The game has entered its final moments.
When Krum was imprisoned at Footstep 13, Fleur just happened to be free.
If Fleur can finish the game first within 5 seconds when Krum is suspended, she can lock in second place.
What she has to do is to go straight from the 12th foothold to the finish line within 5 seconds, which is a distance of about 800 meters.
At this time, Fleur had already used the sail made from the hat to cross the 13th foothold and surpassed Krum.
Krum’s imprisonment time has passed for 2 seconds.
“Hippoclini!”
Furong did not stop at No. 14 and directly called her competition partner.
Hippoclini, which was flying below the track, flew up, and Fleur landed lightly on its back, tightly grabbing the long silver mane around its neck.
The whole process takes 1 second again.
“Speed up!” Fleur shouted.
Hippoclini flapped his wings and accelerated towards the end circle with Fleur.
“Miss Delacour handed over the final sprint to her partner, and she only had 2 seconds left to stay on the horse!” Mr. Jolly said loudly and very quickly.
Similarly, there are still 2 seconds left when Krum is locked up.
2 seconds is a short time.
But this is enough for a strong rune horse to fly about 500 meters.
The moment Krum was released from confinement, Fleur was already lying on the horse and crossed the finish line with Hippoclini.
“Oh she made it! Miss Delacour made it to second place!”
At Mr. Jolly’s shout, Fleur jumped off the horse and landed lightly on the large platform where Scott was.
At this time, Klum also crossed the finish line.
When the three warriors gathered on the platform, Mr. Jolly announced that the round was over.
“Congratulations.”
Although Klum looked a little unhappy, he still congratulated Fleur and Scott in a very graceful manner.
“You’re out of luck, Viktor,” Fleur said with a smile.
Krum nodded.
Fleur said to Scott again: “I have to say that your advantage is too great, Scott, even if Animagus is banned.”
Scott shrugged.
“But that’s what you deserve. You are indeed very powerful.” Klum also looked at Scott and said, “Among my peers, I have never seen a guy as powerful as you.”
“No, he is one year younger than the two of us.” Fleur said a little sourly.
Scott could only smile and say: “There is still the third round, and the final result cannot be said now.”
At this moment Mr. Jolly came to the platform where they were.
He interviewed the three warriors with great interest.
“First of all, congratulations to all of you for successfully completing the competition without any accidents! I must say, you all performed wonderfully!”
“Thanks.”
“Mr. Trollope.” Mr. Jolly asked Scott with great interest, “I’m curious, is there something different about your ‘Flock of Birds’?”
Fleur and Krum were obviously also curious about this question, and they both turned to look at Scott, wanting to hear what he had to say.
Scott smiled and replied, “There is indeed something different. I like this spell very much, and I also like crows. I made some modifications to it with the help of the professors in the past.”
Of course, this is serious nonsense.
No one would expose it anyway.
“Transformation?” Mr. Jolly became even more curious. “Is it also because of this transformation that you cast the expansion spell on the crow to make it bigger?”
Scott replied, “Of course not. The transformation of ‘Flock of Birds’ was just to change the conjured birds into crows. The expansion spell on the crows came from my personal research on transfiguration.”
Mr. Jolly seemed really interested and continued to ask him, “I believe many people have noticed that the transformation technique you showed in the last round of the competition was magical enough. If I read it correctly, it is the combination of transformation technique and A combination of magic circuits?”
“Yes.” Scott nodded.
“This time it’s a combination of transformation and magic, right? How did you do it?” Mr. Jolly continued to ask.
Scott glanced at him.
Mr. Jolly’s eyes were full of curiosity, but Scott was not sure whether he was just curious or wanted to find out something.
So he continued to answer, “Because of my personal love for the subject of Transfiguration and the help of the professors. The professors at Hogwarts have always been willing to support students’ bold innovations and spare no effort to help us.”
Mr. Jolly seemed dissatisfied with this unusually “official” answer, and asked, “Really?”
“Yes.” Scott nodded firmly.
Mr. Jolly and Scott looked at each other. Perhaps seeing that Scott’s expression was too determined, he turned to chat with the other two warriors.
But Klum was not very cooperative with his interview and was not willing to talk. Only Fleur cooperated with him.
“Okay, now it’s time for the judging panel to give the scores.”
Mr. Jolly ended the interview with some embarrassment.
“Now, audience friends, let me take our warriors back to the ground first!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the platform under their feet began to steadily fall vertically.
Three rune horses that were also participating in the competition circled around the platform and flew to the ground with them.
Compared with Chrysaor and Hippoclini, the victorious Pegasus looked particularly proud, and made excited neighing sounds from time to time.
