"It turned out to be a spiritual spell, but these spells... don't seem to be very suitable for duels?" He pretended to be curious about this.

Hermione was finally stopped.

"I'll find out tonight anyway," she said.

Chapter 50: Duel of Defense Techniques Extracurricular Class

After much anticipation, Lockhart's dueling club finally opened.

Despite being exhausted from Quidditch training, Harry and his two mates came to the dueling club after dinner.

Because he was covered in mud after training, he was just caught in the office by Filch on the charge of "living and occupying the castle". If it wasn't for the help of the ghost "Almost Headless Nick" who encouraged Peeves to cause trouble for Filch, Harry probably didn't get a chance to peep the evidence that Filch was a Squib.

In the end, he occupied the castle and "defiled the castle", but he also owed an adult to Nick because of this... A big ghost, he had to agree to attend his death party on Halloween in exchange.

But from now on, his hard work is worth it.

After dinner, the four long tables in the auditorium disappeared into the air, and two bright lights appeared on the ground, outlining the shape of the two venues.

At the same time, the ceiling of the auditorium also turned silver from the usual star map, and two protective shields like transparent eggshells were thrown into the middle of the auditorium, covering the two venues.

Seeing this situation, the students all became excited—no matter what the content of the duel tonight was, it was worth the price just to watch this battle.

The number of people in the auditorium has become larger and larger, and the voices of the students’ discussions have become louder and louder. The auditorium, which usually only has people during meals, suddenly became full of people, like a large fresh food market.

And it wasn't just the students who came, even several Hogwarts staff including Professor McGonagall and Professor Kettleburn came to the scene, and it seemed that they were ready to watch it.

When the noise reached its peak, Lockhart and Snape finally appeared in the auditorium.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good night everyone!" Lockhart greeted everyone.

Everyone responded eagerly: "Good night, Professor Lockhart!"

Unlike at the beginning of the semester, which was only sought after by girls, Lockhart is now universally popular.

Ravenclaw aside, they must support their teachers from their own academy. Lin also wisely chose not to cause him any trouble after he had bought off such "powerful figures" as prefects and Malfoy.

It was a good thing to be favored by the students, but it may be that Lockhart made his "adventure master" too full, so that the students had an unrealistic perception of his strength.

Of course, this may also have something to do with his popularity - you can see that Snape has also appeared here, but apart from the students of Slytherin, isn't there still no one to greet him?

What's more, some little lions who were not afraid of things even dared to shout at Lockhart two more times.

"Come on, beat Snape down, Professor Lockhart!"

—I don’t know if it’s because they are both sixth and seventh graders, and they have not been admitted to the potions class, that they dare to be so presumptuous.

Hearing this remark that the world would not be in chaos, Lockhart smiled reluctantly - he didn't need to look to know that Snape behind him must be sneering.

It seems that this duel is by no means a "weapon except you" can be resolved.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Snape took a few steps and came to his side.

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"The principal said it's too late until Christmas and he wants you to get it right away.

Although he has made preparations, Lockhart is still pretending to be reserved: "If I shoot immediately, can you stay on stage later?"

"No, it's a different matter, you should talk to the headmaster," Snape replied without hesitation.

Lockhart looked helpless: "Really so ruthless? I ordered a lot of potions from you."

"Thank goodness, I almost forgot if you didn't tell me. If I hit you with a concussion and forgot about it, wouldn't the shipment not have to be delivered."

Lockhart knew he was joking in his own way—because the Flux had been done. Many students have revealed that Snape's office has been boiling a pot of Flux.

Jokes and jokes, fights still have to be fought.

As the students gradually gathered in the center of the auditorium, the security team Lockhart had hired from the work-study students were all in place to start their work.

Before starting, Lockhart put a spell on his throat.

"Sounds loud (Snrus)."

Then he cleared his throat and confirmed that his voice was indeed amplified before starting his speech tonight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome everyone to the dueling club organized by us. Here, I suggest that everyone put aside the usual gentlemanly and ladylike demeanor for the time being, and show more heroism and grace.

The club was originally set up on a whim, but Headmaster Dumbledore

All the deans and colleagues are very interested in this idea, and they have given me a lot of help, so this club, which was originally to be opened when the school was closed due to heavy snow, was opened in advance. Here I would like to express my gratitude in public... Thanks! "

As he spoke, he bowed in the direction of several professors who were watching on the outside, and those professors also stood up and returned a salute to him.

