Harry Potter: A Fan Fiction - Volume 1 Chapter 22 Afternoon Classes

The whole class was grouped into pairs for the activity at random. The students are to battle in order to gain hands on experience in the ways of magic combat. The professor watched attentively as he pointed out the errors committed by his students, while also healing those with minor injuries and canceling the effects of hexes and jinxes. He is very strict and loud like a drill sergeant from hell while claiming to be very linient to the freshies.

Experience in magic combat is something Viktor sorely lacks and so he did have expectations but his overwhelming cast time and vast magic reserves made it quite pointless to battle his classmates. It wasn’t even a challenge for him at all, and is thus a pointless endeavour.

The students enjoyed the class session as they were able to learn many restriction type of spells, dodging, casting a barrier, minor jinxes, hexes and of course they were able to be familiar with the feeling of facing an opponent albeit with the lack of malevolent intent.

‘Well its not a gem, but it’s not a complete waste of time either. Although I think my time can be better spent elsewhere.’

He was walking towards his last subject as he thought about whether or not to send a double to attend the afternoon classes.

The Physical Combat class is something unique to Durmstrang as other schools of magic looks down upon those who have to put too much sweat into their work in order to defeat their foe, they prefer the more elegant and less tiring route of swishing the wand and achieving good enough results. Durmstrang on the other hand gives great importance to the physical capability of a wizard especially those who focus on battles, the olden ones have theorised that the body is capable of accommodating more magic if one is fit. Aside from that, it can also help in pounding discipline into one’s heart and promotes a healthy mind, it makes it easier to dodge spells and many more aside from the fact that one can eliminate an enemy without the use of magic if one is strong enough.

The freshies are already lined up on the field wearing their brown uniform black pants and black leather combat boots, standing in attention. Being larger than most of his peers he was once again in his most favourite place, ‘back of the line’ is his kind of thing after all.

The teacher is standing in front and looked rather thin when compared to professor Soriano, he has short golden hair and clear hazel brown eyes and a calm smile on his face.

‘Hmmm he looks familiar.’

“Good morning everyone! I’m Professor Alphonse Alrick, glad to have met with you.”

‘Ohhhh they should be brothers or something.’

“Yes, yes,,, the Transfiguration professor and I are related. He is my elder brother. Alright let’s start the class everyone ‘attention’!”

“I know that some of you don’t think very highly about this subject. So today I’m going to show you how important it is to be capable of fighting without the use of magic. If anyone from this class can land a hit on me using magic alone then they will automatically be marked as a pass in my subject, no need to bother about coming here anymore. Who would like to volunteer?”

One of the excited students raised his hands and challenged professor Alrick. They stood twenty meters apart and the student bowed in courtesy before proceeding with his attacks, professor Alrick on the other hand simply dodged his spells with minimum movement. In the end he grew tired from magic exhaustion without even getting close to landing a hit. Then he challenged them five at a time, then ten at a time with none getting that one hit as the professor exhibited his prowess in dodging spells without batting a single drop of sweat, clearly not feeling pressured at all by his challengers.

“There’s only four of you, do you wish to do the challenge? Yes… Speak.”

Professor Alrick called out to one who raised his hand.

“Excuse me. Professor. Can I please be allowed to do it alone?”

“Alone? Haven’t you seen your peers struggle even when there were ten of them trying to hit me? Tell me, do you still wish to challenge me alone Mr. Krum?”

“Yes please. Thank you in advance for letting me do this alone and listening to my selfish request.”

Viktor gave a slight bow in greeting and respect.

‘Nox’ (wand light off)

‘Fumos’ (smoke screen)

‘Aquamenti’ (water summon)

‘Glacius’ (freeze)

‘Incarcerous’ (bind)

It was a quick combo which can be very effective especially when attacking an unsuspecting opponent, but the professor saw through it and was spinning in the air by the time the water froze while dodging the binding spell.