Chapter 97.Troublemaker
The advantages are obvious: area-of-effect damage, instant death with no blind spots.
However, the disadvantages are equally obvious. Firstly, it can only be transmitted through the ground, losing its effect once the enemy leaves the ground.
Secondly, the instant-death effect of the Killing Curse itself is weakened.
According to Professor Fox's experimental records, the effect of the diffused Killing Curse varies depending on the soul strength. For
those with low soul strength, such as the giant spider in the Forbidden Forest, the effect is still instant death.
For those with higher soul strength, such as normal Muggles, intelligent magical creatures, centaurs, goblins, and house-elves, the instant-death effect is gone, but they are put into a deep stun, after which they can wake up. For
even higher-level enemies, such as wizards, even stun is impossible; they only experience dizziness or discomfort leading to nosebleeds.
If these disadvantages can be avoided,
Professor Fox proposed a hypothesis in his notes.
Diffusion of dark magic sacrifices the power of dark magic to achieve the result of diffusion, but as long as your dark magic itself is strong enough, strong enough that even after being weakened by diffusion, it can still have an instant-death effect on wizards.
So wouldn't that disadvantage be eliminated?
The power of magic depends primarily on three things:
the caster's skill level,
the caster's magical power,
and the caster's emotions.
Theoretically, if all three are strengthened, the released magic can be infinitely powerful.
Skill level takes time; Lynn can't rush it. However, he has already mastered the three Unforgivable Curses, practicing all day in the Room of Requirement with creatures like spiders and frogs.
His magical power has already reached a high level among adult wizards, and it's unlikely he'll see significant improvement in the short term.
As for the emotions involved in casting spells, black magic is called black magic because it requires malicious intent when used. Lynn doesn't consider himself a particularly good person, but he's certainly not a villain either. He has
an inherent disadvantage in terms of the subjective emotion of malicious intent.
However, fortunately, Lynn is not an ordinary wizard.
He's a cheat code.
After capturing Kira last semester, the system rewarded him with a talent: Bloodline Inheritance.
The initial value was two points, and the effect was a 50% chance to double the amplification of his spells.
After the start of this semester, Lynn directly added his two free points to this talent.
Now the talent has four points, and the effect has become a 25% chance to double the amplification of spells and a 25% chance to triple the amplification of spells!
This talent's effect is perfectly suited for the spread of black magic.
The most suitable black magic for spreading black magic is undoubtedly the Killing Curse, as large-scale instant death is a bug.
And even if the Killing Curse has a strong single-target effect, it only has one effect: death.
Amplifying the spell exponentially would be a waste, but using the spread of dark magic is a different story.
Lynn had a premonition that while it was possible to triple the spell's power, it certainly wouldn't be enough. However, as long as he kept adding points to this talent and increasing the multiplier, casting a ranged killing spell powerful enough to instantly kill a wizard wouldn't be a dream!
Moreover, the amplification of the spell's effect would bring him obvious improvements.
This morning at the Black Lake, Cedric, ever since being knocked into the lake by Lynn's triple-amplified petrification spell, was in a state of existential doubt.
Lynn and Ian had to exert a lot of effort to pull him out, using numerous antidotes, and almost had to send him to the school hospital to break his petrification.
"Are you a monster?"
Cedric looked utterly bewildered.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I really didn't expect the effect to be so strong,"
Lynn kept apologizing while drying the water off Cedric's robe.
"Why didn't his universal antidote work?" Even Ian looked at Lynn with a strange expression.
Lynn scratched the back of his head awkwardly.
"Maybe, probably, it's because my spell is too strong, so I can't break it."
The two looked at Lynn like he was a monster, completely unable to understand how his spell could have suddenly become so powerful in just one summer vacation.
However, from that day on, neither of them wanted to spar with Lynn anymore.
Sparring with others was fun and mutually beneficial.
Sparring with Lynn was like trying to kill someone.
At lunchtime in the auditorium, Cedric and the others noticed Lynn's strange behavior again.
He ate extremely slowly, chewing as if afraid of swallowing his food. They had been eating together for over a year, so they knew this wasn't Lynn's normal eating style.
"I'm doing this for health," Lynn said matter-of-factly.
"You know what? Every extra chew you do reduces the strain on your stomach, effectively relieving digestive pressure."
Cedric was completely bewildered.
Ian looked at him like he was an alien.
"You're talking about health and wellness in a magic academy?"
"So what if it's a magic academy? Wizards are human too, and everyone needs to take care of their health!" he declared
matter-of-factly .
Cedric and Ian simultaneously glanced at him sideways.
Actually, Lynn was trying to prevent himself from accidentally swallowing the mandrake leaf under his tongue.
He had been practicing for almost a month, waiting for the next full moon to move on to the next step.
If he swallowed the leaf now, all his previous efforts would be wasted.
Mastering Animagus was extremely difficult, requiring not only proficient transfiguration skills but also a great deal of luck.
There were many factors beyond the wizard's control; even the slightest mistake meant starting all over again.
Lynn had started preparing at the beginning of the semester because he had absolutely no confidence in his success.
However, Animagus wasn't essential to his plan. Having it would be a bonus, increasing the success rate, but not having it wasn't a problem; he could simply focus on Harry Potter after Halloween.
Of course, Lynn secretly hoped he would succeed.
He was still more curious about what kind of animal his Animagus would be.
Just then, a commotion broke out at the Gryffindor table next to Ravenclaw's.
Malfoy was waving a glass marble the size of a ping-pong ball around, watching the first-year Gryffindor wizards with a wicked grin.
He had stolen the Memory Ball that Neville's grandmother had sent him.
Harry and Ron jumped up; they had clearly been holding back for a long time and wanted to use this opportunity to fight Draco.
However, Professor McGonagall happened to pass by, preventing a potential conflict.
Draco and his two henchmen made a harsh remark and left.
Cedric whispered to Lynn,
"This junior in your house is a bit... a troublemaker."
Lynn shrugged.
"Not a bit, he's always been."
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