#55 - Section 55
More profound magic allows you to unleash even more powerful spells. Even simple spells can display greater power.
Why are Obscurials so powerful? They possess immense destructive power without using any magic. They are practically invincible against ordinary wizards. Isn't it just because their magic is strong enough?
But Obscurials are like children who haven't grown up in front of Dumbledore and Grindelwald. They can be easily crushed because the magic of the two is overwhelmingly stronger than that of the Obscurial.
The second one, I need to choose carefully.
Ancient magic is out, and potions and alchemy are also not options.
Even so, there are still several spells that Ethan is interested in, ones he doesn't know yet.
First is Fiendfyre. Its power is undoubtedly formidable. The super burst directly kills all Inferi in the field, even those in the water.
Cassandra couldn't find it at home, Dumbledore knows it, but Ethan has no reason to ask him to teach it to him. Knockturn Alley doesn't have such high-end magic either. Other pure-blood families might have it, but Ethan can't ask them one by one. There's simply no way to obtain it in a short time.
The Patronus Charm. This spell isn't rare. The Hogwarts library has it, but Ethan estimates he won't be able to learn it. Talent requirements are secondary. The main thing is to have positive, happy memories. If Ethan had already activated Impart, he would be quite happy, but he hasn't yet, so he can't be happy!
Its effect, as shown in the original work, is only to deal with Dementors. Records also show that it can deal with Lethifolds.
Of course, Ethan doesn't need to deal with either of these. First, there's animal affinity. Even if they don't become close to him, they won't be hostile. Second, Fiendfyre can burn them anyway.
But advanced uses of the Patronus Charm can transmit information and materialize to fight enemies. However, since the Patronus Charm itself is extremely difficult to learn, let alone reaching an extremely high level.
Animagus. This is a separate magic listed in Transfiguration. It requires high Transfiguration skills and has a series of complicated steps. There are great risks when learning it.
If Ethan directly learns this, he shouldn't need other conditions and can directly reach the final stage, and also avoid the risks.
Rain Veil. Dumbledore's magic in Fantastic Beasts, which can shroud the entire London in mist, blocking others' prying and tracking. Later, it can also form three-dimensional landscape images, and perhaps has more uses, a multi-purpose spell.
At Hogwarts, Ethan couldn't find any records of this magic.
After thinking for a while, Ethan still chose Fiendfyre, who made Ethan have a fear of insufficient firepower.
Fiendfyre is different from Fiendfyre and Fire Release: Protective Wall. It's all about the burst. It instantly explodes the flames with magic. There won't be a process of the flame growing from small to large. The more magic you have, the bigger the flame you can explode.
The latter two have high temperatures and strong characteristics, but the start-up will be slower.
If Fiendfyre can be integrated into Fiendfyre, as long as there is enough magic, Ethan can turn the entire Hogwarts into a sea of fire in one breath.
Having made his choice, Ethan also began to pack his things.
After having breakfast with his roommates in the Great Hall, Ethan went directly to the Forbidden Forest.
Yesterday, Hagrid sent a letter by owl, asking him to go to his place before leaving.
"Ethan, you've come!"
Hagrid stood in front of his hut and greeted Ethan warmly.
He still lives in the Forbidden Forest most of the time, accompanying Norbert. He only comes here when there is something to do.
"Hagrid, what's this?"
Ethan noticed the package in Hagrid's hand. It looked quite small under his three-meter-tall body, but it was still half a person tall compared to Ethan's one-meter-seventy height.
"This is a gift for you. You won't be able to come to the Forbidden Forest this vacation."
"These are all things I picked up in the Forbidden Forest these past few months. They're not worth much money."
Hagrid directly handed the package to Ethan.
If Harry became friends with Hagrid because of his father's relationship and the title of savior, then Ethan's relationship was purely personal.
One brings only trouble, and the other can have common topics and help himself.
Not to mention the unreasonable animal affinity, but also helped Aragog restore a lot of state during this time. Although it did not extend his life, it made his eyes able to see, which made Hagrid very happy.
