Chapter 642: Can You Learn to Broaden Your Horizons?
"Teacher, my pigeon disappeared near your house the day before yesterday. Do you know?"
"Pigeons?" Zhao Mai thought about the menu at home in the past two days, and then shook his head: "No, I have never seen your pigeons. What, do you use pigeons to deliver letters?"
"No, I use an owl." The round-faced student shook his head. The plan to ambush the teacher with pigeons appears to have failed, but how it failed remains a mystery. It's a pity that the pigeons that were finally trained disappeared after flying near the teacher's house. So far, no one has been able to make Teacher Mike look embarrassed, and no one can guarantee that they will get high marks in physical education class. It has been eight classes, and everyone feels that they have benefited a lot, but no one knows how many people will pass the exam in the end.
It was very rare that today's physical education class did not go to the Quidditch pitch, but chose to be in the magic practice room of the castle. Last time, Teacher Mike brought a group of frost skeletons from nowhere, which made the students miserable. If all the weapons used by the skeletons were not wrapped in cloth, and if the skeletons were not forbidden to attack with teeth and claws, it would be difficult for everyone to survive.
The first person who thinks of flying is the first person to be eliminated. The skeletons holding bows and arrows wanted to shoot anyway, so they first aimed at the students trying to take off. After all, it was a parabola that could connect the air and the ground, which was equivalent to increasing the attack hit rate. After a hail of arrows, half of the flight crew and some of the ground crew were "killed."
Fortunately, a few students reacted quickly enough and released area protection spells together, superimposing each other to block the enemy's attack. Once such a position is established, the remaining skeletons have no means of determining victory or defeat. Although Zhao Mai said, "Explode these skeletons as you like, don't feel bad." The ice undead named skeletons were actually corpses, but the students still tried their best to achieve a miserable victory.
At the same time, the ground of the Quidditch pitch was completely destroyed, and they had to move to another place to continue the destruction, which is why they came to the Charms Practice Room.
"Today's class is very important, so no one else is here to listen. What I talk about today is very likely to subvert your understanding." Zhao Mai raised a finger, waved it to his side, and said at the same time: "Fluorescent flash!"
Three egg-sized fluorescent balls were suspended in the air, emitting light as bright as candlelight. The students said "Wow" in admiration, "Teacher, you can already cast spells without a wand!"
"It should be said that I have never cast spells without a wand before." Zhao Mai said to the students: "Today I am not going to teach you how to cast spells without a wand. That will be covered in senior classes, so I won't take credit from others. Yes. I’m going to say another thing.”
"You all know that I am from China. I have the ability of a magician, but I was not a magician before..."
"Teacher, what were you before?" The student who interrupted immediately became everyone's hero. Everyone's eyes widened, hoping that Zhao Mai could answer this question.
"Want to know? It's actually very simple. I don't have any occupation. I drive around and write articles. I am an explorer at heart... Let's get back to the subject. What I want to say is that my mother tongue is not English, and it is not a curse. The language used. According to the research of a friend of mine, who is actually one of your former classmates, the curses used now were not like this in the past."
"I wanted to know why there was such a difference, so I went to the library to look at the information. Ever since the Holy See instigated the hunt for wizards in the Dark Middle Ages, wizards hid and established schools, the curse has been like this. Part of it is because of the magic The spell system is relatively stable. On the other hand, it is because wizards are too closed-minded and too lazy. There are dozens of standard spells, and some people have some special spells. Together with the alchemy formula, it is all magic. Four hundred This was basically the case years ago, and you wizards think that these are enough now? Could it be that the things at that time were 400 years ahead of the world, enough to establish such a big advantage? A simple question, if you were really so ahead, how did you get persecuted in the first place? So miserable?"
Most of the students couldn't answer, but a few smarter students wanted to answer "because the forces were dispersed and not united at that time." However, under Zhao Mai's training, they have learned the habit of not acting in a hurry, but thinking from multiple perspectives, so they immediately thought of a deeper question, "Should we unite now? What does unity have to do with the curse?"
"You often used magic spells against me before. Do you want me to make a fool of myself, or are you just making a joke for me?" Zhao Mai snorted and said, "No one has succeeded yet, right? More than 90% of the reasons for your failure are It’s all the same, that is, you have been disarmed by me before you cast the spell, right?”
A feeble "Yes..." rang out.
"Your spells use spells from four hundred years ago, and they are used to deal with enemies from four hundred years ago. Knights with swords and shields, and archers who can hold heavy crossbows are considered advanced arms. Know that I and Is there any difference between you? All the enemies I face are like this."
Zhao Mai turned his wrist, and the Colt revolver was already in his hand. Six consecutive gunshots were fired, leaving six holes in the wall of the magic classroom. "You can all petrify by saying this. This thing only has a snap. Don't be dissatisfied. Magic can indeed do many things that firearms cannot do. You can complete many magic weapon actions that Muggles absolutely cannot complete. However, your Magic can no longer protect myself, I think this is the biggest problem now."
"You are in a more dangerous situation than your ancestors who were massacred four hundred years ago, but you still think that you are stronger than ordinary people outside and you can do whatever you want to them. Where does your confidence come from?" Zhao Mai said to The students said: "It's a pity that for more than two months since the beginning of school, all of you have been trying to defeat me, but all the methods are magic spells and alchemical potions. All of you are still limited to this Hogwarts." In the city walls, in the little world of wizards. Even if you are locked in a nut shell, you still think that you are the king of the infinite world. Do you know why your spells are not cast as fast as mine? That is because you all think that magic is perfect. Now that everything is in order, you should follow the exercises in the book. In your heart, you have rejected the possibility that you can be faster, better, and more outstanding. The spell is very good, but it was four hundred years ago, and it was hunted down by ordinary people. The corpses everywhere are full of pain and tragedy. You should really learn how to do better!"
"I can recite spells faster than you, and my magic power is higher than yours. Is there anyone who can ask me why in private? You all know Ado. He is not very smart and can only say Ado, but his spells are fine. Don't you think it's strange? Is it because you look at Ado as being slow, so you think there's nothing to learn from him? It's also a floating spell, and one sentence of Ado is faster than a cumbersome incantation like Yugardim Leviosa. More. We have a saying in China that among three people, there must be one teacher. It is almost Christmas vacation. Everyone is going to complete an assignment, observe twenty people, find out the strengths that can be learned from them, and write a report to me. .There must be no fewer than ten Muggles among them."