Mastering Lightning from Hogwarts

The location where Runewen Snake and Anduin were situated was originally a wide corridor, but after the previous 'energy clash,' the walls on both sides and the ceiling above had been blasted to pieces, revealing huge spaces on either side.

At this moment, after Runewen Snake cast his spell, he suddenly seemed to undergo mitosis, with 'Runewen Snake' clones emerging from his body one after another, quickly filling both sides until there were at least forty or fifty of them!

In addition to their bodies being identical to his, these Runewen Snake clones even replicated the wands in their hands perfectly.

"This is...cloning?" Anduin was startled by Runewen Snake's spell, "I didn't expect that in addition to solid clones like Gilderoy Lockhart and Peter, he also has this kind of cloning technique to replicate himself? But are these clones just illusions to confuse people, or do they possess the same combat abilities as his main body?"

Before Anduin could think too much, these clones told him the answer with their actions!

"Arcane Serpent!" ×50

The Runewen Snakes, lined up in a row, simultaneously extended their wands and chanted the spell in unison, instantly unleashing several times more cyan magic snakes than Anduin's [Destructive Meteors], surging out with overwhelming force!

Subsequently, these energy snakes, resembling intertwined serpents, roamed freely across the battlefield like living creatures, some directly colliding with the meteor magic bullets released by Anduin, while others bypassed the magic bullets and directly attacked Anduin.

Seeing this scene, Anduin was immediately frightened out of his wits, knowing that the most outrageous thing was that these clones showed no signs of stopping after casting their spells, continuously casting one after another.

Although the spells they released didn't seem to have the same power as Runewen Snake's main body, generally one or two [Arcane Serpents] could offset one of Anduin's [Destructive Meteors], proving that neither their bodies nor their spells were mere illusions!

"No, even if I cast spells faster, I still can't keep up with the casting speed of these clones. Continuing to confront them head-on will only waste magic power, I have no chance of winning."

After waving his hand shield to deflect two [Arcane Serpents], Anduin frowned and weighed the current situation.

"It seems I have to figure out the secret of these clones first before I can find a way to regain the initiative on the battlefield. Fortunately, I'm the weaker party this time, Runewen Snake will definitely not choose to escape like Peter."

Having made up his mind, Anduin swung his sword wildly, unleashing several bursts of Desolate Lightning Sword Qi, scattering more than a dozen [Arcane Serpents] that were attacking.

Immediately afterward, he fell straight backward, and then Anduin discovered that he was being submerged and dissolved by the floor like falling into water, instantly disappearing from Runewen Snake's sight.

"You can also use the 'Translocation Spell'? It seems that Thunderbird, the traitor, has taught you a lot. And the previous blue Fiendfyre, you wouldn't happen to be Gerard's illegitimate son, would you?" Seeing Anduin burrow into the ground and escape, Runewen Snake didn't show any urgency, but coldly mocked him.

With his cold gaze, a dozen or so clones around Runewen Snake immediately burrowed into the ground without the slightest ripple, just like Anduin.

He was the one who brought the Translocation Spell into the club, so when it comes to tunneling and passing through walls, Runewen Snake is not weaker than the other party.

After tunneling into the ground, Anduin didn't descend for long before landing in a room in the basement. Judging from the surrounding decorations and furnishings, this should be a kitchen or something similar. There were even automatic spell-casting cooking utensils working non-stop on the stove next to him.

After landing, Anduin didn't hesitate at all. He knew that he had stolen this magic from the club, and Runewen Snake must have countermeasures, so he wanted to use the 'Translocation Spell' to escape further down.

But upon trying, he discovered that the floor of the first basement level was blocked by a highly reinforced protective spell, making it impossible to go any deeper.

"Gilderoy Lockhart once said that Runewen Snake's basement had something fishy about it, is he referring to this below? It seems that he wasn't completely lying in order to gain Thunderbird's trust before, but I still can't stay here any longer, they will definitely catch up, I must get rid of these clones first and then think of a solution!"

After quickly thinking in his mind, Anduin immediately gave up the idea of going down, instead rushing towards the wall next to him at high speed. When he came into contact with the wall, there was no obstruction at all, and he instantly merged into it.

Just as Anduin disappeared, more than a dozen figures landed one after another from the ceiling of the first basement level.

