Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 940 Professor

  Albert wondered if Hermione would catch Rita Skeeter like in the original book and let her stay in a glass jar to cool down for a while.

  However, no matter which way things develop, Albert doesn't care. After all, it has nothing to do with him and hangs high.

  He still lived his college life according to the original plan, and occasionally took out his notes to improve his previous plan. As for teaching Hermione the shielding spell, it didn't take much time and effort.

  Hermione practiced very hard by herself, and completely mastered the shielding spell in just one day, so that the owl could no longer find her position.

  However, what surprised Albert the most was Hermione's progress. It took only a few days to lock Rita Skeeter's Animagus form.

"I suspected that Rita Skeeter's Animagus was a beetle. After the second project, Viktor caught a beetle out of my hair." Hermione said that she occasionally saw Mal Fu told Albert about the strange behavior of speaking into the air.

   "It's not easy to catch a flying beetle." Albert reminded with a smile, "It requires patience and luck. Besides, after this semester, you probably won't have a chance."

"I'm sure that woman will sneak into Hogwarts to eavesdrop on the news, and I'll catch her." Hermione was very confident in herself, and seemed to think of something, and asked, "By the way, tomorrow Are you really not going to meet Sirius with us?"

"No, I have Apparition class tomorrow, and I have an appointment with Professor Flitwick this afternoon." Albert shook his head and refused, "If you are lucky, you should be able to catch that annoying woman. However, you You only have one chance to catch Rita Skeeter before she realizes she's exposed, and if you miss, Rita Skeeter won't give you a second chance."

   "I will pay attention, thank you Albert, and good night Tom." After expressing her thanks to Albert, Hermione bent down and touched Tom's head, then turned and returned to the dormitory.

   "Let's go, let's go back to sleep too." Albert said to the yawning fat cat: "Get down and walk by yourself, you are so heavy, don't expect me to hug you."

Meow!

  Tom yelled, and after watching Albert walk away, he quickly jumped off the table and followed him back to the dormitory.

  From the beginning of Apparition classes in early February to now, the students of Hogwarts have also taken several Apparition classes. With bumps and bumps along the way, the number of students who can do Apparation began to increase. Although the distance they can Apparate is still very short, as long as they can Apparate successfully, no matter how short the distance is, it is a good start.

  The success that has been separated for a long time makes them very excited. People share their successful experiences with smiles on their faces, or it is more appropriate to describe it as showing off.

   For people who have mastered Apparation weeks ago, naturally there is no interest in joining their conversation.

   "Can we really not go with you?"

  Fred, George, and Lee Jordan were all quite regretful. They heard that Albert was going to conduct actual combat training with Professor Flitwick, and they all wanted to follow him as spectators.

  Albert's actual combat experience may not be as rich as Professor Flitwick's, but he is definitely not weak.

   "You can go to the Forbidden Forest with the three of Potter, where Sirius will teach them magic." Albert waved at the three and disappeared deep into the secret passage.

   "Are you going to see Harry train?" Lee Jordan looked at Fred and George, asking for advice from two good roommates.

"Let's forget it!" Fred shook his head and said, "What's so interesting about Harry's training? We have trained with Albert before, otherwise, we will follow in the past secretly, and then follow up in the Room of Response, Albert. Bert is too embarrassed to drive us away."

   "Do you know which room they went into?" George asked rhetorically.

   "Try it and you'll know." Fred thought it was not difficult to guess, since they had trained using the Room of Response before.

   Albert didn't know that Fred, George and Lee Jordan planned to come and watch. He was listening to Professor Flitwick's explanation of wizard duels.

  Although these things are not needed for duels with dark wizards, there is no harm in learning more, especially in some formal duels.

   "Okay, let's get started!"

  Professor Flitwick drew out his wand and said to Albert with a smile.

  The two bowed to each other, and after counting to three, Albert took the lead and cast a disarming spell at Professor Flitwick.

   This is just a trial, and Albert knows that the professors are not low.

"Your silent casting speed is very fast, which is a great advantage, but you'd better try your best at the beginning, let me see your actual level." Professor Flitwick brushed Ai Bo away with his wand lightly. A special disarming spell.

