HP: Azkaban's Outstanding Graduate

When he saw the three crystal bottles attached to the letter, a smug smile crept onto his lips.

Earlier, the sixth and seventh year students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff also achieved a complete success in their in-depth "negotiations" with Headmaster Dumbledore.

After consulting with Sagrais, the old headmaster decided to allow lower-grade students to audit Sagrais's classes, but only for courses on spell theory.

After all, practical courses carry certain risks and are not suitable for young wizards who have never even taken the OWLs exam.

Meanwhile, Sargeras's practical course on trolls was also being prepared in full swing.

He carefully selected a large clearing at the edge of the Forbidden Forest and placed three crystal bottles containing different kinds of trolls in their respective unique locations.

The Alpine Rock Troll was placed on a mountain covered with boulders, the Rhine Mud Troll was placed in a large muddy swamp, and the Black Forest Moss Troll was placed deep in a lush forest.

To ensure safety, he used a banishment spell to create a protective barrier around the area, preventing any minor wizards or other creatures from accidentally wandering in.

In addition, he cleverly created three trigger-based magical traps—once someone tries to pick up the crystal bottle, the troll inside will be automatically released, and all the restrictive spells placed on the troll will be immediately lifted.

A key is needed to enter and exit the area. The team entering will be randomly sent to an area. The key to the exit of the area will also be clearly marked, but it can only be used when the giant is defeated, driven away, or completely lost.

Of course, he wouldn't let these young wizards face the giants without any defenses.

Therefore, he specially cast protective magic on them to ensure that they could be safely teleported to the designated location when they were impacted by the troll's power.

After personally conducting the experiments and confirming that the devices could all be triggered normally, he went to Professor McGonagall to discuss the final details.

This can be considered a midterm exam, and Sagles believes that this practical course will greatly demonstrate the young wizards' ability to solve real-world problems.

For these young wizards who grew up in a peaceful era, facing trolls was undoubtedly an extremely challenging task. Even during the turbulent times of the past, most wizards simply lived peaceful and law-abiding lives.

Sagres didn't know how many of these young wizards would end up in dangerous professions, but if possible, he would prefer that their first encounter with trolls take place in the relatively safe environment of school.

"They may never use what they've learned, but it's much better than discovering they haven't learned it when they really need it." It was with this philosophy that he successfully persuaded Professor McGonagall.

However, Sagles ultimately had to agree to Professor McGonagall's and the other professors' request to observe, as they insisted on being present to ensure everything went smoothly.

Although he felt it was unnecessary, he had no choice but to agree under the other party's insistence. "Let them see," Sagrais thought to himself, "hopefully it will make them all change their overprotective parenting style."

Chapter 24 Troll Practice Course (Part 2)

Wednesday arrived quickly, and it was the first practical course involving two grades and four houses, with a large number of young wizards attending.

Professors McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout were all present. Remarkably, Snape was also there, though Sagres suspected he was probably just there to see what kind of trouble Snape would cause.

Despite the large number of young wizards, they all behaved very well. After all, this was on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and each student was being closely watched by their respective house headmasters, so they all appeared quite obedient.

“I know you may have some questions, but I’m sorry, I can’t reveal the specific content of this practical course to you,” Sagres began.

"I have been teaching you for almost five months now, and I hope to see some tangible results. Therefore, this practical course will serve as a test, mainly to assess your ability to adapt to unexpected situations. All the magic needed in the process has already been taught to you in class. And rest assured, I have cast protective magic on everyone here, so you will not suffer any real harm."

After calming the slightly excited young wizards, Sagrais continued, "Before the test begins, you can form your own groups. Three groups will enter the testing area each time. Remember, your goal is to find a crystal bottle covered in runes. Once you successfully bring it out of the testing area, you will have completed the test."

"To ensure the accuracy of the test, I will not apply 'mechanical mind' to you this time, but I sincerely hope that you can remain calm and rational."

Sagrass then gave the young wizards half an hour to form their own groups.