After the salute, Lockhart turned to the students in the audience.

"Since everyone is willing to come to support, in order to avoid accidental damage and unfriendly magic, I must announce the rules of duel to you in advance—

The purpose of the duel is to promote your ability to fight against black magic, not to provide a place for you to resolve your personal grievances, so the first one-by-one duel process must not use lethal spells above stun spells. Practical functional spells and polymorphisms, although not restricted, must stop before inflicting any substantial damage to the opponent.

In addition to the dagger, anyone who wants to duel must apply to the security team before the duel can start after the security team approves the venue, and must wear a protective helmet and anti-magic contact lenses before they can go on stage;

Second, each person is only allowed to initiate a duel once a day, and it can only begin when both parties agree. If you win, you will get 3 points, if you tie, you will get 1 point, and if you lose, you will get T points, but you can only get points if you challenge someone of the same grade or higher. One month before the end of the term, the top eight of the grade will be selected according to the total score.

Of course, in order to avoid the appearance of "scoring points", after Mr. Percy Weasley's reminder, we have added some restrictions to the points rules, such as prohibiting consecutive challenges to losers, and conditions for refusing challenges, etc. , you can find it on the bulletin boards in the public lounges of the major colleges.

There is also the 311 duel process, which must absolutely obey the referee's decision. If you have any doubts about the referee's decision, you can submit an arbitration to the teacher on duty that night, but once the arbitration is completed, the final result cannot be changed.

OK, any more questions? If there is no problem, I will

My assistant, Professor Snape, had a friendly discussion and showed everyone how to play a duel!

In order to take care of the lower grade students, we have agreed not to use silent spells, but to recite all the spells. I believe you will be able to enjoy a wonderful decision.

Chapter 51 Duel

In the eyes of everyone's expectation, Lockhart and Snape stood on the carpet in the center of the auditorium one after another, and opened their postures.

"The ground is lifted," Lockhart ordered.

So with a rumbling sound, some of the floor tiles on the ground outlined by the light curtain were lifted up by about half a meter, forming a venue that was different from other areas.

It was also part of the Hogwarts defense system, and if Lockhart hadn't gotten permission from the Headmaster, he wouldn't be able to use it.

Many people are confused by the "school" attribute of Hogwarts, thinking that the various institutions in the school are just for novelty and fun, but they forget that Hogwarts is first and foremost a "magic castle": second is a" "School of Magic"

If the enemy invades the school, the moving stairs, the ubiquitous secret passages and organs, and the randomly changing terrain will become a nightmare for the attackers. The four founders are simply omnipotent when designing the defense system of these sinisters. extremely

Unfortunately or fortunately, this defense system has rarely been used since Hogwarts was built. Their greatest use is to inconvenience students when they go to and from class, and to "explore" night parties like Fred and George.

It is precisely because he went to school at Hogwarts that Voldemort knew how difficult the defense system of Hogwarts was, so in the final battle of Hogwarts, he only dared to besiege outside the school and did not dare to order food. Dead Apostles attack.

He hoped that Harry Potter would die by himself, or that the teachers and students would give up the favorable terrain and go all out, and then use Harry's corpse to disintegrate the will of the teachers and students guarding the school.

Although he was almost on the verge of success, from another perspective, if Harry didn't come to die, how many Death Eaters would be left after the capture of Hogwarts, I'm afraid Voldemort himself had no idea about this question.

Lockhart felt very novel to be able to call such a defense system by himself, even if it was only one of the castle's many defense systems. .

He could feel that as long as he wanted, he could even use a part of the magic power of the auditorium to protect himself in the duel, but doing so would be tantamount to cheating. He couldn't do it openly, because the headmaster would find out.

After clearing a large area, Lockhart and Snape stood at opposite ends of the stage and drew their wands.

It's not that Lockhart didn't want to shoot the wand first, but the rule of the wizard duel is that the two sides must hold the wand to show friendship before the start, and it can start only after the referee announces the start, so this little trick has to be reserved for later. use.

The chief referee of this duel is Professor Flitwick, the former duel champion, and the referee on the stage is Percy Weasley. Several seniors are responsible for maintaining order, while Ron, Colin, Malfoy A few lower grades are responsible for recording records.

To be able to serve as the referee at such a "big event", and all participants to submit to his authority, Percy has a sense of accomplishment. Despite the protection on the edge of the dueling table, Percy wore a protective helmet and anti-magic contact lenses out of caution, so that the flying spell would not spread to him.

