The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Chapter 398 The Importance of the Apparition Spell

The Apparition Permit is actually a certificate with a very low application threshold.

Any Hogwarts student over the age of 17 can voluntarily sign up for a training course on the Apparition Spell before August 8 of each year.

This 12-week course is taught by Apparition instructors at the Ministry of Magic and costs 12 Galleons.

After the course, students over 17 years old can also go to Hogwarts to participate in special training and sign up to take the Apparition exam.

However, compared with the extremely low difficulty of applying for the Apparition Spell license, the difficulty of its exam is so high that it almost breaks through the sky.

During the exam, the candidate must apparate perfectly, and even the slightest mistake, such as a slight separation and failure to arrive at the intended location correctly, may result in failure of the exam.

Link remembered that one of the brothers George and Fred in the original book was eliminated because of a slight splitting phenomenon during the exam, which caused one of his eyebrows to disappear.

Of course, failing to pass the Apparition licensing exam does not prevent wizards from using the Apparition spell normally.

Just like there are people driving motor vehicles without a license all the time in this world.

But the problem is that failing to pass the test means that your level is insufficient, and the probability of accidents when forcibly using Apparition will be much greater.

More importantly, if you are caught Apparating without permission, you will face a huge fine - this is one of the important sources of funding for the team that reverses accidental magical events.

But this is only for ordinary wizards. For Link, that license is nothing at all.

Because he can be taken by house elves or other followers when he goes out. Even if he is caught illegally Apparating himself, the Ministry of Magic will not do anything to him for this kind of thing. In the end, it will just be a fine.

If it weren't for the fact that Fudge had been showing signs of biting people recently, Link wouldn't have thought about getting a license at all.

Unlike Link who didn't care, Old Barty obviously placed the highest priority on the tasks given by Link.

On just the next day, a clerk who claimed to be from the Apparition Office under the Reversal of Occasional Magic Events knocked on the door of Forlì Castle and humbly handed over a hardcover certificate that had been backed up and had Link's name written on it. It was handed to Link's hand.

Mr. Victoria was completely shocked by this scene.

You must know that when he first moved to the country, he had to go through various procedures, but was stuck by the Ministry of Magic and almost doubted his life.

But now Link can apply for a Apparition permit that is similar to the level of immigration procedures without having to take an exam, and someone actually comes to his door! ?

Looking at her father's unseen appearance, Emily felt a little embarrassed.

She had already started to participate in the management of the Foley family after she got engaged to Link, so she knew that an ancient and wealthy pure-blood family like the Foley family was so arrogant.

Except for the Owl exam and the Newt exam, let alone the Apparition license, even the most difficult certificate is only a matter of words for the Foley family.

Of course, the reason why I got it so quickly this time is because the Apparition License itself has something special about it.

After all, even if the Apparition Spell is licensed, there are still a lot of people who have accidents every year, and others can't find out about them at all.

Without participating in the discussion between Emily and Mr. Victoria about the privileges of the pure-blood old nobles, Link returned directly to the room after receiving the permission for the Apparition Spell and opened his data panel.

Compared with when he was in Germany, the pattern on Link's data panel has grown inexplicably, and now it fills the entire border of the data panel.

Fortunately, these patterns did not affect the normal use and display of the data panel, and had stopped spreading. Otherwise, Lin Kefei would have gone directly to ask Grindelwald what the hell he had done.

Of course, Link's attention at this time is not on these patterns, but on the row of white characters at the bottom of the skill list - Apparition Curse lv1.

This is what Link has accomplished over the past month.

As early as when he arrived in Germany, Link had already begun to learn about the Apparition Spell from Snape.

The priority of this matter in Link's heart is even higher than capturing Durmstrang's 'arsenal'.

The reason why Link values ​​the Apparition Curse so much is because after several battles with Voldemort and other enemies in the past, Link has fully realized the huge strategic significance of the Apparition Curse.

At the same time, this reminded me of some previous research and later film and television materials, from which Link came to a surprising conclusion.

That is, if the level of the Displacement Curse is increased, its casting speed and cooling speed will also be greatly reduced, and it will eventually be able to be instantaneous like Link's other magic spells.

This is almost equivalent to flickering or flashing!

Needless to say, the importance of flicker to a spellcaster goes without saying.

For now, with the upgrade of the Shadowless Curse of the Divine Edge, Link's strength on both the attack and control sides has been almost reached.

The defensive ability is not much inferior due to Link's long-term investment in magic.

If he can master the high-level flickering version of the Apparition Spell, then Link's last shortcoming in mobility will be made up for!

In the past, Link had been in the area covered by the anti-Apparition Curse like Hogwarts for a long time, so he ignored the huge role of the Apparition Curse.

Now that I know it, of course I have to pursue it courageously.

Unfortunately, there are some things that rely entirely on passion and hard work to be useless.

The Apparition Curse is another in-depth exploration of the space field by wizards, and it has almost no intellectual connection with any other spells.

This means that Link cannot quickly improve his skill level through the huge accumulation of knowledge in the past like when he learned black magic. Instead, he can only learn step by step like everyone else.

At the same time, the danger of the Apparition Curse is extremely high.

In order to prevent the learners from splitting up and turning into pieces of corpses due to various mistakes while learning, the wizards deliberately made the teaching of the Apparition spell very slow and safe. This is directly As a result, even if Link had a top teacher like Snape to teach him, Link's progress in the Apparition Curse was still slow.

But actually it doesn't matter.

Link with the system can completely improve it through skill points after mastering the Apparition Spell with level 1.

He did exactly that.

Link kept the ordinary skill point he got from Grindelwald at the same time as the gold skill point.

