HPMRS CH 150: Maze!

When Ryan entered the classroom with a group of people, he was surprised to find that the Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom is completely different from the one here, with no blackboard, no projector, and even desks and chairs are not present.

Many obstacles have been set up throughout the classroom, making it look like a maze. Ryan even saw a few temporary gaps on the walls of the classroom leading to the next classroom. Through the gaps, he could see that there were similar layouts in the other classrooms.

"Everyone gather here so that I can see each of you." A voice came from behind a plant. Bypassing this plant, a burly middle-aged male professor stood on half of the stump and shouted to the little wizards underneath: "I know that exchange students will come to our class to study today, so I hope you will allow me to give a little introduction about what are we going to do today. I believe there are some students who don't know. You can just take this opportunity to listen. Of course, students who know I allow you to take a break while I'm talking."

"Last year we spent a whole year practicing how to cast spells, how to dodge, and how to defend in wizarding battles. This year we will add more complex and more practical variables, such as different environments and surrounding conditions. I have turned the classroom into a maze so that you can experience how to try to find out the most appropriate fighting method in different environments."

"Now in the maze in front of you, there are many puppets that can automatically launch magic, and there are also many offensive plants. Your task in this class is to use all the power you have at your disposal to get me Golden Acorns that are placed in the center of the maze."

"The final ranking is calculated based on the time one takes to get the acorn, and each hit received will give the students the time penalty of 30 seconds. Everyone is allowed to be hit five times, and anyone who got hit more than five times will be eliminated directly. Of course, on the premise of completing the game, I will give the top three a reward, and that is one on one teaching course of high-level mantra separately on the rest day, the Patronus Charm. Now I ask a question, who knows what the Patronus Charm is used for?"

Hermione habitually raised her hand before anyone else could even think anything. The professor who looked like King Robert from the series Game of Thrones, pointed towards Hermione's place with his hand and said, "Well, it's you, the brown-haired exchange student from England. What's your name?"

"Hermione Granger"

"Then Granger, please answer the question."

"The Patronus is the most famous (and famously difficult) defensive charm. The aim is to produce a silvery-white guardian or protector, which takes the form of an animal. The exact form of the Patronus will not be apparent until the spell has been successfully cast. One of the most powerful defensive charms known to wizardkind, the Patronus can also be used as a messenger between wizards. As a pure, protective magical concentration of happiness and hope (the recollection of a single talisman memory is essential in its creation), it is the only spell effective against Dementors. The majority of witches and wizards are unable to produce Patron uses and to do so is generally considered a mark of superior magical ability." Hermione replied confidently.

"I can't think of a more standard answer. That's right, the Patronus Charm is only a charm but a very important charm. It should be noted that the dark wizards cannot release this charm because they are subjected to dark magic. The negative impact of the lack of sufficient positive emotions. The need for emotional participation is an important feature of this advanced spell."

Having said that, the professor looked at the three exchange students in the classroom and said: "Finally, I want to add that the United Kingdom has the largest group of dementors in the world, but they strictly control the teaching of the Patronus Charm. The reason is that they, The Ministry of Magic uses dementors as one of its direct forces. But I think this is a very stupid behavior because this kind of inherently evil creature is very unreliable. It is simply stupid to work with them, but again not every nation is like our famous nearby nation that allows its civilian citizens to arm themselves to defend against their own government, in case government turns authoritarian."

"Alright, line up according to the first letter of your last name, and then go in one by one. Remember whether you complete the trial or are eliminated, you will gather in another designated classroom after the end, and you are not allowed to come back. Okay, let's start now."

As time goes by, there are fewer and fewer students around Ryan. Hermione and Daphne had already gone in, but because of the barrier between the classes, Ryan couldn't see what was going on inside, and he didn't know if Hermione and the others succeeded. Finally, the professor read Ryan's name. Following the whistle, Ryan rushed into the classroom.

As soon as he entered the classroom, Ryan found that the surroundings suddenly became quiet. It seems these barriers also have an effect of noise cancellation. Originally, Ryan planned to use the Summoning Charm, Accio to attract Acorn, but he realized that he didn't know what Acorn looked like, so he had no choice but to give up his brilliant idea.

Although the road between the obstacles has bends and turns, there is no bifurcation. After walking a few steps, Ryan turned a corner to the right. The road ahead is still empty, but Ryan has raised his vigilance to the highest level. After all, the space here is only so large, it is impossible to leave so many roads for students to pass through so easily.

Sure enough, just after two steps, Ryan saw two wooden sticks suddenly appeared from the obstacle beside him and struck him sideways. At this time, Ryan smashed the lower stick with a Reductor Curse (Reducto), and then he leaned back to avoid the upper stick.

The dismounting power at the beginning was very powerful, and it seems that the road ahead is likely to be more difficult. As expected, the road ahead became more and more difficult. Ryan encountered a totem pole that would shoot fireballs and a tree that would hit people with its branches. Flowers spraying strange pollen, and even a group of Caiporas hiding on obstacles throwing stinky mushrooms at everyone passing by.

Fortunately, the professor used a lot of animals and plants in accordance with local conditions, so Ryan could predict most of the traps in advance through the joint investigation of nature and life magic. And all kinds of sudden attacks were not very difficult to avoid for Ryan, who had faced no less than twenty raids by raiders on the wasteland.

Finally, after Ryan used the Reductor Curse (Reducto) to blow up an obstacle, he successfully took a shortcut to the end position. In the end, there was an acorn on a small stone platform. It's just different from ordinary acorns, this acorn is golden. Because of the hustle and bustle of some traps arranged by the professor, Ryan took off his robes this time, took off his robe, and rolled Golden Acorn off the stone platform. As he expected, a mechanism was set up on the stone platform, and as soon as the acorn left its original position, a brown-yellow liquid suddenly emerged from the stone platform. If the acorn was removed carelessly, he would have most likely been sprayed by this liquid.

After the liquid splashed, the stone platform slowly fell into the ground. A concealed door leading to another classroom opened. The students who walked through the maze before are now in this classroom.

Ryan found his two companions easily, after all, the two kids in black robes in a pile of green robes were very conspicuous. But the condition of the two girls didn't look good: Daphne's head was full of a lot of green mucus of smelly mushrooms, and Hermione's robe was colorfully painted by pollen.

They were a little surprised when they saw Ryan's neat black robes, and only after asking them about their journey did Ryan came to know that neither of them had successfully completed the whole process. Although Hermione has improved a lot in physical strength by following Ryan's exercise method, Daphne has mastered many special spells as a pureblood. But because they have no experience of actual combat training, it is easy to be successfully attacked by the trap set inside.

But this does not mean that the two of them are bad, because, from the comments of other students around, Ryan knows that even after a full year of professional training, there are still 23 students in the class who have not been able to complete the course.

Ryan heard from the students around, that the layout of this maze will change every time they practice.

The final exam requires everyone in this class to successfully pass this type of maze. In this view, it is not unreasonable that the Castelobruxo institute can become one of the world's top magic schools.