Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

When Mike heard the words, he almost choked on the food and coughed for a long time before he recovered.

The scarf Penello mentioned was a Christmas gift from Penello to Mike. The workmanship of the scarf was very rough, and it seemed that Penello had sewed it himself.

Although the scarf was uncomfortable to wear, Mike liked it so much that he would wear it around his neck when he was out.

"Stop! 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 Mike carrying the scarf he knitted with him, the strength of Penello's hands was relieved.

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 venue for the duel competition was set in an open space at the back of Hogwarts Castle.

This was originally the training ground for the spell application and actual combat class, referred to as the actual combat class.

The actual combat course was originally an elective course at Hogwarts. It is said that this course was a popular course at Hogwarts at the beginning, and was very popular with young wizards.

However, because this course is too dangerous, and there have even been several very serious fatal accidents, Hogwarts reluctantly canceled this course more than 200 years ago under the protests of many parents.

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

After the actual combat class was cancelled, the dedicated training ground for the actual combat class was naturally abandoned. Although it was abandoned for more than 200 years, fortunately, there were a large number of protective devices that could release the magic shield. After a little modification, it became this time. The best venue for dueling competitions.

When Mike and Penello arrived, the game had already started. There were round arenas about ten meters in diameter on the huge field. A pair of students were fighting in the arena, and there were audiences in twos and threes. Applaud or boo depending on the performance of the players on stage.

In the center of the arena, 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 the arena is vacant, he will start the roll call according to the long-established list, and the students whose names are called need to rush to the designated arena to fight.

Since Penello's game has not yet started, the two kept shuttling between the various arenas to watch the excitement.

It's okay not to look at it, but when I see Mike, I want to laugh very much.

The duels between the first- and third-grade wizards were like a comedy movie, like Ron's match against a little Hufflepuff wizard.

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

But things took a 360-degree turn when the referee announced that the duel had officially begun.

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

Then the two people in the ring who had not learned armor and body protection were cursed one after another. One danced an awkward dance and couldn't wave his wand, and the other grew huge front teeth and couldn't recite the curse, causing everyone in the ring to burst into laughter.

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

Fortunately, Ron's wand was hit by the beating willow when he and Harry drove the flying car to school at the beginning of the school year, and was broken by the beating willow, so the duration of the spell was drastically reduced, and the one who kept dancing quickly It stopped, which made the referee breathe a sigh of relief.

Declare Ron defeated.

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

It's hard to swallow if you can't close your mouth. Poor Ron can't even swallow, so he can only sit and watch a stream of saliva slowly slip from the corner of his mouth.

Harry looked at Ron's drooling appearance, and the corners of his 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 really cried now.

And many senior wizard duels are not much better, although the spells they use are no longer mischievous, but replaced by offensive spells such as disarm, fire, and explosion that have real lethality. , but most senior wizards are simply too inexperienced in combat.

This caused the battle between them to become a common turn-based in rpg games, you put a disarm spell and I blocked it with an armor shield, and then I put a fire spell and you blocked it with an armor shield...

The audience in these arenas is the smallest, and even their referees yawn in boredom. Compared with their boring battle, it is obvious that the duel of the little wizards in the lower grades is more interesting.

Just as the two were hanging out on the field, Penello's name was called out 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, squeezed Penello's little hand, signaling 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 that it was all right, Mike could still clearly feel Penello's nervousness. It was already early January, but the hands they held together were all sweaty. This was all from Penello. of.

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

Because, her opponent turned out to be Hermione! A sorcerer in the second grade.

And Hermione's expression on the ring at the moment was extremely ugly, in sharp 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 gnashing of teeth, and anger also ignited in those eyes, looking at Penello and Mike seemed to want a torch to burn them to death.

This situation became more serious after Penello unknowingly pulled up his long hair to reveal the emerald earrings he was wearing on his ears.

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

Seeing that the two contestants were all seated, the referee in the audience stopped letting the two perform the duel of wizards for the sake of saving time, and directly announced the start of the competition.