Magical Studies at Hogwarts

Ever since his school days, Lockhart had wanted to express himself.

Perhaps the fact that he was the only one in the family with magical talent gave him the illusion that Lockhart's vanity was unprecedentedly high when he first entered Hogwarts.

But it is a pity that although he is indeed smart and has good grades in school, he is unwilling to try. Instead, he puts all the intelligence given to him by bragging and showing off.

For example, Lockhart once told his classmates that he would make the Philosopher's Stone before graduation, lead the England Quidditch team to win the World Cup, and become the youngest Minister of Magic in the history of the United Kingdom.To this end, he begged the headmaster at the time to allow him to create a school magazine, have his name engraved on the Quidditch pitch in twenty-foot letters, and even project his head into the sky.

Like the Dark Mark.

At that time, Lockhart's actions disgusted everyone, but almost all professors felt that as long as he put his intelligence into study, he might be able to achieve a great career.

This is indeed the case. When Lockhart focused his attention on writing, he did become one of the best-selling authors in the wizarding world.

However, due to not using magic for a long time, Lockhart's magical level dropped to an unimaginable level and was almost impossible to recover from.

Only the Forgetting Curse still maintains a very high level because of its frequent use.

In truth, Lockhart was well aware of his situation, but years of praise had only inflated him.

"I'm so smart, I will definitely get back the feeling of casting spells back then!"

"I just need a little pressure, just a little bit!"

Ike felt that Lockhart must have thought so, so he spared no effort to organize a dueling club and hired Snape as his assistant.

"Because of some things that happened last semester, I think our little wizard needs some training to deal with possible crises."

Lockhart lifted up his robe, put his hands on his hips, and smiled charmingly: "After some exchanges, Dumbledore allowed me to open this little club."

"Let me introduce my assistant, Professor Snape!" Lockhart pointed at Snape. Snape also slightly nodded his head in time, but the amplitude was barely noticeable. If his hair hadn't moved slightly, he wouldn't have noticed it. He nodded.

Lockhart didn't care and continued to speak loudly: "He told me that he himself knew a little bit about dueling, and he graciously agreed to help me give a small demonstration before class!"

"I said, I don't want you little guys to worry..." Lockhart showed his glowing teeth and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I will return your Potions teacher to you intact. !”

"Now, let's get started!"

As soon as the words fell, Lockhart and Snape stood face to face, bowed to each other, and then raised their wands in front of their chests.

"As you can see, we hold the wands in a normal dueling posture. When the count reaches three, we will release the first spell at the same time!"

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

Almost at the same time, the two raised their wands above their shoulders and released a burst of magic.

"Except your weapons!"

Snape's wand emitted a dazzling red light and hit Lockhart hard. The wand in his hand fell out of his hand, spun and fell into Snape's hand, and he was knocked flying. , hitting the wall with a bang.

Just like in the cartoon, slowly sliding down the wall and then curling up on the floor.

Seeing this scene, except for some die-hard Lockhart fans, almost all the young wizards cheered, not sure whether it was because of Lockhart's tragic situation or because of this clean duel.

"Everyone saw it!" Lockhart stumbled back to the stage, straightened his messy hair and clothes, and said, "This is the disarming spell, which is the most commonly used spell by wizards in duels!"

"If you are hit by a disarming spell, you will lose your wand like me."

"Professor Snape's use of this spell is really wonderful! Of course, I have discovered this a long time ago. If I want to stop it, it will be effortless."

Perhaps seeing that Snape's face was a little colder, Lockhart turned his attention to the little wizards off the stage.He clapped his hands and said loudly: "Okay, that's all for the demonstration! Next, I will divide you into groups of two and fight against each other, just like I did just now!"

With that said, Lockhart walked off the stage, shuttled among the crowd, and divided the young wizards who were still in a state of excitement into groups.He was very efficient, and he was quickly divided into seven, seven, eight and eight.

Snape also came down, and he was the first to call out Harry and Malfoy, forcibly dividing the two into groups, and pushed Harry towards the stage while pushing: "Malfoy, come here quickly! You are paired with the famous savior!"

"Let's see! What are you capable of! Potter!"

Malfoy walked onto the stage arrogantly, with a smile that was three points proud and seven points cruel. He took out his wand and held it in front of his chest.

Lockhart, who was still grouping the young wizards into groups, saw this scene and ran back quickly, shouting: "Potter, Malfoy, face your partners!"

"Remember the demonstration just now? First, bow!"

Harry and Malfoy remained motionless, staring at each other intently.

"Raise your wand and get ready! When I count to three, cast the magic!"

"one!"

"two!"

On the count of two, Malfoy suddenly waved his wand, causing Harry to stagger.Not to be outdone, Harry took the opportunity to fight back. Malfoy was hit by a ray of silver light and immediately bent over and gasped for air.

