Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

As he spoke, Dumbledore began to explain the key techniques of silent casting, and the young wizards pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

Fusion magic can be put aside for now, as it is too difficult and a bit beyond the scope. And directly practicing the technique of fighting with both hands only requires silent casting and wandless casting. If you have two wands, you can only use the silent casting technique.

Silent casting is a skill that must be mastered. Magic duels all depend on speed. The speed at which you can chant spells is limited. It is impossible to chant two spells at the same time. If you chant them one by one, you might as well hold the magic wand and cast two spells in succession.

Just speak faster.

After the explanation, Dumbledore quietly watched the young wizards digest it, and after a while he said: "You can ask me any questions at any time, and I will answer them one by one."

After he finished speaking, he paused, winked at the young wizards, and continued: "But I personally recommend that you start practicing wandless spellcasting."

No one can guarantee that there will be no problems with their wand during battle, but if it is accidentally lost, wandless casting can save lives.

Moreover, wandless casting and silent casting have many similarities, and it will be easier to practice wandless casting first.

It was obvious that the young wizards listened to what Dumbledore said.

Those who had not yet mastered the skill of wandless casting began to practice it (Grindelwald had taught them), and those who had already mastered it began to practice silent casting directly.

Many things seem easy when you agree to them, but you will only know how difficult they are when you actually do them.

Chapter 442 Play is play, joke is joke, don't make fun of Percy

"I heard that wizards in Africa don't use magic and are born with the ability to cast spells without wands. I wish I was born in Africa." Ron threw his wand aside, looking like he had given up on life and was about to give up on treatment. He was not proficient enough in wandless casting and could not achieve 100% success every time, so he joined the team practicing wandless casting.

Draco laughed at him harshly for this.

He was the least skilled of the original six members of the disciplinary team.

"If you were born in Africa, you would be a prince at least." Draco said sarcastically after hearing his words.

"Draco, I didn't expect you to feel the same way."

Ron scratched his head sheepishly.

He didn't notice Draco's sarcasm and thought he was complimenting him.

Draco: “.”

Don't question the innocence of our Mr. Ronald. Sometimes I really don't know whether he is pretending to be stupid or he is really stupid.

"I think I should correct your wrong view. African wizards are not born with the ability to cast spells without a wand. Instead, people over there don't know how to make wands, so they are forced to learn how to cast spells without a wand under such circumstances."

Normally, Hermione would be the one who could give such a long speech, but this time it was Percy who spoke: "Besides, not everyone over there can cast spells without a wand. Many wizards need to find some special materials as assistance when casting spells. Although it looks a bit weird, the efficiency is extremely slow, and the effect of casting spells is far inferior to ours."

"So be thankful that we have a master wandmaker, and even more thankful that you have a wand."

Percy said, looking at his brother: "Also, pressure is motivation. I hope you can fully realize this."

However, Ron looked unconcerned, and it was obvious that he didn't want to listen to his brother's nagging.

Percy sighed upon seeing this, took out his wand and pointed it at Ron: "Then my dear brother, challenge me to a duel."

"Percy, do you really want to duel?"

Ron looked at Percy suspiciously: "Let me make it clear first, even if you are my brother, I will not let you go."

He didn't believe Percy could beat him.

"No need." Percy shook his head, and then he said to Ron in a teasing tone: "Don't cry if you lose later."

When Ron was a child, he often played with his brothers and cried bitterly every time he lost.

“I’m not the same person I was when I was a kid anymore.”

Ron's face flushed, making the freckles on his face more obvious, and he also took out his wand.

"There's something good to watch."

The little wizards who were practicing around heard the noise here, cast curious glances, and then decisively patted their seats to eat the fruit.

As for Dumbledore, he had no intention of stopping it and looked very happy.

Ron and Percy were already fighting at this time.

At the beginning, both of them adopted a conventional fighting method, using small spells to tentatively attack each other.

"Harry, who do you think will win?"

Neville came over with Luna and said to Harry curiously.

"Ron," Harry thought for a moment and answered, "Although he is the laziest of us, his combat ability is still good. The probability of Percy beating him is not high."

Harry himself had defeated Barty Jr. alone a year ago, and Barty Jr. had even defeated Moody's master with a sneak attack. Now a year has passed, so Ron can't be unable to beat himself from a year ago, right?

Draco on the side nodded in agreement.

Playing aside, making noise aside, he still knew Weasley's strength.

Even Hermione subconsciously believed that Ron, who was exercising with them, would not lose to Percy.

Most people in the discipline group think so, except for those who have already graduated.

"Percy is going to teach little Ronnie a lesson?"

A familiar voice sounded in her ears. Hermione turned around and saw Dudley appeared here without knowing when. He had moved a stool and was holding a watermelon in his hand, looking like he was enjoying a good show.

"Want to eat?"

As he said this he handed a piece of cut watermelon to Hermione.

Hermione subconsciously took the melon from Dudley, then she reacted and said in surprise: "Dudley, do you think Ron will lose?"

"Why not?" Dudley was very fast and had already eaten a good piece of watermelon. He continued, "Don't underestimate Percy. He passed the NEWTs with all O's. Although this is only theoretical, his practical ability is also ranked among the best in the Ministry of Magic. Scrimgeour asked Fudge more than once to transfer Percy to the Auror Office."

