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Chapter 41: Shadowblade Curse
Chapter 41: Shadowblade Curse
According to what Jerry learned from the movies, the somewhat pretentious title of "Half-Blood Prince" was a name Snape gave himself during his school days.
This sixth-year potions notebook contained a wealth of Snape's insights into potion-making.
Of course, most of these insights would only be useful in sixth-year potion brewing. Even if he memorized them now, they wouldn't be of much help, similar to how advanced calculus formulas, even if memorized, would be difficult to apply to elementary arithmetic.
So, getting his hands on sixth-year potion insights didn't really help Jerry much with his first-year potion studies.
However, what Jerry really valued was not Snape's potion insights, but the few spells Snape had invented and recorded in this "Half-Blood Prince" notebook.
Especially the famous "Shadowblade Curse."
This spell was something Jerry placed a high value on.
Not because of its immense power. From the movie, when Harry used it on Draco Malfoy, it only left him severely injured, indicating that the Shadowblade Curse's lethality wasn't particularly high.
Spells like the Binding Curse or Stunning Spell can directly control or incapacitate, and the Killing Curse is fatal upon impact. In comparison, the Shadowblade Curse only causes severe injury.
Of course, it's possible that Harry wasn't very proficient with it. If Snape used it, the damage might have been more severe.
But don't forget, even a first or second-year young wizard, if they cast a "Petrify" spell, can immobilize someone completely.
Despite this, Jerry still placed a great deal of importance on the Shadowblade Curse.
This spell has a significant advantage: it is invisible and silent when cast, making it impossible to detect.
Typically, when a spell is cast, a beam of magical light is emitted, which is very noticeable, like the Killing Curse, which appears as a green beam flying towards you.
Although it is fatal upon impact, if your reaction is fast enough and your prediction is accurate, you might still have a chance to dodge.
However, the Shadowblade Curse releases without any magical light. When cast, it is like an invisible blade, and unless you have a Shield Charm in place, it is very difficult to detect.
This advantage might not be as apparent in the wizarding world.
Wizards, though physically fit, don't have much better speed or reaction times than ordinary humans. Therefore, they often can't rely on their bodies to dodge magical attacks.
Casting a spell with a wand is similar to firing a bullet with a gun.
At the speed of magic or bullets, most people can't dodge.
Even those who manage to dodge do so not because they are faster than the magic or bullets, but by predicting the attack trajectory from the caster's arm movements and dodging in advance.
Few wizards can do this, so they generally choose to use magical defenses like a Shield Charm or counterattack directly.
However, in the Marvel world, there are many individuals with enhanced physical abilities who can dodge bullets.
If a spell is cast against someone with such physical prowess, they might dodge it as easily as a bullet, making it difficult to cause harm.
This is where the Shadowblade Curse becomes useful. Its invisible and silent nature allows it to cause damage without the target being aware.
This is why Jerry had planned from the beginning to obtain this spell.
However, due to his busy schedule with studying textbooks, he hadn't had the time. Now that he had mostly memorized all the textbooks, and with potions class today, he took the opportunity to take the notebook.
With the Half-Blood Prince's notebook in hand, Jerry first returned to the Slytherin common room, where he hid the book in his trunk. Then, he went down to the Great Hall for lunch.
On Friday afternoon, with no classes scheduled, he returned to the dormitory after lunch.
Draco Malfoy and the others were not in the dormitory. At this age, boys rarely stayed in the dormitory during the day; they were usually exploring the castle.
After resting a bit to recover his mental energy from the morning's Potions class and the "Brain Booster" he had used, Jerry spent the afternoon alone in the dormitory, studying the self-created spells Snape had recorded in his notes.
The notes contained six spells: Shadowblade Curse, Swift Healing Curse, Inverted Bell Curse, Bell Landing Curse, Deafening Curse, and Nail Growth Curse.
After reading and memorizing all six spells, Jerry realized that the Shadowblade Curse was not only invisible and silent but also had a curse property.
The wounds inflicted by the Shadowblade Curse would not heal, even with ordinary healing spells, potions, or Muggle medical methods. The only way to heal them was with the corresponding counter-curse, the Swift Healing Curse, which Snape had also invented.
At this point, Jerry understood that not all spells could be countered with the general counter-curse, "General Counter-Curse." Many special spells required their specific counter-curses to neutralize their magical effects.
For example, if someone was suspended in mid-air by the Inverted Bell Curse, they would need the Bell Landing Curse to be released, or they would have to wait for the spell's effects to wear off naturally.
Under the influence of the "Brain Booster", Jerry's mind was working at a rapid pace.
However, whether it was because Snape's spells were too advanced or because his current knowledge of magical theory was insufficient, he spent the entire afternoon and didn't manage to learn a single spell.
In the past, learning first-year spells had not been this difficult.
"It seems I still need to visit the library!"
Relying solely on the first-year textbooks and the content from his classes, it was challenging to quickly learn spells of the Shadowblade Curse's level.
So, he decided to follow Hermione's example and spend more time in the library, reading relevant magical books to gain additional knowledge and improve his magical skills.
Checking the time, it was already past six.
With a tired mind, Jerry left the Slytherin common room and headed to the Great Hall for dinner.
After dinner, instead of chatting with the other young Slytherins in the common room, he went straight to bed to recover from the after-effects of the "Brain Booster" he had used that afternoon.
Spending a lot of time socializing was out of the question for Jerry.
His time was too valuable, and he was using his Little Red Stars every day, so he needed to focus on studying and improving his magical abilities.
In Slytherin, as long as you were exceptionally talented and brought a significant amount of honor to the house, you were the coolest kid around.
Socializing wasn't as important.
Moreover, as a future idol for all young wizards, maintaining a certain mystique by keeping a distance from fans was also necessary.
At eleven in the evening,
After all the young Slytherins had fallen asleep, the well-rested Jerry got up, took his spellbook, and went to the common room. He activated the "Mind Enhancer" and entered his study mode once again.
(End of Chapter)
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