Chapter 474 474. Scott easily takes first place
"Okay! Audience friends!"
Mr. Jolly spoke loudly into the air.
"We are now at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters above sea level..."
Scott looked at him with interest, and then spread his magic perception to observe the surroundings.
Scott was very curious about how Beauxbatons' "live broadcast system" worked.
But for a moment, he did not perceive the existence of the "lens".
So Scott focused his perception on the track ahead.
I didn't realize it from the "live broadcast" before, but now I look at it up close and I can see that the distance between each cube on the track is very far, about 200 meters.
There are 15 cubes in total, plus the ring at the end, the entire track is about 3000 meters.
For them, the distance of 3,000 meters would take several minutes without the help of tools.
But for a flying and huge rune horse, this time should be shortened a lot.
From this point of view, this game was less difficult than he thought.
Normally, what contestants need to pay attention to is how to allocate time reasonably. The time they can stay on the rune horse is 10 seconds.
With these 10 seconds, combined with the footholds every 200 meters and their respective magical means, we can indeed reach the finish line without any accidents.
Of course, the three traps hidden among the 15 footholds also need to be considered as factors that may affect the game.
If you trigger the trap, you will be imprisoned for 5 seconds.
Fortunately, this condition is fair. Everyone will face three traps unless someone can overcome them.
Scott tried to distinguish the traps hidden in the cubes, but he could not detect anything unusual in the closer cubes.
"Very good, our horses are here too!"
With a few neighs, the three rune horses that they had just accelerated and left behind broke through the clouds and flew behind them.
"Attention, warriors, the security measures will disappear next..."
As soon as Mr. Jolly finished speaking, the magic barrier surrounding Scott's body disappeared.
Scott turned his upper body and stretched out his hand directly.
"Pegasus," he said to the horse, "you can leave me alone and fly across the finish line as fast as you can."
Pegasus blinked his watery red eyes.
Scott didn't know if it understood what he meant.
And everyone else looked at him in surprise.
Even Mr. Jolly stopped talking.
"Are you kidding?" Fleur couldn't help but say.
"I must remind you, Mr. Trollope," Mr. Jolly also said, "Animagus are prohibited in this round."
"Broomsticks are also prohibited," Krum said.
"I know the restrictions of the game." Scott pulled out his wand and shook it, "I don't know how to use any tools except the wand."
Mr. Jolly smiled and said to him: "It seems that you didn't miss anything, so I'm relieved."
He looked at Fleur and Krum.
"And you too, Miss Delacour and Mr. Krum."
"If you have any questions, ask me now."
"After the game starts, everyone on the referee team, including me who is closest to you, will carefully observe your performance."
"That's how we rate you."
Scott and the other three shook their heads, indicating that they had no doubts.
"Very good, then the game will officially begin."
Mr. Jolly said very happily.
"Now, please let the three warriors set foot on the starting point of the track!"
The three Scotts looked at each other.
At this time, although the cube under their feet brought them close to the track, it was still about 10 meters away from the starting point.
Without a run-up, this distance is absolutely impossible to reach by standing jumping alone.
It all depends on their respective methods this time.
"Mr. Jolly, will it take less than 10 seconds to ask Chrysaor to take me there now?" Krum asked immediately.
"Oh, no," said Mr. Jolly, "because the game hasn't officially started yet."
"That's good." Fleur smiled.
It was then that Krum took the lead.
He looked back at Chrysaor, squatted slightly, and then jumped forward.
Chrysaor neighed and spread his wings and flew forward.
When Krum's body fell, it just flew below him.
Krum ran a few steps forward on Chrysaor's broad back, jumped up again, and finally landed firmly on the cube that was the starting point.
Then, Fleur also started to take action.
"Wingardim Leviosa!"
She cast a floating spell on the robe on her body, and then used the floating power of the robe to jump forward lightly.
Unlike Krum, she landed lightly on the starting point without relying on Hippoclini's power.