After observing and finding that Anduin was nowhere to be seen, one of the clones couldn't help but sneer, "This little mouse runs fast, but both the ground and the outer walls of my basement have been enchanted with protective shields. Entering this floor is no different from actively entering an iron cage, let's see where you can hide..."

"However, just in case, I still have to send a few people to guard the entrance to the vault. That kid's attack power is ridiculously strong, it would be troublesome if he accidentally damaged something."

After muttering to himself, four of the group immediately separated and passed through the wall in a certain direction, while the others dispersed and searched in different directions.

At this time, Anduin had moved a long distance to the side at high speed, passing through several rooms, and finally stopped in a storeroom full of food.

He was now lightly pinching the monocle on his eye socket, seemingly observing something.

It turned out that from the beginning of the battle, Anduin had not forgotten intelligence gathering. Whether on the front battlefield or in the rooms he had entered before, he had deployed a large number of surveillance spiders.

At this moment, the movements of these clones were completely exposed in Anduin's sight.

"The clones on the first floor are in a dispersed defensive posture, is this to prevent me from returning upstairs? No, I'm afraid doing so also has the effect of providing support at any time. As long as I'm caught in the basement, they will definitely land immediately and attack me as a group."

"As for the clones in the basement, four of them are heading straight in a certain direction, they should be defending the entrance to the second basement level, while the others want to disperse and surround me?"

Anduin observed the movements of the clones and quickly summarized the information.

There was no way, although Runewen Snake's mansion was quite large, occupying almost the area of a football field, but if he continued to drag on like this, his range of activity would definitely be infinitely compressed, and he would be discovered before long.

At that time, what awaited him would probably be a surging crowd, so Anduin couldn't delay and had to react quickly.

"I still have to figure out the secret of these clones first, otherwise this battle can't be fought at all," Anduin pondered secretly, and then took out a strangely shaped metal dagger from his body.

Its blade was no different from an ordinary short sword, except that a dial marked with graduations was connected to the end of the handle.

"The four clones gathered together can't be disturbed, I can only start with the isolated ones first. Fortunately, Runewen Snake didn't install any strange protective measures in his residence, otherwise even moving would be troublesome."

After muttering silently, Anduin focused his attention on a room he had stayed in before, where a clone was currently carefully clearing every corner of the room alone.

After Anduin identified his target, he immediately activated the Illusion Charm on his tactical vest, and also activated the silent module on the 'Phase Boots', then turned around and merged into the wall, slowly approaching the clone.

When he had passed through two walls in a row and was in the same room as the clone, the other party was still holding a wand and carefully clearing the various corners of the room.

Seeing this, Anduin also cautiously circled behind the other party against the wall, acting carefully and efficiently, because he didn't know whether this clone had the ability to see through the Illusion Charm.

Taking advantage of the convenience of silent movement, Anduin moved behind the other party without taking long, then he cleanly stabbed the strangely shaped dagger into the clone's back.

"Uh..."

The clone groaned, only struggled for a moment before instantly turning into strands of cyan willow catkins made of magic power, slowly dissipating into the air.

After completing this backstab, Anduin didn't delay and immediately rushed towards a wall on one side, the other side was a room he had scouted before and confirmed was empty.

Sure enough, Anduin had just escaped, and four or five clones immediately came through from all directions except for the wall he had entered.

"Heh heh, young people are young people, so impatient? Attacking my clones will only make me lock onto your location faster, let's see where you can hide." One of the clones snorted coldly, then immediately looked at the wall Anduin had left, and then several people quickly stepped forward and passed through.

After succeeding, Anduin didn't stop at all. Relying on the scouting convenience of the 'Surveillance Spiders', he dodged the others after going around in circles and hid in a quiet storeroom.

"That was close, the other party's reaction is really fast enough," Anduin breathed a sigh of relief, then focused his gaze on the dagger in his hand, or rather, on the dial at the end of the dagger.

"Is the magic value around 100 marks? That is to say, if the strength of each clone is relatively uniform, taking the previous example of Runewen Snake releasing at least 50 clones, then he consumed 5000 points of magic power just to create these clones? Is this really human? In addition, are there any other losses when creating clones?"

After Anduin came to a startling conclusion through the dagger dial, he immediately fell into deep thought and quickly analyzed the information he had collected before.

"First of all, judging from the reaction of the clones, the other party at least possesses pain, and after the target is destroyed, the support from the others is almost without delay, that is to say, these clones probably have sensory sharing, I don't know if it's just sight and hearing, or even other senses can be shared?"