Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 332 The First Meeting of the Dueling Club——Lovely Harry?

After convincing Snape, Hera began to wait excitedly for the reopening of the Dueling Club, but before that, he received a piece of not-so-good news-Sturgis Podmore had been arrested.

He was also a member of the Order of the Phoenix, and he was involved in the task of transferring Harry from Privet Drive and escorting them to King's Cross.

And his arrest was obviously premeditated. He was caught while working for the Order of the Phoenix. He completely refused to answer any questions from the Ministry of Magic. Because of this, the Ministry of Magic believed that he did not have the idea of ​​repentance, and was sentenced to six months in Azkaban.

In fact, this is completely too heavy a punishment.All insiders, including Hera, knew very well that this was the Ministry of Magic demonstrating against Dumbledore. They knew Dumbledore's small gang, and they would not have the slightest sympathy just because they belonged to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore also sent Fox to give Hera a note, informing him that he would have to go to Sturgis' home to appease his old mother and wife-the actions of the Order of the Phoenix have always been kept secret, but Dumbledore needs to let them know one thing: their son and husband are definitely not criminals, he is just temporarily imprisoned for a greater good.Dumbledore would get Stoji's justice right.

At the same time, Dumbledore will not be able to appear at the first dueling club.Hera gently tossed the note into the fireplace. He didn't think it would have any major impact on the Dueling Club, and Dumbledore had better be where he was supposed to be - the Sturgis' family must have been terribly worried.

In fact, their worries were definitely not superfluous. Hera knew exactly where Azkaban was. It didn't take six months, it only took one month, and people would be tortured to the point of losing their minds.

The atmosphere on the teaching bench suddenly became heavy. They had already lost a good player, and no one knew who they would lose next time, Tonks?Moody?Lupine?Kingsley?
Or is it yourself?

Hera was silent along with him, he only hoped that the reconvening of the Dueling Club would alleviate some of the sorrows of the professors.

After dinner on Friday, all the students stayed in the auditorium excitedly.

This made Hera have to shout loudly: "Children, you'd better go back to the common room first, we need to make some preparations. I guarantee that this duel club will definitely let you learn something."

After the students chanted Hera's name, they stepped up the stairs under the leadership of the prefects. As long as the dueling club can let them learn some real self-defense methods, they don't mind waiting for a while.

It wasn't until 07:30 in the evening that Hera, Flitwick, Professor McGonagall and others had finished arranging the auditorium properly, and then notified the prefects that they could bring the students back.They waited until eight o'clock before they completely returned to the auditorium.

The long dining table disappeared, and along one wall appeared a gilded stage, lit by hundreds of candles floating above.The ceiling became as black as velvet again, almost all the students from the school came, and Hera even saw Luna in the corner.But it is a pity that she has no friends by her side, and everyone even tacitly vacated a small space for her.

"I don't know who will teach us," the students chattered, "Could it be Professor Snape? I still remember the scene where he knocked Professor Lockhart down under the ring."

"Professor Lockhart is too miserable. He must be cursed by the Yeti."

"Nonsense, that's the vampire's curse!"

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"Ahem, everyone be quiet, be quiet." Hera walked onto the stage, with Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick on his left and right.He wore flowing robes of fuchsia that shone like the waves of the sea.Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall also put on very formal gowns.

"Can everyone see us?" Hera said with a smile after the auditorium quieted down, "It's a pleasure to meet you at this time. Let me introduce the plan for this duel club to you."

Everyone looked up at Hera, eager to enter the practice session immediately.

"It's like this. After I had an in-depth exchange with Professor Dumbledore, he allowed me to start this small dueling club and fully train everyone, in case you need to defend yourself one day, but find that you don't know any spells at all except for the levitation spell and the superficial transformation spell."

Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick looked at him sideways. Are they disliking the superficial magic they teach?Come on, there are still many students who can barely get an "A"!
"I don't intend to criticize the teaching level of the two professors. They are undoubtedly very powerful wizards in my heart." Hera quickly defended, and at the same time winked at the two of them. This is just a joke!
This scene actually made the students in the audience smile. They understood Hera's joke. Although it was not that funny, it was really fun to watch the three people on the stage get angry.

"Ahem, the Dueling Club will be held every Friday at [-]:[-] p.m. in the auditorium. I don't think everyone will get lost." Hera continued, "In addition to me, I will also invite two deans to guide the students every week. I don't need to say more, you all know that they are all good players."

"Professor Filius Flitwick was once the champion of the Hogwarts Dueling Club. His wonderful story can hardly be told overnight, but we just need to remember that he is an absolute master of magic." Hera introduced, and at the same time Professor Flitwick bowed slightly to the students in the audience.There was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

"That's the dean of our college!" someone among the students shouted.

"As for the other one next to me, I think everyone will be familiar with it, Professor Minerva McGonagall! She is proficient in all kinds of magic, especially transfiguration. Believe me, she will definitely teach you how to turn ordinary clutter into hunting dogs that help you gnaw your enemies. She is also one of the few wizards who has mastered the transformation of Animagus, which is extremely rare in this century."

Professor McGonagall took off her pointed hat and nodded towards the students. She is definitely a serious guy. At this moment, the applause and cheers from the audience almost broke the ceiling, and she still looked calm.

It's just that Hera could see that the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and she was very happy compared to her heart.

"Then, first let our two professors show us what a battle between wizards is." Hera quietly left the stage. The children's eyes were extremely hot, and they were about to witness a real wizard duel.