At the same time, Link is also planning to temporarily save the gold skill points of the Slytherin Pendant after getting it, so that he can add points directly after the Apparition Spell reaches lv4 and upgrade it to lv6.

Of course, this is just an ideal situation.

Link is actually not a person who likes to accumulate skill points.

If Link gets more gold skill points next, or discovers other skills with higher priority, he will still use the skill points without hesitation.

"It's a long way to go."

With a long sigh, Link closed the data panel and raised his wand to restart the ultra-short distance Apparition spell training under the care of the house elf Button.

Link can be said to hate this kind of mechanical repetitive practice, but there is no other way. This is currently the only way Link can gain experience with the Apparition Curse.

In the next three days, Link treated the training room as his living room. He gave up almost all his social time and sleeping time, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to practicing the Apparition Spell.

Emily and Mrs. Foley obviously also knew the importance of this retreat to Link. In addition to sending small buttons to protect Link's training safety and food, clothing and daily life, they also increased the security of Foley Castle to protect Link's safety. There are no surprises in training.

And in the early morning of the fourth day, the door to the training room of Forlì Castle finally opened again.

When Little Button walked into the training lightly, he saluted Link and said:

"Master, today is the day when Harry Potter will be tried. Mr. Barty Crouch is waiting for you outside."

Hearing this, Link stopped waving his wand, opened the data panel, and saw that the skill bar of the Apparition Curse stopped at 2% of level 89.

This is the result of his hard training for several days.

Link felt a headache when he thought that this was just the beginning, and the experience required from lv3 to lv4 would be super doubled.

The efficiency of this training method is still too low.

"Huh!~"

With a long sigh, Link walked out of the training room without saying a word.

Old Batty had already been waiting outside the door. Today he finally changed out of his old-fashioned suit and windbreaker and replaced it with a purple-red robe with a delicate silver W emblem embroidered on the chest.

This is a symbol of his status as a member of the Wizengamot.

Today's trial regarding Harry Potter is a secret trial and is not open to the outside world.

Strictly speaking, except for Harry and Harry's defenders and witnesses, only Wizengamot members like Old Barty can participate as a jury.

But Link was a surprise.

As a recipient of the Second Class Medal of Sir Merlin, he has already half-stepped into the noble organization of the Wizengamot Council. In addition, with the guarantee of a popular figure like Old Barty, who has been in the spotlight recently, he was made an exception. Observer status was granted.

Of course, Link is not a member of the jury and is not qualified to vote for a verdict.

Seeing Link walking out of the training room wearing a training uniform, Old Barty quickly greeted him and said anxiously:

"I just received the news that they have temporarily moved up the trial time and want to directly convict Harry Potter by making him late. I have already sent a message to Dumbledore, but I don't know if it will be late."

Old Batty lowered his attitude as he spoke.

He could see that although Link's face was expressionless at this time, his eyes seemed to be burning with fire, and he was obviously not in a good mood.

"Don't worry about them," Link walked towards the teleportation hall, changing into a dress with the help of small buttons as he walked, "Dumbledore will never let Harry Potter be expelled from Hogg." Watts, we will definitely win this trial, you just need to think about how to get benefits."

After saying that, Link had already put on a new dress that was somewhat similar to a priest's uniform, straightened his collar and walked directly into the fireplace.

Old Batty quickly nodded and followed.

As a handful of floo powder was thrown out from the small button, a ball of green flames enveloped the two of them and disappeared.

After a moment of spinning, what appeared in front of Link's eyes was a magnificent hall.

Dozens of neatly arranged gilded fireplaces were neatly located at the edge of the hall. A large number of hurried wizards were constantly queuing in and out of the fireplaces, making the hall crowded.

Link walked out of the fireplace with a normal expression.

The Apparition spell training in the past few days has already made him accustomed to the feeling of receiving space teleportation.

"Mr. Crouch! Mr. Foley!"

A woman wearing gold-rimmed glasses trotted over on high heels and said respectfully, "The trial is about to begin. Please follow me."

Old Barty nodded when he heard this, made a greeting gesture to Link, then walked in front and started to help Link lead the way.

They walked around the Magic Brothers Fountain and walked into the Ministry of Magic.

There were not a few people who came to greet Old Batty along the way, and countless people cast curious glances at them.

Of course, most of their attention was focused on Link, a young man who was led by Old Barty and obviously had a very high status.

Many people were speculating on Link's identity. It wasn't until Link and the other three entered the magic elevator that everyone really began to whisper.

The female secretary who came to pick up Link and Old Barty obviously knew Link's identity.

She pressed the elevator button skillfully, and then she kept looking at Link amidst the sound of creaking gears, with an inexplicable light in her eyes.

It's a pity that neither Link nor Old Barty has the intention to interact with her at this time.

The two of them ignored her and remained silent the whole time.

"Department of Mysteries."

A cold announcement suddenly sounded in the serious elevator.

The waitress seemed startled and her body trembled violently.

Old Barty glared at her with some dissatisfaction, walked around her and helped Link open the fence door outside the elevator and said:

"Please, Mr. Foley, this trial will be held in the Tenth Courtroom. We still have a long way to go."

"Then hurry up."

Link said calmly, walking around Old Barty and walking deeper.

He had been to the so-called trial room before because of Sirius Black's matter, so he was not unfamiliar with it.

The two of them walked all the way in, and after passing through a long corridor with a style very similar to Hogwarts, heavy wooden doors half covered with iron sheets finally appeared in front of them.

"The tenth courtroom should be right here..."

Old Batty said as he stopped in front of a huge wooden door without any markings.

He gestured to Link with his eyes, then turned the heavy iron handle and pushed the door open.