Chapter 578 Moody’s Defense Against the Dark Arts Class

However, Ron was not happy for long. When he turned his attention to the morning class schedule, his originally excited face suddenly turned very ugly, as if he had eaten a fly!

Because before taking Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, they still need to pass Snape's Potions class.

"I wish we could skip this Potions lesson," Ron complained.

Harry also agreed.

"If you were willing to spend more time preparing for class, you could prevent Professor Snape from catching you." Hermione retorted.

"Save it, even if we don't make mistakes, he will find other reasons!" Ron complained. It is impossible to preview in advance, not in this life!

Snape lived up to Harry and Ron's expectations and kept a gloomy face during class.

As long as the two of them made the slightest mistake in brewing the potion, Snape would suddenly appear behind them, and then expertly deduct points and add a full-faced taunt.

It wasn't until Neville accidentally burned the cauldron in Potions class that he diverted Snape's attention and saved them.

However, this also caused Snape to become furious in class, punishing Neville very severely with solitary confinement and disemboweling a large bucket of horned toads before lunch, otherwise he would not be able to eat lunch.

When he received this order, Neville almost cried on the spot.

"Oh my God, did Snape take gunpowder today? I never saw Neville do that when he broke the crucible before." After coming out of the Potions classroom, even Hermione felt that Snape did it this time. unacceptable.

"I think he must be in a bad mood recently!" Ivan shrugged and guessed.

The dream that Harry explained to Dumbledore a few days ago would probably be relayed to Snape by the old professor.

Knowing that the Dark Lord had regained some strength and was plotting some conspiracy, it was damned that Snape could be happy.

In addition, as Voldemort's power gradually recovers, the Dark Mark engraved on the Death Eaters' bodies will become extremely hot from time to time. This omen is enough to make every double-dealing Death Eater who has avoided the Ministry of Magic's trial feel panicked.

Thinking of this, Ivan frowned again, because he suddenly remembered that Doggett also had the Dark Mark on his body.

Although according to the information previously learned, Doggett has no loyalty to Voldemort, but if this thing is not solved, it will eventually be a trouble!

This made Ivan realize that it was still necessary to complete the tasks issued by the system, such as the task of rectifying Knockturn Alley. The reward was knowledge about magic marks, from which he might be able to find a way to crack the Dark Mark.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also speculating about the reason why Snape was so irritable, and finally they all agreed that it had something to do with Moody taking Snape's position as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this school year.

After all, they all knew that Snape had been coveting this position for many years, but Dumbledore had stopped him from succeeding.

Ron even thought that the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors was related to Snape. Maybe he was secretly casting curses on those professors to get rid of them.

"He must have felt that he couldn't deal with Professor Moody this time, and that's why he was so angry!" Ron said with such confidence that Harry and Hermione almost believed it.

Ivan lamented the heavy burden on Snape's shoulders. In addition to being a double undercover agent, he was also responsible for taking various blames...

After lunch, in order to grab a seat in the front row, Ivan and others hurriedly picked up their textbooks and rushed to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

There were obviously many people who had the same idea as them. When they entered, the classroom was already half full, so Ivan and others had to find a seat relatively near the front to sit down.

After a while, a sound of wooden feet tapping came from outside the door, and then Moody's figure appeared at the door of the classroom.

He arrived at class almost exactly on time!

"Put away your textbooks. These things are not needed in my class!" Moody limped to the middle of the podium with his cane and put aside the "Dark Arts: Self-Defense Guide" that Harry had placed on the table. ", said in a rough voice.

Hearing this, the little wizards put away their textbooks one after another, and then stared at Moody expectantly.

Judging from their experience with Defense Against the Dark Arts professors over the years, professors who only follow the textbook are often not good enough. Those who ask them to put down their textbooks like Moody are prepared to teach some real skills!

Moody took out the list as usual and started to call the names one by one. His normal right eye moved down the list, while the weird blue magic eye turned left and right uneasily and stared at each student who answered, looking at their names. Keep the appearance in mind.

"Very good, it seems that no naughty person dares to be late for my first class."

After the last little wizard finished answering, Moody said with satisfaction, and then threw the roll call list on the lectern. He took a few steps closer with his wooden legs. Seamus, who was sitting in the front row, could even see clearly. The lines of hideous scars on Moody's face.

"Before coming to Hogwarts, I received a letter from Lupin. He introduced me to the basic situation of this course and told me that he taught you how to deal with those nasty dark magical creatures last year. .

I believe that you have mastered a lot of basic knowledge. Lupine told me in the letter that you have a good grasp of it, and you can face Boggart, Red Hat and Xinkpunk on your own.

So we won’t teach these in this year’s class. This school year we need to focus on the protection against spells! "

Moody spoke very fast, and his slightly hoarse voice was not very pleasant, but the little wizards listening in the audience did not care about this, because what Moody said interested them very much.

Especially when Moody talked about Lupine praising them in the letter, the little wizards looked proud. In the Defense Against the Dark Arts class last school year, they successfully defeated many monsters.

Several little witches also curiously asked about Professor Lupine's current situation.

Moody had no intention of answering, but changed his tone and asked suddenly. "How much do you know about dark magic?"

After Moody finished speaking, Hermione was the only one who raised her hand high. However, Moody's magic eye was keenly aware that Hermione's lips were curled up and her eyes were looking to the other side. The others also showed no interest in answering the question. Missing appearance.

Just when he felt strange, Ivan's voice came over.

"I understand something, Professor! The Ministry of Magic divides offensive spells into three categories: Curse, Hex, and Jinx based on different types and strengths. The evil black magic we know all belongs to Curse, such as the three Unforgivable Curses.

Hex and Jinx are mostly restriction and restraint spells, and some less dangerous curses are also included."

(PS: I recently looked through the information and found that the classification of Rowling's curses is very mysterious. Jinx probably casts curses on people or objects, such as Voldemort's curse on Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Kino's spell affecting Harry's broom.

Other offensive magic should belong to Hex, but after classifying it and comparing it with the original work, I found that it is not completely correct. In short, Angel has been studying it for a long time and still can't fully understand it, so I will try to write it as simple as possible. )