Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 264 The Different Improvements of My Companions! Matters Concerning the Writing of the Contr

Harry was naturally gifted, and with Dudley's constant tutoring and guidance, his progress in spellcasting and combat skills was self-evident.

Hermione's spellcasting skills are improving rapidly. She is always learning and knows a lot of powerful spells. Her title is evolving from Miss Know-It-All to a Kaleidoscope of Spells.

Since being stimulated by the Mirror of Eris and transformed into the Little Roll King, Ron's strength has improved far beyond the original story's progress.

Dudley, taking advantage of Ron's skill in Wizard Chess, gave Ron targeted advice on how to become stronger, suggesting that he study Polymorph and Summoning spells in depth, and strengthen his mental power.

Ron was instructed to treat the battle as a game of wizard chess, using polymorph and summoning spells to create attack and defense 'pieces' that he could control, while he himself acted as the 'chess player'.

By using mental strength to coordinate the overall situation, gradually probing the enemy's strength and fighting habits, and then driving the 'pieces' step by step to carry out targeted countermeasures, victory can be achieved in the end.

Ron is very well-suited to this fighting style, learns it very quickly, and often applies it to other situations, displaying fighting techniques that impress Dudley.

Moreover, this combat strategy allowed Ron's confidence to expand from the realm of wizard chess to the realm of combat, and gradually develop into all aspects of himself.

He no longer appeared as self-conscious and timid as before.

But he still habitually relies on Harry and Hermione.

Neville, though still somewhat pathetic and often forgetful, is in a much better state than he was at the same point in the original story.

He became more cheerful than before because the disciplinary committee often interacted with the students.

Neville has no shortage of courage, but the way he displays courage at this stage doesn't seem so courageous.

This state can be described in one word: outwardly timid but inwardly strong.

Dudley also devised a specific combat strategy for Neville.

Neville is skilled in herbalism, so his fighting style could be similar to Professor Sprout's, using growth charms combined with various dangerous and magical plants to attack enemies.

Binding, attacking, paralyzing, poisoning... dangerous plants can accomplish all these tasks.

With a few packets of seeds or a shrunken Devil's Net at hand, and some dedicated practice on the Fire Resistance Charm, Neville can now unleash considerable combat power.

Neville adapted well to this fighting technique, but he was still too kind, hesitant and indecisive in battle, unable to bring himself to strike hard.

This situation also exists among Cedric and many Badgerhouse students.

However, there are now too many students who want to defeat Cedric. With the exposure to a lot of real combat, Cedric's situation has been greatly reduced, and his combat ability has been raised to a new level.

Like the other students, he used a calming spell first in the battle, instead of talking nonsense or being polite.

Another friend worth mentioning is Seamus, the demolition genius, who has gradually implemented part of the idea that Dudley told him in the first Charms class—to specialize in the Explosion Charm and develop new uses for it.

Seamus can now levitate objects through a series of minor explosions, create a chain of powerful but weak illuminating spells, and precisely control the power of his explosive spells to stun or knock out enemies without crippling them.

Absolutely excellent!

Of course, this is also inseparable from Dudley's guidance in class and the special training that allowed Simmo to practice constantly by using himself as a target.

Dudley is now a legendary wizard. Any Ironclad Charm with added power sensing can give Seamus a great time practicing, and it can also accurately measure the power of Seamus's Explosive Charm, allowing Seamus to constantly adjust and improve his control over the Explosive Charm.

Dali showed no favoritism; he would help any student in the class with similar guidance and training whenever needed.

In the process of teaching students, Dudley's own magical skills can be consolidated and refined, and he can also be inspired to create new spells and innovative ideas. This is a win-win situation.

Having discussed the progress and transformation of the professors and students, it's also necessary to mention the other responsibilities that Dudley shoulders.

Dudley has already researched the magical beast contract magic of the forced side during this time and compiled it into a detailed training manual.

Afterward, he placed a powerful curse and a restrictive spell on the book, preventing it from being taken out of the restricted area, and stored it in the restricted area of ​​the Hogwarts Library.

Dali clearly states on the title page of the manual:

"Any wizard who harbors malicious intentions to harm innocent people and tries to learn this magical skill by opening this book will have a lot of luck drained away and will not be able to see the contents of the manual clearly."

Only wizards with strong willpower and a benevolent, lawful alignment can see the correct contents of the manual, provided they swear not to pass it on to others.

If a wizard who has learned this magical art tries to break their oath, they will be cursed, their luck will plummet, and for a period of time they will be unable to speak, write, or extract their memory threads.

Dudley incorporated a multitude of curse techniques learned from Voldemort's wand, creating new and innovative uses for them.

After perfecting the forced magical contract spell, Dudley forcibly contracted Nagini, the giant snake that had been imprisoned in his personal space for some time.

He also imposed numerous prohibitions on the giant serpent Nagini to regulate its ferocious habits and aggressive behavior.

Only then did they hand over the giant snake Nagini to Hagrid to keep temporarily.

He emphasized to Hagrid that this giant snake was now as ferocious as Aragog, and that he should not show it any kindness; he should just keep it alive so it wouldn't starve.

Hagrid accepted the task with a flourish; it was a piece of cake for him.

But there was one thing that was incredibly difficult for Hagrid.

Hagrid created the magical animal contract magic on the heart side under Dudley's guidance, but Hagrid still lacked knowledge and communication skills.

There are some details that Dudley is unaware of, such as the crucial detail of how to perfectly integrate one's love for magical creatures into contract magic, which Hagrid simply cannot clearly express.

Because he himself wasn't quite sure how he did it.

This greatly affected Dudley's efforts to help Hagrid publish his book, and also hindered Hagrid's progress in becoming a professor of the Department of Magical Creatures.

With no other option, Dudley had to patiently study and apply other forms of love, such as friendship towards colleagues and classmates, to explore the techniques of integrating love into contract magic.

Go and refine the training manual for the Love Side Magical Creature Contract Magic.

By mid-to-late November, Dali had made progress and would soon be able to complete the book.

In addition, there is another important thing.

After writing his book, "Inside the Wand," which was published, Master Ollivander sent Dudley a sample copy and a letter, along with a curated and selected copy of the Ollivander family's wand-making techniques.

This book is far superior to the wand-making books in the Hogwarts library. It even contains some of the experience in selecting wand wood, which is a secret knowledge that Dudley, who only combined four wands made by the Ollivander family, did not have access to.

After thoroughly studying this section, Dudley had a more precise direction for selecting the wood for the staff that matched Harry's hair core.

They then entered the Forbidden Forest together and selectively felled the types of timber that Dudley believed were a promising match.

Victory is in sight for creating a special anti-enemy wand using Harry's hair as a core!