Chapter 538 Challenge
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 538 Challenge
The next day was Monday, and the students got up extra early.
Everyone wants to see what happened to the second selection of the Warriors?We want to see this excitement even if we do not sign up.
So did Harry.
Because of this, McGuffin was dragged into the restaurant by these guys early.
When they went downstairs and entered the foyer, they saw that the professors who were not common at this time had already come here.
More than a dozen adult wizards...Karkaroff, Aginbad, Barty Crouch, Snape, and Professor McGuffin all registered the names of the students who signed up there.
Although some students didn't dare to approach these professors because they were there... and could only hide and eat bread at the long table on the other side, they were all secretly and carefully looking at the situation in the old classroom.
From the flame gate to the auditorium... There were several long queues.
McGuffin saw the twins George and Fred, Lee Jordan, Angelina... the Japanese wizard Eiichi Akagi, and Beauxbaton, German Shepherd Strong and some eliminated student representatives gathered around and registered their names on the roster.
After George and the others came back, Ron went up and asked eagerly, "Are there any restrictions? Is it true that anyone can sign up? When will it end?"
"Anyone can," Fred trembled excitedly, "Ron, you can... see us show our talents!"
After that, he and George laughed together, as if he had been selected as a Warrior by surprise.
Harry and Ron also looked at each other, and immediately rushed forward with other students of the same grade, such as Ernie, Seamus... and even some lower grade students, Brother Colin, to sign up.
The crowd was like catfish out of the net...they squeezed past one after another, and immediately couldn't get through...the figures of several professors were submerged in the crowd in an instant.
The long table here immediately became empty, only McGuffin, Hermione and Neville stayed where they were.
"These guys!" Hermione frowned in distaste. "Didn't they think that only ten warriors are enough? I think Professor Dumbledore set up this second selection of warriors just to silence these guys. No one wants to select other warriors at all..."
Neville originally looked at the old classroom, looking very hesitant, but after hearing Hermione's words, he immediately froze in place.
"Ah! Is this true? But haven't the professors registered it?"
"Just wait and see! Do you think we can really pass the test set by the professors just by relying on the magic of the third-rate tricks we have mastered? Well, don't be dazed, hurry up and finish the meal... Do we still have classes? I heard that the library is open again..." After Hermione finished speaking, she hurriedly took a piece of bread and left the auditorium.
Just like what Hermione said, Harry and Ron's wishful thinking fell through. The chaos over there lasted only two or three minutes before it was easily suppressed by Professor McGonagall and Snape.
A large group of people came back in a daze.
"What's going on?" Neville asked hastily.
"That guy Snape said we were not qualified, and asked the student representatives and senior students from other magic schools to sign up for the challenge...it was our turn..." Ron said angrily, "Damn it, if I knew it, I would be like DeLS Malfoy...I called my name loudly and asked Karkaroff to write it...It seems that the magic headmaster of Demu Strong seems to be very talkative..."
"Harry? I don't know if your name is written on it? Why didn't you tell me that there is still this way?" Ron complained and looked at Harry.
"No, that's not my name... I don't know who shouted my name in the crowd... I'm sure it should be those guys from Slytherin, they want to make me look bad!" Harry shook his head, somewhat puzzled, "What's more, DeLS Malfoy must rely on her amazing family...that made Karkaroff look different. Isn't that guy just going to transfer to DemurStrang?"
Just as they were talking, there was another commotion over there, and several people turned their heads to look, and it turned out that Professor Dumbledore was walking in from outside the auditorium.
And the order over there has also returned to normal. The students followed the professor into the old classroom in an orderly manner. It seemed that the first challenge to select a warrior was about to begin.
"Hurry up! McGuffin, don't eat..."
"Yes, let's go take a look..."
Without any explanation, Harry and Ron dragged McGuffin to the flame door, and entered the old classroom with other students.
'It's still the same here...'
McGuffin felt a little nervous when he smelled the cold and not humid bardo of the old classroom, and the underground air without any earthy smell.
He recalled some 'not so good' memories from the past.
The same is obviously true for Harry. He looked at the towering statue of the Big Four, the giant face hidden in the darkness... under the light of the Goblet of Fire, flickering on and off... he was even a little frightened (probably reminded of the six-armed monster that happened here).
