The Magical Principles of Natural Philosophy at Hogwarts

A duel and a real battle are obviously not a concept.

Because duels are limited by venues and rules.

In the so-called "Peak of Duel" in Ilvermorny, considering the audience outside the arena, it is not suitable to use destructive or relatively loud magic in the first place.

Secondly, under the circumstances of being watched by so many pairs of eyes, some abilities that are not suitable for disclosure are naturally not suitable for use.

The limitations of the venue can also make wizards who prefer flexibility feel constrained.

Last but not least, here is Ilvermorny, where teleportation magic is restricted except in specific areas, which means that you cannot use short-distance rapid Apparition, the so-called "flash" to dodge.

This makes some wizards completely unable to show their true combat effectiveness in duels, and even suffer huge restrictions.

So we can only say "good at duels", not directly strong.

It's like the phenomenon in ordinary society that the champion of a certain fighting sport is knocked down by ordinary people in daily conflicts.

From the current point of view, Ogg seems to have suffered a lot. His mallet wand cannot gain an advantage in a duel.

It’s not impossible to make a certain guess. Making the wand bigger and thicker can of course be filled with more magic-guiding materials, that is, unicorn hair and phoenix feathers. At the same time, the mallet-style wand itself can also serve as a close-quarters combat weapon. , but this will sacrifice precision performance, and it is bound to be far inferior to baton-style wands in terms of aiming and locking. This is a big disadvantage when using ray magic.

Ogg's injury has almost healed at this time, and the effect of the big sister Angela's healing spell is amazing.

"It seems that this Karliuth is still somewhat measured." Erwin said.

Only causing damage that can be easily healed is indeed "proper" in a wizard duel.

Virginio snorted coldly, with dissatisfaction and disdain written all over his face, it seems that this Latin American spirit boy also suffered a loss.

"What special ability does Karlius have?" Erwin asked curiously.

Virginio pouted at the arena, "Look for yourself."

At this time, the situation in the duel field can be described as "interesting". At this time, Viktor's figure was no longer visible. He must have used the illusion spell to hide himself. A mass of water appeared, and then quickly condensed into a crude human shape, rushing towards Karlius in the center.

This should be regarded as a simple magic for summoning elemental puppets. In terms of classification, it is slightly more advanced than ray magic.

There was a three-point smile on Karliuth's handsome face, and he held his wand horizontally in a rather chic posture. Flames spewed out from his wand. This was not a simple incendiary spell, because the flames formed a 120-degree angle with a radius of ten The fan shape of Yumi.

Those crude icemen melted immediately when they touched the edge of the flames. Karlius slowly turned his arms to make the flames spray more evenly. He looked relaxed and strolled in the courtyard, like the spokesperson of the flames.

Erwin felt that it should be accompanied by screaming cheerleaders in the stands at this time, but it was a pity that one-third of the stands were filled with male students, and it really was a "fraternity" in the true sense.

There wouldn't be another "sorority" in Ilvermorny, sure enough for America, Erwin thought.

Of course, the voice of the male audience was loud enough, but it was not pleasing to the eye. At this time, many people were already calling Viktor Krum, who did not show up, a coward.

Erwin was also quite curious about why Krum adopted this tactic, because in terms of the cost-effectiveness of converting magic power into combat power, the efficiency of maintaining the humidity environment first and then summoning the little iceman is very low.

And since it is to create liquid water and then freeze it into a solid body, why choose the crude ice puppet model?Isn't it good to condense directly into ice cone spikes?Could it be that considering that it is not a life-and-death struggle, so there is no need for aggressive means?

Or there is a backhand.

Sure enough, Krum appeared behind Karlius.

Karlius sensed it immediately, but Krum's spell ray had already shot straight into his back.

Erwin narrowed his eyes slightly, Krum's characteristic seemed to be fast.

Response is fast, spells are fast, and spells are fast.

No wonder he is a world-class Seeker at such a young age.

A short light curtain appeared on Karlius who was hit and then shattered. Of course, he used the armor curse on himself earlier, but the general armor protection is naturally incomparable with Erwin's resident armor curse. It is said that it can only offset one or two magic blows.

But at least it allowed Karlius to turn around.

He raised his wand to fight back immediately, and at the same time, a translucent light blue light appeared in his left hand, which looked like a small ethereal shield.

And this amount of time was actually enough for Krum to use the second magic.

But the target is not Karlius, but his feet.