“Although I was rejected every time.”

As he was talking, Dudley had finished the rest of the watermelon. After wiping his mouth, he said to Hermione, "Everyone is working hard. We are not the only ones who are making progress."

“Don’t underestimate the progress of others.”

While Dudley and Hermione were chatting, the duel between the two people on the playground had entered a white-hot stage.

The two have been fighting back and forth for more than a dozen rounds.

“What a tight defense.”

Ron's counter-spell was pretty good, but Percy on the opposite side was also pretty good.

Offense has always been Ron's weak point. Unlike Harry, he is not good at dark magic but good at defense. However, Percy's fighting style is very similar to his, also mainly based on defense. This gave Ron an illusion that he was fighting a mirror.

"Expelliarmus"

"Armor Protection"

Originally, the two spells should have canceled each other out again, but this time the red light from the Expelliarmus spell broke through the armor and hit Percy's wrist with incredible precision.

The wand slipped out of his hand and fell to the side.

It looked like the winner had been decided.

Just as Ron was thinking about what spell he could use to defeat Percy handsomely, he didn't notice that there were several unusual stones at his feet, nor did he notice that Percy didn't have the slightest panic on his face about losing his wand.

"Flying sand and rocks"

Percy didn't bother with the wand at all, and finished the spell with two fingers.

Casting spells without a wand.

Fortunately, after long-term training, Ron's body's instinctive reflexes are quite strong, although he may not have any other problems.

"Armor Protection"

Blocked the effects of flying sand and rocks.

"Flying sand and rocks"

"Flying sand and rocks"

"Flying sand and rocks"

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Several consecutive 'flying sand and rocks' magic blasts were blocked by Ron's armor.

At this time, the air was filled with dust due to the continuous explosions of flying sand and rocks, but the visual distance was very blurry, and it was a bit eye-catching.

As the wind blew, the dust became even bigger and blew directly into Ron's eyes.

Just as Ron subconsciously wiped his eyes with his hands, a spell flew out from the blind spot of his vision.

"All imprisoned"

After being hit, Ron felt his whole body stiffen, as if his body was frozen and unable to move. While struggling, he fell straight down.

Chapter 443 The Well-Deserved Number One

"when."

Until Ron fell to the ground, he didn't understand how he lost. He could only say that he was careless.

In fact, Percy did all this on purpose, including having his wand knocked away by Expelliarmus.

"I never said I was good at defense." Percy picked up the wand that Ron had knocked to the ground, and rubbed his wrist that had just been hit.

"That's a really cruel move," Percy cursed inwardly, but his face remained calm.

Yes, from the very beginning Ron fell into the trap set by Percy.

Ron, who was freed from his restraints, had an expression of disbelief on his face. Until now, he still felt very surreal, as if he was dreaming.

Fortunately, he is not the type of person who pursues victory and is obsessed with trivial matters.

If you lose, you lose. It’s no big deal.

As for the shame or something

What's so shameful about being defeated by your own brother?

Others, on the other hand, found it unbelievable that Ron lost to Percy. How could Percy, who used to be nagging like an old woman, be so strong?

"I lost to Percy? That's unscientific!"

Ron scratched his head and stood aside with a puzzled look on his face.

"Science?" Harry looked at Ron in surprise. "You know this?"

"No, I don't know. I just heard you and Hermione mention it so often that I just picked it up."

Ron said as a matter of course.

Harry: “.”

Good, that's very Ron.

In fact, Ron shouldn't or shouldn't have lost to Percy so quickly. He had many ways to turn defeat into victory.

It's just that he forgot his own advantages.

Firstly, he did not make use of the advantages of the dark magic. He was not good at the dark magic only compared to Harry and the others. Compared with other people, he was not necessarily bad at it. For example, compared with Percy, Ron's attainments in the dark magic were much higher, especially in the aspect of cursing. He was actually quite talented, but he just did not specialize in it.

Secondly, he did not take advantage of his close combat advantage. He did not choose to end the fight in close combat. His physical fitness and reaction speed were superior to Percy's. He could slack off during the duel, while Percy could only concentrate on dueling with him.

Ron never considered using magic to get closer to Percy step by step, let alone using his physical fitness to crush Percy. After all, his strength was at the bottom of the six-member discipline group.

In his mind, he is still a wizard and can only solve problems with magic.

In fact, fists are quite useful sometimes.

However, he didn't know that in a certain magical world, people were using magic to fight each other, using magic moves like Fire Dragon Iron Fist, which were very destructive.

The most important point was that he was careless, he still hadn't changed his mindset, in his understanding, losing the wand meant losing combat effectiveness, so the moment he knocked Percy's wand away, he took it for granted that the other party had lost and had become lax, which was the direct cause of his failure.

"Little Ronnie, don't underestimate anyone." Percy patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "Practice wandless spellcasting well. This skill is sometimes very important. Just like just now, if you were fighting with Death Eaters, you would have died."

For some reason, people often get Ron's name wrong, but usually get his nickname 'Ronnie' right.

"Yeah." This time Ron's attitude was very correct and he agreed honestly.

The duel with Percy made him realize one thing, although he became stronger, he was still just a younger brother.