Harry was still hesitating whether to continue casting the spell, and Malfoy seized the opportunity and hit Harry with a dancing spell, causing Harry's legs to tap dance unconsciously.

"Stop! Stop!" Lockhart screamed, trying to stop the duel on the stage.But at the same time, the little wizards under the stage were also fighting together. All kinds of pranks and poisonous spells were flying in the air. Some of them hit their opponents, and some flew to unknown places. .

The little wizards actually had no precise idea of ​​the power of the spell, which made the audience far more chaotic than the one on stage.Some were injured and bleeding, some were covered in scabies, and some simply gave up their wands and started fighting.

A smoky atmosphere, nothing more than that.

Lockhart shouted loudly, but no one paid attention. He couldn't even stop Malfoy and Harry, who were still lamely casting spells on each other on the stage.It was Snape, perhaps, who felt that this chaotic situation was not good, and cast a curse to stop the farce on the stage.Then he pointed the wand at his throat, cursed loudly, and uttered a word coldly.

"Quiet!"

Snape's intimidation was still there, and the little wizards unconsciously stopped what they were doing.Scanning around with emotionless eyes, the little wizards in the audience all shrank their bodies unconsciously like quails.

"You are simply the stupidest students I have ever seen!" Snape said, "Now, look at the stage!"

"Malfoy, Potter! Round two!"

Lockhart was about to say something, but Snape immediately started counting down.

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

This time, Malfoy took the lead in casting the spell, raising his wand and shouting: "Oolong!"

Harry watched as the tip of Malfoy's wand exploded and a long black snake emerged from it and landed on the stage.The black snake raised its head high and made bursts of penetrating sounds.

The younger wizards had never seen such magic before, and they screamed and backed away.

Perhaps seeing Harry motionless and frightened made him happy, Snape said lazily: "Don't move, Potter, let me get it away..."

Just as he was about to take action, Lockhart shouted "Let me do it" and cast an unknown magic at the black snake.

The black snake was hit by the magic, jumped up from Lao Gao, and then fell heavily back to the stage.

Lockhart's magic obviously angered it, and the black snake showed its fangs and began to wander around the stage, with its head facing the little wizards in the audience, and kept spitting out its core.

Seeing this scene, Harry seemed to be possessed. He unconsciously took a step in the direction of the black snake, his throat moved, and he was about to make a sound.

At this moment, a red light flew from the audience and fell directly on the black snake.Black Snake then collapsed limply on the stage, a ray of fire suddenly appeared on his body, and turned into black ashes in the blink of an eye.

Snape suddenly stepped forward and pulled Harry aside, who was still in place, causing Harry to almost fall.It was Ron and Hermione who caught him in time to prevent him from falling off the stage.

"Strider..." Snape drawled out his voice, his eyes fixed on the direction where Ike was standing.

Under the gaze of almost everyone, Aike Shiran walked to the side of the stage, bowed slightly and said "Professor".

"I may have forgotten, but you don't seem to have been assigned a duel partner?"

"Yes, Professor."

"Then, come on stage!" Snape turned around and made room, "I will partner with you! Let me see what you are capable of!"

"Okay, Professor."

Ike nodded and floated directly to the stage, standing opposite Snape.

Neither of them moved, they just looked at each other, but both Lockhart who was still on the stage and the little wizards below the stage felt an inexplicable tense atmosphere.

Lockhart stepped back unconsciously. Just as he was about to say something, Snape spoke: "Stride, when you are ready, you can begin."

"Okay, Professor." Ike agreed, raising his wand to his chest, and Snape did the same.

After looking at each other for another moment, Ike waved his wand violently and shouted: "Expelliarmus!"

A red light flashed, and Snape waved his wand at the same time, just in time to block Ike's disarming spell. With a flick of his wrist, the same red light flew back.

Ike followed suit and also broke up Snape's disarming spell.

The first round between the two was like a mirror image, almost exactly the same.

"Don't hide your abilities, Ike." Snape said, "Real combat has no room for you to hide!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling light suddenly appeared in front of Ike.Ike didn't panic. He moved his left hand slightly, and a silver-white shield appeared in front of him, which just blocked Snape's magic.

Without stopping, he waved his right hand lightly and cast the same crushing curse. With his left hand moving at the same time, the black ash formed by the black snake turned into an arrow and shot towards Snape.

"Armor protection!"

Snape shouted, and the Iron Armor Curse was cast on him even when Ike's Crushing Curse was cast. He stretched his left hand forward and held it empty. The arrow turned into a black snake split directly in the air, turned into black ash again, and scattered on the stage. .

"Burning flames!"

"There are many obstacles!"

"Smashed to pieces!"

