Although Hermione was the one in the trio who was in charge of collecting information and sorting out clues, Harry was always the one who made the decision when it came to major events.

"...As you just said, both sides must be done at the same time, so that if the black hand escapes behind the scenes, we can also intercept him in the back room. I can only go to the back room, because only I am Parseltongue... Although I don't know why. "

Ron stood up: "Hey man, no way! We can't leave you alone

- Going on an adventure alone and huddled in the common room, that's my sister! "

"Just like my sister," Harry said firmly. "Mrs. Wesley was very nice to me, she even knitted me a sweater for Christmas, didn't she?"

"But the problem isn't there!" Ron retorted. "We could face it together with a few people..."

"There's no use in crowds. I'm Parseltongue, it won't attack me, but not if you're there." Harry gave a reason that neither of them could refute.

Ron still stubbornly objected: "I'll be fine, I'm pureblood, and it won't attack me...but you're right, Hermione should stay in the tower and watch Ginny, and in case...I am In case of any eventuality, one has to stay upstairs and tell those professors where to pick up our bodies."

"Don't be silly, you..."

Hermione wanted to scold the two companions, but for some reason the tears couldn't stop falling as soon as she opened her mouth.

Seeing her cry, Harry quickly took out his handkerchief, but Hermione slapped it away.

Because Hermione didn't want to reveal her sensual and vulnerable side.

"It's agreed, let's go together." She decided, "And it's not necessarily dangerous. Isn't it written in the book? It's afraid of the rooster's crowing. As long as the plan is well-planned, maybe we can go with us next time to the secret room. It's as easy as picking a kale from the vegetable garden."

Chapter 89: The Fire

The trio discussed for a long time, and finally finalized the action plan. Hermione was going to supervise those first-year girls to study in the name of "tutorial homework", and then quietly inquired about Ginny in the chat.

Harry was in charge of stomping the spots and collecting things that could fight the basilisk.

Ron, on the other hand, had to find a way to find out more from Slytherin, not ruling out asking his parents and other relatives.

After the negotiation, the three returned to the castle and prepared to act according to the plan. But on their way back to the bedroom, they met two people, the Weasley twins.

"Hurry up to the auditorium," they shouted to the three, "Lee Jordan told us that Professor Kettleburn and Professor Lockhart are going to duel before dinner, and this time it's a good show! "

"Duel? Why?" said Hermione in disbelief.

"Because Lockhart said he was going to teach his students how to deal with dark magical creatures," Fred said casually. "Actually, even if there was no excuse, they would have a fight, right?"

"But how can there be conflict between professors? Professor Lockhart is obviously a very good person." Hermione frowned.

"Hey, what about him!" Ron was generous enough, "It's just right to deal with dark magical creatures.oo."

Seeing Ron's open mouth, Hermione hurriedly gave him a warning wink. Ron knew he was blundering, but curiosity made him decide to follow the twins to the auditorium.

Seeing that Hermione was a little worried, Harry quickly smoothed things out: "It's good to learn a little more: right? No matter what the reason, in short, we'll go and see. Anyway, I don't need training now, and I don't have anything else to do, I guess Will spend a lot of time dueling..."

After listening to him, Hermione felt that if this duel would really teach some ways to deal with dark creatures, it might really be useful for their next actions, so she agreed.

As they walked, they listened to the twins tell them what happened

Since the release of the Manggen Rules for Carrying Creatures in the Dueling Club, some students still think that they should not carry magical creatures to fight, because it is obviously unfair.

But when they approached Lockhart with an opinion on Wednesday morning, Lockhart told them "it's nothing"

"In the one-on-one matchup of wizards, to what extent magical creatures can play a supporting role, we must put a question mark. In my opinion, their only role is to contain, but as long as one is not grasped well, They're just as indistinguishable as a drag on the duel ring," Lockhart told them.

The little wizards went around asking for advice with full of questions, and as a result, they stabbed a hornet's nest one by one, Kettle Burn, a professor of the protection of magical creatures class.

Professor Keitel Byrne publicly rebuked when he gave them morning and afternoon lessons

He thinks Lockhart is too arrogant—not to mention that many magical creatures have magic resistance, and even if they have no combat ability themselves, they will definitely not be a burden.

"If this is what he came to after seeing Master Scamander, then I can only regret it. He doesn't even know how strong magical creatures can be, even 3X creatures, not one Wizards can handle it easily." This is Kay

The original words of Professor Turborn.

The students (especially the Gryffindors) were all overjoyed when they heard this, and they immediately passed Professor Kettleburn's words to Lockhart again, trying to save the professors' fire.

And Lockhart didn't let them down.

