Fire Bearer at Hogwarts

Chapter 402 Game of the Brave (Two in One)

"Professor Embers, I'm glad you came in time." Minister Francois nodded happily as he watched Ash slowly come to the referee's seat: "The other professors are waiting."

The venue for the first round was on the huge lawn outside Beauxbaton College. The wizards surrounded a huge circular field with a spell, and the audience could sit on the high stands around to watch the game, just like ancient Rome. The Colosseum is average.

It wasn't too early for Ash to come, the opening ceremony seemed to be over, and he could even see the scene where the Goblet of Fire warriors participating in the competition were warming up.

"Professors, I would like to reiterate the rules of safety officers: first of all, we strictly prohibit malicious interference with the game, as a safety officer, we cannot interfere with the game without authorization, and second, we must pay attention to protecting the safety of the students. of students were injured..."

While listening to the speech of the old Beauxbatons professor, Ash looked at the content of the game, and had to say that the content of the game was no different from what Dumbledore said.

A group of silver-white horses grazed on the vast grassland. These rune horses strolled on the grassland with soothing expressions, occasionally licked their partners, and occasionally lowered their heads to taste the delicious tender grass.

I have to say that the appearance of these rune horses alone is very good...

Harry, Cedric and Julian were standing in the waiting area for the contestants, ready to start. They already knew the content of the competition: tame a rune horse and defeat a knight in battle.

It is worth noting that the first round of the game is a one-man system, that is, one person sent will replace everyone on their team.

"Harry, if you're not sure, you can replace me." Cedric looked at Harry and nodded, "I know you're under a lot of pressure."

He was right, Harry was really under a lot of pressure these days, the main reason was that he knew that if he lost face for Hogwarts, he would probably be considered a loophole for the rest of his life.

You know, there are still rumors in Hogwarts that he used a spell to maliciously mislead the Goblet of Fire.

"Huh..." Harry took a deep breath and nodded, "I'm fine." As he said that, he still clenched the snake-scale sword in his hand.

At this time, the brave warriors from other academies are also gearing up.

The player Durmstrang played is obviously Crome. As a professional Quidditch player, he is very good at these sports. He didn't even wear Durmstrang's school uniform, but wore A light gray Quidditch uniform.

The player who replaced Beauxbaton was not the Fleur in Harry's imagination, on the contrary, it was an unattractive boy, but he seemed to be extremely confident, with a golden liquid dangling in the small bottle hanging on his chest.

It also reminded Harry... Maybe we should have prepared some potions earlier, too.

"I'll go ask Waka." Julie said quietly, obviously, she also saw the potion on the boy's body following Harry's eyes.

Harry nodded, and then turned his attention to the students of Ouagadou, who looked almost identical to Harry... He couldn't recognize the difference between these people at all.

But the man who replaced them in the game should be the thinnest one... He looks a bit weak compared to his teammates.

"Okay, please be quiet, brave men." The chief referee of the game, François, the minister of the French Ministry of Magic, came out. He looked at the prepared brave men and nodded and said: "I think everyone is ready, then It's up to me to reiterate the first-round process."

"First of all, the rune horse cannot be harmed. This is the first element of the competition. Second, the final score of the competition is determined according to each round of the competition."

"That is to say, points are scored separately for taming a rune horse and fighting a knight." Francois looked at the thinking brave men and nodded: "Any mistake will result in a point deduction."

"The team that wins in the first round will enjoy a little bit of convenience in the second round." Francois said with a smile: "The rest will be left to you, our braves."

As his words fell, a magnificent magic firework flew out from Beauxbaton's castle, setting off a soaring rune horse and a knight in iron armor in the air.

"The game starts now!" said Beauxbaton's commentator loudly: "According to our lottery, the first player to play will be Viktor Krum from Durmstrang. Athletes, we believe he can bring us a wonderful performance!"

As Krum walked slowly onto the grass field, all the young wizards onlookers cheered. Many of them were fans of Krum, and many of them liked this burly and agile boy. .

Krum also waved to the students present, obviously, he was already familiar with such scenes.

His high popularity also made Durmstrang's Dean Karkaroff nod happily, and Ash could see his smiling face and dancing movements from far away.

What a braggart...

Ash doesn't need to play now, for the sake of fairness, in the first round, the professors of each college are responsible for protecting the safety of their own college students, so as to avoid malicious interference in the game.

Ash just looked at the drawing number, and Harry was the second to last... There is no need for him to be in a hurry.

Krum was not in a hurry to tame the rune horses after he stepped onto the ranch. On the contrary, he began to carefully look at these rune horses... It was obvious that he was picking a rune horse that he liked and was well-built. horse.

You know, he will be riding this rune horse to fight the knight in a while. If the rune horse itself is not strong enough and loses, it will be somewhat embarrassing.

It seems that he is very confident... Ash nodded lightly, Crom's strength is indeed good among heroes...

"The Firebolt is coming!" Krum flicked his wand, and then grabbed the Firebolt broom flying from the sidelines.

Then he turned over and rode the Firebolt amid the cheers of the audience. It has to be said that the Quidditch World Cup player uses a broom in the Goblet of Fire. This kind of explosive news can be favored by all the media.

"Whoosh."

Krum shot the Firebolt into the sky with just a little force. He flew straight into the air on a broomstick, even surpassing the height of the safety officer.

"Krum's Firebolt moves gracefully and quickly, I feel like I'm watching a Quidditch World Cup!"

With the narrator cheering, Krum quickly dived at the highest point, and he had aimed a target.

"It's hard for Krum to succeed," Hagrid muttered suddenly.

"Why?" Ash turned to look at him curiously.

