Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 451 The Principal
450 principal
Professor Highmore—no, he should be called the principal now—Principal Highmore's courses have always been so different.

From a very early age, his ancient magic classes let students see many strange things and moves, and now he wants to teach students how to use ancient magic to deal with black magic.

Harry whispered in his heart, he always felt that Toby was secretly competing with Dumbledore.It was as if Toby was going to use this semester's class to prove that Dumbledore's class was useless.

Ancient magic and black magic - just from the sound of the name, it is no different from Defense Against the Dark Arts.The only difference is that Dumbledore wants to teach students how to deal with dark wizards, while Toby tries to teach them to defeat opponents directly, using ancient magic that is more powerful and dangerous than black magic.

From this point of view, doesn't it mean that Principal Haimo wants to train the students to be more evil wizards than dark wizards?
Harry wished this was all wishful thinking on his part.

It is a pity that the courses taught by Highmore never let the students "disappointed".

"Before you learn how to use ancient magic to defeat black magic, you must first learn one thing - and that is to know who your opponent is - a dark wizard, a bad breed who does all kinds of evil. Sometimes, you have to Just put yourself into the perspective of a dark wizard—Mr. Weasley."

Ron was taken aback by the sudden roll call, he quickly stood up from his seat, and heard Principal Haimer continue to ask himself: "If it were you, what do you think the other party would do when facing a dark wizard?" deal with yourself?"

Ron froze for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Neville quietly, then turned his head the other way to look at Harry.

This time he thought of the answer without Hermione whispering a reminder.

"Either torture me or kill me."

The classroom became quiet following Ron's answer.

Toby smiled in satisfaction.

"The answer is correct, and Gryffindor will add 2 points, because you mentioned two possibilities-in fact, there are more than these two. Some dark wizards will specifically coerce certain wizards to do things for themselves. At this time, use Family members are always effective as threats. Others may need living test subjects, such as the founder of Azkaban, who captured many Muggle sailors-of course, the place is now clean, maybe you will There will be a chance to visit Azkaban to remind yourself not to commit such a crime with serious consequences-especially before you can be sure that you will not be caught."

The content direction of Toby's narration became more and more weird.

What does it mean to be sure that you won't be arrested?

Is it possible to do bad things if you have it?

No one dares to ask aloud on such a sensitive issue, but Toby has answered this doubt for the students.

"Don't you think that before those black wizards do bad things, they already think that they will be caught? No, at least most of them don't think so. They think that they are omnipotent and can hide their identities well without being caught. When people find any clues, they think they can escape from death. Or their brains are completely confused, and they will only be immersed in the pleasure of doing evil, without worrying about the consequences at all."

"It is necessary for you to know the dark wizards, and the enemies you may encounter - there is nothing wrong with treating them all as a bunch of lunatics, and lunatics are always unexpected, especially when many of them do evil. In terms of means, it is impossible for people to predict the results in advance.”

"Do you understand now? If you are facing this kind of lunatic, what should you do—Mr. Longbottom, let me see if you have made any progress, and tell me what you think at this moment. I listen."

Neville stood up much faster than Ron, and his tone of voice when answering questions was much more decisive than Ron's.

"I will fight! I will try my best to defeat the enemy in any way, even if I am asked to use black magic!"

The students were all taken aback by Neville's answer, but the corners of Toby's mouth raised even higher.

"Ten points from Gryffindor!" He said happily: "I was worried that Frank and Alice would turn you into a rigid and boring character, but I didn't expect you to become much better than I imagined—— Listen up, Mr. Longbottom's answer is absolutely correct, after all, during the Wizarding Wars, even the Ministry of Magic allowed Aurors to cast the Unforgivable Curse."

"Those spells can sometimes be forgiven, but the premise depends on who it is aimed at - if it's a dark wizard, it's no problem."

"This is also the main lesson I'm going to talk about this semester - black magic alone is not enough, you have to become dark wizards, become crazier than them, and then completely defeat them with ancient magic."

Principal Haimer's class finally officially started amidst the shock.

"Turn to the first page of your textbook first. Let's start with the Unforgivable Curse. Today we will find a way to get a preliminary understanding of how to deal with dark wizards who can cast these spells."

The Cruciatus Curse, the Imperius Curse, and the Killing Curse.

Despite being limited by the publishing requirements of some teaching materials, Toby was unable to write all the necessary ways to learn these spells in the book.But he still explained in class the emotions needed to cast these spells, including wand gestures and spells.

He then created a talking rag doll on each table, and asked the students to practice with the dolls—and the dolls would verbally stimulate the students to understand the spells faster.

For example, when casting the Cruciatus Curse, the doll will keep mocking the shortcomings of the students, so that they can be completely ruthless.

But, of course, there was no way the fifth graders would learn the three spells so quickly, and Toby had no intention of actually teaching them.Not because Dumbledore was watching, but because it was too time consuming.

The real key is how to deal with the Unforgivable Curse with ancient magic.

"It would be so much easier if you could all learn about the devil."

Facing the flushed students who were stimulated below, Toby said: "The devil can help you do many impossible things, even the Killing Curse - but the knowledge involved is too advanced, and the soul is too deep. It is related to the combination of the body, and you cannot be expected to learn it in a short time."

"However, I remember that you all have your own [scepter]. Yes, I am referring to ritual magic. At this time, the magic circle is not so easy to use, because it requires sufficient preparation and extremely calm But many people do not have such a talent, and ritual magic is more suitable for you."

For the students, ritual magic is a much stranger type of magic than the magic circle.