"I don't mean to belittle magical creatures, they play an irreplaceable and important role in our social life and the improvement of the environment. But when it comes to the duel arena, even when it comes to life and death, I still do not recommend carrying magical creatures for combat. , because it is likely to have the opposite effect." Lockhart also insisted.

After hearing this evaluation, the students who had bad intentions naturally added to it again, and transferred the remarks to Professor Kettleburn.

"Fuck him! If he shows up on the duel ring, I'll immediately let him know with my crate of magical creatures!" replied the professor, who was known for his fiery temper and frivolity.

Speaking of which, it seems that the two of them can't do it without a fight.

When Harry and the others rushed to the auditorium, they saw that Professor Kettleburn and Professor Lockhart were already standing at the two ends of the dueling ring.

Lee Jordan saw them, then raised his hand and greeted them.

"You are late!" he said. "We have already finished two matches just now, and this is the third one."

The Weasley twins were disappointed: \"Late? Why so fast?"

"It was just that fast - in the first scene Kettleborn was going to open the box and he was hit by Lockhart. In the second they said they wanted Keitelborn to open the box and then move on, and Lockhart was hiding in the In the fog, a duck bait was used to lure the animals away, and then another disarming spell... oh, that's tragic."

\"What about now?" Hermione looked towards the stage.

"This is the third game, it is estimated that Professor Kettleburn will change some curiosity this time.

Not such a strong creature! "Jordan grimaced.

Everyone turned their attention back to the stage, and saw that Lockhart was trying to make the final "persuasion"

"Okay, Sylvanus...I really don't mean to look down on magical creatures: I just said it's not suitable for heads-up between wizards, team wars can be tried, but Master Scamander doesn't like it Do this..."

But Professor Kettleburn didn't appreciate it: "Don't think you've won! The power of magical creatures is not what it seems on the surface."

Seeing this stubborn old professor who only had one arm and half a leg and couldn't move without a prosthesis, Lockhart had a headache.

He wanted to say two words against his heart, but he couldn't.

Because he is now a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, he is obliged to teach students how to deal with various situations, even if it means offending one or two people.

Drink, since you insist..." Lockhart was helpless.

Then they saluted each other and began their third duel.

According to the agreement, this time Professor Kettleburn can release magical creatures to simulate the scene of "being attacked by a dark wizard".

This time, Professor Keitelborn behaved well. In front of his students, he first threw three fire crabs from his box.

Immediately after the fire crabs got out of the box, they crawled, digging their crab legs deep into the ground, hiding their bodies, revealing only the gem carapace on their backs.

"It's a fire crab! Lockhart is in trouble now." Fred said, \"\"The gem shell of that thing is very resistant to magic, and after it is stuck, even the dragon can't pull it out. George and I have been trying to get some shells to make armor..."

Ron stared at the gem shells and shook his head sadly: "I can't promise

I won't sell it after I get it. "di

Chapter 90 Laissez-faire

After seeing Professor Kettleburn release the three fire crabs, the students from the wizarding family showed a look of watching the show.

No one knows how tough fire crabs are.

Using the word "rough skin and thick flesh" is not enough to describe how difficult this thing is to deal with, not to mention that the hardness of the gems on its skin is second only to diamonds, and conventional physical means such as swords and axes cannot be handled at all. Even its anti-magic ability is too strong to an outrageous level, and it can still remain motionless in the face of lightning bombardment.

After all, the origin of this thing is Fiji, and Fiji experiences several typhoons every year, so it has long since developed the ability to be "unmoved by wind and rain", which is very difficult to catch, and its catch method is also It is regarded as an unspoken secret by the magicians in Southeast Asia.

Since Fiji also belongs to the Commonwealth of Nations, the properties there are also taken for granted by those British people as their own.

The British magic circle introduced it to the mainland not only because of the precious gems on its shell, but also to use its shell to make W

The shell of the fire crab is hard, anti-magic and watertight, and the effect of using it as a potion is even better than that of the golden thorn. Therefore, wizard families who need potions will basically buy them at a high price, especially those who use potions as their business. It is even more necessary for the wizard, and everyone knows how difficult this thing is to deal with.

The three fire crabs were lying there, and Professor Kettleburn was hiding behind them—the battle was so hard to watch that one didn't want to fight.

"Let me see... this is next... go, cutie!"

Professor Kettleburn, who was squatting behind the fire crab, obviously gained a great sense of security, so that he moved a lot slower when turning over the number of his box.

The second time he released a cat leopard, a dark cat leopard that looked so lively.

If the purpose of the fire crab is to defend, then the function of this one is to harass.

It's agile, quick, and aggressive enough to make any wizard scramble to face it alone, and it's self-evident that Kettleborn has drawn it here -- he wants Lockhart Can voluntarily surrender.

But Lockhart didn't mean to surrender, he just glanced lazily at the cat and leopard, and then hid himself in a fog.

