Unexpected

Looking at these students who were so excited about learning Alchemy.

Ryan simply shook his head at this.

Today's lesson: Translating Ancient Runes into runes, and using a wand instead of a carving knife to inscribe Ancient Runes.

The former is knowledge that already exists in Hogwarts.

The latter is just a simple trick that's easy to understand.

It's difficult for some people because they don't know how, and easy for others because they do.

What they will teach you if you are willing to intern at a magic item shop for a period of time.

Even the seemingly most sophisticated method for manipulating the Scott Pot is nothing more than a castle in the air.

Its core lies in the props.

Beauxbatons' move simply served to cultivate a large number of alchemy shop workers.

When France gold refineries are short of workers, they can recruit Britain students without having to go through the trouble of training them.

That's why Ryan was always petting the cat and watching the show.

Like Phoebe and some of the Beauxbatons students, they just gave it a perfunctory response.

The Phoebe was the most extravagant, being almost the last batch to be completed.

However, this led to the outcome of the team competition.

Even students like Beauxbatons, who were skilled in Alchemy, barely managed to get second place.

Hogwarts number one.

Castelobruxo third, Durmstrang was fourth.

However, the reason Hogwarts was able to achieve this result was entirely because they didn't have Alchemy class.

I am particularly curious about this.

Under Fred and George's guidance, most of the older students joined in while the younger students were learning.

This resulted in Hogwarts' final product having a per capita value far exceeding that of the other three schools.

This left almost all the students holding their breath.

Students at leading schools are afraid of being overtaken. They believe their success is largely due to luck.

The students from the lagging schools, however, were eager to catch up and redeem themselves. They weren't entirely convinced of the defeat.

After a brief lunch.

Time quickly passed to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Prior to this, most students had been staying in the Great Hall almost the entire time, and even the other three colleges had lunch Great Hall.

They then discussed the morning's lessons.

However, Krum did not belong to this majority of students.

While the Ravenclaw students applauded for their increased House Points, he quietly left the Great Hall, crossed the Entrance Hall and lawn, and returned to the ship.

He didn't quietly return to the crowd until 3 p. m., when the War Magic class began.

Ron looked resentful and stared intently at Krum, as if he were about to burst into tears.

The deans of the four colleges disappeared from the Great Hall once again.

The figure that appeared on the stage was an unexpected one.

He wasn't Grindelwald. He wasn't the cool, blond old man that students from other schools saw.

"How could it be him?"

"Hiss!"

"Dumbledore!"

"That old man got into trouble? Then Karkaroff should be here, he's the principal."

The roaring noise from the audience revealed that this man was Albus Dumbledore, the Greatest White Wizard of the 19th century.

"Quiet." Dumbledore's voice possessed a strange, captivating magic.

As soon as his voice rang out, the previously noisy Great Hall fell silent once more.

Fred, who was gesticulating wildly as he recounted how the blond old man had been persecuted by Dumbledore to the point of losing his lecturing privileges, stopped abruptly as if he were a mosquito trapped in amber.

Combined with its distorted facial features and enormous mouth, it looked extremely comical.

It took Fred almost five seconds to compose himself and turn his head toward Dumbledore.

Just then, Dumbledore also explained why Grindelwald wasn't coming, "Professor Gwen was unwell because he couldn't adapt to the climate of Britain (Harry and the others, knowing Grindelwald's identity and having read 'The Quibbler,' gave Dumbledore a strange look) and temporarily returned to Durmstrang Institute."

Principal Karkaroff was also unable to teach War Magic due to domestic affairs.

It is an honor to stand here and pick up the professor's work again.

War Magic, literally, refers to magic used in warfare.

It belongs to one-to-many.

Or many to many.

It possesses direct and unparalleled destructive power.

They can conquer cities and seize territories, and split mountains and rocks.

However, the incantation is relatively long, and the consequences of a failed spell are even greater.

This often results in physical death and the destruction of one's soul.

In contrast, there is modern magic, which is specifically used for duels between wizards.

Faster and more powerful. The incantations are more concise and to the point, and there are almost no side effects if the spell fails.

It will only result in a slight loss of energy.

"So, which is more powerful, modern magic or War Magic?" Zacharias of Hufflepuff asked loudly.

He looked around smugly, pleased with himself for daring to ask the question.

However, he quickly deflated. Faced with Dumbledore's calm gaze, he sprawled out on the ground.

Laughter spread from Hufflepuff.

However, Dumbledore still answered Zacharias' question, "Let me put it this way."

A wizard who only knows War Magic.

No matter how skilled he is in magic.

He appeared within the sight of a wizard specializing in modern magic, at the distance his magic could reach.

That would mean failure.

Even just a Stupefy Knockback Jinx spell is enough.

On the other hand...

If outside of sight or magical reach, a War Magic specialist can use unparalleled magical power to take the wizard's life and destroy everything around him.

However, this is not necessarily true.

It's not that I'm biased.

Modern magic has evolved to near perfection over the past few centuries.

The most powerful War Magic is no more than the recurrence of natural disasters like tornadoes and tsunamis.

A skilled wizard can use Apparition to teleport.

Or they could build sturdy fortresses using skillful Transfiguration.

Faced with magically created natural disasters, wizards can even use magical interference to influence or even seize control of the disasters.

So much so that it could be manipulated to launch a counterattack against its creators.

Excessive destructive power is a double-edged sword.

Therefore, War Magic began to evolve into group magic.

This refers to multiple wizards working together to use a single spell.

This is different from the concept of group magic in modern magic; it doesn't involve all wizards chanting the same incantation and coordinating their spells.

Instead, a lengthy incantation is divided into multiple segments.

Multiple wizards would each recite a section of the spell to create a massive magical phenomenon.

Today we're going to learn about group magic in War Magic.

However, this is different from our morning classes.

There is no concept of regularity points.

It was just a simple course.

What you need to do is to work together to successfully cast long-winded War Magic in group battles.

And give the Champion a boost in individual competitions.

One more thing, in group competitions—we will score the completion rate of the spell.

"Oh, no bonus points?"

"I still want to get it back!"

"This isn't fair! Why do we get no participation points for the subjects our school excels at?"

"Blessing? Does the magic we've learned directly affect the Champion?"

As soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, a buzzing murmur filled the Great Hall, like the hissing of small flames.

Clearly, they were all somewhat dissatisfied.

Especially those Durmstrang students who thought they could wash away their shame.

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