#816 - Over to you

Colorful magical light bullets flew and collided in the air of the hall, some splashing onto the surrounding walls, erupting into bursts of sparks.

Some shot towards the audience, but fortunately, everyone was quite capable, dealing with these magic bullets calmly, either dodging them nimbly or personally blocking them.

Although this ensured that no one would be injured for the time being, it still made the scene very chaotic, and Lockhart, as the organizer, was frightened by this extremely intense duel.

Looking at Harry and Ron, who were darting around on the dueling platform, his mind was filled with doubts about life. Were they really students? How could they be so fierce? Why hadn't he ever seen any of the spells they were using?

Because Lockhart was completely stunned, Snape and Anduin were even more so standing by and watching. At this time, Harry and Ron had no idea how serious their current behavior was.

So, as the duel gradually became more intense, the tension between the two began to escalate, and the spells they used were no longer low-level, but upgraded versions.

"Torrent! Giant Wave!"

"Eye of the Storm!"

Harry and Ron, completely unleashed, constantly mobilized the magic power in their bodies, using spells like [Giant Wave] and [Eye of the Storm], which were known as third-tier spells by the young wizards, and were quite a burden for them.

Therefore, after chanting these two spells, the two of them invariably began to gather strength in place, even holding their breath until their faces turned red.

"Crap, this is bad!" Snape, feeling the surging magic power in the two, quickly looked at Anduin, "We should interrupt them quickly. With their level, they definitely won't be able to control the spells they release! Someone will definitely be affected by then!"

"Don't worry…" Anduin lightly raised his mouth, "With me here, nothing major will happen. Let them suffer a little, and also let everyone know the consequences of casting spells casually in public places."

"Hmph, think carefully, these are Harry and Ron, who have a close relationship with you." Snape shrugged indifferently, "If they cause a big mess, I will definitely deduct their points severely."

"Rather than points, it's better to use this as a vivid practical lesson for them." Anduin shook his head. He didn't want these juniors to grow up in an environment full of doting.

At this moment, Harry and Ron finally finished gathering their strength and waved their wands.

Harry pointed his wand towards the sky, and a small cloud appeared above his head, with dazzling lightning flashing near the center.

On Ron's side, he first stuck his wand into the ground, and then puddles of water gradually appeared on the ground around him, with the area around Harry being the most dense.

Soon, these puddles, centered on Ron, erupted into fierce water columns, and the miniature thundercloud above Harry's head began to discharge electricity, striking down impressive lightning bolts around him.

"Boom! Bang!"

The not-so-large hall soon resounded with the booming of thunder and lightning, and the crashing of giant waves, and the surrounding young wizards were miserable.

A large number of fountains and lightning bolts directly landed at the feet and heads of the onlookers. Fortunately, the two in the duel were not strong enough, and the magic they used was not particularly powerful.

But even so, many people were either thrown away or covered in soot from the lightning strikes. Fortunately, Harry hadn't learned the Wild Lightning yet, otherwise someone would have been seriously injured.

So, the scene became chaotic after the two began to cast spells, and the young wizards were scurrying around, dodging the indiscriminate attacks in front of them.

Harry and Ron seemed to have just learned the new magic, and probably hadn't tried it before, so they didn't know that their magic had such a wide range.

When they realized that their spells seemed to be a little wrong, the situation was completely out of control, and even they couldn't stop it.

Because these two spells were too difficult, they couldn't control their magic at all, not to mention that they were both within the range of each other's spells.

Anyway, Harry had been lifted high by the giant wave, and Ron was charred by the lightning, and he was even dizzy.

"Professor Lockhart, stop them!" Hermione, who had barely dodged a lightning bolt and was almost hit by a fountain, shouted anxiously at Lockhart, the host of the dueling club.

But when she looked in Lockhart's direction, she found that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was crawling on the ground in terror, dodging the attacks, even worse than the lower-grade students!

"Professor Lockhart!" Hermione didn't expect him to behave so badly.

Before she could be shocked for long, Lockhart was lifted by a giant wave. When he landed, he was not only drenched, but also fainted directly. His physical fitness was not even as good as other young wizards.

At this point, Hermione was completely disappointed in Lockhart. He was just a complete fraud! A liar! She couldn't understand how he could write so many excellent works.

But now was not the time to think about these things. The most important thing was to undo these two spells. Their creators couldn't even control their own magic at this time.

Soon, Hermione found a savior. When she looked around, she saw Anduin and Snape leisurely standing by.

Hermione couldn't understand why they were so calm at this time. She just shouted, "Professor! Stop this, otherwise the hall will be flooded soon!"

"It seems like it's about time." Anduin shook his head with a smile, then stretched out his wand and casually pointed it towards the sky.

"Black Hole!"

With Anduin's voice, a small black ball the size of a baby's fist appeared out of thin air above the hall. This small ball was not only pitch black, but also gave people a bottomless feeling, as if Anduin had created a tunnel to another world here.

After the black hole appeared, it immediately erupted with a powerful suction force, and this suction force was also unusually intelligent. The wizards in the hall could feel the existence of the suction force, but they would not be affected.

Directly interfered by the suction force were the magical water currents and electric currents. They gathered into vortices in the air and were sucked into the black hole.

In a short while, the spells that had been troubling everyone were cleaned up, and the black hole disappeared like a bubble.

