Chapter 31 The Battle of the Badger and the Snake
The Quidditch match is approaching. Although the badgers of the Hufflepuff team are still working hard, they are still nervous before the match. This was a huge change from Hufflepuff's previous mentality - this time they were really thinking about how to win.
One afternoon, the weather was fine.
The bright sun shines on the earth, making everyone feel the warm atmosphere. The enchanted lawn is as neat as being measured one by one, rippling in layers when the breeze blows.
On the top of each viewing tower, there is a colorful flag. Gryffindor is red and gold, Slytherin is silver and green, blue and bronze represent Ravenclaw, only Hufflepuff's flag is unremarkable black and yellow. To be honest, it looks a little rough.
When Maca flew out of the team's entrance aisle with the Nimbus 2000 and waved his hands around the field for a circle, the whole field was boiling!
Probably because the Hufflepuff team's secrecy measures are so good! Most of the students didn't expect that there was a new member in their team, and it was a first-year freshman!
In Hogwarts, Maca's reputation is still good. His outstanding performance and low-key attitude have won him the favor of many students. Therefore, the cheers at this time are particularly enthusiastic!
We got this exciting news before the game! With the approval of the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, Maca McLean has passed the selection and officially joined the Hufflepuff College team. He has been our Hogwarts team for a century. , the youngest Quidditch player!
Hurray for Maca McClain—
The two commentators announced loudly in excited tones, and the atmosphere in the venue became even more enthusiastic.
Okay, let's take our positions! Captain Darren waved his hand, David, Mark, hold the bat firmly. Follow the tactics, everyone relax!
The three chasers, including Maca, stopped in the center of the arena, and the Slytherin on the opposite side also flew over the three players. They all hovered in mid-air around Mrs. Hooch on the ground, waiting for the game to start. The first time to grab the Quaffle.
Mrs. Hooch stretched out her foot and kicked the ball box. As the box lid opened, all three balls except the Quaffle were lifted into the air in turn.
The Bludger has gone up, followed by the Snitch! Remember, the Snitch is worth 150 points. If the Seeker catches it, the game is over! The commentator enthusiastically began the official commentary of the game.
Get ready! The Quaffle is in the sky, the game begins—!
Maca watched as Mrs. Hooch threw the Quaffle to the apex, and then he moved!
The Nimbus series is indeed a broomstick known for its excellent performance. Under the control of Maca, the speed increase is extremely fast. In almost a straight-line acceleration, he was the first to take down the Quaffle!
But Maca didn't hold the ball for too long at all. While leaning forward at high speed, he threw the Quaffle lightly and covertly under him, and the short-haired girl Christine caught it!
When the two Slytherin Chasers had just caught up with Maca who had slowed down, they found that there was no ball in Maca's arms.
be cheated!
The Slytherin players were furious, and they were about to turn around, but Maca jumped into the sky before them.
A Bludger was slugged by the Slytherin batsman, and Malka dodged it beautifully.
here!
Charles, who was the only one who could compete with the tall players in Slytherin, had already broken through the defense of the opponent's batsman and came to Slytherin's left goal ring.
Christine, who was still rushing forward at a low altitude, threw it upwards with all her strength.
Oh—she didn't put the ball in place! the commentator yelled.
Yes, Kristen dropped the Quaffle in a deserted place.
No, no, that's McClain! McClain dived from a high altitude, and McClain avoided two Bludgers in a row! McClain caught the Quaffle! McClain threw the ball!
—the Slytherin keeper is still at the left door, did he make it? He got too late! Goal in! Ten for Hufflepuff!
The Quaffle brushed the opponent's goalkeeper's fingers and flew into the middle goal ring. This series of cooperation made the scene boil again.
My God! Look at everyone! Look at everyone! McLean is the youngest member of the academy team in a century! A century!
Next came the Slytherins with the ball, and their Chasers looked pretty strong. I saw them cooperating with each other, forcibly squeezing away Charles who was interfering, trying to score in a straight line.
Maca quickly flew up to two stands in front of them and glanced at batsman David.
David immediately understood, flew high into the sky, and hit a Bludger towards Maca with one stick. Maca dodged, and the Bludger just landed on the face of the Slytherin player with the ball.
boom!
Maca stretched out his hand to catch it, and the Quaffle flew from the opponent's hand and landed in his hand accurately.
