...Wait, so, Dumbledore thinks I'm already in the top three of the Order of the Phoenix other than him?

Lockhart felt that this was a bit funny. Although he did win Moody once, Lockhart did not actually have an advantage in many previous discussions. Considering the performance of Moody's cracking after laying many traps in the past, Lockhart has Hart doesn't think he can take Moody's right now.

As for Kingsley Shacklebolt's fineness, Lockhart has not tested it, so he doesn't know his strength, but since Dumbledore put him behind him, it means that old Deng has his own judgment.

Although it is only "third", compared with the time when Lao Deng thought he was a liar, Lockhart is now considered a salted fish, so he is just a little more open and ready to have a real fight. in the contest.

And other members of the Order of the Phoenix were also very curious about this - although from Lockhart's book, they were able to "get a glimpse" of some of Lockhart's strength, how exactly did he achieve what he said in his book? No one has seen it with their own eyes, and even Mr. Weasley only knows a little bit about it.

Mr. Weasley knew a little, mainly because of the account of his son Ron and the Weasley twins, Ron told him that when their iron triangle was crushed by Voldemort's remnant in his diary, he couldn't lift his head. At that time, Lockhart took action to get rid of the diary.

Now they have the opportunity to see the details of this "internationally renowned wizard" with their own eyes, which cannot but make them curious.

"Attention, Gilderoy..." Dumbledore said slowly, "I will use real black magic."

"Okay." Lockhart also made his own preparations.

While posing for a duel, he secretly calculated in his heart: because he is not good at Transfiguration, so no matter whether he can make a breakthrough in the spell, when Dumbledore starts to use Transfiguration, he can only wait and lose.

So his only chance of winning is probably to make a strong attack, and he can't give Dumbledore a chance to distract himself and do Transfiguration.

After Moody's announcement of the duel, Lockhart was not polite and threw three sticky spheres at Dumbledore.

Mr. Weasley's pepper powder can bypass Dumbledore's protection, I'm afraid it's also because the spell is white magic and does not contain any malicious intent, so Dumbledore's spell is specially used to defend against malicious black magic. Didn't come in handy.

So Lockhart attacked with a nearly lethal orb, and attacked from three directions at the same time, trying to make Dumbledore make mistakes.

However, Dumbledore's reaction was very fast - in the face of this level of attack, he did not directly resist, but directly controlled a magic ball.

As a result, one of the three orbs of Lockhart immediately appeared, and under the guidance of Dumbledore, he crashed into Lockhart's orb in turn.

Three orbs, two offset each other, and the remaining one exploded, but did not splash Dumbledore a cent, Lockhart was equivalent to doing useless work.

But Lockhart was not idle at this time. With the skill of splitting his mind, his second spell was to reward himself with a silent curse while Dumbledore was controlling the orb.

Dumbledore apparently recognized the spell Lockhart used to strengthen himself:

"Is it an inspirational spell? I feel your magic swell...great application."

Sure enough, as Moody said, Dumbledore can feel the magic fluctuations of the enemy without using magic eyes, just as he has found Ha He I hiding under the invisibility cloak of the Death Saint countless times. .

Because the opponent is Dumbledore, Lockhart has no reservations this time.

After the magical enhancement, Lockhart's spell power has also reached a new level. He stretched out his wand non-stop, doing another double spell on Dumbledore.

- A strong acid arrow shot out from Lockhart's wand and headed straight for Dumbledore's face, with a hidden "spike of the soul" wrapped in it.

\"Hey!" Dumbledore exclaimed.

In the face of Lockhart's double attack, Dumbledore was just holding the infinitely powerful Elder Wand, and it was a point against the thorn.

With just a bang, the acid arrows and soul spikes still in mid-air exploded in the air, shattering their bodies to the point of leaving no trace, and the blasting airflow it shot out also caused the members of the Order of the Phoenix onlookers to retreat one after another. two or three steps.

"There is nothing wrong with the use of double magic, but you have neglected that these two magic spells are composed of magic power. As long as you disturb them a little, they will conflict on their own, Gilderoy." Dumbledore even pointed out in the mood Lockhart.

But Lockhart responded by firing an acid arrow again, in almost the exact same way as the last time.

Just when the members of the Order of the Phoenix thought that Lockhart's attack would still be unsuccessful, Dumbledore chose to move to avoid it.

His robe swelled without the wind, as if a pair of wings had grown out of thin air from his back, bringing Dumbledore's body over.

Then Dumbledore roared: shattering the Soul Spike that Lockhart fired. Lockhart giggled in his heart - he didn't expect his little tricks to be discovered.

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The first attack was just simple double magic, but the second time he used the spell sequencing technique when he fired the soul spike, if Dumbledore still chose to detonate the spike in the acid arrow, then Dumbledore would It is very likely that the other two spikes will hit him straight.

But Dumbledore was not fooled, and Lightspeed responded.

In return, Dumbledore returned a spell to Lockhart.

Because of his lack of perception, Lockhart was completely unable to recognize the magic in such a short period of time, so he had to call out the silver shield that he had "rented" with 2,000 Galleons and blocked it in front of him.

