Chapter 424 Preparation Before The Game

It was the end of May, and the atmosphere in the castle became tense and exciting again.

Everyone is looking forward to the last competition, which will be held one week before the holidays.

During this period, the busiest people are naturally the warriors of the three schools and their supporters.

The worst among the three schools is Durmstrang, and principal Karkaroff is determined to use some extraordinary means to turn things around.

So he sneaked into the Quidditch field and planned to record the route of the maze. As a result, he became dizzy while spinning in the maze and was trapped for two days before Snape found something was wrong and fished him out.

He didn't know that he was not unlucky, it was just because a few tree spirit ladies didn't like him and made a little joke with him.

Although this experience was a bit embarrassing, Karkaroff built up his confidence. He felt that none of the little wizards would be able to break through this maze that even he had been trapped in for three days.

It just so happened that he had recorded all the wrong paths he had taken in the past three days. Although they were all failures, they were better than no experience. Krum, who had been taught by him personally, would still have an advantage over other warriors.

At this moment, he confidently began to conduct special training for Klum and Polyakov.

In one month, he vowed to make Krum a new man and become the first Triwizard Champion in Durmstrang's history.

He is determined to win this honor!

At the same time, Mrs. Maxim is also making intensive preparations.

She hit a wall with Hagrid and knew nothing about the obstacles in the 29 maze, but this did not prevent her from making guesses.

You know, when Hagrid chats with her, what he likes to talk about most is "the cute little ones he raised in those years."

In addition, she urged Fleur to find Levin every day, just like the old madam urged the girl to receive guests.

She hoped that Fleur could learn more skills from Levin, and it would be best to make Hermione fall out of favor to ensure that Busba could defeat Hogwarts in this competition.

After all, Beauxbatons’ historical victory in the Triwizard Tournament is only one less than Hogwarts.

We must tie this time!!

Only Hogwarts is the most Buddhist, and all preparations are done by the courage to do it yourself.

Harry used every spare moment to practice his magic skills diligently.

This time, his confidence was stronger than the previous two times. Although this game was certainly full of dangers, he was informed of the upcoming challenges in advance and had ample time to prepare.

Professor McGonagall always caught Harry practicing around the school. She appreciated Harry's efforts and granted him permission to use the Transfiguration classroom during lunch time so that he could have more space and time to improve his magic.

On weekends, Harry would go to the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade to receive training from Sirius.

Harry quickly mastered the [Slowing Spell], which could slow down attackers;

He also learned the [Smashing Curse], which can easily blow up obstacles blocking his progress:

There is also the [Orientation Charm] that Hermione reminded him of, which can make his wand point to true north, so that he can judge whether he is walking in the right direction in the maze.

But he has not yet fully mastered the advanced usage of [Iron Armor Curse]. After mastering this spell, he can reduce the range of the shield maintenance, in exchange for a faster casting speed. In that case, he can block it like Block the spell like an arrow, and then quickly launch a counterattack.

Among the six warriors, Hermione is the most idle. After competing throughout the school year, she has become fully aware of her huge advantage over other warriors, which cannot be made up for by a month or two of training.

Therefore, she trained step by step and even had time to review the content for the final exam.

One day in June, the Gryffindor breakfast table was very busy.

A screech owl flew across the dining room as usual, delivering today's Daily Prophet to Hermione.

She opened the newspaper, glanced at the front page, and immediately squirted a mouthful of pumpkin juice all over the newspaper.

"What's wrong, Hermione?" Harry noticed something strange about her and asked with concern.

"No...nothing." Hermione hurriedly tried to hide the newspaper, but Harry had already read unusual information from her expression.

"It's about me, right?" Harry demanded, holding out his hand.

Hermione hesitated, but finally handed him the newspaper.

Harry took the newspaper and his photo came into view. The big headline below was shocking:

Harry·Potter

- Disturbed, emotionally dangerous

Special reporter Rita Skeeter reveals another side of Harry Potter that we haven't seen before: the boy who defeated You-Know-Who is emotionally unstable and possibly dangerous

Recently, shocking evidence has revealed Harry Potter's abnormal behavior, which makes people question whether he is capable of participating in such a grand event as the Triwizard Tournament, or even whether he is suitable to continue studying at Hogwarts... ..

