harry potter book of crimes

For Europeans, a duel is a very open and fair matter, and this is also true in the magical world. In addition to the wishes of both parties in the duel, an independent and authoritative witness is essential.

In addition, both parties who start the duel need to hire an assistant each to prevent the opponent from using tricks to ambush and other incidents.

However, the emergence of the assistant system has made the duel more complicated and tortuous. This is just because the assistants on both sides are mostly close friends of the duelist. In order to protect the duelist and show that he has never betrayed his trust, assistants often have conflicts with each other.

Quite a fierce fight.

Of course, this system does not have to be implemented. At this time, Maka didn't even want to bring a duel assistant into the arena - could it be that he wanted Luna to be his assistant? He would not be willing to do so.

The heir to the Tyful family seemed to have been prepared for it. Not long after Fleur and Luna arrived, he had already appeared in the restaurant with a group of people.

"I brought a witness - this is Professor Martin, who is the Charms teacher at Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He once won the runner-up in the All-France Wizards Duel Competition. You should feel honored that Professor Martin is here to witness the duel!"

Tefler still looked directly at Maka with his sinister eyes, speaking broken English, but he made his words clear.

Maka wiped her mouth, then stood up and gave a slight salute to Professor Martin.

Professor Martin looked very old, probably a few years older than Professor McGonagall, but his bright eyes and steady steps showed that the old man was still in good spirits.

Professor Martin also nodded in Maka's direction, and it really didn't seem like he meant to favor any particular party.

"This is my assistant, Benshamin Dubois..." Tefler pointed to the boy next to him, then squinted at Maka and said, "Where is your assistant? Are you ready?"

Maka shrugged and said: "I don't have an assistant... don't say any more, just pick a location! I'll be with you later... um..."

He said, glanced at Luna, and then continued: "Oh, I still want to accompany my companion to visit the castle!"

When Taylor saw his gaze change, he also looked towards Luna. But Maka was looking at Luna, but he was looking at Fleur next to Luna.

"Hmph! When you lie down at my feet, let me see if you still dare to say such things!" Tefler glared at Maka fiercely, then turned and walked towards the hall, "Just in the main hall.

duel!"

As I said before, an assistant is not necessary. Seeing that Maka didn't bring an assistant, Tefler naturally wouldn't go there alone with an assistant.

In fact, when the two of them faced each other in the center of the hall and stood some distance apart, Madame Maxime already knew about this.

That Taylor had actually graduated from Beauxbatons a long time ago and is no longer a student at the school. As for how he came to duel with Maka, it was naturally because Taylor had already deeply understood it when he was in school.

Attracted to hibiscus.

After he got the news from Dubois last night, he rushed to his alma mater early in the morning, intending to drive away Maka, the "boy" who dared to approach the woman he loved.

Now was the best moment for him to "defeat the pretty boy and capture the heart of the goddess", so there was a faint excitement in Tai Fowler's heart.

It's just that he was born into a large pure-blood family and received various aristocratic etiquette educations since he was a child. On the surface, he still has the cold and fierce expression of a vulture.

However, Maka doesn't care what his identity is! He only knows that judging from this guy's magic power fluctuations, he is simply inferior to Tonks.

"Professor Martin, please start!" Maka turned her head and nodded towards the old professor standing next to her.

Old Martin nodded slightly, then glanced at Taylor on the other side, and seeing that he also nodded, he raised his head and said loudly: "The dueling parties come forward and tell each other their names!"

Maka and Tyfuler stepped forward and stood two steps apart, facing each other.

"Ode Tefler."

"Maka McClain."

Seeing that both parties had approved their names, Old Martin then announced: "Due to a sudden dispute between the two parties, in order to seek a fair solution, I, Godefroy Martin, accept the responsibility of supervising and witnessing and start a public duel. If one party loses combat effectiveness, the duel will end, and the other party shall not

Additional damage!"

"... Reveal the wand and perform the duel ceremony!"

As soon as Old Martin finished speaking, Maca and Taylor both took out their wands, held them firmly in front of their chests, and then drew them to their sides like swords.

Immediately afterwards, the two parties bowed slightly, then turned their backs to each other, and each walked five steps in the opposite direction.

When they turned to face each other again, raised their wands and entered the preparation posture, Old Martin's voice rang out at the right time.

"one two three!"

"Armor protection!"

"Clear water like a spring!"

Maka didn't use a silent spell this time, but... this was even more puzzling than using a silent spell!

