Looking at the chorus of thousands of horses and horses below, Luke laughed and said, "Come on! Next classmate, be more confident!"
He had a frank and gentle smile on his face, but the students below didn't feel that way.
Duels actually happen in the school of Hogwarts. There aren't many duels on the surface, but there are a lot of them secretly. After all, it is the second most popular sport in the wizarding world after Quidditch.
Even more than a hundred years ago, there were dueling clubs such as the "Dueling Staff" in schools. It's just that this kind of club is not promoted by professors after all, so it can only be done openly and underground.
The professors should be invisible, and the students will not easily get along with others who don't like to duel.
Fighting is very natural, recruiting people is very Buddhist.
Of course, basic duels are also taught by professors in Defense Against the Dark Arts classes. It's just that the quality of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors at Hogwarts in recent years is difficult to support a significant dueling class.
So everyone evaded the important points and silently excluded this very important course from the teaching and examination scope.
After all, OLS does not test actual combat. Duels can be taught or not taught.
Therefore, in these years, at least students in the fourth grade and below have never actually had a real duel in the classroom.
The one who went up just now has the best dueling skills among the fourth graders.
The results were at the lower end because almost all the energy was put into the organization of the duel competition.
After his failure, duel lovers all looked at the duelists around them who they were most familiar with.
The Gryffindor students all looked at the twins.
The twins quickly lowered their heads, looking at their noses with their eyes and their hearts with their noses. The two of them already had a certain understanding of Luke's strength. After all, Harry, Luke, and the professors who knew about what happened in the room at the end of the corridor last year basically kept silent. But also the score is with whom.
Luke has always been modest in front of the twins, saying that he paid a lot of price (referring to becoming a child) and used external forces (referring to using the Sorcerer's Stone) to recover the remaining soul of Voldemort.
But in Harry's words, those giant dragons made of gold, and the green light that made people feel lost at the first sight, were all quite big scenes. The twins are no idiots. They could tell that Harry didn't speak like his younger brother, who often had to squeeze out eight ounces of water for a pound of weight.
In Harry's words, even if five points of moisture were removed, one could still see how powerful Luke was. What's more, it is estimated that the water content in Harry's words is less than 30%.
Looking at it now, Luke knocked the person away lightly, using "Expelliarmus", which is not considered an offensive spell. This is not something they can do.
The Slytherin student first looked at a girl with light blond curly hair and an aloof appearance. The girl's eyes were fixed on Luke, but there was no dissatisfaction, just a little appreciation. Obviously, she agreed with the method Luke used to demonstrate.
The Ravenclaw students shook their heads at each other. They don't like dueling very much. What's more, from all angles, provoking the angry Professor Luke now will definitely not yield any good results. They are not as reckless as little lions.
The little Buddhist badger who should have ignored the matter and hung it up was now looking at the tall boy over there.
Generally speaking, Hufflepuff students are relatively average. He doesn’t fight for anything, and he doesn’t appear to be outstanding. But this college is amazing. Every few years, there will always be a few students who are astonishingly outstanding.
Even if you don't appear to be that outstanding in school, or you have flaws of one kind or another, you will often gain a huge reputation after you truly set foot in the wizarding world.
The most representative one is Newt Scamander.
And in this class, or in other words, among the current seven-year Hufflepuff students, the most outstanding one is Cedric Diggory. Counting down the list, there might be an Ernie McMillan. Just not
Ernie is only in second grade now.
Well, the future is promising.
Cedric naturally felt the gazes of his classmates. He squeezed the handle of the wand in his hand and frowned slightly, as if thinking about something.
Duel with Luke? It must be impossible to fight in a duel. You can see it from the hand just now.
The Gryffindor student named Marco Hatton is already considered very powerful. Skillfully wielding a blazing flame is indeed a unique skill.
But Luke's silent spellcasting was an eye-opener for him.
He was familiar with Luke, but he didn't know much about Luke's strength. The two of them chatted occasionally, mostly in small talk, and did not touch on this topic.
Now that he really saw Luke's display of strength on the spot, he could only say that Luke was terrifying enough.
In second grade, the spell Expelliarmus itself is already beyond the scope. Not to mention the silent casting.
The sound of shouting can stimulate people's emotions, which is both catharsis and stimulation. In this way, emotional input can be enhanced. Furthermore, the curse itself is a spell, relying on words to induce magic and form a circuit.
Silent casting is generally not successful. Although many people are proficient in silent spellcasting, they know it but don't know why, and the power of the magic they cast is naturally weaker.
And the Expelliarmus used by Luke doesn't look like its power has diminished. So... Cedric already has a bit of Luke's strength.
It’s not like he knew Luke’s level. But he knew that he could never defeat the person in front of him.
So... do you want to go up?
Luke also wanted to know the answer to this question.
He didn't think the twins lacked courage. It should be said that if it were not Luke but any other professor who stood on the duel stage today, neither of these two would be timid.
But Luke is an acquaintance of theirs, and can even be said to be the boss, so there is no need to step forward and suffer the consequences of his own people.
After all, from the bottom of their hearts, they had no intention of taking action with Luke.
Luke was pleased with their reaction.
