Hogwarts Card System Chapter 067

After Ted left, he returned to his cowering demeanor. “M-master, can Epiphany get the weaknesses of the Cerberus from Hagrid?”

A gloomy voice sounded from behind him: “It doesn’t matter. If he can get the weaknesses of the Cerberus from that foolish half-giant, then good; if not, it doesn’t matter. As long as he continues to pursue magic, he will eventually be of use to me!”

Speaking of which, Voldemort had been quite happy these past few days.

His long-cherished dream of becoming the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor had finally come true, and he felt a great sense of satisfaction.

And Ted, he was even more pleased with him.

He had always hoped to experience the thrill of being a renowned teacher with a brilliant student, and Ted’s existence perfectly fit his image of a “good student”—tirelessly pursuing magical power, intelligent, diligent, and, to some extent, extremely disdainful of rules and regulations!

That’s right, Voldemort saw in Ted a side of him that was extremely unruly and completely disregarded authority.

It must be said that Tom was very accurate in judging people.

After being given homework by “Professor Quirrell,” the string that had been taut in Ted’s heart for nearly two weeks finally loosened.

He understood what was going on—Professor Quirrell hadn’t found a way to deal with the Cerberus.

So, because he was close to Hagrid, he wanted to play a roundabout tactic, a circuitous strategy to achieve his goal.

Ted decided to go along with the plan, pretending to fall for it, but he wouldn’t reveal the Cerberus’s weaknesses.

He would try to gain some knowledge and experience about magical creatures from Professor Quirrell without affecting the original plot too much.

It was worth noting that, experience points aside, just Professor Quirrell’s two weeks of private tutoring had leveled up Ted’s “Magical Creatures Studies” to Lv 2! He hadn’t even officially started Care of Magical Creatures yet!

Professor Quirrell really knew his stuff in this area!

Moreover, during some private conversations with Professor Quirrell, besides knowledge of magical creatures, Ted also “accidentally” heard some of Professor Quirrell’s views and insights on dark magic.

How to put it, if you didn’t know the truth, you could only praise him with, “Professor Quirrell truly lives up to his title as Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.”

However, Ted knew that it wasn’t Professor Quirrell, but Professor Riddle!

Voldemort was subtly infiltrating Ted with knowledge of dark magic in his words, in an obscure, faint, and fleeting manner.

It was like a hook, constantly teasing his curiosity and thirst for knowledge, making him bite the hook involuntarily!

To be honest, even though Ted wasn’t very interested in dark magic, he found it very curious and wanted to delve deeper into it.

Ted looked at the “Dark Magic Lv 2” prompt and couldn’t help but become vigilant—Professor Quirrell had some knowledge, but Voldemort, even if he just leaked a little something through his fingers, it was a huge deal!

…

March arrived quickly, and the new knowledge Ted was looking forward to had arrived.

“Ding~ Talent [Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold)] triggered, discovered [Black Secret Technique: Crow Ninjutsu Scroll (Green)].”

[Black Secret Technique: Crow Ninjutsu Scroll (Green)], records the creation and usage methods of the Wind Country’s Hidden Sand Village’s puppet jutsu, Black Secret Technique: Crow. Requires 200 experience to redeem.

“What the hell is this?!” Ted leaned back against the headboard, wondering if he hadn’t washed his face properly.

After thinking about it, 200 experience wasn’t a big deal. With good luck, he could gather it in a day; with bad luck, three or four days would be enough.

Although he would hardly use it, it was still knowledge that didn’t exist in this world, so he redeemed it.

Ted redeemed the knowledge, and various puppet jutsu techniques, from design to material selection, to creation and manipulation, automatically appeared in his mind.

Ted’s assessment was, “Not as good as Transfiguration!”

If Transfiguration was practiced to a high level, Lv 8 or Lv 9, there was hope of advancing to legendary status through it.

Puppet jutsu couldn’t do that.

According to the level of Sasori of the Red Sand, the strongest puppet master in the original Naruto, he could at most be considered a “master level.”

Puppet jutsu is limited by its own manipulation limits, material limits, and puppet function limits, so its upper limit is visible.

As for the upper limit of Transfiguration, to be honest, Ted didn’t know where it was. This question would have to be asked of Dumbledore.

In the original work, when he fought the resurrected Voldemort in the Ministry of Magic, he used many Transfiguration techniques to counter him.

Being able to withstand Voldemort’s dark magic was definitely not ordinary Transfiguration.