In the end, they formed more than twenty groups of varying sizes, with the largest group having more than thirty members and the smallest having only two members.

"Let's begin! You have all mastered all the spells that will be used."

Sagles announced the start, and three squads immediately disappeared.

The Slytherin party of thirty was teleported to the Troll area, the Gryffindor party of five was teleported to the Woodland area, and the Ravenclaw party of two was teleported to the Water Monster area.

The group of thirty consisted of all the seventh-year students from Slytherin House. After passing through the entrance, they arrived at a rugged mountainous area filled with boulders.

The students quickly dispersed and began searching for the crystal bottle.

"Crystal bottle, fly here!" A student tried using the flying spell, but unsurprisingly, it had no effect.

"Hidden Manifestation!" Another student tried to use the Manifestation Charm to reveal the hidden object.

"I found it, it's embedded in the stone..."

A Slytherin student shouted as half of the crystal bottle was embedded in the boulder in front of him, and his attempts to "relax and release" had no effect.

“Let me try.” Another student stepped forward, whispered a few incantations, and a flash of light appeared at the tip of his wand. The stones around the crystal bottle began to tremble slightly and eventually loosened.

"Did it work?" The surrounding students gathered around, watching curiously.

“Not yet. I think we need to work together to get it out,” said the student with the wand, turning to the others.

"Shatter to pieces!" A girl cast a shattering spell directly at the boulder, which immediately cracked open in several places, sending tiny stone chips flying everywhere.

"Stop! You'll break the bottle!"

"Use your brain, do you think this bottle would break so easily?"

"Together, use the Shattering Spell to destroy the stone."

The students gathered together, pointed their wands at the stone, and chanted in unison: "Shatter to pieces!"

As the incantation was recited, the boulder immediately shattered into pieces, the runes on the crystal bottle began to flash, and a tremendous force suddenly surged out of the bottle, causing the students to be shaken and forced to retreat.

"What is that?" someone cried out in terror. Through the crystal bottle, everyone saw a huge figure breaking free of its restraints not far from them. It was—the mountain troll!

The giant roared, slamming its massive fist into the ground, sending rocks flying everywhere. The students scattered in panic, some casting defensive spells, others trying to flee the area.

"Stay calm!" shouted Walter, the Slytherin prefect. "Use a Barrier Charm to keep it away!"

The students responded enthusiastically, their wands' lights intertwining to form an obstacle, attempting to stop the troll's advance.

"Professor Greengrass said, attack the head!"

"The professor meant to try to avoid it first..."

"Idiot, how are we supposed to avoid this with so many of us?"

"Knock it down, the exit is right behind it..."

"Obstacles are numerous!"

"A salvo of ten thousand bullets!"

More than thirty people used magic together to fight a giant monster. Under this overwhelming attack, many spells had already hit the giant monster's head, but the Alpine Rock Monster's head was covered with a thick layer of stone skin, making it very resistant to magic.

"No, this is the Alpine monstrosity; its head is protected by a hard shell."

"Use the Eye Disease Spell."

As soon as Furen uttered those words, the giant slapped him off the boulder, and the remaining twenty-odd people all saw him turn into a streak of white light and disappear in mid-air.

This scene startled the young wizards, some of whom even tried to use the Disillusionment Charm to avoid the main battlefield and sneak to the location of the exit door key, only to find that they could not use it.

"Torn apart!"

A white beam of spell struck the giant's head, shattering its horn. However, the spell did not defeat it; instead, it enraged it completely.

The Alpine troll picked up a huge rock from the ground and hurled it toward the area where the little wizards were most concentrated.

The boulder crashed into the crowd with a deafening roar, and several unfortunate young wizards who were struck instantly vanished in a flash of white light.

"Grin and whoosh!" In desperation, one student used his best little curse, but he missed and the curse light hit the other people in the group.

The girl who was hit immediately clutched her stomach and burst into laughter. The giant stepped forward and used its broken ramming horn to smash her into a streak of white light.

"You idiot, what have you done?"

"It's not my fault, she ran too fast!"

