great-warnovel Chapter 108 The Great Bow Reappears
Chapter 108 The Great Bow Reappears
Chapter 108 The Great Bow Reappears
Hermione looked up toward the castle, and at the top of the tower, it seemed as if a mischievous gaze was winking at her.
"That old man, he really loves to stir up trouble."
She turned to Lockhart and shrugged. "Professor, now you can really stretch your legs."
Lockhart chuckled, equally annoyed: "Yeah, yeah, Dumbledore would love to see me make a fool of myself by you."
"But since you've called for help first, I'll have to find someone to help me too." He pointed to the Golden Snitch ghost flitting around Hermione.
Hermione naturally wouldn't refuse. She stood there, watching Lockhart wave his cloak and, as if by magic, conjure a tall, winged hippopotamus from under the cloak, just like a Spanish bullfighter from the book.
"What amazing magic! Was a Stretch-Without-Trace Charm cast under the cloak?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Oh, I don't think I'll carry it to class every day." Lockhart teased, patted the hippogriff's back, and climbed on.
"Don't say I won unfairly. Next, you'll be facing an air cavalryman. You can borrow a broom from Lady Hodge."
Hermione smiled in response. Perhaps only a few wizards in this world can master flight magic, and even if they do, they rarely use it in actual combat. But she is different. In the past year, she has practiced gravity magic diligently. Even though it is still a bit difficult for her to fly and fight at will, it is very easy to restrict the flight of her enemies.
She pointed her staff, and an invisible gravity spell was cast: "Then let me see how high you can fly, Professor."
Lockhart sensed something was wrong. He spurred his horse, and the griffin spread its wings and leaped into the air.
But its body seemed to have suddenly become several hundred pounds heavier. Even if it tried to flap its wings and lift off the ground, it could only maintain a height of less than three meters at most, and it even had to consume a lot of energy to maintain flight.
"What kind of magic is this? A reverse spell of the Levitation Charm?" Lockhart was very curious and quickly cast a Levitation Charm on the Hippogriff.
This improved the situation somewhat, but it could only maintain that altitude, and speed and agility were greatly reduced.
"The second round is about to begin, Professor." Hermione wasn't entirely unaffected; maintaining gravity magic throughout still required a significant amount of her energy.
"The misty fog." Inside the dueling arena, a layer of nitrogen and argon fog suddenly rose from the ground, like white clouds falling on the earth. The two-meter-thick fog completely obscured Hermione's whereabouts, while Lockhart, suspended in the air, was as if he were above the clouds and could not see what was happening below.
"Oh no!" the students shouted from outside. "Now we can't see anything at all!"
Professor Flitwick continued his explanation: "Using the Cloud Charm to obscure your vision is a fairly traditional but effective strategy. It's also a way to deal with aerial attacks in open areas. Of course, besides the Cloud Charm, you can also use the Disillusionment Charm or the Transfiguration Charm to conceal yourselves."
"Hurricane Lift." The defense professor immediately countered, riding his winged hippogriff and circling in the air above the field. He waved his short staff, adding a new spell to the hippogriff's wings. With each flap of its wings, a powerful gust of wind howled out, not only helping him to accelerate, but also blowing the clouds gathered below rapidly upwards.
But Hermione wasn't below. She had already cast a levitation spell on herself and become invisible, rising into the sky along with the thick fog as the strong wind blew.
"Ah, quite ingenious magic! This invisibility effect is far superior to the Disillusionment Charm, and even better than the Invisibility Cloak!" Flitwick also searched around for Hermione's whereabouts, but none of the people present had Moody's Magic Eye, so they naturally couldn't detect her.
A flash of blue light suddenly appeared from below, and the scoring once again served to disrupt the enemy.
Lockhart rode his Hippogriff and used a spell to deflect the Golden Snitch ghost with his staff, but the next second, Hermione descended from the sky.
"Exploding rock!"
Just like when dealing with the little fairy Dobby, the sharp magic cones that fell from the sky contained the power to shatter the earth.
With a loud "clang!", the tip of the magic struck the translucent barrier.
Whether it was from consuming too much magic or from the changing light and shadows of the intense battle, Lockhart looked up and saw the figures of two other little girls behind the radiant Hermione. They were laughing and talking to him, but they disappeared in an instant.
Lockhart, caught off guard, couldn't dodge in time and could only continue to use the Ironclad Charm to withstand the attack. However, he and his horse were both pressed to the ground, and cracks quickly appeared on the Ironclad Charm. The semi-transparent barrier vibrated violently at the point of contact with the bottom of the staff.
"Blazing Flames!" Before being slammed to the ground, Lockhart raised his wand, and fierce flames shot upwards. Hermione stepped on the light barrier of the Armor Charm and flipped away, launching several Radiant Stone Shards in mid-air, which, together with the score, completely destroyed the crumbling Armor Charm.
The Hippogriff, carrying Lockhart, tried to take off again, but the score relentlessly pursued him, like a elusive bolt of lightning, striking him at high speed from all angles.
Lockhart released a flock of birds to hinder the scoring, and as he turned to look for Hermione, he suddenly noticed a bright blue light shining at the edge of the dueling arena below.
It was Hermione. The moment she landed, she quickly created distance. With the combined effects of gravity magic and levitation charm, she was as light as a snowflake. A slight breeze could carry her far away. Standing at the farthest point, she once again drew back the great bow of magic.
"Loretta's Great Bow!"
The Radiant Stone Magic that previously severely damaged the Basilisk!
Lockhart's expression tightened. He knew he had to stop Hermione before she finished charging up, but the two were hundreds of meters apart. The Hippogriff couldn't accelerate fast enough to cross the distance due to the gravity magic, not to mention the interference from the Golden Snitch.
He had no choice but to abandon the Hippogriff, leaving his companions and the Ghost Thief to fight, while he used Apparition to appear behind Hermione with a snap and swung his sword down.
However, all of this was within Hermione's expectations. Lockhart loved to use Apparition to ambush people, a fact that had already been proven twice.
The enchanted sword sliced through Hermione's body without hindrance, as if cutting through a curtain of illusory water. The girl gathering magic before him was just a false illusion. The distance was too great for Lockhart to recognize her at first, and by the time he teleported over, it was too late.
The shattered illusion vanished, leaving behind several solidified, unreleased azure light swords.
Magic Shining Sword.
The royal magic knights of Kalia can cast a type of magic called the Shining Sword Circle Array. The Shining Sword is the most basic prototype of this type of magic. It can draw a magic circle around the user, forming a flying sword that appears after a delay and automatically flies out to attack the target.
It was precisely because of the magical fluctuations of these magic swords that Lockhart was misled into believing that the Hermione before him was real.
As the illusion shattered, these demonic swords were activated and shot towards Lockhart in clusters.
The defense professor frantically dodged and blocked the exploding traps, but he still couldn't escape having his clothes torn by the stray magic swords.
Wolves and foxes are unbearable.
"Professor, I won."
A calm voice came from the other end of the dueling arena. As the illusion shattered, the real Hermione was revealed. A magical bow, its light condensed to its fullest extent, was ready to be fired. If it were fired while Lockhart was dealing with the Shining Sword Trap, the outcome would be obvious.
"I give up." Lockhart spread his hands and smiled bitterly.
"I always think of the image of the basilisk being wounded by your sword. My excessive focus on this magic made me lose my sense of proportion."
"I took a shortcut," Hermione said with a smile, putting down the great bow she was holding.
The Unseen Stretching Charm in the arena quickly dissipated, and the duel circle returned to its original size.