Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

"I didn't expect to meet you so soon, Senior Sister Carol!"

"Yes, Mike. Let me see how much you have learned from Professor Flitwick."

Since both of them deliberately lowered their voices, this explosive conversation was only heard by a few people on the stage. After hearing the conversation between the two, a smile appeared on Lockhart's face unconsciously, but was quickly suppressed by him.

After Mike and Carol drew lots, several other players quickly drew their own lots. Every time Lockhart held up the note and announced the number, there was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Although he knew it was not a good idea to think that way, Mike still found this scene very funny. These viewers are like robots, controlled by Lockhart, the 'mechanic'.

With the draw completed, the schedule for the eight-to-four finals of the first Hogwarts Duel Competition has been officially released.

Game 1, Mike VS Carol

Game 2, Cedric VS Slytherin's Silpa (passer-by)

Game 3, Gryffindor's Head Boy Bruno VS Gryffindor's Maupass (Passenger)

Game 4, Slytherin's Willy VS Slytherin's Card (passerby)

Everyone at Hogwarts was actually dissatisfied with this list because it was so suspicious.

Except for Cedric, who is not a civil war, the other three games are all civil wars in the same college, and all of these four games are between seeded players from the four major colleges directly facing off against self-improvement players who have been promoted from auditions.

This makes people wonder whether the lottery box was tampered with to deliberately achieve such a controversial and topical result.

But even so, the audience still gave them the biggest applause the moment the list came out. After all, even if they didn't say it, everyone actually had some kind of jealousy in their hearts towards the seeded players from their own academy.

Why can you skip the previous games and advance directly to the quarterfinals? Why were you chosen instead of me?

Because of this jealousy, everyone hopes deep down in their hearts that those players who step onto the stage one step at a time can defeat those seeded players who use the back door. After all, then they can say, 'They are all losers anyway, so I won't win. OK' and other sarcastic remarks.

But will things really develop the way they hope?

At least Mike could be sure that he and Cedric would never lose to their respective opponents.

After the lottery ceremony ended, Mike ran into Franklin waiting outside the door as soon as he left the auditorium from the backstage.

"Mike, you finally came out!" Franklin said in a depressed mood, "It's so bad that eight out of two faced Senior Carol. Damn Lockhart must have tampered with the lottery box!"

The Franklin in front of him looked like a frosted eggplant. Mike looked at him like this and showed a confident smile and said arrogantly: "It doesn't matter, I will get the glory of winning the championship anyway, whether it's Ravenclaw, It’s still mine!”

"But, but, Carol is very strong, she is a senior in seventh grade." Seemingly shocked by Mike's confident speech, Franklin stuttered a little, "Besides, senior Carol He can also turn into a groundhog, I’ve heard about it, it’s a very powerful human transformation technique.”

"Kangma! That's an Animagus, bro!"

Looking at Franklin's still confused look, Mike explained helplessly: "Don't you take the transformation class properly? Animagus transformation is a very advanced transformation technique. People who have learned this transformation technique A person who can transform himself into an animal is called an animagus.

Although Animagus transformation seems very powerful, it has many limitations.

The first is its extremely high difficulty. Since Animagus' ability to turn into animals is often exploited in crimes, the Ministry of Magic requires all Animagus to register with the Ministry of Magic. This is both Praising and publicizing these animagus is also an oversight of them. There are only seven registered Animagus in this century, and Professor McGonagall is one of them.

The reason why there are so few is because it is too difficult. In the process of practicing Animagus, learners have a high probability of failing, and the price of failure is to become a half-man, half-beast monster, or lose their ability. Self-awareness has completely transformed into a beast.

Secondly, Animagus cannot turn into any animal at will. Each person can only turn into a fixed creature. The animal it can turn into is related to the character and weight of the caster, and it cannot turn into a magical creature. Another interesting point is that the costume the Animagus wore before transforming will be reflected in the appearance of the transformed animal.

Take Carol, for example. The marmot she transformed into during the last competition was exactly the same color as the Hogwarts robes, and there was sky blue fur between her neck that represented a Ravenclaw tie.

Carol's Animagus transformation also revealed her personality traits from the side. She is good at social interaction and will try to avoid head-on confrontation with others, but she can show infinite courage in critical moments, etc.

Finally, due to the inability to transform into magical creatures, Animagus is really not strong, especially since Carol's transformation is still a marmot. A surprise attack without others knowing about it might still be effective, but it's really useless once it's exposed. "

After patiently listening to Mike's story, Franklin's confused face was full of confusion. After a while, he came back to his senses and said: "Where did you know so much strange knowledge? How can I remember your transfiguration score?" Not so good?"

Seeing Franklin's reaction, Mike knew that what he just said was all in vain. He shook his head helplessly and said no more. He turned and walked to Professor Flitwick's office, while Franklin followed closely. behind Mike.

In the past few days, due to the need to conduct a comprehensive search of the place where the crown was found, Mike has been prohibited from entering the Room of Requirement to practice the spell. Fortunately, Professor Flitwick had anticipated this before leaving and gave Mike the key to his office, allowing Mike to practice in the hidden spell training ground in his office.

Although the training room that Professor Flitwick spent a huge sum of money to build in his office is still a little inferior to the response room, Mike is already very satisfied at this moment.

The battle for the top four will begin tomorrow, and Mike must seize the time to study Carol's fighting style.