Obviously, Lockhart's appearance was like pouring cold water on the public, almost cooling down the originally boiling auditorium immediately. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even Hermione said to the people around her with little confidence, "Lockhart, Professor Lockhart, he should still be good." ”

"yes, he's even afraid of elves!" Ron said mercilessly.

Pansy laughed when she heard this, and then said to Benjamin, "Miss Know-It-All is really a fan of Lockhart, and only a simple person like her would believe Lockhart's nonsense." ”

Lockhart didn't seem to hear their chatter, but pressed down with his hand, as if to silence the scene.

"Godfather!" Draco was quick to see that there was another man behind Lockhart.

Soon, many people noticed that Professor Snape was still dressed in a black robe.

It's just that he doesn't seem to be very happy.

Of course, in the eyes of most students, Professor Snape has always been like this.

And Ron said even more exaggeratedly, "If I knew it was Lockhart and Snape, I wouldn't have come to participate!"

After he finished speaking, a bunch of people nodded in agreement.

Lockhart cleared his throat and then said loudly to everyone:

"Come around, come around, can everybody see me, can they hear me? Great! That's right, Professor Dumbledore has allowed me to start this little dueling club, and train you enough to defend yourselves in the way I have used so many times in case you need to defend yourself someday—see my published work for more information on this. (There is a burst of boos from the audience)

"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 mean, 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 muttered in Harry's ear.

Draco clenched his fists in anger and said in Benjamin's ear, "Lockhart is so proud! Can't he stop bragging? My godfather is a good duener!"

Benjamin shrugged, apparently equally unable to understand Lockhart's brain circuit.

Professor Snape's upper lip curled up at this. Harry couldn't understand why Lockhart was still smiling, and if Snape had looked at him like that, he would have spread his legs and run in the opposite direction.

"Do you think Lockhart is asking for his own death? Pansy exaggerated.

Lockhart and Professor Snape turned to face each other and bowed as usual. At least Lockhart bowed, his hands flipping in a lot of patterns, and Snape just shook his head impatiently.

Judging by Professor Snape's expression, he should not be so willing to come to this dueling club as Lockhart's assistant.

Then they held their wands straight up to their chests like arrows.

"As you can see, we hold our wands in a normal dueling position," Lockhart said to the silent breath-holding crowd, "and we'll cast our first spell on the count of three." Of course, neither of us will take the other's life. ”

"I don't bet. Benjamin watched as Snape bared his teeth and whispered. It looks very vicious.

"One-two-three-"

As soon as Lockhart's voice fell, both of them jerked their wands over their shoulders at the same time.

In an instant, the excitement of the whole scene returned. Even though most people look down on Lockhart, he is still a professor at Hogwarts. It was the first time they had seen a duel between Hogwarts professors.

At this point, Snape shouted mercilessly and quickly, "Get rid of your weapons!"

Suddenly, a dazzling red light flashed from the tip of his wand, and Lockhart, who had no time to dodge, was knocked to his feet. Then, unexpectedly, he slammed backwards off the stage, slammed into the wall, and then slid down and curled up on the floor. The wand in Lockhart's hand also fell directly to the ground.

Draco and Goyle, several of their Slytherin students, began to applaud.

Benjamin and Pansy also laughed unabashedly, they still liked Professor Snape.

Daphne said with a smile, "I didn't expect the outcome of the duel to be so suspenseless. ”

Probably only Hermione was tiptoeing up and down because of concern.

"Do you think he's okay?" she asked, squealing as she covered her mouth with her fingers. Hermione was sweating from nervousness.

"Whatever!" Harry and Ron said at the same time. When they saw Lockhart being beaten like this, their mood inexplicably became much happier.

Then Lockhart staggered to his feet, his hat falling off, and his wavy curls stood on end. It looks like a mess.

Lockhart stretched with difficulty, grabbed his wand from the ground again, and held it in his hand again.

Of course, as the winner of the most attractive smile, Lockhart will keep smiling even when it hurts.

"He's looking much better now. Draco said very harshly.

Benjamin secretly weighed the power of Professor Snape's magic just now, and it was obvious that he had not used all his strength, but had already knocked Lockhart down.

Instead, Benjamin felt that he could shoot down the wand in Lockhart's hand at most.

"Okay, you can see it!" Lockhart stumbled back onto the stage and said, "It's a disarming spell—as you can see, I've lost my wand—ah, thank you, Miss Brown, for worrying so much about me. Yes, Professor Snape, it's a great idea to show them this trick, but don't mind if I say that. Lockhart turned to Professor Snape, "It's clear that you're here to do this. If I want to stop you, I don't have to do anything. I think that in order to increase their knowledge, it is better to let them see what the consequences of being hit are......"

Professor Snape looked murderous as he looked coldly at his outstretched fingers.

Lockhart probably noticed, and heard him say quickly, "This is the end of the demonstration! Now I'll come among you and divide you all into groups of two." Professor Snape, if you're willing to help me......"