Hogwarts Falls Behind

Dumbledore's appearance drew everyone's attention.

This caused most of the students below to overlook the changes in the Great Hall's layout.

The same goes for Harry.

After Dumbledore speaking, the people around him started discussing it.

He then realized that the long tables had all returned to the Great Hall. The Scott Pot had also disappeared. The faculty tables were back at the back of the Great Hall.

Harry thought, "Could this mean something?"

This War Magic class didn't involve any physical combat.

And the fact that it's resumed so early suggests that the class will be very long, so long that there won't be time to rearrange the layout—for the dinner at 6 pm.

Meanwhile, a moment later...

The Durmstrang students snapped out of their daze.

They all realized that even without regular attendance points...

They were also exposed to War Magic —a dangerous and outdated magical system banned by several Ministry of Magic —before students from the other three schools.

Then they all fell silent.

They tried their best to hide their joy.

Although the so-called evolved version of War Magic —mass magic—was not really involved.

But they all possess some form of War Magic.

Ryan raised an eyebrow.

What Dumbledore was talking about was clearly Ancient Magic.

To describe it more accurately, wizards now call it War Magic.

And the group magic that Dumbledore mentioned.

It is clearly the result of Dumbledore and Grindelwald's research.

A powerful tool envisioned for conquering the Muggle world.

It's estimated that this weapon will be used to deal with Voldemort in the future.

It relies on multiple wizards to master a portion of the spell's syllables.

The immense and chaotic magical phenomena created by War Magic become extremely stable and their power is not diminished.

Voldemort and the Death Eaters were unable to be dealt with using normal methods of War Magic.

Ryan was actually quite surprised by this.

Ryan 'saw' it.

Grindelwald originally intended to teach these students traditional War Magic.

There are no plans to release the research findings of him and Dumbledore.

But it seems to be because of his pregnancy.

This caused everything to change.

Back to the Triwizard Tournament.

If one has mastered War Magic, one may develop a cognitive barrier regarding this so-called group magic, making it difficult to even begin to learn it.

These Durmstrang students are celebrating too soon.

"I just heard people say that these spells are meant to directly affect the Champion himself?"

The answer is that you all guessed correctly.

Before the start of the group competition, which is the First Task corresponding to War Magic, in October, you will study these three War Magic every Saturday afternoon at 3 pm.

You don't need to worry about the students outside of Durmstrang.

These three War Magic were all obscure spells that they had never learned or even heard of.

Unlike normal magic, they are not named.

Their effects are all direct on the human body, enhancing its resistance to impact, strength, and speed.

Okay, I've said too much already, so let's get straight to the point.

What you have to do today is recite the incantation.

In a little while each of you will receive three parchments.

The above lists the spells and pronunciations for the three magic spells you will be learning during this period.

All you need to do is, based on your own feelings, after reciting the mantra once, choose the four syllables that you feel are most suitable for you.

Then the Prefect need to compile these statistics.

Finally, check if all four syllables selected by all students have been included, and if any have been missed.

If so, testing is required.

That is, to record the time and number of times each student invokes their own magic when reciting the syllables they have chosen.

Finally, what you need to do is assign the students with the later data to the blank or missing syllables.

Let them choose four syllables that they feel are appropriate from here.

If there are any omissions.

The Prefect simply need to repeat the above steps until nothing is missed.

Okay, let's begin.

By the way, just a reminder, the first piece of parchment you need to work on today is the first one.

"You can finish the remaining two by next Saturday." Dumbledore waved his wand, and origami cranes flew out of his wide sleeves and landed in front of each student.

It turned into three pieces of parchment.

Everyone could not contain their curiosity and looked at the parchment in their hands.

Harry is the same.

To his surprise, he discovered that each of these spells was nearly a foot long.

It's about the same length as usual.

Moreover, it doesn't resemble Ron's usual papers, which are written with large fonts and spacing to avoid writing anything.

Each word is very small. Apart from the marked syllables, there are almost no spaces.

The dense, overwhelming appearance makes one want to give up.

Harry even suspected that War Magic was expelled from the Mahoutokoro of the wizarding world because its spells were too long.

It became the subject taught at only one magic school.

It's still an elective course, just like Care of Magical Creatures.

Ron, who was standing to the side, looked down when he saw the dense incantations in his hand. "Merlin's beard!"

Do we really need to read them all out?

I dare say that by the time I finish reading, a whole class period will have passed.

No wonder that Group Potion was held at 7 p. m.

"For three hours, from 3 PM to 6 PM (dinner time), they chanted mantras for us!"

Anthony shook his head at this, saying, "That's not the hardest part."

We can easily memorize normal spells according to their meanings.

However, these incantations, although they are all composed of English letters.

Some words that are prone to ambiguity are also marked with phonetic symbols.

However, these words are definitely not in English.

They are estimated to be a transcription of the pronunciation of the English alphabet from some unknown magical script.

Harry reassured him, "Alright, let's read it once. Ancient Runes have magic power, and I think once we read it, we'll find out which four syllables suit us best."

In the blink of an eye, three hours had passed.

While other schools had already assigned each student four syllables.

The Hogwarts students haven't finished their work for the day yet.

Having a large number of people can sometimes be a burden.

Just like today.

It wasn't until 6 o'clock, dinner time.

Nearly a third of the students are still searching for their own four syllables under the guidance of their Prefect.

This is not because they failed to find it in the past three hours.

However, the people at Hogwarts seem to be a little different.

Most students chose four syllables that were repeated.

This resulted in a large number of blank spaces.

This also led to the need for another round of selection.

Identify students who are slow to respond to the magic of incantations.

Then let these students choose again from the blank spaces.

This process has been repeated almost three times.

So, it wasn't until students from other schools started eating with knives and forks that they finally got to eat.

Hogwarts was still chanting incantations while holding the parchment.