Chapter 161: Dueling Club
A week after Harry's hand was completely healed, the five-man group walked through the entrance hall to see a crowd huddled in front of a bulletin board looking at a notice that had just been posted. Seamus Finigan and Dean Thomas beckoned them over, their faces excited.
"The Dueling Club is about to begin!" Seamo Finigan said, "First rally tonight! I don't mind taking dueling lessons, they can be ...... at any time."
"What? Do you think the Slytherin monsters will duel? Ron looked at the proclamation with interest, reaping Draco's eyes, of course.
"It always comes in handy," Ron said to Harry and Hermione during the meal, "Shall we go too?" ”
Harry and Hermione agreed, so they went to the Great Hall at eight o'clock that night with Draco and Sakura. The long dining table was gone, replaced by a gleaming golden stage against the wall, with thousands of candles lit on it, and the ceiling was dark purple, as if the entire training class was wrapped underneath, all with excitement on their faces and wands.
"I wonder who taught us?" As they approached the chattering crowd, Hermione said, "I was told that Professor Flitwick was a martial arts champion when he was younger, and maybe it was him." ”
"As long as it's not ...... Oh no...... But luckily it's not the worst......" Harry suddenly screamed in pain as he saw Professor Gilderoy Lockhart walk onto the stage, dressed in his best violet robe, and next to Wang Yi was dressed in a robe embroidered with gold and silver patterns on a black background.
Lockhart waved for the people to be quiet, and he shouted, "Gather, gather!" Will each of you be able to see me? Can you hear me? Great! ”
"Now, Professor Dumbledore has given my go-ahead to open a fighting club to train you in case you need to defend yourself, just like I've had countless previous adventures, details can be seen in my writings."
"Let me introduce you to the one I'm really going to teach you in a moment, Professor Black," Lockhart said, with a big smile, "you may not know it, but Professor Black is the real master of combat, and in addition to being deeply involved in Professor Flitwick's true biography when he was in school, he has also been adventuring all over the world for many years, but he does not have the literary talent of mine, so you have not heard of his adventures. ”
"Now, let's welcome Professor Blake to the official lecture!" Lockhart said aloud.
"What the hell!" Ron whispered, "Lockhart actually gave up the opportunity to be in the limelight!" He can't just take the money, right? ”
"Idiot," Draco's face was full of disdain, "Uncle was the first grade in Ravenclaw when he was in school, and he and Lockhart entered the same school, and Lockhart had been with him since the beginning. ”
Both Harry and Hermione had "I see" expressions, only Ron was still muttering something in a low voice, as if "grades can't be eaten".
At this time, Wang Yi walked up to the front desk, "Good evening, everyone, welcome to come here and listen to my nagging." ”
"Professor Lockhart has already explained why this course is being offered, but I would like to emphasize that I am here to learn some means of self-preservation, whether you like it or not, but that's the way."
"Now, I'll tell you the first step: escape."
"Yes, you heard it right, just run away. As for the reason, you are all too weak now. It's so weak that I only need one look to make you lose the ability to resist, so the first thing you need to learn is how to escape from the enemy. ”
"Professor, can you show us that?" One of the Weasley brothers said.
"Of course, please come up and cooperate with me, George."
The Weasley who was speaking in the audience had a hellish look on his face, "Why does he always say the right thing?" ”
It was the Weasley brothers who came to the stage, and they came up together.
"Professor, you don't mind the two of us going together, do you?"
"Of course not, but you'd better convince everyone that you won't cooperate with me in acting."
The Weasley brothers' credibility was well known, and the troublemakers were simply adept at lying, so they turned around.
"Do you believe we can kill the professor?"
One of the Weasleys put his hands in front of his mouth and said loudly in a trumpet shape, while the other made a thumping motion that amused everyone.
"Look, Professor, they agreed."
"Okay, in that case, are you ready?"
"Of course ......"
The Weasley brothers stopped suddenly, not because they didn't want to, but because a sudden fear overwhelmed them, making them unable to control their bodies and froze there.
The students in the audience shouted when they saw that the Weasley brothers suddenly stopped moving.
"Hey, Fred, and George, this prank isn't clever at all."
"I've seen through you!"
Suddenly, Wang Yi's face turned to the others, and the indescribable fear surrounded everyone, and all the students froze there. Draco and Sakura were taken care of, with the former feeling only half the fear of the others and the latter feeling nothing at all...... After all, there is a psychological shadow, and Wang Yi doesn't dare to joke with big customers.
In just a moment, the fear melted away like ice and snow, and it was never to be found again, but this feeling was deeply imprinted in the minds of the students.
"So, what you can do now is learn how to escape from my attacks."
This time, no one had any objections, so Wang Yi continued.
"To put it bluntly, the matter of escaping is to let the enemy's attack miss you, and then disappear from the other party's sight, which is divided into two parts."
"First of all, avoid being hit by the enemy's attack, one way is to dodge the past yourself, this is not something I can teach you, you have to practice and master it yourself, of course, I can also give you a little advice, such as changing directions to run is definitely safer than walking in a straight line."
"The second method is to use magic to enhance your own defense, which will make it impossible for enemies to inflict damage on you, such as the [Iron Armor Charm] that senior students have learned."
"Of course, there is a third method, that is, to make it impossible for the enemy to attack you, which is also what I want to give you, when you really encounter a battle that requires your life, escape is always the last option, and only by completely solving the enemy can you end the battle."
"Cheer up, Gildero, if you continue to use the way you were in class, you're going to suffer."
"Yes, sir."
