Chapter 780 Enemy Attack
Harry was riding a broomstick, flying multi-tasking over the Quidditch pitch.
He has to keep an eye on what's going on outside the stadium, and he has to constantly interfere with Qiu Zhang to prevent her from catching the Golden Snitch. He also has to dodge the Bludgers that are hit by Ravenclaw batters from time to time... It's also thanks to him. His flying talent is outstanding, otherwise he would have fallen off his broom.
What makes Harry most helpless is that in previous games, just looking for the Golden Snitch has taken him a lot of time. And he doesn't know what the situation will be in today's game. He has been paying attention to outside the stadium many times. By the way, I saw the Golden Snitch passing by. Once, the Golden Snitch even brushed his ear and flew past him, as if he knew that he didn't intend to catch him...
Harry could only constantly adjust his position in the air, using his body to block between Qiu Zhang and the Golden Snitch. He even used the legendary Prenton Copy Technique!
The Prenton Trap is a tactic invented by Rodri Prenton in 1921. Simply put, the Seeker does not catch the Golden Snitch, but hides it with his sleeve.
Although Prenton insisted to his death that this was his own intention, most people believed that it was just a coincidence and that the Snitch bumped into his sleeve.
It's just that this tactic is quite useful for teams that want to chase points, so it was eventually written into the Quidditch tactical manual, but the number of times it actually appears in games is very rare.
There are three reasons: First, the operation is difficult, and it is not easy to catch the Golden Snitch, let alone catch it with your sleeves; second, even if the Golden Snitch is caught, it will restlessly follow the players. Running rampant in his sleeves, other people can actually easily detect that something is wrong...
For example, this is how Harry was discovered.
"Prenton Copy Technique!" Zacharius Smith, the commentator, shouted in surprise: "This is the first time I've seen someone use this tactic!"
Even high up in the sky, Harry could hear the roar of laughter coming from below.
Here we have to mention the third reason why Prenton’s copying technique rarely appears...
This tactic is so hated by others. It is simply a blatant mockery of the opponent's seeker skills.
After Harry's tactics were discovered, the entire Ravenclaw team was angry. The batter kept hitting Bludgers to his side, and Qiu Zhang stopped looking for the Golden Snitch. It entangled Harry and restricted his escape route.
Others in Gryffindor took advantage of this opportunity and scored several goals in a row.
From a competition perspective... Harry's tactic was quite successful.
While Harry was struggling to deal with the joint attack of the Ravenclaw players, Greyback and his men jumped out of the woods and quickly rushed to the Quidditch pitch.
Harry, who caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of his eye, suddenly became energetic. He suddenly pulled up his broom, avoided a Bludger flying towards him, and then pointed at Greyback and others who were flying towards him and shouted: "Wait a minute! Look over there! Someone seems to be coming!"
Qiu Zhang subconsciously looked in the direction Harry was pointing. Although she couldn't see the faces of those people clearly, the menacing look of the group of people clearly didn't look like professors or students at Hogwarts.
"Who are they?" Qiu Zhang asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling."
Harry prevaricated casually, and then controlled his broomstick to get closer to Greyback's group. Moreover, he did not fly too fast, but pretended to want to see the person clearly. Curious look.
"Harry, what are you doing?!" Ron, who had become a batsman, caught up from below with a stick, stopped Harry, and then looked in the direction Harry was looking at. "Who are they?"
"I don't know, I want to go over and have a look." Harry suppressed the anxiety in his heart and controlled the broomstick to move closer there.
"Are you crazy?! We are still in the game!" Then Ron grabbed his robe, "Flying out of the stadium for no reason will result in a loss!"
The behavior of several people on the court naturally attracted the attention of others. Ms. Huo Qi blew the whistle vigorously and shouted loudly for Harry to go back to the game.
"Leave this to me, you guys can continue the game!"
At this time, Ms. Hoqi also followed Harry's gaze and saw the strange group of people, so she gestured for Harry and the others to continue playing while flying towards Greyback and the others.
Harry's heart suddenly tightened and he wanted to catch up, but he was afraid that his behavior would appear too deliberate.
However, when he was hesitating, Greyback probably thought that he had been discovered, or he really thought that they could defeat the professors and students of Hogwarts head-on, and directly faced Ms. Hoqi who was flying towards them. A killing curse was fired.
"careful!"
At this time, Harry no longer cared about whether it was intentional or not. He suddenly accelerated and caught up with Ms. Huo Qi from the side, and then knocked her aside hard.
After successfully rescuing Ms. Hooch, Harry stabilized the broomstick under him, then took out his wand and tapped his throat lightly.
"The voice is loud..." Harry took a deep breath, and then shouted: "Enemy attack! Everyone, prepare for battle!"
At the same time, the werewolves also cooperated very well to launch a Dark Mark. A huge green skull rose into the air, swallowing a python in its mouth.
"Greyback, that idiot!" Umbridge, who was still hiding in the grove, saw the Dark Mark in the sky and couldn't help screaming and cursing, "Is he worried that the people from Hogwarts won't come fast enough?!"
The expressions of the others were also not good. Compared with those werewolves who were not clear-headed, they actually didn't want to come to Hogwarts to cause trouble, just like Umbridge, but now they had no choice.
"Let's all get ready for battle! Anyway, we won't be in trouble even if we are caught." One of the fugitives glanced at the place where Lucius had stood before and said helplessly.
Then they saw a golden light flying from the direction of the Hogwarts castle. The golden light suddenly exploded after approaching the Dark Mark and turned into a golden cat head that was two circles larger than the Dark Mark.
"Meow!"
(=ΦДΦ=)
The golden cat head in the sky opened its mouth and bit the Dark Mark.
The attacked Dark Mark immediately disintegrated and turned into a cloud of green light, and was soon dispersed by the cat head running rampant in the sky.
"...What is that?"
Among the people in the grove, except Lucius and Umbridge, none of them had watched the Quidditch World Cup two years ago. They were guarded by Dementors and would not be in the mood to read newspapers, so they naturally did not know the origin of this cat head.
"That's the spell of Fish McGonagall!"
Umbridge gritted her teeth and stared at the road leading to the Quidditch field. At this time, her thoughts changed again...
She wanted to take this opportunity to kill Fish McGonagall, the annoying little monster!
"Everyone, pay attention! If you see a boy with cat ears or a tabby cat, attack immediately! Don't hesitate!" Umbridge said viciously.
However, the others did not take her order seriously. Although Voldemort appointed Umbridge as the leader, these criminals would not accept it.
Moreover, they did not think that a Hogwarts student could be a big threat, even though they had heard a lot about Fish during the period after the prison break.
"Huh? Isn't this Umbridge meow? You're back!"
(ΦωΦ)
Just when everyone focused on the road outside the forest, a cat-like voice came from above their heads.
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a boy with cat ears squatting on a tree, waving at them.
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The Plumpton copy technique was mentioned in "Magical Quidditch". In addition, this tactic also appeared in the report on the 2014 World Cup in the "Daily Prophet" published on Pottermore.