Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

After finishing the conversation with Slughorn, Mike returned to the lounge, and after the meeting with Franklin, he came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom non-stop.

That's right, they're going to take Professor Snape's Defense Against the Dark Arts class this time.

At this time, there were many students in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and all of them were Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaw.

Obviously, due to the recent return of Voldemort and the fact that Snape did not improve the admission standards for the advanced class of Defense Against the Dark Arts, there were so many students applying for this subject that Snape had to be the same as when he was in the lower grades. , using the method of class teaching.

And just like the Potions classroom has changed because of Slughorn's arrival, the originally bright Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom has also changed because of Snape's arrival.

The first is the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the classroom. At this time, they have been blocked by heavy curtains, and the entire classroom is lit by only a few candles, making it extremely dim.

There are also many murals on the walls of the classroom that were not originally there. These murals are all depicting some human beings who are suffering from horror, which looks creepy!

These, coupled with the gloomy atmosphere pervading the classroom, made people unavoidably reminiscent of the potions classroom last semester.

Perhaps in order to resist the tension caused by this strange atmosphere, everyone is chatting and laughing at each other, trying to use this method to bring a touch of anger here.

However, at this moment, with a loud bang, the door of the classroom was slammed shut.

The classmates who were talking and laughing were taken aback.

Mike also turned his head curiously, and saw that Snape was striding towards the podium, his steps were so big that his black cloak was bulging by the wind, and it looked like It was Snape with a pair of black bat wings growing behind him.

Snape quickly came to the podium. He raised his head and looked down at the people below the stage. After a while, he said in a cold voice that was empty and without the slightest emotion:

"I didn't ask you to take out the book."

As soon as he said this, Mike heard a lot of rustling sounds around him, and it seemed that many people should have taken out the books in advance.

It was not until the sound ceased that Snape continued:

"What I'm going to say next is very important,

I want each of you to stay focused! "

As he spoke, Snape stepped down from the podium.

"So far, you have replaced five Defence Against the Dark Arts professors. Each of these professors has their own teaching philosophy and teaching methods. I am surprised that you can still pass so many people in this chaotic situation. The owl's exams. I guess the Ministry of Magic officials who graded the papers must have let the water go. What do you think?"

Snape's back was heavily pressed on a Hufflepuff's shoulder, the poor child shook violently, and the surrounding Hufflepuffs lowered their heads in fear, they knew very well, What Snape said now was completely aimed at them. Unlike Ravenclaw, where almost all the staff were good or excellent, their Defence Against the Dark Arts grades were all low-altitude passages.

"Come on, if you can keep up with the progress of the advanced class, I will be even more surprised, because its content is more advanced."

Snape patted the Hufflepuff on the shoulder as he spoke, and then walked towards Ravenclaw.

This scene surprised Mike, because Snape encouraged those Hufflepuffs just now!

Although there is a bit of yin and yang, this is obviously Snape's unique way of encouraging!

This is very rare!

Unfortunately, the Hufflepuffs didn't seem to appreciate it.

They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Snape leave. The Hufflepuff boy who was patted on the shoulder even touched his pants. It seemed that he was checking whether he had peeed his pants, and he didn't want to work hard at all. the meaning of.

Seeing this, Mike shook his head helplessly, while Snape said slowly:

"Black magic! Variety, variety, power.... Fighting them is like dealing with a powerful Hydra! You cut off one head, and two more powerful, more cunning heads will grow. !"

Mike wanted to laugh a little. Snape's words reminded him of some cartoons he had read in his previous life.

"Therefore," Snape suddenly raised his voice, "your defenses must be as varied and creative as black magic!"

Snape's sudden increase in volume jolted the students' spirits, and then he pointed to the mural on the wall.

"These pictures vividly show the situation of the victims. For example, the life-threatening curse (he pointed to an oil painting of the protagonist lying on the ground with a pale face). Another example is the fire curse (a large piece of human-shaped coke), the explosion curse (fragmented corpse)..."

As Snape began to introduce the meaning of these murals, the expressions of the students gradually became horrified. Of course, Mike still kept his expressionless expression, and he even felt a little bored. Because what Snape was talking about was just too low-level.

Perhaps sensing Mike's thoughts, Snape returned to the podium after introducing these murals and said to the crowd:

"I think you are still unfamiliar with the silent spell. Who can tell me what the silent spell is for?"

The classroom was dead silent, everyone bowed their heads, and no one raised their hands at all.

Snape looked around and finally settled on Mike.

"Mike, please answer this question."

"Good professor." Mike stood up and said, "Silent spells can make your opponents unable to judge the spell you are about to cast by the spell, so that you can gain some advantages. Of course, this is only superficial. , In fact, the silent advantage of silent spells is also very useful in sneak attacks. And its ultimate effect is to speed up your casting speed, allowing you to release spells at an almost instant speed. Of course, it also has Disadvantages. First of all, it is very difficult to learn silent mantras, and its power is much smaller than that of voiced mantras.”

"That's good." Snape nodded and said, "At least you can combine it with reality, which is much better than Miss Know-It-All, she will just follow the script. Alright, sit down."

Mike sat down with a smile, while Franklin beside him muttered in dissatisfaction.

By convention, Snape was supposed to give Mike extra points, but he obviously didn't.

But Mike didn't care about this little thing, instead he gave Franklin a silent gesture, because if Snape found out that he was still beeping, the consequences would not be good.