   "Then I will not be polite."

  Albert began to speed up his spell casting, but was easily blocked by Professor Flitwick.

This faint feeling of being suppressed is quite bad. He had experienced it with Smith before, and thought that his strength should become stronger. Unfortunately, he didn't seem to become much stronger, which made Albert frowned. frown.

"Fast attack may catch some people off guard and out of breath, but sometimes it is not the best choice when facing a wizard who is stronger than you. You should try to stalemate your opponent and use the advantage of powerful magic power Defeat the opponent. Of course, I know your advantage, so I will never compete with you in the strength of magic power." Professor Flitwick dealt with Albert's spell very calmly, and said without haste: "You You shouldn't compete with me for the rhythm of the attack. You don't have an experience advantage in this regard, and it's hard to beat me. You should play to your strengths, and don't worry about using those powerful magics. I'm not as fragile as you think .”

  Professor Flitwick can naturally see Albert's concerns, which can be seen from the magic he uses.

"Although many spells can be used in a duel, they are definitely not used openly like you, so it is difficult to achieve real effects. It should be like this." Professor Flitwick didn't know what he did. Burt felt that the clothes on his body were trying to hinder him. Although he quickly cracked it with the universal cracking spell, a moment of distraction immediately put him at a disadvantage.

Although Professor Flitwick's spells were all blocked by Albert, he found it more and more difficult to block the opponent's spells, as if something was pressing on him, time and time again, making him almost out of breath .

  Finally, Albert made a protective barrier to envelop himself, so as to avoid being defeated by Professor Flitwick.

"Your casting speed is indeed very fast, but the weight is not enough. I feel that it is light and light. It may be difficult for ordinary wizards to handle, but it is not difficult for experienced wizards. You should let your magic Become more weighty, let your offense become more rhythmic, and suppress the opponent through attack after attack."

  Of course, duels between wizards are not like what Lockhart said before, the reason why they attack each other is more due to the level of strength of the wizards.

If you keep defending, it is easy to lose when dealing with wizards of the same level, so they usually break each other's magic. Just like Albert used the Iron Armor Curse to block Professor Flitwick's spell, he should find a way to counterattack, but It's not trying to block the opponent's spell like just now.

   "Professor, how do you make your magic count?" Albert asked.

"Don't you know? Your magical power is very strong. Just choose the spell to make the spell more and more difficult to block. When the opponent tenses up, you suddenly relax and let the opponent make a mistake. The opponent is defeated." Professor Flitwick looked at Albert's defensive barrier, and had a new understanding of the student's magical power.

"Of course, these are all my personal experience. You can learn from the past first. Maybe one day, you will have your own fighting style. I believe that day will not be too far away. Okay, let's continue, next, I will slowly hand over everything I know to you. This summer you can try to participate in the European Wizards Duel Competition. It is not enough at your current level, but after you absorb my experience, go to Bud Blow De, if you learn from his experience, you will definitely win the duel championship."

   Albert didn't expect Professor Flitwick to be so optimistic about himself.

   "Okay, let's continue! You still have a lot to learn. I think with your talent, it shouldn't be difficult to master these."

  The corner of Albert's mouth twitched slightly. He really didn't have much confidence in his talent, he was only confident in his skill panel. However, the long-term addition of points made Albert not a genius in some aspects, but his learning ability was not weak.

  He quickly suppressed the other party through the method Professor Flitwick said. It should be said that he did it on the second attempt, thanks to Albert's powerful magic power and skillful spellcasting techniques.

   After all, he is the winner of the Barnabus Finkley Award for Excellent Spellcasting Technique, and his ability in this area is quite remarkable.

  Professor Flitwick's level is very high, he still blocked this round of Albert's attack, and he was very satisfied with Albert's performance.

"You learn very quickly. Normally, when a duel is at a stalemate, wizards will use other methods to break through the opponent's defenses to win. For example, I just quietly used wandless magic to control your clothes, allowing you to Be distracted and give yourself a chance to win. Don't look at these little tricks, even a powerful wizard may be tricked, after all, any hesitation of a wizard in a duel may lead to his own defeat."

