Chapter 458

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"Well, now that you know what's going to happen in this training session, let's get ready," I said, taking my wand out of its holster.

And with a wave of my wand I pushed all the things in the room to the corners of it, creating a large and free area in the middle of the room.

I then pointed my wand at the floor and turned 360 degrees, and with me as the center a red line began to appear around this area, creating a large circle that marked the limits of the 'ring' where our fight would take place.

And after finishing doing this I looked around, satisfied with my little work.

And now that I had prepared the place for the fight I went to one side of the ring, keeping some distance from my opponents before turning to Fleur, Harry, Ron and Hermione.

"Sooo, who's going to be the first to fight him?" Harry asked, looking at his three training companions with an apprehensive look.

And hearing the question from the Gryffindor golden boy, Ron, Hermione and Fleur began to look at each other, with the three of them having worried and restless expressions on their faces.

And even after a few seconds passed, none of the four teenagers said anything, since no one wanted to sacrifice themselves, I mean, offer to be my first opponent.

And feeling their fear and nervousness I snorted, getting their attention.

"Could you guys hurry up? We don't have all day," I said, crossing my arms as I looked at them.

"Uh, sorry," Harry apologized, rubbing the back of his neck.

And seeing this I rolled my eyes, "Seriously. I don't know why you guys are taking so long to prepare for a fight."

"Well, we still haven't decided which one of us will be the first to fight you," Fleur said, pursing her lips.

"Huh? And who said you guys are going to fight me one by one?" I asked, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

And upon hearing this, the four teenagers stopped, looking at me in surprise.

"What do you mean by that Ethan?" Hermione asked me.

"What I mean is that it won't be four 1-on-1 fights… It'll actually be one 1-on-4 fight, meaning all of you together against me," I replied, looking at them arrogantly.

And this surprised them, who didn't expect me to put myself in a 'disadvantageous' situation by challenging all of them at once.

"That… That means this fight will be easier for us, right?" Ron looked at the others with an uncertain look.

"I think so..." Harry replied, but he didn't seem very confident about it either.

"Well, we'll only find that out after we face him," Fleur said, taking her wand out of its holster and getting into a fighting stance.

And seeing the Beauxbatons champion prepare for the fight, the members of the golden trio looked at each other.

And they realized that Fleur was right, and that they didn't have many options either, and so they also got into fighting stance, taking out their wands and pointing them at me.

And looking at them and feeling their determination and focus a wild smile appeared on my face, "Finally" I said.

I then positioned myself, standing to the side while holding my wand loosely, pointing it downwards.

And with my free hand I made a 'bring it' gesture, challenging them and telling them to come at me.

And that was the sign they were waiting for to start attacking me.

"[Expelliarmus]!"

"[Stupefy]!"

And right from the start Ron and Harry cast their spells at me, quickly taking the lead.

"[Protego]" and to defend myself from these two basic spells I just made a light shield.

"[Flipendo]! [Expulso]!" Hermione exclaimed, showing off her skills by casting two spells in succession.

And this time instead of using a shield I leaned a little to the side to dodge the [Expulso], and I caught her other spell on the tip of my wand, throwing it away.

And I was a little surprised and pleased to see that Hermione started the fight by casting aggressive spells that would actually do damage to her opponent.

"Oh, looks like someone here isn't joking around," I commented, looking at her with a mischievous smile.

"Well, I know my opponent can handle it," Hermione said, not losing focus on me, "And besides, this is just the beginning."

And saying that she raised her wand, preparing to say another incantation.

And while she was preparing herself I looked at her calmly, and at the same time I was also attentive to Harry and Ron, who were going to start their second wave of attacks.

The three members of the golden trio then cast their spells at me at the same time, and I didn't despair when I saw all these spells coming towards me.

When Ron's repulsion spell reached me I created a small shield to defend myself from it, before jumping to the side and ducking to dodge Hermione's water whip.

And then I did a backflip, using my free hand to propel myself further back, dodging Harry's low-powered explosion spell, which hit the floor where I had been just moments ago.

'Heh, looks like everyone is taking the fight seriously now' I thought, looking at the cracked floor in front of me.

And I couldn't think much about it, as I quickly had to create a shield on my right side, feeling a powerful spell coming towards me.

And as soon as the purple beam from the spell hit my shield it cracked a little, with me being pushed back by its impact.

And as soon as I managed to stand firm on the floor again I looked back, realizing that I was getting too close to the edge of the ring.

And looking at the one who cast that spell on me I saw Fleur with her wand pointed at me, and I could still see some sparks coming out of the tip of her wand.

"Don't forget me," Fleur said, glaring at me fiercely.

"Not even if I wanted to, my beautiful French girl," I said, smiling at her.

But other than a slight pink tint to her cheeks, Fleur's expression didn't change, showing that she was truly focused on the fight.

And without waiting for me to say anything else, Fleur continued to attack me, and seeing this, Hermione, Ron and Harry also joined her in the attack.

And now the two witches and two wizards began to cast several sequences of offensive spells at me, not wanting to give me a chance to rest.

And they might not have been in sync like a truly well-trained team, but they seemed to have a mutual understanding of each other's abilities, probably because of all the training they'd done together.

And thanks to this understanding they were able to coordinate some attacks against me, and the more time passed the more I could see a harmony emerging between them, especially between the members of the golden trio, something that was not so unexpected.

"[Protego]" I said, protecting myself from a jet of fire cast by Ron, before creating another shield using the [Reflecto] spell to protect myself from a cutting spell cast by Hermione.

And as soon as this spell hit my shield it ricocheted, heading towards several ice fragments that Fleur had created and thrown towards me, destroying them.

Harry then cast a [Stupefy] followed by a [Petrificus Totalus] and [Aqua Eructo], and I dodged the first two spells, before creating a shield with [Reflecto] to reflect the jet of water, hitting Ron who was preparing to cast a second jet of fire at me.

'The more time passes, the more confident and comfortable they become in this fight,' I realized, waving my wand and turning several birds that Hermione summoned with [Avis] into dust.

And I also noticed that they were getting more creative in casting their spell sequences, using two or three spells at almost the same time to cause a bigger and stronger effect.

'They're almost understanding the true essence of a fight' I thought.

I then had to summon one of the iron balls that was in the corner of the room to protect my face from Fleur's [Diffindo].

"Really Fleur?" I looked at the blonde girl with a raised eyebrow, "What would you do if this pretty face was hurt?" I asked, pointing to my own face.

"Oh, I'm sure the matron at your school would find a way to fix you up," she replied cheekily.

"I don't know Fleur, I think if Madam Pomfrey was capable of fixing his face she would have done it a long time ago," Hermione said, taking the opportunity to mock me.

"Haha" I laughed fakely, looking dryly at the book-loving girl.

'I shouldn't have told them that they should mock their enemies during a fight,' I thought, pursing my lips.

End.

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