The powerful spell slammed into Lockhart's silver shield with a loud bang, and Lockhart himself was knocked back by the power of the spell.

After summoning the silver shield, Lockhart still did not stop.

He hid behind the shield and used the stored spell sequence for the third time—it is estimated that after the duel is over, Lockhart will have to rest for a long time.

And the price he paid was naturally rewarding—three Lockhart clones and Lockhart walked out from behind the shield together, and then pointed their wand at Dumbledore together.

Then it's time to get real.

Chapter 352 Lao Deng who sees people serving dishes

Lockhart knew very well that no matter whether it was his magic power, spellcasting skills or learning talent, he would definitely not be able to compare with this old man who was four times his age. No matter how long he struggled, what he finally ushered in was the ending of defeat.

It's like if you have mastered Sword God and Martial God in Shilipo, and you have practiced Wanli Kuangsha in Yinlong Cave, but you can only kneel when you encounter Elder Shi.

But that doesn't mean Lockhart doesn't have to give his best in this test. On the contrary, he has to show all his strengths.

Because this is a \"grounding test".

In Lao Deng's view, in order to achieve his goals, there is nothing in this world that cannot be sacrificed, even his own life.

As for the members of the Order of the Phoenix, although Dumbledore truly loves them, if there is a need for sacrifice on the road to design Voldemort, I am afraid that Dumbledore will send that person to the altar in tears.

Between \"id" and "superego", Dumbledore can always let the "superego" occupy his own main character, and always lead everyone to pursue "positive freedom", this is his greatest place, and also the pursuit of Where "negative liberty" non-interventionists criticize.

From an outsider's point of view, you can both praise and criticize Dumbledore, but as a part of the game, Lockhart now has to think about how to keep himself from being sacrificed, and that's where the contradiction lies.

To not be sacrificed, or at least not to be sacrificed easily, you have to show your worth.

Being rich is a very good value, and so is being proficient in politics. With these two items, Lockhart can be sure that he will not be used as cannon fodder, and he can also

To become the cornerstone of the post-war wizarding world.

But Lockhart's ambition is not only this, he wants to be a leader, not an important pawn, which means that he needs to show more ability to be regarded as a successor by Dumbledore.

Wizards, after all, speak at the level of spellcasting.

Seeing Lockhart's clone, Dumbledore showed interest for the first time

\"Each one of them has magic power? Is it a paper man? Or a skeleton puppet?" However, Lockhart did not answer him, and cast four completely different spells on Dumbledore together.

Fire Curse, Acid Arrow Curse, Confusion Curse, and Lockhart's unique skill, the Oblivion Curse

Seeing that Lockhart was really moving, Dumbledore's expression changed, but he still looked very relaxed.

The tip of the Elder Wand released a solid, fiery red phoenix, burning out both of Lockhart's physical spells, while Dumbledore's Confusion Curse didn't hide at all.

The only thing he really took seriously was Lockhart's Oblivion Curse--and saw Dumbledore's long silver hair and beard float automatically, blooming like antennae.

After the light of the Oblivion Curse hit Dumbledore's head, it seemed as if he was attracted by something, and melted in front of Dumbledore like a cauldron of snow.

Others couldn't see it, but Moody knew that Dumbledore finally used the skill of divisiveness, and this was how Lockhart's magic was intercepted one by one.

Although Lockhart has been attacking very hard, it is still not enough to fight against people of Dumbledore's level alone.

Probably thinking that he had tested enough, Dumbledore took off the top-notch wizard hat on his head and threw it on the ground.

In the eyes of everyone's astonishment, the wizard hat that should have been deflated first bounced on the ground twice, and then a rabbit jumped out of the hat.

Without saying a word, Lockhart raised his hand and hit the rabbit with a spell. Although he doesn't know what this rabbit does, it's better to kill him as soon as possible.

The harmless big gray rabbit was directly hit by Lockhart's spell in full view.

After being hit, the rabbit let out an extremely shrill cry, and then with a "pop", it turned into a huge easter egg.

Lockhart looked at the easter egg hesitantly, then decided to let the two clones deal with it, and continued to pressure Dumbledore himself.

But Dumbledore smiled and put away the Elder Wand, as if the duel was over.

Before Lockhart could figure out what this was for, the easter eggs on the ground trembled and cracked open a few cracks, and streams of steam sprayed from the cracks to the ceiling.

After spraying for a second or two, the easter egg suddenly exploded, and dozens of flying knives shot out of the eggshell and stabbed Lockhart directly.

Lockhart was startled, and quickly commanded his clone to squat down with himself, and used the Iron Armor Charm to try to block these flying knives.

But after these flying knives flew over their skulls, they suddenly turned into rabbits again.

In Lockhart's stunned mouth, the rabbit fell from the air, stuffed a carrot in his hand into his mouth, and shouted "A surprise for you" in his three-petaled mouth.

Lockhart's eyes lowered subconsciously, and he looked at the "carrot", which is a carrot, but a firecracker that ignited a fuse! After a few bangs, the members of the Order of the Phoenix were stunned, Lockhart's avatar was blown clean, and his face was also stained black by the cannonball.

