Chapter 451： ?Silent Mantra Teaching

After finishing the conversation with Slughorn, Mike returned to the lounge, and after meeting Franklin, he went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom without stopping.

That's right, what they are going to take this session is Professor Snape's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

At this time, there were already a lot of students gathered in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, and they were all Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

Obviously, due to the recent return of Voldemort and the reasons why Snape did not raise the admission standards for the advanced class of Defense Against the Dark Arts, there were a lot of students applying for this subject, so much so that Snape had to be the same as in the lower grades. , Classes are taught in separate classes.

And just as the Potions classroom changed due to Slughorn's arrival, the originally bright Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom also changed due to Snape's arrival.

The first is the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the classroom. At this time, they were already covered by heavy curtains. The entire classroom was lit by only a few candles, which looked extremely dim.

There are also many murals on the walls of the classroom that were not there before. All these murals depict humans who are suffering from horrible torture. They look creepy!

These, coupled with the cold atmosphere in the classroom, inevitably reminded people of the potions classroom of last semester.

Perhaps it was to resist the tension caused by this weird atmosphere. Everyone was talking and laughing with you, trying to bring a little anger here.

But at this moment, with a loud noise, the door of the classroom was heavily closed.

The students who were talking and laughing were taken aback. They all turned their heads, their faces changed drastically and their heads were silent.

Mike also turned his head curiously, and saw Snape walking towards the podium in a stride. His steps were so big that his black cloak was blown by the wind, looking like It was Snape with a pair of black bat wings growing behind him.

Snape quickly came to the podium. He raised his head and looked down at the crowd below. After a while, he said in a hollow and unfeeling cold tone:

"I didn't let you take out the book."

As soon as he said this, Mike heard a lot of rustling sounds around him, and it seemed that many people should have taken out the books in advance.

Snape continued until the voice stopped:

"What I want to say next is very important, and I hope each of you can concentrate!"

While speaking, Snape walked off the stage.

"So far, you have changed five Defence Against the Dark Arts professors. These professors have their own different teaching concepts and teaching methods. In this chaotic situation, I am surprised that you can still pass so many people. The owl exam. I guess those Ministry officials who read the papers must have released the water. What do you think?"

Snape’s back was pressed heavily on a Hufflepuff’s shoulder. The poor child shook abruptly, and the surrounding Hufflepuffs lowered their heads in fear. They knew very well. What Snape said now was completely aimed at them. Unlike Ravenclaw, where almost everyone was good or excellent, their results in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class were all low-altitude strokes.

"Come on, I will be even more surprised if you can keep up with the progress of improving the class, because its content is more advanced."

Snape patted the Hufflepuff on the shoulder as he spoke, and then walked towards Ravenclaw.

This scene surprised Mike, because Snape actually encouraged those Hufflepuffs just now!

Although it is a bit yin and yang, this is obviously Snape's unique encouragement method!

This is very rare!

Unfortunately, the Hufflepuffs didn't seem to appreciate it.

They all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Snape leaving. The Hufflepuff boy who was slapped on the shoulder even touched his pants, apparently checking whether he was peeing his pants, and didn't want to work hard. the meaning of.

Seeing this, Mike shook his head helplessly, while Snape said slowly:

"Black magic! There are so many different types, great power.... Fighting with them is like fighting a powerful Hydra! If you cut off one head, you will grow two more powerful and cunning heads. !"

Mike wanted to laugh, and Snape's words reminded him of some comics he had read in his previous life.

"Therefore," Snape raised his voice suddenly, "your defense must be as varied and creative as black magic!"

Snape's sudden increase in volume made the students' spirits abrupt, and then he pointed to the mural on the wall.

"These pictures vividly show the situation of the victims. For example, the death curse (he points to an oil painting of the protagonist lying pale on the ground). Another example is the flame curse (a large piece of human-shaped coke), the explosion curse (Fragmented corpse)..."

As Snape began to introduce the meaning of these murals, the expressions of the students gradually became horrified. Of course, Mike still kept that expressionless look, he even felt a little bored. Because what Snape was talking about was too low-level.

Perhaps he was aware of Mike's thoughts, and after introducing these murals, Snape returned to the podium and said to everyone:

"I think you are all new to silent curses. Who can tell me what is the use of silent curses?"

There was a dead silence in the classroom, everyone bowed their heads, and no one raised their hands at all.

Snape looked around and finally set his eyes on Mike.

"Mike, please answer this question."

"Good professor." Mike stood up and said, "The silent spell can prevent your opponent from judging the spell you are about to release through the spell, so that you can gain some advantages. Of course, this is only a superficial effect. In fact, the silent advantage of the silent spell is also very useful during sneak attacks. And its ultimate effect is actually to speed up your casting speed, allowing you to release the spell at an almost instantaneous speed. Of course, it also has Disadvantages. First of all, it is very difficult to learn a silent mantra, and its power is much smaller than that of a voice mantra."

"That's good." Snape nodded. "At least you can combine the reality. This is much better than Miss Know-How. She will just follow the script. Okay, sit down."

Mike sat down with a smile, while Franklin next to him was grumbling dissatisfied.

As usual, Snape should give Mike extra points, but he obviously didn't.

But Mike didn't care about this little thing. Instead, he gave Franklin a silent gesture, because if Snape found out that he was still beeping, the consequences would not be good.

