The Periodic Table of Words at Hogwarts

(Thanks to book friend inversed for contributing 100 starting coins for Astoria’s dessert, cute little Astoria can eat her favorite nut cake again today)

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was time to have dinner at 6 pm. There was only one hour for dinner.In an hour, the first duel competition of Hogwarts will be held in the auditorium.

"Ah, what a sumptuous dinner."

Putting the used knife and fork on the plate, Dumbledore, who was sitting on the podium, clapped his hands gently.

"Snapped"!

With a sharp explosion, all the tables in the Hogwarts Great Hall disappeared into the air, replaced by a spacious high platform.

"Then let's ask Professor Lockhart to give a duel speech for everyone"!

Dumbledore felt helpless and pushed Lockhart, who had been chattering with him at the teacher's bench, onto the high platform, and then ran down quickly.

"Ha! Dear classmates, we meet again! Yes, today is my duel demonstration for everyone"!

Lockhart walked up to the high platform and once again showed his weird smile with eight teeth.

"Speaking of wizard duels, they are a very historical etiquette. This method was widely used in disputes between big families thousands of years ago - the parents of the two families would duel, and the winner would win everything, and the loser would win. Earn a miserable green Avada Kedavra".

"Oh, it seems like everyone is a little afraid of this spell."

Lockhart saw a group of young wizards trembling after hearing the name of the spell, so he explained with a smile.

"This spell is actually a way for wizards to give their opponents the final dignity thousands of years ago - you should all have learned it in the magic course. Ancient magic is difficult to release but very lethal, so the duel scenes at that time were usually It's very tragic, and in order to alleviate the pain of their opponents, wizards will use this spell to let them die gracefully. I really don't understand why the current Ministry of Magic is so secretive about this spell and is not even allowed to mention it."

"Dear Salesman Lockhart, I think the students' classes should start now. If you keep complaining about the Ministry of Magic, it is likely that everyone will have to go back to their dormitories very late to sleep."

Dumbledore cleared his throat and interrupted Lockhart with a smile.

"Ah, okay my dear Principal Dumbledore, you pay the salary so you have the final say".

Lockhart shrugged, then continued.

"However, today's wizard duels have undergone innovations of the times - although the opponent does not have to be responsible when participating in a dangerous wizard duel and his life is in danger, if he makes any move that intentionally harms his opponent's life, he will be sent to Azkaban."

"This activity requires two people. Can Professor Snape come up and demonstrate it to me? Slytherin students, please rest assured that I will return your Dean to you in full."

The students below suddenly burst into laughter, but this laughter was full of ridicule.

Although everyone usually dislikes the poisonous Potions teacher, all the students in Hogwarts admit that Snape is probably the strongest one among the deans.

(This information came from Professor Flitwick, the Head of Ravenclaw, who accidentally let it slip while drunk.)

The strength ranking of the Heads of Hogwarts should be as follows:

Snape---McGonagall=Flitwick---Sprout

So everyone stood there quietly after a roar, planning to see how Lockhart was going to make a fool of himself.

"Please hurry up, Professor Snape, the students welcome us to do this."

Lockhart stood in the middle of the cheers of the students and raised his head proudly.

"Humph".

Snape snorted coldly and strode towards the high platform.

"Be careful, he doesn't seem to be in the right state."

When Snape passed by Zhang Qi, Zhang Qi said quickly in a voice that only he and Snape could hear.

"Um"?

Snape was a little confused after hearing this, but then he became nervous, quickly adjusted his condition, and then continued to walk towards the high platform in the distance.

In the dark Death Eater era, Snape had escaped several life-threatening dangers by relying on Hekmadia's guidance, so this time he also chose to unconditionally believe Zhang Qi's words.

Moreover, since his godson could accurately find the materials he needed in the dark herbal warehouse without lighting a lamp, Snape also believed that his sixth sense was as good as his beast-like sensory system.

"Okay everyone, your Professor Snape has accepted my invitation, and now I will demonstrate the duel etiquette for you - both sides bow"!

Lockhart and Snape bowed deeply to each other at the same time.

"Then now, 3, 2, 1, start,"!

The two of them simultaneously raised the wands placed on the outside of their right legs.

"Expelliarmus"!

"Protect everything"!

Lockhart and Snape shouted the name of their first spell at the same time.

A ray of red light suddenly shot out from the tip of Lockhart's wand, hitting Snape directly in the face.

The air in front of Snape had no idea when it had solidified into a hard transparent wall, and then the red light hit the transparent wall firmly.

"boom"!

With strong flashes and violent noises, the glowing and boiling liquid like plasma splashed everywhere on the high platform and the surrounding protective shields, burning out traces of burnt black marks one after another.

"Ah, Professor Snape used the advanced version of the armor protection spell - All Blessing. The protective ability of this spell is very powerful. Decades ago, a wizard even relied on this spell to successfully survive in a collapsed building. Survive”.

"Maybe Professor Snape didn't know my strength well enough, so he released such a strong spell."

Lockhart said with a smile without blushing or out of breath.

But when everyone looked in the direction of Indoor Pu, they all opened their mouths in surprise.

Countless fine cracks had broken out on the originally thick and hard transparent wall, and Snape inside was now in a very embarrassed state, with large drops of sweat dripping down the greasy hair on his temples and onto the floor.

At this time, although the floor below the entire spherical barrier was intact, the floor outside the barrier had already suffered large-scale fractures!

"Wow, does this turn out to be Professor Lockhart's strength? Sure enough, he did such abnormal behavior in class just to heighten our vigilance"!

The eyes of a group of star-chasing girls have already lit up with red heart-shaped patterns.

At this time, Zhang Qi only focused half of his attention on the duel platform, and the other half of his attention was on how to quickly lead his silly roommate and his sister from the side of the high platform. Escape from Gwartz's gate.

Or you can run away to Dumbledore.