Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 146 The Duel Tournament Begins

Hearing this, Mike almost choked on the food and coughed for a long time before he recovered.

The scarf that Penello mentioned was a Christmas gift from Penello to Mike. The workmanship of the scarf was very rough, and it seemed that it should be sewn by Penello himself.

Although the scarf was frizzy and uncomfortable to wear, Mike liked it so much that he wore it around his neck whenever he went out.

"Let go! Don't pinch me." Mike shrank his neck and took out a khaki scarf and said, "Look, isn't it right here? I wear it every day."

Seeing that Mike was carrying the scarf he woven with himself, the strength in Penello's hand eased.

Mike took the opportunity to finally eat all the food on the table, took a long breath, and then took Penello's hand to the venue of the duel competition.

Unlike the first duel demonstration before Christmas, the official duel venue was set in an open space behind Hogwarts Castle.

This place was originally the training ground for the use of spells and actual combat classes, referred to as actual combat classes.

The actual combat class was originally an elective course at Hogwarts. It is said that this course was still a popular course at Hogwarts, and it was very popular among young wizards.

However, because this course was too dangerous, and there were even several very serious fatal accidents, Hogwarts had no choice but to cancel this course under the protests of many parents more than 200 years ago.

It was replaced by the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, which was originally an elective class, and it was still a niche type.But after absorbing part of the content of the actual combat class, it became a popular class, and it became a compulsory class after a generation of Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald ravaged.

After the actual combat class was cancelled, the special training ground for the actual combat class was naturally abandoned. Although it has been abandoned for more than 200 years, fortunately, there are a lot of protective devices that can release magic shields on the field. A little modification has become this duel competition best venue.

The competition had already started when Mike and Penello arrived. There were circular arenas with a diameter of about ten meters on the huge venue. A pair of students were fighting fiercely on the arena. There were audiences in twos and threes below the arena. Applause or boo according to the performance of the players on the stage.

And in the center of the venue, Lockhart and a group of dueling club support staff were recording the outcome of each duel, and beside Lockhart, there was a senior student holding a magic loudspeaker , Whenever there is a ring vacant, he will start to roll the name according to the list that he has made a long time ago, and the students whose names are called need to rush to the designated ring to have a duel.

Since Penello's game hadn't started yet, the two kept shuttling between the arenas to watch the fun.

It’s okay if you don’t look at it, but you want to laugh very much when you see Mike.

The duels between the first and third year wizards are almost like a comedy movie, such as Ron's match with a Hufflepuff wizard.

The two people on the stage held their wands tightly and stared at each other with serious faces. An invisible sense of tension permeated the air. Driven by the stormy atmosphere, many audience members silently swallowed their saliva .

But when the referee announced the official start of the duel, the situation changed 360 degrees.

I saw the two people on the stage, you released a front tooth stick (a curse that can make people grow huge front teeth), and I released a tarantella dance (a kind of dance that can make people spin and jump non-stop. jinx).

Then the two people in the arena who hadn't learned how to protect themselves with armor were cursed one after another. One danced awkwardly and couldn't swing a magic wand, and the other had grown huge front teeth and couldn't recite the spell, which caused everyone in the arena to laugh wildly.

Since both of them had lost their ability to fight, a senior student who was acting as a referee was also very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Ron's wand hit the Whomping Willow and was broken by the Whomping Willow when he and Harry came to school in a flying car at the beginning of school, so the duration of the spell decreased sharply, and the one who kept dancing quickly It stopped, which made the referee heave a sigh of relief and announced Ron's defeat.

After stepping down, Ron was about to cry. The long front teeth stuck Ron's upper and lower jaws, making him unable to close his mouth.

If he couldn't close his mouth, it was difficult to swallow. Poor Ron couldn't even swallow, so he could only sit and watch a stream of crystal saliva slowly slipping from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing Ron's drooling appearance, the corners of Harry's mouth kept twitching, he suppressed a smile and patted Ron's shoulder as comfort, then quickly turned around and covered his mouth.

Looking at Harry's wildly shaking shoulders, Ron actually cried now.

And many senior wizard duels are not much better, although the spells they use are no longer mischief spells, but replaced by disarming spells, flame spells, and explosion spells, which have real lethal offensive spells. , but most senior wizards are too inexperienced in actual combat.

This caused the battle between them to turn into a common turn-based rpg game. You cast a disarming spell and I use armor to block it, and then I cast a flame spell and you use armor to block it...

The audience under these arenas is the smallest, and even their referees yawned boredly.Compared to their boring fights, the duels of young wizards in the lower grades were obviously more interesting.

Just as the two were wandering around the field, Penello's name was called in the center of the field, which indicated that Penello's game tonight was about to start.

Penello's body froze obviously when he heard his name, and Mike, who felt Penello's abnormality, pinched Penello's little hand and signaled her not to be nervous.

Penello showed a far-fetched smile to indicate that he was fine, and took Mike's hand to the designated ring.

Although he said it was all right, Mike could still clearly feel Penello's nervousness. It is already the beginning of January, but the palms of the two holding hands are full of sweat. This is all from Penello of.

When the two came to the designated ring, Penello's opponent had already come to the ring to wait, and the moment he saw his opponent, the expression on Penello's face obviously relaxed.

Because her opponent turned out to be Hermione!A second-year wizard.

Hermione's expression on the ring at the moment was simply ugly, in stark contrast to the ease on Penello's face.

But what is surprising is that when Hermione saw that Penello and Mike came to the ring hand in hand, the expression on her face turned into gritted teeth, and anger ignited in those eyes, watching Penello and Mike seemed to want a fire to burn them to death.

This situation became more serious after Penello lifted his long hair intentionally or unintentionally to reveal the emerald earrings on his ears.

Penelope walked onto the ring calmly, and couldn't help laughing at the anxious look on Hermione's face.

Seeing that the two contestants had already taken their seats, the referees in the audience stopped asking them to perform the wizard duel ceremony for the sake of saving time, and directly announced the start of the competition.

(End of this chapter)