The following content roughly mocks Harry Potter for saying that his scar pain is just to gain sympathy, mentions his interactions with werewolves and giants, emphasizes the fact that he is good at Parseltongue, and depicts the boy who was once praised as the savior as a Dark wizard.

Rita Skeeter is really good at word games. She is good at using this cunning method to distort the facts. I am afraid that many people will be deceived by her sweet words.

In fact, not only Hermione, but many people saw this issue of the newspaper and looked towards the Gryffindor table and stared at Harry.

"Scarhead, is there anything wrong with your head?"

From the Slytherin side came the jeers of Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle.

They were banging their fingers on their foreheads, making crazy faces, and sticking out their tongues like snakes.

Harry ignored them.

However, before Harry could finish reading the newspaper, Seamus at the same table also shouted.

Seeing Harry looking at him, his eyes were a little dodgey: "The newspaper is right, you do know Parseltongue, and your scar is indeed painful enough to make you faint.

Ronald immediately defended Harry: "Harry is not insane. We are in the same dormitory and others are talking nonsense. Don't you know better?"

"Harry, Rita Skeeter likes to exaggerate the most, don't be influenced by it." Hermione advised worriedly.

Harry just smiled slightly, folded the newspaper and put it aside, "It doesn't matter, I will pass smoothly."

The newspaper was just a small disturbance, and it was quickly forgotten by everyone. After all, exam week is approaching and everyone has things to do. They need to devote all the little time they have left to reviewing for the upcoming final exam.

For most students, the privilege of not having to take final exams is an enviable privilege.

But Hermione was an exception.

In her eyes, there is no conflict between the Triwizard Tournament and the final exam.

In the past three years, she has always been ranked second in her grade. Now her goal is to dominate the same grade for seven consecutive years.

Hair can be messed up, blood can flow, but records cannot be broken!

So, she resolutely applied to Professor McGonagall to take the exam.

If it were in the past, Hermione would have started making study plans for Christmas.

However, since she drank the permanent magic potion and was promoted from a god of learning to a real genius, she finally stopped making any review plans this time and just read books casually.

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Anyway, her foundation is solid enough, and she can get second place in any test.

But even if she takes the test casually, she will never allow herself to make any mistakes in the position of champion and second in grade.

Compared with students in other grades, the little wizards in fifth grade are more nervous.

The O.W.L. exam will begin after the competition. Now, there are only less than thirty days left.

It’s time to review 460 like crazy!

So, as if they were about to go to the battlefield, they devoted themselves to review day and night.

It is common to study for eight or nine hours. Eleven or twelve hours is just a warm-up, and it is not a problem to work continuously for sixteen or seventeen hours.

During this period, staying up late has become a standard for students. If you don't stay up late, you will be embarrassed to say that you are reviewing.

The most obvious one is Heloise. Staying up late for a long time has caused acne on her face to sprout like mushrooms after a rain. She has entered the "golden elixir realm" and is only one step away from the "Great Perfection".

After the library closed, there were still a large number of students crowded in the lounge to continue fighting.

However, students in other grades were also going through exam week, resulting in a shortage of seats in the lounge, so there were many people reading under the lights in the corridor.

Teachers no longer assign homework; class time is devoted entirely to reviewing questions they think are most likely to appear on exams.

There is no problem with Levin. Although he is not a warrior, as the organizer of the competition, his work is busier than that of a warrior, and his achievements are also seen by the professors. They told him that he could get an excellent grade of O without taking any exams this semester.

Therefore, recently, in addition to paying attention to the exam preparation cram schools of the Polytechnic Society, he also went to the Quidditch pitch to work as an overseer.

Although the theme of the maze has been completed a long time ago, there are still many traps that need to be arranged and maintained in a time-consuming manner. Magical plants have their own growth cycles, and animals also need to be protected. You can't let the Sphinx live without eating or drinking. Let's stay in the maze until the period begins.

There are also some traps that have to be reworked due to Karkaroff's mess.

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