Chapter 474 There is a very powerful reward here, but guess who is not eligible to receive it

Chapter 474 There is a very powerful reward here, but guess who is not eligible to receive it——

The actions of Daphne, Astoria, and Les have won the favor of many people, such as Cedric.

He couldn't stand the behavior of this group of people, so when Daphne took action, he was the first to stand up and applaud.

"Okay, great job!"

With Cedric taking the lead, other Hufflepuff students naturally followed suit. Suddenly, there was a burst of moderate applause from the stands of Hufflepuff House.

With the Hufflepuff students taking the lead, the students from Gryffindor and Slytherin houses would naturally not watch. Soon, the arena was filled with applause and cheers.

Listening to the bursts of applause from behind, Dumbledore smiled.

Well, the kids made the choice he was most satisfied with.

He looked at Daphne, who was killing everyone on the field and chasing death, with a glimmer of relief in his eyes.

This kid is so nice, he barely looks like a Slytherin.

Godric, who was sitting in the auditorium not far away, said loudly without hesitation: "This little girl was not sorted into Gryffindor? The Sorting Hat should be repaired, ha!"

His voice was so loud that even Les who was standing far away heard it.

After hearing what Godric said, his face suddenly darkened. But looking at Daphne in battle, he seemed unable to say anything to refute.

Could the root of the problem lie with me? Les even began to examine himself. After all, it could be said that it was a coincidence that he taught one Adrian, but it would be hard to say that it was a coincidence that he taught two students with this kind of personality.

But when his eyes swept over Astoria, who was also standing helplessly in the lake, Lester was instantly relieved.

It’s definitely not your own problem! Otherwise, why would little Astoria have the character she has now? It's Adrian's bloodline that's to blame!

Rice had read the Muggle Encyclopedia and heard about Mendel and his peas, so he felt that the difference in the personalities of the Greengrass sisters was probably a matter of explicit and implicit expression of the "Adrian gene".

After thinking wildly for a while, a whistle suddenly came from the referee team.

"Okay, it's game time, please come to the referee's table!"

Daphne stopped hunting her enemies. What stopped her was not the enemy's resistance, but the whistle at the end of the game.

She came to the referee's table excitedly, handed over her customs clearance treasure box and trial treasure box together, and passed the certification. Behind Daphne were her sister Astoria and Les, who looked calm but seemed a little depressed.

Daphne and Astoria couldn't hide the shock in their eyes when they discovered that Les had only obtained one treasure chest for clearing the level.

However, since they were in the public eye, they couldn't drag Les to ask questions. They could only tell themselves silently in their hearts that Les might have other ideas, and he would reveal them to them when the time came.

The two of them were worrying too much. Les has no "foresight" at all, he just doesn't need this trial reward.

After the last player completed the certification, Mr. Henry stood up and announced the result of the game.

Due to the efforts of the hunters and Daphne, many people were eliminated in this game. Only fifty-three people in the game passed the test and obtained the clearance treasure chest from the mermaid. Among them, only nineteen people completed the advanced trial. .

Among the fifty-three people, students from the eight major magic schools accounted for the majority - of course, Durmstrang was an exception. Thanks to Daphne, they only have Krum left.

"Contestants, you have one week to prepare. One week later, the second stage of the competition will officially start. The difficulty of this stage of the competition will be greatly increased. The treasure chests and trial rewards in your hands will be yours if you pass. An important help in the competition and even in saving lives." At this point, Mr. Henry's expression became unusually serious.

He said to the players seriously: "You must take care of yourself and put your own life as the highest priority."

Mr. Henry's words added a solemn atmosphere to the scene.

Worry for life! When it comes to this, who can’t be cautious?

Godric on the side lowered his eyes, with no emotion at all on his face.

At the end of the first stage of the competition, all seven of the young elites he brought with him disappeared, causing a minor disturbance at the time. Now, event organizers are emphasizing safety again...which is really interesting.

He did not think that the disappearance of the seven people was accidental. Someone must be secretly targeting the Secret Order.

But it doesn't matter. The so-called elites in the meeting were all targets brought by him. Let that mysterious strong man hit them. It would only cost a few manpower. As long as it doesn't hinder the execution of the plan, it's all worth it. Even the Secret Order was established for this plan.

'The mysterious strongman who emerged from the Quidditch World Cup finals, the man who secretly hunted the Secret Order monks, the man who created such a playing field... I would like to see how many more there are in Hogwarts and the wizarding world. I don’t know the background. ’ Figures flashed through Godric’s mind, and then he turned his attention to Dumbledore standing in front.

‘Albus Dumbledore, are these all your arrangements? I usually pretend to be unreliable and old, but secretly...'

After telling the players to pay attention to their safety, the game officially came to an end.

The familiar players returned together and began to prepare for the next stage of the competition.

"Neville, Luna, how did you do it?" Harry caught up with Neville and Luna, throwing out the doubts that had been bothering him for a long time.

He thought he was already the most powerful Seeker in Hogwarts, but it turned out that these two people could catch fish faster than him? This puzzled him.

Do they also have fishing skills like Cedric?

"Just talk to the fish, and they will automatically run to the fish basket - I promised them that I will not hurt them, and I will release them as soon as they pass the test." Luna began He spoke words that were incomprehensible.

Harry briefly thought there was something wrong with his ears.

"Did you mean, uh, use some kind of spell?"

"No." Luna shook her head seriously: "These little fish can communicate, just like you and I are communicating. I just invite them to come to my fish basket."

Luna said that she just said a few nice words, and those little whitebait took the initiative to get into her fish basket and helped her pass the mermaid trial.

Harry didn't understand, but was shocked.

