Chapter 174 Dracula: Use the Death Curse on me!

"Very good. I suggest other students learn from Mr. Potter." Dracula nodded lightly and praised, "Potter's will is quite strong and he is not completely controlled by my Imperius Curse."

Harry looked up at Dracula in confusion. As Dracula stopped casting the Imperius Curse, he felt that the hollow feeling in his mind, like an echo in the valley, disappeared.

He remembered everything that had just happened very clearly, and the pain in his tailbone became more and more unbearable.

"Epliskey." Dracula's voice sounded again.

Harry felt that his broken bones were healing quickly under Professor Dracula's healing spell. At first, he felt a slight tingling sensation, but then both the tingling and pain gradually disappeared, and his tailbone returned to its original shape.

He opened his eyes wide, stood up from the ground, and then hurriedly prepared to leave the duel stage.

"Don't leave in a hurry, Potter." Dracula stopped Harry from stepping off the duel stage and smiled, "Remember how you felt just now, let's do it again. I hope you can get rid of the robbery faster this time. The control of the soul curse."

Before Harry could react, the hollow feeling under the control of the Imperius Curse came to mind again.

Let's do a somersault...

Dracula's voice reappeared, as if echoing in a very distant place.

Harry had already had an experience, so he followed the feeling of being controlled by the Imperius Curse last time and resisted Dracula's command to do somersaults.

"winter!"

He fell to the floor again.

This time, his nose touched the ground, and the nosebleeds flowed down.

"I don't see any obvious progress on your part." Dracula casually healed Harry's nose and said in a cold tone,

"Come again!"

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Harry took the test seven times in a row. Basically, each time there was some improvement compared to the previous one, and the time under control was gradually shortened.

It wasn't until Harry was able to completely escape the control of the Imperius Curse that Dracula finally allowed him to leave the dueling platform.

After leaving the duel stage, Harry only felt sore all over.

Even though every time he fell to the ground, Dracula would use a healing spell to heal Harry's injuries. But whether it is muscle strain or mental fatigue, the healing spell cannot directly cure it.

So as soon as Harry got off the duel stage, he sat down on the ground next to Ron and Hermione, grinning and rubbing the sore muscles all over his body, relaxing his brain, which had been unable to calm down for a long time.

The little wizards around him came to Harry one by one, wanting to ask him how to break free from the control of the Imperius Curse.

"Don't rush into the discussion yet." Dracula's voice sounded from the duel platform again, "There are three Unforgivable Curses in total, and we have just explained one."

The little wizards in the audience raised their heads in surprise and looked at Dracula.

The performance of the Imperius Curse just now was really wonderful. Whether it was Riddle's handsome hip-hop dance, Fred and George's eye-catching dance, or Harry's outstanding performance in breaking away from the control of the Imperius Curse, they all attracted the attention of young wizards like never before.

Now that the explanation of the Imperius Curse is over, they almost thought get out of class was about to end!

"Time is running out, let's speed up next." Dracula glanced at the clock hanging on the wall of the auditorium, and then explained, "Who else knows, in addition to the Imperius Curse, the other two Unforgivable Curses are What?"

The top students in the audience, such as Percy, Cedric, and Hermione, raised their hands high.

Dracula was about to follow his usual practice of picking a top student to answer the question.

However, just when he was about to wake up Gryffindor Percy, he suddenly saw a usually submissive little wizard in the Gryffindor team weakly raising his hand.

"Neville Longbottom?"

Dracula was a little surprised.

Neville Longbottom, a young wizard, has a very low sense of presence. He basically never raised his hand in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Not only that, Dracula also heard that Defense Against the Dark Arts was a subject in which he performed relatively well. It seemed that in Snape's potions class, he always made the wrong potions, basically every class There will be some weird accidents in class.

Dracula looked at Neville and found that his expression was a little dull, as if he was also surprised by his bold move today.

"Mr. Longbottom, tell me." Dracula said, "Which other Unforgivable Curse do you know?"

"I know there is a... Cruciatus Curse." Neville's voice was soft but clear.

Dracula looked at Neville deeply, then nodded slightly.

"You're right, five points to Gryffindor," he said.

"The Cruatus curse, also known as the torture curse, is a very representative form of black magic and one of the three unforgivable curses."

In view of insufficient time, Dracula did not find anyone to answer the question this time, "When the curse is successfully cast on a human or creature, the curse will cause intense and unbearable physical pain to the victim. If the victim suffers for a long time, Curse, may cause insanity.”

When he said this, Dracula frowned slightly.

He vaguely saw Neville's face turning a little pale, and he didn't know the specific reason.

"The Cruciatus Curse was invented in the early Middle Ages. This harmless curse was quite popular for a while. It was not until the beginning of the 18th century that it was completely recognized as a black magic. Three Unforgivable Curses."

Dracula continues to explain, "Using any of the three Unforgivable Curses on a fellow human will result in a life sentence in Azkaban without the possibility of parole!"

