Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 147 Witch vs. Witch

Following the referee's command, Penelope and Hermione on the stage started moving.

Different from the other students on the arena who put on armor to protect themselves first in the duel, these two girls were extremely tough and started with offensive spells.

But Penelope's casting speed was obviously much faster than Hermione's. Hermione had only released half of the Disintegration Spell when Penelope's Disarming Spell turned into a red light and attacked.

Knowing she couldn't resist, Hermione had to interrupt the spell and rolled over to avoid the Disarming Curse.

The floor of the duel competition arena is made of soft sand to minimize the damage to the young wizards when they fall. At the same time, there is a special senior student serving as a referee next to each arena, and this senior student is also responsible for protecting the safety of the students on the stage.

After all, the times have changed, and students' parents are very scary creatures. If the young wizards are injured on a large scale in the competition, the duel competition will have no choice but to be closed.

However, the sandy ground is safe, but if you fall on it, you will inevitably get a lot of sand on you.

This is the case with Hermione at the moment. After she rolled over to avoid Penelope's attack, her robe was covered with mud, making her look extremely embarrassed.

Some of the audience members laughed at this. Although Hermione's face turned red, she knew that she was in a competition. She resisted the urge to release a cleansing spell on herself and released an armor shield instead.

Although this action temporarily helped her resist the subsequent spells shot by Penelope, it also caused her to fall into a slow death.

Although Hermione was also gifted and had learned armor protection in the second grade, it was obvious that she had only learned it not long ago. Not only was the release speed slow, but the strength of the shield was also not high. Often, two spells from Penelope could cause the surface of the shield to crack.

In desperation, Hermione could only continuously release the armor protection to reset the shield, while at the same time she had to keep running in order to avoid some attacks. She had no chance to fight back at all.

Compared with Hermione who was jumping up and down in a panic, Penelope could be described as strolling in the garden at this moment. The two of them, one attacking and the other defending, were in a stalemate.

Mike in the audience nodded slightly. He could see that Hermione and Penelope's abilities were above the average level of their grade. For wizards of Muggle descent, it was not easy to achieve this.

There is no need to say much about Penelope's strength. It is natural that her strength has skyrocketed after Mike specially made a training plan for her. Even though Hermione was beaten to the point where she had almost no ability to fight back, it was actually very impressive that she could do this.

You have to know that Penelope is three years older than Hermione. Not only does she have much more magical power, she also masters many spells that Hermione doesn't know.

With all these advantages combined, this duel was actually no suspense at all.

Just as Mike was watching the duel on the stage intently, a familiar voice came to his ears.

"Dude! It's a shame you didn't come to see my game!"

Mike turned his head and saw Franklin with his hands on his hips, looking very proud. Beside him were two people, Harry and Ron.

Ron was obviously in much better condition now. His long front teeth had shrunk a lot, but they had not completely disappeared. Mike knew at a glance that this was probably the work of the senior students who served as temporary medical team members in the middle of the field. If it was Madam Pomfrey who did it herself, Ron should have returned to normal by now. But at least Ron could close his mouth now, and he would not continue to drool like before.

"What's wrong? Did you lose again?" Mike joked to Franklin and the others, "And Harry, is your game over too?"

"Of course I won. What I meant was that it was a pity that you didn't see me on the stage!" Franklin explained hastily, "Harry also won. His stage was right next to mine."

When Harry heard Mike asking him, he wanted to answer, but seeing that Franklin had already said it first, he stopped talking. He gave Mike an awkward but polite smile and continued to stare at the ring nervously. He was very worried about Hermione on the stage, because Hermione looked so embarrassed at this moment.

Mike followed his gaze and saw that the two women on the stage would probably fight for a while, so he asked, "Harry, how was your last visit with Dumbledore to the families of those sacrificed seniors?"

"It went quite smoothly. Those uncles and aunts were actually quite nice. They all forgave me." Harry answered Mike's question with a wry smile, while his eyes kept drifting towards the ring.

"He's lying!" Ron, who was standing by, was extremely excited. He jumped out and said incoherently, "Those old guys are simply vampires! They asked for 1000 gold galleons from each family!"

"Shut up, Ron! Those are human lives!" Harry retorted, "They have lost their son forever, and that can't be replaced by gold Galleons!"

"Forget it, just think of it as spending money to buy peace of mind." Mike also understood the truth of the matter from the quarrel between the two, and couldn't help but persuade, "At least Harry, after spending this money, you won't be unable to sleep because of guilt, right?"

Harry saw that Mike approved of his behavior and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

Ron was very angry. In his opinion, Harry had wasted his money. Hogwarts had already given compensation to the parents of those students, but Harry still went out of his way to give them the money.

I saw his mouth opening and closing as if he had a lot to say but couldn't. Perhaps because he was too excited, a sticky saliva slid from the corner of his mouth again.

Ron realized that he had lost his composure again and quickly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, covered his mouth and ran away. Mike looked at the direction he was heading and guessed that he should be going to Madam Pomfrey's infirmary.

Seeing this, Harry wanted to chase after her, but he heard the referee announcing that Penelope was the winner.

When I looked over at the sound, I saw Hermione still running and frozen there without moving. It was obvious that she was petrified.

After the referee announced her victory, Penelope removed the petrification spell for Hermione with a victorious smile on her face, and used a clean-up spell to help Hermione tidy up her muddy robe.

Harry was about to go over to comfort Hermione, but he saw Hermione covering her face and running away as soon as she returned to normal.

Looking at Hermione and Ron running in different directions, Harry grabbed his hair in distress, not knowing who to chase.

After some mental struggle, Harry still chased in Ron's direction.

(End of this chapter)