Chapter 440 Which is the best house in Hogwarts?
One hundred points? Really?
Not only the contestants were shocked, but the principals were also extremely surprised.
Among a group of contestants who are at most in their early 90s and most of whom score around 70 or 80, the number of 100 is really eye-catching.
But the more shocking things were yet to come. Hogwarts produced several contestants who scored close to full marks, which made the faces of the principals and contestants from other schools suddenly become serious.
Hogwarts, this person has bad intentions!
(Hogwarts: You are the ones coming!)
With so many high-scoring contestants, if there hadn't been a previous rule that high-scoring contestants would suffer a disadvantage, they would have suspected that Hogwarts had tampered with the grading.
Rice: Someone did something wrong. I can be a witness.
"Miss Ekaterina, it's time for you to go up and take the test." After all the contestants from the eight major magic schools had undergone the test, Dumbledore looked at Ekaterina, the vice-principal of the Kodosdoriz School of Magic, who was standing behind him, and signaled to her that since she wanted to participate as a contestant, she had to go up and take the test.
Ekaterina didn't say much, she just walked to the front and put on the Sorting Hat.
She was quite curious about this hat that was said to have been passed down for thousands of years. She wanted to take this opportunity to have a good exchange with the Sorting Hat, but the Sorting Hat was too lazy to pay attention to this outsider and just shouted loudly: "One hundred points!"
Now, everyone looked at him sideways.
This is a score that only that freak student at Hogwarts could get! I can only say that he is worthy of being the vice-headmaster of Kodos Doritz.
In the test just now, apart from those monsters in Hogwarts, the vice-headmaster scored the highest. The other contestants only scored a little over 90 points.
Helga, who was sitting on the stage, raised her eyebrows and tilted her head to whisper in Rowena's ear.
"Isn't this score too high?"
"I told the Sorting Hat to be more emotionally intelligent and give high scores to students from other schools." Rowena smiled, "Otherwise it wouldn't be a good look. But the fact that he gave a perfect score shows that this vice-president is quite capable."
"Then will she..." Helga began to doubt whether the other party had the power to control the domain.
"Maybe I'll get it after I participate in the competition." Rowena didn't think that anyone could awaken their domain in the modern environment.
If Kodosdoriz had that kind of background, why is it that the average score of all the elites in the school is less than 80 points?
After Ekaterina, it was the turn of the independent contestants.
As soon as they came on the stage, everyone immediately realized that the eight major magic schools were still the best in the world, because even Kodosdoriz, which was at the bottom, performed far better than those independent players.
Some organizations have scary names, such as "Heraklion-Patra United School of Magic", which sounds very domineering and impressive, but the contestants become intimidated as soon as they put on the Sorting Hat.
But not all independent contestants are rookies. An Indian man wearing a turban and a black-haired young man wearing a long gown stand out from the crowd.
When the two people's hands touched the crystal ball, the colors shown by the crystal ball were different. The color of the Indian man's hand was a bit like the color of curry, while the color of the black-haired young man's hand made the crystal ball show a flash of lightning, which attracted a lot of attention.
Both of them scored very high, one at ninety-three and the other at ninety-four. Even among the eight major magic schools except Hogwarts, they are among the best.
The monks of the secret order were still the last to come on stage.
At this point, most people’s minds were no longer on this - the entire process had taken more than two hours, and everyone was already exhausted.
As a result, when the Sorting Hat announced the scores, everyone was stunned.
"Eighty-eight points!"
"Ninety-one points!"
"Ninety-five points!"
"..."
Among the seven young monks of the secret order, none of them scored less than eighty-five points, and the highest one even reached ninety-eight points.
"Is this your instruction too?" Helga asked in a low voice.
Rowena shook her head, her face solemn: these people from the Secret Society were coming with great force, luckily she had made preparations for both scenarios.
Helga and Rowena were able to remain calm, but it was difficult for the principals of other magic schools to do so.
What is this organization called the Secret Society? Why are all the students so strong?
Their eyes couldn't help but drift towards Godric Gryffindor, who was sitting calmly in his seat, and a flash of enlightenment came into their minds: it was most likely the work of this legendary wizard.
But understanding this is of no help at all. The seven members of the Secret Society are so powerful that they will probably get a good ranking in the end. That would be too bad.
Just imagine, if a secret order that appeared from nowhere sneaked into the eight major magic schools on the final ranking list, where would they put their faces?
It would be fine if it ranked higher than the Secret Order, but if it ranked lower than it, it would be a devastating impact.
But what else can I do? They have already entered the competition...
"We can only hope that the people from Hogwarts will have a conflict with them!" The headmasters thought so, and at the same time, they were preparing to go back and give their students some instructions tonight.
It would be great if both Hogwarts and the Secret Order could suffer losses.
Looking at the young monks of the Secret Order who had scored high marks one by one, Dumbledore also lowered his eyes.
Even after learning that the Secret Order was run by Gryffindor seniors, he still had a bad impression of the organization. The reason was simple: the organization had tried to invade Hogwarts more than once.
Although the senior Gryffindor had explained to him at the banquet that it was a misunderstanding and that the people below were walking alone, and he immediately stopped this behavior after hearing about it, and took the opportunity of the competition to come back and explain in person, Dumbledore's dissatisfaction was still not resolved.
The actions of the Priory monks show that Gryffindor is Gryffindor, the Priory is the Priory, and the Priory and Hogwarts don't even have the slightest sense of fellowship.
More importantly, Dumbledore still had doubts about the identity of Godric in front of him. What he said at the welcome party was just a temporary decision made for the sake of Professor White.
There are too many suspicious points about this person. Although his explanations about why he could live for thousands of years, why he left Hogwarts to form the Secret Society, and why he had no contact with Hogwarts for such a long time are reasonable, it is still difficult to gain Dumbledore's true trust.