When the platform slowly reached the sky above Pegasus Ranch, they were greeted with deafening applause and cheers.
Finally, the platform stopped next to the high platform where the referee team was located.
“Okay, just wait here, I’m going to give you scores!”
Mr. Jolly walked up to the high platform and took a seat at the referee’s seat.
He used a loud voice and announced to the audience——
“Since the three warriors have already decided their rankings in this competition, we have new regulations in the scoring process.”
“Scott Trollope, who won first place in the competition, will receive an additional 2 points on top of the referee’s score.”
“An extra point for second place Fleur Delacour.”
“No extra point for Viktor Krum in third place.”
“Okay, judges, please take out your magic wands and score our Mr. Krum first! Oh, I’ll do it first!”
He raised his wand high and a large number, [8], came out of the wand.
“8 points.”
Next came Mr. Lefebre.
“The same is 8 points.”
Professor Hartmann raised his wand.
“9 points!”
Madame Maxime glanced at Hartmann and showed her score.
“Oh, 7 points.”
Finally there is Dumbledore.
“8 points!”
“So, Mr. Krum’s final score for this round is… 40 points! The total points for the two rounds are 85 points!”
On the standings beside him, the number of points after Krum’s name immediately changed, from [45] to [85], still ranking first for the time being.
Krum bowed in the direction of the referees.
The audience gave him timely applause.
“Very well. Next, let’s rate Miss Delacour.”
“I gave it… 9 points!”
“9 points!”
“9 points!”
“9 points!”
“Still 9 points!”
“The total is 45 points, plus an extra point, the total is 46 points, Fleur Delacour’s total points in the two rounds… 89 points!”
Along with the applause and cheers, Furong’s points in the standings also changed, and at the same time surpassed Krum, temporarily ranking first.
Fleur also bowed her thanks.
“Finally, the first place player in this round, Scott Trollope from Hogwarts, starts scoring!”
“For Trollope’s wonderful performance, I give… 10 points!”
“10 points!”
“Nine points? Oh… Professor Hartman gave the three warriors the same score.”
Professor Hackman still showed the number [9], which immediately triggered a burst of boos.
“Are you sure, Professor Hartmann?”
Faced with Mr. Jolly’s inquiry, Professor Hartman nodded firmly.
“Of course, this is not against the rules. This is your right as a referee. Okay, now let’s invite our respected Madame Maxime.”
“Madame Maxime showed 10 points!”
“Last is Professor Dumbledore, also 10 points!”
After the grading was completed, before Mr. Jolly could make a summary, the Hogwarts delegation in the audience shouted at the top of their lungs.
“Scott, champ!”
“Scott, champ!”
“Scott, champ!”
…
They shouted in a very rhythmic manner. There were only more than twenty people, but they actually shouted with the momentum of a hundred people.
Scott turned around and saw Fred standing in front of the auditorium pretending to be directing.
“Oh, the audience from Hogwarts expressed their support for the Hogwarts Warriors very enthusiastically.”
Mr. Jolly also increased his volume.
“Mr. Trollope received a judge’s score of 49 points in this round. Plus 2 extra points, the total is 51 points. So, the total points he received in the two rounds is… 94 points!”
In the standings, Scott’s name instantly surpassed Krum and Fleur and climbed to the top of the list.
Applause and cheers rang out again, and Scott also bowed in the direction of the referees and the audience.
“I declare that this round of competition is officially over! Please look forward to the third and final round that will be held on June 24!”
“Believe me, it will definitely be more exciting than the first two rounds!”
“Our three warriors will also compete for the final championship!”
The game ended and the audience began to leave.
The platform Scott and the others were standing on descended again and landed on the grass.
Soon, Scott’s companions ran over and surrounded him.
Fred hugged Scott excitedly, “It’s so exciting! Cool! That’s 10,000 meters in the air! None of us expected it!”
He let go of Scott and handed the [Magic Mirror] in front of him.
“Everyone is watching your performance, big star, say hello to the audience!”
Scott glanced at the picture presented in the [Magic Mirror].
It seemed like everyone in Hogwarts had gathered in the Great Hall to watch him play.
Many people were waving at him.
“Hello!”
Scott waved back.
“We are all sweating for you!” Roger squeezed Fred away and patted Scott on the shoulder, “But you did it beautifully and had an absolute advantage!”
“Good job, Scott.”
“You’re number one again.”
“The champion must belong to our Hogwarts!”
…
Others also began to praise him.
Later, Mr. Jolly came over again and called the three warriors together.
Scott and the other two were a little nervous.