This scene was even more spectacular than the duel that had just erupted in the hall. At the same time, the wizards who were still dodging followed the traces of the spell and saw Anduin.

As soon as they saw Anduin, everyone felt relieved. They had been disturbed by the Chamber of Secrets, and they had been persuaded by Lockhart's nonsense to come to the dueling club.

"Professor, you're back!"

After confirming that there was no major problem on the scene, Hermione excitedly rushed towards Anduin and began to report non-stop as soon as she got close.

"Professor, something big has happened at Hogwarts. First, Filch's cat was petrified for no reason, then Hagrid's roosters were all killed, and spiders fled to the Forbidden Forest in droves."

"Even the first-year Colin was attacked the day before yesterday! An unknown threat has broken into the school. Everyone suspects that this is related to the Chamber of Secrets and the Heir of Slytherin!"

After recounting the recent strange events, Hermione looked at Anduin with anticipation, "Professor, everyone is waiting for you to come back and take charge of the overall situation. The students have been very nervous during this time."

"Wait for me to take charge of the overall situation?" Anduin frowned slightly when he heard this, "So you haven't thought about solving this matter with your own abilities?"

"Uh, this…" Except for Hermione, the other young wizards also stood up and leaned towards Anduin. Hearing his question at this time, they couldn't help but look at each other awkwardly.

"Professor, that's the Chamber of Secrets that has been passed down for thousands of years!" Hermione reminded solemnly, "There are unknown monsters inside. How can we solve it?"

"Is that so?" Anduin glanced at everyone indifferently, "When a mouse is hidden in the dark, it is also an unknown threat."

After speaking, Anduin stared at Hermione, "You are very familiar with my books. Now I will test you. Can you use the information displayed by the current monster to integrate intelligence and assess the other party's danger level?"

"Ah? Oh…" Hermione was stunned for a moment, and then murmured, "The main ability currently displayed by that unknown monster is petrification, and it has strong anti-reverse curse and dispelling curse characteristics."

"The target's current size is unknown, but it can move freely within Hogwarts, proving that the other party does not belong to a very large magical animal like a dragon."

"Only one person and one cat have been directly attacked so far, showing that it has not yet shown fatal harm. In summary, the target should belong to a magical animal between XXXX and XXXXX."

After a series of interpretations, Hermione realized that the so-called unknown monster didn't seem as scary as she thought.

"So, are so many of you afraid of a magical animal with at most XXXXX? If I were you, I would have found a way to find it and eliminate it!"

Anduin gave everyone a dissatisfied look, "Look, what have you been scared into? And you two…"

Anduin stared at Harry, who was drenched, and Ron, who was disheveled by the electricity, "How dare you use newly learned high-power spells in public places? You have to consider the safety of others if you don't consider yourself!"

"You two each lose 50 points!" Anduin scolded fiercely, "Also, don't let me see you using the spells exchanged from the Silver Flash Amulet outside the dungeon, especially don't use your classmates as targets."

"I know you are very powerful in the dungeon and perform very bravely, but you don't have so-called tactical clothing to protect you outside. If there are casualties, I will not be responsible for you. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Harry and Ron lowered their heads in shame. They were indeed a little carried away just now and didn't realize that they were outside the dungeon and used high-level spells so casually.

To be honest, when their spells went out of control, they were both very panicked. They were afraid that the surrounding students would be injured, and their sins would be great.

So, they were convinced by Anduin's punishment.

But they were convinced, but it didn't mean that others were convinced, especially Hermione, who was also a Gryffindor. When she heard that her academy had suddenly lost a hundred points, she was immediately furious.

"Professor! This matter cannot be completely blamed on Harry and Ron." Hermione argued eagerly, "If you want to blame, you have to blame Professor Lockhart. If he hadn't insisted on organizing this dueling club, it wouldn't have ended up like this."

"That guy is just a clown, he doesn't know anything!" Hermione scolded fiercely, "As the initiator of the dueling club, he has no control over the scene and was helpless like an underage wizard at the last moment. No, he is not as good as many freshmen!"

Hermione was obviously furious and dared to criticize a current professor in public.

At the same time, surprisingly, the other young wizards around agreed with Hermione's criticism. Obviously, after seeing Lockhart's inaction just now, they basically recognized his true colors.

Anduin and Snape smiled at each other when they heard this. It seemed that Dumbledore's strategy was quite useful. Letting the students learn to see through a person themselves was much more useful than their thousands of words.

At this moment, Lockhart, who had fainted before, staggered to his feet, ignoring the glares of others, and instead smiled at everyone smugly, "Haha, everyone's dueling skills are not bad. It seems that my dueling club is very successful!"

"Yes…" Anduin also smiled, "Thanks to Professor Lockhart for staying at Hogwarts to protect everyone's safety."

"Oh, it's nothing…" Lockhart thought Anduin was sincerely praising him, so he waved his hand pretentiously, "Don't worry, with me at the school, no evil will want to harm everyone."

"That's great." Anduin jumped to Lockhart's side with feigned joy and grabbed the other party's shoulder, "In that case, the monster in the Chamber of Secrets will be left to you to deal with. I believe that with you, it will definitely be easily solved."

"Um, ah?" Lockhart was patted by Anduin and responded instinctively, but when he heard what the other party said, he immediately woke up.

But before he could refuse, the door of the hall was suddenly slammed open.