Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 6 The Duel Begins

The weapon of criticism cannot replace the weapon of criticism.

In many cases, it is better to use weapons to speak directly than to use speech to convince others.

Confucius received Yan Hui by the way of loyalty and forgiveness, and received Zilu by relying on his height of 1.9 meters and his muscles against the city gate. He claimed to be the best at driving and archery among the six arts of a gentleman.

Lockhart believes that his marketing has been done very well, and any more will fall into the trap of diminishing marginal effect.It may even cause resentment. (Note 1)

For the sake of marketing, basically everyone who should believe it should be believed. For wizards who still don't believe it, preaching is useless, and broken bones are their better textbooks.

There was an idiom in the Huaxia where Lockhart lived in the previous life, which is called "If you don't fight, you won't know each other." This is what it says.

The duel competition proposed at the signing meeting was not a whim of Lockhart, but planned in advance these two days.

The next day, early in the morning, Lockhart first came to the headquarters of the "Daily Prophet" in London. Owls were constantly coming in and out, delivering the newly printed newspapers to various places in the wizarding world.

On the front page of the newspaper, a moving picture of the patriarchs of the two families falling on both sides of Lockhart and Lockhart standing on the stage giving an impassioned speech took up the entire page.

"Want my treasure? If you want it, I can give it to you. Come and participate in the Lockhart Challenge! Everything is here!" The text overlaid on the animation is still sharp, and it is obvious that this is Lockhart and Li Co-written by Tar Skeeter.

To be precise, the entire duel was written by Lockhart and Rita Skeeter.After Lockhart put forward the plan, he immediately got the support of Rita Skeeter. Rita Skeeter did all the work such as renting the venue, formulating rules, and finding referees.

Rita Skeeter is an unscrupulous person who wants to make news hot. Now that Lockhart can give her the best news, she has become Lockhart's reliable partner.

An exquisite egoist, her shortcoming is selfishness, and her advantage is exquisiteness.As long as the correct guidance is applied, the work efficiency is indeed high.

When Lockhart and Rita Skeeter came to Hogsmeade village through the Floo network of the Daily Prophet, he found that everything was already here.

Posters of the Lockhart Challenge were pasted on the windows of every shop in Hogsmeade Village, and there were several portraits on the way to the dueling arena, which were responsible for guiding the wizards who came to participate and introducing the rules. It is the power of Gallon.

"1. Participants must be adult wizards and must have the ability to cast the Disarming Curse at least once.

2. It is forbidden to use any weapons other than wands and the Unforgivable Curse.

3. A wizard who loses the ability to move, falls from the ring, or takes the initiative to admit defeat will be sentenced to lose.

4. Sir Lockhart can ask for a rest period of up to 10 minutes between two duels.

5. The start time of this challenge is from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm every day, with a one-hour break in between.

6. The final interpretation right of this competition belongs to the sponsor, Ministry of Magic Sports Department. "

At the registration office at the entrance of the Screaming Shack, volunteers wearing Lockhart fan club badges guide the wizards who come to participate to fill in the registration form and disclaimer.

Entering the room, Lockhart found that the originally small screaming hut had turned into a stadium. The area was about the size of a football field, and the height of the top was at least ten meters. Obviously, the traceless expansion spell was applied here.

The ceiling is bewitched to simulate the sunlight and weather outside.The ground is covered with wooden floors of different colors to spell out a portrait of Lockhart.The periphery is a circle of auditoriums.

In the middle of the stadium is the duel arena. The arena is about 20 meters long, two meters wide, and about one meter above the bottom. Below the arena are the referee's seat and the player's seat.

Directly above is a large screen so that viewers who are far away can clearly see the details of the duel, and an advertisement is playing in a loop at the moment.

A male wizard wearing a top hat was sitting in the referee's seat, accompanied by Rita Skeeter who introduced him in a low voice: "Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Sports and Sports of the Ministry of Magic, I promised him that he can open the game here, So everything is endorsed by him.”

Before he had time to walk in, the director of the Sports Department of the British Ministry of Magic trotted over and took Lockhart's hand. "Want to bet on the match, Sir Lockhart?" he asked eagerly, jingling the pockets of his yellow and black robes, which seemed to contain quite a few gold coins.

"You're [1.1] to win your first game, [1.2] to win five in a row, [2.0] to win ten in a row, and [5.0] to win all of them."

"Of course, I'll offer five thousand Galleons, and I'll bet on myself to win."

"Five thousand Galleons!!!" Ludo Bagman's dead fish eyes suddenly widened. At this moment, Lockhart felt that he saw light.

"It's really, really great... Anyone else want to bet?"

Rita Skeeter refused to participate in the gambling, she said she never participated in gambling activities.

Ludo Bagman excitedly returned to the referee's seat, and quickly walked to another pedestrian.

The duel was about to start. Lockhart looked around and saw several wizards on the player bench closing their eyes and resting their minds. The stands that could accommodate thousands of people were already full. Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Wee The Sly twins and Molly Weasley sat in the front row together. They all wore the badges of the Lockhart fan club. Sure enough, the signing of the day before yesterday affected many people.

Lockhart waved to them, then waved his wand, "Wingardim Leviosa" Lockhart cast a Levitation Charm on himself, and then slowly floated into the ring.

Lockhart actually flew into the ring, and still used the levitation spell!Hermione, who was staring at Lockhart at this moment, was completely shocked.

She couldn't hear the spell, but Hermione was pretty sure Lockhart was using the Levitation Charm, the first spell she'd learned at Hogwarts, and she could recognize it just by looking at hand gestures.

Hermione was very sure that the levitation spell could not act on the wizard itself, nor could two or more wizards use the levitation spell to make each other fly, which violated the basic principle of the levitation spell.

"The essence of the levitation spell is that the wizard uses magic power to lift heavy objects to make him levitate. Just as a person cannot lift himself up, the levitation spell cannot make the wizard levitate himself."

This sentence is the answer Hermione got from asking Professor Flitwick after she failed to lift herself up with the levitation spell many times. (Note 2)

Cheers suddenly erupted at the scene. Flying is the eternal dream of human beings. For most wizards, this is the first time they have seen someone fly without any tools.The only wizards who are rumored to be able to fly are Dumbledore and the Mysterious Man.

In such a lively atmosphere, Lockhart stood still, and another wizard stepped onto the ring, and the duel began immediately.

Note 1: There is a popular explanation for the diminishing marginal effect. Drinking a bottle of Feizhai Happy Water is very refreshing, and the pleasure of drinking another bottle is far less than the increase in the first bottle. Drinking the third and fourth bottles may become worse. uncomfortable.

Note 2: Guess why Lockhart can fly.

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