Chapter 143： The duel contest begins

Mike heard that he almost didn't choke on the food, and it took a long time for his cough to ease.

The scarf that Penello said was a Christmas gift from Penello to Mike. The workmanship of the scarf is very rough, and it seems that Penello should have sewn it by himself.

Although this scarf is uncomfortable with burrs, Mike still likes it very much and will wear it on his neck when he goes out.

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

Seeing Mike carrying the scarf he knitted by himself, the strength of Penello's hand was relieved.

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

Unlike the first duel demonstration before Christmas, the official venue of the duel contest was set on a clearing on the back of Hogwarts Castle.

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

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 was very popular among young wizards.

But because this course is too dangerous, and there have even been several very serious fatalities, Hogwarts had no choice but to cancel this course more than two hundred years ago due to protests from many parents.

Instead, it was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, which was originally an elective course and was of a minority type. But after absorbing part of the actual combat course content, it became a popular course and became a required course after a generation of Dark Lord Gellert-Grindelwald raged.

After the cancellation of the actual combat class, the dedicated practice field for the actual combat class was naturally abandoned. Although it has been abandoned for more than two hundred years, fortunately, there are a large number of protective devices that can release the magic shield on the field. The best venue for a duel contest.

The game had already started when Mike and Penello arrived. The huge arena was surrounded by round arenas with a diameter of about ten meters. Pairs of students were fighting vigorously on the arena, and there were crowds of spectators in twos and threes from time to time. According to the performance of the players on the stage, clap or boo.

In the center of the venue, Lockhart and the logistics staff of the dueling clubs are recording the wins and losses of each duel. There is a senior student holding a magic loudspeaker beside Lockhart. , Whenever there is a ring vacant, he will start to roll the name according to the list that has been drawn up a long time ago, and the students who are called must rush to the designated ring to fight.

Since Penello's game has not yet started, the two constantly shuttled between the arenas to watch the excitement.

It's okay if you don't look at it. When I look at Mike, I really want to laugh.

The duel between the little wizards in the first to third grades is like making a comedy movie, like Ron's game against a little Hufflepuff wizard.

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

But when the referee announced that the duel had officially started, the situation changed 360 degrees.

I saw the two on the stage, you release a big front tooth plug (a curse that allows people to grow large front teeth), I release a tarantella dance (a kind of non-stop spinning and jumping non-stop Curse).

Then the two people on the ring who hadn't learned the armor protection were cursed one after another, one jumped up and couldn't wave the magic wand, and the other grew huge front teeth and couldn't recite the spell, causing everyone under the ring to laugh wildly.

Because both of them lost their combat ability, the senior student who was acting as a referee was also very embarrassed.

Fortunately, because Ron’s wand drove into the school with Harry at the beginning of school, he hit the beating willow and was broken by the beating willow, so the duration of the curse was drastically reduced, and the one who kept dancing quickly quickly He stopped, and the referee was relieved and announced that Ron was defeated.

Ron was almost crying after he stepped down, and his long front teeth jammed Ron's upper and lower jaws, making him unable to close his mouth.

It is very difficult to swallow if he can't close his mouth. Poor Ron can't even swallow, he can only sit and watch a crystal of saliva slowly slip from the corner of his mouth.

Harry watched Ron's drooling appearance, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, forced a smile and patted Ron's shoulder as comfort, and quickly turned around to cover his mouth.

Looking at Harry's frantically shaking shoulders, Ron was really crying now.

Many senior wizards duel are not much better, although the spells they use are no longer mischievous spells, but replaced by disarming spells, flame spells, and explosive spells that are really lethal offensive spells. , But most of the senior wizards are too lack of practical experience.

This has caused the battle between them to become a common turn-based in rpg games. You put a disarming curse and I use armor to block it, and then I put a flame curse and you use armor to block it...

The audience under these arenas was the least, and even their referees yawned boredly. Compared to their boring battle, the duel of little wizards in the lower grades is obviously more interesting.

Just when the two were strolling on the field, the center of the field actually called Penello's name, which indicates that Penello's game tonight is about to begin.

When he heard his name, Penello's body was obviously stiff, and Mike, who felt Penello's abnormality, squeezed Penello's small hand to signal her not to be nervous.

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

Although he said it was okay, Mike could still clearly feel Penello's nervousness. It is now early 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 arena, Penello's opponent had already come to the arena to wait, and the expression on Penello's face was obviously relaxed when he saw his opponent.

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

Hermione's expression on the ring at the moment was simply ugly, and it was 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 together holding hands, the expression on her face turned into gnashing her teeth, and the anger was ignited in her eyes, watching Penello and Mike seemed to want to burn them to death.

This situation became more serious when Penello deliberately or unconsciously lifted up his long hair to reveal the emerald earrings he wore on his ears.

Penello stepped onto the ring unhurriedly, and couldn't help laughing as he watched the restless look on Hermione's face.

The referee in the audience saw that the two contestants were all in place, and for the sake of saving time, they no longer let the two perform wizard duels and directly announced the start of the game.