Dumbledore must have entered a realm in Transfiguration that no one else had touched at that time.

…

In the following days, Ted pretended to diligently complete Professor Quirrell’s homework, writing an essay on canine magical creatures.

However, he only briefly wrote some of his conjectures about the Cerberus.

After that period, they didn’t have much private contact.

And Professor Quirrell seemed to have become busy, not giving Ted much “tutoring” either.

Although Ted didn’t gain any valuable otherworldly knowledge, the existing knowledge still awaited his slow study. So, he lived a fulfilling life.

He continued to devote most of his energy to the study of spells, successively developing:

Softening Charm: Makes oneself float like a feather.

This magic, based on the Levitation Charm, was easily developed and improved. If combined with basic movement spells, it could be used to magically control objects to hit people.

Magic Suppression: Creates a barrier of magical inertia, weakening all magical effects.

This magic was interesting because, regardless of good or bad, all magical effects would be suppressed by this magic, to varying degrees.

If a wizard was affected by Magic Suppression and then tried to transfigure themselves, well…

Arcane Lock: Magically locks a door or container. Ordinary unlocking and opening spells cannot open it.

This is a D&D system magic that prevents doors and containers from being opened. It is very similar to the magical world’s “Anti-Alohomora Charm.”

In the magical world, there is the Unlocking Charm (incantation: Alohomora), which can open locked doors and containers.

So, a similar counter-charm was created to prevent doors and containers from being opened by the Unlocking Charm.

Comprehend Languages: After casting, you can understand words spoken by creatures or read written texts that are otherwise undecipherable.

Many famous old wizards can speak many languages like Mermish, which might be a similar magical ability.

Shield Spell: Creates an invisible force field shield floating in front of you.

An automatically defending invisible force field shield, this is a very valuable magic worth studying in depth.

Mage Armor: An invisible but tangible force field armor appears around the target creature.

This spell is very similar to the Shield Charm. One of the advanced applications of the Shield Charm is the human-shaped Shield Charm, which is like truly wearing an invisible magical armor.

Currently, Ted has four types of protective magic: Frost Armor (physical shield, cold backlash), Shield Charm (physical and magical dual protection), Shield Spell (force field shield), and Mage Armor (magical armor).

He is as solid as a mountain!

Grease: Designates a circular area within casting range, covering it with slippery grease that makes people fall.

This magic can be surprisingly effective when used well, at least it worked quite well on Malfoy.

Because he couldn’t resist showing off again, he brought his two cronies and publicly fell over a dozen times, getting covered in grease!

The three of them, covered in grease and tangled together, the scene was comparable to a large-scale Japanese variety show.

Invisible Servant: Uses magic to create an invisible, mindless, shapeless servant that can perform simple tasks for you, such as running, fetching, opening doors, moving chairs, or cleaning and tidying.

A must-learn magic for any wizard, after all, you can’t always clean and make your own bed, can you?

Not everyone has a house-elf.

This is simply an essential magic for liberating housewives!

In addition, Ted also learned several local spells from Professor Flitwick:

Knockback Jinx (incantation: Flipendo): Can knock enemies flying.

Weakening Hex (incantation: Rictusempra): Makes enemies lose strength, especially effective against large creatures.

Impediment Jinx (incantation: Impedimenta): Slows the target’s speed for 10 seconds.

Unlocking Charm (incantation: Alohomora): Opens any door or lock not magically sealed.

Ted learned the Unlocking Charm privately from the Weasley twins to better explore the castle. It only took him 3 minutes to learn it!

Besides these, he also found a parchment in an old book in the library, left by an unknown senior, which recorded the Tickling Charm.

Tickling Charm (incantation: Rictusempra): The victim will involuntarily burst into laughter after being hit by the curse. They won’t be able to cast spells and might even laugh until they pass out.

Ted’s focused study and inquiries for over half a month earned him great praise from Professor Flitwick, who gave him many private lessons.

Ted learned a large number of spells, and his Charms skill reached Lv 3!

In addition, his Transfiguration finally reached Lv 2!

It just goes to show that Transfiguration is truly complex~

Ted had previously studied the local “Engorgement Charm (Engorgio)” and the D&D first-level spell “Enlarge Person,” but progress was very slow.

Because both of these spells were related to Transfiguration, and his Transfiguration level was insufficient, studying the two spells was exceptionally difficult.

Now it should be much better.