He took two steps back and accidentally stepped on the toes of a senior Hufflepuff student named Summers next to him.
"I'm sorry!" Harry apologized quickly.
"--hiss!"
Fortunately, the senior from Samos was also anxious to squeeze to the front... he didn't care too much about the accident.
At this time, Karkaroff, Snape, and Ludo Bagman stood beside the stone platform where the Goblet of Fire was placed, and drew out their wands together.
"Then who? Which brave... come to the first challenge?" Ludo Bagman shouted excitedly to a group of students who signed up and formed a circle.
But obviously everyone is a giant of language and a dwarf of action...
No one wants to be the first to eat crabs.
Everyone wants to let other people try the water, and after accumulating more experience, they will have a little more confidence to challenge themselves.
Therefore, the scene was at a stalemate here, and no one was willing to take this first step first.
all looking at each other...
(Θ[-]Θ)~(ΘoΘ)~(Θ～Θ〃)
Even the twin brothers, George and Fred, who have always been obsessed with this and wanted to become warriors by cheating for a long time, hid in the crowd and did not show up.
"Huh, how interesting? Now there's no one..." Snape touched his wand, and looked at these 'cowards' coldly.
Students (even those from other schools) bowed their heads as his icy gaze rolled around.
This guy saw McGuffin and Harry at a glance, and after staying here for a long time, he suddenly turned his head and shouted coldly, "Redhead...Brother Weasley, you two should sign up, I saw you...Come out?"
The voice seemed to have magical powers, and the crowd immediately parted ways, letting out the twins who were hiding behind....
George and Fred stood alone in an 'open space', facing the eyes of Snape and other professors.
The two could only smile dryly, looking quite helpless and pitiful.
Snape smiled maliciously as he took the roster from Ludo Bagman,
The fingers that were somewhat dead white after being corroded by the potion slowly slid through the register... On the first page, they found the names of the twins.
"That's right, both of you are up there... Let's discuss it? Who will go up first?" He smiled sinisterly, and then reminded the two of George very 'kindly',
——Once the name on the roster is recorded, you must participate in this challenge, and no one can back down.
No one spoke for the two of them, even Professor McGonagall covered his forehead, sighed softly, and then hid aside.
As for the students behind them... Seeing that they were not the first to go up, they immediately became 'lively' and clamored for the two of them to start the challenge quickly.
This was the end of the matter, and there was nothing the twins could do.
George took two deep breaths, and gave Fred an 'affectionate farewell' expression.
He was very high, and in a dramatic drawl he cried,
"Ah! Fred! I go first..."
"No, George... I won't let you..."
Sounds like some cheesy third-rate play parodying Romeo and Juliet.
The two live treasures immediately made everyone cover their mouths and laugh.
Some professors at Hogwarts couldn't bear to look directly at this scene. They (Professor McGonagall) simply walked a little farther, lowered their heads and hid directly in the shadow under the sculpture of the Big Four.
And Snape obviously didn't have the patience, he waved his wand - George was pulled stiffly into the Goblet of Fire as if tied by a rope... beside the three adult wizards.
"Ready?" Snape asked impatiently, nodding to Bagman, Karkaroff, and raising his wand before George Weasley could answer.
The three of them stood in a triangle, held their wands in front of their chests, performed a ritual like a wizard duel, and then inserted their wands directly into the blue and white flames jumping in the Goblet of Fire (the wands were not burned by the flames at all).
"George Weasley... is here to meet the challenge of the Big Four!"
"agree or not!"
"Uh, huh?... Agree, agree!"
In a daze, George nodded in agreement.
Then, the three of Snape immediately turned and walked straight in their respective directions, driving the onlookers to the edge of the field.
Then, as the three of them waved their wands, they pointed at the Goblet of Fire...
The blue-white flames in the goblet immediately jumped and turned into orange-red, gushing out, and the three of them stood... forming a huge equilateral triangle duel field, enclosing George and the Goblet of Fire.
--What's the meaning?
Before George could react, the flames of the Goblet of Fire began to jump again, sweeping through the air... turning into four streams of flame, engulfing the phantoms of the four giants in front of the stone platform...
