Chapter 198

It's just a dog-eat-dog fight. Who cares? He even hopes that the two of them will bite each other harder.

Chapter 315 The Prototype of Rune Magic

This year's Defense Against the Dark Arts class has become the most boring class in history. Many students use this class to secretly write homework on the History of Magic... Why not? You know, Professor Binns is more interesting than Umbridge.

But based on Nietzsche's "hint", Umbridge can only endure the students' cold eyes, so she vents all her anger on Malfoy.

I don't know what kind of punishment the old toad has taken. In the Transfiguration class on Friday, Nietzsche even heard Professor McGonagall complain about Malfoy's absence during class time.

"I hope you don't mess with that old woman." Professor McGonagall said, "Imagine, once she associates you with the Death Eaters, you won't be able to spare time to prepare for the OWLs exam."

This is also a fun thing for most Slytherins: Gryffindor Dean actually stood up for the little snake?

"Umbridge wants to find out the Death Eaters through Malfoy?" Theodore put down the instruction manual on the Vanishing Spell and asked curiously.

"First, it's a 'professor', and second... yes, that's right, she thinks she can do it." McGonagall curled her lips and slowly revealed a contemptuous look, "Just like she thinks she can be a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Other students disagreed: "That's a good thing."

"But I don't want you to think so. As your professor, once you have doubts about your students, it means that all of you are equally suspected. Continue the class... Mr. Malfoy probably can't come."

Nietzsche thought: Then I can't be blamed for what happens next.

At first he just framed it a little, but later Malfoy got revenge because of this incident, and angered Umbridge, which was a matter between them.

This is actually a good thing, because Draco Malfoy, as a new toy, can attract the attention of the pink toad.

After class, Nietzsche hurriedly broke away from the OWLs exam review point in Transfiguration. It was George and Fred. The two of them seemed to be able to maintain an optimistic spirit and always looked cheerful.

George took off his clothes and used them as a bag to hold a lot of small badges.

"We wrote to Dad." George said.

"Then Dad heard that you could solve the problems he couldn't solve, and immediately got a lot of amulets from the Ministry of Magic." Fred continued.

"But Dad said that the Minister is actually very satisfied with the quality of the amulets now."

The Weasley twins spoke in a very pleasing way. One thing can be divided into several sentences, and then the two of them said them in order.

Minister Fudge was of course very satisfied. The battle of wizards is often completed in an instant. A Shield Charm amulet that does not require spells to be recited is enough to increase the fault tolerance rate, but it is not enough for Nietzsche.

How can the Shield Charm withstand the firepower of Muggles?

"Thank you... Where is Hermione?" Nietzsche lifted his knotted sleeves and took the heavy school robes from them.

"It's class." George added, enviously, "Not Umbridge's class."

This is hard for Nietzsche, who has to carry these things from the second floor to the Room of Requirement by himself. He sat in the empty room... Now the first step has been completed, and the next step is to start manually engraving the runes.

He took out the wand and looked at the wood grain on it. He heard Ollivander's exclamation in his ears. He could see the core of the wand when it was erected - black unicorn hair.

It was not ordinary black, just like there were occasionally a few shiny things in carbon powder, black to reflect light, not absorb light.

Nietzsche calmed down, took out Hermione's necklace, activated the rune symbol on it, and used the wand to draw the symbol like a small branch in the air intact.

Then what? Just put it on those badges like this?

This won't work. Now this rune symbol composed of a series of golden sparks drawn in imitation has no meaning. Nietzsche still needs to put his will into it.

Although the runes were the same, the meanings were different from the feelings towards Hermione.

‘Faith… Because of the effect of being protected, is it my faith to protect the holder?’ Nietzsche himself could not make up his mind.

Hesitation meant failure, so the golden spark like a sapling dissipated, and the small badge also had an identical crack, and the original armor charm was no longer effective.

Consumables, every failure is a loss of half a galleon.

Nietzsche had no choice but to try again, but he failed several times in a row, and then he realized what the burden Quirinus meant - it was difficult to give up everything to protect a stranger.

“Alas~ This shows the benefits of blood as a carrier.” He twisted his waist and threw a licorice wand into his mouth.

Blood is something that people are born with, which makes it easy for the caster to clarify the goal in his heart and strengthen his faith, but if it is a thought that is so ethereal that it changes almost every minute and every second as a carrier, it is too difficult.

It is impossible for people to suddenly become protective of unfamiliar things without any reason, right? If so, it is called a mental illness.

Nietzsche is like this now. When he thinks about these things falling into the hands of the enemy, his will is shaken. The key is that he can't control whether this will happen...