For no other reason, they were afraid of the trouble of brewing again.
Mr. Jolly seemed to see their concerns.
“Don’t worry.” He smiled and said, “Before the next round of competition, you don’t need to prepare anything.”
Hearing this news, Scott couldn’t help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
Furong took the initiative to ask, “So, is there anything you can tell us in advance about the third round?”
Mr. Jolly smiled again.
Scott felt that his smile seemed to be malicious.
Mr. Jolly said: “I can only tell you that the third round will be more difficult than the first two rounds, and it will be a comprehensive test for you.”
“Is that all?” Scott asked.
Mr. Jolly nodded, “Yes, I can’t reveal more. In short, I hope you can keep your state and present a more exciting game for us.”
After saying this, he turned and left.
“Didn’t they say anything?” Fleur couldn’t help but complain.
“Yeah, it seems that this time there is really no need for any advance preparation.” Scott said.
After the three separated, Scott and his companions returned to the tower of Hogwarts.
They will hold a party again to celebrate Scott’s return to the top of the standings.
“The Frenchman’s conspiracy failed!”
“Even if 5 points are deducted, Scott is still the first place without suspense!”
“The Frenchman’s calculations are useless!”
After returning to their own territory, everyone spoke freely and mercilessly ridiculed the group of Frenchmen.
Everyone was very happy and raised their glasses to Scott.
Scott was forced to drink a bellyful of butter beer.
“So what is the next round?” Fred began to care about the last game.
“I don’t know.”
Scott answered simply, and then told everyone what Mr. Jolly said.
In short, the organizer did not reveal any news, and everyone could only guess.
Fred thought that this competition was in the sky, and the next competition would be in the summer, and he might need to go into the water to let Scott train his underwater survival skills.
Roger disagreed with this.
He thought the final round should be a ring battle between the three warriors, and was sure that Fleur and Krum were no match for Scott.
He vowed, “As long as you don’t show mercy to Fleur, the championship will be yours.”
Cedric thought they might have to face an exam, a more rigorous exam than O.W.L.s and N.E.W.T.s, so that they could be tested in all aspects as Mr. Jolly said.
Fred loudly opposed his guess.
“Let us go!” Fred said, “Exam? Such a competition is not exciting at all!”
Others also started to speculate.
Fighting with fire dragons, avoiding the pursuit of giants, etc.
In short, one is more outrageous than the other.
“There will be no such danger.”
Scott said with certainty.
“Have you noticed that perhaps after summarizing the lessons of the past, the competition items set for this championship are relatively safe.”
In short, the organizers are trying their best to avoid casualties like in the past.
And Beauxbatons also has this condition.
Compared to uncontrollable dangerous animals like fire dragons, alchemy beasts controlled by alchemists and divine horses tamed by wizards are much safer.
“Perhaps, there will be alchemy elements in the last round of the competition.” Scott guessed, “That is controllable and can avoid accidents.”
“If that is the case, it will also be convenient for those French guys to secretly give their warriors a break.”
Scott’s companions felt that compared to the alchemy products controlled by the French, other things would be fairer to him and Krum.
In the following days, Scott was busy designing his “summoned beasts” in addition to normal classes.
Among them, the multiple magic loops of the “summoned beasts” with water and fire attributes have been designed.
The fire attribute fire crow is named Edgar, taken from the American writer Edgar Allan Poe who wrote the famous poem “The Raven”.
Edgar will have three “skills”, namely [arson], [fire line], and [flying fast].
The water attribute swordfish is named Sirein, taken from the sea monster Sireincrone in the Scottish legend.
Xirein also has three “skills”, namely [Water Prison], [Water Blade], and [Hide].
Scott’s next task is to design “summoned beasts” representing the wind and earth elements.
Wind is the representative element of Ravenclaw College. Scott’s “summoned beast” is a golden eagle, the most ferocious large bird of prey in the eagle family.
He also selected three magic circuits, which he named [Wind Cut], [Wild Wind], and [Sharp] according to their effects.
In his imagination, this golden eagle can spit out sharp invisible blades, its wings can stir up strong winds, and its beak and claws for direct attacks will be extremely sharp.
The name he set for the golden eagle is Horus, taken from Horus Hammoudi, the eagle-headed god in Egyptian mythology.
The basic setting of the “summoned beast” of the earth element was also thought out long ago.
In terms of image, Scott chose the Komodo dragon, which is known as the “magic dragon” among Muggles.
For this purpose, he also selected three sets of magic circuits, namely [Rock Armor], [Drilling] and [Venom].