"Bah, bah..."

Lockhart put away his wand in embarrassment, and then spit hard, trying to spit the residue of the firecracker out of his mouth.

Che, what about "true black magic"? Is this black magic?

Of course, since the rabbit could stuff prank firecrackers into its mouth, it could also stuff more powerful explosives or deadly poisons. This duel can be said to be a winner.

His original intention was to use the newly developed clone technique to pretend to be a coward, but he didn't expect it to become a piece of debris before it worked much, which didn't feel very good.

Dumbledore raised his head and laughed, seeing that this old urchin had not been so happy for a long time.

The members of the Order of the Phoenix who were watching the battle then reacted, and they laughed along with Dumbledore.

There was not much time to see Lockhart making a fool of himself, and they had to seize every minute and second to enjoy the scene.

"Clean up." Lockhart quickly cleaned up the firecracker residue on his body, and by the way, removed the smoky marks such as carbon black on his face.

Dumbledore stepped forward with a hint of sternness on his face.

"Sorry, Gilderoy... Your spell didn't bring out all your talents, you need a finishing spell that suits you. If you don't dislike it, come to me later, and I'll teach you a new spell." He says.

Although it is ugly, if he can get a powerful new magic, then Lockhart feels that he is not at a loss.

"What magic?" Lockhart asked curiously.

Dumbledore didn't intend to sell his words: "It's similar to the "Soul Spike" you used for sneak attack just now, it can be said to be its advanced spell, called \"Soul Torrent\'"

almost?

Lockhart felt that he had already mastered no less than 20 languages, but he still needed to learn English.

Chapter 353 Emotions are not ideal

After being knocked back by Dumbledore, the next person to go is Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Lockhart withdrew consciously after cleaning up the dueling arena, found a corner and began to rest.

His performance this time was undoubtedly amazing. Although he didn't last as long as Mr. Weasley, and the way he was defeated was a bit humiliating, anyone who knows the goods can see that his confrontation is undoubtedly stronger than others. People are taller.

To put it bluntly, if Dumbledore really did his best to fight them, I am afraid that everyone present is not enough for Old Deng to do it in a minute, so the time it takes to fail can not measure their power, their only problem is How much strength can Lao Deng use.

Lockhart's burst of power in a short period of time is amazing, but it also consumes a lot. While spell ordering doesn't consume more mana, it does consume too much emotional energy.

Although "emotion" seems very idealistic, according to the research results Lockhart has read in the Muggle Medical Journal, human emotion itself is also a kind of human energy, and it takes effort to use this energy. of.

It's just like when people feel bored with ordinary work after watching a grand movie or a small movie, and after playing exciting computer games, it is difficult for students to read books. generate enough concentration.

The emotional energy and concentration that a person can use in a day is actually limited. After spending too much energy on exciting things, even if there is still time left, it is difficult for him to keep studying and working in the remaining time. high efficiency.

Through further research, scientists found that emotions actually have high and low

frequency difference.

Negative emotional energy tends to have low frequency characteristics, while positive emotional energy has high frequency characteristics. When a person is in a positive mood, because the frequency is higher, the signal-to-noise ratio and resolution of the signal in the brain will also become higher, making it easier for people to focus. Negative emotions, on the other hand, are just the opposite.

Lockhart's "Spell Sequencing" is based on a certain spell in the Book of Spells, with the improvement and analysis of Muggle emotional theory, thus giving birth to a new spellcasting technique.

By adjusting his emotions, the frequencies of y can be fixed within a range for a short period of time. During this period, he can clear the magic power in his body at one time and shoot it out through that fixed frequency.

This power is naturally huge, but in addition to consuming magic power, it also consumes a lot of emotional energy. Therefore, after the duel, Lockhart is now in a state of numbness, and he can be free from anger, anger, or insult to any external stimulus.

Looking at the duel in the center of the secret room, although Dumbledore has experienced a dozen people's wheel battles, he still seems to be able to duel with Kingsley, which also makes Lockhart wonder whether Old Deng has no feelings or is too emotional. Rich.

He was able to control his emotions so well, obviously he had already managed to switch between high frequency and low frequency easily, otherwise he would never be able to use white magic for a while - he could use black magic with such a relaxed expression.

You must know that the reason why Professor Flitwick's "rising tone" and "falling tone" theory can be established is mainly because people's emotions cannot switch too fast, so it is necessary to overshoot and adjust the emotional frequency. , so that the effect of casting spells will become better for ordinary people.

If Dumbledore really has reached the realm of "do whatever Confucius said, without breaking the rules", then everyone present will not be his opponent, because

He can beat everyone's difference when it comes to spells

Sure enough, Kingsley Shacklebolt also lost not long after.

The reason why he lost so fast is not because he is weak, but because Dumbledore thinks his combat system is quite perfect, and then he can progress step by step, there is no need to spend too long with him, so he uses A refraction spell struck Kingsley from an unseen angle.

Kingsley, who was hit, seemed to be caught in the hands of a giant. He was thrown up and slapped down, and he injured his shoulder when he fell.

In the end, Lockhart still didn't know what Kingsley's fighting style was because it ended too quickly.