Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 114 Matryoshka Dolls

Lockhart hurriedly jumped off the stage himself, quickly picked out Avada and Baron from the crowd, and without saying a word, dragged them out and made them stand on the ring for all to see.

"Look at these two, everyone!"

Maintaining his signature smile, he shouted, "Heroes who joined forces to defeat the Mystic in their second year, and who happened to be in the same year... are there any more suitable candidates to showcase this? Perhaps I should call Mr. Harry Potter up as well, but he's a year younger than Mr. Ken and Mr. Shafik, which seems a bit unfair, although I believe the Savior's strength is certainly no less than theirs..."

"snort."

Snape gave a slightly disgruntled snort, but finally put his wand away, and then a hint of curiosity appeared in his eyes as he looked at the two of them.

Avada, Baron: ...

Avada subtly moved her fingers, sending a mental link to Baron, and asked in the team voice chat: "My injury hasn't fully healed yet, so I can't play aggressively... How about we just play a little less?"

【Row. 】

A rather brief reply came from Baron's end, followed by the question: "What grade level are we showing? Fourth or fifth grade?"

What's the difference between fifth grade and letting them fight freely... fourth grade is fine.

Avada rolled his eyes—without using dark magic, magical senses, the "Closer Than You Think" spell, or mental magic, his current combat strength was roughly equivalent to a top fifth-year student, about the same as Baron. And after being injured and weakened, his energy, coordination, and reaction time had all decreased; he definitely couldn't win a head-on fight against Baron, and might even be overwhelmed…

In fact, he has always been good at planning ahead rather than fighting head-on—do you expect him to take down Voldemort head-on in his second year?

"Alright, then you two, please stand in the middle of the platform..."

Lockhart gave a relieved smile, then pulled Avada and Baron to their respective positions: "Those below, please pay attention. According to dueling etiquette, both sides need to reveal their wands first, raising them to their chests, but be careful not to point the tips at each other, as that's a strong provocation..."

Under his guidance, Avada and Baron completed the movements according to the standard, and then bowed slightly to each other.

"Very good. Then turn around, walk to the edge of the platform, stand in position, and wait for the command..."

Avada strode to his position and turned around, only to find that Baron's pace was slightly slower, thus maintaining his elegant gait. After he also took his place and turned around, both of them assumed the most standard sword-wielding stance—their skill had not yet reached the point where they could develop their own styles, so the most basic stance was most appropriate.

"When I count to three, you can start thinking about how to fight. Note that unless one side voluntarily concedes or agrees to a draw, the duel will only end when one side has their wand removed, is knocked off the stage, or becomes incapacitated. So..."

"one two three!"

In an instant, Avada erected a stone wall in front of him and began to quickly reinforce the arena beneath his feet, while also summoning a ring of flames to surround himself... In the eyes of the audience below the stage, Baron was taking the exact same actions, and the two were completely synchronized, making the scene quite harmonious.

Unfortunately, during their long training, they all inherited Professor Baker's fighting style—setting up the battlefield beforehand, figuring out each other's style and rhythm before launching a targeted counterattack. Although they were taught by the same professor, their styles still differed due to their different magical inclinations. Furthermore, their magical abilities were limited to fourth-year level, preventing them from casting advanced spells like the Disillusionment Charm or the Ironclad Charm, further hindering their familiarity with each other.

The next second, with two loud explosions, the stone wall in front of the two was simultaneously shattered by their hidden attack. Two red lights flashed past each other rapidly in mid-air, but were easily dodged.

Suddenly, a python emerged from the ground a few meters away from Avada without warning, coiling around his body, but was easily shattered by the counterattack due to the distance—he had reinforced the ground precisely to prevent this. Seeing Baron's focused expression, Avada smirked and then swung his wand sharply. Instantly, a thick cloud of white smoke filled the entire platform, but was dispersed by a gust of wind summoned by Baron in the next second.

Baron knew that Avada had a unique sensitivity to mental energy, giving him a huge advantage in blindfolded combat!

However, to his astonishment, Avada had vanished from the platform in just a second...

"Dig three feet deeper!"

Without a second thought, he immediately unleashed a Soil-Splitting Spell on the ground, causing the surface in front of him to crack open, but unexpectedly, there was nothing underneath...

"OK."

He snorted, then conjured a rope from his sleeve and shot it towards the ceiling, suspending his body off the ground. Sure enough, the ground suddenly transformed into a layer of water more than a meter deep, which then froze into ice almost instantly—if Baron hadn't managed to get off the ground in time, he would have been frozen into waist-deep ice crystals!

"Obstacles are numerous!"

Suddenly, a hand gripping a wand emerged from the ground that should have been reinforced by Avada Kedavra, accompanied by loud chanting. Baron quickly summoned a shield to shield himself and, seizing the moment, swung his wand again, unleashing a gust of wind—

However, before he could act, the rope that had been suspending him snapped without warning, and the ice beneath him turned into a muddy mess!

"A recording spell + a cutting spell + a polymorph!"

Many of the older students below had already realized that Avada had actually set up a spell similar to a roaring letter in advance, leaving the phrase "obstacles everywhere" inside, and releasing it to confuse Balon's judgment when he used the cutting spell to cut the rope!

"hiss……"

The rapid, consecutive casting of three spells had taken a toll on Avada's mental strength, causing a sharp pain in his head. In that moment of distraction, Baron, instead of falling into the mud pit, landed directly above him and, with lightning speed, unleashed a barrage of ground-piercing attack spells!

"I see!"

Someone below shouted as if they had discovered a new continent: "Baron had already figured out Ken's intentions. That shield was just a misleading device to make Ken think he had fallen into a trap. The real trick was that gust of wind!"

"The gust of wind swung Baron forward, so that when the rope broke, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage; instead, he would quickly rush towards Ken's location!"

"He's going to win!"

Before the words were even finished, a huge gush of water suddenly shot out from the hole that Baron had blasted open, shoving him out of the way—but he had already reached the edge of the ring in order to get closer to Avada!

So, unsurprisingly, he fell straight off the ring.

On the other side of the arena, the ice crystals had somehow transformed back into flowing water, and a wet head popped out with a "pop," smiling as it raised its wand after assessing the situation...

Upon seeing Baron summon the whirlwind, Avada immediately guessed his intention. So he dug a tunnel to connect to the ice layer and, taking advantage of Baron's full attention being focused on the edge of the ring, turned the ice crystals back into water. Then, after holding his breath and diving into the water, he used a little trick to increase the water pressure in the tunnel by just a tiny bit...

So after Baron blasted open the ground to reveal the tunnel, it immediately turned into a high-pressure water gun, throwing the unsuspecting Baron directly out of the ring!

(End of this chapter)