#122 - duel

“Are you sure about this?” Higgs felt like he was going crazy, he even had the urge to believe the young man in front of him.

“Of course, I'm not good at anything else, but fighting…” Andrew flashed a charming smile, “I don't take those guys seriously.”

“In that case.” Higgs raised his head and stared at Andrew, “Prove it to me, otherwise I can only stop you, because your recklessness is likely to put yourself and Vivian in danger.”

Higgs looked seriously at the junior in front of him, trying to find a trace of fear or hesitation in his eyes, but the reality disappointed him.

“As you wish, tomorrow afternoon, come to Hagrid's hut, right next to the Forbidden Forest, do you know that place?”

“I know, it's the gamekeeper's residence.” Higgs nodded.

“Vivian, you too.” Andrew looked at Vivian.

“Okay, I understand.” Vivian knew that place, Andrew had lived there for a while, and she would occasionally go to play with him.

“Then let's leave it at that for now, we'll talk about it tomorrow if anything comes up.”

After saying that, Andrew parted ways with the two and returned to his dormitory.

The next day, after finishing the day's classes, Higgs followed Vivian to Hagrid's hut.

When they arrived near the hut, they found that someone had arrived early, and that was Charles. Now he had basically developed a habit of running all the way over after class every afternoon, using the journey as a warm-up.

Charles, who had just arrived, was stretching, preparing to start today's training plan. Seeing Vivian bringing a Slytherin senior over, he was slightly surprised, but guessed that they were here to find Andrew.

“Andrew, someone's looking for you.”

Charles greeted Vivian and then shouted towards the hut behind him. Andrew had arrived earlier than him. If he had jogged over, then Andrew could be said to have sprinted over. It used to be like this, as soon as he arrived, he would run to his room to tinker with things.

The door of the hut was pushed open, and Andrew nodded to Higgs as a signal when he saw that he had arrived on time.

“Come on, Andrew, like I said yesterday, if you want me to believe you, you have to prove to me first that you have the power to defeat them, otherwise I won't sit idly by and watch you seek your own death.” Higgs went straight to the point when they met.

“Okay, then let's have a magic duel, how about stopping when we've made our point?” Andrew saw that Higgs was so direct, and had a lot of good feelings about this senior. →

“As you wish.” Higgs nodded, came to the open space on the side, and drew his wand, ready to fight.

“In that case, let Charles try it.” Andrew looked at Charles, who was watching the show on the side, and then nodded at Higgs.

“Me?” “Him?”

Charles and Higgs looked at Andrew in surprise. Charles didn't even know what was going on, and then he was named by Andrew. He scratched his head in a loss.

“Andrew, are you sure you're not kidding? I've always been promoted to the fifth grade with all A's. Are you expecting a Gryffindor junior to fight me?” Seeing this arrangement, Higgs suddenly felt that Andrew was very unreliable, and he had actually had the idea of believing this guy before.

“Charles has been trained by me for a year, and now it's just right to test his level.” Andrew looked at Charles, “How is it, no problem?”

“Can I really do it?” Charles had always been beaten by Andrew in previous training, and now he still doubted his strength very much.

“I told you to go, so go, don't talk nonsense, remember, you can only use the Disarming Charm.” Andrew instructed Charles.

“What, only use the Disarming Charm? Are you kidding me? Then how do I defend? Let alone anything else, I should be able to use the Shield Charm, right?” Charles complained.

“No, your Shield Charm can't be cast at all, and the Impediment Jinx is also very unfamiliar. It's useless even if you use it. As for defense, what about the footwork I taught you, or use your wand to directly knock the spell away. Didn't you train it before?” Andrew frowned and scolded.

“But!” Charles had indeed undergone relevant training, but his opponents were all Andrew. The success rate of dodging with body movements and knocking away spells with a wand had always been low. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.

“There's no buts, hurry up.” Andrew urged.

“Come on, Charles, I believe in you!” Vivian on the side also cheered for him.

Higgs on the side was getting impatient waiting, and felt that Andrew was becoming more and more unreliable. He couldn't help but urged, “Have you decided? If not, you can both come at me together, don't waste my time.”

Hearing this, Charles had to bite the bullet and step forward, standing ten meters away from Higgs, took a deep breath, and said firmly: “I'm ready.”

Higgs nodded, bowed slightly with Charles, and then put on a dueling stance.

On the other side, Charles did not put on a traditional dueling posture, but instead looked like fencing in the Muggle world, with one foot in front and one foot behind, and constantly jumping slightly to adjust his position. His right hand holding the wand was also placed horizontally in front of him, and his eyes were sharply focused on Higgs.

“Stupefy! Expelliarmus!”

Higgs took the lead in launching the attack. He deserved to be a top student in Slytherin. He quickly shot out two spells, with almost no interval. The two spells shot towards Charles one after the other at a very fast speed.

Charles reacted quickly as well. As soon as the spells formed, he quickly determined the trajectory of the spells based on his previous training experience. He dodged the spells with a nimble hop, and then shot out several Disarming Charms at a very fast speed.

Seeing that Charles reacted so quickly, Higgs also put away his slightly contemptuous look, erected a Shield Charm to block Charles's attack, and then the two began an intense spell exchange.

But soon Higgs noticed something was wrong. The little wizard in front of him was very agile. He could easily dodge his spells with footwork, and if he couldn't block them, he would gently knock them away with his wand. The spells shot by the other party were fast and urgent, and he was actually a little struggling to resist them.

Moreover, the other party even had the mind to close the distance during the fierce exchange of fire. The Charles in front of him was only seven or eight meters away from him. Unknowingly, he had actually become the defending side.

In Charles's eyes, the battle was indeed a different picture. He was very nervous at first, but after two rounds of fighting, he found that the senior's attacks were very rigid. When he used to practice with Andrew, the attack angles of the spells were very tricky. Sometimes the spells would even turn in the air, and the speed and intensity of the spells were also very exaggerated.