Chapter 431 The Eve of the Tournament

"dragon?"

In the dormitory, Ron, who had not yet slept, stared at the boss, "Are you kidding me, Long?"

"Yes, dragon, and I saw Charlie, he's here too."

Harry suppressed his voice, but the surprise in his tone was as irrepressible as Ron's.

"He actually hid it from us!"

Ron looked extremely angry, "I want to tell mom, he knows everything, but he let you face the dragon alone!"

It was obvious that Ron's butt was completely tilted towards Harry.

"He must have signed a confidentiality agreement or something, and the professor has also signed it. No one dares to discuss these things openly."

Harry thought about Hagrid's anomaly as he explained, "Hagrid must have signed it. He couldn't tell me. He just asked me to follow him and see for myself."

"What the hell, what do those people think, Long..."

Ron looked incredulous. As a child who grew up in a wizarding family, he grew up listening to fairy tales about legendary wizards killing evil dragons. "They didn't ask you to kill a dragon, right?"

"Probably not...the professor said that even the best players have difficulty..."

Harry's face turned ugly as he spoke - he was not alone, but a team of four warriors.

Apparently, Ron also discovered this, and his expression turned ugly. "Why don't we quit? At least we can..."

"No...if I quit, Gryffindor won't be able to raise its head in front of the other houses for a hundred years. Besides, I think I still have the ability to escape from it..."

Harry gritted his teeth. He had been thinking about how to deal with the dragon since the way back.

Since there are four dragons, there is a high probability that each of their school's warriors will have to deal with one of them. Although he tried hard not to kill a dragon on the way, it is not impossible...

[If Sirius is chasing you, don’t even think about fighting back. He is much more dangerous than the dragon. You have to learn to escape...]

[Desperate to escape, his only goal is to kill you, don’t care what he says or what he does, you just need to use magic to escape quickly, or even create obstacles for him to chase...]

'Not this, this is about escaping from pursuit after being stared at by Sirius...'

[Intimidation...Learn to intimidate. The more intelligent creatures are, the easier they are to be intimidated, including wizards...]

‘That’s not it. This is what you would do if you met Sirius in the wild, escaped and strayed into the realm of magical creatures…’

[Looking for weaknesses, although it has nothing to do with escaping, you still have to master this. For most creatures, their three weaknesses are the eyes, the heart and the dung door. The seven inches we call hitting a snake is where their heart is. 】

[After excluding those creatures, the remaining creatures need to be remembered tightly. Their weaknesses are almost non-existent, and they were discovered by countless wizards using their lives... You must keep this part of knowledge firmly in mind...]

[The Voldebat and the Dementor are afraid of the Patronus, and the Boggart is afraid of the ridicule and special spells, which are funny...]

‘Is there a dragon? ’

Harry struggled to remember the magical creatures that had to be memorized by rote - no dragons.

'I can't ask the professor for advice...I should have studied more last year...'

'However, you can consider targeting the eyes. I remember when the professor used to deal with the basilisk... The professor shouldn't be able to say, but... Percy should know... it can't spread anymore, otherwise it will cause trouble to Hagrid...'

"Harry?"

Ron pushed Harry, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay. Go to sleep first. We'll ask Hermione tomorrow. By the way, Hedwig will go find Sirius to find out. In addition, maybe I can hear something from Percy."

'Unfortunately, Professor Lu Ping should also have signed a confidentiality agreement, otherwise...'

With this thought, Harry fell into a deep sleep.

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"We have an idea!"

"In the kitchen, a large amount of ingredients were suddenly added. Just yesterday, we took a brief look and found that the extra supplies were..."

"Go to the library and look for magical creature recipes!"

In the Hufflepuff common room, everyone met and started cheering.

On the other side, cheers came from the Slytherin lounge.

"Done, the latest wizard entry and exit list!"

"What magical creatures are used needs to be investigated, but who enters and exits is not included in the confidentiality agreement. Let us see what professions these wizards have!"

