[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-312":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2250550,4210,"Chapter 312: Dark Magic","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-312",312,"\u003Cp>The library was filled with wizards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orange magical lanterns cast a simple, bright, soft glow as wizards struggled through dense books, occasionally sneaking bites of snacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Pince always turned a blind eye to such behavior; she was not nearly as stern as young wizards imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Restricted Section, the soft light ended abruptly; only a few dim lanterns sat on black wooden desks, illuminating each page for Wizard Sean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Most Toxic Magic,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had only a faint impression of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Most Toxic Magic was a tome detailing the most dangerous and evil magics in the wizarding world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its core content focused on Horcruxes, yet its author seemed to harbor intense revulsion toward this magic, explicitly refusing to provide any method for creating Horcruxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it did indeed describe the concept of Horcruxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screaming books fell silent after Wizard Sean touched them; the black smoke vanished… this suggested the book likely carried a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Wizard Sean knew for certain this book carried no curse, he dared to handle it directly—otherwise, in the Restricted Section, one must be exceedingly cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient wizards were never kind souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean remembered a tome that burned readers’ eyes out; a Book of Wizard Sonnets that forced anyone who read it to speak only in five-line doggerel for life; and a book by the old wizard Bask, which once opened, could never be closed—you’d carry it everywhere, face buried in its pages, forced to learn to do everything with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling his thoughts back, Wizard Sean opened the black-and-silver cover and saw a name: Godrot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused slightly, then continued reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{A male egg hatched by a toad will produce a dangerous serpent of extraordinary power. The common rumor claims this is the evil discovery of the vile Helga.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every sane wizard will recognize this as nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vile Helga did not discover the Basilisk—he created it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a form of Evil Biological Magic.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding the chapter on Basilisk cultivation, Wizard Sean’s curiosity was not eased—it was fully seized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shifted his gaze from the words “Evil Biological Magic” and began recalling what he knew of Godrot:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the aid of a wand, he composed a set of dangerous incantations that advanced the study of Dark Magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean was familiar with several of these incantations—the Bite Curse, the Tongue-Tying Hex—all originated from this Dark Wizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, his wand was the Elder Wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{My most evil, most inscrutable friend, its core is made of Elderwood (in the Elder’s ancient tongue), steeped in every darkest magic.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{When I wield it, I know where wizardly magic truly originates.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden cold wind swept through the Restricted Section; Wizard Sean looked up and saw the night outside had grown deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared at his own wand, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pearwood is talkative, chestnut is lazy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ash is stubborn, hazel is fickle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Elder Wand never prospers…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These lines from The Tales of Beedle the Bard surfaced unbidden in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Basilisk’s cultivation process was clearly written in this book—Wizard Sean had achieved his goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first copied the Basilisk ritual word for word onto parchment, then continued reading:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Cruel and twisted, my old friend says.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{I must warn every wizard: studying such magic exacts a price. If you believe you can bear it, then read on.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Dark Magic grants wizards extraordinary magical power—or rather, allows them to unleash magic’s true potential.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{This power is so immense, it reaches the realm of creating life and summoning death.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Any wise wizard will ponder the intoxicating secrets within…}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean frowned. Illustrations of the Basilisk, the Acromantula, and the Dementor appeared in the book—each one demonstrating the biological miracles Dark Magic achieved: it created life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for summoning death… that was easier to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{To forge a positive belief is so difficult, yet to forge an evil one is so easy.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Any wizard can drown in slaughter and cruelty, my old friend—it calls to me without cease.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{It calls to me… Wizards who embrace extremism gain immense power.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{This proves,}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Magic is, at its core, a belief.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean quietly closed the book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, the text began rapidly dissolving; he frowned, watching this utterly extraordinary sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words reassembled into new ones:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Dark Magic creatures are born from the wizard’s extreme belief; so too are Dark Spells.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{As for even more terrifying paths—regarding Horcruxes, the most evil magical invention—we must not speak of them, nor offer guidance.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{The only thing I must show you is that every generation of Elder Wand bearers has studied the most inscrutable realms—they are born with stronger, firmer belief.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{Chasing greater magical power will inevitably corrode their souls; from ancient times to now, none have escaped.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{You have read this far, apprentice—apprentice of the Elder Wand… I warn you, I warn you again: I died in such obsession; my life was spent seeking magic’s essence…}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>{But at one moment, I recalled the choice I made. I took a shortcut, embraced a cruel belief—but perhaps magic’s essence is more than this.}\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text vanished. Only then did Wizard Sean realize he had been staring at the blank page at the book’s end for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Godrot’s words gave Wizard Sean a new direction; he began pondering will, emotion, belief—seemingly distant, vague concepts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of Voldemort: ruthless, twisted, he reached depths in Dark Magic no one else had touched;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed magic was power—and thus became strong enough in youth to rival Dumbledore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To some extent, perhaps magic truly is a wizard’s belief?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizards strengthen their belief to unlock greater magic, and the belief they choose reshapes their character.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this the true nature of how Dark Magic corrodes a wizard’s soul?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since beginning his study of spells and potions, Wizard Sean had known that a wizard’s emotions and convictions influenced magical power—but never before had he seen such a clear articulation of the relationship between wizard and magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night was deep; stepping out of the Restricted Section, the corridor lay utterly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is our choices that show who we truly are—choices matter far more than our abilities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Wizard Sean finally understood the depth of Dumbledore’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizards can choose their own belief.\u003C\u002Fp>",1044,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","441d8a593b2c9ad3fba8d5c557682f9e10e21652be2255539dbe8fe218f8284d","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-313","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-311",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]