Chapter 147 Witch vs. Witch

Following the referee's order, Penelope and Hermione on the stage both moved.

Unlike the students on other stages who put on armor to protect themselves in the duel, these two girls were extremely fierce and started with offensive spells.

But Penelope's casting speed was obviously much faster than Hermione's. Hermione's Disarming Spell was only halfway released when Penelope's Disarming Spell turned into a red light and attacked.

Knowing that she couldn't resist, Hermione had to interrupt the casting and rolled over to avoid the Disarming Spell.

The ground of the duel competition is made of soft sand to minimize the damage to the young wizards when they fall. At the same time, there is a special senior student as the referee next to each stage. This senior student also has the responsibility to protect the safety of the students on the stage. After all,

the times have changed now. Parents of students are very scary creatures. If the young wizards are injured on a large scale during the competition, then the duel competition will have no choice but to be closed.

Although the sandy ground is safe, falling on it will inevitably stain you with a lot of sand.

This is what happened to Hermione at the moment. After dodging Penelope's attack with a roll, her robe was also covered with mud, and she looked extremely embarrassed.

Some of the audience laughed at this. Although Hermione's face was flushed, she knew that she was in the middle of a competition.

She resisted the urge to release a cleansing spell and released an armor body instead. Although her action temporarily withstood several subsequent spells from Penelope, it also put herself into a slow death.

Although Hermione is also a gifted person, she learned armor body protection in the second grade. But her armor body protection was obviously learned not long ago. Not only is the release speed slow, but the strength of the shield is also not high. Often, two spells from Penelope can crack the surface of the shield.

In desperation, Hermione can only release armor body protection to reset the shield, and at the same time, she has to keep running in order to avoid some attacks. There is no chance to fight back.

Compared with Hermione who was jumping up and down in a panic, Penelope could be described as strolling in the garden. The two of them were fighting and defending, and the game was in a stalemate.

Mike nodded slightly. He could see that the strength of Hermione and Penelope was above the average level of the same grade. As a wizard of Muggle descent, it was not easy to do so.

Needless to say, Penelope's strength increased dramatically after Mike specially formulated a training plan for her. Although Hermione was beaten to the point that she had almost no ability to fight back, it was actually very powerful to be able to do so.

You have to know that Penelope is three years older than Hermione. Not only does she have much more magic power, but she also masters many spells that Hermione doesn't know.

With all these advantages, this duel is actually a foregone conclusion.

Just as Mike was watching the duel on the stage intently, a familiar voice came to his ears.

"Dude! What a shame you didn't go to watch my game!"

Mike turned his head and saw Franklin with his hands on his hips, looking very proud. There were two people beside him, Harry and Ron.

Ron was obviously much better now than before. His long front teeth had shrunk a lot, but they didn't disappear completely. Mike knew at a glance that this should be the work of the senior students who served as temporary medical team members in the center of the field. If it was Madam Pomfrey who did it herself, Ron should have returned to normal by now.

But at least Ron can now shut his mouth, and he won't continue to drool like before.

"What's wrong? Did you lose again?" Mike joked to Franklin and the others, "And Harry, is your game over too?"

"Of course I won. I mean it's a pity that you didn't see my heroic performance on the stage!" Franklin hurriedly explained, "Harry also won. His ring is right next to mine."

Harry wanted to answer when he heard Mike asking about him, but seeing that Franklin had already said it first, he didn't say anything more. He gave Mike an awkward but polite smile and continued to stare at the ring nervously. He was very worried about Hermione on the stage, because Hermione looked so embarrassed at this time.

Mike followed his gaze and saw that the two women on the stage would probably fight for a while, so he asked, "Harry, how was your visit to the families of those sacrificed seniors last time with Dumbledore?"

"It went pretty well. Those uncles and aunts were actually pretty good and forgave me." Harry answered Mike's question with a fake smile, while his eyes kept drifting towards the ring.

"He lied!" Hearing this, Ron, who was standing by, was extremely excited. He jumped out and said incoherently, "Those old guys are simply vampires! They asked for 1,000 gold galleons from each family!"

"Shut up, Ron! That's a human life!" Harry retorted, "They have lost their son forever, and that can't be compensated by gold galleons!"

"Forget it, forget it, just think of it as spending money to buy peace of mind." From the quarrel between the two, Mike also understood the truth of the matter, and couldn't help but persuade, "At least Harry, you won't be unable to sleep because of guilt after spending this money, right?"

Harry saw that Mike approved of his behavior, and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

Ron was very angry. In his opinion, Harry spent a completely wronged amount of money. Hogwarts had clearly given compensation to those parents of students, but Harry had to go to the trouble of giving money to them. He

opened and closed his mouth as if he had a lot of things to say but couldn't say them. Perhaps because he was too excited, a sticky saliva slipped from the corner of his mouth again.

Ron realized that he had lost his composure again, and hurriedly wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, covered his mouth and ran away. Mike looked at the direction he was heading, guessing that he should be going to Madam Pomfrey's infirmary.

Harry wanted to chase him, but he heard the referee beside him announcing Penelope's victory.

He looked over and saw Hermione frozen in the running posture, motionless, and petrified.

After the referee announced her victory, Penelope lifted the petrification spell for Hermione with a winner's smile on her face, and also used a clean-up to help Hermione tidy up her muddy robe.

Harry was about to go up to comfort Hermione, but he saw Hermione covering her face and running away as soon as she returned to normal.

Looking at Hermione and Ron running in different directions, Harry grabbed his hair in distress, not knowing who to chase.

After a mental struggle, Harry still chased in the direction of Ron.