In other words, he is weighing the pros and cons.

"So is there anything wrong with guns?" Nietzsche's thoughts began to ferment in the empty room, and he began to talk to himself.

‘It is just a product of the new world. It can become a tool for the Purifiers to assassinate innocent people, and it can also become a weapon for S.H.D to protect ordinary people. ’

"But I can create it... just by following my thoughts."

‘But who is sure that apart from you, this world will not give birth to this magic again? Maybe when the wizards can no longer support the consumption of the war, this magic will appear through another great person. ’

The black walnut wood on the outside of the wand is slightly hot, and the magic power in it flows in and out of Nietzsche's body along with his self-dialogue, flowing through every nerve vein.

Nietzsche calmed down and took the trouble to draw runes in the air again. He didn't care about more and more broken amulets, and drained the magic power from his body over and over again...

So object?

Nietzsche warned himself repeatedly in his heart: This is just a tool, magic using your own thoughts as a carrier. Don't think about whether it's 'worth it', you have to protect the present for the future.

Living with Sherlock Holmes left him with a small habit, which is to pay more attention to details.

This 'detail' is not only a subtle change, but also represents a vivid and small life in the macro perspective. For example, if a gear is missing from the clock, how can the hands continue to move?

"No matter what, let people survive first." Nietzsche calmed down, frowned, and put what he expected into it for the last time.

Can it succeed?

At least this time, the rune symbol filled with Nietzsche's will can be integrated into the amulet that is cast by the iron armor curse. As for the effect, Nietzsche himself doesn't know. The only thing he can be sure of now is that he is... sleepy!

It didn't hurt, but his mind suddenly went blank, and he was too lazy to think about anything else. He just wanted to lie down in this pair of scrap metal and take a nap...

He was so tired that he fell asleep, and did not even have time to think about the future of this protective magic: maybe it was not 'Nietzsche's will' that was heavy, but the beliefs of others derived from their own protection.

The amulet caught in his hand shone with a blue-white halo in the dim Room of Requirement.

Chapter 316: The Army of Gentlemen (Country)

"It's unbelievable...you actually became it?"

In Monday's ancient rune literature, Nietzsche showed the 'semi-finished product' he made over the weekend to Professor Quirrell. He was not satisfied with just looking at it, and even held it in his hand and marveled at it.

And what about Nietzsche? It was as if he had been hollowed out, lying limply on the table motionless.

You must know that he spent the entire weekend in the Room of Requirement for two consecutive days, repeatedly doing various boring experiments, and also had to temporarily paralyze his thinking with Occlumency.

"Hey! The professor never said there would be extra homework." The little lions of Gryffindor expressed their dissatisfaction.

Everyone is fine, why is there someone secretly doing a 'homework' on their own?

The others didn't understand what was going on, they were just curious about Professor Quirrell yelling at the little badge in class.

"Isn't this the amulet sold by George and Fred?" Ravenclaw's Mandy pushed up her glasses and squinted her eyes and said, "But it looks a little different. It feels like it is more powerful than the original iron armor charm."

Mandy was the type of student in Ravenclaw who was immersed in studying, and she noticed something was wrong at a glance.

"Powerful... look at the brilliance and symbols on this!" Quirrell pinned the badge on his chest and said happily, "Who wants to try it?"

He was referring to asking students to attack him in order to test the effectiveness of the iron armor curse blessed by rune magic. This was a good opportunity for the students, as it was rare to take out the wand and flick it.

Everyone wanted to step forward to show off and vent their anger about not being able to fight in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

"Petrify them all!" Under the encouraging eyes of the professor, the little eagle Terry Butt pulled out his wand and cast a spell with little malice.

Hermione saw the light beam of the Petrification Curse passing through the aisle between the desks. When it reached the professor, almost a finger's distance away, it was suddenly blocked by a blue-white halo. Oh no, to be precise, it was 'offset'. '.

Like a flat stone floating on a black lake, even the cursed trail was distorted by rune magic.

"Interesting... the runes not only strengthen the effect of the Iron Armor Curse, but also make more efficient use of magic power," Quirrell explained. "Magic power does not only exist in wizards, they are everywhere."

"So it's not a one-time thing now?" Hermione turned her head and looked at Nietzsche beside her in surprise.

"No, no, no, the key is that the 'defense' effect does not just make the 'iron armor' stronger. It can be said that this rune amulet with Nietzsche's will affects the wearer's energy field all the time. "

Think of the spell as a 'bow and arrow', then the Iron Armor Curse is armor. The wizard's technology will only affect the thickness of the armor. This is why although the Iron Armor Curse is a defensive spell, it is sometimes used as an attack method.

