Chapter Twenty-Five: Dueling Club! Show off another wave of operations
"I don't know who will teach us," said Hermione, as the Harry trio squeezed sideways into the chattering crowd, "I was told that Flitwick was a dueling champion when he was younger, and maybe he was the one who taught us." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Xingzhe was not with his roommates, there were too many people and they were crowded, Xingzhe was standing alone on the side, but some first-year people around him looked at Xingzhe with jealous eyes.
"As long as it's not—" Harry's words turned into a moan, and Gilderoy Lockhart walked onto the stage, shining brightly in a fuchsia robe, and the man beside him was none other than Snape, dressed in his usual black clothes.
Lockhart waved everyone to be quiet, and then shouted, "Come around, come around!" Can everyone see me? Can you hear me? That's great! ”
"So, Professor Dumbledore has allowed me to start this little dueling club and train you enough to defend yourself in the way I have used countless times in case you need to defend yourself one day - for more information on this, see my published work.
"Let me introduce my assistant, Professor Snape," said Lockhart, grinning widely, "and he told me that he knew a thing or two about dueling, and he generously agreed to assist me in a little demonstration before class. I said, I don't want you little ones to worry - I'll give you back your Potions teacher intact when I'm done showing him, don't be afraid! ”
"Wouldn't it be great if they fought to defeat both?" Ron whispered in Harry's ear.
Xingzhe said silently in his heart at this time, "A stupid X like Lockhart should be disgraced and embarrassed." ”
Snape's upper lip curled. Harry didn't understand why Lockhart was still smiling; If Snape had looked at him like that, he would have spread his legs and run in the opposite direction.
Lockhart and Snape turned to face each other and bowed. At least Lockhart bowed, his hands flipping in a lot of patterns, and Snape just shook his head impatiently. Then, they held their respective wands to their chests like arrows.
"As you can see, we hold our wands in a normal duel position," Lockhart said to the silent crowd, "and we'll do the first magic on the count of three." Of course, neither of us will take the other's life. ”
"I don't bet." Harry watched as Snape bared his teeth and whispered.
"One-two-three-"
Both of them jerked their wands over their shoulders at the same time. Snape shouted, "Get rid of your weapons!" Suddenly, a dazzling red light flashed, and Lockhart was knocked unsteady on his feet. He jerked backwards off the stage, slammed into the wall, and then slid down, curled up on the floor.
Malfoy and a few other Slytherin students applauded. Hermione jumped up and down on tiptoe. "Do you think he's okay?" She asked with her fingers over her mouth and screaming.
"Whatever!" Harry and Ron said at the same time.
Lockhart staggered to his feet, his hat falling off, his wavy mane standing on end. "Okay, you can see it!" He staggered back onto the stage and said, "It's a disarming spell - as you can see, I lost my wand - ah, thank you, Miss Brown. Yes, Professor Snape, it's a brilliant idea to show them this trick, but don't mind me when I say that, your intention is obvious. If I want to stop you, I don't have to do anything. I think it would be better to let them see ...... in order to increase their knowledge."
Snape looked murderous. Lockhart probably noticed it too, only to hear him say, "This is the end of the demonstration!" Now I will come among you and divide you all into groups of two. Professor Snape, if you're willing to help me......"
They weave their way through the crowd and pair everyone up. Lockhart pairs Neville with Justin Finchrie, Sage is placed in a Slytherin student, and Snape walks in front of Harry and Ron first.
"The Dream Team should break up, I think," he sneered, "Weasley, you can pair up with Finigan. Potter—"
Harry subconsciously moved closer to Hermione.
"I don't think so." Snape said, smiling coldly, "Malfoy, come up here." Let's see what kind of person you can make the famous Potter become. As for you, Miss Granger—you can be paired with Miss Millicent. ”
Malfoy walked over with a smug smile on his face. He was followed by a Slytherin girl, tall and strong, stocky, with a fat chin that stretched forward menacingly. Hermione grinned at her reluctantly, and she ignored it.
"Face your partner!" Lockhart returned to the stage and shouted, "Bow! ”
The Slytherin student he was confronted by Xingzhe was a black man, with high cheekbones, dark skin, and narrow, slightly slanted brown eyes; Xingzhe felt that this guy was a little overly conceited, especially in front of him.
"Raise your wand and get ready!" Lockhart exclaimed, "When I count to three, I'll cast a spell and disarm the other party's weapons - just disarm them - we don't want accidents." One-two-three-"
As soon as the voice arrived, the boy immediately took action, he waved his wand, but Xingzhe's speed was even faster than him, Xingzhe didn't have any panic at all, holding his wand was a sentence of "Except for your weapon!" ”
A red light flashed, and the boy's wand flew out, he looked surprised and a little embarrassed, and Xingzhe was expressionless.
On the other stage, Harry and Malfoy are battling it out.
"Stop!" Snape shouted; Harry's feet stopped dancing, and Malfoy stopped laughing.
A puff of green smoke filled the entire venue. Neville and Justin both lay on the floor, panting; Ron grabbed a grim-faced Seamus and apologized for the havoc he had caused with his broken wand; And Hermione and Millicent are still on the move; Millicent grabbed Hermione's head, and Hermione softly screamed in pain. Both of their wands had been forgotten on the floor. Harry hurriedly jumped forward and pulled Millicent away. It's not easy, Millicent is much bigger than him.
"Oh my God," Lockhart said, jumping around the crowd and watching the consequences of the duel, "you stand up, Ernie...... Watch out, Miss Fawcett...... Pinch it hard and the bleeding will stop immediately, Bout ......"
When he came to Xingzhe's face, he was surprised to find that Xingzhe was the only student who disarmed the opponent's weapon according to his request and did not harm others.
"Nest! Mr. Paul! It's a really good job, not only did I disarm the opponent's weapons as required, but I didn't hurt anyone, and I did a really good job! Ravenclaw plus ten! ”