Chapter 257: Shocking changes on the field

The judges on the bench looked at the broom that fell on the table in front of them, their expressions gradually changed from confusion to shock.

Among the six judges, Dumbledore seemed to have expected such a result, but shook his head helplessly.

As for the remaining five judges, Ms. Maxim, Karkaroff, Professor Hicks, Mr. Crouch, and Bagman, they all opened their eyes wide at the same time, looking at Germany, who had no support but was suspended in the air. Gula.

"This...this is not a flying broomstick at all!"

Bagman didn't know when he jumped from the commentary box to the referee's box, and picked up the broom dropped by Dracula with a shocked face, "This is just an ordinary broom, it has no flying effect at all! "

After hearing Bagman's exclamation, the expressions of the other judges changed again.

I'm sorry this safety officer doesn't need a broomstick to fly. Is this broom just a pretense in front of them?

Karkaroff, who had just questioned Dracula's ability to control the broomstick, now wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it... He felt like his face was being slapped.

"How about it, judges, now do you think I can control the broomstick well?" Dracula crossed his arms and looked at Ms. Maxim and Karkaroff with a half-smile.

The two principals didn't know how to answer, but Professor Hicks next to them coughed twice, which finally helped them out:

"Ahem... Professor Dracula, the warriors seem to be coming out soon. Do you want to go and take a look?"

Dracula turned his head and saw the first warrior walking out of the tent.

It was Cedric Diggory, and the audience burst into extremely warm applause.

The young wizards of Hogwarts waved the yellow flag representing Hufflepuff House vigorously, and the cheers, screams and applause merged together, even forming a roaring momentum.

Charlie Weiss waited for the dragon trainer from the Romanian Fire Dragon Sanctuary to drag a silver-blue scaled fire dragon into the competition venue, and then tied it firmly to the ground with many iron chains.

Bagman returned to the commentary box, pointed his wand at his throat, and spread his voice to all directions:

"The first warrior to come on stage is Mr. Cedric Diggory from Hogwarts. The opponent he has to face is a Swedish short-nosed dragon... You can look at the feet of the fire dragon, where it has been placed Got a golden egg.”

"Now, professionals have tied the dragon's four legs to the ground to prevent it from breaking free. The participants in the competition this time are all female fire dragons. Now they have all been cast a confusion spell, thinking that the golden egg is My own dragon egg..."

"And what Mr. Digory has to do is to snatch the golden egg from the feet of the fire dragon! The judges will score based on his specific performance..."

Dracula's attention was indeed attracted by the upcoming game.

He flapped the wings on his back that turned into transparent color so that he could not be noticed by others, and came to the top of the arena. He looked at Cedric with interest, wondering how he would face a fire dragon.

A shrill whistle sounded amidst the roar of the crowd, and all the dragon trainers and staff left the arena, leaving this space for the participating warriors.

The audience suddenly fell into silence, everyone stared at Cedric——

Almost no one present had witnessed this situation of fighting against a behemoth like a fire dragon by one person.

They all stared intently, wanting to see whether the warriors on the field would live up to their trust and successfully get the golden egg, or would they be defeated by the fire dragon?

Cedric stood at the entrance to the field fence and took a deep breath.

Then, he suddenly pulled out his wand and pointed at a huge stone next to him——

"Vera Verto!"

A spell belonging to the transfiguration spell came out of his mouth.

The next moment, the stone, which was nearly half the size of a fire dragon, quickly changed its form, from an angular stone to a rounded one, and turned into a large dog made of rock.

"Beautiful transformation!" Bagman shouted in the commentary box, "Mr. Diggory used a very clever method to divert the attention of the fire dragon..."

The big rock dog rushed towards the Swedish Brachysaurus, but suddenly changed its direction before entering the range of the fire dragon's claws.

The Brachysaurus's attention was indeed attracted by the big dog. It raised its paws wrapped in chains and wanted to chase the big dog.