In fact, Ethan mainly wanted the venom of the Acromantula, so he brought some energy cubes as gifts every time he went to the Forbidden Forest every week. In return, the Acromantula would send several pints of venom to Ethan each time.
Aragog's lifespan has come to an end, and Ethan can't do anything with the energy cubes, but it can make his mental and physical state better.
Norbert also owes a lot to Ethan's help. Without Ethan, he would have died early.
Later, he also gave a powdered thing called Dragon Strengthening Potion, which was added to chicken blood brandy and fed to Norbert. After eating this, Norbert also slowly became stronger. Needless to say, this is also a precious thing. Later, he even solved Malfoy's informing incident, so that he was spared Azkaban.
It was because of gratitude that Hagrid sent these things.
"I'll accept it then. If Norbert runs out of potions, write me a letter, and I'll send it to you then."
Ethan was not polite. He knew Hagrid's generous personality. If you declined to accept it, he would be unhappy instead.
Ethan gave him dragon energy cubes, which he called dragon tonic at the time, and didn't mention money. The main reason was that Hagrid was too generous, and he couldn't be stingy either.
He directly sent a lot of unicorn hair for Christmas, and after saving Norbert, he directly gave a unicorn horn. Grinding such a big one into powder and selling it would be nearly 25,000 Galleons.
"Okay, I know, you go back first, the car will be leaving soon."
Alas, I came empty-handed.
Now, I'm going back with a big bag.
Mainly because there are all kinds of magical materials in it, and the types are too mixed, so using the shrinking charm is not very useful, so I can only carry it on my back.
As for what's inside, it's not too late to check it after going back, anyway, it won't run away.
The things that Hagrid sends out can't be bad.
"Ethan, do you want to come to my house to play during the summer vacation? My house is very big!"
After putting the package into the box with the Undetectable Extension Charm, Ethan met Fred, George, and Cedric at the gate of Hogwarts.
It seems like I've heard this before somewhere.
"Contact me by letter during the summer vacation. I don't know if I'll have time."
That old bastard Dumbledore still hasn't given me a definite date for when he'll go find Nicolas Flamel, even now that it's vacation time.
But, he probably won't welch on his promise.
"Then we'll contact you by letter when the time comes. Honestly, you should come experience a wizarding family; it would definitely be a shock to you."
"And the Diggory's are nearby too. When you're tired of playing, you can stay at whoever's house you want."
"Without pretty upperclassmen, I don't want to stay at anyone's house."
Ethan spread his hands, looking at them with an expression of distaste.
"My sister is quite cute, but she idolizes Harry, so she probably wouldn't like you."
George raised his eyebrows at Ethan, believing his sister was definitely cuter than all the witches at Hogwarts.
He would definitely tell his sister to stay away from Ethan when he got back this summer. He's not a good person, only likes to flirt with upperclassmen and underclassmen, and doesn't take responsibility.
He didn't want his little sister, who was cherished by the whole family, to come home crying every time.
"That's a real shame."
Ethan didn't care. In the movies, she's like an old woman, but in the books, she's depicted as a beauty.
But Ethan wasn't short on girls, and Ginny idolized Harry, quite obsessively so. It's best not to touch other people's little fan girls.
Cedric chimed in, "You forgot, the Lovegood girl is also good, just a bit eccentric."
Fred glanced at Ethan, "She's crazy, I'm afraid you can't handle her."
"Is there anyone I can't handle?"
Ethan gave them a dismissive look.
Luna Lovegood, though her personality was a little strange, Ethan still admired her.
Chapter 81: Might Makes Right
When they arrived at the place to ride the Thestral carriages, Ethan finally separated from Fred and the others.
Last time, because it was the first time for the first years to ride the Thestral carriages, they still needed the prefects to guide them, but now no one cared about that. The Thestral carriages left on time.
Ethan directly found Cassandra and the others' carriage. He had told them yesterday to go to the carriages first, to avoid not finding a suitable empty carriage in the end.
