demon hunter at hogwarts

Chapter 178 Freezing Curse

The first-year students were eagerly looking forward to Regulus's first class. After lunch, they arrived in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom early.

In particular, the five Gryffindor boys quickly occupied several positions in front of the podium.

Regulus hadn't come yet, but there was already a large cage covered with black cloth on the lectern. There was obviously some kind of creature inside the cage, because it shook a few times from time to time and made chirping sounds.

"Harry, what do you think could be inside here?" Ron asked curiously, trying several times to see what was inside through the gaps in the black cloth, but all failed.

"Maybe it's a young Acromantula." Harry said seriously, "I heard from Sirius that there might be a colony of Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest..."

"I'd better sit in the back." Ron immediately picked up his schoolbag and prepared to sit in the second row, but after seeing Malfoy's mocking eyes from a distance, he gritted his teeth and sat back next to Harry, "Probably not Could it be an Acromantula? That thing is too scary, and it’s not something our grade level should learn..."

The time passed by minute by second amid the various unreliable guesses of the little wizards.

However, after the bell rang, Regulus still did not come to the classroom.

"Late for the first class... Professor Black is not that good either." Zabini leaned back in his chair and stretched.

As soon as he finished speaking, a breeze seemed to blow through the classroom, closing the door. The breeze blew through the cage on the desk, causing the black cloth to flutter.

Now, the students could see clearly what was inside the cage.

A group of palm-sized, iron-green little animals with slender limbs, big eyes and small pointed faces.After the black cloth was lifted away, these little animals immediately jumped up and down with shrill and harsh throats.

"Cornwall elf?" Ron stared at the cage with a complicated expression.

"At least it's much better than the Acromantula... Under normal circumstances, they are not dangerous, but..." Harry patted Ron on the shoulder, but before he finished speaking, his expression froze on his face.

"But what?" Dean came over and asked.

"It will be very troublesome if we let them out!" Harry pointed to the door of the cage, and everyone realized that the door was not locked.

As soon as he finished speaking, those little elves flew out of the cage, like a group of golden snitches with arms and legs, wreaking havoc in the classroom.

The two elves flew straight towards Neville, who was the closest and had the biggest target. One of their hands quickly grabbed his ear and was pulling him up hard.

Neville seemed frightened, waving his arms in vain, but was unable to drive away the nimble elves.

"Fainted!" Harry remembered the spell that Sirius had taught him to use for self-defense, and immediately used it without thinking. A red light flew past Neville's scalp, hitting the elf, and only heard a snap. , the elf fell to the ground and fainted.

"Cool!" Ron praised, took out his wand, aimed at the other elf, and shouted loudly, "Faint...faint to the ground!"

It was completely ineffective, and the elves became more and more unscrupulous. Finally, Ron simply gave up his wand, found a broken broom from the corner, and slapped the elves. This only angered these troublemakers, and they immediately moved away. Attention, Ron was regarded as the main target of attack. It didn't take long for Ron's broom to be broken into two parts. He had to wave his old wand that had been severely worn and randomly placed the useful and useless ones. Spell.

On the other side, the Slytherins headed by Draco Malfoy had already escaped from the classroom. Pansy Parkinson did not forget to lock the door before leaving, and locked the Gryffindor students. Locked together with the elf.

Of course, Crabbe and Goyle, who had no time to escape, were also locked in the classroom. Their big bodies were useless against the elf. Soon, Crabbe's pants were torn off by some evil elf. It broke, and Goyle had his wizard robe wrapped around his head, unable to break free.

The chaos lasted for about 10 minutes, and the young wizards' expectations for Regulus gradually dropped to freezing point.

At this moment, a ray of ice-blue light flashed from the corner of the classroom, and the elves who were wreaking havoc in the room were all immediately frozen in the air, maintaining the postures they were doing.

Regulus' figure suddenly appeared next to the lecture table, startling Seamus who was closest.

He snapped his fingers again, and the cage seemed to come alive. He took a sharp breath into the air, and the elves were immediately sucked back into the cage.

Then, the classroom door opened, and the students who had just ran out filed in.Ron snorted angrily when he saw Hermione mixed in with a group of Slytherins.

After the students all returned to their seats, Regulus said: "Just now, I did a small test, hoping to understand how you would react when encountering an accident. ...You have almost performed all the coping methods I expected..."

His eyes first stayed on Draco and the others, and he said slowly: "For example...escape."

Draco gave a disdainful sneer.

"...Ask the teacher for help..." Regulus pointed at Hermione again.

"...Or just go on your own." Finally, his eyes rested on Harry Ron and others, and several young Gryffindor wizards puffed up their chests proudly.

"Thought I would add ten points to your heroic actions, did you, warriors?" Regulus said, "If I tell you now, the ones who attacked you just now were not ordinary Cornish elves. The scratched wound contains highly toxic..."

Harry subconsciously looked down at his wrist, where he had been bitten by a ferocious elf, and the wound had indeed turned purple.

"Being brave does not mean being reckless, and running away is not shameful. One of the most important purposes of learning defensive skills is to protect one's own safety," Regulus said. "Escape is a very effective means of self-protection... ...Furthermore, if a troll attacks this classroom now, for me, you staying to help will only cause trouble for me, and I have to worry about whether the spell will accidentally hurt you..."

Gu TianAt this time, Draco's smile became triumphant, and the other Slytherins also showed mocking expressions.