"Children, let go, let go." Hera shouted loudly, threw several chairs towards the stage, and at the same time activated the magic pattern arranged around the stage, which was made by Professor McGonagall.To be honest, Adam was taken aback when Professor McGonagall said she would make it.This made Professor McGonagall give him an annoyed look, "You don't just think I'm proficient in transfiguration, do you?"

A water-blue barrier quickly surrounded the stage, covering both Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick inside.The water-blue barrier flickered and disappeared, but everyone knew that it was only temporarily invisible, and it was still functioning.

"Two professors, please walk to both sides of the stage." Hera acted as the narrator. The children's voices were so loud that he had to say "loud voice" into his throat.

Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick walked to both ends of the stage, leaving about a meter or two behind them.

"The battle is about to begin—" before Hera finished speaking, a red light shot out from the tip of Professor Flitwick's wand.

"Oh! Professor Flitwick launched an attack—Professor McGonagall blocked it, and she blocked it with the Iron Armor Charm." The situation on the stage changed so quickly that Hera's mouth couldn't keep up with the changes in the situation, so he simply kept his mouth shut.

Instead of wasting saliva describing these scenes, it is better to summarize them for the students later.

However, Flitwick and Professor McGonagall really fought back and forth. A few simple spells that couldn't be more simple were played in their hands. Professor McGonagall turned the chairs that Hera threw on them into hounds and let them bite Professor Flitwick.

"Excellent Transfiguration Charm. Although it didn't cause trouble for Professor Flitwick, it gave Professor McGonagall an opportunity to attack."

Professor McGonagall took the opportunity to launch an attack, a dazzling red light - Disarming Curse.

Flitwick caught it with his wand, and there was clearly an invisible ripple around his wand.

"This is a simplified version of the Iron Armor Curse. It has many advantages, such as fast casting and low mana consumption. But at the same time, it can only resist attacks from some directions. If you don't have the same fighting experience as Professor Flitwick, I don't recommend you to use it."

Hera explained the spells they used. The so-called duel experience and self-defense methods were just some simplified spells and the experience of predicting the enemy's spells.

Undoubtedly, this definitely brought a completely different experience to the young wizards at Hogwarts: in their understanding, maybe the duel should be as Lockhart described it—bowing to each other politely, and then making a few fancy moves, and the two can cast spells faster than the other.

But this seemed to be beyond their imagination. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick turned into two magic machine guns. There was a burst of red light in the auditorium, even illuminating the ceiling.

Without the protection of the barrier, the aftermath of the battle alone would have injured a large number of young wizards.

About five or six minutes later, Professor Flitwick's Disarming Curse hit Professor McGonagall, and her wand did not fall. Obviously, Flitwick controlled the force very well.It's not a decent thing to knock off Professor McGonagall's wand in public, let alone to show the students what a real duel is.

Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick shook hands in the middle of the stage, and Hera jumped onto the stage again.

"I am very grateful to the two teachers for showing us their excellent duel scene." Hera said calmly, spreading to the entire auditorium with him as the center, and all the little wizards flushed because of the exquisite duel just now.

Flitwick and Professor McGonagall nodded. They walked off the stage and planned to take a break. Although the duel just now was not exhausted, at least six or seven percent of their strength was used. After all, they didn't want to lose face in front of their students.

"I think everyone must have noticed one thing. Why didn't Professor Flitwick attack without announcing the start of the duel?" Hera asked. The students in the audience were silent for a while, and the heads of the Ravenclaw students were even more deeply buried. After all, in their opinion, this was completely inconsistent with dueling etiquette.

In a duel, shouldn't the two bow first and then wait for the countdown to begin?
"Children of Ravenclaw, look up." Hera said, taking out her previous wand and rubbing her fingers up and down. "When you are facing danger, no one will tell you that he is going to chant a spell. If you want to seriously learn some self-defense methods, then the first thing you need to do is to stay vigilant!"

Hera's voice startled them all, and it made him laugh heartlessly. It's fun to scare students.

"So, when you see your enemy, the battle has already begun. Having the upper hand is something that can never go wrong. Then we continued to analyze. When Professor Flitwick uttered the Disarming Charm, Professor McGonagall blocked it with his wand. Does anyone remember what I just said?"

Many students in the audience raised their hands, so Hera had no choice but to order a student who was closer to the stage, which seemed to belong to Hufflepuff.

"You just said that it is a simplified version of the Iron Armor Curse."

"Yes, it is indeed a simplified version of the Iron Armor Curse. As for how to use it as smoothly as Professor McGonagall, it requires a lot of practice. The first thing you need to do is to successfully cast the Iron Armor Curse. Of course, there are also Disarming Curse, Stunning Curse, etc. You can't become an iron can." Hera continued, "Knocking down the enemy is the best way to end the battle, but I never recommend that you be so aggressive as soon as you come up."

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After briefly explaining the key to casting the Iron Armor Curse and the Disarming Curse, Hera began to let them practice in pairs. They can find a partner by themselves, and he walks among the students to guide them.

The only thing that surprised Hera was that Harry didn't spar with Draco. Of course, Draco approached Harry, but he was ignored. Harry was sparring with a Chinese girl from Ravenclaw.

"Harry, this is a duel, not a love affair." Hera felt disgusted when she saw Harry's affectionate eyes, his green eyes almost overflowed with water.Hera's words didn't embarrass Harry, but the Ravenclaw girl blushed.

And at the entrance of the auditorium, through the crack of the door, a pair of eyes stared closely at all this.

(End of this chapter)