When the flames disappeared, the phantoms of the Big Four became solid and became more real, as if they had fleshy skin.
The eight pairs of eyes lighted up slowly, and the flames flickered inside.
"George Weasley...the challenge has already begun, hurry up and attack! Otherwise you will be eliminated." Ludo Bagman, who was standing at a point in the triangle duel field, reminded loudly.
George hurriedly picked up his wand, aiming at the phantoms of the Big Four who seemed to be hostile.
This was the first time he had seen such a thing, and he was a little hesitant...whether he should act first.
"Come on, George!"
Fred, who was standing outside, didn't mind the pain in his back, and hurriedly urged.
At this time, one of the Big Four, Ms. Ravenclaw...had already stepped forward.
She slowly raised her wand, gracefully performing a duel etiquette between wizards.
George froze for a moment, and this time he followed the same duel etiquette.
After this slightly weird behavior, George seemed to have found his own reason, and cast a [Thunderbolt Explosion Curse] on Ravenclaw's phantom, then a tactical dodge, bent down and changed to another position.
The fire in Ravenclaw's eyes lit up, and then with a wave of his wand, the Thunderbolt Explosion Curse was directly canceled--just made a dull popping sound, and there was no trace.
Before George could cast another spell, the phantom of Ms. Ravenclaw shook her wand very lightly.
George yelled and turned his body over, and kept speeding towards the dome of the starry sky above the old classroom...
He is like a yo-yo, tossing up and down...
After being toyed with like this a few times, as Ms. Ravenclaw cast another spell,
—George raised his arms and began tiptoeing in the air, dancing his thighs, dancing the ballet...
In the end, he just bent his legs and jumped out... In a posture of a big split, he landed outside the duel arena.
Everyone in the old classroom roared with laughter, even the professors... and Dumbledore, who had just finished eating, couldn't help laughing.
just...
"—Ah! Uh, — Ugh! —Oooohoo!"
George just froze in place, and the tone he raised...directly changed nine times...from a high-pitched shriek to the scream of a castrated boar.
"—Ahhhhh!"
"George!"
Fred had a "sorrowful and angry face" with an exaggerated and distorted expression (I don't know whether to laugh or cry), he hurried over to help George, and seemed to want to help George... Go and see if Madam Pomfrey has caused any major "special" damage.
Every time George moved, he let out a series of broken screams.
It caused the crowd to laugh again.
In the end, it was Professor McGonagall who felt that he couldn't afford to lose this person, and came over and directly floated George into mid-air, and asked Fred to take him to Madam Pomfrey.
Come out of sight, out of mind.
"okay!"
Fred couldn't hide the joy in his air, maybe because he also realized that it was too much, he coughed twice again, and pulled George who was in mid-air to prepare to leave here.
"Rang Rang, someone here is injured!" He yelled extremely loudly, not caring that his own brother was just like that, floating in the air with his legs crossed... Under the watchful eyes of all the witches, his expression was about to burst.
"and many more!"
Snape raised his wand again, petrifying Fred.
"It's your turn, it won't delay anything? Fred Weasley... you're afraid to run away, aren't you? This doesn't look like a Gryffindor at all..."
Snape sneered in a smug yet disgusting tone after he lifted Fred's petrification.
Fred couldn't bear it any longer, he puffed out his chest and stepped into the duel with an expression of 'I'm very brave'.
"Fred Weasley... here for the challenge! Do you agree?"
"agree!"
The wizard duel started again.
Although he had George's experience, Fred was a lot more sophisticated. After finishing the dueling etiquette, he directly uttered the kind of mischievous little spells that he was extremely skilled at at a high frequency, in an attempt to suppress the phantom of Gryffindor.
He didn't do those unnecessary evasion actions either.
But in the end, he was approached by Gryffindor step by step, and with the last touch... the phantom swung his wand, and threw Fred directly outside the duel field like a shot put... a distance of ten feet,
Fred hit the cold stone floor hard.
The nose was crushed, and the nosebleed could not be stopped, dripping blood all over the floor.
After the twins helped each other out of here, the venue fell into a desert again. Obviously, the fate of these two guys scared the other challengers a little bit.
