Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 574 The first competition event ([-])

The spiral fire path in the old classroom was blazing, and the curtain of the flames was like a movie... continuously showing the game status of the warriors.

——Harry was the first warrior to encounter the maze level.

Some Slytherin students hissed loudly and even waved their arms in the direction of the Gryffindor students to make... contemptuous and insulting gestures when they saw him jumping to another stone staircase... to avoid the Hungarian Horntail.

Those guys restrained themselves a little under Professor McGonagall's severe reprimand.

Hagrid yelled and explained to the surrounding Gryffindor students, "Harry did nothing wrong. Even I don't want to face the Hungarian Horntail. This kind of dragon is too irritable... It's still far away from the exit. Even if Harry gets scratched by the dragon's tail, it will affect his next trip..."

Although Hagrid said so, he stared fascinatedly at the fire dragon in the curtain, unable to move away for a long time.

"But... but how did Harry fly up and move to another stone staircase." Dean Thomas yelled at the crowd, "And there is no broomstick..."

Everyone's eyes turned to McGuffin immediately.

"Could it be you? MacGuffin..."

McGuffin didn't answer, but Ron showed off again.

"That's right, this is the result of several of us helping Harry carry out targeted training... and I have been of great help in it."

Seeing everyone's suspicious eyes, Ron, with his big mouth, realized that he had slipped up again.

"Targeted... training?" Neville asked.

"That's right, the plan Hermione and I made...in case Harry was too late to escape when facing the fire dragon, so he specially trained his sensitivity so that he could escape from the fire dragon's claws in this way..." McGuffin hurriedly explained.

Everyone is still very suspicious.

At this time, Ludo Bagman's voice echoed in the old classroom again.

"...Yes, Jordan, this is a spell similar to [Levitation Curse] [Flying Curse]... Harry Potter can actually cast it on himself, this is the content of an advanced spell... According to my interview with the referees, they were also very surprised by this."

"Jordan, did you know that Harry has such abilities?"

"I've never heard of it, but his friend McGuffin often shows this kind of magic..."

"Oh...it's MacGuffin...is it MacGuffin Albert? The founder of the new type of broom?" Bagman mentioned the name with hesitation in his words.

"That's right, Albert is very good at this kind of spell. He can even cast spells silently without a wand. This is very famous in Hogwarts... most of the students know..."

The two narrators, Bagman and Jordan Lee, were chatting with each other, because after Harry lost contact with the Hungarian Horntail, the whole scene became very boring again. The other warriors also realized the current situation, and began to climb the stone stairs one by one, trying to catch up with everyone and leave the maze first.

At this time, Jordan and Fred put their arms around Ron's neck, and each of them pulled him behind Hagrid (no one was there), and they whispered.

I don't know what secret matters the three of them are doing.

In short, when the three returned to the crowd, they all had satisfied smiles on their faces, and the twin brothers even smiled furtively.

Although he didn't know what happened, McGuffin clearly saw some kind of flickering light in Ron's eyes.

Before he could figure it out, Bagman's voice sounded again, ending the current state of boredom, and finally made the din of discussions among the audience in the old classroom fall silent again.

Everyone began to stare at the curtain of flames... what was unfolding in the endless labyrinth.

It's like following a 'big reality TV' show.

"Wow! Let's see... the hero of Bulgaria, the wizard world is currently the best seeker... Wilktor Krum also ran into the fire dragon, he is the second warrior to encounter a checkpoint..."

"...Let us look forward to what he will choose. Will Krum temporarily avoid this stone step like Harry did, or directly..."

"Oh, he directly entered the territory of the fire dragon, ready to challenge this level."

"Jordan, how are the students in your auditorium..."

"Mr. Bagman, in the stands, all the students are boiling..."

"Can you move the picture farther away, we can't see the fire dragon clearly..." Jordan said loudly, his voice was amplified by the magic speaker... around the statue of the Big Four, it was constantly reverberating and trembling.

"Oh, yes, yes..."

As Ludo Bagman's voice came from the loudspeaker, the picture in the flame curtain was pulled higher and further away... Fire Dragon and Krum finally appeared in the same picture.

What was displayed on the curtain was finally not the big-headed doll like a TV series.

Krum's big tense and gloomy face, although he is not a witch, just likes this tone and is very intoxicated, but obviously most wizards...and some witches who don't like "such a big star" hate this kind of playback.

