'Voldemort's' Teaching

While Gryffindor wasn't as united as Hufflepuff, they faced Slytherin. All internal grudges were forgotten.

Soon, a crowd gathered.

Then, shouting spread.

Unlike Ron, who was getting a bit carried away, Basil and Hermione weren't swept up by the atmosphere.

Hermione believed house points were more important.

As for Basil...

His expression was priceless.

Just moments ago, he'd clearly seen several Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws hiding in the crowd.

Quietly stirring up trouble.

The Hufflepuffs stirring up trouble, though their methods were crude, were from the largest and most united house.

Under the cover of other Hufflepuff students, even if someone noticed something was wrong, they couldn't find the culprits.

The Ravenclaws stirring up trouble, however, were extremely meticulous.

When almost everyone thought they were bookworms, some pretended to be muttering incantations, deep in thought; others held books, not looking where they were going; some held peeled potatoes, observing them closely.

It just so happened they all passed through the crowds of Slytherins and Gryffindors.

"Accidentally" stepping on someone's foot, bumping into someone's head, and so on.

Meanwhile, Snape hid in the shadows of a corner, like a giant bat.

Ready to deduct points at any moment—playing favorites.

Was a mere House Cup, which was useless, really worth this much darkness?

Basil felt his worldview was about to shatter.

No wonder Gryffindor, despite monopolizing the best students, never won the House Cup.

It wasn't just Snape causing trouble.

There were also Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

While they didn't want Slytherin to win, they also didn't want Gryffindor to get too many points.

In the end, a fight didn't break out.

Flint, though despicable, seemed more eager to defeat Gryffindor in Quidditch.

And he was more keen to promote how outstanding their first-year players were.

Thus, under the restraint of everyone being a "brother," the other burly Slytherins also backed down.

"Hey! Basil, you noticed too, right?" Percy suddenly appeared behind him at some point.

Basil nodded.

Percy: "You're surprised?"

"Yes," Basil gestured with his eyes for Hermione not to speak yet, then said, "I don't understand. From my observation, isn't Slytherin the public enemy of the entire school? As long as it's not Slytherin winning the House Cup, it's fine. But today?"

Percy laughed heartily. "This is also targeting Slytherin. Didn't you notice they were all bumping into Slytherin students? If a real fight broke out, they would also join in their own house's style, making it impossible even for Snape to play favorites." He sighed wistfully, "Unfortunately, the last time such a major confrontation happened was two years ago. The protagonists then were Fred and George. They had just enrolled."

"Unfortunately?" Hermione began to doubt her ears.

She had thought Percy was on her side.

Just one night passed, and by the next day, Almost all the students and portraits knew that Slytherin and Gryffindor had two of the youngest Seekers.

For a time, the castle's topics revolved around this.

But no one doubted if Wood and Flint had gone mad.

All the students who had witnessed Harry and Malfoy's back-and-forth aerial duels during flying class praised their skills.

Their skills were excellent, and the fact that Draco Malfoy used a feminine riding posture also spread throughout Hogwarts.

Even Rita Skeeter joined in the fun, publishing the matter in the Daily Prophet.

Basil, however, didn't have time to care about these things.

He was humbly seeking guidance from the youthful Voldemort in Slytherin's secret chamber.

The youthful Voldemort summoned by the card [Horcrux: The Diary], although his stat panel only had the talent suffix [Proficiency in Dark Arts: Advanced] highlighted.

But this was under a premise.

His system was a real-world manifestation of NetEase Games.

NetEase Games was very meticulous with costumes and various monetization channels.

But its data panel was relatively simpler.

Players' Magic Resistance, Physical Defense, Agility, Strength, Constitution, etc., were all encompassed by a single HP value.

And it didn't more vividly mark a wizard's magical cultivation.

So, even though the teenage Voldemort had identical magical cultivation and combat experience to the seventeen-year-old Voldemort.

In terms of pure data, there was no discernible difference from other outstanding students in the same grade.

It would be great if it could mark Dark Magic level X, Transfiguration level Y.

Basil couldn't help but sigh again.

In the Chamber of Secrets, Riddle, using a tattered wand found in the Room of Requirement, displayed extremely brilliant combat techniques.

One spell leading into another.

The previous spell must have amplified and set the stage for the next.

The wand seemed to aim automatically, destroying the tables and chairs in the Chamber of Secrets that Basil had suddenly moved into mid-air, one by one.

Even more impressive was Riddle's Killing Curse.

When facing the Killing Curse from the Boggart-transformed Voldemort summoned by Basil, he didn't even look.

He closed his eyes, the wand automatically twirling in his palm, finding the green light.

The Killing Curse, equally more brilliant and accompanied by the sound of an unknown colossal entity slicing through the air, shot from the tip of the worn hawthorn wand.

The Boggart-Voldemort's Killing Curse was shattered.

And so was he.

All that remained were broken benches and table legs scattered everywhere.

Unfortunately, the practice field was counted as part of the [Duelling Component], so the school would have to suffer.

Consider it interest for using Hogwarts Castle for the school's use.

Afterward, Riddle provided an explanation.

"My Lord. Your casting methods are divided into three types."

"Here, I'm not referring to magic power and 'magic power.' I'm referring to the three methods brought by the wand and the [Grimoire]."

"For spells released purely from the [Grimoire], without your mental guidance, their performance is merely as described on the panel."

"The Stunning Spell can only stun, the Killing Curse can only kill. If you 'consume' more magic power, it only results in simple extra damage. It's just brute force. The nature of the spell's power itself doesn't change."

"But conversely, you don't need to chant the incantation. With just a thought, you can cast it, requiring almost no mental or physical effort to 'throw a punch'."

"And using a wand, which is traditional wizard casting, when you're not familiar with it, you need to concentrate fully, expending mental energy."

"But you haven't truly combined them. When using the wand and the [Grimoire] simultaneously, you are merely enjoying the bonuses of both."

"In fact, you must have also noticed that no card in the [Grimoire] has reached level two yet."

"This is because you have hardly used any mental power when activating the cards."

"This way, you are only training your 'muscles,' meaning magic power itself. It doesn't improve your magical cultivation."

"You might have used a summoning card to glimpse the level two [Devil's Snare] born from the simultaneous use of both powers."

"But a level two spell is definitely not just a simple increase in damage."

"Your level four spell, amplified by Echoes, is also not a true level four."

"And the level of your cards is definitely not capped at level 15 like in a game."

"In fact, a level one spell is already at the level of an ordinary wizard."

"A true level two spell will manifest special effects based on your will, either outside the original spell or enhanced on the original foundation."

"Just like my Killing Curse can also kill curses, which the original Killing Curse does not possess."

"This is what Ron calls personalization."

Basil was a little confused.

He lay in his dorm room, his mouth open but no sound coming out.

His voice had been transferred to Riddle's ears in the Chamber of Secrets connected to the girls' bathroom on the third floor.

"Then what exactly is a level two spell? If you say so, then the Stunning Spell with the Banishing Charm effect that I used when fighting Malfoy and his two cronies was a level two spell."

Riddle denied it, "That was a level one spell with the properties of a level two spell."

"A true level two spell, when you use the same amount of magic power, will be more powerful, and at the same time, it will have different characteristics according to your will."

"It requires no extra mental power from you to constrain and apply the characteristics."

"It's as if it's alive."

"At that time, your wand will also change, becoming more spiritual."