Fortunately, Snape didn't seem to notice the situation here. He raised his head, shook his greasy hair, and said:

"Our task today is to practice the silent spell, and now you are divided into two groups, one tries to cast the spell on the other, but is not allowed to say it. let's start."

After that, Professor Snape flicked all the desks in the classroom with his wand and was thrown to both sides of the classroom with a huge force.

The Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students looked at each other, and finally raised their wands towards the students around them under Snape's menacing gaze.

Although there are many people who want to find Mike to practice as a team, Mike finally chose Franklin.

This is impossible. Compared with educating others, Mike is more willing to train Franklin as his own person.

To be honest, Mike felt that Snape was still a fairly competent Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, at least much better than Umbridge and Quirrell who only followed the script in his first year.

After all, he has already tried his best to improve the strength of his students to face the next Voldemort invasion. This can be seen from the advanced spellcasting skills he taught everyone about silent spells. Otherwise, if Snape really surrendered to Voldemort If so, he can let the students study freely, just like Quirrell before, so that he can save some effort when Voldemort actually invades Hogwarts.

It's just that although Snape has tried his best to teach everyone, it is obvious that the students are not very appreciative. In the silent spell practice, various cheating methods emerge in an endless stream, such as the two next to Mike, although they chanted the spell. The voice was very low, and the movement of the lips was barely visible, but Mike still found out that they were secretly chanting the magic spell, and there were many people doing so.

This is actually a very stupid thing, because even Mike can easily detect their cheating methods, let alone Snape.

That's right, Mike was sure that Snape must have noticed these people's little actions, but for some unknown reason, Professor Snape, who used to be extremely strict with students in the past, chose to ignore this kind of behavior.

On the contrary, those students who practiced diligently but had little success were reprimanded by Snape. Snape's two thin lips kept opening and closing, spraying them with venom, but at the same time, he kept pointing out mistakes they make in practice.

The students who were reprimanded were all pale and defeated. Snape was indeed an old hermaphrodite, and he had a knack for hating others.

And the students who cheated snickered when they saw it.

Mike shook his head in disdain. In his opinion, these smart people are the most stupid. They think that their means have not been discovered, and they are even laughing at those who work hard, but they don't know that they have been given up.

Mike withdrew his gaze and looked at Franklin again.

In this class, he intends to teach Franklin well, because the role of silent spells in battle is too important. Whether or not he has mastered the release of silent spells with more than two digits is even set as one of the graduation review conditions for Auror training classes. One, this also shows that only wizards who have mastered the Silent Spell can be called true combat wizards.

"Come on, cast a silent spell on me, any spell is fine, pick what you are best at."

Mike said to Franklin, and the latter was embarrassed.

Franklin really had no confidence in the Silent Charm, he thought it was too difficult.

But fortunately, Franklin didn't think as smart as those people, and after struggling for a while, Franklin agreed.

Immediately afterwards, the two drew out their wands and aimed them at each other.

Franklin clenched his teeth tightly to prevent himself from accidentally chanting the magic spell. At the same time, the wand in his hand was constantly waving up and down in the air, and soon he drew a strange trajectory in the air.

This is 'except your weapon'.

Mike easily recognized the spell by the trajectory of Franklin's wand.

But this is not the right choice. Disarming Spell is a relatively advanced attacking spell in Defense Against the Dark Arts. As a beginner of Silent Spell, it is obviously not advisable to choose such an advanced spell for the first time.

Unsurprisingly, when Franklin's Silent Charm failed the first attempt, and due to the lack of guidance from the final phase of the Charm, the magic within him that had been channeled by the correct wand waving went out of control.

Looking at the twitching muscles on Franklin's face, Mike also took a deep breath.

This reminded him of his experience when he learned the Silent Spell at the beginning. The feeling of losing control of the magic was not pleasant, and the pain was like a weakened version of the Cruciatus.

Mike shook his head, ready to remind Franklin, but before he could say anything, he heard a familiar voice coming from the side.

"Ha! Another idiot! Do you think you're Merlin? You chose the Disarming Charm from the very beginning. I really should open your head and take a look, because I guess it's empty." The singing voice said quickly, "Or is this what Mr. Townley taught you? Oh! I think I should see that there's always a dummy around celebrities who can bring out their genius, like Weasley beside Mr. Potter. And you're that idiot beside Mr. Townley, aren't you? Exist only to bring out Mr. Townley's genius!"

Franklin clenched his teeth, and there was even a creaking noise in his mouth.

Mike believed that if he hadn't been able to beat Snape, Franklin would have gone up to fight them now.

In order to prevent Franklin from making any impulsive actions, Mike stepped forward and patted Franklin on the shoulder and said loudly:

"Okay, calm down, Franklin. Use 'incisor to match the big stick', you know? Try again with the simplest magic spell, remember that you use mental power to mobilize magic in the end, not words like before. Come on. Well, let's pull it again."

Franklin gave Snape a hard look before raising his wand again.

At this time, Snape also closed his mouth and stared at Franklin who was preparing to cast a spell.

Apparently, he remembered his responsibilities as a professor.

Compared with the Disarming Charm, the steps to cast the 'Incisor Match Stick' are much simpler. Franklin took a deep breath, the wand in his hand slowly slid through the air, and finally pointed at Mike.

At the same time, Mike and Snape on the opposite side also held their breaths in unison.