Hippoclini followed her and flew to her side.
At this time, only Scott remained.
Several people turned to look at him.
Pegasus also seemed to be anxious, and hissed.
"Don't worry, Pegasus, the game hasn't started yet." Scott turned to him and smiled reassuringly.
"Wingardim Leviosa."
He waved his wand and used the same method as Fleur to reach the starting point.
"Wingardim Leviosa."
The next second, Krum also cast a levitating spell on his robe.
Perhaps because he was worried that he was too big, he cast several floating spells on other clothes on his body.
"I must remind you!"
Fleur was obviously unhappy that the two had copied her homework.
“It’s hard to control where you land using this method.”
"I have been practicing for a long time since I learned that the competition is high in the sky!"
Neither Scott nor Krum made a sound. Neither of them seemed worried that they would not be able to accurately jump to the landing point on the track.
Seeing that they didn't respond, Furong snorted coldly and stopped talking.
At this moment Mr. Jolly spoke again.
"Warriors, let me ask you one last time, are you ready?"
"Ready."
The three of them answered in unison.
"Very good, listen to my command, one, two, three, the game begins!"
Following Mr. Jolly's order, the three warriors jumped forward at the same time, and the three rune horses also spread their wings and flew forward.
In order to cooperate with the warrior competition, the flying height of the three horses is below the warriors.
During the jump, there were also differences in the actions of the three warriors.
The starting point is about 200 meters away from the second point. This distance cannot be reached directly even by floating on clothes.
The force of their jump is not enough to carry them 200 meters away.
Fleur and Krum began to draw on the power of their competition partners.
They all chose to use the horse's body as a temporary foothold.
And they all pay attention to time. They only use a gentle step on the horse's back as leverage, and the process of contact with the horse takes less than a second.
But Scott chose not to do that.
Pegasus seemed to understand what he meant, and flew straight towards the finish line without cooperating with him at all.
When Scott's body began to fall, there was no place for him to stay below.
"Mr Trollope told his playing partners to leave him alone, but now he appears to be in mortal danger!"
Mr. Jolly resumed his passionate explanation.
"Oh God! He's going to fall!"
Fleur and Krum both looked back at Scott with surprise on their faces.
"Birds flock."
Scott waved his wand.
"Gah...gah..."
A flock of dark crows flew out from the tip of his wand and cawed around him.
"Carry me forward."
Scott ordered.
"quack……"
The crows grabbed his cloak with their claws and flew forward with him.
"Oh what I saw!"
Mr. Jolly exclaimed.
"Mr. Trollope cast a special 'flock of birds' and let the birds carry him forward!"
It seemed that Mr. Jolly's prompt was heard.
Although Fleur and Krum in front of Scott did not look back, they waved their wands and cast the flock of birds in the same way.
Unfortunately, their flock of birds was the normal version, just a bunch of colorful birds.
Those little birds were too small and their number could not be called too many, so their help to them was extremely limited.
"Why! Why is Mr. Trollope's 'Flock of Birds' different from everyone else's!"
Of course it's different.
Scott smiled.
Others' flocks of birds are a transformation spell, while his flocks of birds are a summoning spell.
These crows were not conjured by him, but real crows summoned.
This was magic he had already completed in the second half of his fourth grade.
The technology of contract and summoning comes from an ancient book in Helena's study.
Although much of ancient magic is outdated, it does not lack merit.
There is a contract, but Scott actually does not use spells when summoning crows, and chanting "flocks of birds" is just to confuse others.
So although he often used this magic, few people could see it in the past.
Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall, who were familiar with him, should be able to tell, but they wouldn't say anything.
At this moment, Scott didn't have to do anything. He was being carried forward by a group of dark creatures like a vampire in a Muggle fantasy story.
Soon, he passed Fleur and Krum and reached the first place.
It would be more like a bat instead of a crow.
Scott thought.
"If this continues, Trollope will undoubtedly gain an absolute advantage!"
shouted Mr. Jolly.