He felt that he must have a good talk with Professor White and Professor Arius.
By the time the monks of the secret order had finished their testing, the entire auditorium was filled with buzzing sounds.
The performance of these monks blinded the young wizards and shocked them greatly: if this situation happened in other magic schools, it would be fine, but the Secret Order was an organization they had never heard of before!
The little wizards didn't quiet down until Dumbledore spoke again.
"The tests on the contestants have been completed, and the rewards prepared by the many magic schools will be placed at the competition venue starting today - the purpose of this competition is still to promote everyone's common progress!"
At this point, Dumbledore's expression suddenly became serious. "But I must warn all contestants before the competition begins. The World Youth Wizarding Championship is a very dangerous competition. Participating students may even risk their lives. Until this moment, you still have the opportunity to give up."
Dumbledore's eyes swept across the contestants' faces, and their expressions became serious.
Life-threatening? Really?
Rice knew very well that Dumbledore was not lying, because most of the items in this competition were created by Rowena. She was not a kind person. If there was no special preparation for this competition, the casualty rate of the players would be quite alarming.
It might even become the last championship.
However, the surviving players will definitely benefit greatly. Rice can guarantee this.
Even though it was said that the competition was extremely dangerous and that one's life might be in danger, no one stood up to give up - it had come to this point, how could they give up?
"The contestants have the final say, so if you change your mind, just come to me or Mr. Henry before the competition starts tomorrow, and you don't need to notify the headmaster and just give up your eligibility. Everyone is responsible for his own life." Dumbledore said seriously.
The reactions of the principals behind him were mixed. Some agreed, some were confident, and some frowned: if a student gave up, it would be equivalent to getting zero points, which would have a very negative impact on the school's final ranking.
"Well, it's getting late, and it's time for everyone to go back to the dormitory and rest. Dear guests from other schools and organizations, Hogwarts has prepared comfortable dormitories for you. Of course, if you want to solve the accommodation problem on your own, we have no objection."
Although Hogwarts had prepared dormitories, the other seven magic schools declined Hogwarts's kindness and chose to live in the dormitories provided by their own schools.
After all, they are a famous magic school. It would be too embarrassing to live in their Hogwarts dormitory.
Those who chose to live in the accommodation arranged by Hogwarts were all independent contestants.
After Dumbledore announced the dismissal, the hall became chaotic. The headmasters walked down from the staff seats, gathered the students of their schools, and lined up at the entrance of the hall waiting to leave.
"Hogwarts has become much more lively." Gryffindor's voice sounded in Dumbledore's ears.
"This is the joint effort of teachers and students from all generations. Rome was not built in a day, and the same goes for Hogwarts." When mentioning Hogwarts, a rare hint of tenderness flashed in Dumbledore's eyes.
He gave almost everything for this school.
Gryffindor said nothing more, and after a few seconds he said to Dumbledore, "Where are we staying tonight?"
The other party's thoughts jumped so fast that Dumbledore almost couldn't react.
"Eh? Can I live in Gryffindor Tower?" Gryffindor asked excitedly.
"No, you won't be able to sleep because of the noise from the children." Dumbledore responded humorously, "We do have a very nice dormitory prepared. I'll let Minerva take you there."
"Okay." Gryffindor sighed, with an expression on his face that looked like he was really sorry.
Dumbledore turned to look at Professor McGonagall and winked at her. Professor McGonagall took a deep breath and said to the independent contestants who were still stranded in the hall, "Please follow me."
Although she was speaking to all the independent contestants, Professor McGonagall's eyes kept drifting towards Gryffindor.
That's Godric Gryffindor!
Professor McGonagall, excited, led the team out of the side door of the auditorium and into the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor of the castle.
After opening the door, the entire corridor had been newly renovated and was filled with cubicles used for accommodation - which were better than those for students at Hogwarts, as these cubicles were single rooms and even had separate toilets.
……
After Rice followed the crowd out of the auditorium, he did not return to the common room, but went straight to Helga's office.
When he arrived at the office door, Les pushed it and found that the door did not move. Looking more closely, he found that the door handle of the office had been replaced with a badger head.
Les:…
It looks like Helga got a lot of new technology from Rowena.
He reached out and scratched the badger's forehead, and the badger-head door handle moved and made a gentle voice: "Which house do you think is the best in Hogwarts?"
Les:…
"Slytherin House."
"Wrong answer. Hint: The students in this house are very united, so which is the best house in Hogwarts?"
"Slytherin House."
"Wrong answer." The badger seemed to have several blue veins popping out on his head: "I'll ask again, which is the best school in Hogwarts? Just tell me its name and I'll let you in. Hint, the symbol of this school is--"
"Slytherin House." Les answered decisively and took out his wand.
"Oh? Do you want to fight with me?" Facing Les's threat, Badger Head was not afraid at all, and was even eager to try.
"The best house in Hogwarts is Hufflepuff." Just as Les was preparing a spell to smash the annoying door handle, Helga's voice rang out.
The doorknob cheered, repeated Helga's words loudly, and then bounced the door open.
Les:…
He walked into Helga's office without saying a word. After Helga closed the door, he said to Helga: "Helga, don't you think this question is childish?"
"Not really." The smile on Helga's face never faded.
"Okay, enough small talk, it's time to get down to business." Rowena interrupted their conversation and took out the resurrection stone ring.
"Don't use that yet." Les interrupted Rowena's next move.
"It's too dangerous and I can't predict what will happen."
"That makes sense." Rowena nodded and put the resurrection stone ring back into her pocket.
"It seems that the three of us have the same idea?" She looked at her two old friends playfully and said lightly.
"Of course." Les and Helga answered in unison.
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