Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 260 Plan
When John first got the second gem from the Hogwarts library, due to his lack of experience, he was worried that the magic content of the gem would not be enough to support him to use the levitation spell on himself and the universal spell-breaking effect.
So, to be on the safe side, he used up all the magic power in the gem to ensure safety.
From a cautious perspective, his approach was definitely not wrong, but afterwards, when Jon tried to use magic to little by little test the power limit of the ring's spell, he realized how regrettable .
In order to maximize the effect of the spell cast on oneself, there is no need to consume such a huge amount of magic power. When the strength of magic is amplified to a critical point, if there is not enough support from one's own understanding, then even if he puts the magic power of all wizards in the world into it, the effect will not be amplified in the slightest.
According to what John figured out afterwards, using the ring to cast spells to increase the magic power to the critical point would actually only require consuming less than 1/10 of the full magic power in the second gem.
At this point, not only has the effect been maximized, but the duration the spell can last has also almost reached its maximum value.
As for going further, it would all depend on whether he could improve his understanding of the levitation spell and universal spell-breaking spells in the future.
Even at this point, with the gems now saturated after absorbing all the magic in the slate, John was confident enough to continue fighting the Death Eaters, whose number had been reduced to only a dozen.
But he was not blind. He had just seen a Death Eater Disapparate away in front of him. He knew that Rabastan must have gone to seek other support.
The impact of his rescue of the Muggle students from Hogwarts a year ago must have been huge, and the abilities he used at that time must have spread among the wizarding world. The unique use of the levitation spell and the effect of breaking the spell were probably unmatched.
Therefore, when he decided to involve these Death Eaters, John no longer expected to continue hiding his identity. He even deliberately wanted to expose his identity and attract all the attention of Rabastan and others to himself, so as to buy time for the Hogwarts to reach the coast.
But Rabastan is definitely not a fool, as he has been lurking in the French Ministry of Magic for such a long time, holding a high position and being trusted by Voldemort. Although John's plan is not straightforward, it is definitely not obscure. When the chase continues and he does not wait for his brother's support, he has to think about how to use other methods to restrict John, this slippery loach.
And when he began to think carefully, by recalling Jon's actions up to now, it was not difficult to realize what the purpose of his proactive behavior was.
He was protecting that ship. Protecting the other people on that ship!
After thinking of this, Rabastan changed his strategy without hesitation. He immediately separated a small team of Death Eaters and asked them to chase the Hogwarts that was gradually disappearing from their sight, while the others continued to encircle John.
Rabastan knew that with the remaining men they had, they could not even think about killing or capturing the man in front of them. All they had to do now was to ensure that Jon did not leave their sight and continue to reduce the number of their own men. Then they could keep fighting and wait for Rodolphus to bring his men for support.
They were waiting for support, and Jon was thinking about dragging it out.
He didn't know what had happened on Fawkes' side, but he knew for sure that as long as Dumbledore knew their current situation, he would definitely not remain indifferent. He just didn't know why the support that should have come had not arrived.
A competition between one person and many people was going on under the sky, and neither Jon nor Rabastan noticed the protruding black reef on the calm sea.
Compared with other places, the sea water around this reef seems unusually calm. On the reef, there is an old man with silver hair, a thin body that can even be said to be emaciated, and wearing a black robe. He is sitting here.
He looked at the sky that had been used as a battlefield. His eyes were as deep as the night sky. He watched Jon, who was constantly dodging under the dense spells, wondering what he was thinking.
And in this chase, Rabastan soon discovered a new problem.
They kept attacking John, and John kept fighting back. During this process, he used many spells. In addition to the ordinary disarming spell, petrification spell and stun spell, there were also dark magic such as the invisible sword and the explosive spell.
But even though the battle situation had reached this point, he had no intention of using the killing curse.
Such questions made Rabastan alert.
Although he had not fought against the Order of the Phoenix led by Dumbledore in England in the past few years, he was well aware that these exiles who had become homeless dogs would reject the Unforgivable Curses but would never resist using them.
And with the magical skills that John has shown now, except for the strange universal spell-breaking and levitation spell, the other spells he cast are at most at the level of an ordinary adult wizard.
Not to mention other more powerful wizards, even among the Death Eaters, he is not as good as many people. This kind of spellcasting cannot be faked. Combined with John's current results, it gives people a huge sense of contrast.
Rabastan didn't know what the reason was, but he knew it was definitely not a normal phenomenon.
Therefore, he became more and more careful in casting spells and more and more cautious in dodging the spells cast by Jon. After lurking in France for so long, he developed the habit of thinking in the worst possible direction no matter what kind of problems he didn't understand.
And his actions were also seen by Jon.
Jon knew very well that no matter how outstanding his achievements were in certain spells, he had only been learning magic for less than three years, and his own magic power had not yet grown to its peak. His spellcasting habits and understanding of magic could not be as smooth as those experienced Death Eaters.
Rabastan obviously didn't know his background. Jon narrowed his eyes. He calculated the time after he drank the Polyjuice Potion, and suddenly a plan came to his mind.
