Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

"Yes, yes our Gryffindor Neville Longbottom swordsman, struck the Slytherin Serpent."

The Slytherin students below angrily retorted: "He can't hurt the Slytherin Dragon Ball Snake!"

George said reluctantly:

"Yes, after all, this snake was created by Professor Holmes. How could it be defeated so easily?"

Fred said with regret:

"This is a powerful snake, with sturdy scales and great strength. Under the swordsman's attack, it reacted quickly and swung its tail at the swordsman fiercely."

"Beautiful, flexible movement."

"Neville did a great job. He's worthy of Gryffindor Headmistress McGonagall's specialty, the Snake Speed ​​Sliding Charm. He's indeed slithering faster than a snake."

The swordsman landed like lightning, then charged at the giant python again. Every swing of his sword carried a fierce momentum, every inch of it imprinted with his indomitable will.

Hearing this, Neville suddenly paused, wanting to tell the two people in the sky to stop talking. In this pause, Neville narrowly avoided it.

"The swordsman nimbly jumped over the tail attack and launched another attack. He kept changing the angle and strength of his attack, trying to find an opportunity to inflict fatal damage to the giant snake."

"In this battle, both sides displayed great strength and skill. From the swordsmen striking with swiftness and precision to the giant snakes demonstrating astonishing strength and reflexes with their bodies."

Various shouts rang out from the surrounding students, and the Slytherin students were even more proud.

Neville quickly distanced himself from the giant snake, holding the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands, staring closely at the area around the giant snake's head.

A smile crossed his lips, no matter how wonderful George and Fred's explanation was, or how the students around him cheered.

But they still didn't understand swordsmanship, so no one noticed the swords being swung or thrusted in the chaos of the battle.

He was not testing anyone from the beginning to the end, his target was always near the giant snake's head.

Professor Holmes once said that when facing an enemy stronger than you, if the opponent has no weaknesses, you must learn to create them.

The snake's scales were too thick, so he could only cut at the weak points he needed bit by bit.

He took a deep breath, blocked out all the sounds around him, then activated the Snake Speed ​​Skating again and swung his sword towards that position again...

"Oh!"

The giant snake suddenly turned into a ball of white mist, then quickly gathered into a huge fist and punched directly in front of it.

Neville used all his strength to swing the sword for the last time. When he felt he had chopped off the giant snake's head, he sat down on the ground exhausted and barely avoided the fist that turned from the white mist.

However, the moment the fist hit his head, he was startled and felt that his scalp was about to be cut off by the force.

Fortunately, the white mist's fist disappeared immediately after it was swung out, and fell to the ground in its original form as a dragon ball.

There was a sudden silence all around.

"Is this a win?"

"Is it time for the summoned snake? I remember that Professor Holmes's things have a time limit."

“It doesn’t look like it!”

"Professor Holmes is truly cunning, and he even has a back-up plan!"

"Ahem, the professor is incredibly smart!"

It was Draco who reacted first. He quickly drew out his wand and cast a spell at Neville.

Seeing Draco's actions, Neville quickly rolled on the ground to avoid the spell.

After Draco cast the spell, he did not continue to attack. Instead, he quickly ran over to pick up the dragon ball. He looked at the dragon ball with a distressed look on his face. He was relieved when he saw that there was no damage.

"mean!"

"Shameless Slytherin!"

"The duel isn't over!"

"It's Gryffindor who's fallen!"

"Neville, hit him with your sword!"

"Kill him!"

Outside the field, Harry still drew out his wand, but was stopped in time by the students around him.

After all, it was Draco who duelled with Neville, and although Neville defeated the magic item, Draco was still there.

If Draco hadn't been so complacent and hadn't coordinated with the giant snake from the start, Neville wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long. Unfortunately, perhaps these junior students didn't have a strong fighting spirit, and most of them hadn't considered this.

Only the senior students in the sky, especially Wood, who had been trained in magic duels by Douglas, kept sighing, thinking that it was no wonder that the professor looked down on the current students because they did not understand what real combat was.

In the field, Neville finally put away his sword quickly. He remembered the first words Douglas said when he taught him swordsmanship: I don't want you to point your sword at your classmates in Hogwarts.

He drew his wand and quickly stood across from Draco.

Draco also realized at this time that he was a wizard, so why did he just stand there stupidly watching the show?

They quickly waved their wands, releasing spells that flashed with different colors of light.

At this time, George and Fred in the sky once again played the role of commentator.

"In a large field, the wizards of Gryffindor and the little... wizards of Slytherin stood facing each other."

"They were dressed in gorgeous black robes... well, not gorgeous."

"They held wands and had serious faces."

"George, I think the Slytherin brat is more angry."

"Look, Neville actually launched the first attack... a nice tripping spell."

"As expected of a Gryffindor swordsman, it's a shame he was dodged."

"Oh, what a terrible Exploding Curse, what a lack of public spirit that Slytherin brat has."

"Wood, you have to ask them to stay and clean up the place later."

"This is pyromancy I learned from Professor Lupin."

"Oh my god, Professor Lupin actually taught this spell to a Slytherin."

"Tripping Curse, what a pity..."

"Our swordsman has fallen."

"Even though he lost the magic, he's a good Gryffindor."

"Because Gryffindor's sword only works against Muggles."

Chapter 283 Gale Sword Society

That evening, both colleges held lively celebrations.

Gryffindor and Hufflepuff respectively.