I saw him leaning forward and rushing forward again, his movements were almost exactly the same as last time. The Slytherin Chasers were a little confused, but they followed the basic tactic and sent someone after him.
But the attention of others had to be distracted by Hufflepuff's first round of tactics.
Slytherin's reaction was within Maca's expectations. He turned around twice in a row, using the flexibility of the Nimbus 2000 to the extreme. position.
Oh! McClain is at the gate again! This time it's the left knocker. Is he going to throw?
Naturally, Maca would not throw the ball so simply, the probability of being saved by the opponent's goalkeeper is too high.
He suddenly rolled when the Slytherin goalkeeper was full of vigilance, and the goalkeeper immediately followed and moved towards the middle goal. But Maca suddenly hovered and made a throwing gesture, intending to throw the ball to the left door again.
—Is it really the left door? Is it really the left door? Oh——it's not!
The goalkeeper leaned forward and rushed towards the left goal, but Maca threw the Quaffle backhand to Christine who had just arrived in front of the middle goal.
Goal scored again - Hufflepuff 20 points!
In the next game, Maca almost dominated the entire field.
He lures the opposing batsman into attacking him and creates another chance for Christine; The flying technique made the opponent's goalkeeper hit the goal post; he even used Charles' size as a cover to make the opponent's players almost lose sight of him!
The score has been rising all the way, and the enthusiasm of the audience has reached the highest peak of this Quidditch Cup!
Golden Snitch!
It was first spotted by Hufflepuff Seeker Charlotte.
Maca moved quickly while observing the movement of the audience. He found that the opponent's seeker was flying to Charlotte, which was the follow-up tactic of the seeker.
When the Seeker has not found the Snitch himself, but the opponent has, it is obviously much better to follow the opponent than to find it blindly. This is one of the basic tactics of the Seeker, the simplest but also the best to use.
The current score is 100 to 30. Although the Quidditch Cup is based on the total points system like the World Cup, winning or losing a single game does not determine everything, but 150 points also has a value that cannot be ignored.
Moreover, Hufflepuff has already lost a game so far, and Macaco still wants to use these 150 points to redeem points!
Charlotte's flying skills are still good, even in Maca's eyes. But Slytherin's Seeker was a filthy fellow who behaved rather nastyly.
I saw the other party disturbing Charlotte back and forth, and even forcibly bumped into the end of her broom, trying to make her fall. The other players are chasing each other as much as possible to prevent the other party from affecting the Seeker on their side.
Hmph! Maca snorted coldly, and rushed over there.
It is a foul for any player other than the Seeker to touch the Snitch. But even if he doesn't touch the golden snitch, is there really nothing he can do?
Maca easily got rid of the Chaser who was following him again, spotted the Snitch's position, and then directly aimed at Charlotte's back with his shoulder.
Oh! Charlotte almost lost his breath when he hit him like this.
But the facts proved how accurate Maca's top was. Charlotte's outstretched right hand caught the golden snitch flying in front.
She caught the Snitch! Charlotte Waite caught the Snitch! She did it! 250 to 30, game over! Hufflepuff wins!
With a whistle, amidst the excited shouts of the commentator, Mrs. Hooch waved her hand to signal that the game was over!
Maca flew around the arena, thanking everyone for their support. He saw that Dumbledore's big white beard was shaking with his smile, and it seemed that he really liked the sport of Quidditch.
Good job, Maca! Captain Darren patted Maca's shoulder excitedly.
He missed three balls this time, and Slytherin only had four chances to throw. To put it bluntly, this is really a soy sauce character in the game.
But everyone didn't care about this. He saw Darren's efforts in training with his own eyes. There are always one or two things that people are not good at! As a captain, Darren is very effective in motivating the players and summarizing tactics, and this is also the most important ability of the captain.
After summarizing the gains and losses in the game with everyone, Maca left the locker room.
Outside, many of the Hufflepuffs gathered at the door, with the occasional Gryffindor and Ravenclaw among them. Speaking of the four major colleges of Hogwarts, apart from Slytherin being unpopular, the other colleges are relatively friendly to each other.
Looking at the lively scene in front of him, Maca suddenly felt that it was time to visit Ravenclaw. It is said that there are some unique collections of books in the Ravenclaw tower, which are distributed on every bookshelf in the tower.
