Chapter 71: Types of Anger

Professor Qiluo watched from behind Allen as the latter made his final compromise, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, his eyes filled with an unclear meaning.

"You have made a wise decision! You will not regret learning this spell." Professor Qiluo said in a low voice.

Then the formal lesson began.

"This spell is called the Cruciatus Curse. The incantation is short, the wand movement is simple, and it is suitable for quick casting, but the most important thing about this spell is that it requires the power of your emotions." Professor Qiluo began to introduce the spell.

"What kind of emotional power?" Allen tried hard to memorize Professor Qiluo's words; studying Dark Magic under Professor Qiluo did not allow taking notes, so he could only rely on his brain to remember them.

"Specifically for the Cruciatus Curse, the required emotion is a craving for sadism!" Professor Qiluo stepped back into the shadows again; Allen could only see his silhouette but could not see his expression.

"Craving—sadism?" Allen murmured solemnly, suddenly feeling that this requirement was perverted; no normal person would have such an emotion.

"Yes, it is precisely by investing such emotion that this spell's effect becomes so powerful!" Professor Qiluo continued to urge Allen.

"Professor, I feel it will be very difficult for me to master the Cruciatus Curse because I do not have that craving for sadism." Allen hesitated before speaking.

"Hehehe!" Professor Qiluo in the shadows let out a gloomy laugh. "This is the role of me, your teacher; I will teach you the trick to mastering this spell."

"First, practice the incantation and wand movement well, and then we will proceed to the next step." Professor Qiluo said.

The incantation and wand movement for the Cruciatus Curse were indeed very simple, and in no time Allen had mastered them.

"Good! Now let us begin the formal practice! You try first!" Professor Qiluo remained in the shadows.

"Good!" Allen agreed decisively, then pointed his wand at the empty space in the room, preparing to cast the Cruciatus Curse.

"No! My boy!" Professor Qiluo in the shadows suddenly spoke up. "Casting the Cruciatus Curse at empty space has no practice effect at all; come, use it for practice."

Professor Qiluo's pale, slender hand reached out from the shadows, pointing at the large spider on the table that had just recovered.

Allen looked at that large spider and felt his throat go dry; he swallowed with difficulty, suddenly feeling a bit panicked about what was about to happen...

He did not know if he was panicked because of the terror of that large spider or because of what was about to happen to that large spider.

"What are you still waiting for, my boy!" Professor Qiluo began to urge Allen aloud.

Allen hesitated for a moment but still decided to practice the spell on the spider; after all, that spider was too ugly, and it had no vocal organs, so Allen felt his psychological pressure was not particularly great.

He waved his wand at the spider and chanted the incantation: "Crucio!"

But the spider, uncooperative as ever, remained motionless there, while its constantly heaving abdomen reminded Allen that it was still very much alive, as if mocking the weakness of his spell.

"Hahaha!" Professor Qiluo in the shadows let out a cheerful laugh; he seemed to have foreseen all of this.

"I have already told you; you need to summon the emotions within your heart, to crave sadism!" Professor Qiluo continued to instruct Allen.

After hearing this, Allen closed his eyes, trying to cultivate the kind of emotion Professor Qiluo had spoken of, but after trying for a long time, he found it was futile.

He could not help but feel a bit discouraged and said to Professor Qiluo: "Perhaps I really do not have the talent to cast this spell; I cannot cultivate that kind of emotion."

Professor Qiluo remained silent in the shadows.

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred; the spider, which had been quietly sitting on the table, suddenly sprayed a stream of venom, its target being Allen. Caught off guard, Allen instinctively raised his arm to block his handsome face.

The venom splashed over half of Allen's body; when he lowered his arm, he discovered his robe had already been corroded into a mottled state. He quickly took off his robe and used a Cleaning Charm to try to save it, but found it was too late; several large holes had already been corroded into the robe, though Allen's skin had not been corroded.

Allen wanted to use a Repair Charm to fix his robe, but found the robe had been corroded to a degree where even the Repair Charm was powerless.

Allen looked at his robe with a heart full of pain; although this robe was already quite old, it was one of his few possessions, yet it had been destroyed like this.

Allen felt his anger burning up; he stared angrily at that leisurely large spider, and suddenly a craving for sadism arose in his heart.

"Quick, while it's hot!" Professor Qiluo suddenly spoke up. "Cast the Cruciatus Curse!"

Allen reacted instantly; he waved his wand at the spider and chanted the incantation: "Crucio!"

This time the spell took effect; the spider curled up in pain, and then returned to normal... returned to normal...

This left Allen confused; he had clearly felt a craving for sadism in his heart just now, so why was the spell's effect so poor?

Professor Qiluo seemed to see through Allen's confusion and said softly: "Just now, you used the emotion of anger to drive yourself to produce a craving for sadism; the method was correct!"

"But anger is divided into many kinds; what you just had was righteous anger. Using righteous anger to drive the production of a craving for sadism is not very useful for casting the Cruciatus Curse; this is the reason your Cruciatus Curse effect was so poor just now."

"Just now, the spider destroyed a piece of your clothing; the spider made the first move, so your anger at that time was righteous anger."

Allen listened to Professor Qiluo's words, lost in thought.

"Since there is righteous anger, then there must also be evil anger, is that not so?" Allen keenly detected the information hidden in Professor Qiluo's words.

"Yes! The craving for sadism produced by driving evil anger can greatly enhance the effect of the Cruciatus Curse; how to produce evil anger is what you need to master today." Professor Qiluo was very satisfied with Allen's keen performance.

"Now, do as I say!" Professor Qiluo commanded Allen from the shadows; his voice suddenly became cold and sharp.

Allen felt his back begin to grow cold; he felt something in his heart was not quite right, but it was already too late for him to think it through carefully...

"Close your eyes!" Professor Qiluo began to guide Allen. "First, forget about the matter of your clothes just now!"

"Imagine that this disgusting spider will soon crawl over your shoes; its furry, sticky abdomen will leave disgusting marks on your shoes; this spider crawled over your bed at night, leaving many disgusting spiderwebs on it; this spider will soon excrete in the cup from which you drink water, and that is your favorite cup..."

Professor Qiluo's voice seemed to possess a kind of magic, causing Allen to automatically ignore the various unreasonableness in his words and immerse himself in the situation he described; a burst of anger gradually burned in his heart, growing fiercer and fiercer in his chest...

Finally, he suddenly opened his eyes wide; this time he did not wait for Professor Quirrell's urging. With slightly red eyes, he stared fixedly at the large spider on the table, waved his wand at the spider, and chanted the incantation:

"Crucio!"