A not particularly strong explosion was produced, but it was enough to knock Karlius into the air.Krum is obviously using this as a controlling initiation ability to link up with real strikes.

But Erwin could see that his calculations had failed.

Karlius, who was in mid-air, did not lose control of his body. Facing Krum's fast and precise connection with the third spell, he still maintained a three-point smile and put his left hand across his chest.

Krum's magic submerged into the phantom of the light blue shield, and within half a second it was like a mud cow entering the sea without any response, but then the phantom suddenly became brighter, and then shot out a bright beam of light.

At the same time, Karlius' spell was ready and fired, and the two beams shot towards Krum almost simultaneously.

Krum's reaction was quick. He had developed an excellent ability to dodge Bludgers on the Quidditch pitch, but the speed of the magic beam was obviously not comparable to that of Bludgers. The posture was dodged quickly, but a beam of light still grazed his robe, and there was a scorched black mark on the iconic fur robe of Durmstrang, exuding an unpleasant smell.

"That's..." Erwin was surprised.

"Return it." The eldest sister Angela said calmly: "Absorbing the opponent's spell and returning it to the opponent is a very advanced ability. As far as I know, few wizards can master it. It requires sufficient research on magic spells and Actual combat experience, because you must judge the spell used by the opponent before you can return it."

She paused, "Even though Carlius Augustus may have borrowed the power of some kind of magic item, he may still be the youngest wizard who can return it."

She is actually the oldest of them all, and naturally the most knowledgeable.

"No matter what, it can't change the fact that that guy has a despicable personality." Virginio was still angry.

A duel is a one-on-one duel with a limited range of venues, and there are only a few useful duel spells. Karlius, who has the ability to return, is close to invincible in most cases.

No wonder it says "very good at dueling".

Sure enough, geniuses are everywhere, but they are different. There is no necessary relationship between personality and talent.

In the arena, Krum's already gloomy face became even more gloomy, "I admit defeat." He said bluntly.

Immediately, cheers erupted from the stands, mixed with some abuse of "counsel" and "this son of a bitch".

Carlius raised his hands high, enjoying the cheers like a king.

Erwin turned his gaze and found that the rogue-headed Jimmy Valentine who brought him was smiling maliciously at him.

That's right, it will be Erwin's turn next.

Erwin thought about it for a while, but if he just returned it, it would not be very difficult for him to deal with, because as long as he did not use ray magic attacks, the return would not be triggered.

No wonder he didn't dare to let Lyudmila come over, Bong still wouldn't have any effect on the kind of fatal explosion that directly acts on the body from the inside out.

Since it is inevitable to fight with him, the question comes to the next item, should we win?

If you hide your clumsiness and admit defeat, you won't gain anything. Playing like a pig and eating a tiger depends on the occasion. Professor Suuene's project that starts tomorrow will require resources to be allocated. If you don't fight for it, you will obviously lose money.

And if you win the battle, the most direct benefit is the position of project assistant, and you should be able to gain the favor of other exchange students.

The question for the next stage is how to fight.

The core principle should be to try not to expose too much of your strength.

He quickly had an idea.

"Hey, Riddle, do me a favor." Erwin awakened the remnant soul in the diary.

"What's the matter?" Riddle, whose audio-visual perception was unlocked, asked in confusion.

"Give that guy some fun." Erwin gestured to Karlius who was on the stage.

"Curse?" Riddle understood, "What type of curse?"

The reason why a curse is a curse is naturally because it has the characteristics of strong concealment and difficult to be detected.

"Curse recklessly." The corner of Erwin's mouth raised a slight arc.

Compared with pain and fear, this is the least detectable emotional curse.

But the effect will not be too bad. A wizard who loses his sanity and calmness will inevitably have a great impact on his performance in battle.

Riddle had taught him some curses, all about souls and emotions, and in some cases more useful than regular magic.

It was Erwin who tamed Angria's classic car with the curse of pain.

However, his mastery of the curse was still far inferior to that of Riddle. With such a long distance, if Karlius and the referee staff were not aware of it, Riddle's help was necessary.

"Understood." Riddle's voice was playful, "But are you ordering me? Want me to provide free help?"

"Just say what you want." Erwin didn't talk nonsense.

"I hope that when you participate in the research on the subject starting tomorrow, you will not frequently close my perception."

Erwin was a little surprised, he thought Riddle would ask him to provide some magic power for him to recover. "Yes." He said directly.

He had no intention of keeping Riddle from knowing the content of Suuene's research.