The Slytherins checked the latest list of incoming and outgoing wizards with smiles on their faces, and then quickly found a circle of wizards with the same profession.

"Look at that name, Charlie Weasley!"

"You remember, the Daily Prophet said that there was a member of the Weasley family who was raising dragons. He secretly returned to China, and he was with a group of wizards who were raising dragons - I don't think this is like a group coming to watch the game. .”

"It seems that the thing they are going to deal with is most likely a dragon. Montague, are you confident?"

The Slytherins laughed and looked at Montague, and his face suddenly turned ugly - a dragon, not a joke, but a real dragon.

"I think I need to take a closer look at the curse..."

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"The sleeping bag is really good. It seems that everyone has experienced the scene of being locked out. The sleeping bag material of the college is very good."

The Ravenclaws who were still blocked outside the door gradually got up, greeted each other, and then went to the nearby bathroom to wash up.

Because of that door knocker, the living arrangements outside the Ravenclaw lounge are quite complete.

Nancy, who had been busy with unknown fears and ring problems all night, was not in a good state of mind at the moment. She yawned and greeted others, but she was still thinking about the so-called unknown puzzle in her mind.

'The tradition of the Triwizard Tournament is cheating, and the game is on Tuesday night...'

‘If you’re going to cheat, where do you get the answers? ’

‘There is no doubt that the schedule should have been prepared by the professor, otherwise he would not have been able to introduce the game to us like that. ’

‘But…what’s the point of this? ’

‘Selection for the competition…’

‘Selection? ’

She had an idea and remembered the test question that had been discussed before the selection. The professor believed that only by passing that question could the students pass the Goblet of Fire selection.

So, does the selection question vaguely contain the bottom line requirements of the event?

If the creature is good at toxins, then the test questions must include the preparation of antidotes. If the other party is good at disturbing the mind, then the question must include how to distinguish the false from the real in a short time.

[Magical creatures will chase wizards or other magical places, but if you look carefully, you can always find a place they like more. They will even change the environment through their own magic...]

[The wizard is the same. What he is good at always manifests itself in every aspect inadvertently. When he is not paying attention, it will become obvious. Of course, this is a digression. 】

[In this lesson, we will briefly learn how to judge the opponent we are going to deal with through subtle traces——]

The contents of the class emerged in her mind. She took care of herself briefly, then hurriedly returned to her sleeping bag, and then began to search for the questions she had completed some time ago from her schoolbag.

She quickly reviewed the questions, and then focused on finding the parts about injury treatment and injury avoidance.

'burn? ’

'Magical burns? ’

‘An impact from an external force? ’

‘The healing of poisonous wounds? ’

‘…’

She quickly looked at the questions one after another, and the prototype of the creature she was going to deal with next was pieced together bit by bit.

'Incomparably huge...with unparalleled power...'

‘Good at, um, high-altitude defense and evasion? Can the other party fly? ’

'Poison, burns... lacerated wounds? ’

'If it's dangerous enough, there seem to be only a few left...'

A smile appeared on Nancy's face - all it took was a quick trip to the library to verify.

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"Deal with the dragon?"

Hermione's reaction when she heard the news at the dinner table was as surprised as Harry had expected.

"Yes, I have secretly written a letter asking for help. You have to help me, Hermione."

Harry whispered.

"I can't deal with a dragon either..."

Hermione's face showed some helplessness and anxiety - first it was the emotional problem, and then it was the dragon. If she could solve them all, what would be the difference between her and the warrior?

"No, I have to tell them what we have to deal with, but I can't tell them that Hagrid told me."

"I must have a channel that they can recognize and know that they are facing a dragon."

When he arrived at the library, Harry was finally able to speak out his thoughts with confidence, and then saw a surprised Hermione across from him.

"How is this possible? The dragon was just brought to the school last night, and then you went and told them that you were going to face a dragon..."

Hermione complained quietly, then began to think hard as always.

Opposite her, Harry also began to think hard about whether he could control the dragon's vital points-the eyes, the heart, or the dung door.

