Early the next morning, in the empty club activity room.
"Do you really want to do this?"
"Yes."
"Robert, don't be like this, seriously. It's not that serious..."
"I'm doing this for your own good, Tom. It's been so long, and your Shield Charm has not made any progress. This can't go on."
"But I'm not in a hurry at all!"
"But, as your best friend, I'm really worried about you when I see your strength stagnating... Come on, Tom, be brave."
In the end, Tom was pushed in front of Anne by Robert with a sad face.
Tom knew that Robert would take revenge on him for scolding him in person last night, but he didn't expect it to be in this way...
He had just arrived at the club activity room when Robert grabbed him and pushed him toward Annie.
Merlin's fat underwear!
Although Anne had absorbed the "fake" potion with side effects, Tom had seen her strength increase.
Now, Robert was actually asking him to stand on the stage and allow Annie to attack him in order to train his own Armor Spell?
"The human body's potential is unlimited. You need to truly unleash your potential before you can cast a complete Iron Armor Spell!" Robert said seriously.
"I think... as long as I grow up, I will naturally be able to cast the Armor Spell... If I follow what you said, I may not grow up at all!"
"I don't want you to feel; I want me to feel."
"You—"
Robert ignored Tom's hopeless look and turned to Annie.
"You also want to test your own progress, right? Then just give it a try on Tom."
"Is this... really okay?" Annie hesitated.
"Tom is very strong. You've seen it before. When he gets serious, he can fight me on equal terms. So, don't hold back—use all your strength!" Robert continued to deceive.
"Okay... I'll try my best." Annie nodded.
In Anne's impression, Tom's strength was indeed quite good. After all, he could fight Robert so evenly, and even senior students had suffered losses at his hands.
However, she didn't know that Robert had previously gone easy on Tom...
Tom looked at Robert with sad eyes.
Then, Robert heard Tom's desperate "team voice" in his mind.
"Why don't you just hit me yourself? I promise not to fight back... Don't let her do it! Her strength has just skyrocketed! What if she can't control her power and beats me to death?"
Robert smiled and responded, "Can't control it? Why can't she control it? I didn't ask her to control it at all. I asked her to go all out just now!"
"Robert, do I have to die today?"
"That's not what I said. Don't misunderstand me. I'm really not seeking revenge against you. What I just said is true! Under strong pressure, magic will be strengthened! You may be able to cast a complete Armor Spell!"
"Is it possible? Then I might die!!"
"I'm doing this for your own good, Tom. Don't blame me... Annie absorbed my potion, and it can't be in vain! Isn't it great to let her help you hone your magic skills? It also means that my potions are not wasted."
"I don't believe it! I hate you!"
Under Tom's resentful eyes, Anne launched an attack...
"Armor protects you!"
Tom raised his wand and roared the spell in a tragic and heroic voice.
"Buzz!"
A complete Armor Spell instantly surrounded Tom.
"Boom!"
Anne's spell was directly bounced off by the Armor Spell, blowing a big hole in the ceiling!
Tom looked at the dense cracks in his Armor Spell, then at the shattered ceiling with cracks all around.
The slight joy of succeeding on his first try was instantly overwhelmed by fear.
If he hadn't cast a complete Iron Armor Spell and had relied only on his previous half-baked version...
Maybe this time, he really would have gone to see Merlin!
"Ah... I'm so happy... Tom... I didn't expect you to succeed on your first try." Robert said with a look of regret.
"You look obviously disappointed!" Tom burst out.
"Ah... How could that be? I'm so happy that you succeeded on your first try..."
"If you hadn't said that with a gloomy face, I would have almost believed it. Are you too lazy to even control your expression when you're lying?"
"How can you not trust me so much, Tom? Was what I said before wrong? Didn't you unleash your potential under extreme pressure? Didn't you successfully cast the Armor Spell?" Robert said regretfully.
"Yes... yes... I am really sorry that I didn't die today and that I couldn't satisfy you, Lord Robert!"
Tom's teeth were about to break, but this time, he didn't dare to scold Robert in person...
This bastard, he's really good at taking revenge!
"Well, it's possible that you only succeeded once and can't cast it a second time, so you should consolidate it." Robert said expressionlessly.
Tom's eyes widened. "Are you done yet? Are you going to kill me today?"
"No! I've mastered it completely!"
Tom quickly dispelled the Shield Charm and then cast another one!
This time, the Shield Charm was still flawless...
There was no way. The pressure from Robert was just too much!
"Well, anyway, you have now completely mastered the Armor Spell. Congratulations."
"This is all thanks to you..." Tom gritted his teeth, tears almost falling.
Robert looked at Anne. "Your strength has increased a lot... How do you feel now?"
"I feel great!" Annie looked at her wand, unable to hide the joy on her face.
She had only absorbed a small amount of magic power, yet her spell power was so strong now!
If she absorbed all the scattered magic power in the Forbidden Forest later... just how powerful would she be?
"If that's the case, then I'll give it a try." Robert said and walked onto the stage, replacing Tom.
Tom looked at Robert in surprise, wondering what he was planning.
In reality, Robert knew Annie's previous strength very well.
So, if he fought against her now, he could measure how much the potion had boosted her power.
Annie was also a little surprised to see Robert suddenly walk onto the stage.
What followed was tension.
Although her strength had greatly increased, she had witnessed Robert's duel with Tom before.
His dazzling magic… could she really handle it?
"Come on, just like you did to Tom just now." Robert looked at Annie and said gently.
"Alright..."
Annie immediately used the exact same Stunning Spell, attacking with all her strength!
"Boom!"
An Iron Armor Spell appeared beside Robert at some point.
Annie's spell was instantly blocked.
But it was different from Tom's Armor Spell.
After Robert's Armor Spell blocked Annie's attack, not only was there no crack, but it also absorbed her spell instead of rebounding it!
Tom was stunned watching from the side.
Annie was even more shocked.
Her strongest attack against Tom had been completely ineffective against Robert?
"Robert... how strong are you..."
"I'm not actually that strong, Annie. If I fought Dumbledore, I might not last more than ten seconds..."
However, these words sounded frustrating to Tom and Annie.
Robert was already comparing himself to professors, while they...
"I must become stronger!"
Tom and Anne thought the same thing in their hearts.
(End of Chapter)
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