Chapter 419 The Second Round Begins (2 in 2)
Chapter 419 The Second Round Begins (2 in 2)
Chapter 419 The Second Round Begins (Two in One)
The clear sun shone on Beauxbaton's meadows and reflected the glowing purple vineyards below the towering castle.
"Professors, students, welcome to the second round of the senior group of the Goblet of Fire competition." As the host waved his wand and cheered, the little wizards also applauded fiercely.
"Come on, Harry!" Sirius sat next to Ron and Hermione this time, waving his arms so that the two little wizards had to take a few steps back to avoid him.
"Sirius, you're a little too excited." Ron curled his lips, and then waved his arms: "Come on, Harry!"
The cheers of the little wizards became more and more intense, and the French Minister of Magic François and the other four principals also came out. Of course, Snape was still representing Hogwarts.
He sat quietly on the high platform, looking out of place with the other principals who were communicating with each other.
"First of all, the Hogwarts team with the highest score in the previous round."
"Their team members are Harry Potter, Cedric Diggory, Julianne Stingley, let us welcome them!" Accompanied by applause, the three of them in academy robes walked to the vineyard.
"This vineyard is bigger than I thought..." Harry muttered looking at the vineyard, he had never been there before, but Cedric and Julianne didn't seem surprised at all.
"After all, there must be four teams." Cedric nodded slightly and explained.
Looking at the audience applauding for him, Harry nodded slightly, and then his eyes caught sight of the Hogwarts students who were waving to him, and he quickly raised his arms to wave to them.
"Harry is waving to you, Ginny!" Several little Gryffindor wizards patted Ginny on the shoulder, making her blush and bow her head.
As the appearances of several other teams ended, Francois slowly raised his wand.
"The theme of this round of competition is: "Wisdom". Little wizards must find the only amethyst in the vineyard, and then find the exit to leave the vineyard."
"Finding the amethyst and finding the exit can both be rewarded with points, and... we also allow taking other teams' amethysts within the rules."
"Scores for all teams will be determined by the judges."
With his introduction, Ron's face immediately fell down: "The other teams have prepared in advance."
"I saw Fu Rong bought a Nixie!"
Hearing his words, Hermione said helplessly: "Harry and the others also knew the general content in advance, but they didn't catch up with the good opportunity."
"Xixiu has already been bought." Hagrid didn't know when he sat next to the three of them: "Someone directly bought all [-] Xixiu..."
"It must have been done by one of them!" Ron said immediately, "In order not to let others get it!"
Discussions in the auditorium intensified, but it was clear that they had no effect on the mortal heroes.
"Next, ask the four security guards to bring our players to their positions, and then... let's start exploring in the maze!"
When Ash heard this, he broomped lightly on his hips. He followed the other safety officers and flew past the judges' seats. For some reason, he felt that he saw a smile in Francois' eyes...
It looks like the shady Minister for Magic is up to something?
Ash shook his head lightly, no matter what he wanted to do... he had to stop him... After all, once Harry died, he would be forced to return to Rodland.
"Professor Embers..." The three of them nodded slightly when they saw Ash.
"I heard that Weifa is helping you train, right?" Ash nodded to Harry: "Come on...he is an excellent teacher."
"are you ready?"
"Well... ready." Cedric nodded to Ash: "Professor."
Looking at the polite Cedric, Ash nodded slightly, and then flicked his wand, the three of them felt their eyes suddenly go dark.
When their eyes lit up again, they were already in different positions.
"All the brave men have reached their positions, now I announce that the competition has officially begun!"
"Huh..." Harry opened his eyes in one breath, surrounded by dense vines, purple grapes drooping along the sunlight, and the calm surroundings made him take a deep breath immediately.
As he expected, neither Cedric nor Julian was with him... But it didn't matter, they had already agreed on a way to gather.
Harry lightly took out a whistle from his pocket, as long as he kept blowing the whistle, he could judge the location...