Another student used a Transfiguration spell to turn the stone into a pile of giant white rabbits. The rabbits scattered and immediately attracted the troll's attention.

Seeing this, the other students waved their wands, and amidst the glowing light of the Transfiguration Charm, colorful little animals leaped and danced in the smoke.

The troll's cloudy yellow eyes darted back and forth before it suddenly slammed the boulder in its hand into the ground. Amidst the flying debris, two fleeing Slytherins were reduced to blurs by the impact.

Some of the young wizards who managed to escape in the chaos were also caught in the crossfire, turning into white light and disappearing beneath the whistling, flying boulders.

In just over ten minutes, the group of more than thirty people was decimated by the giant monster, leaving only about ten people. However, the remaining few people used illusion spells on themselves, and the giant monster finally quieted down.

The students stumbled and ran toward the exit, and this time, they successfully left using the door key.

Meanwhile, the Gryffindor five-man team quickly devised a tactic after encountering the Woodland Troll in the dense forest. Instead of trying to use the Disillusionment Charm to evade it, they chose to directly set the nearby trees ablaze with "Blazing Fire".

The flames were deliberately flung towards the treetops, turning the tall fir trees into torches over ten meters high. The forest monster retreated in panic, and was eventually driven away completely after its glowing moss on its back was ignited.

The Ravenclaw duo weren't so lucky; as soon as their crystal bottle touched the swamp, a three-meter-tall mud monster rose from the putrid water.

The two were startled. Milenda, who reacted first, immediately used "Water Turns to Ice," but her wand was bitten into white light by the troll the moment it touched the water.

The other person reacted a little slower. She panicked after seeing her companion disappear. Although she also used "Water Turns to Ice" to freeze the giant, the crystal bottle was also frozen, and she had no choice but to give up.

Snape stood there like a black statue, and whenever a student from another house made a mistake, his cold laugh seemed to chill the air: "Looks like Ravenclaw's intelligence isn't all that great..."

“But they didn’t do too badly, did they?” Professor McGonagall’s lips were pressed into a straight line, her Transfiguration textbook crumpled in her hand—until she saw the Gryffindor students trap the troll with fire, she loosened her knuckles, revealing a fleeting smile. “But is this really okay?”

“That’s precisely where they’ll be tested, Minerva,” Professor Flitwick interjected. “They need to learn to think and act under pressure, after all, there aren’t many places as safe as Hogwarts…”

Sargeras waved his hand, restoring the entire area to its original state, and then put the troll back into the vial.

Next, more groups entered the testing area. Each group had some problems, but some students performed exceptionally well.

Ravenclaw sixth-grade student Joffren used his "three-foot digging" technique to dig a trap and successfully trapped the not-so-intelligent mountain troll.

Hufflepuff's seventh-year student Coopers used a Levitation Charm to move a rock to the top of the Swamp Troll's head, then used "Slam to the Ground" to make the rock smash into the troll's head, stunning it instantly.

Paine, a seventh-year student in Slytherin, easily passed her test by using the Swamp Charm to trap the Woodland Troll.

Grace, a sixth-year student from Gryffindor, knocked down the troll with "Ground Collapse" and then struck its head with "Rock Impact".

Some people used the Disillusionment Charm to avoid the trolls, some used the Barrage Charm to stun the forest trolls, some used the Slide Slide Charm to take down the mountain trolls, some used the Drying Charm to weaken the river trolls, and some used the Transfiguration Charm to change the terrain.

“These children have more dueling potential than I thought,” Professor Flitwick clapped his hands and laughed. “However, getting them to master these spells is no easy task, and I know that better than anyone.”

Professor Sprout nodded in agreement. "Indeed, it seems that Sagles' teaching methods are quite effective."

Finally, when the last group of students walked out of the testing area with the crystal bottle, cheers erupted throughout the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

Chapter 25 is in the newspaper again.

“Well done.” Sagres glanced at the crowd. “More than seventy people passed the test. To be honest, that’s a higher percentage than I expected.”