Chapter 36: It Was My Mistake to Give You the Illusion That You Could Challenge Me
In front of Theo, Tom was quite obedient.
After Theo's analysis, Tom gave up the idea of joining the Wizard Supremacists.
Whether Grindelwald can succeed is another matter. With Tom's age and current meager ability, if he really follows this group of people, he may not even have the chance to grow up...
In this regard, Tom, who fully realized his lack of ability because of Theo, can be said to be very self-aware now.
So, the two temporarily stayed at the Hog's Head, waiting for school to start while practicing magic.
During this period, Dumbledore came once in person, seemingly to repair the protective magic that had been broken in the attic.
After finishing, he hurriedly left Hogsmeade Village without even looking at Theo and the others.
Obviously, their war with Grindelwald has now reached a fever pitch, and it is not easy for him to find time to come over.
Especially now that Grindelwald is in Britain, making the British Ministry of Magic very nervous.
Dumbledore's ability has also been valued by the British Ministry of Magic because he repelled Grindelwald a few years ago.
Therefore, the British Ministry of Magic can almost be said to be unable to leave Dumbledore's help for a moment...
In fact, Dumbledore also proved his importance.
As long as he is present, Grindelwald's Wizard Supremacists will not get any benefits.
As a result, Dumbledore's reputation in the wizarding world is also getting higher and higher...
In order to understand the development of the situation, Theo and Tom both subscribed to a copy of the Daily Prophet.
According to the Daily Prophet's report, Grindelwald and his group, in Britain, and the Aurors led by Dumbledore, experienced seven or eight battles of various sizes in just two weeks.
Both sides suffered heavy losses. However, what was strange was that although there were many injured people on both sides, there were very few deaths.
It was as if neither side was fighting desperately during the battle.
Finally, after two weeks, Grindelwald, who could not get any benefits from Dumbledore, led his men out of Britain and disappeared.
People speculated that he should have returned to Nurmengard in Austria to regroup.
However, although no victory or defeat was achieved this time, Grindelwald's retreat still greatly relieved the wizards in the British wizarding world.
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"Stupefy!"
"Bang!"
"Too slow, too obvious... your spell hasn't been cast yet, and the landing point has been judged. How can you hit me? Come on, continue!"
In the woods near Hogsmeade Village, Tom finally mustered up the courage to launch his first formal challenge to Theo.
After two weeks of hard practice, Tom believes that it is time to take revenge on Theo.
In his opinion, his current ability, after practicing hard day and night, has definitely caught up with the lazy Theo!
So, new and old grudges will be settled today!
It's just a pity... the development of the matter does not seem to be developing in the direction he wants to see...
Tom, who studies seriously and diligently every day, can't do anything to Theo, who just reads books casually and then starts wandering around!
To be precise, his spells can't even touch the corner of Theo's clothes!
And from beginning to end, Theo didn't even take the hand holding the wand out of his back...
In other words, Theo didn't even fight back, but he couldn't do anything to him!
The other party even had the leisure to point fingers at his movements while dodging spells!
So, the more Tom attacked, the stronger the sense of frustration...
"Your footsteps are slow. If I attack at this time, you won't have time to hide in the bunker."
Theo's pointing fingers came again, almost shattering Tom's Dao heart.
"Fight back! You're so nagging, aren't you annoying!" Tom's unwillingness and frustration turned into an angry roar.
"Okay..." As soon as Theo finished speaking, Tom found his wand flying out of his hand.
By the time Tom came back to his senses, he had been tied up and hung on a tree...
At this time, the expression on Tom's face was wonderful, with anger, incomprehension, and shock...
He didn't even see what happened, and he was defeated!
"You... how did you do it..." Tom couldn't help asking as he watched Theo walk closer.
"I said just now, the casting speed must be fast. If you chant spells slowly, your attack will not be threatening at all."
Theo stood under the tree, raised his neck, and looked at Tom, who was hung on the tree, miserably.
"You... have you learned silent spells? That's why your attacks are so fast?" Tom looked at him in shock.
"The point of your surprise is a bit inexplicable, Tom. Silent spells are not the point! On the first day we met, when I knocked you down, did I chant any spells?"
Tom was slightly stunned by Theo's question.
Before Tom came back to his senses, Theo continued to ask, "At the beginning, when you knocked down those two traffickers in the alley, did you... chant any spells?"
"Why was your attack swift and neat before you learned spells, but your attack became so procrastinating after you learned spells?"
"Although I don't want to say that, Tom, your hard study during this period has not only made no progress, but has regressed a lot..."
These words were like a bolt from the blue to Tom.
Before learning spells, silent spells came at hand. After learning spells, silent spells could not be cast... Isn't this a regression?
"This... what is the reason?" Tom couldn't help but continue to ask the guy he once hated the most.
Theo shook his head and said, "Because before you learned spells, you didn't think too much when you attacked. Your thoughts were very pure, just thinking about knocking the other party down. It just happened to fit the essence of magic and the release conditions of silent spells..."
"And when you learn spells, you think about more things. The pauses of each spell's syllables and the arcs of each wand swing must all be strictly in accordance with what is written in the book..."
"In this way, you do use spells very beautifully, but you have lost the purity of casting spells at the beginning. Even the power and speed of attacks have regressed terribly."
Tom said dejectedly, "Is this why you don't read books or study spells much? Am I wrong to study spells?"
Theo shook his head, "No, Tom. I didn't say that studying spells is wrong. In fact, you should continue to study and learn spells."
"And you have to study the spells thoroughly. Only by understanding the basic principles of these spells can you use the spells as you want without sticking to techniques and spell syllables."
"Our previous silent spell attacks were just using a certain magic by accident. In fact, if we use silent spells after fully understanding this magic, you will find that the power will be much stronger than before."
"As for how much stronger... you just experienced my Disarming Charm, you should understand."
Tom, who was hung on the tree, frowned and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Tom suddenly asked, "Are you not afraid that I will catch up with you in the end and defeat you in the end by telling me this?"
Theo still kept a gentle smile on his face: "It was my mistake to give you the illusion that you could challenge me. However, you can rest assured that you will soon no longer have this illusion."
Tom glared at Theo with a black face.
He now very much suspects that this bastard will really die if he doesn't pretend to be cool!
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