"He makes too much noise... rune horses are very difficult to tame when disturbed..."

Hagrid's muttering was not groundless, Krum dived very fast, but he also aroused the reaction of the rune horses, and the rune horses immediately neighed in shock from the noisy cheers around them, and even the gods The Fuma flapped its wings and wanted to leave.

But the rune horse is no faster than the Firebolt, and Krum got close to his target in a few seconds. A tall and handsome rune horse, it can be counted among all the rune horses in Beauxbatons. excellent.

"Heh!" Krum's broom was very flexible, and under his exquisite control, the Firebolt was almost on par with the rune horse.

"But the rune horses are too fast..." Hagrid muttered, "It's hard for him to ride them..."

"unless……"

"He jumped on it." Ash nodded slightly. He remembered his previous experience of helping Mr. Weasley find the car back, and that time he was riding a Thestral.

"But it's too dangerous." Hagrid shook his head: "It's better..."

"Ha!" Krum yelled, and then stood directly on the Firebolt. Now he is like an extreme athlete stepping on a cable, and the dangerous movements made the security guards immediately lower their height.

And the audience held their breath.

"Here we come..." Krum's lips curled up slightly, and then he jumped up amid the exclamation of the audience, riding straight on the back of the rune horse.

The rune horse was taken aback by the sudden "attack", and it immediately began to run in panic, especially when it realized that there was someone on its back. It panicked even more.

It immediately began flapping its wings to fly into the air, and then spiraled and accelerated its dive. Obviously, it wanted to use these movements to throw the guys behind it off.

"Ha!" Krum was not to be outdone, he directly took out a rope from his Quidditch jersey, and tied it firmly around his waist and the neck of the rune horse. As stable as Mount Tai.

"Huh, huh..." Finally, the rune horse was finally tired after a long confrontation. It slowly landed on the grass and lowered its head to rest. Krum also took the opportunity to pat its neck and shouted at the present The audience waved.

"Let's Krum!" the narrator said loudly: "It took 27 minutes and 12 seconds to successfully tame the rune horse!"

In the warm applause of the young wizards watching, Krum turned handsomely off his horse, and then led the tired rune horse off the field.

After everyone has been tamed, the duel with the knight will begin.

"Is this considered tame?" Hagrid said dissatisfiedly, "That rune horse is obviously just tired..." He swore to Ash, "Do you believe Ash, Krum will soon be I have suffered."

"Hmm." Ash nodded slightly. He didn't know anything about magical animals, so he couldn't comment too much.

"The next one to play is Philip de Pommano from Beauxbaton College." As the young wizard of Beauxbaton's home game, he walked out of the brave seat in a gorgeous dress. come out.

Compared with Krum just now, he doesn't look like he came here to tame the rune horse.

"He's like a student on a spring outing." Julian pouted and said, "He should be relying on the potion on his body."

"What kind of potion is that?" Harry asked curiously.

"Missing love water." Julian frowned and said, "It's a dirty trick."

"That's right..." Cedric also nodded, and it seemed that he didn't like Beauxbaton's methods.

The main reason is that this potion is not recognized by everyone.

Philip slowly approached the rune horse's pasture step by step, and the rune horse hadn't completely calmed down after Krum's interference just now.

But Philip's actions didn't require them to be calm. He slowly took off the medicine on his chest, and then slowly dripped them on the feed.

With the release of the love potion, the rune horses seemed to be very excited, and several rune horses that were close started to slowly approach Philip, and then began to quietly watch his actions.

Philip bowed slightly and made an elegant gesture. Obviously, he should have a general understanding of the temperament of the rune horse. At least, he must know the habits of the rune horse.

Sure enough, his polite behavior made the rune horse gradually relax its vigilance. Almost in a short time, a well-built rune horse came up. It lowered its head and approached Philip, then slowly lifted it up. own head.

It wants to taste the feed.

Philip showed a smug smile, and then slowly handed the feed to the rune horse.

"It's really a dirty trick." Ron, who was watching, muttered immediately, he was very dissatisfied with this behavior.

"No, no, no..." Although Hermione beside him also frowned, she still explained: "This is also allowed in the competition, and the use of potions and props is also completely allowed."

"Cut." Ron curled his lips: "Anyway, I don't know how to use potions."

"Then give me back the Felicity Elixir." Hermione said, "Those are all Vulka's treasures."

"Ahem, I'm referring to the dirty potion." Ron said, "Felix Elixir is a serious potion."

"Oh." Hermione shook her head, and she didn't care about Ron anymore, but focused on the actions of the brave Beauxbatons.

After tasting the feed, the rune horse showed its meekness almost visible to the naked eye. It quickly approached Philip and gently rubbed its head against Philip's clothes.

This move caused an uproar among all wizards.

"This is cheating!" Krum's two teammates said loudly: "Shameless!"

"Ahem, please be quiet!" Francois said hastily, "Mr. Pomano's behavior complies with the regulations of the Goblet of Fire competition."

"We don't prohibit the use of potions, but it should be noted that once you choose to use potions, it will lower your score."

His words calmed the fluctuations in the arena. Indeed, you can see that Krum tamed a horse only after he was born and died. You tamed a horse casually with potions.

No one can accept you!

Especially the students of Durmstrang and the principal Karkaroff, they shouted the loudest.

If Francois didn't speak, maybe Karkaroff would make a fuss in the jury.

It is worth mentioning that Francois, the principal of the four colleges, is already a judge, and Dumbledore's absence allowed Snape to fill this position.

He looked at Harry walking slowly and nodded.

It seemed that Snape was going to give Harry a score this time...

(End of this chapter)