"Beep~" Soon, Harry heard a whistle not far away. There was no doubt that it was his teammate...
He nodded slightly, and then walked around the vines in front of him. The maze here was rather complicated, mainly due to the multi-structure of the vines themselves. Looking at the wall, Harry didn't even know how many layers of grapes there were in front of him.
"The Brave Team at Hogwarts is very smart, they use whistles as their assembly tool!" The commentator was excitedly introducing the method of Hogwarts, when he suddenly saw a wisp of fireworks flying out of the maze.
"This colorful firework is the way Beauxbaton's students came up with it! Come on, Beauxbatons!"
Naturally, Harry also saw the colorful fireworks, and he nodded secretly. Sure enough, all the warriors were carefully preparing for the competition...
Harry is struggling to find the way to the maze, and Cedric and Julianne are not too far behind. The two of them are not too far apart, but there are dense roads separating them.
Moreover, Cedric was surprised to find that there are magical animals as enemies in the maze.
He looked at the troll in front of him and had to hold his wand tightly for a moment, blocking his and Julian's rendezvous.
"Dizzy!" Cedric pulled out the red spell with a flick of his wand, and his action also attracted Ash. He rode on a broom and approached Cedric from the air. If something went wrong, he would Rescue the boy immediately.
"Roar!" The troll's magic resistance is very high, even if Cedric's magic spell is extremely superb, it cannot be easily defeated.
The troll angrily waved a big stick and rushed towards Cedric.
"Buzz!" Seeing this, Cedric didn't panic at all, and swung his wand again: "All petrified!"
His spell successfully made the troll stop. Watching the troll stop, Cedric's wand did not wait for a moment to stop. Disarming spells, stun spells, petrification spells, and even duel magic all flew towards the troll. go.
Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Cedric, Ash nodded slightly and prepared to fly towards Harry. His primary purpose was to protect Harry's safety.
But just as he was about to leave, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Julian who was dealing with a group of Wicked Birds.
The moment she saw the Witchbird, she flicked her wand to seal her ears, and then flicked her wand immediately to defeat these flying magical animals.
But these magical animals escaped Julian's spell with extraordinary flexibility, and they flew towards Julian outflanking.
so smart?
Ash was a little surprised to see the Wicked Birds. The Wicked Birds flew so fast that they flew to Julian's side almost in the next second.
"Shenfengwuying!" Julian's wand didn't stop for a moment, and she mercilessly used the black magic learned from the potions book of Volka.
Accompanied by the invisible blade being thrown out, the Wicked Birds landed one after another like meteorites, with their feathers flying horizontally and blood splattering everywhere.
"Merlin on top!" Makarov took a step back in response, his exaggerated performance was serving the low score.
The other principals also showed more or less surprised expressions, and Snape frowned slightly.
"Huh..." When Julian and Cedric encountered enemies, the same was true on Harry's side, except that his enemy was weaker, a red hat wielding a wooden stick.
He'd seen the creature in dueling magic and in Care of Fantastic Beasts, so Harry wasn't panicking at all.
He swung his wand to throw out the silver soul arrow, and then he held the snake-scale sword tightly in his left hand to be careful of the red hat's attack.
This red hat didn't seem to be anything ordinary either, it seemed to have heard Harry's footsteps, and then jumped back nimbly to avoid the spell.
"Quack quack quack!" It immediately let out a sinister laugh, and then rushed up waving the wooden stick.
"Bang!" Harry's snake-scale sword reacted quickly, blocking the wooden stick almost instantly, and then he swung his wand immediately, and gave the red hat a fainting blow at close range.
"boom!"
The red hat flew upside down and hit the wall, and Ron and Sirius immediately shouted for Harry.
"Good job Harry!" Ron said, waving his arms, and Sirius also opened his arms and grabbed Ron: "Good job Harry!"
Listening to the movements of the two "boys" beside her, Hermione sighed helplessly, but her face also had excited joy.