"See, he doesn't need Pegasus to cooperate, or even stay on the box where he's going to end up. He will perfectly avoid those three traps that will lock him down for 5 seconds!"
"Miss Delacour and Mr. Krum must adjust their strategies!"
"How will they reverse their decline? Can they do it? Let us look forward to their performance together!"
Scott turned around and saw Fleur and Krum's response.
Krum's method was relatively simple and crude. He cast a powerful hurricane spell in front of him, then jumped into the wind and let the hurricane push him forward quickly, surpassing Scott in the blink of an eye.
Not to be outdone, Fleur raised her hand to untie the hat on her head, made the hat bigger, and tied the tie around herself.
She also used the hurricane spell, but she cast it on the hat.
The huge hat was like a sail, taking her faster than Scott and catching up with Krum.
Ahead, Scott's partner Pegasus crossed the final circle at this moment.
It turned its head and saw Scott lagging behind, and suddenly let out an anxious neigh.
Chrysaor and Hippoclini, who followed Klum and Fleur, responded to it with cheerful neighs.
"It seems I can't be cool anymore. After all, I can't let my partner worry."
Scott said with a smile and waved his wand at a crow next to him.
"Get bigger quickly!"
The crow quickly grew in size until it could carry Scott on its back.
Scott landed lightly on the back of the giant crow and cast a head-bubble spell on himself to block the wind.
"accelerate!"
Following his command, the crow carrying him clucked, spread its wings and flew forward.
There is no suspense about the next game.
No matter what methods Fleur and Krum had, there was no way they could surpass a bird born with the ability to fly unless they rode on the back of a rune horse the entire time.
But obviously, that won't work.
They must use those 10 seconds carefully, always remembering how much time they have used up.
The crow soon took Scott to the finish line, passed through the huge metal ring, and landed on a huge suspended platform behind the finish line.
Scott first changed the crow back to its original size, and then waved the crows to disperse.
Pegasus, who had always been very reserved, finally flew over on his own initiative, lowered his head and rubbed against Scott.
"O Pegasus, does winning against Chrysaor and Hippoclini make you so happy?"
Scott reached out and touched the smooth silver mane on its neck.
Pegasus snorted happily.
"The undoubted first place in this round of competition has appeared!"
"He is the warrior from Hogwarts, Scott Trollope!"
"He won the first place effortlessly with his exquisite use of magic spells!"
"Oh! Even I want to learn the 'Flock of Birds' spell from him!"
As Mr. Jolly explained, Scott turned and looked at the track.
At this time, the other two people were also close to the finish line.
Fleur was about to reach the 12th foothold, and Krum was at the 10th.
This match seemed to be one in which Fleur had the advantage over him.
But the next second, when Fleur's feet stepped on the 12th foothold, the cube under her feet began to flash red.
"Oh my God, the trap has finally been triggered! This is the first time today!" Mr. Jolly shouted. "Miss Delacour will be detained for five seconds!"
Illusory chains suddenly appeared, spinning around Fleur.
The effect of confinement appeared for the first time!
In the previous games, the trap had never been triggered, and it seemed that they were lucky to have crossed it.
Krum has now reached his 11th foothold.
He waved his wand to summon a powerful hurricane, and then rode on the wind.
Immediately afterwards, he used Chrysaor's body to cross the 12th foothold, and finally landed on the 13th foothold.
But unfortunately...
His feet began to glow red.
Illusory chains representing imprisonment swirled around him.
"Oh! Mr. Krum also encountered a trap! Although he was smart enough to get past box No. 12!"
Mr. Jolly shouted excitedly.
"But I want to tell you, Mr. Krum, the location of the trap is random, and Miss Delacour's experience cannot be used as a reference for you!"
At this time, Fleur's imprisonment had been lifted, and she soon surpassed Krum again.
Sorry, I'm lazy today and only have 4,000.
Will continue to update 8000 tomorrow.
