Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse

Chapter 14 About Gilderoy Lockhart

"Perhaps when your strength grows and you begin to form your own fighting style, you can decide the position, holding method and fighting posture of your wand according to the magic you are good at. But now you don't have any actual combat experience, and you are even new to magic. In just a few days..."

"So what we are learning today is the most common and standard posture that even many Aurors are willing to use, the 'sword holding posture'."

"Hold your wand with your thumb, bend your index finger in front, and hold the wand with the remaining three fingers. Relax your shoulders and lower your wrist..."

"Put your feet shoulder-width apart, bend your knees slightly, shift your weight to your left leg, and relax your left palm against your waist to make it easier to make some auxiliary gestures..."

"Tuck your chin, look straight ahead, and arch your back slightly..."

Professor Baker moved the podium aside and demonstrated a standard posture: "This posture can ensure that you can move flexibly at any time and control the distance from the other party..."

He made a few light little jumps like a fencer: "It also allows you to quickly release magic that does not require long preparation, and gain an advantage in the battle. And when you master the magic deflection skills and iron armor, After the spell, the extended wand will also be your best shield, and you can effectively defend even if the opponent strikes first."

"So,"

He returned to his normal standing posture, waved his wand, and all the tables in the classroom suddenly disappeared: "Now, everyone, take out your wands, distance yourself from the people around you, and start practicing this posture!"

"I know this will be a bit boring compared to other courses, but it is indeed something that must be mastered, the foundation of the basics... Well, if your performance in this class satisfies me, I can consider speeding up the teaching progress. , share some simple but practical little spells in advance..."

Professor Baker looked at the little wizards with expectant faces, smiled and continued to seduce them: "Some of them even played a big role in the battle just shown."

There was no need for Professor Baker to say anything at all this time. The little wizards dispersed in a hurry, staring at the posture diagram left by Professor Baker on the blackboard, and started practicing by comparing it carefully. Professor Baker also stepped off the podium and began to patrol around the classroom, correcting certain people's actions from time to time.

"You raised your hand too high, and now the entire right side of your body is broken!"

"Relax your shoulders. This position allows you to move flexibly, not to turn you into a rock!"

"Don't hold the wand so hard. The wand is your assistant, not your mortal enemy!"

"Don't twist your waist like this. It's easy for you to get distracted in actual combat!"

"The center of gravity needs to be moved to the back. Your current posture is Zama Step!"

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When it came time to practice, Professor Baker suddenly became stern. The slightest non-standard would be promptly discovered and corrected by him. Everyone, including Avada and Qiu, who had outstanding athletic talent, was corrected several times.

After everyone was able to get into a standard stance, Professor Baker began to lead them to practice combat movements. Jump forward, retreat, dodge, attack, defend... After practicing a series of actions, even the energetic little wizards can't help but sweat on their foreheads and panting.

Finally, with ten minutes left before the end of get out of class, Professor Baker waved his magic wand and turned the table back, signaling to stop practicing.

"Very good, everyone's progress has exceeded my expectations!"

After all the students sat down, Professor Baker clapped his hands with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I thought it would take at least a whole class for you to master this posture, but I didn't expect that you have already met the requirements in about ten minutes before the end of get out of class. "

"The remaining time will definitely be too late to teach any new magic... So, if you have any questions about Defense Against the Dark Arts, you can ask them now and I will answer them."

As soon as he finished speaking, almost everyone in the classroom raised their hands in anticipation.

"Um……"

Professor Baker casually lit up a Hufflepuff near the first row: "Mr. Summers, what is your question?"

"Professor, what I'm curious about is, as an adventurer and a director of the Defense Against Dark Arts Alliance, you have a job, right? Why do you come to Hogwarts to be a professor?"

He asked a little embarrassedly, after all, this was not a Defense Against the Dark Arts related question.

Professor Baker did not blame him, and replied with a smile: "The main reason is that I feel that the improvement of my strength has encountered a bottleneck, so I plan to temporarily put aside the adventure journey and the work of the director, and carefully summarize and sort out the foundation of my magic. And black magic Teaching defense is undoubtedly the most suitable job for me during this period. It not only allows me to review my knowledge according to the textbooks, but also contributes to the cause of education... As the saying goes, teaching teaches each other? This is the truth. "

"Does a wizard as powerful as you also encounter bottlenecks, Professor?" Summers asked again.

"Of course, everyone will encounter bottlenecks, even Dumbledore is no exception." Professor Baker smiled and asked Summers to sit down, and then asked another student: "Miss Zhang, what's your question?"

Qiu stood up with a blush and asked: "Professor, do you know Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart?"

Professor Baker was stunned for a moment and replied: "I have never met him, but I have admired his name for a long time and have read many of his works. I have to say that it is quite wonderful, taking into account both practicality and literature. The mentioned I have benefited a lot from many techniques.”

"Who is more powerful, Professor, you or Mr. Lockhart?"

"Um……"

After Professor Baker heard this question, he hesitated for a while, then carefully considered his words and said, "He and I... have our own strengths."

"Although I haven't seen him in person, we can infer from his books that Lockhart is the kind of person who is knowledgeable, quick to respond, masters a lot of remote but practical knowledge, and is good at using his mind to navigate various dangerous situations and wild magic. The type of creature that has gained vitality is the standard adventurer.”

"Compared with an adventurer, I am more like an Auror in the wild, or an ancient dark wizard hunter. I specialize in going to dangerous areas to fight against dark wizards and dark creatures. Compared with adventures in the wild, I am better at various man-made places. Fighting in dangerous situations. Of course, I will occasionally go to some wild environments to relax and enjoy the natural scenery."

"Professor, do you also have some exciting adventure experiences?" Another girl asked curiously.

"I?"

Professor Baker smiled bitterly: "I can only say that if I wrote a book about my experience and published it, the sales volume would probably not be even one-tenth of Lockhart's. Because the things I have to deal with require extremely high professionalism. Literacy is something that laymen cannot understand at all. And the stories are not that ups and downs, most of them are twists and turns, or bloody..."

"Take Lockhart's new book "A Year with the Tibetan Snowman" last year as an example."

"This book is roughly about that Lockhart accidentally fell into a glacier crevice during his adventure on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and came to a hidden world under the ice. His wand was broken and his supplies were about to run out. With the help of transformation and simple Potions and a wealth of knowledge about magical creatures disguise themselves as a Tibetan Yeti and join the local pack in order to survive and find a way out.

"In an accident, his identity was discovered by a hidden snowman, but he relied on his wisdom and experience to become friends with the snowman, and let it help Lockhart conceal his identity, and started a wonderful relationship between man and snowman. process of getting along.”

"But then as the glaciers moved, the gaps in the glaciers began to close, and the snow people's habitat was about to collapse. Lockhart worked with the snow people, used all kinds of knowledge and the help of luck, successfully escaped from the world under the ice and returned to the surface. And Lockhart also said goodbye to the snowmen and returned to human society. Is that so?"

Professor Baker paused again, thinking about his words, hoping not to give too much of a shock to the girls who were worshiping their idols: "If the same thing happened to me... uh..."

"I could probably climb straight up from the crack on the first day. Casting spells without a wand is not difficult for me."