"However, betraying your companions to ensure your own safety when escaping is not a behavior we should advocate." Regulus changed the subject and said seriously, "Miss Parkinson, Mr. Nott, your behavior makes I'm very disappointed, Slytherin will be deducted twenty points for this."

Pansy's smile froze on her face.

"Also, I would like to remind Mr. Longbottom, Mr. Crabbe and Mr. Goyle that standing still is the worst option at any time." Regulus waved his wand and mended Crabbe's trousers.

Neville's round face was so red that he was bleeding, and he tried hard to hide himself in his robes.

"Fortunately, you still have the opportunity to learn how to respond to emergencies correctly." Regulus said, "In class, you have ample opportunities to make mistakes, and these are all in order to prepare for real dangers." At this time, I will give you an extra chance of winning...Who was injured just now? Come and get some ointment from me."

When he got the ointment, Harry was a little doubtful whether this dark green spicy viscous substance could heal the wounds on his hands, but when he saw Neville using the ointment to heal the bruise on his ear in the blink of an eye, he immediately He also applied ointment to his wrists.

A cool feeling immediately spread at the contact point between the ointment and the skin, and soon the bruises were so light that they could not be seen.

"In the rest of this class, I will teach you how to deal with these difficult Cornish elves. All you need to do is use a simple spell - the freezing spell." Regulus knocked on the blackboard and drew a The spell appears on it, along with a few notes.

Hermione was the first to open her notebook and quickly copied what was on the blackboard.

"In addition to Cornish elves, this spell can also be used to deal with flying and highly flexible creatures, such as Billywigs and vixens..." Regulus saw some students There was a blank expression on his face, and he added, "You will all learn about these creatures in your third grade Care of Magical Creatures class. You might as well write it down now..."

The other students also started taking notes, and even Draco reluctantly opened his delicate notebook and scrawled something on it with a gold-wired quill.

"The spell is 'All Immobilization'. If there are cockroaches or mice in your dormitory, you can also try to use this spell to catch them, just as a practice. During a duel, you can also slightly hinder the opponent's movements. But if you If used on a troll, the effect may not be that significant." Regulus continued, "Of course, in addition to small animals, this spell can also be used on things like Muggle sirens. , making them unable to work and lose effectiveness...Of course, I personally do not recommend this usage."

A burst of laughter sounded in the classroom.

"I know why Fred and George like his class..." Ron tilted his head and muttered quietly to Harry.

Before Harry could reply, he heard Regulus say: "Mr. Weasley, please come and demonstrate this spell to everyone."

Ron had no choice but to stand up bravely, holding his wand and silently reciting the spell over and over again.

"Come on, Ron." Neville clenched his fists and encouraged Ron, while Draco and others in the back row looked like they were ready to watch the show.

"All... all fixed!"

Nothing happened.

"Okay, keep this position still." Regulus stepped down from the podium and pointed at Ron's wrist. "Mr. Weasley has demonstrated to us several elements of a wrong spell. First of all, If your wrist shakes too much, the direction of the spell will be out of control. Your wand may only be offset by half an inch, but the spell may be deflected several meters..."

There was a burst of laughter in the classroom, and this time it was Ron's turn to turn red.

Regulus continued to comment: "Secondly, the pronunciation is unclear... I think Professor Flitwick should have told you about the terrible consequences of pronouncing the wrong spell in his first lesson... Everyone , before you laugh at Mr. Weasley, think about whether you yourself will make similar mistakes...Okay Mr. Weasley, you can try again."

"All fixed!" Ron waved his wand, and this time the tip of his wand did spray out a trace of ice-blue mist, "Succeeded!"

"It's not completely successful yet. Let me see if your spell has any effect... Get ready!" After Regulus finished speaking, he released an elf from the cage.

When the elf saw Ron, he immediately rushed over with gritted teeth. Apparently, he had been beaten by Ron with a broom just now and already held a grudge.

Ron looked a little flustered for a moment and didn't know what to do. Harry stepped on his foot under the table. Only then did Ron react, raised his wand, aimed it at the elf, and shouted: "Stabilize them all! "

The blue mist hit the elf accurately and fixed it in mid-air. Ron looked relieved and his tense body relaxed.

"Nice try, two points from Gryffindor." Regulus dragged the elf back into the cage, motioned Ron to sit down, and then said to the class, "Now each of you will receive a little elf. Elf, used to practice this spell..."

The second half of the class was spent amidst the chirping sounds of elves and the sounds of students casting spells one after another, occasionally mixed with a few exclamations and painful screams.

"Even that idiot Weasley can succeed. This spell is not difficult to learn." Draco looked quite disdainful, but the first time he tried, the spell went wrong and froze Crabbe's nose.

Draco's progress is relatively fast among the students. A considerable number of students are unable to successfully cast the spell because they always subconsciously avoid the elf when facing them, causing them to be unable to concentrate.

"I believe you have all realized the difference between class and practice. These are just elves who are not dangerous." Regulus's voice was still clearly audible in the noisy classroom, "If you are facing those Such a behavior is absolutely unacceptable when dealing with dangerous magical animals or enemies... Mr. Finnigan, I am teaching you a freezing spell, not a blasting spell. Do you want to roast this poor creature? "

Regulus dispersed a ball of flames caused by Seamus, then caught an elf who was about to break Goyle's wand into two pieces back into the cage, threw the wand back to Goyle, and then walked in the classroom. Walking around inside, correcting the students' spell-casting movements, and dealing with various unexpected situations.

Finally, by the time get out of class was over, everyone except Neville and Goyle could basically cast a decent freezing spell.