Obviously, these chains only restrict the fire dragon's range of activities, but cannot directly immobilize them.

Cedric took advantage of the Swedish Brachysaurus to chase the big dog, cast a speed-increasing spell on himself, and flew towards the dragon's nest where the golden eggs were stored.

"Oh, beautiful, he really attracted the attention of the fire dragon...Wait a minute, this dragon cares too much about its eggs. It gave up the big dog and pounced on Mr. Diggory!" Bagman was shocked. shouted.

On the field, the Swedish Brachysaurus sprayed out a dazzling blue flame from its nostrils, covering Cedric directly!

Above the arena, Dracula's eyes were fixed, and he subconsciously lowered his figure a little, ready to go to the rescue at any time.

At the critical moment, Cedric used his transformation technique again, turning over a small piece of land under his feet, forming an earth wall around him, and rolled to the side with the force generated when the earth wall was formed.

The blue flames sprayed all over the earthen wall, turning the wet wall into a solid, hard and blackened block, and several huge cracks opened in the wall.

There were a lot of screams and gasps from the audience, and Bagman's commentary sounded:

"Oh, it's so dangerous, so dangerous... I have to say, this move is really dangerous!"

Cedric didn't have time to care about the commentary or the audience's reaction. He hid behind another low wall and became more cautious in his behavior.

He tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, and kept waving his wand, allowing various transformation products to swim around to influence the mind of the Swedish Brachysaurus, waiting for opportunities to take away the golden egg.

About fifteen minutes later, with Cedric constantly pulling and probing the fire dragon, he finally seized an excellent opportunity——

With a burst of deafening cheers, Cedric finally took advantage of the fire dragon's attention to be attracted by another rock dog, quietly passed through its defense, and took the golden egg back from the dragon's nest.

Only then did the Swedish Brachysaurus realize that its eggs had been stolen. It roared angrily and sprayed dazzling blue flames from its nose.

At the same time, seven or eight dragon trainers from the Romanian Fire Dragon Sanctuary rushed in from around the venue, cast various spells on the fire dragon to soothe its emotions, and then took it away from the arena.

"Mr. Diggory's performance is very good!" Bagman shouted at the top of his voice, "Now please give the referee a score!"

Dumbledore did not shy away from suspicion and was the first to hold up a sign with the number "9" written on it.

Out of ten, nine is a pretty high score.

"Mr. Diggory's use of transfiguration is quite good. Professor McGonagall must be very pleased that she has taught such an outstanding student." Dumbledore commented, "If the start is more stable, the efficiency may be higher." high."

Professor Hicks smiled and also scored "9".

Later, Bagman, Mr. Crouch and Ms. Maxim simultaneously raised signs with "8" points.

Overall, it can be seen that Cedric's excellent transformation skills have indeed been recognized by various judges.

However, Durmstrang's principal, Ingor Karkaroff, held up a sign with "6" written on it.

After seeing his score clearly, there was a boo from the audience.

Many young wizards in Hogwarts loudly rebuked him for his injustice. Fred and George even took out a loudspeaker from nowhere and spread the protest throughout the arena:

"Kakarov engaged in favoritism... Karkarov engaged in favoritism..."

They kept repeating this sentence, which actually added a bit of joy to the solemn atmosphere.

"I gave the scores fairly and fairly!" Karkaroff turned red with anger and retorted loudly to the audience, "He was almost hit by the fire dragon's flames. This was definitely a major mistake! "

In the end, Cedric scored 48 points, which was pretty good overall. At least he smiled and waved to the audience with satisfaction.

"Okay, please ask the warriors who have finished the game to come to the auditorium to take a break..." Bagman said to him, "Mr. Digory, please be sure to keep your golden egg - the clues to the next game are hidden there. Among the golden eggs.”

"Very good, there are four more warriors... Miss Delacour is next up, and her opponent is a Welsh green dragon!"

As the whistle sounded again, Fleur's figure appeared at the entrance of the arena.