Impact.

In close combat, powerful wizards will often use the Armor Charm as a wider-range knockback spell.

But Nietzsche's Armor Spell is a defense that is closer to the essence of magic: Explosion Spell, Cutting Spell, Petrification Spell... whatever, as long as the essence is still magic, it will be assimilated when it approaches the wearer.

Rain, no matter how big it is, will eventually merge into rivers and seas.

"If that's the case, isn't it invincible?" Mandy hesitated, the truth was beyond her understanding.

That's right~

However, Professor Quirinus Quirrell touched his chin, thought for a while and then stretched out two fingers.

"It will fail and is not stable; second..." He didn't disturb Nietzsche who was dozing off, and said softly, "If I'm right, this won't have much effect on some dark magic."

"Why?" Hermione didn't understand, she was not an expert in this area, but was good at translating runes.

"Because rune magic is the product of personal will, once Mr. Holmes loses hope or faith, the rune will lose its effect." Quirrell said.

This was a very mysterious statement, and the other students could only nod their heads in a pretentious manner.

"What if... Nietzsche died?" Terry Boot added in a panic, "Of course, I mean if, because when a person dies, there is nothing left."

Death, an eternal topic, seems to have to see things to the end before you can have a bottom line in your heart.

"That depends on the state before death." Quirrell said softly, "Wizards can always use all kinds of strange magic to communicate with the world, so even if they die, they can still leave some traces in the world..."

For example, spirit?

But it is almost impossible for a person to die without any regrets.

Hermione's eyes were much gentler. When Nietzsche closed his eyes to rest because he urgently needed to relax his tense spirit, he missed these chocolate eyes and the hands gently resting on his body.

'After recognizing the absurd and random true face of life, I still love life. ’

She thought so in her heart, and time seemed to have returned from Hogwarts to the past. She looked at the confused expressions of the others and felt proud in her heart---only she understood him.

If anyone thinks that Nietzsche is the third generation of the Dark Lord, then she is willing to be a helper.

"In other words, as long as Nietzsche still has the will to protect, his rune magic will never dissipate?" Hermione felt that her tone should be more certain, otherwise it would sound a little suspicious.

This is a statement.

"In theory---yes." Quirrell felt that it was not right, and continued, "But no one can always stay awake, countless pressures will make him collapse... crazy... This is human nature."

"No!" Hermione said very decisively this time, "I won't let him down."

"His whole world is not just you..."

The betrayal of friends, the death of companions, the departure of relatives or the differences in the future, these are just part of Nietzsche's experience, and include a part that has not yet been experienced but will always be experienced.

But Mandy said disapprovingly: "There are still us. The mysterious man has resurrected, and the Death Eaters are lurking outside. Only Nietzsche is working hard for us and our world. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it."

The entire Rune Literature classroom was filled with echoes one after another:

"Yes, in that case, why not let Nietzsche keep hope?"

"He is working hard to protect us, we should...shouldn't we do something? At least support him."

No one was forced or helpless, everyone was willing to think so, which made Quirinus Quirrell look at Nietzsche with a look of relief---no need to be so tired, and no need to bear many mistakes on himself.

The voices of approval were very small, and it seemed that they didn't want to wake Nietzsche up, and at the same time revealed a little enthusiasm for the amulet on the professor's chest.

"Then let me see your actual actions. Anyone can just talk." Professor Quirrell smiled mysteriously and flicked the badge a few times, "After all... this one is not enough. There are hundreds of you."

This made the students' eyes light up. Who doesn't want to get a perfect amulet?

"In this case, the emblem can't be Gryffindor!" Mandy from Ravenclaw pushed her glasses.

"It can't be a raven or an eagle!" The Gryffindor students expressed dissatisfaction, but they were only unwilling to admit defeat to Ravenclaw.

"If you ask me, it should be... the school emblem." The student in the front row propped his elbows on the chair and turned around to make a suggestion, "This way, no one has to fight, and all four animals will be there."

"Old-fashioned!" But this idea was immediately criticized.

If they are childish, they will stand on the side and support Nietzsche who sacrificed for them without hesitation; if they are sensible, they can quarrel over a pattern and desperately make all kinds of provocative faces towards each other.

Quirrell smiled and drank a sip of water, then leaned against the blackboard and looked at the lively students.

Finally, the farce stopped under Mandy's command. She said, "Why not ask Hermione? She is Nietzsche's real girlfriend..."