radicalducati Chapter 261: Merging with the Rowan Wood Wand, Advancing to Legendary Wizard!
Chapter 261: Merging with the Rowan Wood Wand, Advancing to Legendary Wizard!
Having obtained this opportunity to fuse an A-grade magical item incidentally, Dudley didn't keep it as inventory. Instead, he immediately took out Old Dumbledore's rowan wand.
After silently apologizing, he relied on his knowledge of wands to carefully crack the rowan wand.
This caused the wand that had accompanied Dumbledore throughout the first half of his life to be downgraded from S-class to A-class.
Then, he grabbed the rowan wood wand and instantly fused with it!
A system notification popped up in my mind:
[Command executed! Consumes 1 A-grade magic item fusion opportunity.]
[Current remaining fusion opportunities: 2 times (Rank C).]
【Congratulations to the host! 】
[Gain an abundance of white spell and polymorph casting techniques, as well as a large number of black spell and alchemical aid spell casting techniques!]
[You have mastered all the spells cast by the legendary wizard Albus Dumbledore, whose magical prowess at his peak surpassed that of an elite professor-level wizard by approximately 5.3 times, using his rowan wand between the ages of 11 and 64.]
[Gained incompatible and unstable staffless spellcasting ability! Automatically banned by the system.]
[Due to the cracked wand shaft from this fusion, the resulting wandless spellcasting ability is unstable, and the wand's compatibility with its host is also low. Therefore, it is now sealed and ineffective.]
[Gain some knowledge and skills in stick making!]
[You have further enhanced your understanding of the principles of staff making, and mastered the Ollivander family's secret knowledge and techniques for processing rowan wood and phoenix feather materials.]
After merging with Old Deng's rowan wand and digesting the extra memories and experiences in his mind, Dudley's magic surged and erupted once again, and his magical cultivation reached a new level.
Furthermore, it gave me the feeling that my magical cultivation had hit a bottleneck and I could not advance any further.
He understood that his magical cultivation had reached the upper limit of his bloodline talent, which was the limit he could reach after fusing with the magic stone, stopping at a level five times that of an elite professor-level wizard.
Otherwise, with the spellcasting skills that Voldemort and Dumbledore had honed for most of their lives, his magical prowess might have surpassed even Voldemort's at his peak.
That is, a magical skill level exceeding that of an elite professor-level wizard by 5.5 times.
Next, if Dudley wants to further improve his magical skills, he needs to obtain or attempt to create a magical item that can further enhance his wizarding bloodline talent and then fuse with it.
Dali already had a plan in mind for this matter, but there were still some technical difficulties in its execution.
In addition, this is not the most urgent matter at the moment, and its priority should be postponed.
Dudley's current magical skill level can already be considered that of a legendary wizard, as the system calls him, and he also has a cousin who can amplify the power of spells tenfold, making him a cheat code.
The magical ability that transcends rules is also on its way.
Occasionally, he would wonder, how strong does one have to be to be considered strong in magic?
Being invincible is enough; becoming stronger is no longer for survival, but for personal interest.
Closer to home.
Next, let's talk about the other professors in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class:
Professor Moody rested for three days and began taking on the duties of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in the last week of October.
Lupin received an extra week of treatment and joined the Defense Against the Dark Arts class in early November.
The portion of snake venom sealed away in his body by Barty Jr. that had not yet been released was removed by Snape. Snape also developed an upgraded version of the potion that prevented him from transforming into a werewolf, one that was more potent and tasted worse.
Lupin could live like a normal wizard by carrying potions with him, and it didn't prevent him from teaching classes.
The only Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who encountered some unexpected situations was Gilderoy Lockhart.
When this guy received Dumbledore's invitation, he wasn't in England, but abroad, in the midst of a new round of tricking people into giving him writing material.
Of course, Lockhart's public statement was different; he said he was embarking on a new round of thrilling adventures.
Therefore, although Lockhart agreed to take on the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, he was unable to go to Hogwarts to take up the post in the short term.
In his reply to Dumbledore, he said that he would take up his post no later than Christmas Eve.
Having discussed the new professors of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, let's move on to other events that have occurred at Hogwarts during this period.
The new Potions professor, Horace Slughorn, who was formerly the Potions professor at Hogwarts and the former Head of Slytherin House, arrived at the school on the Monday of the last week of October (October 28).
He helped Snape share the burden of teaching Potions and also the burden of researching Soul-Soothing Potions.
The professor was an old man who was as fat as a walrus, with slight signs of balding and hair loss, protruding eyes, and a thick, silvery-white beard.
He doesn't care whether students are of pure blood or not, and he doesn't discriminate based on bloodline, but he also can't treat all students equally.
He wouldn't treat students with mediocre talent and average learning ability perfunctorily; he would just do it in a businesslike manner without much enthusiasm, and he wasn't even interested in remembering the names of these students.
But he was much more enthusiastic about those exceptionally talented and outstanding students, and would very diligently invite them to join his 'Slug Club' to exchange ideas and learn more advanced magical knowledge.
Professor Slughorn doesn't like being a public figure in the spotlight, but he thoroughly enjoys influencing those outstanding young wizards. What he aspires to is to be the mentor that the future elites of the wizarding world cannot ignore.
Based on this idea, Professor Slughorn, shortly after arriving at Hogwarts, took the initiative to find Dudley and invited him to join his 'Slug Club'.
After all, Hogwarts has never had a student like Dudley who was so ridiculously strong in his first year and made unimaginable outstanding contributions in multiple magical fields.
Dudley did not refuse Professor Slughorn's offer; he believed the professor was qualified.
It's not a problem to not be perfunctory with mediocre students but to favor outstanding students.
Because no one can treat everyone equally; it's just that some people show it more obviously than others.
But while he agrees with the idea, Dudley doesn't adopt the same almost laissez-faire attitude towards mediocre students as Professor Slughorn.
He not only wants to raise the upper limit of Hogwarts students' strength, but also raise the lower limit of their strength.
Only in this way can the regret of Hogwarts' general consciousness be better resolved, and the ability to sublimate the concept of switching spells with greater freedom and fewer restrictions be obtained.
In addition to the externally hired professors, there have also been new changes in the original faculty of Hogwarts.
This change is not about personnel, but about the transformation and improvement of teaching style and teaching ability.