Mastering Lightning from Hogwarts

Fred could only helplessly shrug at George, not daring to make any move.

George, who had tried to joke but was instead startled, obeyed and went to the nearest shooting position. He then took an exaggerated large step forward, extended his left hand, and raised his wand high, shouting with great momentum, "Expelliarmus!"

Immediately afterward, he swung his wand forward forcefully. Although George's spellcasting pose was somewhat flamboyant, the power of the spell he cast was actually quite good, and the speed was not bad either.

However, his accuracy was clearly a problem. Despite being only ten meters away from a fixed target, George's Disarming Charm still managed to miss.

"What exactly are you doing, performing comedy?" Anduin stared at George with dissatisfaction. "Why use such a strange posture to cast a spell?"

"Uh…" George scratched his head awkwardly. "I thought it would be more handsome this way, and this posture is more stable. I've seen many duelists in magic books with this pose."

"If you go into battle with this posture, you'll be beaten into a pig's head. Stop reading so many idle books." After lecturing George, Anduin turned his head again. "Cedric, you try it, also with the Disarming Charm!"

"Yes, Professor." Seeing George being scolded so badly, Cedric couldn't help but smile secretly. He was a neighbor of the Weasley family, so he knew Anduin's relationship with them very well.

"Expelliarmus!" Cedric's performance when shooting was more normal. He simply stood with his legs apart and extended his wand forward to cast the spell.

Although his spell was a little low, it did hit the lower part of the target after all.

When the round target was hit by his spell, a '2' suddenly flashed in the center of the bullseye, and slowly faded away after shining for two seconds.

Cedric was a little confused when he saw this, but he still smiled and looked back at Anduin, after all, he had hit the target and expected to receive a compliment from the professor.

But Anduin frowned slightly at this time, "Cedric, you are one of the few who have raised the Disarming Charm to level 3, how can your accuracy be so poor, only hitting the 2 ring on a 10-meter target?"

"Ah? Didn't I hit it?" Cedric didn't expect to not only not receive a compliment from Anduin, but also be reprimanded.

"Hitting is just the most basic requirement." Anduin shook his head helplessly. "Let me briefly explain to you, these targets are divided into 10 rings, and each hit will display the ring number. Among them, the 1 ring is the outermost and the 10 ring is the most central. It's really inappropriate to only hit the 2 ring on a ten-meter target."

"Uh… I'm sorry, Professor, I was wrong." Cedric lowered his head somewhat ashamed. His personality was not as outgoing as the twins, he was a very pure Hufflepuff, steady, upright and diligent.

"It's not your fault, don't apologize for a non-existent mistake." Anduin shook his head with a gentle expression. "I'm just a little worried about the quality of your previous Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons. Even your accuracy is so poor, let alone others."

"And it can be seen that you have not received any combat spellcasting training, and the problem with the spellcasting posture is also very big."

"Now all of you come around." After Anduin called out, he personally entered a shooting position. "Spells like the Shield Charm are used in real combat, so the shooting posture is a very important part."

"Now I will explain and demonstrate it to you in detail."

Upon hearing this, a group of young wizards immediately gathered around Anduin, craning their necks and watching the professor intently.

Immediately afterward, Anduin turned sideways with his right foot in front and his left foot behind. "In combat, we must first maintain our stability, and secondly, we must reduce the area exposed to attack, so I will first teach you the simplest posture."

"Stand sideways, with the direction of your dominant hand in front, and always pay attention to the target!"

"The subsequent actions of attacking and withdrawing must be clean and crisp. Unless you are performing continuous spellcasting, do not keep your hand extended."

With that said, Anduin demonstrated a quick attack and then quickly withdrew his hand.

"Among them, the action of raising the hand is the 'attack pre-motion', and the action of withdrawing the hand is the 'attack post-motion'. Minimizing the time of the pre-motion and post-motion is the key to fast spellcasting. At the same time, this is also conducive to subsequent adjustments. Extending your hand to cast a spell for one or two seconds like George is simply courting death!"

Everyone nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, while George scratched his head slightly awkwardly. He thought his previous combat pose was very cool.

"Then there's the firing of the spell. If you want to ensure shooting accuracy, first of all, our hands must be stable enough. When raising your hand, try to align it with your shoulder as much as possible, and consider simplifying the action after the accuracy improves."

"Expelliarmus!"

After explaining in detail, Anduin cast the spell three times in rapid succession, each time with clean and crisp movements, so fast that afterimages almost appeared in everyone's eyes.