When talking about the punishment of using the Unforgivable Curse, Dracula's voice became a little cold, making the little wizards in the audience shiver.

"Of course, I personally think that the Cruciatus Curse is the most useless of the three Unforgivable Curses." Dracula suddenly changed the topic and his tone became relaxed, "The only effect of this curse is to torture people. Basically it can only be used in torture work."

"In my opinion, using the Cruciatus Curse for interrogation is far less efficient than putting three drops of Veritaserum in the prisoner's mouth... What? There are still people who don't even know what Veritaserum is? Go ask Snee after class. Professor Pu, I have no control over potions."

"The reason why I say the Cruciatus Curse is useless is because under the influence of the Cruciatus Curse, the person being interrogated is very likely to make a false confession to lessen the pain they endured under the spell, regardless of whether they actually have what the interrogator is seeking. and extracted information.”

"In addition, under the torture of the Cruciatus Curse, the person being interrogated cannot reveal information protected by confidential magic such as the Unbreakable Curse and the Fidelity Curse, because under the influence of the Cruciatus Curse, what the wizards say is not considered voluntary. "

Dracula shrugged, and the disdainful expression on his face fully reflected how much he despised this curse.

"Of course, a dark wizard may choose to attack with the Cruciatus Curse in a duel, causing great pain to their opponent. As long as they maintain the effect of the curse, their opponent will be unable to fight back."

"Compared to its use in duels, a more common use is when heinous dark wizards use the Cruciatus Curse to satisfy their desire to abuse and torture others."

"To successfully cast this curse, it is not enough to simply utter the incantation. The wizard using this curse must have a strong and desperate desire for the victim's pain and derive great pleasure from the victim's pain."

"Therefore, this curse is, in a sense, the most cruel and perverted of the three Unforgivable Curses."

"Next, I will show you how a dark wizard would cast the Cruciatus Curse."

As he spoke, Dracula suddenly raised the corners of his mouth and looked maliciously at Riddle, who was still standing on the duel stage.

"Assistant Riddle, come to cooperate with me?"

Seeing Dracula's expression, Riddle's face instantly turned pale with fright.

"Professor Dracula, don't be impulsive!" he hurriedly tried to dissuade him. "If it were someone else's Cruciatus Curse, I might be able to withstand it, but if it was you who cast it, I wouldn't be able to bear it for decades." ah!"

"Don't be so arrogant, Riddle." Dracula laughed teasingly, "Besides, there are so many pure students here, if I were asked to use the Cruciatus Curse on an innocent person, I wouldn't be able to let it go! So it's okay. It’s better to demonstrate it directly with you.”

"No... I'm innocent too!" Riddle defended in a fit of laughter and tears, "It's clearly not me who has done all the evil, but that... that person. You can't confuse us!"

"What's the difference?" Dracula chuckled.

Riddle's next words were choked in his throat.

He finally understood that Dracula was still a little concerned about the secrets of the Forbidden Forest being concealed from him, and using the Imperius Curse to control Riddle to dance could not completely calm his emotions.

The petty Professor Dracula really deserves his reputation!

"What about that, Professor Dracula... Actually, you can use other creatures to demonstrate the Cruciatus Curse." Riddle wiped the slightly damp sweat from his forehead and whispered, "I called Dobby over and asked him to find it. Come here, a little animal that doesn’t deserve to die.”

He waved his wand and shouted softly:

"More than?"

Dobby, the house elf who had been accepted by Dracula as his assistant, appeared on the duel stage with a bang.

"It's an honor to serve you, Professor Dracula, Assistant Professor Riddle." Dobby, wearing an exquisite little dress, bowed to Dracula and Riddle.

As early as more than a month before the Christmas vacation, Dracula felt a little bored with life at Hogwarts, so he told Dobby one thing——

Dracula asked Dobby to tell Riddle to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts on his behalf. During the substitute teaching period, Riddle could go to Dobby for appropriate help when needed.

During the period when Dracula did not return, Dobby was still cleaning Dracula's office every day, and at the same time he gradually became familiar with Riddle.

This is why Riddle knew how to summon Dobby.

"Dobby, didn't you often help in the kitchen some time ago?" Riddle asked in a low voice, "Are those rats hiding in the sewers and occasionally running up to steal food still alive?"

"Those bad rats are still alive," Dobby said angrily, staring at his big eyes as big as tennis balls. "These bad rats stole the wizard's food and should have been punished immediately!"

"But there is not enough rat poison in Hogwarts. The house elf chef is just going to buy some more today, so we haven't had time to get rid of all the rats yet."

"Great!" Riddle breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Dracula, "Professor Dracula, those rats in the kitchen sewers are pests that eat Hogwarts food. You should not let these animals go. Aren’t you going to open it?”

Dracula raised his eyebrows and looked at Riddle, who was trying his best not to experience the Cruciatus Curse, and finally shook his head with a smile.