In terms of setting, this Komodo dragon is a “front-line warrior”. Although it has no long-range skills, it has strong defense, is elusive, has amazing biting ability and is highly toxic.
Scott named it Golzan, taken from the super ancient monster Golzan that appeared in the first episode of “Ultraman Tiga”. That monster is known as the “monster that shakes the earth”, which is a small commemoration of the previous life.
Unlike Edgar and Sirein’s design, because Scott has successfully used transformation to create disposable fire crows and swordfish many times, he has some confidence.
In conjunction with the experiment, the design of Horus and Golzan took Scott more time.
After many experiments to transform the golden eagle and Komodo dragon with a single “skill”, Scott, who has a certain degree of confidence, began to design the corresponding multiple magic circuit nesting diagrams based on his experience in actual application.
At this point, with the help of arithmetic divination, Scott’s design process progressed a little faster.
When all four designs were completed, it was already the end of March.
For safety, Scott did not create the “summoned beast” directly, but called the portrait of Ravenclaw when no one was in the dormitory, hoping that the tutor would help him check if there were any omissions.
“Ravenclaw tutor…”
After the portrait of Ravenclaw appeared, Scott described his design and showed the drawings and materials given by Lucio.
After listening to his story, the Ravenclaw tutor commented lightly, “It’s a good toy.”
Toy?
This comment made Scott a little depressed.
“There’s nothing to be depressed about.” Ravenclaw smiled and said, “This proves that you have taken a key step. Next, you will continue to grow and continue to improve them in practice.”
Scott nodded, knowing it in his heart.
Although this attempt was not the first time, this time it was a key step for him without the help of the disposable magic stone.
Ravenclaw looked carefully at the drawings shown by Scott and nodded slightly.
“I didn’t find any mistakes.”
She looked at him with appreciation.
“You are already proficient in the use of ancient magic runes and magic rune circuits. The next progress is just the accumulation of practice. I have nothing to teach you in this regard.”
As she said, she took another look at the materials in the box and made an evaluation.
“Based on visual observation, such materials are acceptable, but that’s all.”
“If you want to make them stronger, you need better materials.”
“Yes.” Scott replied, “I have been focusing on studying alchemy recently.”
Ravenclaw smiled slightly, “Now you should realize the importance of alchemy. I haven’t reminded you because only by experiencing the difference can you truly agree.”
She was right.
In the past, Scott didn’t pay much attention to the subject of alchemy because it was too cumbersome and took too much time, money, and energy to learn.
He thought that since he had Transfiguration, he could use Transfiguration to change the properties of matter with magic, so alchemy didn’t seem to be needed.
Just like the content of turning matches into needles in the first Transfiguration class.
Although Transfiguration cannot really transform matter, under the effect of magic, the originally fragile matches still have the appearance and hardness of iron needles.
In this way, although the material conversion of alchemy is more thorough, it seems that it can be replaced by transfiguration, or it can be directly found to be stronger Muggle materials.
But now I think that this idea is undoubtedly wrong.
A good material can not only reduce the difficulty of transfiguration and improve the strength of the transfiguration product, but more importantly, it can save magic power and make the transfiguration product exist longer.
If Scott only used a piece of stone to transform a fire crow, it would include changes in the properties of the material, changes in the shape and structure, and give the stone a false life.
The fire crows transformed in this way consume the magic power to maintain transfiguration very quickly, and coupled with the loss caused by each operation of the magic circuit, and the problem of being easily destroyed, it is destined not to exist for too long.
Although not being able to exist for too long does not seem to be a fatal flaw, the real important thing is that this one-time transfiguration product cannot accumulate experience and then produce thinking evolution like Rimbaud.
But suitable materials can solve those problems to a certain extent.
The materials made by alchemy are not only strong and durable and not easy to damage, but also will fit in with the magic circuit he wants to engrave, producing a multiplier effect.
In short, alchemy is a skill that Scott must learn.
It’s just a little expensive.
After the design was approved by the Ravenclaw tutor, Scott began to make it.
Of course, in order to make the “summoned beast” exist longer, Scott couldn’t make four at once.
He estimated that without the help of the disposable magic stone, with his current magic power, it should be enough to make one at a time, but it would be beyond his ability to make two at a time, and he had to wait until his magic power recovered before continuing.
After thinking about it, Scott chose to make the most familiar fire crow Edgar first.
He took out the red metal in the small wooden box and placed it on the stone slab on the table, then drew out his wand.
Reviewing the settings that made him unwavering in his mind, Scott chanted the incantation, then raised his hand and waved the wand firmly.
Under the light of the transformation technique, dense patterns of magic text first appeared on the knuckle-sized red metal, and then it was wrapped in a ball of fire.