As Fleur appeared on the stage, many boys couldn't help but cheer. If the Warriors weren't too far away from the audience, they might not be able to control their expressions.

Dracula was floating in the sky, watching everyone's reactions with interest.

He saw that Ron, who had fiery red hair, couldn't help but look like a pig, and Hermione next to him rolled her eyes vigorously.

Unlike the previous game, where Cedric's endless transformation creations were exciting and exciting, Fleur's operations seemed much more monotonous.

Her face was pale, she raised her hands nervously, and softly recited a long, dull spell.

As Fleur's curse murmured, the heated atmosphere in the audience calmed down unconsciously, and even the Welsh green dragon who glared at her gradually dozed off.

"Hypnotizing spell, very creative approach..."

Even Bagman was infected by the quiet atmosphere on the field, and his voice was very low, just barely enough to be heard.

Hypnosis is a continuous process. Fleur chanted continuously for nearly ten minutes before she finally made the Welsh Green Dragon fall to the ground, snoring loudly from his nose.

There was a little cold sweat dripping from Fleur's forehead, and she began to chant a spell while moving towards the golden egg.

However, just when she was about to get the golden egg, whether it was because the fire dragon was not completely hypnotized or because its subconscious was still guarding its egg, a green flame spurted out from the fire dragon's mouth.

Fleur reacted quickly and quickly dodged to the side.

But the coverage of the flames was too great, and her skirt was still set on fire by the fire dragon.

Fleur subconsciously thought that the fire dragon was about to wake up, so she lost her sense of caution for a moment and spent a long time in a hurry before using a water-making spell to extinguish the sparks on her skirt.

Fortunately, the Welsh green dragon seemed to be truly hypnotized and made no further moves.

Fleur finally recovered from her panic, picked up the golden egg and left the arena.

"Oh, she succeeded! I couldn't even take a breath just now!"

The audience burst into loud cheers, and Bagman, who had been silent for a long time, finally laughed out loud and resumed his previous loud explanation style.

Next it’s the judges’ turn to score.

Although Furong's overall response was quite appropriate, she showed panic when facing the fire dragon's breath. This was a big loss of points——

So Dumbledore and Bagman gave it 8 points, Professor Hicks and Mr. Crouch gave it 7 points. Karkaroff glanced at Ms. Maxim, hesitated, and typed Cedry. The same 6 points.

Ms. Maxim gritted her teeth and finally raised her sign: it read a big number "9".

In the end, Furong temporarily ranked second with 45 points.

The next person to appear was Krum, and the opponent he drew was the colorful Australian opal eye.

As soon as Krum appeared, he quickly raised his wand and quickly hit the fire dragon's eyes with a magic spell.

"Very brave!" Bagman shouted loudly, "This is the first warrior among the three games we have seen to directly choose to attack the fire dragon!"

The Australian Oval Eye's childless eyes were suddenly attacked. It let out a roar of pain that reached into the sky, kept waving its wings, staggered back and forth on the ground, and shook the chain. The ground clanked.

"Oh, I just consulted Professor Dumbledore next to me, and he told me that Mr. Krum used an eye disease spell." Bagman explained loudly, "The fire dragon is covered with tough scales and is resistant to magic. The resistance is extremely high…but Longan is different!”

"The eyes of a fire dragon are the most vulnerable part of their body. If you can use the eye disease spell to hit the eyes of a fire dragon, then they will most likely be in so much pain that they won't care about your little moves..."

At this moment, Bagman exclaimed:

"Oh, no! This Australian eggeye actually crushed its own dragon egg... Mr. Krum got the dragon egg that was broken in half. I don't know what the result of this should be..."

Originally, the audience thought that the game was going to end like this, but the next moment, the Australian Oval Eyes shook his head violently.

Then, as if it was freed from the influence of the Eye Disease Curse, it became completely silent and stared coldly at Krum with its childless eyes.

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