Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Chapter 187: You think I'm afraid of you? Actually, I'm watching an idiot... …

Is magic powerful, or the person who controls magic?

This question sounds like a philosophical one.

But it had a huge impact on Tom's values.

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You must know that even if he understands the power of love, Tom still believes that dark magic is much more powerful than ordinary magic.

The Sectumsempra curse is more powerful than the average cutting curse, that's a fact.

Also, when facing multiple opponents, dark magic like Fiendfyre is more useful than Expelliarmus... …

But now, after being reminded by Old Tom, Tom realized that there was a paradox.

If dark magic is really more powerful, then... why did Grindelwald lose when fighting Dumbledore?

"Yeah... why?" Tom couldn't figure it out.

Recalling the great battle between Grindelwald and Dumbledore in that secret chamber back then.

From Tom's perspective, Grindelwald finally used the incomparably powerful Fiendfyre curse.

But Dumbledore also used a kind of fire magic at that time to easily block it.

According to Levid later, the fire magic Dumbledore used at that time was a super profound magic called Gubraithian Fire.

However, Gubraithian Fire originally did not have any aggressiveness, it only had one characteristic, that is, once it is lit, it will never be extinguished.

Strictly speaking, it is not considered dark magic... …

It was such a non-aggressive Gubraithian Fire that Dumbledore used in conjunction with Transfiguration at that time, and he used fire to control fire, and forcibly resisted the erosion of the Fiendfyre curse!

In other words, among all the magic Dumbledore used on the night he defeated Grindelwald, there was no dark magic!

Dumbledore has always relied on his magical skills, which are better than Grindelwald's, and of course, stronger magic power.

"So... the powerful thing is the person, not dark magic..." Tom kept murmuring.

Old Tom said again at this time: "Therefore, the reason why Professor Dumbledore sent you the manuscript of dark magic for you to learn should be to let you learn it so that you can better prevent dark magic, instead of letting you think about how to use it."

"Is... is that so?" Tom felt that his mind was a little confused.

"Many years ago, when I still liked hunting, I had many friends. Among these people, some people had very good equipment and had all kinds of beautiful and accurate hunting guns. But I only had an old M1903 Springfield rifle. But ah, every time they went out with me, they didn't hunt as many prey as I did, do you know why?"

"Why?" Tom asked curiously.

Old Tom said triumphantly: "Because their marksmanship is not as accurate as mine!"

A look of realization appeared on Tom's face.

Old Tom smiled and said: "As long as the marksmanship is accurate, then it's the same with any gun. But, if your marksmanship is bad, then even if you are given the latest and most accurate hunting gun, it's useless. Because the one who uses the gun, in the final analysis, is still the person himself."

"Yes..." Tom murmured: "If the wizard's own skills and magic power are not strong enough, then even if he masters the most powerful curse, he may not be able to defeat the opponent's Disarming Charm..."

At this time, Tom thought of the time when he was practicing with Levid.

Those fancy magic tricks that he had spent countless efforts to learn always failed to hit Levid.

And Levid's most simple Disarming Charm could always hit him at the most appropriate time... …

At that time, Levid said that changing from the dueling mode to the sparring mode meant that he gave up using some spells with great damage.

To avoid sending himself to St. Mungo's.

In other words, for Levid, no matter what curse it is, it can be used to defeat himself... …

Although thinking this way feels very frustrating, but... it very well confirms one point.

That is, honing the wizard's own skills and abilities is much more important than practicing more powerful curses!

"No wonder... when Levid was practicing duels with me, he never said how well I used my spells, but always criticized my spellcasting rhythm, footwork, etc..."

Tom looked dejectedly at the ceiling, "So it turns out that the direction of my efforts for so long has been wrong... My energy should be focused on improving my foundation, instead of focusing on learning all kinds of fancy magic... I want to run before I learn to walk... Too much to chew..."

Although dark magic is powerful, it is very difficult to learn.

Moreover, for Tom at this age, there is still a relatively large pre-spellcasting action when casting spells.

Once in battle, it will reveal very big flaws.

Since this is the case, it is better to first learn some defensive spells with fast spellcasting speed, such as the Disarming Charm or something as a transition.

Then hone your skills well, even if you can't temporarily improve your magic power intensity, your combat power will definitely be much stronger than it is now!

In a duel, spellcasting speed and reaction ability are very important.

Spellcasting is too complicated, but it drags down the overall spellcasting efficiency!