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

Ike cast spells one after another, and the lights of various colors alternated with each other, hitting Snape like a storm.Snape did not move. The faint silver-white shield in front of him blocked all attacks. Even if Ike changed the attack direction of the curse, it would immediately block Ike's magic.

Behind his back, calves, and back of his head, Snape showed powerful magical abilities and seemed to be at ease. He even said aloud: "It's rigid! It's too rigid!"

"Move your head, fighting is not straight forward!"

Ike didn't say anything. He also wanted to see where his current limit was, and Snape was undoubtedly a very good opponent.

On the waste notepad system, Ike had no chance to unleash the series of Level 6 spells at all.In most cases, he uses the silent and combat-less version, which is definitely less powerful than the one that recites a spell.

In fact, even in this battle, Ike was unable to use his full strength.In front of everyone, the dark magic Ike mastered and the ancient magic learned from the Ravenclaw manuscripts and the Philosopher's Stone could not be used at all.

But even so, it is enough, and it is nothing more than a glimpse of the leopard in the tube.

Snape kept his defense airtight and could always seize the gaps between Ike's attacks to counterattack, shattering Ike's Iron Armor Curse every time. However, his own Iron Armor Curse seemed to have no limit and was still strong.

The battle between the two shocked almost all the little wizards in the audience. They had never seen such a fierce magical duel intuitively, especially Hermione and her two useless men, Stuart and others, even if they had known about it for a long time. Ike was very strong, but they never imagined that he would be able to compete with Snape without losing.

Ike didn't have time to look at the surprised faces under the stage. He was a little anxious in his heart after being unable to attack for a long time.

I originally thought that with those Level 6 magics, even the professor could easily suppress them, but when they started fighting, I discovered that the difference between the young wizard and the adult wizard was not only in magic power, but also in their understanding of magic spells and combat experience.

As a wizard who has experienced the Wizarding War, Snape undoubtedly has rich combat experience. His use of magic spells, timing and rhythm of casting even made Ike feel a little desperate.No matter how he attacks, what magic he uses and what direction he attacks, Snape can resolve them one by one with ease, and his random counterattacks will always disrupt Ike's rhythm just right.

"He's not at full strength yet!"

Ike knew this.

Thinking about this, Ike secretly gritted his teeth.With a sudden wave of the wand, the floor in the center of the stage was rolled up, turning into a giant dragon in the air and attacking Snape.

The dragon covered Snape, and at the same time, two crushing curses hit the ground.

Snape remained calm and pressed down with his left hand, splitting the silver-white shield into two to block the curse. He waved the wand with his right hand towards the sky, as if an invisible force passed through, and the giant dragon split into two halves directly in the middle.

Ickeben didn't think that the dragon transformed by the Transfiguration spell would cause trouble to Snape. He just wanted to cover Snape's sight.

Even if it only takes the blink of an eye, that's enough!

Through the gap opened in the center of the dragon's body, Snape saw a dazzling golden light.It was a magic circle floating in the air, with many ancient magic texts also shining golden light on it.

Ike suddenly felt that time had become very slow. He saw the cut dragon slowly floating like paper, and also saw Snape's Iron Armor Curse slowly appear, and even the trajectory of the silver-white light flowing above it. Slowed down.

The wand was lightly tapped on the magic circle, and a dazzling golden light emitted from the magic circle, directly engulfing Snape in the next second.

The golden light bombarded for several seconds, shattering the stage behind Snape.

Ike panted heavily, his wand still pointed at the magic circle, maintaining the output of magic.

He didn't know if this magic could defeat Snape.

Unlike Comrade Xiao Fu, Snape was at the peak of his powers as a wizard, and his strength was infinitely stronger than the remnants of souls trapped in Horcruxes for decades.

And even Comrade Xiaofu could escape from this magic at the last moment, let alone Snape?

Suddenly, a ray of red light flowed upstream from the golden light and hit the magic circle directly.In Ike's surprised eyes, a crack appeared on a magic text on the magic circle.

"Crack!"

Ike seemed to hear the sound of glass breaking, and the magic circle suddenly shattered.At the same time, another red light struck Ike, and the wand in his hand came out unconsciously.

Looking up, he saw Snape raising his hand to catch the wand.His face was as usual and his black robe was still the same, but the stage beside and behind him had turned into ruins.

Ignoring Ike, who was leaning on his knees and breathing heavily, Snape swept around the audience with his cold eyes, waved his wand, and the broken stage slowly returned to its original shape.

"Professor Lockhart, I leave this to you."

After coldly speaking to Lockhart who was hiding far away, Snape came directly to Ike and asked.

"Can you still go?"

"Okay." Ike stood up and replied.

Seeing the dense sweat on Ike's forehead, Snape nodded, walked off the stage and walked out of the auditorium.

"Follow me! My office."

Stewart and others rushed over and waved. Ike smiled, turned around and followed them.