Most people first come into contact with the content of ritual magic to make "scepters", that is, all kinds of weird items-some are hairpins, some are sweaters, and some are glass bottles, all of which are very different.

Later, they tried divination with ritual magic, but the predictions from this divination were not particularly accurate and would be affected by various factors in the divination process—for example, Harry was once induced by Grindelwald's pretending to be Lupine, Divination made a completely wrong prophecy.

The devil may also be part of it, but most students have not been exposed to the specific course content, and only a few people know the way to learn the devil.

Other than these, there doesn't seem to be much left
But this is completely understandable, because ritual magic is very dangerous.

In order to prepare well, Principal Haimo even required every student to meet some of the conditions for summoning the patron saint before starting to explain this part of the course content.

Compared with the explosion of the magic circle, the consequences of ritual magic are much more serious.

This time, Principal Haimo finally started to talk about the method of using ritual magic to fight.

"Take out your scepters first—should you all have them with you?"

The voice in the classroom became noisy.

Due to the "diversity" of the scepter, it is very laborious for some students to take out the scepter - for example, the sweater (Ron) has to be flattened honestly, and the memory ball (Neville) has to be controlled. Can't just fly around.

Harry took his clarinet out of his pocket, and his "scepter" was much more convenient to carry.

Harry hadn't used his scepter for a long time.

Since his demons were gone, the item seemed to have lost all utility, didn't need to be pulled out as often, and wasn't as useful as his own wand.

Toby didn't carry the scepter of Merlin's bone. He didn't need such a powerful weapon when he was lecturing.

After the students were all ready, Toby continued: "Next, the puppet on your table will cast some simple spells at you—that is, the three unforgivable curses just now. Of course, the power is completely unacceptable." By contrast, the Imperius Curse will put you in a trance for a while, and the Cruciatus Curse will probably make your fingers a little bit like a mosquito bite. The Killing Curse won't even make you bleed—maybe lose a hair? That's the maximum power they can exert."

"And all you have to do is counterattack with ritual magic—Mr. Longbottom, come here and show everyone."

Neville walked to the podium expectantly. He put the puppet on his desk onto the podium and held his memory ball in one hand.

"After five seconds, the doll will cast a spell on you."

Toby said bluntly: "You don't know in advance which spell it is going to cast, and you don't know when it will stop—"

Neville was taken aback when he heard this.

"Because dark wizards won't have a decent duel with you, they won't give up until they achieve their goals."

Toby explained a sentence, and then continued: "And what you have to do is to use ritual magic to resist and counterattack - the specific method is very simple. But before that, I want to ask you one more question, you find your own Instinct?"

The wizard's "instinct" was taught in the last semester.

According to what Toby said at the time, there were many super-powerful wizards in ancient times, and they did this because they successfully found their "instinct".

For example, the invincible Andros, his giant patron saint is related to his own giant instinct.

Neville said nervously, "It should be found."

"Don't be nervous." Toby said gently: "Then use your instinct to use your scepter, and if you succeed, you can defeat the enemy."

"From now on, you only have five seconds to prepare."

The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became extremely silent, and dozens of eyes were fixed on Neville in front of the podium.

He panicked for a while, and then immediately calmed down,
Immediately afterwards, Neville began to use his own scepter in his own way.

He whispered to the memory ball, "What do I do? What do I do?"

The way Neville successfully used the memory ball was to ask questions, and it was more used to find the whereabouts of Leffe, but today was the first time it was used in combat.

Soon, the picture inside the memory ball began to change.

Before Neville could see what was inside, the rag doll suddenly let out a loud cry, and shot a spell out of one of its button eyes—this was scary, and the students were taken aback, no one thought it was done from this position. attack.

Neville was also very surprised - but at this moment, his memory ball floated up by itself, and slammed into the direction where the spell attacked.

The spell that could not have been blocked changed along the edge of the memory ball, and the direction of the righteous spell was reversed, and finally hit the ceiling obliquely upwards.

Harry stared at this scene with wide eyes, and then he saw the doll shoot a second spell, but this time the memory ball changed its position under Neville's control, and the spell bounced back, hitting the On the button that shot the spell, the button was smashed all at once.

Toby applauded enthusiastically, and the students couldn't help cheering, but Neville stood there in a daze.

"It seems that you have finally found your instinct."

Toby's tone was so satisfied that he couldn't be more satisfied. He asked curiously: "So what is your instinct? Can you tell it? If you find it difficult, you can keep it a secret."

Neville gradually regained his composure. He looked at Toby and spoke a few words with his lips.

Toby understood what Neville wanted to say, he didn't reveal anything, he just patted Neville on the shoulder lightly, and at the same time advised in a low voice: "Don't tell Frank and Alice about this, otherwise They must blame me for teaching their children badly."

Neville nodded honestly, he returned to his seat, and accepted the admiring gazes of those around him - not all students have found their instincts, even if they have, it's hard to be so sure.

In the end, the first ancient magic class of the school came to an end with the assigned homework.

Ron shared his thoughts in the corridor: "I think this class is much more interesting than the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Don't you see my sweater? It covers the doll all at once. I feel like I want to hold back." Kill it—Professor Angela, hello."

Angela who was passing by nodded to the students. She walked quickly into the classroom and saw that Toby hadn't left yet.

"Looks like you beat Dumbledore in the first class."

Angela came over and said, "So you are experiencing the taste of victory in silence?"

"Not at all."

Toby said in a long tone: "I just found out about Neville's instinct, and that surprised me."

"What is it?" Angela asked curiously.

Toby was silent for a few seconds, then said:

"Any revenge, blood for blood - Neville said it was his instinct."

(End of this chapter)