Connor's Hogwarts

Chapter 52 The Special Training of Professor Nott

Two days after Halloween, Saturday afternoon, Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

At this time, the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom has been cleared out of a small open space, and two people are in the classroom, holding wands and confronting each other. They are Connor and Professor Nott who gave Connor a little trouble.

Connor just came out of the "movie" in the professor's office.

The story of the otome Miss Mandy has been pushed to the third grade, and Connor saw an outgoing, enthusiastic, generous, kind, beautiful and charming Miss Mandy Miller from Professor Nott's memories.

I don't know if it's because of the beautification of the perspective, but the Miss Mandy that Connor "sees" has become the popular queen among the little wizards of that session, and the man of the hour at Hogwarts.

Professor Nott's memories seem to be filled with pink breath...

Of course, there is no scene that is not suitable for children. In fact, Professor Nott just became friends with a girl...a pair of Gryffindor and Slytherin friends, which is indeed surprising.

But from Connor's point of view, it's Miss Mandy who regards Professor Nott as a good friend. Professor Nott's motives seem a little impure, ahem, well, it's a childhood sweetheart, a childhood sweetheart.

Watching chess without saying a word, Connor just needs to faithfully be a spectator and recorder. After watching the movie for two or three weeks, the image of Miss Mandy has become more three-dimensional in Connor's heart.

I believe that I will be able to draw a good work by then. The complex emotions in Professor Nott’s eyes when he recalled it are indeed moving. Although Connor can’t fully understand it, he can still feel Professor Nott’s deep yearning.

Connor will try his best to do his job well, after all, Professor Nott has given him a lot of help.

Like now...

"Connor, what do you think is the most important thing in the battle between wizards?" Professor Nott held the wand in his right hand, rubbed the top of the wand with his left hand, and looked at Connor.

"I think it's the casting speed." Connor said without thinking.

But Professor Nott shook his head, and he said: "Yes, no, the most important thing in a battle between wizards is not to hit your opponent, but not to be hit by your opponent, so... the most important thing is The wizard's reflexes."

"Because the physique of a wizard is no better than that of a dragon, once you are hit by a spell, it basically means that you have been defeated. If it is a powerful killing curse, being hit means death."

"So avoiding the enemy's spell is the key to winning or losing in a wizard's battle."

"...To become an Auror, you must be proficient in apparation, which is the most important and most important spell in wizard battles." Professor Nott repeated earnestly:
"Proficient use of Apparition can effectively avoid most of the magic, but you are still young. Although your magic control is indeed very strong, I still don't recommend you to learn Apparation now."

"So I'm going to teach you how to fight people without Apparating..."

Connor listened carefully. Although he was not very interested in shooting lasers at each other with his wand, the world was not that safe, and it was still necessary to enhance his combat strength.

With an Auror in front of him, of course he had to make the best use of it. (cross out)

That's why Connor asked Professor Nott to give him combat training.

"When you can't use Apparation, to protect yourself, you must skillfully use the defensive spell, which is the Iron Armor Curse."

"The Iron Armor Curse is the most practical battle defense spell. It may be a bit difficult to get started, but it is easy to cast spells silently if you are proficient. It can resist most magic. Unfortunately, many wizards can't even use a decent Iron Armor Curse..."

"However, Connor, you don't seem to have this trouble. You can even engrave this magic pattern on your clothes, right?" Professor Nott looked at Connor kindly, and he said with a smile:
"It's a genius idea, and sometimes it may have miraculous effects."

"Professor Nott, why do you say that the Iron Armor Curse is a bit difficult? I remember this is the earliest magic I have mastered. It's pretty simple. The magic lines are all flat..." Connor raised his hand, and asked if he didn't understand. Na good habit.

"The Iron Armor Curse may be relatively easy for you to learn magic painting, because you are good at drawing magic lines, but it is not so simple for ordinary wizards." Professor Nott stroked his beard, shook his head and commented:

"You know, the Iron Armor Curse is the magic with the most revisions known so far. In order to make the Iron Armor Curse easier to release, generations of mages have continued to improve this magic. The current Iron Armor Curse is considered to be the most concise and most effective. , the version with the highest income ratio.”

Professor Nott waved his wand, and an invisible shield appeared in front of his wand, "Look, the Iron Armor Curse can cast spells quickly and silently because of its simple magic pattern, and an air shield of this size can also resist large partial attack."

"Actually, the magic pattern of the previous Iron Armor Curse was very complicated. When used, it would form a wrapped spherical shield. The casting time was long and the consumption was high, so it was not suitable for use in battle. Now this improved Iron Armor Curse is widely used. The most perfect Iron Armor Curse ever recognized."

"However, because there are too many revisions, the accuracy required in the pronunciation of the spell is also high. If the pronunciation is slightly wrong, the casting of the spell may fail, so it is not so easy to get started."

Connor suddenly realized that magic is a great subject, and it is surprisingly rigorous in some places.

It can be seen from this that magic is not static, and those wizards who can improve magic are the real magicians in Connor's mind.

Wizards who can only shoot lasers at each other are stupid, Connor thought.

"Okay, you don't need intensive training for the Iron Armor Curse. In addition to defensive spells, you also need to pay attention to concealed spellcasting in battle... Silent spellcasting is the basic skill of magic duels."

"But you can't cast spells silently all the time. You have to learn to cast spells with your heart and mind. Chanting a spell to release another spell is a more practical advanced skill in magic combat..."

Connor listened carefully to Professor Nott's explanation, and he felt that he should withdraw his foreword.It seems... It's not that simple to shoot lasers at each other, and the water of magic battles is also very deep.

The Aurors in this world don't fight like in the movies, you shoot me and I shoot you. Magic duel is a profound knowledge.

According to Professor Nott, the magical game between two powerful Aurors must take into account all aspects, such as making full use of the environment, how to accurately judge the state of the enemy and the enemy, and analyze the psychology of the enemy and the enemy...etc. It is a test of a wizard's various abilities, and ordinary people really can't be an Auror.

Rightly so, Connor thought it was reasonable.Although the mages in this world don't know martial arts, they are not fortresses that can stand for output. The skills of magic duels are not as unbearable as imagined before.

Especially this inconsistency in casting sounds very spiritual. Connor said that this skill must be fully filled, and specialization must be +3.

After listening to a round of lessons, Connor felt that he had benefited a lot, and he also had a considerable understanding of the advanced mages in this world.

As a small society with thousands of people as the unit, the wizard society can be said to be a small sparrow with complete internal organs.

Whether it is government departments (Ministry of Magic), education departments (Hogwarts), medical departments (St. Mungo's Hospital), or violent institutions (Aurors), they all play an integral role in this small society.

In fact, an ordinary student does not learn much magic knowledge at Hogwarts, and many things have to be learned after they choose a specific occupation.

So Professor Nott taught Connor a lot of knowledge that could not be learned at Hogwarts at all, and Connor cherished this opportunity very much.

Although Connor may not become an Auror in the future, well, Connor definitely does not want to be an Auror, but this does not prevent Connor from learning Auror knowledge.

"I will also teach you some practical offensive spells, and then you still have a lot of lessons to learn, such as: how to grasp the timing of casting spells, how to judge the enemy's casting spells, what is fake spell casting, how to effectively defend against the Killing Curse ..." Professor Nott explained to Connor in great detail.

In this way, Connor began his pseudo-Auror preparatory training.

Being forced into a pile of knowledge by Professor Nott, Connor felt fulfilled and happy.

It's just that the next days are going to get busy again, and Connor's weekend time is no longer free
(End of this chapter)