And he also knew that there were two people on the court who might take action. One was Beth Rich, a fourth-year student at Slytherin, and the other was, of course, Cedric.
The former didn't have much communication with him, because the Rich family, as a small family, was very close to the Nott family. When Luke faced a blue ocean, there was no need to fight her to the death.
Forcibly pulling such a person into your camp is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it also involves taking great risks. In Luke's opinion, the gain was not worth the loss.
As for Cedric, we had chatted and talked. Luke also knows that Cedric has his own laws of survival, and the strength he has shown so far does not meet his requirements, or is not enough for him to break through the constraints of his own laws.
It was all normal, and Luke gave up the idea of persuading him after testing it several times. Turn to deepening contact with Ernie.
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The light yellow beam of light poured out from the tip of Cedric's staff like a soft rope and headed towards Luke.
Luke didn't even make any extra moves, he just turned sideways slightly the moment Cedric took action.
Cedric saw that the floating spell's landing point could no longer hit Luke, so he immediately moved his arms and adjusted his direction.
This hand made Luke feel the same before his eyes. The levitating spell can be released once or controlled later. The former is common, while the latter has considerable requirements on the wizard's magic control and magic strength.
It is already quite outstanding for fourth grade students to be able to do this.
Although the floating spell is a basic spell, its usefulness in duels has never been small.
Luke nodded, obviously appreciating Cedric's move.
Cedric also breathed a sigh of relief. Obviously, after everyone had calmed down and listened to Luke's words quietly, Luke's anger had subsided a lot. At least the attack is no longer as brutal as before.
Outside the door, the three professors who looked at the scene through the wall also had different reactions.
Dumbledore looked as if he had expected it. Luke's actions and effects were obviously what he had expected.
Snape's face calmed down, and looking at Luke's smiling expression, he couldn't help snorting. It's understandable, after all, his long-coveted Defense Against the Dark Arts professor position will become a dream again.
Professor McGonagall let out a long sigh of relief. She knew Luke had always been a man of means. But I didn't expect Luke's methods to be so flexible.
Although it’s just the size of a big stick of sweet dates. It seems to have been handled quite roughly. But the effect is obviously still very good.
"It seems like we really don't have anything to worry about. But Mr. Gunter's strength is really surprising."
Snape's tone was calm, trying his best to suppress the surprise here.
It's not that I haven't seen geniuses before, but judging from Luke's performance, I'm afraid that genius is a bit too much.
But neither of the two people around him shared the same tone. Regarding Luke's strength, Dumbledore was aware of it, but Professor McGonagall ignored it.
No matter how strong he is, he is still his own child. Professor McGonagall already regards himself as Luke's elder, and Luke does not reject him from the bottom of his heart. So in Professor McGonagall's view, Luke's strength doesn't matter at all.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Snape stopped talking. Luke's power and relationship network in the school have already taken shape. There was no point in him saying anything. Since Dumbledore felt that the young man in front of him would not be the next Voldemort, he could just let him be.
The benefits will not be short of his share.
However, at this time, Luke did not know that there were three school leaders outside the door listening to his lecture. He focused on Cedric.
The moving floating spell ultimately came to nothing. It was so easily blocked by Luke's armor protection.
But Luke also dispersed the armor protection.
"The floating spell is indeed a very commonly used magic in duels. However, the requirements for the strength of the magic power are very high. After all, the speed is relatively slow. Even people who are not fast in casting can still cast the armor spell to block. In other words, floating Cursing is almost a positive choice."
Luke said without stopping, and casually released a floating spell. Cedric shouted "Armor protection!" and then formed a magic shield around him. .
But his iron armor spell was like a paper lake in front of Luke's floating spell, and it was broken almost instantly.
Then Cedric felt himself floating.
"That's it, don't be superstitious about the Iron Armor Curse. This spell is very commonly used and very versatile. But such a spell basically means that if your strength is one level lower than the opponent's, then when you use the Iron Armor Curse to block the opponent's spell, It will be extremely difficult.”
Luke's words and deeds not only touched Cedric across from him, but also the students below.
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The so-called duels in daily life, after reaching a certain level of proficiency, are just novices pecking each other. Faced with a situation like Luke's where you can't break his defense when you hit him, and he can't guard you when he hits you, I really want to say bullying.
But looking at Luke, who was similar in height to them, but looked more immature than them, I didn't know if I should say this protest.
Logically speaking, being beaten up by a professor is not a shame, but if the professor is two years younger than the student, it would be hard to say.
Cedric didn't feel ashamed. He only felt tremendous pressure.
Luke dodged easily, which was a sign of combat experience. The subsequent hard connections and hard breaks are all done with force. Judging from the previous dodge, it is obvious that there is no other way, but that he wants to use this method to teach the class.
If the previous Marco Hatton is used to establish his authority, then Cedric is a proper teaching tool.
"Thousands of bullets fired!"
A flock of birds appeared and sprinted towards Luke like bullets. The sharp beak shone coldly, and it looked quite dangerous.
Luke nodded and said: "It's very wise not to break away in a hurry, but to limit the opponent's next move first. You must move quickly to avoid being seized by your opponent and killed in a row."
