strength, and he has beaten up almost every beast in the Forbidden Forest.

Otherwise, why do you think he can bring in new magical creatures every class, and most of them are ferocious magical creatures?

"Den Den Mushi" (Personal Telephone Snail)

"What?"

Hagrid, caught up in his excitement, didn't hear clearly.

"From now on, these shelled, carnivorous slugs will be called Den Den Mushi (phone call bugs), that's the new name I've given them."

Dudley casually picked up a Den Den Mushi and examined it closely. Under Dudley's close gaze, the Den Den Mushi seemed to sense great danger and retreated into its shell, refusing to come out.

After weighing them in my hand for a while, I realized that these magical snails with teeth were ready to be transformed into real Den Den Mushi (snail phone devices).

Whether it will be successful or not, we'll have to wait until the modifications are completed to know.

"Den Den Mushi? What a strange name. I was going to call them Shell Mushi."

Hagrid's face was filled with regret upon hearing this.

"What is a Dali Telephone?"

It wasn't Dudley's imagination; he just felt that ever since he defeated Hagrid, the guy had become very interested in him, and often even tried to curry favor with him.

I don't know where this inexplicable sense of closeness came from.

It seems I didn't draw any ability like Giant Affinity.

(End of this chapter)