Chapter 242
The real challenge is yet to come!
Chapter 242 The real challenge is yet to come!
Over the next few days, Vader mastered the Animagus transformation under Sirius's guidance.
The initial deformation is like constipation, which takes a long time to develop each time, and it is not easy to change back either.
But after repeated practice, Vader was finally able to transform within a few seconds, but he still couldn't transform as naturally and quickly as Sirius could, like breathing.
"This is what kept me sane in Azkaban."
Sirius said, "At that time, I had to transform into animal form for most of the day, so my proficiency was naturally different from that of a novice like you."
The time that Wade could maintain his consciousness was getting longer and longer, but after testing, two adult wizards suggested that he should not transform for more than half an hour at a time, and he could try to extend this time by three minutes every month.
"Your animal form isn't very different from other peregrine falcons. I'm afraid we'll accidentally lose you again."
Lupin said this as if he was joking, but his attitude was extremely serious.
Wade naturally agreed. He didn't want to spend the rest of his life as a confused bird, living on eating birds and rabbits.
The Easter holidays were over, and Wade said goodbye to Lupin and Sirius and returned to school.
After successfully completing the Animagus, the course of Transfiguration suddenly became much easier. Vader abandoned the spell and still allowed objects to transform according to his wishes.
He also began to experiment with human body deformation. At first, he only changed the color of parts such as nails, hair, and eyebrows, and then controlled their length. After becoming proficient, he could try to deform other parts of the body until he could change into the appearance he wanted without the need for polyjuice potion.
Of course, the last thing can only be achieved with extremely advanced Transfiguration skills. Besides the natural Metamorphmagus, Vader only knows of two people who can do it.
One is Grindelwald, who has been imprisoned for many years.
The other was Dumbledore, who had never shown any such ability, and no one would doubt that he was incapable of it.
The maze challenge also came to an end during the holidays, but after Wade returned to school, he found that most of the students did not have the same enthusiasm as before. Most of them were unhappy or even angry. Only the Slytherin students were very excited.
"Slytherin wins."
Michael said gloomily, "But they used despicable means! Those people from Bletchley all brought powerful magical items, and Professor Snape even provided them with a lot of potions!"
"But..." Theo hesitated and said, "The rules don't say you can't bring magic items and potions, right? So they didn't break the rules, they just took advantage of a loophole in the rules."
Michael said bitterly, "Theo, I'm speaking for you Hufflepuffs! Are you trying to undermine me like this?"
"Ah," Theo was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Sorry."
Michael was satisfied, and began to complain indignantly about how despicable and shameless Slytherin was, and how they luxuriously used enlarged puppets to knock out their opponents.
"Puppet?" Wade asked, grasping the point.
"Yes, your pet is also participating in the competition." Fred said dimly.
They had great hopes of winning the championship, but were wiped out early by a "Beast Taming Army".
Unexpectedly, the runner-up team this time was Hufflepuff, and the third place was the "champion seed team" Gryffindor.
The fourth team is also from Gryffindor.
The fifth, sixth and seventh are all Slytherins, the eighth is still Gryffindor, and it is not until the ninth that the Ravenclaw team appears.
It's not that Ravenclaw is really that bad, it's just that the team formation is not limited to the same house, so several strong students from Eagle House were invited to other teams. As a result, when the final rankings came out, the Ravenclaw students were the most frustrated. "What's the big deal." Wade smiled and said, "When the weather gets warmer, we can just organize another event. Uh...how about challenging a ball python?"
"Ball python?" Everyone was stunned. Harry couldn't help but ask, "Isn't that the ultimate BOSS? No one has been able to challenge that level yet!"
"Based on the current progress, Professor Flitwick predicts that by early May at the latest, someone will be able to reach the innermost layer," said Wade.
He was the designer and founder of this event, so naturally everyone believed his news. Everyone immediately discussed the previous failure with great interest.
"I know there are some potions that are specifically designed to deal with these cold-blooded creatures. We will bring enough potions with us!" George said happily.
They brothers now sell all kinds of game "peripherals" and no longer have to worry about not having enough money to buy things.
"It's huge, and its scales can resist most spells." Fred said, "We also need to learn a few targeted spells, such as the eye disease spell..."
Harry listened for a while, then turned to discuss with Neville: "Does the ball python have any weaknesses?"
Neville really knew this.
He loves herbology and has read many books on plants and animals. After thinking for a while, Neville said, "I remember that it should be very afraid of cold... If the temperature is too low, it will not like to move."
Harry immediately thought of the weather spell that he had been working on halfway through but had abandoned because it was too difficult.
He silently took out the old notebook from the bookshelf.
Neville added: "Ball pythons have very high temperature requirements. Too hot is not suitable for them to survive."
Padma asked, "Can the Agni-Burning Bear also deal with it?"
Neville frowned and hesitated, looking a little reluctant.
Wade knocked on the table and said, "Attention, everyone, this ball python is actually Professor Kettleburn's pet. After the end of this semester, it will leave the school with the professor."
"So..." Fred asked, "We don't really have to kill this boss?"
Wade shook his head and said, "In fact, the professor will forbid the use of harmful spells and magic props. The challenger must subdue it while trying to avoid hurting it, and also ensure that he will not be hurt by it."
Several Gryffindors all looked puzzled, feeling that the difficulty had suddenly increased dozens of times.
Wade added slowly: "Although it is difficult, you have almost a month to prepare your tactics. Are you still worried about losing to Slytherin?"
Facts have proven that people don’t hate injustice, but they hate being the one not favored.
Even Hermione didn't say anything when she learned that she could prepare before Slytherin, but immediately plunged into the heated discussion.
Vader smiled.
Facing the fat and gentle ball python is just a rehearsal, the real challenge is yet to come!
I hope that they who are so excited now won’t be frightened when the time comes.
Wade thought so as he turned the pencil case in his hand.
(End of this chapter)