McGuffin stretched his waist, he looked up, and the old classroom jumped up and down the spiral fire path.

From top to bottom, all the fire channel grooves... are the kind of flame curtains, one after another, playing... what is happening in the [Endless Labyrinth].

It's like a piece of movie curtain, distributed on all the fire paths.

Students from various colleges gathered in small groups to watch the competition on the spirally arranged stone steps.

Under the light and shadow, their figures flickered, becoming a blur.

It's almost like a weird open-air movie theater.

And it's not just a single curtain, that kind of old-fashioned movie theater, but the rooms of multiple movie theaters are merged, one next to the other...the same video content is played together.

The original noisy discussion here gradually subsided, and everyone was holding their breath to watch Krum's actions.

"This is a Chinese fireball... Look at its chin and the thin red horns on the edge of its cheeks, that's the most famous feature of this fire dragon..." Hagrid introduced to everyone what kind of fire dragon Krum was facing.

"Its flame is the hottest among all known fire dragons..."

"...Chinese Fireball is the only fire dragon that has been fully domesticated by human wizards. 1000 years ago... Chinese wizards used the dragon flames of Chinese Fireball to brew elixir of life and refine some magic items...I can't imagine how they did it."

During Hagrid's introduction, one person and one dragon in the screen were slowly confronting each other, and then suddenly began to collide violently and swim around.

……

Harry stood on a stone staircase and listened intently, vaguely... he heard something in the distance.

——It was the roar of the fire dragon.

'That's right, it's a fire dragon. '

He had heard it several times just now.

And it was far more intense than before. It sounded like a warrior was formally challenging the fire dragon.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Harry immediately cast an effect similar to the [Levitation Curse] on himself.

He kept jumping to other stone stairs, heading in the direction of the sound.

Because when Harry left the Hungarian Horntail and walked up another stone staircase,
He saw that fire dragon... It was guarding a nest of eggs, and the golden eggs were mixed in it, shining brightly. That should be one of the purposes of this competition.

And Harry, no matter how he thought about it now, felt that he couldn't fight a fire dragon.

So now he really wants to see how other people do it, and the experience of success or failure will inspire him.

The distance was much closer than Harry had imagined. After jumping down several times and passing several very special stone paths (some of them were twisted upside down, like twisted braids, some of them were like arch bridges...), he soon came to an unusually wide stone staircase.

This is a stone staircase that spans mid-air, it moves back and forth, and constantly connects with the smaller stone staircases on both sides...

And Harry was lying on top of it, and saw that on the platform at the bottom——

The fight between man and dragon.

……

"Huh, look what I found? Jordan, did you see that? Up there..."

"Sir, is that?"

"That's right, another of our warriors..."

The screen shifted suddenly, revealing Harry's figure lying there.

"Harry Potter...didn't expect it! He's back again."

There was an uproar in the old classroom, and many wizards couldn't tolerate the sudden shift of the scene from Krum's. Many foreign student representatives, especially Demu Strong, began to curse loudly angrily.

Fortunately, Ludo Bagman obviously understood this resentment, and immediately transferred the scene to Krum.

However, his subject clearly hadn't left Harry.

"It seems that our little warrior is very smart. He wants to see how other warriors get the golden egg. Obviously, he has always remembered the matter of missing the golden egg before..."

"Mr. Bagman... Do you think Wilktor Krum can successfully take the golden egg?" Jordan has obviously adapted to the speaking rhythm of the game, and his words are not tense anymore. He compliantly asked the questions that the audience most wanted to know.

Before Bagman could answer, there was a sudden commotion in the old classroom...it could almost make the statues of the Big Four come alive and cover their ears.

It turned out that Wilktor Krum swung his wand, and a ray of light hit the Chinese fireball.

This time the spell didn't seem to be bounced off the scale, but actually hit it.

The subsequent performance of the fire dragon also proved this point——

The fire dragon sent out a long stream of flames, brushing past the stone ladder lying on Harry's body.

Although the voices are not transmitted simultaneously, all viewers should be able to feel the pain of the fire dragon.

The Chinese Fireball closes its eyeballs and spews fire everywhere,
—it went mad.

It waved its paws around on the ground, its tail... struggling and rolling frantically, it was about to fall off the huge stone platform.