Keitelborn didn't care about him either - anyway, as the number of summons he put on the court gradually increased, his odds of winning would also increase, and the beneficiary of delaying time was himself.

Without saying a word, he pulled another cage out of the suitcase, then opened the cage door, and he let the two wicked birds out.

The chirping of the wicked bird can make people or animals lose their minds, so the wizard is required to perform "silent" on it when it is sold, and it must be strengthened once a month.

But Keitelborn didn't look like magic, because their wings flapped loudly.

"Rush in and find him!" Kettleborn shouted to the magical creature he kept.

Seeing that both the cat leopard and the demon bird were approaching him, Lockhart in the fog took no hassle and cast another hurricane spell.

"The wind is spinning!" Lockhart waved in front of him.

The gust of wind that was conjured out of thin air immediately blew towards the cat leopard and the demon bird, making it impossible for them to move for a while.

Keitelborn shouted to Lockhart in the fog: "You are dragging

Delay time, Gilderoy, you know very well that you can't escape! "

"How do you know if you don't try it?" Lockhart replied.

In response to Lockhart, Keitelborn picked out another swallow-tailed dog from the box after a while.

The swallow-tailed dog's sense of smell is very sensitive, even if Lockhart is hiding in the clouds, it can pull him out. Even if Lockhart wanted to take these injuries by relying on his health, and then counterattack, he did not have the ability to penetrate the Fire Crab defense.

But Lockhart doesn't seem to have any plans to break down immediately.

\"Confused!" Lockhart pointed at the field.

The cat leopard and the swallow-tailed dog, who were going head-to-head, suddenly stopped and started attacking each other.

The cat leopard nimbly revolved around the swallow-tail dog's body, and from time to time it came out from the blind corner of its eyes, and stepped forward to take a bite. The swallow-tailed dog was powerless to resist, and could only remind its owner by barking.

"Stop!" Keitelborn tried to dissuade him.

It's just that neither the cat leopard nor the swallow-tailed dog will listen to him, because for one reason or another, they have already been red-eyed.

In desperation, Professor Kettleburn had to use magic—he used the Sober Charm to calm down his cat and leopard.

Lockhart took advantage of this time to make up a magic for himself, and continued to drag the time: "All protection!"

Although the gust of wind just now temporarily blew away the group of small animals, and now a protective shield is added to temporarily isolate his own smell, Lockhart still has not solved the problem, because Professor Kettleburn's magical creatures Still on the field.

Especially the three fire crabs, they were still firmly embedded in the concrete floor of the arena under them, motionless.

Although Lockhart hasn't done any harm to Keitelborn so far, he doesn't dare to be careless.

Because the first two games have proved that Lockhart is a man who will do anything to win, and now he is doing all the time, but who knows what bad idea he is brewing.

When the Hurricane Charm stopped, Keitelborn didn't see Lockhart's new moves either. And the cloud and mist at the beginning gradually began to fade, until Lockhart's figure was revealed.

Unexpectedly, there was no panic in Lockhart's expression.

He even has the mind to provoke Kettleborn: \"Magic creatures are not good at this point. If wizards want to control their actions, their energy will be several times as much as before. It's better to use a spell."

"Really? I would like to ask you to say after you win, this time you don't want to use decoy tactics again. I won't make the same mistake again." The old professor said angrily.

As he spoke, he alertly showed a head from behind the fire crab and glanced at the field.

This time he deliberately paid more attention and used creatures that he had domesticated for a long time. I believe that Lockhart will not be so easy to use rubber ducks to attract the attention of all his creatures.

Keitelborn thought for a moment, and then threw out three more swamp diggers—it was a magical creature that could burrow into the ground and sneak, and it specialized in attacking people's ankles.

This time Lockhart is in trouble - there are bad birds who need to worry about the upper third road, there are swallowtail dogs and cat leopards on the middle third road, and there are swamp diggers on the lower third road. Blocked.

The best way to deal with swamp diggers is to use polymorphism, or the spell "turn mud into stone", but it's no secret that Lockhart is not good at polymorphism and transformation spells, so Ketelborn thinks, Lockhart was going to be overwhelmed this time.

This is how it is with people who duel with magical creatures, once they fail to

Restrict them and let them spread out the field, then the high probability of losing is the spell flow wizard.

Lockhart's current situation on the field can be described as precarious, but this can only be blamed on himself. Who let him take the big picture and let Professor Kettleburn make the most of the game in the early stage?

Seeing that he was unavoidable, Lockhart finally started to get serious.

"Look at it, classmates! The reason why I say that using magical creatures to duel is a little unreliable is because of this. No matter what kind of dark creatures you will face in the future, this spell is very effective..."

Saying that, he pointed to the air on the duel arena.

"Scintillate!"

Chapter 91: Avada Splits You