The next weekend, the six champions gathered again.
Felix led them on a stroll along the Black Lake, the water sparkled in the warm daylight, and several mermaids with pitchforks poked out their half-ugly faces and quietly peered at them through the cracks in the aquatic weeds.
"Did you guys gain anything?"
Felix's words were like a switch, as Hermione immediately muttered next to him.
"I looked up some information, those books about raising dragons from Hagrid are useless, The Drowned Dragon-kin described how to use magic to trim the dragon's nails, but they recommend buying the oversized nail clippers they manufacture, instead of using magic ... and how to treat broken skin ... The book rather mentions that you can bribe them with two vats of fine liquor, but I think that will only make their flames more intense ..."
"Harry's disarming charm is useless, the scales of the dragons are too tough, at best a few scales are tipped off once, and then the angry dragon spewed blue flames-"
Harry tugged at her sleeve as she blinked her eyes retrospectively, "Uh, to sum up, we figured a couple of spells that might work - the Conjunctivitis Curse, Apparition, Golden Flame, Illumination ... but we aren't sure if Apparition can be used during the task."
"There's also the matter of how to deal with dragons descending from the sky; I've found that even if you don't include the flames, they can be terrifying when they pounce ..."
She sighed, "It's just too hard to defeat a Dragon."
That said, she found Cedric, Roger Davies, Collins Foley, and Professor Hap all glanced at her at the same time, which made Hermione a bit puzzled, did she say something wrong?
Felix said oddly, "Miss Granger, what gave you the notion of defeating a dragon?"
Hermione subconsciously looked at Harry.
Harry scratched his head, "isn't it? Mr. Bagman said the difficulty would be great, and we -- mainly Hermione, she read that a cockatrice rampaged uncontrollably during a competition, and all three headmasters were injured ... and guessed that our difficulty must be higher than that. "
Roger Davies startled, " it can't be true, right?"
Felix gently shook his head: "The possibility of this is very low. A little hint, the Ministry of Magic picked all the female dragons that were hatching eggs in the dragon sanctuary, perhaps to have you get the dragon eggs from the protection of the mother dragons."
The six pondered how to deal with this type of trial.
"... Of course, depending on the specific format of the competition, some more preparation never goes wrong."
Felix said. Finally, they came under a huge willow tree, and he gestured for them to sit down, "So, let's put aside the dragon for a moment and talk about spell restraint and cooperation."
"Back in your first year of dueling class, Professor Flitwick showed you how spells work together, and you may have tried them. I'll start with the restraint relationship of spells-"
"Generally speaking, when we want to cancel the effect of a certain spell, especially a vicious curse, it is most convenient to use the recognized counterspells. For example, the Concealing charms and the Revealing Charms, the Stunning Spell and the Reviving Spell, the Locking Spell and the Unlocking Charm, the banishing spell and the Summoning Charm, etc. ..."
"In the same way, we can use 'Riddikulus' against Boggart, 'Expecto Patronum' against Dementors, or 'Silencio' against the Fwooper, and Revulsion Jinx against the Grindylows ..."
"But more often we need to be flexible when faced with a spell that has no established counters - if we want to remove some liquid, 'Tergeo' and 'Scourgify ' are fine; or if we want to expel some mosquitoes or small animals, the Banishing Charm is more suitable, and the Eradication Spell is too much unless you are facing a swarm of small spiders. In addition, although I didn't verify it, I guess the Cheering Charm can be used to cure the after-effects of the Dementors."
"Think a little more broadly! In a duel, if you want to break the Shield charm's defense, the most effective strategy would be Jelly-Legs Curse... Of course, this is for novices who don't have much experience. But no matter what the time, you can consider using transfiguration to interfere with your opponent or create a foul-smelling environment, and yes, I'm talking about a Dungbombs ."
Harry and Ron grinned.
Felix told them about the characteristics of each spell, and they listened with fascination. They had rarely had the opportunity to receive such comparisons between different spells; in class, they had learned them one by one, spell by spell.
Felix continued to explain.
"Of course, the spells can also work together. Professor Flitwick's style is more advanced and requires a certain amount of magic control, but there is a slightly more crude way to achieve a similar effect by quickly reciting a spell."
"For example, the Snowflake-making spell and the Slippery Jinx can work together to create a very smooth surface zone, or three people can simultaneously cast a Gouging Spell to create a pitfall in a moment ... Don't forget, there are three of you."
Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at each other, in this regard they had previously cooperated with each other unconsciously.
In the third year, they used the stunning spell to sneak up on Peter Pettigrew at the same time, knocking him out with a clean blow. It took Peter Pettigrew's companions a while to wake him up, but he was not in good shape when he regained consciousness, and his reflexes became more than a beat slower, so eventually, his companions ran away while he was captured.
"Why do people in the Ministry of Magic think that a three-person team ought to be more difficult? Just because there are two more people?" Felix looked at them with a serious expression and said, "Remember the three keywords Mr. Crouch mentioned?"
"Courage, cooperation, and fire."
"Each word is important. 'Fire' points to the direction of your danger - the dragon, and 'courage' is your biggest psychological obstacle in the early stage, I'm glad to see that you are in good spirits ..." He glanced at Ron, who was kind of psychologically inferior, but now he seems to be doing well.
"And 'cooperation' is the key that you need to pass the trail."
Everyone looked at each other thoughtfully, and it seemed to Felix that Cedric's group had gone one step farther ahead on the path of cooperation, at least they had a clear division of labour, weather magic by Cedric, Blackthorn by Roger Davies, and about Collins he is uncertain but has confidence that she certainly will take some key role as well.
Harry's group, on the other hand, he didn't know about them that well. However, after a while, he will know.
"You guys think carefully and see what you can do. In the afternoon we will go to classroom seven, to experience actual contact with the Dragon, although it is fake, it is also very referential, I believe you will be amazed."
Felix said mysteriously, this statement made Cedric and his group very expectant, but Harry and his group just looked a little sickly, especially Ron, his face turned paler.
He secretly shook his head, his psychological quality is indeed inferior, he just hoped that they won't scare him to death.
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