"In that case, let's catch a mouse and bring it over." He chuckled. "It just so happens that using animals for demonstration may cause less psychological shadow to the little wizards."

Dobby, as a house elf with outstanding abilities, quickly caught a mouse from the kitchen sewer and brought it over.

Because he knew Dracula very well, he used a cleaning spell to clean the rat after catching it to prevent Dracula from being disgusted by it.

"Excuse me, Dobby." Dracula looked at the clean mouse that Dobby brought over and nodded with satisfaction. "It needs to be zoomed in a little, otherwise the little wizard in the back row may not be able to see clearly."

Before Dracula could cast the spell, Riddle clumsily used the Expansion Charm on the mouse, and used the Levitation Charm to levitate it in the air so that all the little wizards could clearly observe the mouse. .

The mouse swelled and was now larger than a normal-sized cat.

Amid the expectant, puzzled, or frightened looks of the little wizards, Dracula took two steps forward and came to the big mouse.

He raised his wand, pointed at the mouse, and whispered:

"A crucio."

In an instant, the mouse's eyes suddenly widened and its limbs kicked around wildly. It flipped over, while its body twitched violently, shaking from side to side.

"Zhizhizhi——"

The mouse made a pitiful squeaking sound and screamed at the top of its lungs. The gray hair all over his body started to tremble, and the muscles all over his body twitched more and more fiercely——

"Professor, stop!" Hermione suddenly shouted loudly in the audience.

Dracula turned to look at Hermione.

She wasn't looking at Dracula on the stand, or at the rats as demonstration objects, but at Neville.

Dracula frowned and saw Neville's hands tightly grasping the corners of his clothes, his joints turning white, his eyes wide open, full of fear.

"How are you, Mr. Longbottom?" He withdrew his wand and the Cruciatus Curse ceased.

The mouse fell to the ground and stopped screaming, but its limbs and body still twitched from time to time.

Neville stared blankly at the mouse on the stage, his face pale.

"Mr. Longbottom, if the Cruciatus Curse has brought you some bad memories, then I hope you can face this curse." Dracula knelt down on the edge of the duel platform and looked at Neville gently.

"A person should not dwell on the tragic past, but should face the pain he has experienced."

"You are a Gryffindor, Mr. Longbottom. The most important thing Gryffindor lacks is courage. Don't let the setbacks in life blind your eyes and waste your integrity."

"Think about it when you go back. I hope you will be different next class."

Dracula took a deep look at Neville, stood up, and walked to the rat again, which was still twitching from time to time.

"There is no specific way to resist the Cruciatus Curse. You can only rely on your superior tolerance for pain and your fearless spirit to resist the torture and complete the counterattack in pain." He said softly.

"Of course, if possible, I still advise you not to be hit by the Cruciatus Curse, because there are very few people who can withstand this kind of pain."

After explaining the relevant knowledge of the Cruciatus Curse, Dracula's eyes suddenly became sharp.

"Next, I will tell you about the last and most powerful of the three Unforgivable Curses..." He gently raised his wand and pointed it at the still trembling mouse.

The mouse seemed to feel the impending doom. Enduring his muscles that were still weak and in severe pain, he struggled desperately to get up, trying to avoid the direction pointed by Dracula's wand.

But the next moment, the evil curse blurted out——

"Avada Kedavra."

A dazzling green light pierced people's eyes, and at the same time there was a chaotic sound whistling, as if there was an invisible giant flying through the air -

At the same time, the rat fell down and lay on its back on the duel platform, with no more signs of twitching in its body.

There are no scratches on its body, but it is undoubtedly dead...

Several young wizards looked at this scene in horror, trying hard to hold back the screams they wanted to make.

Among the few little wizards who held back their screams, Harry was among them. A vague image appeared in his eyes——

It was a dazzling green light. A beautiful woman stood in front of him. She fell to the ground after being hit by the green light, and then there was an even more dazzling green light...

[To be honest, I have been reading books recently to catch up on updates. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. It can be used on both Android and Apple. 】

"The Death Curse is also known as the Death Curse. There is no solution to the curse, no defensive magic can stop it, and no one can survive after being hit by the Death Curse..." Dracula said.

Then, he paused and suddenly looked at Harry, "So far, the Death Curse has only happened to one person."

Everyone's eyes turned to look at Harry. Harry stared blankly at Professor Dracula on the stage, feeling that he could feel what Neville was feeling just now.

"Concentrate and look at me!" Dracula shouted, relieving Harry a little of the pressure. "You don't need to care about how Harry Potter escaped under the Death Curse, and don't even think about it. So that I can survive the death curse."

"You will not have any ability to resist the Death Curse!" Dracula said coldly, "So I will teach you some tricks, which may allow you to survive in the face of the Dark Wizard's Death Curse. s method."

The next moment, under the gaze of all the young wizards, he suddenly turned around and looked at Riddle.

"Riddle, use the Death Curse on me!"

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