Thousands of candles floated in the luxurious Great Hall, and above them, the velvety black ceiling glittered with stars.
Below the candles were four long tables, at which sat the young Wizards from the second to seventh years of the four Houses.
In the aisle between two tables stood the first-year new Wizards.
At this moment, whether they were the new first-year Wizards or the Wizards from the second to seventh years of the four Houses,
all of them were stunned by Goku's sudden leap onto the platform to challenge Dumbledore.
However, a burst of laughter followed.
"Did I hear that right? He said he wants to challenge Headmaster Dumbledore?"
"A little guy in his first year, not even enrolled yet, wants to challenge the most powerful Wizard. This is truly the funniest joke I've heard all year."
"Don't say that. He might be a mudblood, thinking he's so powerful just because he has a little magic. He's just an ignorant child."
"Although he's a bit ignorant, I admire his courage! Come join our Gryffindor!"
In the aisle, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also stunned by Goku's actions, but they didn't mock him.
Because they had seen Goku cast spells without a wand, directly blasting apart a small mountain.
"Do you think he can win?"
Harry asked, having recovered from his shock.
He didn't know much about the Wizarding World or Dumbledore, only that Dumbledore was said to be the greatest and most powerful Wizard in this World.
However, he had truly seen Goku's power, so he wasn't sure.
Ron shook his head:
"I feel like he might be stronger than my dad, but he probably isn't a match for Dumbledore."
He had never seen his father blast apart a small mountain without a wand, so he thought Goku was stronger than his dad.
As for Dumbledore, having grown up hearing about him, he still believed no one in the World could defeat Dumbledore.
"Is this the time to be discussing this?"
Hermione glared at the two of them:
"Whether he can win or not, he can't challenge the Headmaster; he'll be expelled!"
"Child, don't be mischievous, come back quickly!"
Professor McGonagall, who was presiding over the Sorting Ceremony, sternly called out to Goku on the platform.
She thought Goku's current actions were very unruly.
However, she didn't draw her wand to cast magic on Goku, because she felt that no matter how mischievous a young Wizard was, she shouldn't use magic to punish him.
Goku ignored Professor McGonagall behind him and instead asked Dumbledore with some confusion:
"Aren't you Dumbledore?"
"I am Dumbledore."
Dumbledore replied with a smile.
"Then please duel with me!"
Goku clasped his hands together and bowed to Dumbledore.
Dumbledore didn't agree immediately but asked with interest:
"Why do you want to duel with me?"
When the child opposite him stated his name, he remembered information about him.
Because yesterday he had just received a letter from Rufus, the Head Auror, and had Professor McGonagall temporarily send an additional acceptance letter.
To be honest, after reading Rufus's letter, he was also very interested in this boy named "Goku."
Being able to shatter a Black Wizard's Shield Charm with a single punch of his body was indeed an astonishing feat.
Even Hagrid, a half-giant, couldn't do it.
If it were a true giant, then there might be some possibility.
"Because I need to fight stronger opponents to improve my strength, and that's also the purpose of my training.
They all say you are the most powerful Wizard, so I want to duel with you."
Goku stated his reason.
A look of slight surprise appeared on Dumbledore's face, because he could tell from Goku's expression that the child wasn't lying.
"Fighting can indeed improve strength, but to truly become a powerful Wizard, the most important thing is to settle down and study hard, accumulating knowledge.
Only with enough knowledge can one become stronger.
Therefore, if you want to become strong, you shouldn't duel with me, but study hard at Hogwarts."
He believed that Goku might have such incorrect ideas because he lacked basic magic knowledge.
"Combat is the best training. Don't worry, we're just sparring; I won't go too hard."
Goku now had his own understanding of training.
Daily training was certainly important, but only by fighting against masters could he improve his strength more quickly.
Hearing Goku's words, Dumbledore couldn't help but smile.
"You need to get down!"
At this moment, Snape, the Slytherin Dean who was sitting next to Dumbledore, stood up. He waved his wand expressionlessly.
"Arresto Momentum!"
He didn't have Dumbledore's good temper.
"Huh, my body?"
Affected by Snape's magic, Goku immediately felt his limbs being pulled by an invisible force, trying to make him turn around and return to the first-year line.
"Ha!"
Goku exerted force fiercely, directly relying on his powerful physical strength to counteract the magic's control over his limbs.
"You ambushed me!"
After breaking free from the control, an angry expression appeared on Goku's face.
"Afterimage Technique."
Leaving an afterimage in place, his body instantly appeared behind Snape. Goku intended to knock Snape down with a single hand chop.
However, Snape was no ordinary Wizard.
As a Wizard in this World second only to Dumbledore and Voldemort, and proficient in various Dark magic and mental magic,
the moment Goku appeared behind him, he felt a sense of crisis and hostility.
He silently cast a Shield Charm without a wand, blocking his rear, while his own body quickly turned and flew backward like a large bat.
"Crack!"
The sound of the Shield Charm shattering echoed in the Great Hall. The Shield Charm was smashed by Goku's punch.
"Much tougher than the last one."
"Inverted Bell!"
Seeing Goku shatter the Shield Charm with his fist, Snape's pupils constricted, but his reaction was also very fast.
While flying backward, he flicked his wand and cast a control magic he had invented himself.
Actually, he had intended to use the Rope Charm to bind Goku, but he felt that with the strength Goku had displayed, ropes might not be able to hold him.
The Inverted Bell magic, however, could hang a person in mid-air. No matter how much strength you had, if you had nowhere to brace yourself in the air, it would be useless.
"What a strange move!"
Goku, who had just shattered the Shield Charm's defense, was about to continue his pursuit when he suddenly felt his ankle being grabbed by an invisible force, which startled him.
After struggling for a moment, he found that he couldn't exert force in the air to break free from the restraint on his feet, so he quickly brought both feet together:
"Kamehameha~~~"
That's right, he was going to use his feet to unleash the Kamehameha, relying on the powerful recoil of the Kamehameha to forcibly break free from the restraint and bring his body back to the ground.