Chapter 320 Championship Trophy
Just as Wright finished thinking about his next planned route, he looked up at Harry's live broadcast.
Only then did he realize that Harry had already guessed the answer to the riddle posed by the Sphinx.
Using the answer of spider, we successfully opened the door to victory.
"Yay! Harry did it!"
"He's so smart, I didn't even guess it."
"As expected of a sphinx, even I can't guess the answer."
……
Harry walked down a long aisle amid the cheers of the audience.
Finally I saw the Goblet of Fire placed on the pedestal in the distance, representing victory!
Even the audience opened their champagne in advance after seeing this scene and stood up to cheer for Harry's victory.
However, some audience members screamed again, shouting Cedric's name.
The students who were cheering for Harry suddenly felt something was wrong and looked up at the projection in the air.
He found Cedric striding towards the trophy with his long legs, faster than Harry.
The students who had opened the champagne in advance did not sit down either. They were very fence-sitters and instead cheered for Cedric.
It turns out that popping champagne too early won't have good results, and they cheered too early again.
"Cedric! Stop running, watch out to your left!"
As Harry shouted a warning, a giant spider rushed straight towards Cedric.
Cedric, who was running at high speed, had no time to react and was knocked away by the monster that suddenly appeared.
Harry saw the big spider baring its fangs and claws to chase the person who was knocked away, so he immediately waved his wand: "Stupe!"
The giant spider that was hit by the magic just twitched.
As if enraged, he turned quickly and rushed towards Harry.
"Stupid! Obstacles everywhere! Stupified!"
The spider's huge body was easily hit by Harry's magic.
But all these magics were useless. Given the spider's size and magical power, it was difficult for Harry to cause any damage to it with his current level.
The magic that could not cause any damage and was completely unable to repel the spider would instead arouse its ferocity.
The giant spider quickly pounced on Harry and lifted him high into the air with its front legs and put it into its mouth.
Faced with the huge size difference, even if he struggled desperately, it was of no use and he ended up cutting his thigh.
"No!"
"Help, help quickly!"
"How do we fight this big?"
……
Through the projection of the spirit bird, the audience can see the giant spider and its bloody mouth full of fangs.
Some people covered their eyes tightly, not daring to watch the next scene.
Just when the professors were about to draw their wands and prepare to forcefully move in to rescue people.
A turning point appeared, and Cedric, who was knocked away, raised his wand and shouted loudly: "Die!"
Although his spell also didn't work, it did attract some of the spider's attention.
Harry also took this opportunity, raised his wand and pointed it at the spider, shouting "Expelliarmus!"
Harry lived up to his reputation as a master of the Disarming Spell and directly flicked away the giant spider's two front limbs.
"Wuhu! Great!"
"It's all right, it's all right!"
Amid the cheers of the audience, Harry fell to the ground from a high place without thinking too much.
Point the wand directly at the spider's underbelly and yell, "Stupe!"
Cedric, who was far away, also raised his wand and cast a spell on the giant spider: "Fall unconscious!"
Unknown to them, the spirit bird, under Light's control, spit out an enhanced version of "Thunder Explosion!"
The combined power of the three magic spells blew the entire giant spider apart, leaving only a few legs.
The violent blast generated by the explosion blew away several sides of the surrounding plant walls.
Standing in the distance was Cedric, shouting at the spot where only the spider legs were left: "Harry, are you okay?"
"I'm fine!"
Harry, who was blown away by the aftermath of the explosion, carefully held on to the plant wall that was not blown away and slowly stood up.
He gasped for breath and looked around with a dizzy head.
Only then did I realize that Cedric was already standing not far from the trophy, with the light of victory flickering behind him.
Harry did not complain when he saw this, but was a little annoyed, then he panted and shouted loudly:
"Take it! You won, you are the champion!"
As Harry shouted, the audience who had been watching also screamed and cheered:
"Yes! Cedric, pick it up quickly, and you will be first."
"That's right, take it quickly!"
But their shouts could not affect the two people in the maze.
Cedric glanced at the trophy that represented glory, then turned back to look at the extremely embarrassed Harry and took a deep breath.
"No, you should hold it!"
"In my opinion, you should have won. You saved my life twice."
"I'm sorry, but that's not the rule of the game."
Harry leaned against the plant wall, raised his legs with great effort, and said helplessly:
"The competition is about who gets to the trophy first and touches it, and this is you getting there first."
"Besides, my current legs are not fit for a race with you."
Cedric took a few steps towards Harry, away from the trophy, and said to Harry:
"No, that's not right!"
"All right!"
"Hurry up and take it, and settle the game so we can get out."
Cedric saw Harry leaning against the wall with a pale face and said seriously:
"It was because you told me there was a fire dragon that I could continue the next game."
"If you hadn't warned me in advance, I wouldn't have been able to pass the first project and would have been eliminated."
"Then I have had your help."
Harry looked at Cedric who was hesitating, and said impatiently:
"You also told me the secret of the golden egg. We don't owe each other anything. Come and get the trophy!"
"No, that doesn't count, and there's also what happened just now..."
Cedric shook his head in denial and walked towards Harry who was leaning against the wall.
He stepped over the spider legs that remained on the ground, walked to Harry's side, supported him, and said slowly:
"Go ahead! It belongs to you!"
The audience outside the venue saw Cedric's determined expression and actions, and couldn't help but sigh that he was a real man.
Cedric carefully helped Harry to the table where the trophy was placed.
Harry looked at Cedric who was serious, then looked at the trophy, wondering what he was thinking.
Then, Harry took a deep breath and slowly said something that shocked even the audience:
"We can hold it together!"
"what?"
Harry looked at the confused Cedric seriously and said solemnly:
"We lift it at the same time and Hogwarts still wins."
“It’s also possible to tie for the championship!”
Not only Cedric looked at Harry in shock, but all the spectators who were watching the game did the same.
"Can you still play like this?"
“It’s not bad to be tied for first place!”
"Good good!"
……
Except for Karkaroff who had a gloomy face, everyone nodded in agreement.