(End of this chapter)
The next day was Monday, and the students got up extra early.
Everyone wants to see what happened to the second selection of the Warriors?We want to see this excitement even if we do not sign up.
So did Harry.
Because of this, McGuffin was dragged into the restaurant by these guys early.
When they went downstairs and entered the foyer, they saw that the professors who were not common at this time had already come here.
More than a dozen adult wizards...Karkaroff, Aginbad, Barty Crouch, Snape, and Professor McGuffin all registered the names of the students who signed up there.
Although some students didn't dare to approach these professors because they were there... and could only hide and eat bread at the long table on the other side, they were all secretly and carefully looking at the situation in the old classroom.
From the flame gate to the auditorium... There were several long queues.
McGuffin saw the twins George and Fred, Lee Jordan, Angelina... the Japanese wizard Eiichi Akagi, and Beauxbaton, German Shepherd Strong and some eliminated student representatives gathered around and registered their names on the roster.
After George and the others came back, Ron went up and asked eagerly, "Are there any restrictions? Is it true that anyone can sign up? When will it end?"
"Anyone can," Fred trembled excitedly, "Ron, you can... see us show our talents!"
After that, he and George laughed together, as if he had been selected as a Warrior by surprise.
Harry and Ron also looked at each other, and immediately rushed forward with other students of the same grade, such as Ernie, Seamus... and even some lower grade students, Brother Colin, to sign up.
The crowd was like catfish out of the net...they squeezed past one after another, and immediately couldn't get through...the figures of several professors were submerged in the crowd in an instant.
The long table here immediately became empty, only McGuffin, Hermione and Neville stayed where they were.
"These guys!" Hermione frowned in distaste. "Didn't they think that only ten warriors are enough? I think Professor Dumbledore set up this second selection of warriors just to silence these guys. No one wants to select other warriors at all..."
Neville originally looked at the old classroom, looking very hesitant, but after hearing Hermione's words, he immediately froze in place.
"Ah! Is this true? But haven't the professors registered it?"
"Just wait and see! Do you think we can really pass the test set by the professors just by relying on the magic of the third-rate tricks we have mastered? Well, don't be dazed, hurry up and finish the meal... Do we still have classes? I heard that the library is open again..." After Hermione finished speaking, she hurriedly took a piece of bread and left the auditorium.
Just like what Hermione said, Harry and Ron's wishful thinking fell through. The chaos over there lasted only two or three minutes before it was easily suppressed by Professor McGonagall and Snape.
A large group of people came back in a daze.
"What's going on?" Neville asked hastily.
"That guy Snape said we were not qualified, and asked the student representatives and senior students from other magic schools to sign up for the challenge...it was our turn..." Ron said angrily, "Damn it, if I knew it, I would be like DeLS Malfoy...I called my name loudly and asked Karkaroff to write it...It seems that the magic headmaster of Demu Strong seems to be very talkative..."
"Harry? I don't know if your name is written on it? Why didn't you tell me that there is still this way?" Ron complained and looked at Harry.
"No, that's not my name... I don't know who shouted my name in the crowd... I'm sure it should be those guys from Slytherin, they want to make me look bad!" Harry shook his head, somewhat puzzled, "What's more, DeLS Malfoy must rely on her amazing family...that made Karkaroff look different. Isn't that guy just going to transfer to DemurStrang?"
Just as they were talking, there was another commotion over there, and several people turned their heads to look, and it turned out that Professor Dumbledore was walking in from outside the auditorium.
And the order over there has also returned to normal. The students followed the professor into the old classroom in an orderly manner. It seemed that the first challenge to select a warrior was about to begin.
"Hurry up! McGuffin, don't eat..."
"Yes, let's go take a look..."
Without any explanation, Harry and Ron dragged McGuffin to the flame door, and entered the old classroom with other students.
'It's still the same here...'
McGuffin felt a little nervous when he smelled the cold and not humid bardo of the old classroom, and the underground air without any earthy smell.
He recalled some 'not so good' memories from the past.
The same is obviously true for Harry. He looked at the towering statue of the Big Four, the giant face hidden in the darkness... under the light of the Goblet of Fire, flickering on and off... he was even a little frightened (probably reminded of the six-armed monster that happened here).