Fortunately, Snape didn't seem to notice the situation here. He raised his head, tossed the greasy hair, and said:

"Our task today is to practice the silent curse. Now you are divided into two groups. One tries to cast a spell on the other, but is not allowed to say it. The other is trying to repel the evil curse, and the same is not allowed. let's start."

After speaking, Professor Snape flicked all the desks in the classroom and was thrown to both sides of the classroom by a huge force.

The students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff looked at each other, and finally raised their wands towards the students around him under Snape's threatening gaze.

Although there are many people who want to find Mike to practice on a team, Mike finally chose Franklin.

There is no way. Mike is more willing to train Franklin himself than to educate others.

To be honest, Mike felt that Snape was still a more competent professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, at least much better than Umbridge before him and Quirrell, who only followed the text in the first year.

After all, he was already trying his best to improve the students' strength to face the next invasion of Voldemort. This can be seen from the advanced spellcasting skills he taught everyone the silent spell. Otherwise, if Snape really took refuge in Voldemort. If he does, he can let the students study freely, just like Quirrell before, so that he can save some effort when Voldemort invades Hogwarts.

It’s just that although Snape was already trying his best to teach everyone, obviously the students didn’t appreciate it very much. Various cheating methods emerged in the silent curse practice, such as the two around Mike, even though they chanted the curse. The voice was very small and the movement of the lips was almost invisible, but Mike still found out that they were chanting mantras secretly, and there were many others doing this.

This is actually a very stupid thing, because even Mike can easily detect their cheating, let alone Snape.

That's right, Mike is sure that Snape must have discovered the small movements of these people, but for some unknown reason, Professor Snape, who had treated students so harshly in the past, chose to ignore this behavior.

On the contrary, the students who practiced hard but had little effect were reprimanded by Snape. Snape's two thin lips kept opening and closing, spraying them with venom, but at the same time they kept pointing out. The mistakes they made in practice.

The students who had been reprimanded all had their faces grayed out, and Snape was indeed an old yin and yang, and he had a good hand.

The students who had cheated laughed.

Mike shook his head in disdain. In his opinion, these smart people are the most stupid. They think that no one has discovered their methods, and they even laugh at those who work hard. They don't know that they have been given up.

Mike retracted his gaze and looked at Franklin again.

In this class, he intends to teach Franklin well, because the role of the silent curse in battle is so important, whether he has mastered the release of more than double-digit silent curses and is even set as a qualification for the graduation review of the Auror training class. One, this also shows that only a wizard who has mastered the silent spell can be called a true war wizard.

"Come on, cast a silent curse on me, any curse is fine, pick what you are best at."

Mike said to Franklin, and the latter was embarrassed.

Franklin really didn't have any confidence in the Silent Curse. He thought it was too difficult.

Fortunately, Franklin was not as clever as those people were. After struggling for a while, Franklin still agreed.

Immediately afterwards, the two drew their wands and pointed them at each other.

Franklin gritted his teeth to prevent him from accidentally chanting the spell, and at the same time his wand was constantly waving up and down in the air, quickly drawing a weird trajectory in the air.

This is the ‘weapon except you’.

Mike recognized the spell easily through the trajectory of Franklin's wand.

But this is not the right choice. The disarming spell is one of the more advanced attack spells in Defense Against the Dark Arts. As a beginner of silent spells, it is obviously not advisable to choose such an advanced spell for the first time.

Unsurprisingly, when Franklin's silent spell failed for the first time, and because of the lack of the guidance of the final stage of the spell, the magic in his body that was guided by the correct wand swing movement was also out of control.

Looking at the twitching muscles on Franklin's face, Mike also took a breath.

This reminded him of his experience when he was learning the Silent Mantra. The feeling of losing control of the magic power was uncomfortable, and the pain was almost like a weakened version of the Heart Drilling Mantra.

Mike shook his head, ready to remind Franklin, but before he could say anything, he heard a familiar voice.

"Ha! Another idiot! Do you think you are Merlin? You chose the Disarmament Charm at the beginning. I should open your head and take a look, because I guess there should be nothing inside." Snape said as if The sing-like tone quickly said, "Or is this Mr. Tonley taught you? Oh! I think I should understand that there is always a fool around celebrities who can bring out their genius, like Weasley next to Mr. Porter. And you are the idiot next to Mr. Townley, right? Existing only to bring out the genius of Mr. Townley!"

Franklin gritted his teeth, and even creaked his teeth in his mouth.

Mike believed that if it weren't for Snape Franklin would have gone up and fought hard.

To prevent Franklin from making any impulsive actions, Mike stepped forward and patted Franklin on the shoulder and said loudly:

"Okay, calm down, Franklin. Do you know with the'incisor stick'? Experiment with the simplest spell, remember that you must use mental power to mobilize magic power in the end instead of using words like before. Come on. Let's pull it again."

Franklin gave Snape a fierce look, then raised his wand again.

At this time, Snape also closed his mouth and stared at Franklin as he was preparing to cast the spell.

Obviously, he still remembers his responsibilities as a professor.

Compared with the disarming spell, the casting steps of the "Incisor Rod" are much simpler. Franklin took a deep breath, and the wand in his hand slowly slid through the air, and finally pointed at Mike.

At the same time, Mike and Snape on the opposite side held their breaths unanimously.