"Very bold!" Bagman's voice echoed loudly in the old classroom, suppressing Jordan's cheering shouts, "Wilker Krum deserves his performance in the Quidditch match, he is extremely bold..."

"He should have adopted one of the most commonly used and useful spells against fire dragons just now... [Eye Disease Curse]!"

"... Krum flexibly dodged the fire dragon's random flames, wow... His robe was scratched and burned... He didn't extinguish it, and rushed directly to the fire dragon's nest..."

"Oh oh oh, Krum got the golden egg. Let us congratulate him as the first among the warriors to get the golden egg..." Jordan Lee cheered loudly.

The overwhelming applause... almost shook the curtain of flame flow in the fire path to vibrate back and forth.

Even McGuffin had to admit that Krum was a bold fellow.

This guy is not afraid of being hit directly by the fire dragon rolling on the ground.

Ron even eliminated his usual dissatisfaction with Krum. He clapped his hands hard, almost smashing his palms.

"It's amazing, it's amazing!" Neville said, looking longingly at Krum.

The scene continued, and it didn't end because Krum took out the golden egg.

Seeing that the fire dragon was so violent that it almost destroyed the platform, suddenly the huge waterfall in the [Endless Labyrinth] deflected... and rushed directly towards this stone step, and this platform rushed up like a flood.

But unlike the usual uncontrollable waves, the waterfall just stopped before reaching the platform. Like an invisible curtain, it rushed into the air... and then half hung in front of the fire dragon and Krum.

Even the huge fireball spewed by the Chinese fireball hit it, but it didn't extinguish it, evaporate it... this waterfall.

Instead, the water curtain slowly opened, and several wizards in black robes stepped out from inside, the leader being—Charlie Weasley.

Next to him was Madam Pomfrey (she was wearing a red and white gown), holding a small suitcase in one hand and a wand in the other, with a very displeased expression on her face.

"That's my brother..."

Ron pulled everyone in front of him crazily, pointed at the strong young man in the picture who comforted the Chinese fireball and saved Krum, and said braggingly.

"Mr. Bagman, this is?" Jordan asked everyone's question.

"I'm glad you asked that question...Jordan."

"This is the unique magic of this space, haven't I already said it before? We can monitor everything in this competition field... Of course, the current situation of the warriors cannot escape our eyes. Of course, we can also let the staff appear anywhere on the competition field to protect the safety of the students... to ensure the normal progress of the competition..."

"Under the current situation, after the evaluation of the referee team... to intervene to a certain extent in the 'Top Ten Tournament'... This is not only to protect the safety of the warriors, but also to protect the life of the fire dragon... In a situation like just now, it is necessary to intervene."

"Mr. Bagman, won't this cause the game to be unfair?" Jordan, as a fan, found a very suitable time...and asked this question.

"It doesn't affect... Krum can continue his journey after the inspection is completed... This will not affect the referee's final score for him. We are only maintaining the playing field and assessing his physical condition... We will not give him help beyond ordinary people."

"Oh, Charlie made a gesture. It seems that Madam Pomfrey's diagnosis of Krum is over. He didn't suffer any major injuries... This is a good plus."

"However, it seems that the eggs we used to disguise as fire dragon eggs... the eggs of the giant terrestrial flamingos were trampled by fire dragons a lot, oops... this will deduct points." Bagman barked his mouth and judged.

……

Harry swallowed. He looked at the staff of the Ministry of Magic who suddenly appeared below, and the fire dragon who gradually calmed down... and began to breathe heavily on the platform, feeling extremely nervous.

His two pairs of legs, even his two arms... almost became as limp as if made of cream ice cream, unable to stand up.

Although the appearance of those employees... proved that the Ministry of Magic and the school would not leave him here, which made Harry feel relieved.

But when he thought about facing such a fire dragon and finding the golden egg, he felt it was impossible.

The flames alone had nearly killed him, and to have to deal with a dragon that was in good condition... and Harry knew he couldn't blind a dragon the way Krum could.

'Perhaps it's a good choice against snails? '

Harry immediately thought of the plump, oversized snail that Hagrid had raised.

That ferocious body shape and tail spine...

fk!
This is crazy, why would he have such an idea!
Harry shook his head, tried to stand up, cast a spell on his legs, and continued upward.

(End of this chapter)