He felt as if he couldn't communicate with Luna, as if the other person wasn't speaking English.

"Neville, what about you?" Harry swore that if Neville was the same as communicating with fish, he would go back to the lounge and have a good sleep to eliminate the hallucinations caused by excessive pressure.

Fortunately, Neville's answer was much more normal, and it seemed that he didn't understand what Luna was saying.

"I caught those small fish into the fish basket through the flow of magic power."

"Magic flow?" Harry heard an extremely novel term.

"Well... this concept is a bit complicated. It was taught to us by Professor White. It is a technique of ancient wizards."

Harry understood immediately, and considering that Cedric was also from Hufflepuff House, Harry felt that he had already guessed what method Cedric was using.

Sure enough, after he described Cedric's behavior, Neville also said that Cedric was also a fish caught by controlling magic power.

Harry felt that this flow of magic might be an ancient version of the Flying Charm, which could be cast without a wand.

Needless to say, this is really convenient.

At this time, Rice and the other three also passed by them.

"You can hurry up and take a look at the trial rewards. This will be very helpful for future games." Les said to Daphne and Astoria. When he saw the three Harrys, he also nodded to them.

"Congratulations, it looks like you all passed the test."

"Les, you-" Harry was halfway through his sentence, but stopped when he was about to speak.

There were six people present, and Les seemed to be the only one who did not receive a trial reward. Is it too hurtful to ask him why in public now?

Daphne and Astoria looked at Harry together, and couldn't help complaining in their hearts why he didn't continue to ask. They also wanted to know the reason!

"You want to ask me why I didn't go to the mermaid trial?"

"Yes." Seeing that Les said it himself, Harry simply admitted it.

"Because my spell time is about to expire, I need to go to the lake to get some air." Rice gave a reason that sounded reasonable, but sounded ridiculous to people who knew him well.

Daphne and Astoria couldn't help but blink.

The spell has expired? Please, you will be fine even if the fish in the lake suffocate to death!

However, these words succeeded in fooling Harry and Neville.

A few people returned to the castle talking and laughing - no matter what, they had passed this round of assessment with the best attitude and could breathe a sigh of relief.

As for the next stage of the competition, that is what I need to worry about in a week. Now I just need to relax!

After having a hot lunch in the auditorium, the players felt that they had made up for all the energy they had lost in the Black Lake.

As he left the auditorium, Rice felt someone was staring at him.

He stopped, looked back, and saw that it was Luna.

"What's the matter?" For this girl with a hint of Ravenclaw temperament, his patience was quite sufficient.

"Just now outside, I felt like you weren't telling the truth."

Luna's straightforward words made Les laugh.

"If I say that I'm just too lazy to get the trial rewards, would you believe it?"

"I believe it."

Les was really surprised now. He couldn't see through the young witch in front of him for a moment.

"So you came here just to expose my lies?"

Luna shook her head.

"I just want to ask you a question. When it comes to the ancient mermaid kingdom, you seem to hate those mermaids? Why?" Luna said tactfully. She was initially tempted to use the word "schadenfreude," but she restrained herself in the end.

Her personality had not changed completely during her years at Hogwarts.

"That's it?" Les raised his eyebrows. He thought Luna had something important to ask him.

"I'm a Slytherin, Luna. Isn't it normal that I hate these mermaids? After all, our lounge is under the Black Lake. If the mermaids are very powerful, then the students of Slytherin College will not even have a good night's sleep." Can't sleep well."

Although the ancient mermaid kingdom was destroyed by Rowena Ravenclaw, among the four major colleges of Hogwarts, Slytherin College is the one that has the most conflicts with the mermaid kingdom.

After all, both the mermaids and Slytherin College feel that this neighbor is too annoying.

Rice's words made Luna fall into deep thought, and her intuition told her that Rice was not lying.

"If there is nothing else, I will leave first." After answering Luna's question, Rice waved his hand and quickly disappeared.

Luna wanted to stop Rice, but it was too late. Rice's figure had disappeared in the corridor where people came and went.

She sighed softly. She actually had another question.

When she saw him at the competition venue that day, was what he said true?

But Luna felt that Rice would most likely not answer her question. She vaguely felt that what Rice did at the competition venue might be something that ordinary little wizards like them could not even dream of.

Soon after returning to the lounge, Daphne and Astoria sent information: the reward for passing the mermaid trial must be collected in the greenhouse of Hogwarts.

Rice's reaction was extremely cold. The word "greenhouse" alone made him understand what the reward was.

Sure enough, it was still the fruit on the fruit tree. It was the right choice for him not to get involved in any trial.

However, driven by curiosity, he still went to the greenhouse with Daphne and the others. He wanted to see what kind of fruit would recognize the two of them.

When the three of them arrived at the greenhouse, many contestants had already gathered in the greenhouse.

It can be seen that everyone is still very concerned about the content of the reward, after all, this is related to the difficulty of the next game.

However, most of the contestants who appeared here have passed the mermaid trial. It is extremely rare for Rice to come here to join in the fun without passing.

Not long after Rice arrived, Professor Sprout appeared with a large flower pot. In the flower pot was the transformation fruit tree that Rice, Rowena and Helga had worked hard to research.

Helga handed it over to Professor Sprout and asked her to present the trial reward on his behalf.

This made Les quite happy. After all, if Rowena was present, she would definitely mock him afterwards and say something like "Everyone present has passed the trial, why are you here?"

"Welcome, children, you are all contestants who have passed the mermaid trial. Next, I will present you with a reward - the reward is the fruit on this fruit tree!"

As soon as these words came out, the contestants looked at each other, not understanding what the professor was up to.

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