   "Of course, your wandless magic is quite powerful, and it was easily resolved, but it still puts you at a disadvantage."

   "It's really a bit insidious." Albert muttered in his heart, but he didn't deny that this trick was very practical.

   "The second method is to attack the enemy from multiple sides, so that he needs to deal with attacks from other sides, causing him to be distracted and creating a huge advantage for himself."

   "It feels a bit similar to the first one."

   Albert wanted to complain, but he understood what Professor Flitwick meant by separating the two methods.

   "The wizards in the duel contest are not friendly. They even use black magic except for the three unforgivable curses, so you must be careful."

   "This is the third method, which makes you hard to defend against. Some wizards' black magic is very difficult to defend against. I remember that someone once blew a strong wind and swept away the opponent directly."

"There is another kind that can read very complicated spells, but such guys usually put a protective barrier on themselves, then hide inside and read a long and complicated spell, and then defeat you in one breath, this way It is usually very effective against wizards whose magic power is not strong enough, but I don’t think anyone will use him outside of duels, after all, dark wizards like to chant Avada Kedavra at every turn.”

"Most dark wizards usually like to use the third to break the stalemate between the two sides. When you choose between black magic and Avada Kedavra, you will hesitate, and usually use Apparition to avoid danger at a short distance. But this method is not very practical, because a clever wizard can lock your position through Apparition, and even directly create an area that cannot be Apparated, so that people cannot escape through Apparation.

   "Professor, if it were you, what would you do?" Albert easily conjured up a hound to surround Professor Flitwick from both sides.

"This can't cause me any trouble, as long as a simple freezing spell can solve the problem, if you can't sneak attack successfully in one go, I suggest you don't do it, and the creatures created by the transformation usually have a fatal Weaknesses." Professor Flitwick waved his hand, and while holding the hound in place, he waved his wand to block Albert's attack, and at the same time controlled the hound, making it pounce towards Albert.

   Albert shook his finger, and the hound disappeared in an instant, turning into a stone. This is the problem Professor Flitwick said. Because the things made by using the deformation technique can be easily eliminated by using "restore prototype".

"One thing to keep in mind is that when you are dueling with the black wizard, don't use those fancy things. Everything is practical. It is best to use the things around you skillfully. We can talk about this in the next class. "Professor Flitwick put away his wand and said, "Now, let's talk about the problem of countermagic. Many wizards will use it against the group of wizards who are not of high level, because they can cast spells, which leads to casting The speed of the spell is relatively slow, and others can know what spell he wants to use, of course, this is usually only available to experienced wizards."

"Powerful wizards usually use silent spells to speed up, just like you and I haven't cast spells, so there is no chance for people to counterattack, but casting spells silently is not easy, and chanting spells aloud is still the mainstream, so This is one of your major advantages." Professor Flitwick continued: "Countering the opponent's magic usually requires the cooperation of Legilimency, which is not difficult for a skilled Legilimist to do, and they can often pass your spell. spell to figure out what spell you want to use."

Preventing opponents from using magic, or blocking other people's magic is not the core of countermeasures, it can only deal with some inexperienced wizards, which makes you look very powerful, but when you really face those extraordinary wizards, these can make you roughly judge What kind of magic the other party will use, and whether to block or avoid it is a very deep knowledge. I suggest that we better stop, eat something and talk about it slowly.

   "That's a good idea"

   As he spoke, Professor Flitwick took out a piece of chocolate and handed it to Albert.

   "I have prepared afternoon tea."

   Albert took the chocolate with a smile and put it in his pocket, waved his magic wand, and transformed into tables, chairs, teacups, and then a table of desserts.

  Of course, the food on the table was not conjured out of thin air, but summoned by magic.

"It seems that you have made sufficient preparations." Professor Flitwick said softly: "Although I don't know what made you feel the sense of crisis, but don't risk your life, and don't give up when necessary." If you lose a good choice, your own life is the most important thing.”

  (end of this chapter)