bacchusnovels Chapter 64 All Eyes Are on Me
Chapter 64 All Eyes Are on Me
"Today's lesson is on the disarming spell."
Sean clapped his hands, drawing the young wizard's attention to him.
"Through the spell cards obtained by the wizard, I believe you are very familiar with this spell. However, even so, I still want to test you: what is its effect?"
Today is the last class of the Duel Club before the final exams. To ensure that the Duel Club doesn't interfere with the young wizards' review for the final exams, Sean moved the class to Saturday evening.
As soon as Sean finished speaking, a dense mass of small hands were raised from below the stage.
This was a stark contrast to the scene when Sean first started teaching, and this obvious change made him feel gratified.
Sorry, he was so excited that he unconsciously used two idioms to express his feelings in the previous sentence, oh no, now it's three.
Sean's gaze swept past the layers of arms, finally finding the girl who had remained quiet throughout the class at the very back of the crowd:
"Ms. Zhang Qiu, please answer this question."
Hearing her name, Zhang Qiu seemed a little surprised, but she answered clearly without any hesitation: "The Disarming Charm is a spell that removes your weapon. It is a spell that can make a weapon or any object fly out of the opponent's hand. It is commonly used in wizard duels, and its main purpose is to make the opponent lose their wand, thereby losing a certain amount of attack power."
"Miss Zhang Qiu's answer is very accurate, Ravenclaw gets two points." After affirming Zhang Qiu's answer, Sean listed some advantages of the Disarming Charm, "This charm is simple to learn, effective, and low in danger. It is suitable for both daily practice and formal dueling situations."
"Does anyone possess this magic?"
This time, only a small number of people raised their hands. After observing them, Sean realized that most of them were senior wizards.
It was pretty much as he had expected.
He then brought Tonks up on stage.
At Sean's prompting, Tonks waved his wand.
"Disarm you!"
A red spell sliced through the air—a standard disarming spell.
Next, Sean explained in detail how to learn the Disarming Charm, using Tonks as a "teaching tool" to have her try the spell repeatedly, and pointed out the key points.
Thanks to Tonks' demonstration, many young wizards gained a basic understanding of the spell.
"Next—"
"We'll start training in groups."
As with previous courses, the entire venue was divided into four corners: east, south, west, and north, with each college occupying one corner.
"Two people per group, thirty feet apart."
From the moment Sean announced the start of training to when all the young wizards took their places, the whole process took about two minutes.
It's important to know that initially, this number was at least a two-digit number.
The number was greatly reduced when Sean decided to train the last young wizard who had taken his place.
Because they witnessed firsthand how the young wizard who had trained with Professor Sean that day was used as a target for casting spells—one spell after another passed right past the young wizard's ears, scaring him so much that his legs went weak.
Seeing that the young wizards were ready, Sean returned to the podium.
"Everyone look at me and chant the spell with me." He added, "Be careful not to aim the spell at your partner. Swing your wand in a small area, then quickly thrust it out, like this—"
"Disarm you!"
On the podium, a dazzling red light, like a scorching bolt of lightning, flew from Professor Sean's wand.
The young wizards lined up in four directions below the stage shouted in unison, "Expelliarmus!"
"Very good, continue."
"Disarm you!"
"Watch the angle of your wands, continue!"
"Disarm you!"
"Very good," Sean said, "Next is the theoretical knowledge about spells. I'll only cover the most important points..."
About twenty minutes later, the young wizards were waving their wands quite skillfully, but still none of them succeeded.
Sean looked around and then made a summary.
"Stop holding your wands," he said after a pause, his voice booming. "All eyes are on me."
"Your questions mainly focus on the following points, which I will explain in detail. You can check them against your own questions."
"Professor Tonks, could you please come up here again? I need your cooperation."
After speaking for twenty minutes, Sean's mouth was a little dry, but he knew in his heart that his words would only work on some top students, while most young wizards would learn magic mainly through "feeling" and "repetition".
So for the next half hour, he and Tonks kept weaving through the crowd, giving specific instructions.
"Miss Bones, your thrust of the wand was not decisive enough. Think about my demonstration just now."
"Mr. Warren, your spell pronunciation is not standard. Yes, spells are not necessary, but you need to practice them before you can use them properly."
"Oh, you two Weasleys, although you have already learned this spell, if you use it to prank your brother, I will train you to increase your understanding of it..."
Every ten minutes, he would call on a few typical examples of mistakes to demonstrate. Sean found that demonstrating mistakes was more effective than demonstrating correct ones—at least, many young wizards realized they had made the same mistakes after laughing.
Of course, the young wizards who were ridiculed also received bonus points as compensation.
"Thank you, Mr. Blue, your question is very representative. Also, five points for Gryffindor."
"And you, Miss Vera, your movements are too stiff. If you could keep smiling when you cast the spell, I think you would be much more relaxed."
"Marcus... Anyway, don't imitate him. We should at least thank him for his courage. Slytherin, five points."
With fifteen minutes left before get out of class ended, Sean interrupted the group of students who were training again.
His gaze swept seriously across the audience, and the young wizards all stopped playing their wands and watched him intently.
"I think some of you still don't quite understand this spell," Sean said. "There's a difference between theoretical knowledge and practical application. To give you a more intuitive understanding of the disarming spell's application and power in actual combat, I've decided to organize a simulated combat exercise."
Seeing the somewhat evasive looks in the audience, he understood the students' concerns, so he smiled and explained, "Don't worry, it's not a duel with me, but with Professor Tonks."
"She used a disarming spell, and you need to try to resist or counterattack. Anyone want to try? Of course, you can all come at me together, just like you did with me back then..."