Looking back, Levid used to point out this problem when he was practicing with himself.

It's just that at that time, I thought that Levid was worried that I would learn too much magic and soon surpass him, so I always took his words as a grain of salt... …

Now that I think about it, I was ignorant... …

So, back then, the way Lived looked at me wasn't with fear, but… like he was looking at an idiot…

Thinking of this, Tom's old face flushed red.

Damn, how could I be so stupid!

After figuring things out, Tom suddenly had many new ideas!

“After dinner, could you practice some spells with me?” Tom suddenly asked eagerly.

“Ah? Me? I don't know magic!” Old Tom said in astonishment.

“It doesn't matter… as long as you can throw stones! Although stones are much slower than spells, they can still simulate real combat and help me improve my fighting style!”

“Is that so… Well, it's good to move around after dinner.” Old Tom finally agreed to his son's request.

Just treat it as playing a game with his son.

… …

Dorset.

Newt and Lived quietly slipped out of the house early in the morning.

Then, in the forest next to the house, they released a huge magical creature from the suitcase!

It was a large cat with colorful patterns all over its body, and its tail was even longer than its body.

It was the Zouwu that Newt had rescued back then.

Newt originally planned to release it back into the wild, but the Zouwu became attached to Newt and refused to leave.

So, Newt had no choice but to keep it until now.

“Don't be nervous, although the Zouwu looks fierce, it is a very gentle animal. Of course, be careful of your words and actions, and don't let it think you are hostile…”

Before Newt could finish speaking, he saw Lived take out a cat teaser from his pocket.

Newt: … …

Lived had already redeemed a talent for magical creature affinity from the system store.

So, when the Zouwu saw him for the first time, it only felt closeness and would not be aggressive towards him at all.

Plus, Lived took out a cat teaser…

In a few minutes, the big cat completely fell in love with Lived.

The speed at which Lived interacted with this magical creature was so fast that even Newt was shocked…

You know, he hadn't even told Lived how to deal with the Zouwu!

Moreover, he had never seen a Zouwu become so quickly familiar with other people!

This speed was so fast that even Newt was a little jealous.

“How did you know…” Newt pointed at Lived's cat teaser.

“Ah? You told me.” Lived smiled.

“Me? I didn't tell you…” Newt was a little confused.

“Have you forgotten your own book? I bought the latest edition of 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' and memorized it completely. You described in detail in the book how to deal with various magical creatures… I admire you so much! Apart from you, no one else can write a book like 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'!”

Lived piled a lot of compliments on Newt, and although Newt tried to hide it, the corners of his mouth still couldn't hide the little smugness in his heart.

“Actually… it's not as good as you said…”

“No, no, no, your work is really good! It's hard to imagine how many people will be able to escape from the clutches of those dangerous magical creatures because of your book! It's simply immeasurable merit! I wish I could write such a book too! How many people could it help…” Lived was really envious this time.

If he had written such a useful book as "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," the merit points he earned every day would definitely be skyrocketing!

Of course, St. Mungo's provided him with a lot of merit points, but the rate of increase was still a bit slow, probably because those healers had not fully mastered some of his new treatment methods.

“You can definitely do it too! Your talent in magizoology also surprises me!” Newt said happily.

“Really? But I feel like it's just average…”

After the two exchanged a wave of compliments, they finally remembered the business at hand.

After climbing onto the Zouwu's back, they ran towards the depths of the forest.

The depressed fire dragon was hidden by Newt in the depths of the forest.

In fact, Lived felt that Newt was brave enough to put such a fire-breathing creature in the forest?

Soon, the Zouwu carried the two people to the depths of the forest and stood on a small hill.

“The fire dragon is over there.” Newt pointed into the distance.

In fact, even if Newt hadn't pointed, Lived would have seen the huge body of the fire dragon.

However, after seeing the fire dragon, Lived finally understood why he wasn't worried about the fire dragon setting the forest on fire.

It was really… the state of the fire dragon looked depressed… lying there motionless, not to mention breathing fire, it didn't even want to lift its head…

“Hiss… wait… is there someone next to the fire dragon?” Lived suddenly asked.

“Huh?” Newt immediately looked over, and sure enough, in front of the fire dragon's nose, there was a person squatting…

“Ah? This is too dangerous! Although this fire dragon is depressed now, no one knows when it will breathe fire! ” Newt was anxious, completely forgetting that he had said that he would just look at the fire dragon from a distance, and directly urged the Zouwu to rush towards the fire dragon.