The students (mostly boys) suddenly realized that they didn't seem to know the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and that calm and calm temperament was completely inconsistent with his usual behavior, like a lazy flower cat suddenly transformed into a lion. Of course, almost all the girls have the same idea in their hearts: sure enough, Professor Lockhart is powerful, but he doesn't usually show it.
Lockhart and Wang Yi split the stage, the former solemnly facing each other, while the latter was rarely equipped with a magic wand, and his hands naturally drooped.
Suddenly, Wang Yi's right hand flickered, but it was not obvious, before everyone could see whether he had moved, Lockhart had already measured his body and cast a spell on himself, and from the senior students, he could hear the iron armor spell that Wang Yi had just said.
The invisible thrust hit Lockhart, who took a big step back, and then a dent with a radius of a meter appeared in the wall on the side, surrounded by many cracks, as if a huge hammer had just hit there.
Wang Yi waved his hand, and the wall returned to its original state, but no one thought it was an illusion just now.
Lockhart shook his head, then said to the students with a charming smile, "Did you see that?" This is the magic spell that Professor Black developed independently, and the magic that was very popular more than ten years ago. ”
"The beauty of this magic is that the attack is not only physical, but also mental, and I was supposed to fight back after I was repulsed just now, but I couldn't do it because my mind was affected."
"I'm sure you've heard the magical dragons in the stories told by your parents when you were kids, right? That's all real, and the magic of the power of the Invincible is the dragon magic that Professor Black restored many years ago by studying the roar of the dragon, so it may not sound good to say it in a low tone when chanting spells, but once you learn to cast spells silently, you won't have this drawback. ”
"You should cherish this opportunity, a magic that only a few wizards were allowed to teach more than a decade ago. Come, everybody, read it to me, Vos-Loda! ”
So there were all sorts of voices in the auditorium that had been lowered in tone. After repeating it a few times, Lockhart asked the students to team up and connect.
"You are learning a new spell now, the strength of the junior students is not too strong, the senior students must remember to add the Iron Armor Charm to themselves!"
This spell is not very easy to master, some are completely unable to use magic, and some are accidentally using too much force, knocking the sparring classmates out of the way, and then affecting the nearby contact group, so Lockhart asks several groups of students who practice better to come on stage to demonstrate.
"Fred, and George, just the two of you first."
When the twins came on stage, they bowed everywhere until Lockhart urged them a few times, and then bent over and called like dragons. Perhaps this kind of behavior of simulating the ecology of the dragon is really useful, and the twins have successfully used their invincible power, but their strength is only able to repel each other by one or two steps.
"Very well, you can see, the Weasley brothers have successfully cast a spell, and for their speedy learning, I'm going to give Gryffindor five points."
"Here's a group of ...... Harry, you and Draco demonstrate. ”
Harry felt that Lockhart had done it on purpose, as he had not succeeded in using the spell at all, but because the young man was unwilling to show his cowardice in front of his friends, Harry did not hesitate to do so.
Lockhart volunteered to pull Harry to point him in, and in the face of his nephew, Wang Yi didn't want to do nothing, wiped Draco's throat, and then urged him to come to the stage.
"Bow, Harry, it's courtesy." Lockhart said, then pressed Harry's shoulder in spite of it, and then stepped back under the threat of Wang Yi's eyes, and Draco had to bow after seeing this.
The two made eye contact, deciding that Draco would attack first.
Draco cleared his throat, he had already learned what Wang Yi did just now under Wang Yi's secret prompting, which was to mark Draco's body, indicating that he could temporarily borrow Wang Yi's power, of course, only for the will, showing that the success rate of spell casting increased when the spell was recited, and that he could use words to deter the opponent.
"Vos-Loda!"
Draco held back, and Harry only felt a little tightness in his chest, then took a half-step back.
"Good, good, Mr. Malfoy has successfully cast the spell. Next, Harry, it's your turn. ”
Harry felt a little embarrassed, he wasn't sure he would be able to use it, but he took a deep breath.
"Vos-Loda!"
(It sucks!) )
Harry thought to himself, Draco wasn't affected at all.
"Oh, Harry, don't be nervous, come on, Mr. Malfoy, please demonstrate again."
Lockhart was particularly active today, and he was happy to inflict psychological damage on Mr. Potter.
Draco pouted and looked at Harry, suddenly having a prank idea.
I saw Draco stretch out his wand and yell, "Oolong out of the hole!" ”
The end of his wand exploded, and a black snake shot out of it and landed heavily on the floor, and when it looked up, Harry was stunned, and the crowd quickly backed, and from time to time someone screamed.
"I don't know."
Draco expressed disdain for this group of classmates who had never seen the world, wasn't it just a snake? It's a Slytherin logo!
Harry also reacted at this point, and with his relationship with Draco, he believed that Draco would not intend to attack him, which was a joke at best, so he said to the snake in a friendly manner.
"Hello! Why don't you pester your master? It's warm there! ”
The black snake literally turned and crawled over to Draco.
Harry suddenly felt a little noisy, and looked up, what happened to those classmates around him? Retreat that far.
Draco froze for a moment, then stood calmly in place, his hands behind his back, his chest held high, and with a feeling of "finally my turn to show his style", he yelled at the snake.
"Stand down!"
The snake really retreated again, and crawled between the two.
Now the others retreated even further.
Seeing this, Wang Yi paced to the side of the black snake, bent down, stretched out his hand, and made a "hiss" sound in his mouth, and the snake climbed up along Wang Yi's arm, and then was casually thrown into an inky hole.
"That's all for today, let's go back to our lounges."