She was afraid that she would spit it out of her mouth.

Chapter 323 The second game

Because the last time he came was at dusk, Prime Minister Major didn't even have time to turn around in Hogsmeade Village, and even when he saw the "Jack Pea" hotel from a distance, he only thought it was a big tree. little tree.

But this time it was daytime, and both the Prime Minister and the head of MI5 could clearly see

: That's not a big tree, but a surprisingly large pea shoot.

The two people stood under the pea sprouts, their mouths open wide, their expressions were no different from the Muggle financial elites who came here for the first time, even more unbearable, because they knew this was a witchcraft, not some "artist" "The improvisation.

In the eyes of the two, Lockhart tugged at a bean sprout hanging outside the "Jack Pea" hotel, and then shouted.

"We're going to the rooftop! Three!" Lockhart said.

The pea vines shrank back as if spiritually, and then two thicker bean vines hung down, and the ends were bent into rings and intertwined, like a huge swing.

Lockhart reached out and made an RR gesture, motioning for the Prime Minister and Ms. Rimington to take the "elevator" up.

After seeing this "sightseeing elevator", Major clearly swallowed.

He glanced at his side, and after observing Mrs. Rimington's calm expression, his heart slammed, and he stepped onto the "elevator" made of beans and vines with one big step.

Mrs. Rimington didn't say much, and followed him up the elevator. Just judging from the fact that she was holding the bean vine tightly, her heart was not at peace.

As the elevator slowly ascended, Prime Minister Major made a joke in order to ease his inner unease.

"There shouldn't be giants and castles on it, right?" he asked with a reluctant smile.

"Probably not." Lockhart said without hesitation, "Hagrid was staring at the eight-eyed spider today."

Major wisely didn't ask what the "eight-eyed spider" was, otherwise he might really not be able to eat.

Major tried to force herself not to look at her feet by diverting the subject, while Mrs. Rimington turned her attention to the pods that "Jack Pea" opened.

Although the pod is a fully enclosed structure, through the light and shadow, Mrs. Rimington can still see the shadows in it, and it is obvious that someone is inside.

"Is this the hotel?" she asked. "Finance Street has been spreading the word about it very badly recently, but outsiders think those people are exaggerating."

"Yes, there are a total of 200 rooms, which can accommodate up to 1,000 people, but it is still full every day during the game, because tourists from all over the world come to watch the game, and those who do not have reservations have to live in B&Bs or tents." Loja Tebu said proudly.

Rimington made an estimate in his mind, and found that if more than 2,000 people can already support the number of tourists for an international competition, then the total population of the wizarding world may not exceed one million.

She silently kept this information in her heart, and then slowly inquired about the strength of the wizards after preparation.

After arriving at the top of the hotel, Lockhart directly led the two to the outdoor table that he had reserved.

Because it was hard to get a ticket at the cinema in the first game, and Moody insisted that he would not cast the Traceless Stretching Charm in the cinema, saying that he was worried that the Death Eaters would take advantage of the chaos to erase the spell during the game and squeeze the suddenly shrinking cinema walls. Kill those tourists, so in the end many tourists didn't get in.

In order to prevent the same accident from happening again, before the second game, temporary venues were opened on the top floor of Three Broomsticks, Madam Padiff Teahouse, and Jack Peas.

, Simultaneously broadcast the scene of the top five competition, so that you can accommodate several hundred more A

It is worth mentioning that because almost no reporters reported Fudge's long speech in the last game, but instead reported the relevant scenes of Lockhart's appearance in the game as the "village mayor", so Fudge suddenly realized that "to appear in the game." Only in the game can people remember" the truth, and he simply became a task dispatcher.

In order to avoid the embarrassment of the Muggle Prime Minister and the Minister of Magic appearing together, Lockhart will deliberately pull the two away.

The cool mint water and the delicious kirsch were brought up from the three brooms in a short time, and they had succeeded in suppressing the vomit of the Prime Minister and Mrs. Rimington, so that they did not notice Lockhart's careful thoughts. .

When the game started, Lockhart didn't have to bother to divide their hearts, because the game was enough to keep the two of them focused.

Mere pre-game preparations let the Warriors know why the money accumulated in the first round would give them a huge advantage.

Before the props sales house, the warriors fell silent as they looked at the selling prices of the goods in front of the current round of "Igou House".

There's only one thing on the shelf, and it's not a rare thing. The Warriors even played together the other day, but they didn't think that the theme of the second round was actually this.

-- flying broom

- Sweep the old-fashioned five-star, 20 Galleons; an amateur-level sweeping seven-star, 60 Galleons; a professional-level sweeping nine-star, 100 Galleons; a newest sweeping \" star, 150 Galleons.

In addition to these brooms, there are also some brown particles that smell a little fishy and don't know what they are. The price is 1 gallon per gallon, but no one knows what it is for.

