Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 273 The most perfect dedicated anti-enemy wand! Ash wood staff!

Three days later, inside the wand-making room constructed by the Room of Requirement.

Dudley was engrossed in crafting a wand at his workbench, surrounded by scattered wood chips and pieces of wood from various trees.

Next to it was a large glass basin filled with dragon's blood, soaking strands of Harry's hair that had been cut in the past.

At this moment, the wand that Dudley was making was almost finished.

It is 11 inches long, the same length as Harry's holly wand.

The core of the staff is a lock of Harry's hair that has been soaked in dragon's blood, and the most crucial part of the staff is made of... European ash wood from the Scottish Highlands, also known as the Forbidden Forest.

Ash wood wands possess extraordinary steadfastness and persistence; they recognize only one master and will remain steadfast in their chosen goal.

Generally speaking, wizards who are compatible with ash wands also possess the same qualities: they do not easily change their minds and once they set their sights on a goal, they will persevere in achieving it.

After Dudley saw this part in the abridged handwritten manual on the family’s secret wand-making knowledge sent to him by Master Ollivander, he decisively decided that ash wood was one of the wand-shafting woods he had to try to make a special anti-enemy wand.

And it's the part that needs to be tried first.

Dudley felt in excellent condition and had a premonition that the ash wand would be successfully made, with a high probability of achieving near perfection.

The next second, the magical light emanating from his hands subtly receded, and the opening on the ash wood wand quickly closed, carefully sealing Harry's hair, which had been soaked in dragon blood, inside the wand and creating a smooth magical pathway.

The ash wood wand with Harry's hair as its core is complete!

Dudley eagerly reached out and grasped the plain white ash wand, devoid of any superfluous carvings or decorations, and pointed it at a small, deformed piece of wood scrap on the ground.

He silently unleashed a splitting spell of ordinary power.

The wooden block instantly split into eight pieces, without any magical energy causing damage to anything else around it.

The wand itself showed no signs of malfunction.

Dudley pulled Rita Skeeter out of his personal space and threw her on the ground. Ignoring her screams, he first silently cast a calming spell on himself to stabilize his mind.

Then, with this calm mindset, holding his ash wand, he cast another ordinary-powered Split Spell at Rita Skeeter's thigh.

A flash of white light, and Rita Skeeter screamed in terror.

But soon, her scream turned into confusion, because she discovered that she was not injured at all; her thigh was perfectly fine, and even her outer clothes were not torn in the slightest.

Seeing this, Dudley couldn't help but smile, extremely pleased with this unusual phenomenon. His joy made him quickly break free from the effects of the stabilizing spell that hadn't been applied very strongly.

He locked Rita Skeeter, who was looking completely bewildered, back into his personal space.

Then, he tentatively waved his ash wand lightly.

He didn't cast any spells, but the tip of the ash wand emitted soft, orange-red sparks—perfectly.

"Hahaha! It's done! It's finally done!"

Dudley, wand in hand, laughed heartily, the sound echoing through the empty wand-making room for a long time before finally subsiding.

The core and shaft fit together perfectly, resulting in superior performance;

It can actively assist the caster in precisely controlling the power of the spell, attacking only the target of the spell;

Unless the caster's desire to attack is too strong, casting spells with this wand will not cause any harm to living beings other than Voldemort, Harry's destined nemesis.

It also resonated deeply with Dudley himself, automatically completing the wand's recognition of its owner.

This wand is the most perfect dedicated anti-enemy wand that Dudley has ever made since he began making wands!

In the past, Dudley had used other woods for the wand shaft and Harry's hair, which had been soaked in dragon's blood, for the core, and had made decent wands.

On the contrary, he made many special anti-enemy wands that could be used normally, totaling at least a hundred.

However, all these wands became inventory in Dudley's personal space and were abandoned by him.

The reason is simple: they are qualified as wands, but not as wands specifically for fighting enemies.

These wands did not utilize the ideal anti-enemy properties of Harry's hair core, and could not be used specifically against Voldemort.

Even if Dudley tries to control it, casting spells with these wands will still cause some damage to other living beings when attacking them.

At the same time, the improvement these wands provide in terms of spell accuracy is far less than that of the ash wand Dudley just made.

In conclusion, Dudley's ash wand only needs one final test before it can be officially put into use.

Help Harry remove the Voldemort soul fragment from his body and resolve the potential danger of Harry being a living Horcrux of Voldemort.

It can also be formally added to the quest of separating the Voldemort soul fragment from the three relic artifacts without taking damage.

The final verification process was to... personally test it on Voldemort.

Without hesitation, Dudley waved his hand and moved the wand-making workbench away, clearing a space in the wand-making room that had been built in the House of Requirement.

Next, he removed the dragon skin package he carried with him, broke the seal, and once again took out the Horcrux containing the soul of a younger version of Voldemort.

And the magical chains on the diary Horcrux were unlocked.

As soon as the chains were broken, the youthful version of Voldemort's soul couldn't wait to emerge.

This soul avatar was even more transparent than before, clearly indicating that the previous torture and experiments had a negative impact on the youth version of Voldemort's soul.

"I knew it was you again! What exactly was that wand you mentioned last time? Tell me quickly, so I can dispel your delusional idea of ​​a soul-retaining device!"

As soon as the youthful version of Voldemort's spirit appeared, he excitedly demanded something from Dudley.

Clearly, he was very flustered.

Dudley chuckled and replied gently, "Mr. Riddle, words are too pale! Let's try it ourselves!"

"what?!"

The youthful version of Voldemort's spirit cried out in surprise, only then noticing that Dudley was not empty-handed this time, but holding a wand with an extremely simple design.

Judging from Dudley's wandless spellcasting skills demonstrated last time, he doesn't need a wand at all.

The purpose of this wand is self-evident.

"Avada! Let's eat a melon!"

While the teenage Voldemort was still pondering, Dudley, in the blink of an eye, held his ash wand and cast the Precision Killing Curse on the Horcrux lying on the ground.

Just like the previous experiment, it was a very weak Precision Killing Curse.

A thin beam of green light from the Killing Curse shot out from the tip of the ash wood wand and struck the diary Horcrux in an instant.