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Harry was both angry and relieved after reading it.
Fortunately, no one knew that he had used the "Love's Protection" magic on Ron.
Otherwise, ten times more people would believe this article.
However, even though no one knew about this, the article still greatly affected Harry's life.
From that day on, the already precarious relationship between Harry and Ron plummeted to its lowest point.
Aside from attending classes, they would never appear at the same time or place at the same time.
As for Krum, he tried to find Hermione to explain, but the girl didn't care about his orientation at all.
To make matters worse, the girls who used to ask him for autographs and write him love letters all dumped him.
Instead, he started receiving many love letters from boys, which infuriated him.
Levin, however, seemed unsurprised by this; after all, it was a British magic school.
Over the next two weeks, Levin provided Hermione with comprehensive training in Animagus transformation, successfully teaching her how to resist her natural instincts after transforming.
For example, they won't be tempted by catnip, suppress their natural curiosity, or chase their own tails casually.
Hermione has also mastered a lot of the Nekomamushi's innate magic, and she is already able to gain abilities similar to the Disguise Magus through the Nekomamushi's characteristics.
However, due to her aversion to controlling the undead, Hermione did not fully master the ability to create undead.
There's also some transformation ability.
In just two weeks, Hermione couldn't yet transform any part of her body at will like Levin.
However, under Levin's guidance, she still mastered two fixed partial transformation forms:
Cat-human form and catgirl form,
In her cat-human form, while Hermione has a roughly human outline, many of her physical features are cat-like.
Examples include the soft fur covering the skin, slender pupils, cat ears and nose, retractable paws, and two smooth, rounded tails.
Its overall form is somewhat similar to that of a werewolf.
In this form, Hermione retains most of the cat's power while also possessing the spellcasting abilities of a wizard.
As for the catgirl form, compared to the cat-human form, Hermione's features in this form are mostly human.
Besides a pair of cute cat ears, slightly pointed nails, tiptoeing feet, and two wagging tails.
In her catgirl form, Hermione still possesses superhuman agility derived from the cat demon, but she cannot use most of the cat demon's magic. The advantage is that she is more concealed and not as conspicuous as in her catgirl form.
Two forms make Hermione's abilities more flexible.
Of course, he also got quite a few beatings from Levin during this process.
Levin has come to realize that there is a significant difference between petting cats, petting cat people, and cat-loving girls.
However, the specific details are not for outsiders to know.
Finally, the time for the first match arrived.
A lively atmosphere permeated the school.
Everyone was excited and looking forward to the first project, hoping it would be amazing.
Something more exciting would be better.
It would be best if a few people died... no, that's too extreme.
But there has to be some serious injury, at least some bloodshed.
The Warriors should endure hardship, face near-death experiences during the game, and use every means to entertain everyone.
After all, he's not participating himself!
The school has suspended all classes.
Led by their respective headmasters, the young wizards went to the dragon enclosure according to the academy's divisions.
Of course, they had no idea what they would see there.
During lunch, Professor McGonagall hurried toward him in the auditorium. Many people were watching them.
“Miss Granger, Mr. Potter, the warriors are now heading down to the field… You must be ready to complete the first task.”
“Okay,” Harry said, standing up as his fork clattered into the plate.
Hermione, on the other hand, was much more composed. She stood up, hugged Ginny, Cho Chang, and Luna, and smiled as she accepted the blessings from the members of the Faculty of Knowledge. She then followed Professor McGonagall out of the Great Hall.
Professor McGonagall led them to the tents outside the arena, reminding them as they walked:
“Okay, don’t be nervous,” she said. “Keep a calm mind… We have some wizards on hand, and they’ll step in and take control if things get out of hand.”
But Hermione felt that Professor McGonagall was even more nervous than she was.
“You must go in with a few other brave men,” Professor McGonagall said, her voice trembling slightly. “Mr. Bagman is inside…he will show you the steps one by one…good luck.”
When the two entered the tent, there were already quite a few people there.
Fleur Delacour sat on a low wooden stool in the corner, looking far from her usual calm and pale. The other warrior, Estella, was in even worse shape, appearing as if she might faint at any moment.
Krum's expression was more somber than usual, and his companion paced back and forth beside him.
"The heroes of Hogwarts have arrived! Excellent!" Ludo Bagman, the Director of Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic, turned to them and said cheerfully, "Come in, come in, relax, make yourselves at home!"
Hearing this, Hermione almost burst out laughing.
Aside from Ai Wu, who else would feel like they're going home after seeing a fire dragon? The desire to go home is definitely real.