Although the Warriors still don't know what the game is in this round, even a fool can guess. If you have money, you must buy the best broom as possible.

However, even at Hogwarts with the most money, their 247 Galleons are not enough to buy two sweep 11 stars, or even a sweep 11 plus a sweep 9

Everyone looked at the dead fat man in the middle of the arena, waiting for him to give themselves an explanation

On the rooftop of Jack Pea&, Muggle Prime Minister Major blurted out.

"That's the Minister of Magic! I've seen him twice," he said to Mrs Rimington, pointing to the man.

Mrs. Rimington nodded, indicating that she had heard.

In the center of the screen, Fudge has begun to gushing about the second project, and the tasks of the warriors.

Because he was inarticulate and liked to brag about himself, the panoramic telescope switched the channel in time halfway through the broadcast, letting Li Jordan's commentary reach the audience's ears.

\"...The second game we named it \'Dangerous\'!

Its background is set after the first game - a warrior and his entourage arrive in this small village infested by ghosts and rescue the villagers from the ghosts.

But why is such a peaceful village invaded by a large number of ghosts that suddenly appeared? The warriors decided to explore the truth.

He sought out the renowned fortune-teller and wanted to know what was going on in the village. However, the fortune-teller said that he lacked the materials for divination, and he needed to obtain sufficient fortune-telling materials from the magical creatures in forests, lakes, snow-capped mountains and other places for him before he could continue divination for the warriors.

In order to obtain materials as soon as possible, the warriors used all their savings for themselves and their servants.

From the purchase of broomsticks, as well as a large amount of pet food, it seems that he hopes to obtain those materials from magical creatures as peacefully as possible.

But can they really get their way? Please look forward to the performances of the warriors of each school!

After reading the background of the game passionately, Lee Jordan slumped again and began to reluctantly read the advertisement.

"The brooms used in this game are exclusively sponsored by the Sweeping Broom Company - we don't sweep the floor, we sweep the sky!

And the pet food sponsored by the Eila Owl Store - trust its taste, here are the best! "

— After he finished reading the ad, Li Jordan breathed a sigh of relief—no matter how many times he did this, he was still not used to it, but the situation was getting better and better.

Only when the sponsors are satisfied can the competition be profitable.

This Big Five Tournament can be said to be a good opportunity for the Hogwarts Student Union to show their talents. With Slytherin in control of the financial power and Hufflepuff in the organizational power: Gryffindor can only operate and maneuver. Show your worth, and the Student Union will not be taken away by Slytherin.

Lucius Malfoy's group put a lot of pressure on the Gryffindors, especially after the oil project became profitable, and the Slytherin Alumni Association reportedly received a stipend of 50,000 Galleons a year. Enough to allow the little snakes to use props and potion materials extravagantly in dueling clubs and potions classes.

The only viable way for Gryffindor to deal with it is to make his own way better.

wild" some.

Just like Lee Jordan chose the commercial narrator, Colin Creevey also organized a group of Muggle students as videographers, and took many wonderful photos

Sell ​​to domestic and foreign media, in order to maintain the income of the society... In short, they do everything

gotta try

Anyway, the most important thing Gryffindor lacks is the courage to try new things.

Chapter 324 Advantages

Under the eyes of everyone, Fudge the "diver" took out a list of materials and officially announced the start of the second game.

"In order to perform divination perfectly, I need the hide of an invisible beast, the tail hair of a unicorn, the horn powder of a horned beast, the fangs of a rune snake, the feathers of a bad bird, the hair of a five-legged monster, fire Half a pint of blood from a lizard, venom from a giant spider, and scales from Hydra."

Fudge touched his crystal ball and told the warriors the mission props needed for the game in a deliberately mysterious tone.

It's just that his slightly puffy face, which makes him look a little flattering when he smiles, doesn't look like a fortune-teller no matter what, just like the village chief Lockhart, who didn't look like an old man at all in the previous game.

However, his articulation was finally clear, so all the spectators who were watching the game also heard what he said.

After hearing the quest item Fudge asked for, Hermione in the audience was stunned for a moment, then frowned, as if she had remembered something.

Likewise, after hearing the quest item, Cedric couldn't help but speak up.

"In the case of unicorns, I remember there are near Hogwarts, salamanders, we can also think of ways, but ... such as five-legged monsters, eight-eyed giant spiders, Hydras, and bad birds, let's put aside whether we are There is no problem that can be dealt with, even if you want to catch it, there is no near Hogsmeade."

"No no no..." Fudge waved his fingers and took out a map, "There are indeed these monsters around the village, I can be sure.

Due to the recent abnormality in the village, in addition to the ghosts you encountered on Halloween, many magical creatures that are rarely seen at ordinary times have also settled around the village.

This map is where they were recently seen.