"I've brought Onyxia in, now I'm handing it over to ~ you."
As she spoke, Cassandra handed the suitcase she was holding to Ethan.
Ethan went to the Forbidden Forest early in the morning. Onyxia could only be handed over to them.
Now, almost three weeks after birth, its body length was already 1.5 meters. Its development speed could be described as quite fast.
According to this situation, Onyxia would definitely exceed the average body length of 30 feet for Hebridean Black Dragons.
"Ethan, what's your home phone number? Can I call you to play during the summer?"
They were both Muggle families, which gave Cassandra an advantage she couldn't match, making it more convenient and faster to contact him.
Ethan immediately recited a string of numbers.
"I've written it down too. Although my family is also a wizarding family, we have Muggle items, so we naturally have a phone. If Hogwarts didn't prohibit electrical appliances, I would have bought a cell phone."
Cho Chang also took out a piece of parchment and wrote it down with a quill.
According to her, in China, wizards are not called wizards, but Taoists, and they have quite a lot of contact with Muggles, and they know Muggle technology.
"Phone, what's that?"
Only Cassandra looked blank.
In the end, Ethan and Cho Chang explained it to her, and also told her that with her family's conditions, it might be a bit difficult to install a telephone, after all, this thing requires telephone lines to be strung up. Stringing a hammer in a wizard's manor.
He directly suggested she buy a cell phone, which could be used in various cities and towns, but it needed to be charged.
Cassandra frowned, feeling it was so troublesome, not as convenient as an owl.
While they were chatting, the Thestral carriages arrived at the station, and Ethan directly led Cassandra and the girls to find an empty carriage.
Not long after the train started, Penelope, who had finished patrolling, came directly and sat down between Cho Chang and Hermione.
This compartment sofa was quite large, and it was no problem for three people to sit in a row, but most people defaulted to two seats.
"Aren't you going to patrol and manage discipline?"
Ethan looked at Penelope with some surprise. She had always sat in the prefects' compartment after patrolling the last few times.
"I'm not going, I agreed with Doris."
Doris Croaker, a sixth-year Ravenclaw female prefect, will be in seventh grade after the start of school, and has a very good relationship with Penelope.
"By the way, what were you talking about just now? Do you want sister to take you out to play during the summer?"
Penelope put one arm around a girl and leaned on the sofa, giving Ethan a provocative look.
"Hermione and Cho's families are both in London. They've agreed to go shopping during the summer. Are you also interested?"
Ethan glanced at Penelope, unmoved. You just put your arm around their shoulders, what else can you do!
"I want to too!"
"But my home is in Plymouth, Devon. Every time I come to London, I have to take the train, and I have to come early for the start of school."
Penelope spread her hands and said helplessly.
It's troublesome every time for vacation and the start of school. After getting off the Hogwarts Express later, I have to rush to buy a train ticket, and I don't know if there are any to Plymouth today.
The school is just not good at this point, it doesn't matter where your home is, anyway, you all get off at King's Cross Station.
Cassandra looked at Penelope in surprise, not expecting the two to live not very far away.
"My home is also in Devon, but it's on the Exeter side. You can come to my house as a guest."
Although Cassandra was arrogant, she was not stupid.
She was also a little unhappy with Penelope, an upperclassman who also coveted Ethan, but she needed teammates.
It's only been a year, and look at how many girls Ethan has provoked. If it develops like this, what will happen after seven years at Hogwarts?
Let's not mention the future for now, first win over Penelope to squeeze the big-toothed girl out.
"Haha, I will go if I have time."
Penelope laughed awkwardly twice.
Going to a pure-blood family's residence is not to make herself unhappy, especially a pure-blood born in Slytherin.
Even Penelope in Ravenclaw knew that Cassandra's family strength was not small, and her father was a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic.
In this kind of family, discrimination against half-bloods or Muggles is quite common.
"Penelope, how were your O.W.L.s exam results?"