'The best thing to deal with is the eyes...'

'As long as it can be aimed... its eyes are large and the eyelids covering them are thin enough. ’

'As the professor said, the dragon's skin contains extremely powerful ancient magic. Ordinary wizards have no way of penetrating its skin. This situation also exists in other magical creatures, but their defenses are low. A lot. ’

"What spell should be used to attack the eyes so that they can be killed with one blow?"

Harry flipped through the book patiently, but was surprised to find that he could not find any relevant theoretical support in the book - was his reasoning wrong? still?

Want to check out the Restricted Book Zone?

But in that case, Hermione wouldn't be able to pass... The benefits of the restricted book area are only open to these four warriors.

While he was thinking, the librarian Mrs. Pince walked over quickly. By the time Harry reacted in time, Mrs. Pince was already almost there.

‘I didn’t make a sound, did I? ’

"Your letter, Potter."

Mrs. Pince put a letter on his desk, and Harry glanced curiously at the window sill - Hedwig was at the window over there, and he didn't dare to scream.

It's a letter from Sirius.

Harry opened it with a smile and flipped through the pages.

As he expected, Sirius didn't seem to take the fire dragon too seriously at all - he even said in a relaxed manner that he could easily subdue the dragon with just an eye disease spell, and he could ask Lupin about the relevant spells.

‘If you just ask about the spell, you should be able to easily avoid the so-called confidentiality measures. I remember the records at home are like this. ’

'If that doesn't work, please write quickly and I'll ask Hedwig to bring the relevant books. ’

Sirius said so in the letter.

‘Sirius’ statement is almost the same as what the professor summarized, but—why isn’t it in the book? '

Harry was so curious that he shared this information with Hermione.

"Eye curse?"

"what is that?"

Hermione was equally confused - this surprised Harry because it was the first time that he had encountered knowledge that Hermione didn't understand at all.

"Sirius said the professors should know it."

Hermione looked at the letter puzzled for a long time, and then asked for no reason, "I remember you said during the summer vacation that one of Sirius's ancestors served as the principal of Hogwarts?"

"That's what he said. Sirius said he was the most unpopular headmaster at Hogwarts..."

Harry tried to remember.

"I probably understand why "Hogwarts: A School History" says that cheating is a tradition in the Triwizard Tournament..."

Hermione sighed, "It turns out that even cheating methods are passed down from generation to generation in those books."

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"Eye curse?"

During lunch, Harry was still hesitating - he went to ask the professor about the Eye Spell.

But is this really the right answer?

If one person can solve it, why do we need four warriors to form a team?

But it's not just Hogwarts that has been passed down from generation to generation. Is it true that other colleges can't use this technique to deal with fire dragons?

"has a problem!"

Harry felt something was wrong, "If the competition items were easily cracked, would the professor arrange it like this?"

Recalling the assessment that Professor William had conducted since joining the job, Harry no longer had confidence in the key to the Eye Disease Curse - according to Professor William's bad taste, the Dragon plus the Iron Armor Curse and the Bubble Head Curse were all normal, so why? Maybe a simple eye spell can solve it?

While he was analyzing the problem with Hermione at the dinner table, a note was handed over.

Then the second, third...

The content is almost the same, except that the meeting place is different - come to xxx place in the afternoon to discuss the content of the first game.

Harry looked at the note for a moment, and then saw three warriors standing up on the tables of the other three houses with confused expressions.

Everyone looked at each other and then came together.

"Did you guess it too?"

Finally, Mrs. Yumont spoke uncertainly.

"Um."

Cedric nodded shyly.

"Yes."

Nancy nodded slightly.

"It's a fire dragon..."

Harry was the first to tell the answer, arousing curiosity from others - did you guess it too?

"Yes, and it's most likely a hornet."

Cedric shook his head.

"Well, it seems..."

Montague shook his head. The effect he wanted to achieve was not achieved at all. "We need to think about the difficulties and methods we may face."

"So, see you on Monday?"

"meet on Monday."