He took two steps back and accidentally stepped on the toes of a senior Hufflepuff student named Summers next to him.
"I'm sorry!" Harry apologized quickly.
"--hiss!"
Fortunately, the senior from Samos was also anxious to squeeze to the front... he didn't care too much about the accident.
At this time, Karkaroff, Snape, and Ludo Bagman stood beside the stone platform where the Goblet of Fire was placed, and drew out their wands together.
"Then who? Which brave... come to the first challenge?" Ludo Bagman shouted excitedly to a group of students who signed up and formed a circle.
But obviously everyone is a giant of language and a dwarf of action...
No one wants to be the first to eat crabs.
Everyone wants to let other people try the water, and after accumulating more experience, they will have a little more confidence to challenge themselves.
Therefore, the scene was at a stalemate here, and no one was willing to take this first step first.
all looking at each other...
(Θ[-]Θ)~(ΘoΘ)~(Θ～Θ〃)
Even the twin brothers, George and Fred, who have always been obsessed with this and wanted to become warriors by cheating for a long time, hid in the crowd and did not show up.
"Huh, how interesting? Now there's no one..." Snape touched his wand, and looked at these 'cowards' coldly.
Students (even those from other schools) bowed their heads as his icy gaze rolled around.
This guy saw McGuffin and Harry at a glance, and after staying here for a long time, he suddenly turned his head and shouted coldly, "Redhead...Brother Weasley, you two should sign up, I saw you...Come out?"
The voice seemed to have magical powers, and the crowd immediately parted ways, letting out the twins who were hiding behind....
George and Fred stood alone in an 'open space', facing the eyes of Snape and other professors.
The two could only smile dryly, looking quite helpless and pitiful.
Snape smiled maliciously as he took the roster from Ludo Bagman,
The fingers that were somewhat dead white after being corroded by the potion slowly slid through the register... On the first page, they found the names of the twins.
"That's right, both of you are up there... Let's discuss it? Who will go up first?" He smiled sinisterly, and then reminded the two of George very 'kindly',
——Once the name on the roster is recorded, you must participate in this challenge, and no one can back down.
No one spoke for the two of them, even Professor McGonagall covered his forehead, sighed softly, and then hid aside.
As for the students behind them... Seeing that they were not the first to go up, they immediately became 'lively' and clamored for the two of them to start the challenge quickly.
This was the end of the matter, and there was nothing the twins could do.
George took two deep breaths, and gave Fred an 'affectionate farewell' expression.
He was very high, and in a dramatic drawl he cried,
"Ah! Fred! I go first..."
"No, George... I won't let you..."
Sounds like some cheesy third-rate play parodying Romeo and Juliet.
The two live treasures immediately made everyone cover their mouths and laugh.
Some professors at Hogwarts couldn't bear to look directly at this scene. They (Professor McGonagall) simply walked a little farther, lowered their heads and hid directly in the shadow under the sculpture of the Big Four.
And Snape obviously didn't have the patience, he waved his wand - George was pulled stiffly into the Goblet of Fire as if tied by a rope... beside the three adult wizards.
"Ready?" Snape asked impatiently, nodding to Bagman, Karkaroff, and raising his wand before George Weasley could answer.
The three of them stood in a triangle, held their wands in front of their chests, performed a ritual like a wizard duel, and then inserted their wands directly into the blue and white flames jumping in the Goblet of Fire (the wands were not burned by the flames at all).
"George Weasley... is here to meet the challenge of the Big Four!"
"agree or not!"
"Uh, huh?... Agree, agree!"
In a daze, George nodded in agreement.
Then, the three of Snape immediately turned and walked straight in their respective directions, driving the onlookers to the edge of the field.
Then, as the three of them waved their wands, they pointed at the Goblet of Fire...
The blue-white flames in the goblet immediately jumped and turned into orange-red, gushing out, and the three of them stood... forming a huge equilateral triangle duel field, enclosing George and the Goblet of Fire.
--What's the meaning?
Before George could react, the flames of the Goblet of Fire began to jump again, sweeping through the air... turning into four streams of flame, engulfing the phantoms of the four giants in front of the stone platform...
When the flames disappeared, the phantoms of the Big Four became solid and became more real, as if they had fleshy skin.
The eight pairs of eyes lighted up slowly, and the flames flickered inside.
"George Weasley...the challenge has already begun, hurry up and attack! Otherwise you will be eliminated." Ludo Bagman, who was standing at a point in the triangle duel field, reminded loudly.
George hurriedly picked up his wand, aiming at the phantoms of the Big Four who seemed to be hostile.
This was the first time he had seen such a thing, and he was a little hesitant...whether he should act first.
"Come on, George!"
Fred, who was standing outside, didn't mind the pain in his back, and hurriedly urged.
At this time, one of the Big Four, Ms. Ravenclaw...had already stepped forward.
She slowly raised her wand, gracefully performing a duel etiquette between wizards.
George froze for a moment, and this time he followed the same duel etiquette.
After this slightly weird behavior, George seemed to have found his own reason, and cast a [Thunderbolt Explosion Curse] on Ravenclaw's phantom, then a tactical dodge, bent down and changed to another position.
The fire in Ravenclaw's eyes lit up, and then with a wave of his wand, the Thunderbolt Explosion Curse was directly canceled--just made a dull popping sound, and there was no trace.
Before George could cast another spell, the phantom of Ms. Ravenclaw shook her wand very lightly.
George yelled and turned his body over, and kept speeding towards the dome of the starry sky above the old classroom...
He is like a yo-yo, tossing up and down...
After being toyed with like this a few times, as Ms. Ravenclaw cast another spell,
—George raised his arms and began tiptoeing in the air, dancing his thighs, dancing the ballet...
In the end, he just bent his legs and jumped out... In a posture of a big split, he landed outside the duel arena.
Everyone in the old classroom roared with laughter, even the professors... and Dumbledore, who had just finished eating, couldn't help laughing.
just...
"—Ah! Uh, — Ugh! —Oooohoo!"
George just froze in place, and the tone he raised...directly changed nine times...from a high-pitched shriek to the scream of a castrated boar.
"—Ahhhhh!"
"George!"
Fred had a "sorrowful and angry face" with an exaggerated and distorted expression (I don't know whether to laugh or cry), he hurried over to help George, and seemed to want to help George... Go and see if Madam Pomfrey has caused any major "special" damage.
Every time George moved, he let out a series of broken screams.
It caused the crowd to laugh again.
In the end, it was Professor McGonagall who felt that he couldn't afford to lose this person, and came over and directly floated George into mid-air, and asked Fred to take him to Madam Pomfrey.
Come out of sight, out of mind.
"okay!"
Fred couldn't hide the joy in his air, maybe because he also realized that it was too much, he coughed twice again, and pulled George who was in mid-air to prepare to leave here.
"Rang Rang, someone here is injured!" He yelled extremely loudly, not caring that his own brother was just like that, floating in the air with his legs crossed... Under the watchful eyes of all the witches, his expression was about to burst.
"and many more!"
Snape raised his wand again, petrifying Fred.
"It's your turn, it won't delay anything? Fred Weasley... you're afraid to run away, aren't you? This doesn't look like a Gryffindor at all..."
Snape sneered in a smug yet disgusting tone after he lifted Fred's petrification.
Fred couldn't bear it any longer, he puffed out his chest and stepped into the duel with an expression of 'I'm very brave'.
"Fred Weasley... here for the challenge! Do you agree?"
"agree!"
The wizard duel started again.
Although he had George's experience, Fred was a lot more sophisticated. After finishing the dueling etiquette, he directly uttered the kind of mischievous little spells that he was extremely skilled at at a high frequency, in an attempt to suppress the phantom of Gryffindor.
He didn't do those unnecessary evasion actions either.
But in the end, he was approached by Gryffindor step by step, and with the last touch... the phantom swung his wand, and threw Fred directly outside the duel field like a shot put... a distance of ten feet,
Fred hit the cold stone floor hard.
The nose was crushed, and the nosebleed could not be stopped, dripping blood all over the floor.
After the twins helped each other out of here, the venue fell into a desert again. Obviously, the fate of these two guys scared the other challengers a little bit.
(End of this chapter)