"Please come forward and salute." He tried to keep his voice flat, as if he often presided over such events.

Lockhart immediately stepped forward, raised his wand with his right hand, and stroked diagonally in front of him, bowing slightly.

Snape also drew his wand, but he looked a little impatient, and just shook the flower with his wand, then nodded, and saluted.

"This duel is a friendly discussion. It is forbidden to use lethal spells that are more powerful than stun spells, and it is forbidden to attack vital points. One party loses consciousness, loses his wand or is used

After being subdued in any way, the other side cannot continue to add additional spells. If both parties agree on such a rule, please nod your head. ' came Percy's voice again.

The two sides nodded at him together, indicating that they had heard it.

"Very good, please take your place... Prepare! Three, two, one, start!"

Percy performed his duties as the referee perfectly. Seeing that both sides were ready, he quickly retreated from the protective circle and announced the start of the duel.

With the sound of "start", a transparent light curtain instantly appeared around the venue, shrouding the two in the venue.

And Snape was not ambiguous. After Percy shouted "start", the wand in his hand jerked, and quickly slashed a downward right angle in the air.

"Expelliar!"

Although Snape didn't expect this simple spell to take effect at all, when he really chanted the spell, he knew that he would definitely not be able to hit it.

Because a huge force came from the front of his robe, pulling him a slap in the face

It was only then that Lockhart's voice of incantation entered his ears:

"Clothes are flying (Acci)!"

In the end, Snape's disarming spell failed to hit anyone, and the red light hit the star and moon pattern on the carpet between Lockhart and Snape.

But Snape was well-trained after all. After a brief moment of losing control of his body, he reacted immediately, regained his stability, and raised his wand in Lockhart's direction.

However, it was not Lockhart that caught his eye, but the rolling grey

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The figure of Lockhart is long gone, only a whispered "The mist is misty (

Nebulus, belatedly, poured into Snape's ears.

"Little trick..." Snape murmured to himself, staring at the cloud of fog in front of him, "Meteljinx_Recant-"

It's a pity that the spell was also unsuccessfully recited. Snape was interrupted by a voice coming from the fog just halfway through.

"Pugn Io".

I saw 8 golden yellow birds burrowing out of the clouds and swooping towards Snape.

Snape had to stop chanting the anti-cloud spell and use another spell instead.

"Armor (Prteg)!"

As the spell was uttered, a small transparent shield seemed to appear on the tip of Snape's wand, blocking the flying golden birds one by one.

It's just that these golden birds are not just a simple condensate of magic power. When it explodes, it will also cause a heavy blow to the enemy that is equivalent to a single punch of a wizard. So Snape just blocked it, but didn't completely dampen its impact.

The matter is far from over, Snape has not had time to relax his sore right arm, and Lockhart's next wave of offensive has arrived.

"Avis!"

Looking at a flock of pigeons flying out of the fog, Snape gritted his teeth and decided to take a risk.

It's just a flock of birds on the left and right, so it shouldn't cause any big damage to yourself.

"Ventus! called Snape.

He changed his strategy just in time, opting to use a short spell—the Hurricane

To relieve his predicament, if it is still a trick, he does not know when he will be able to recite a standard anti-mantra.

It wasn't until now that Snape figured out why Lockhart would suggest "recite all the spells for the students to listen to" before the duel, and if he had used silent spells in the first place, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many at all. thing.

There is not much skill, but there is a lot of calculation! Snape cursed inwardly.

Since you can't withdraw the opponent's cloud spell directly, blow it away!

His strategy of changing just in time was successful, and as a gust of wind blew from the tip of his staff, Lockhart gradually emerged from the clouds.

At this time, he was half-squatting in the corner of the duel stage without any image. If it weren't for the wind blowing away the clouds, Snape would never have thought that he would be nestled there. Middle Lockhart.

Sly guy, but now that it's revealed, it's easy to do next, Snape thought.

However, Lockhart was not going to stand still, and just as Snape successfully released the Hurricane Charm, his counterattack arrived.

I saw him standing up straight, facing the strong wind, and before Snape canceled the spell, he pointed at his head and made a letter.

"Dur!"

Because the position he pointed to was relatively high, Snape instinctively looked over his head.

I saw that the flock of birds that Lockhart had just summoned was not blown away by the hurricane, but flew up through Snape's strong wind and flew to the top of Snape's head.