"Huh..." Seeing the red hat flying upside down and falling to the ground, Harry nodded slightly, and then walked past its body... I have to say, after this warm-up, Harry felt that he seemed to have entered the state .
Thinking this way, he turned a corner, and then he saw an extremely dangerous guy.
It was a giant sleeping soundly. He was lying at the fork in the road with his knees resting on the vines, looking very leisurely.
"..." Harry clenched his wand tightly, and then lowered his voice. He didn't want to be caught by this troll...it would only remind him of that Halloween...the first time he stayed at Hogwarts. halloween...
"Squeak."
Harry's boots landed on a branch, making quite a noise... but thankfully, it wasn't as loud as his own snoring for the troll...
as long as you don't...
Before Harry could finish his thoughts, there was an explosion not far from him.
The loud explosion revived the troll immediately. It yawned and got up, then waved its big stick and stared at Harry.
It seemed to be thinking whether this was the sound made by the little thing in front of it, but soon, it realized that it was a troll.
Trolls never need to think.
"Roar!" it roared angrily and threw its big stick at Harry. Harry could only dodge in panic.
But he was too close to the troll at this time, and he had to dodge the next attack of the troll before he could even swing his wand.
"Buzz!"
Feeling the sound of wind pressure past his ears, Harry kept backing away.
But even so, Harry couldn't dodge every attack, and soon, a swing from the troll smacked beside him, sending Harry to the ground with a huge shock.
And the troll seized the opportunity to grab Harry.
"Yoga Ramleviosa..." Harry's leg was grabbed by the troll before Harry's wand had time to swipe the spell.
"Oops! Harry Potter is in danger!" The narrator looked extremely panicked as he watched the troll grab Harry's feet.
The troll lifted Harry upside down in the air, while Ash, who was the security guard, watched the scene quietly in the air.
He knew he should have shot at a moment like this...but he looked at Harry...he knew that Harry wouldn't get hurt if he could think of it.
Training this child... is also something I must do...
"Roar!" The troll lifted Harry, and let out a hearty roar. Its saliva splashed directly on Harry, and then it made his cloak flutter uncontrollably.
"Come on, isn't Professor Embers still making a move?" Ron stood up in surprise. He watched the troll lift Harry to his mouth.
"The professor will do it...the professor will..." Hermione stood up mutteringly, and Sirius beside the two had already pulled out his wand.
If anything happens, I will save Harry no matter what...
Even the headmasters in the jury frowned, and Snape slowly squeezed the wand in his sleeve.
This damn guy...he glanced at Ash who was still floating in the air silently, what was he thinking?
Ash watched as Harry got closer and closer to the troll's mouth, and even dropped his wand to the ground.
Ash fixed his eyes on the snake-scale sword held in Harry's left hand and shook his head lightly... This kid... still needs to learn more...
Ash shook his head in disappointment, then raised his wand. He was about to kill the troll with a soul crystallization gun, so the soul in his body immediately began to mobilize.
But suddenly, he saw Harry's left hand clenched slightly.
"Nice job... Harry." He chuckled and put down his wand.
Harry, who was being carried by the troll, also moved suddenly. He lifted up his fallen body neatly, and then slashed across the troll's wrist with his snake-scale sword.
Accompanied by the troll grunting in pain, Harry was let go by him in pain. Harry who fell to the ground did not panic at all. He rolled on the spot and picked up his wand.
"Drowsy!" The red curse was drawn out like lightning and hit the troll, making him take a step back involuntarily.
"Soul arrow shooting!" Harry swung his wand again, and the silver-white soul arrow directly hit the troll's hand holding the big stick, making it painful to let go of the weapon.
"Crystal Soul Arrow Shooting!"
Harry's wand flicked one last time in the troll's eye, and a crystallized soul arrow slammed right into the troll, knocking it to the ground.
It hit the back of its head against the club and let out a cry of pain.
"Good job." Ash said again, he felt for the first time that his lessons were not in vain.
(End of this chapter)
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