Gryffindor celebrated Neville defeating Slytherin's snake with his swordsmanship. Although he lost the final victory, this was Neville Longbottom.

And the giant snake of Slytherin was defeated with the sword that symbolized Gryffindor, which sounded exciting to all Gryffindors.

For the first time, Neville was surrounded by a group of people in the middle of the Gryffindor common room. Surrounded by everyone, he performed over and over again how he defeated the Slytherin snake.

The senior even thoughtfully used Transfiguration to create a snake for him, allowing him to give full play to his creativity.

Harry, his two companions and Ginny sat in the corner, and Harry told them what he had seen.

Ron looked at Hermione with regret:

"If you hadn't dragged me to the library, I would never have missed such a wonderful scene. I really want to see the expression on Malfoy's face."

Hermione sighed and said, "It's a pity that guy won in the end."

Harry shook his head and said, "Neville has done very well. Later, Wood and we analyzed that if Malfoy had coordinated with the giant snake to attack Neville at the same time from the beginning, perhaps Neville would have been defeated faster."

Ron complained softly:

"I really don't know why the professor would give the magic props to a Slytherin. If he gave it to Neville, the result would definitely be different."

Hermione looked around in confusion and asked, "Why don't I see Percy and the other seniors who are going to participate in the level today?"

Ginny said while eating dessert:

"They all came back a long time ago, but they didn't seem very happy. I guess it was because the level was too difficult, or because the professors scolded them. Anyway, as soon as they came back, they locked themselves in their dorms, saying they had to write some report..."

I asked him about the levels, and Percy said that the levels would change at any time, and the levels they were going through would probably be different from those we were going through in the lower grades."

Harry frowned and said:

"If Percy finds it difficult, then wouldn't it be even harder for us to pass? I heard that's the standard for future graduation."

Hermione sighed and said:

"I'm not worried about the difficulty of the original level. I'm just worried that this level will be like the practical class classroom, and will be modified beyond recognition by those seniors."

Ron wasn't particularly interested in this, after all, he was the only one of the four who didn't qualify. Besides, in his grade, there was Hermione, a strong theoretical expert, and Harry, a master of practice.

And why is the other bustling house not Slytherin but Hufflepuff?

Ever since the little Hufflepuffs saw the giant snake during the day, they have been a little greedy.

So several young wizards quietly slipped to the edge of the Forbidden Forest. They had heard from senior students that a new batch of food materials had appeared on the edge of the Forbidden Forest last semester... snakes.

Originally, we just wanted to find a few to satisfy our craving, but we didn't expect that hibernating snakes would be so easy to find during this season. In the end, the Hufflepuff common room could only reluctantly hold a full snake feast.

The atmosphere in Slytherin was not so friendly. Although Neville was defeated in the end, it was nothing for Draco to be proud of.

However, because the snake he used was defeated, the senior students took the opportunity to secretly take him away and "train" him properly, which was a disgrace to Slytherin.

This matter eventually reached the ears of the professors.

Although they were not caught on the spot, Professor McGonagall still believed that their private duel had a bad influence on the school spirit and atmosphere of Hogwarts.

Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy were deducted 30 points from their respective houses.

At the same time, the two of them were arranged to go to the Hogwarts ranch after class for two consecutive weeks to help Hagrid clean up the feces of various magical animals.

Then it is sent to the greenhouse to help Professor Sprout make the feces into various fertilizers.

Neville seemed very happy about this. Making fertilizer from the feces of magical animals was very important for growing magical plants. After all, the fertilizer ratio required for each magical plant was different.

But Draco was very unhappy, not just because of the punishment of picking up manure.

After Douglas knew the results of the two matches, he asked them to write a post-match statement of at least two feet in length, summarizing why they failed.

Draco felt very aggrieved. Why did everyone think he had failed when he had clearly won?

Professor Snape brought up this matter more than once in Potions class.

"Spells are your own strength, potions can enhance your strength."

"Magic prop? It's just a toy, a magic toy that a Muggle can defeat with a kitchen knife..."

"Mr. Malfoy, potions are not something you can learn by just throwing a magic item..."

"Mr. Longbottom, do you need special permission to use that stupid big sword to cut ginger root?"

However, in the days that followed, Neville became more confident in practicing swordsmanship, and this also attracted some Gryffindor students to follow his lead and learn swordsmanship.

Of course, not everyone has the opportunity to learn swordsmanship from Douglas, so after Neville got Douglas's consent, he established his own club at Hogwarts - the Windswept Swords Club.

In addition to learning swordsmanship from Douglas, President Neville also teaches swordsmanship to students who are interested in swordsmanship.

Hermione also designed a badge for their Windrush Sword Club, which showed a little man chopping off a snake's head, repeatedly chopping it off with the help of magic.

"The Gale Sword Society, with swords pointing to the sky, will defeat all challenges!"

"Sword dance swift wind, Swift Wind Sword Club, show your personality!"

"Aiming at the way of the sword, the Gale Sword Club will forge your body and mind!"

"Set sail for the Gale Sword Society, and make your swordsmanship unstoppable!"

"With the sword in hand, the world is mine. The Gale Sword Society will teach you the way of swordsmanship!"

Chapter 284 Proposal to Visit the Heroes Monument

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the Easter holiday is approaching.

The students of Hogwarts were immersed in the atmosphere of the campus, but time moved forward relentlessly.