The three Disarming Charms fired in succession were almost in a straight line. The first one instantly hit the ten-meter target, and then the target body quickly fell after being hit, clearing the way for the subsequent spells. Then the second 30-meter target and the third 50-meter target were hit one after another almost within a second, and the bullseyes all showed a large '10'.

"Wow…"

Anduin's smooth and flowing attack movements dazzled everyone. It was so cool.

But Anduin did not end his explanation at this time.

"After completing the attack action, the first reaction is not to stand there foolishly looking at the result, but to immediately enter an evasive action or find cover."

"I will explain the evasive action in detail when I teach you the combat footwork. Next, I will demonstrate how to avoid attacks in cover, and the spellcasting technique in a squatting position."

With that said, Anduin stepped on a button next to the shooting position, and then a half-person-high wooden board rose from the ground.

Immediately afterward, Anduin quickly squatted down and lowered his head slightly. "When hiding behind cover, try to let the cover completely block yourself. When observing, you must also be quick and neat, only in this way can you reduce the possibility of injury."

"And the attack is actually similar to the standing position. The important thing to note is not to expose too much of the area to attack. After attacking, you must also quickly dodge and not be greedy for the results!"

After explaining, Anduin quickly poked out half of his head, glanced around nimbly and then immediately lowered it.

Then he stood up again, this time Anduin poked out half of his chest, then quickly raised his hand to cast a spell and shoot, and quickly retracted into cover. Then he raised his head to observe, poked out his body to cast a spell, and repeated this three times in succession. At the same time, the Disarming Charms fired were the same as before, all hitting the 10 ring.

After seeing this series of operations demonstrated by Anduin, everyone opened their mouths in surprise. The only word that flashed in their minds at this time was 'professional'. It was so damn professional. Were they worthy of learning such standard tactical movements?

"Okay, I've explained the basic spellcasting postures to you, and next is practice." Anduin stood up and faced everyone.

"From now on, everyone must fire the Disarming Charm 3 times in the standard standing posture, and then perform the squatting concealment, observation, and shooting actions 3 times."

"In addition, I want to tell you that the round target in front of you will only fall when you score 7 rings or more, revealing a more distant target. Everyone should first aim at the nearest 10-meter target. I want to see who can make the 50-meter target appear first!"

With Anduin's order, these third-year wizards immediately took action, and soon filled the 30 shooting positions. After watching Anduin's demonstration, they couldn't wait to try it themselves.

The others stood behind them waiting for their turn. The people in the shooting position obediently gave up their position and ran to the back of the line after completing 6 spellcasts in 2 postures each time.

At the same time, Anduin was not idle either. He kept patrolling back and forth behind the shooting positions, and carefully corrected the mistakes for everyone.

His main goal today was to teach them the basic combat postures. Shooting accuracy was still secondary. If they didn't shoot accurately, they could practice more in the future.

After everyone had carried out two rounds of shooting, they gradually found the feeling, and the speed and accuracy of spellcasting had obviously improved a lot. Some people could even see the 30-meter target.

After two more rounds of practice, the first student to see the 50-meter target finally appeared.

"Good job, Cedric." Anduin came behind Cedric and patted him on the shoulder appreciatively. "Your posture and accuracy have improved quickly. Keep up the momentum and continue to work hard. I look forward to you knocking down the 50-meter target."

"Thank you, Professor!" Cedric, who was praised by Anduin, blushed excitedly.

It's no wonder Cedric was so excited. After all, Anduin had always been very strict, so getting Anduin's approval was in itself a commendable thing.

After being stimulated by Cedric's praise from Anduin, the surrounding young wizards became even more excited. They also wanted to earn Anduin's approval!

However, before everyone could get excited for too long, Anduin stopped their practice. "Let's stop for now, the time for the first class is up."

"Ah? Is it over so soon? Aren't we having two classes in a row? Let us practice for a while longer!" The young wizards in front of them were all in high spirits, and were a little reluctant to be called to a halt suddenly.

"There will be plenty of opportunities to shoot targets in the future." Anduin smiled slightly. "This firing range will be open to the school next. You only need to apply to Hog. His office is in the outermost house on the playground. You can come here in your spare time if you want to practice."

Hearing Anduin say this, everyone was immediately overjoyed, and then pouted a little unhappily. They were happy because they could borrow this firing range to practice spellcasting in the future.

And the unhappiness was naturally because of Hog. Why did they have to get a dog's consent to apply for a venue? And that dog Hog actually had an office?