After the first person left the field in regret, the second one who came up was obviously much more cautious.
“I won’t be careless this time.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his wand and held it in front of his chest.
Similarly, Bellatrix took a deep breath and raised her wand once more; this time, her gaze was even more resolute.
After Professor Flitwick called out the command “Start” once more.
This time, the boy took the lead in casting the “Tarantallegra” charm at Bellatrix, while Bellatrix used “Densaugeo” at the same time.
I have to admit that none of the people who dared to pick a fight were weak.
Among their peers in the first year, very few could match Bellatrix’s spell-casting speed.
Moreover, his speed looked to be slightly faster; however, judging by the felt power of the spell, his spell was much weaker than Bellatrix’s.
Seeing this, Bellatrix instinctively took a step to the side to dodge the boy’s spell, while the boy wasn’t as graceful—to prevent the spell from hitting him, he leaped to the side and rolled a few times on the grass.
It had to be said that their responses were already considered quite brilliant.
Although both spells missed, they simultaneously demonstrated good tactical literacy.
By the time the boy steadied his body, Bellatrix had already waved her wand once again.
Aiming at the boy’s eyes, she cast the first Charms learned in Professor Flitwick’s class, “Lumos”; however, she deliberately increased the amount of magic power used, causing a dazzling ball of light to light up at the tip of her wand.
Caught off guard, the boy was blinded by the ball of light and began dodging pointlessly.
Some people around were also stimulated by Bellatrix’s Charms to shed tears; only a few people instinctively squinted their eyes when Bellatrix cast the Charms, without much reaction.
After Bellatrix finished casting the ‘Flash Charm’ and saw that the boy had fallen for it, she let out a long sigh of relief.
Then she easily used “Densaugeo” against the boy to end the duel.
After everyone recovered their vision, the boy on the field was once again restricted in his movements by his buckteeth, and Bellatrix won once more.
This time, everyone could see that Bellatrix was indeed extremely proficient in the use of Charms and the control of timing.
After Professor Flitwick lifted the Charms on the boy once again, the boy slunk away, not daring to say another word.
Professor Flitwick walked up to Bellatrix instead, “Black The Handmaiden, did you think of the application of your ‘Lumos’ yourself? By increasing the amount of magic power used, you changed the intensity of the light.”
Bellatrix gracefully bowed to Professor Flitwick and then nodded proudly, “Yes, Professor, I discovered it when I was practicing after class. You mentioned in the first class before that the effect of the same Charms might be affected by intonation, rhythm, waving gestures, psychological state, and so on.”
“And I found that when I had the brightness capable of burning people’s eyes in my mind, while rushing the magic output to an extreme value all at once, this effect would appear…”
Bellatrix briefly recounted the origin of her Charms here.
She wasn’t worried at all about others learning it; after all, although she made it sound simple, there were many details to pay attention to in it.
And if others spent a lot of time researching this Charms, she would have already learned more powerful and effective Charms.
“Brilliant, truly an astonishing desire for exploration. I have to award Slytherin 5 points for her incredible creation.” Professor Flitwick was dancing around excitedly there.
The onlookers around were also whispering among themselves.
Originally, Bellatrix’s identity as a leader was an internal matter for Slytherin, but now it looked like she had the trend of becoming the leader of all first-year freshmen.
The remaining few people from Gryffindor who hadn’t taken the stage yet were now in a bit of a dilemma.
After all, speaking of hard strength, they were not stronger than the previous two people.
If they went on stage, they would probably meet the same fate.
At this moment, Professor Flitwick looked around and said pointedly, “Wizard duels can make use of various means, such as physical attributes; after all, back then, the founder Gryffindor himself held a wand in one hand and a sword in the other.”
Flitwick’s guidance made those Gryffindors suddenly see the light.
They were all boys, and their physical strength was stronger.
In other words, if they could get close, Bellatrix might lose her ability to resist, because chanting spells required time.
The boy who was about to go on stage next brightened up, and then thought of a strategy.
Flitwick’s guidance made the Slytherin students somewhat dissatisfied, “How can this be? In this way, Black The Handmaiden’s advantages will be lost a lot!”
Only Bellatrix didn’t care, or rather, she had thought of this possibility from the very beginning.
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Instead, relying on his speed advantage, he advanced in an S-shape to dodge the Charms used by Bellatrix, and then gradually closed in on Bellatrix.
Seeing that her Charms couldn’t hit him for a moment, Bellatrix didn’t get discouraged either.
Instead, she concentrated fully and waited for the best opportunity.
While the boy wasn’t paying attention, Bellatrix quietly waved her wand and muttered something under her breath.
Only Professor Flitwick and a few upper-year students noticed Bellatrix’s action, and then showed unbelievable gazes.
Then, when the boy was less than 3 meters away from Bellatrix, he suddenly tripped and fell, and Bellatrix took the opportunity to use “Densaugeo” once more to end the duel.
The boy looked at his feet in disbelief.
I don’t know when, but a stone had appeared under his foot, which just happened to twist his ankle and cause him to lose his balance.
While everyone was surprised at the boy’s sudden fall, Professor Flitwick clapped and expressed his praise for Bellatrix once again, “An impeccably timed Levitation Charm, with little movement and clever timing.”
Only then did everyone notice the stone that seemed to have appeared out of thin air under the boy’s feet.
Someone hesitated and spoke, “Professor, did Black The Handmaiden use non-verbal spellcasting? I only noticed her small-scale wand-waving gesture…”
Professor Flitwick also explained, “Not at all, Black The Handmaiden did chant the spell, but her voice was very low and the rhythm was very fast.”
Then he demonstrated Bellatrix’s previous method to everyone.
For the sake of teaching, the Professor even demonstrated the differences between muttering, whispering, and non-verbal spellcasting, and what he moved was not a small stone, but a very large rock.
It had to be said that Professor Flitwick’s strength was truly very strong, and the gap between Bellatrix and him was still quite large; just by simply observing, the Professor could see all the details clearly.
At the end of the teaching, Flitwick looked at Bellatrix with satisfaction, “Black The Handmaiden, I truly feel that you have grasped the essence of dueling. Is this your first time dueling?”
Bellatrix didn’t hesitate and nodded, “Yes.”
Flitwick exaggeratedly stated that when Bellatrix The Handmaiden graduated, if she was willing, he would recommend her to participate in the Wizard Duel Tournament.
This action caused even more gasps from the surrounding people; after all, this was the first time the Professor had said such words.
The subsequent Gryffindors also lost very quickly.
Thus, this Wizard duel instead made Bellatrix a star of Hogwarts for a time.