To be honest, Tai Fowler's dueling skills are quite good. The dueling tactic of first-order defense is also a basic tactic with a long history. It is simple and effective. It is also a very common choice in dueling competitions.

But what kind of tactic is Maka? Or is he thirsty?

I saw crystal spring water pouring out from the front end of his simple and somewhat rustic wand, and soon it was dripping all over the ground.

Taylor was also stunned for a while, but he did not stop because of this.

I saw the wand in his hand wave again, and a beam of fire went straight towards Maka. What he issued turned out to be a silent spell!

At this moment, everyone's eyes followed the fire. They saw that Maka remained unmoved, and even the spring water at the tip of the staff did not stop flowing. It was really unpredictable.

But when the fire was less than three steps away from him, a jaw-dropping scene happened!

But he saw Maka's wand wave lightly, and the water under his feet suddenly surged up quickly, turning into a big hand to hold his waist, and then grabbed him and moved him a few feet to the side! The other party's silent disarming spell was just like that.

He escaped in an incredible way.

However, this is just the beginning!

I saw that the big hand formed by the water flow put Maka aside, then stretched upward to form an arm. Then, it propped up the marble floor, and a round, translucent upper body was lifted out of the water on the ground.

"Teared" it out.

And along with it, there was its other hand.

"...Uh, do you have any legs?" Maka didn't look at Taylor at all. He just tilted his head and thought about it, then shook his head again, "Really, why do you need legs!"

After that, he stretched out his wand and pointed towards the opposite side, and the blue human-shaped water rushed towards Tefler. Not to mention, the speed was no slower than a human running!

"The clear water is like a spring."

Maka stood back calmly and continued to play with spraying water.

Maka was taking her time, but Ty Fowler was completely confused - what is this? A humanoid monster formed by water flow? Transfiguration? Or some lost spell?

How to deal with it? What spell should be used?

There was no time to think about it, or in other words, Maka didn't leave him much time to think about it. The water man formed very quickly and ran even faster. In just two breaths, he was already very close.

.

"Split into pieces!"

Under Tyfuler's splitting spell, the waterman was immediately cut into several parts. The divisible spell was just a spell with immediate effect, and the waterman returned to his original state in the blink of an eye.

But no matter what, it's always good to slow down for a while. Under the crisis in front of him, Taylor's mind moved a lot faster, and he thought of a magic spell in an instant.

"Cold as ice!"

It is indeed a good idea to use the freezing spell. When dealing with various small creatures, it can slow down or even stop their movements.

But if the freezing spell is used to deal with flowing water, this freezing power will be exerted to its extreme, turning the flowing water into ice cubes.

At this moment, a blue light flashed across the tip of Tai Fowler's wand, and then the water man transformed by Maka immediately started to move slowly, and soon froze into an ice sculpture.

The freezing process is actually not fast, because the freezing spell is not very strong and its effect is actually limited. But what is puzzling is that Maka has no intention of using any magic spell to fight back.

No, he is still using the magic spell, and he has been using it - he has been spraying water from the beginning! At this time, the marble floor of the hall is almost covered with clear and transparent spring water, and it is even spraying outside the hall

Go away.

"……Thanks."

In the midst of Makana's unexpected and inexplicable thank you, Taifler was horrified to find that the "ice sculpture" he had frozen suddenly pushed up against the ground, and the flowing water actually formed a pair of thick legs!

"Cold as ice."

Maka cheerfully added a freezing spell, and then everyone felt a slight tremor from the ground - the "ice sculpture" actually started running on its own!

"Shattered to pieces!"

Tai Fowler almost screamed and shouted out the incantation, and the next moment, a burst of ice crystal debris splashed from the ice giant's chest.

Tyfuler immediately beamed with joy and issued two more crushing spells, but Maka calmly waved the wand, and the water climbed up the giant's legs and chest, repairing the gaps and cracks in the blink of an eye.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

There was another loud sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. The ice giant took a few steps, raised his hands high, and was about to smash it down!

Tefler hurriedly rolled on the ground, crawled, and hid aside in embarrassment, but did not hear the ice giant's heavy punch for a long time.

He turned around with a horrified look on his face, only to see the giant holding his hands high and stopping there.

Tefler glanced at Maka and saw that she didn't bother to pay attention to him at all. At this moment, he was staring at the ice giant he had transformed into in a daze, and a strong sense of shame and resentment flashed in his eyes.

The tip of his wand was already quietly pointed at Maka.