From Karma Taj to Hogwarts

Seeing Miranda's wand in front of him, Ignatius reluctantly raised his hands and admitted defeat.

"It is indeed very strong. Gorshak really deserves to be the author of the Book of Spells!" He sighed as he walked off the duel stage and looked at Septimus, the seventh-year prefect of Gryffindor. Weasley, asked. "Do you want to go up and try her, Weasley?"

"I won't humiliate myself. This gap is still easy to see." Weasley spread his hands and said to Ignatius.

At the same time, Miranda also walked off the duel stage with a smile on her face and walked directly to Xiwen.

"What a wonderful duel, Miranda!" Xiwen said to her in admiration.

"Compared to those duels of yours where you kill your opponent instantly with one move, of course it's still a little more exciting." Miranda said to Xiwen teasingly, her eyes shining brightly.

"The main reason is that third-year students have too little actual combat experience. I have encountered a lot of dangers and gained some brilliance." Xiwen smiled coquettishly and responded casually.

"Okay, let's not talk about that for now. Next, it's time to jump to the next level and challenge the senior class." Miranda glanced at Xiwen curiously and said with a raised corner of her mouth. "Looking at your expression, it looks like you want to come over and fight with me?"

"If there is really a chance, of course I would like to try it with someone stronger." Xiwen said with a smile.

He had indeed put some thought into challenging the seniors. The third-year wizard couldn't give him enough practical experience, so it would be okay to challenge the seniors, right?

For example, according to the strength Miranda and Ignatius just showed, without using the power of the soul body, Xiwen, who has not yet mastered the silent spell, is more than a step behind them in casting speed. Therefore, it is difficult for him to say that he has the ability to compete with the two.

Presumably if you duel with them, you will gain a lot of practical experience, right?

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Soon, the top three in all grades were determined through duels, and the much-anticipated challenge to the seniors was about to begin.

According to the rules mentioned by Professor Mellors, young wizards in the lower grades can choose any senior who is one grade above themselves and is in the top three in the standings to challenge, but they must successfully challenge the first place before they can continue to challenge. The top three in the next grade will challenge.

Therefore, how to make a reasonable choice is a very difficult problem.

The leapfrog challenge starts with first grade wizards.

The first place in the first grade standings is a young wizard from the Black family, his name is Alphard Black.

This new student of the Black family is the kind of little wizard who has learned some spells at home. He will not throw away his wand just because he is not familiar with the reasons for casting spells like other first years. Replaced with fists...

At this point, we must introduce a rule for duels between wizards - "In a regular duel, duelists can only use magic to fight against each other, and no physical contact is allowed."

Because of this rule, every time there was a fistfight or kicking situation between the first-year wizards, the first-year referee would helplessly pull the two entangled little wizards apart and rule them all out. .

It is also because of this that Alphard Black, as one of the few first-grade wizards who can successfully use magic spells, easily won first place in the duel competition.

As Professor Mellors announced the start of the challenge, Alphard walked to the second-year duel stage with a slight guilty conscience.

"Mr. Black, please choose your opponent now." Professor Mellors stood on the referee's seat next to the second-year duel table and said.

The top three in the second-year standings were sitting at the front of their group's auditorium, and they were looking with interest at the first-year wizard who came to challenge them.

Alphard hesitated for a moment while everyone was watching, and then his eyes suddenly became firm. He turned to Professor Mellors and said, "Professor, I want to choose the senior who ranks first in the standings."

"Are you sure?" Professor Mellors asked in surprise. "I have to remind you that if you fail, you will be disqualified from continuing the challenge."

"I know. But I also know that I don't have the ability to defeat any seniors, so it's better to ask the most powerful seniors to guide me." Alphard nodded heavily and said to the professor.

After saying that, he turned to look at Tom Riddle in his seat and said seriously: "Senior, please give me some advice!"

Upon seeing this, Professor Mellors nodded in approval and motioned for Riddle to step onto the duel stage.

Riddle smiled elegantly, walked onto the stage, and said gently to Alphard: "It's a pleasure to compete with you, Junior Black."

"Both sides bow!" Professor Mellors said according to the duel procedure.

With a gentle smile on his face, Riddle bowed to Alphard in a very aristocratic manner.

In contrast, Alphard, who was originally a noble, seemed to be much stiffer in his movements due to the tense relationship.

At this time, Xiwen gently turned his ear and heard the whispers around him.

It seems that many little witches have a high impression of the polite and extremely handsome Riddle. There are even many young wizards from Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, two houses that Slytherin has never dealt with very well.

Not only that, after two years of communication, Riddle's controversy in Slytherin House was actually much less.

I don’t know when it started, but his identity as the youngest heir of the Gaunt family quietly spread among the Slytherin Academy. Even though Sivan believed that this rumor was spread by Riddle himself, no one else had doubts about it without him breaking it.

This reduced the number of voices questioning Riddle's lineage because of his origin in an orphanage.

Coupled with Riddle's handsome appearance, elegant demeanor and excellent results, most people will not have too much ill impression of him. Among them, Professor Slughorn, the dean of Slytherin House, admired him the most and even let Riddle join the Slug Club as early as his first year.

Therefore, since he successfully "managed" the relationship with his two thorny roommates, Lestrange and Avery, with the help of his private collection of ash snake eggs, Riddle has gradually become very popular in Slytherin.

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While Sivan was thinking about it for a short while, Riddle had already fought Alphard for many rounds.

Riddle was basically giving instructions to Alphard in an instructive way, and during the duel he kept talking about some things that Alphard needed to pay attention to, as well as some tips that Riddle himself had summarized during the duel.

The little wizards in the audience listened to his story, and they all looked like they had benefited a lot. Among them, even the third-year wizards who were one level above him near Xiwen felt ashamed.

"Xiwen, why didn't I know that Riddle was so strong before? His fighting ability is comparable to most people in our group, right?" Abraxas looked at Xiven with a guilty conscience and asked in a low voice. "Tell me, if he chooses to challenge me, what are the chances that I will win?"

"I think if he chooses you, you might as well act like you're hurt and admit defeat." Xiwen said to him with a smile on his face. "Maybe this way I can retain some dignity as a senior."

Abu: "Can you give me some face..."

While Xiwen and Abu were talking, the battle between the two on the stage was coming to an end. It turned out that it was during Riddle's instructional duel that Alphard Black's magic power ran out first.

"Thank you for your advice, Senior Riddle." Alphard bowed deeply to Riddle tiredly and said seriously. "I learned a lot today."

"You're welcome, it's just a little effort." Riddle still maintained that elegant smile and replied gently.

"Second-year Tom Riddle wins!" Professor Mellors announced the result of the duel.

Then, she glanced at Riddle with satisfaction and asked: "Riddle, it's your turn to challenge the next grade. Which senior among the top three in the standings do you want to choose?"

After hearing Professor Mellor's question, Riddle was silent for a moment, but his eyes gradually became firm.

Xiwen raised his head as if he was aware of it, and happened to meet Riddle's bright eyes.

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