The flames trembled and then moved.
First there was a small beak, then a pair of equally mini wings. When the flames gradually extinguished, a small dark red crow appeared on the stone slab.
The material is only as big as a knuckle, and the Edgar he created is only one-fifth the size of Rimbaud, making him extremely small and mini.
“Hello, Edgar.”
Scott smiled softly and stretched out his left hand.
“Gah…gah…”
Edgar opened his mouth and let out a childish cry, rubbed it on Scott’s finger, then flapped his wings and jumped onto his palm, lying in his palm.
Scott suddenly felt warm in the palm of his hand.
He raised his left hand that was holding Edgar, and gently touched its feathers with his right hand.
Edgar seemed to enjoy being close to him, making cheerful noises.
Unlike Rimbaud, Edgar cannot speak.
This is not because Scott can’t do it, but because he did it on purpose.
After all, the positioning is still different.
Although Scott can be said to have used his own strength to do what he could only do with the help of a one-time magic stone, it is more about combat performance.
In essence, the Philosopher’s Stone still has its irreplaceable role – no matter how much Scott progresses, his transformation products will never be as close to real life as Rimbaud, and will exist forever.
On the other hand, Rambo doesn’t need to be involved in too many battles, and Scott can regard him as his closest partner.
But Scott is not prepared to put too much emotion into Edgar and the others who must participate in the battle.
Not only taking into account the damage during the battle, Scott will continue to upgrade them in the future. Under this premise, they are positioned more as tools and weapons.
Scott lowered his head and said to Edgar, who was lying in the palm of his hand: “Is it time for you to demonstrate your ability in actual combat?”
Edgar opened his squinted eyes and stood up, shouting a few times excitedly.
Although it cannot speak, as a product of Scott’s transformation technique, it has a direct connection with him. Even if it is not as smart as Rimbaud, it can basically understand what he speaks.
“It won’t work here,” Scott said. “We have to find a place where no one is around.”
With that said, he put Edgar in his pocket, left the tower, walked for a distance along the lake, and finally came to a remote small valley.
There is a hill across from Durmstrang’s ghost ship, blocking the view from the ship.
“Come out, Edgar.”
“Gah…”
Edgar got out of his pocket, flapped his wings, and flew happily.
“Quickly fly!”
Edgar accelerated instantly and flew around him several times at a speed that Scott could not see clearly with his naked eyes.
“Arson!”
Edgar did not slow down and turned into a small ball of fire flying wantonly.
“Line of Fire!”
An extraordinarily thin white line flashed in the air, and a small black hole suddenly appeared on the tree trunk in front of Scott. It immediately began to smoke, and then burned directly.
Scott quickly pulled out his wand.
“The water is as clear as a spring!”
Dousing the flames with water, Scott ordered again, “Normal, slow down.”
Edgar immediately restrained the flames covering his body and flew much slower.
“Very well, the next step is to test how big you can become.”
Scott waved his wand at Edgar.
“Get bigger quickly!”
Edgar’s small body suddenly swelled, and then grew bigger and bigger.
Soon, its feet landed on the ground, and its head was already above Scott’s shoulders.
At this point, Scott took back his wand.
“It seems that this is the maximum size.” He nodded, “That’s enough.”
Edgar called again.
As it grew in size, its calls became rougher.
Scott pointed to the rocks aside, “Try the fire line again.”
Edgar opened his mouth, tilted his neck back, and then spit out a hot line of fire.
At this time, even Scott felt an unbearable heat and couldn’t help but take a few steps back.
Under the attack of the high-temperature fire line, the rocks made a crackling sound and soon cracked.
“stop.”
Scott stopped Edgar and waved his wand to change it back to its original size.
“here you go.”
He praised.
Sure enough, the materials were different and the effects were different. The temperature of the flames was higher than that of the previously transformed fire crows, and the duration of its breath of fire was also longer.
He was very satisfied with this.
Let Edgar fly a few more times, and when the temperature on his body dropped, Scott put it in his pocket again and left the small valley.
He missed Hogwarts a little. Beauxbatons was someone else’s territory after all, and it was inconvenient to do anything.
When he returned to the tower, Fred and Roger had returned to their dormitories.
“Is your date over?” Scott asked.
“We’re not dating, it’s me and Angelina!” Fred retorted loudly, “As for Roger, maybe it’s with his third French girlfriend!”
“It’s the fourth.” Roger reminded him.
“who cares!”
Scott shrugged his shoulders, walked to the desk and sat down, took out the piece of metal poured with salamander blood, and prepared to continue making the unfinished dagger.