But I need to remind you, because the magic of those magical creatures will disturb the surrounding, and Hogsmeade Village is not very normal, so the use of Apparition, Portkey, Phoenix, Floo Powder, All Water Pass is prohibited throughout the game. All space-transporting magics such as ships are also prohibited from using any means of transportation other than the brooms you bought. Once a violation is found, the game will be counted as \"no harvest\', and the result of the game will be dealt with based on the result of the last place.

We don't prohibit the use of any magic items, except for restricted transportation, and warriors can even go home and sleep, and it doesn't matter if they carry their favorite toolbox, haha..."

Fudge told a joke he thought was funny, but no one laughed, and after hearing this, the warriors sighed in disappointment.

If Apparition is banned, it means that the fastest and most convenient means of transportation disappears, and they can only use brooms to move all the way, even when catching magical creatures, they can only use brooms to deal with them.

As for allowing magic items... Unless it's a powerful epic item, even if the average student is fully equipped, it will be difficult for them to defeat such things as Hydras, Octopus and Pentapods.

The people who swept the broom company are of course very happy, because after the transportation is limited, it means that all the spectators must stare at their company's logo during the game, and it is difficult for the person who took the photo to take a photo without their company. Photo of the logo.

The management of Sweeping Company felt more and more that they had made a wise choice. Not only did they spend the money to sponsor the Triwizard Tournament to buy the exclusive broom sponsorship of the Big Five, but they also made the company's products the focus of the second game.

The warriors looked at the brooms provided by the sweeping company and didn't look at them again, because these are obviously hand-assembled brooms, usually not a big problem, even if the performance needs to be fine-tuned, they can still be on the road conduct

Adjustment.

After confirming that the broom was fine, they moved to Fudge together to look at the map. As a result, they found that this so-called "surrounding the village" almost covered the entire Scottish Highland area. If the large swamp was also included, the total area was at least 70,000 to 80,000 square kilometers. The farthest one and them nearly a hundred miles apart.

In other words, if they were to defeat those magical creatures and get their parts back, the warriors would have to ride their brooms for at least an hour to get there.

Of course, if a person rides a Firebolt, he will probably only need 40 minutes to get there, but if he rides 0 stars, it will take him an hour and a half.

What? You say it's the same as the Weasley Brothers' broom, sweeping five stars?

...I suggest you go, dear.

And it can be seen from the creatures they have to deal with in this game, the broom brings not only the speed problem, but also the mobility problem when facing magical creatures.

It's not bad to deal with man-eating five-legged monsters. They only need to fly a little higher and not be afraid of being bitten to the bones, but if they deal with magic unicorns, poisonous runes, and Eight-eyed giant spiders that spin silk, their maneuverability in the air may be more important than pure speed.

"Excuse me... Can each group of warriors only deal with one monster?" asked Stewart of Ilvermorny.

Fudge shook his head again and again: "This is the key, Warriors, this game has a time limit.

Today's dusk is the most suitable time for divination. If you miss it, you will miss it. So if you still can't get the divination materials I need before 5 pm

, then I can only use the existing things that you can collect for divination, so the information I \"divine\' is likely to be only part of.

If I am forced to tell you incomplete information, then you are

In the last few warrior trials, there is a good chance of dying due to lack of certain key information

Yellow Springs.

JJ

"But..." Stewart tried to argue, "we only have five groups, you go

Gave us 9 creatures, and the Hydra kind... obviously we can't deal with it

of.

"That's your business, warriors. We have thoroughly demonstrated every task here, and we will not give you a trial that you absolutely cannot complete." Fudge said with a smug smile.

\"Really?" Everyone was shocked.

"It's true... After you have completed a task, you can come back to me as soon as possible and ask for a second task. After the second task is completed, you can get a third one. There is no upper limit on the number of tasks, but you must complete one task. Come back here to get the second one.

I have to remind you that just as the result of your first game can give you a huge advantage in the second round, your result in this game will also give you an unexpected advantage in the third game - I put my words here

Furong understood: "In other words, if any of us have the ability, this round should complete as many tasks as possible?"

Familiar   look at the buck male〗 KE! Prepared

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"But..." Furong was still a little puzzled, "A task like Hydra is much more difficult than the other ones, and the eight-eyed spider and the five-legged monster are not easy to deal with... In terms of cost-effectiveness, both are A mission, I think everyone would rather go catching salamanders or

Evil mother bird. "

Fudge laughed even more happily: "So, use your brains to think about it, after completing these tasks, what benefits will it bring you in the third round? 0

"You mean, the rewards after completing each task are also different 0" Furong asked.

"Of course! And... in fact, it's implied that we've told you, you just haven't figured it out yet." Fudge said with a wink, "I can't tell you the mission right now because we're going to have an audience interactive show soon. What is the reward."

\"B first 7 points? But you...\"