Ludo Bagman, still wearing his Hornets jersey, said excitedly, "Alright, now that everyone's here, it's time for me to give you a briefing!"
As he spoke, he pointed to the tent window, through which the warriors could see three fire dragons in the arena.
"As you can see, you are facing these three big guys—not just one, but three at the same time."
Seeing that the Warriors were even more nervous upon hearing the news, almost fainting, Ludo quickly added:
"Of course, you won't be alone. In fact, standing beside you are your companions and your opponents. Yes, all six of you need to enter the arena simultaneously to face three fire dragons. I also have something to tell you... Oh, right... your mission is to collect the golden eggs!"
Ludo continued, "Each dragon is protecting two golden eggs. What you have to do is take the golden eggs from the dragons, protect them, and hold out for thirty minutes. The more golden eggs the warrior has at the end of the game, the higher the base score."
"So, the competition allows stealing other people's golden eggs?" Hermione suddenly asked.
“Yes, you can think that way, Miss Granger, but only if you don’t directly harm other warriors,” Ludo explained. “Directly harming other warriors will deduct from your base score.”
"I understand." Hermione nodded and said nothing more.
She had already figured out the key to the game: both encouraging the warriors to cooperate against the fire dragon and encouraging them to fight each other for the golden egg.
This involves not only cooperation and struggle between schools, but also cooperation and struggle among students from the same school.
After all, the two warriors from the same school had different scores.
She recalled that Levin had mentioned making significant changes to the Triwizard Tournament format.
Looking at the concept behind this project now, it certainly fits his style.
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Chapter 321 The Secret Eye and Illusion Live Broadcast
Outside the tent, the stands were already full.
There were not only teachers and students from the four schools, but also some Ministry of Magic officials and students' families.
In front of the stands was the referee's platform, a row of raised gold chairs where the three principals, Levin, and Crouch sat. The far left chair was empty, reserved for Ludo.
From a distance, the group looked like dream mentors from a large-scale music talent show.
Ten minutes later, Ludo Bagman finally appeared on the field and sat in the gold chair.
He was also providing commentary for the match today, and he began by explaining the rules of the game to everyone.
When the audience heard that the six warriors would have to fight against three fire dragons at the same time, they gasped in surprise.
We definitely think the competition needs to be a bit thrilling.
That was way too dangerous for you!
What if three dragons appeared at the same time and started causing trouble? Could the Ministry of Magic control them?
Just as the audience was filled with apprehension, Ludo loudly announced:
"For this competition, we are honored to have with us our colleague from the Department of Magical Creature Management and Control, the head of the Beast Office, a genius dragon tamer, known in the industry as the 'Queen of Dragons'—Ms. Katlana Presto."
As soon as he finished speaking, a beautifully dressed woman stood up from among the staff members at the side of the field and waved to the audience.
“Ms. Presto once helped the Ministry of Magic kill the largest black dragon in history,” Ludo began to boast about Katlana’s achievements. “In addition, she was in charge of the mascots for the Dark Kingdom team at the World Cup, and all the successful mascot performances of the Dark Kingdom team are thanks to Ms. Katlana.”
If you say this, everyone will be familiar with it.
Thus, Katlana got a great opportunity to shine in front of the audience.
This was also arranged beforehand with Ludo Bagman, using the competition as an opportunity to increase the prestige of his faction member 803.
"Speaking of the World Cup, in the recently concluded World Cup, the Yin country finally had a chance to shine. Coincidentally, the players and referees on the referee's table were the opponents of the final two teams. What a wonderful coincidence."
Next, Ludo spent another three minutes praising Levin extensively, and finally added:
“Mr. Levin Green not only participated deeply in the preparation of the Triwizard Tournament, providing us with exciting competition events, but also provided the competition with an unprecedented live streaming system.”
"Mr. Green used his superb alchemical skills to create flying magical eyes. These adorable little guys are like flying eyeballs that can travel to any hidden corner or follow our warriors closely to record all their wonderful performances."
After listening to Ludo's explanation, some people looked into the stadium through binoculars and could indeed vaguely see small black dots flying around the field.
"With the illusion playback system that Mr. Green designed specifically for the competition, any exciting scene can be presented to everyone, and various replays can be performed to ensure that you do not miss any details."
As soon as Ludo finished speaking, large phantom images appeared in front of each audience seat.
What appears in the illusion are the warriors preparing nervously in the tent, a corner that the audience would never normally see.
This scene was an eye-opener for the audience.
"It's a real shame. If only the World Cup had this technology, Quidditch matches would be twice as exciting." After briefly advertising Levin's live streaming system, Ludo returned to the main topic: