Chapter 630 The second competition event (continued)
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 630 The second competition event (continued)
Harry looked around in confusion,
The warriors were lined up, each about ten feet apart,
To the left and right of him are Krum and Fleur,
The figures of the two loomed in the thick fog.
Every warrior took out his wand and pointed around...
They were also a little overwhelmed, not knowing what to do.
Just after Professor McGonagall brought eleven of them into the fog, he nervously pointed in a direction to Donald's warriors who hadn't got the golden eggs, saying that they should go find the seeds of the World Tree first.
Then, he turned to Harry and the others,
"Have everyone cracked the hidden secret of the golden egg?" Although he seemed to be speaking to everyone, Harry always felt that Professor McGonagall was looking at him.
After seeing Harry nodding his head and inspiring the magic with the others... after showing the World Tree seedlings on the back of his hand.
Professor McGonagall nodded in satisfaction, and said to these warriors, "...you have to wait for a while, let the other warriors get the seeds of the World Tree, or you can say that they have to screen for this round of projects and get 'tickets'."
"Of course, this is also to wait for Professor Dumbledore... and other referees to rush over from the Ministry of Magic..."
"Before again, you are free to move around... Take this opportunity for them to wander around the playing field and explore...it will be very useful."
Then Professor McGonagall gave everyone a small crystal bottle containing bright red potion, and left in a hurry, as if something was driving her away.
Harry and the others froze here, staring at each other for a long time.
They went from being nervous and suspicious...to now they were bored looking at each other in the thick fog, and finally the few warriors even began to whisper among themselves.
"Did you hear anything?" Cedric Diggory naturally approached Harry, wanting to discuss the situation of this event and see if they could join forces as in the last event.
After all, they are all Hogwarts students.
But because of Cho Chang, Harry always felt that he couldn't face Cedric's handsome face.
Very uninterested in the topics he brings up.
However, Harry didn't speak coldly on purpose to drive away Cedric who came over with good intentions.
Digory was talking to Harry, when he was doubtful about the World Tree seedlings... and the speculation about the status of this competition...
He stopped the topic suddenly and said so to Harry and others.
"Did you hear anything?"
Harry listened subconsciously.
There is indeed a sound.
A vague human voice...
After that, an extremely sharp whistle echoed in the cold, slowly enveloping dense fog.
"It's Ludo Bagman...he's explaining the game!"
Krum next to him said with a very gloomy face.
Since the start of the game, I haven't seen their principal...Karkaroff appeared, and Krum had a look on his face that no strangers should enter.
It was the first time he spoke when he came in here.
"Has the game started?" Camilla Barra wore a blue-gold silk robe, as if she was about to attend a ball, and came to the venue, looking extremely dazzling.
This gown has a long satin belt tied around her waist, fully showing off her fine figure.
It was difficult for the extreme men present to take their eyes off her.
In this cold weather, though, beauty comes at a price.
Camilla has been hugging her arms tightly and rubbing her shoulders to keep warm since the very beginning.
"I think it should be Donald East Fork and they are taking the seeds of the World Tree... I don't know what's going on!"
"However, staying here is also boring. I want to go and have a look. Anyway, that old cat professor at Hogwarts... Didn't he forbid us to do this?"
Chen Xiaolong said this enthusiastically, and then he put his hand deep into the robe, quickly pulled it out, and a flying sword-shaped magic item glowing with golden light was directly stepped on by him.
Then, he soared into the sky, flew out of the thick fog, and flew away in the direction where Donald Eastfork had originally left.
Morita Chiko pursed her lips and smiled, then walked away and gradually disappeared into the thick fog.
Harry had a feeling, as if the witch had no fear of the strange things here, and was even quite familiar with them.
The few remaining people looked at each other, and Krum strode directly towards Donald and the others without saying a word.
In order to avoid the Cedric he hated, Harry also smiled awkwardly, "Cedric, I'll go see too..."
Then, without waiting for the other party to say anything more, Harry also waved his wand, staggered directly into the sky, and flew slowly over the Forbidden Forest at a leisurely walking speed.
Above the Forbidden Forest, Harry found that all the dense fog was trapped in the woods below.
So much so that he had the feeling of 'flying' above the clouds.
In front, Chen Xiaolong stepped on the flying sword and galloped rapidly towards the center of the Forbidden Forest.
Harry had already been thrown a good distance away.
In addition, Harry could clearly hear Ludo Bagman's deafening narration... from the sky like thunder...
"Ah, it seems that our warrior, Harry Potter, also wants to watch the excitement...or he wants to take this opportunity to find out information about the game... However, he can also fly directly, which I did not expect."
Of course, Harry also immediately discovered the giant tree that suddenly stood in the deepest part of the Forbidden Forest, and the dozen or so suspended stands floating in the sky.
Harry could even hear, because he was flying staggeringly, as if he was walking on a single-plank bridge, which caused bursts of laughter from the students above, especially Slytherin's hissing and screaming, as well as the laughter... one after another.
……
"These guys!"
Ron clenched his fists and stared closely at the Slytherin snakes on the floating stand opposite.
However, Hermione didn't care about it a bit. She was happy that Harry had successfully flew up, but she was also afraid that he would fall directly and hit the ground.
During training, they had many accidents like this.
At the time, there was Sirius, and they were staring at... it didn't hurt Harry much.
As for McGuffin, he has been worried since he entered this venue.
One thing he noticed, Sirius and Hagrid didn't show up on this occasion...
how can that be!
During the last match, the two of them had been keeping a close eye on Harry, for fear that something might happen to Harry.
This time there was no one there.
what happened?
and……
McGuffin looked up at the biggest stand diagonally above,
The referee Crouch, Madam Maxim, Ludo Bagman, and Professor McGonagall, Snape and the others gathered there.
He could vaguely see... the most central place, that is, Dumbledore's seat, was always empty and there was no one there.
Then contacting the things mentioned in the newspaper this morning, as well as the various incidents that happened some time ago... It made McGuffin feel uneasy.
It feels like something bad is about to happen...
This feeling has lingered heavily in his heart since he read the newspaper.
After taking a heavy breath, McGuffin could only retract the messy thoughts in his mind, and like everyone else, cast his gaze down——
If anything happened, it would have to do with Harry.
After all, the fate of the present era is the protagonist...the love-hate relationship between Harry and Voldemort, and the silent promotion of the cunning Dumbledore behind the scenes...
These three are the real 'Iron Triangle'!
But McGuffin temporarily diverted his attention away from Harry,
Because this guy's wobbly flying posture with his butt pouted is so hot that people can't look directly at it.
He looked at Chen Xiaolong.
I have to say, stepping on the flying sword... is really handsome.
I don't know if I can get it out of their hands, this refining method...
Well, it's a bit far-fetched.
cough cough...
In short, learning to refine this flying sword magic item is not a matter of a day or two...
McGuffin turned his gaze back and saw that Chen Xiaolong had rushed to where Donald and the others were.
Under the giant tree.
In this area of the Forbidden Forest, only here is empty, there is no dense fog scattered and gathered,
So this guy Chen Xiaolong... can float over the Forbidden Forest on a flying sword in a pretentious posture, watching Donald Eastfork and the rest.
And the McGuffins who were sitting on the stands of the floating island (suspected to have cast some kind of 'clairvoyance' magic)... were able to see Donald Eastfork and the others clearly.
The few unlucky ones who didn't get the golden eggs are now trying to fight some horrible plants, and from some Irish leprechauns with sharp beaks and fangs who fly extremely fast... to seize the seeds of the world tree.
Those few warriors faced a terrifying plant like a giant fly-eating plant, but at most they were caught and swallowed by the two shell-like traps...
Then it was spit out directly under the influence of the magic defense mechanism...
This will not cause any serious physical harm to a few people, and the most serious thing is to make their bodies sticky...
But the Leprechauns...
The psychological damage this thing caused to the warriors had a crit bonus.
One, two... more than a dozen are easy to deal with.
But once there are hundreds or thousands of them, even if the MacGuffin comes up... without using the fatal spell, it will be completely numb.
And Ludo Bagman had already explained to the students in the stands,
'Donald's test this time...to seek the seeds of the world tree is not allowed to use this type of spell. '
If any serious damage is done to these plants and the leprechauns, it is impossible to get the World Tree Seed, which is the ticket for this competition.
But none of them expected that Donald Eastfork would be dragged in the air by hundreds of leprechauns, and then his outer pants would be torn off accidentally, revealing the big colorful underpants inside.
This scene caused everyone to burst into laughter, and almost shook the hanging island down.
I don't know if Donald will hear the sound, otherwise, I'm afraid the next game will not be able to proceed.
Fortunately, not long after, Donald East Fork and several warriors successfully snatched the seeds of the world tree from the little leprechaun.
At this time, the rest of the warriors also gathered here one after another.
The huge phantom of Ludo Bagman suddenly appeared under the giant tree.
With a head the size of a car, he opened his mouth and made a huge roar,
The voice of the voice echoed over the warriors, resoundingly transmitted to every corner of the Forbidden Forest.
"Warriors... welcome to all of you who have passed the first round of selection and obtained the 'qualification' for this competition."
There was a sudden burst of cheers and applause from behind his phantom.
But Harry and Donald always felt that there was some laughter and sarcasm mixed in there.
"...Such a fast speed is really beyond our expectations."
"Because other referees are still busy with some extremely important matters in the Ministry of Magic, they didn't come..."
"So through some kind of magic that transmits information... After urgent discussions among the referees, we decided to change the scoring rules for this event..."
"What do you mean!" Fleur asked loudly to Ludo Bagman.
"Don't worry, you will know later, please allow me to introduce a little bit... what you are about to face..."
With that said, at the invitation of Ludo Bagman, all the warriors inspired their own world tree seeds.
A ball of light emitting a faint green light appeared in their hands.
Inside are small saplings that stretch their branches wantonly.
But the seedlings in their hands were of different sizes. The smallest in Donald Eastfork's hands was a seedling with two green leaves, while the largest was the one in Harry's hand...
Although it is not as big as the one on top of MacGuffin's head, it is already as big as an ordinary flower.
From the perspective of form, it already has all the images of a complete sapling.
The branches and leaves are lush, and the roots are multiplying... It's like a mature tree that has been shrunk.
"Now, please stick the seedlings in your hands to the root of the tree closest to you..." Ludo Bagman's voice sounded like a bell, "and then raise your magic wand to the giant tree in front of you..."
root?
Harry looked in front of him——
After he descended from the sky, joined other warriors, and stood on the ground,
The leprechauns who had competed with Donald East Fork and the others, as well as the giant flytraps that could devour people... and the densely intertwined vines on the ground all disappeared.
Instead, there are giant roots that rise and fall in the soil like a giant python, and the amazingly large fallen leaves on the ground.
Harry and the others subconsciously obeyed Ludo Bagman's order, pasted the World Tree seedlings on these roots that were almost thicker than them, and then raised their wands to aim at the giant tree...
"Okay, now... let's start this competition!"
"Welcome the legendary Golden Tree, Wisdom Tree, Magic Tree... and World Tree!"
As Ludo Bagman's mighty roar fell,
Almost instantly... everything changed before Harry's eyes.
A giant tree glowing with golden light slowly appeared in front of everyone here.
(End of this chapter)
Harry looked around in confusion,
The warriors were lined up, each about ten feet apart,
To the left and right of him are Krum and Fleur,
The figures of the two loomed in the thick fog.
Every warrior took out his wand and pointed around...
They were also a little overwhelmed, not knowing what to do.
Just after Professor McGonagall brought eleven of them into the fog, he nervously pointed in a direction to Donald's warriors who hadn't got the golden eggs, saying that they should go find the seeds of the World Tree first.
Then, he turned to Harry and the others,
"Have everyone cracked the hidden secret of the golden egg?" Although he seemed to be speaking to everyone, Harry always felt that Professor McGonagall was looking at him.
After seeing Harry nodding his head and inspiring the magic with the others... after showing the World Tree seedlings on the back of his hand.
Professor McGonagall nodded in satisfaction, and said to these warriors, "...you have to wait for a while, let the other warriors get the seeds of the World Tree, or you can say that they have to screen for this round of projects and get 'tickets'."
"Of course, this is also to wait for Professor Dumbledore... and other referees to rush over from the Ministry of Magic..."
"Before again, you are free to move around... Take this opportunity for them to wander around the playing field and explore...it will be very useful."
Then Professor McGonagall gave everyone a small crystal bottle containing bright red potion, and left in a hurry, as if something was driving her away.
Harry and the others froze here, staring at each other for a long time.
They went from being nervous and suspicious...to now they were bored looking at each other in the thick fog, and finally the few warriors even began to whisper among themselves.
"Did you hear anything?" Cedric Diggory naturally approached Harry, wanting to discuss the situation of this event and see if they could join forces as in the last event.
After all, they are all Hogwarts students.
But because of Cho Chang, Harry always felt that he couldn't face Cedric's handsome face.
Very uninterested in the topics he brings up.
However, Harry didn't speak coldly on purpose to drive away Cedric who came over with good intentions.
Digory was talking to Harry, when he was doubtful about the World Tree seedlings... and the speculation about the status of this competition...
He stopped the topic suddenly and said so to Harry and others.
"Did you hear anything?"
Harry listened subconsciously.
There is indeed a sound.
A vague human voice...
After that, an extremely sharp whistle echoed in the cold, slowly enveloping dense fog.
"It's Ludo Bagman...he's explaining the game!"
Krum next to him said with a very gloomy face.
Since the start of the game, I haven't seen their principal...Karkaroff appeared, and Krum had a look on his face that no strangers should enter.
It was the first time he spoke when he came in here.
"Has the game started?" Camilla Barra wore a blue-gold silk robe, as if she was about to attend a ball, and came to the venue, looking extremely dazzling.
This gown has a long satin belt tied around her waist, fully showing off her fine figure.
It was difficult for the extreme men present to take their eyes off her.
In this cold weather, though, beauty comes at a price.
Camilla has been hugging her arms tightly and rubbing her shoulders to keep warm since the very beginning.
"I think it should be Donald East Fork and they are taking the seeds of the World Tree... I don't know what's going on!"
"However, staying here is also boring. I want to go and have a look. Anyway, that old cat professor at Hogwarts... Didn't he forbid us to do this?"
Chen Xiaolong said this enthusiastically, and then he put his hand deep into the robe, quickly pulled it out, and a flying sword-shaped magic item glowing with golden light was directly stepped on by him.
Then, he soared into the sky, flew out of the thick fog, and flew away in the direction where Donald Eastfork had originally left.
Morita Chiko pursed her lips and smiled, then walked away and gradually disappeared into the thick fog.
Harry had a feeling, as if the witch had no fear of the strange things here, and was even quite familiar with them.
The few remaining people looked at each other, and Krum strode directly towards Donald and the others without saying a word.
In order to avoid the Cedric he hated, Harry also smiled awkwardly, "Cedric, I'll go see too..."
Then, without waiting for the other party to say anything more, Harry also waved his wand, staggered directly into the sky, and flew slowly over the Forbidden Forest at a leisurely walking speed.
Above the Forbidden Forest, Harry found that all the dense fog was trapped in the woods below.
So much so that he had the feeling of 'flying' above the clouds.
In front, Chen Xiaolong stepped on the flying sword and galloped rapidly towards the center of the Forbidden Forest.
Harry had already been thrown a good distance away.
In addition, Harry could clearly hear Ludo Bagman's deafening narration... from the sky like thunder...
"Ah, it seems that our warrior, Harry Potter, also wants to watch the excitement...or he wants to take this opportunity to find out information about the game... However, he can also fly directly, which I did not expect."
Of course, Harry also immediately discovered the giant tree that suddenly stood in the deepest part of the Forbidden Forest, and the dozen or so suspended stands floating in the sky.
Harry could even hear, because he was flying staggeringly, as if he was walking on a single-plank bridge, which caused bursts of laughter from the students above, especially Slytherin's hissing and screaming, as well as the laughter... one after another.
……
"These guys!"
Ron clenched his fists and stared closely at the Slytherin snakes on the floating stand opposite.
However, Hermione didn't care about it a bit. She was happy that Harry had successfully flew up, but she was also afraid that he would fall directly and hit the ground.
During training, they had many accidents like this.
At the time, there was Sirius, and they were staring at... it didn't hurt Harry much.
As for McGuffin, he has been worried since he entered this venue.
One thing he noticed, Sirius and Hagrid didn't show up on this occasion...
how can that be!
During the last match, the two of them had been keeping a close eye on Harry, for fear that something might happen to Harry.
This time there was no one there.
what happened?
and……
McGuffin looked up at the biggest stand diagonally above,
The referee Crouch, Madam Maxim, Ludo Bagman, and Professor McGonagall, Snape and the others gathered there.
He could vaguely see... the most central place, that is, Dumbledore's seat, was always empty and there was no one there.
Then contacting the things mentioned in the newspaper this morning, as well as the various incidents that happened some time ago... It made McGuffin feel uneasy.
It feels like something bad is about to happen...
This feeling has lingered heavily in his heart since he read the newspaper.
After taking a heavy breath, McGuffin could only retract the messy thoughts in his mind, and like everyone else, cast his gaze down——
If anything happened, it would have to do with Harry.
After all, the fate of the present era is the protagonist...the love-hate relationship between Harry and Voldemort, and the silent promotion of the cunning Dumbledore behind the scenes...
These three are the real 'Iron Triangle'!
But McGuffin temporarily diverted his attention away from Harry,
Because this guy's wobbly flying posture with his butt pouted is so hot that people can't look directly at it.
He looked at Chen Xiaolong.
I have to say, stepping on the flying sword... is really handsome.
I don't know if I can get it out of their hands, this refining method...
Well, it's a bit far-fetched.
cough cough...
In short, learning to refine this flying sword magic item is not a matter of a day or two...
McGuffin turned his gaze back and saw that Chen Xiaolong had rushed to where Donald and the others were.
Under the giant tree.
In this area of the Forbidden Forest, only here is empty, there is no dense fog scattered and gathered,
So this guy Chen Xiaolong... can float over the Forbidden Forest on a flying sword in a pretentious posture, watching Donald Eastfork and the rest.
And the McGuffins who were sitting on the stands of the floating island (suspected to have cast some kind of 'clairvoyance' magic)... were able to see Donald Eastfork and the others clearly.
The few unlucky ones who didn't get the golden eggs are now trying to fight some horrible plants, and from some Irish leprechauns with sharp beaks and fangs who fly extremely fast... to seize the seeds of the world tree.
Those few warriors faced a terrifying plant like a giant fly-eating plant, but at most they were caught and swallowed by the two shell-like traps...
Then it was spit out directly under the influence of the magic defense mechanism...
This will not cause any serious physical harm to a few people, and the most serious thing is to make their bodies sticky...
But the Leprechauns...
The psychological damage this thing caused to the warriors had a crit bonus.
One, two... more than a dozen are easy to deal with.
But once there are hundreds or thousands of them, even if the MacGuffin comes up... without using the fatal spell, it will be completely numb.
And Ludo Bagman had already explained to the students in the stands,
'Donald's test this time...to seek the seeds of the world tree is not allowed to use this type of spell. '
If any serious damage is done to these plants and the leprechauns, it is impossible to get the World Tree Seed, which is the ticket for this competition.
But none of them expected that Donald Eastfork would be dragged in the air by hundreds of leprechauns, and then his outer pants would be torn off accidentally, revealing the big colorful underpants inside.
This scene caused everyone to burst into laughter, and almost shook the hanging island down.
I don't know if Donald will hear the sound, otherwise, I'm afraid the next game will not be able to proceed.
Fortunately, not long after, Donald East Fork and several warriors successfully snatched the seeds of the world tree from the little leprechaun.
At this time, the rest of the warriors also gathered here one after another.
The huge phantom of Ludo Bagman suddenly appeared under the giant tree.
With a head the size of a car, he opened his mouth and made a huge roar,
The voice of the voice echoed over the warriors, resoundingly transmitted to every corner of the Forbidden Forest.
"Warriors... welcome to all of you who have passed the first round of selection and obtained the 'qualification' for this competition."
There was a sudden burst of cheers and applause from behind his phantom.
But Harry and Donald always felt that there was some laughter and sarcasm mixed in there.
"...Such a fast speed is really beyond our expectations."
"Because other referees are still busy with some extremely important matters in the Ministry of Magic, they didn't come..."
"So through some kind of magic that transmits information... After urgent discussions among the referees, we decided to change the scoring rules for this event..."
"What do you mean!" Fleur asked loudly to Ludo Bagman.
"Don't worry, you will know later, please allow me to introduce a little bit... what you are about to face..."
With that said, at the invitation of Ludo Bagman, all the warriors inspired their own world tree seeds.
A ball of light emitting a faint green light appeared in their hands.
Inside are small saplings that stretch their branches wantonly.
But the seedlings in their hands were of different sizes. The smallest in Donald Eastfork's hands was a seedling with two green leaves, while the largest was the one in Harry's hand...
Although it is not as big as the one on top of MacGuffin's head, it is already as big as an ordinary flower.
From the perspective of form, it already has all the images of a complete sapling.
The branches and leaves are lush, and the roots are multiplying... It's like a mature tree that has been shrunk.
"Now, please stick the seedlings in your hands to the root of the tree closest to you..." Ludo Bagman's voice sounded like a bell, "and then raise your magic wand to the giant tree in front of you..."
root?
Harry looked in front of him——
After he descended from the sky, joined other warriors, and stood on the ground,
The leprechauns who had competed with Donald East Fork and the others, as well as the giant flytraps that could devour people... and the densely intertwined vines on the ground all disappeared.
Instead, there are giant roots that rise and fall in the soil like a giant python, and the amazingly large fallen leaves on the ground.
Harry and the others subconsciously obeyed Ludo Bagman's order, pasted the World Tree seedlings on these roots that were almost thicker than them, and then raised their wands to aim at the giant tree...
"Okay, now... let's start this competition!"
"Welcome the legendary Golden Tree, Wisdom Tree, Magic Tree... and World Tree!"
As Ludo Bagman's mighty roar fell,
Almost instantly... everything changed before Harry's eyes.
A giant tree glowing with golden light slowly appeared in front of everyone here.
(End of this chapter)
