Fleur frowned, as if not quite sure what Fudge was implying

Not only Beauxbatons, but also the warriors of Hogwarts and Ilvermorny were a little puzzled by this.

But Vagado's Dembele was thoughtful, and whispered a few words with Sankara, it seemed that he was thinking of something; and Durmstrang's Krum and Christopherson had a tacit understanding They nodded to each other—obviously, they had figured out the key.

Hearing Fudge talking about the "interactive program", Lee Jordan's voice also came out from the paper cup speaker in a timely manner.

"As Secretary Fudge said, viewers, now let's play an interactive game where you can guess what these missions represent and what they will bring to the Warriors in the third round. Advantage.

Those who think of the answer can write it down, fold it into a paper plane and send it to the studio. The first three viewers who answer correctly can get a small gift carefully prepared by the preparatory team for the top five competition... Well, the warriors start the game ! Let's get started too! "

Chapter 325 The number 7 is indeed the most mysterious

Under the surprised eyes of the Hogwarts classmates, Hermione Granger took out her quill and scribbled a few lines on the paper.

Then, she folded the paper into a paper airplane, took out her wand, and waved it hard, and the paper airplane flew obediently to the studio, where Jordan was introducing the warriors. situation over there.

"Let's see... After a heated argument, both Porter and Diggory rejected the other's offer to cede the 11-star sweep to themselves, and instead bought two sweep 9s and the rest. For the money, they all bought pet food... That's right, the money won't bring it to the next round anyway.

Let's take a look at their choice for the first mission - aha, no surprise, it's the salamander, anyone in their right mind will choose this first, they don't have to run far, just use magic to light a fire and wait for the fire Lizards are born automatically. "

The students at the scene also laughed knowingly for a while—indeed, the option of salamander is undoubtedly a benefit of the first-choice. However, this benefit was exchanged for the victory in the first round, which is not too much.

"The second place is Ilvermorny... They also bought two 9-star sweeps, and the first one they chose to deal with was the Horned Camel. However, considering that the Horned Camel is docile when it is not attacked, maybe this task is not. It's so hard to imagine.

Look at Durmstrang's side again... The two of them only bought a sweeping \" star, they chose o... God! They actually chose Hydra!"

Without Jordan going on, there was a burst of exclamations from the spectators watching the game, and these people even included the two Muggles.

The twelve trials of the hero Hercules are well-known and well-known in the West, and the meaning of Hydra in Western heraldry is the family

His ancestors once defeated powerful enemies. As a British politician who still often has to deal with nobles, heraldry is also a necessary homework.

"Uh, it's not the time to say this, but that thing... you don't seem to report." Major looked at Lockhart.

"There is already one in the UK, it's in the Rannock Swamp in the Scottish Highlands, and we don't need to report." Lockhart said with a smile.

Major narrowed his eyes: "What you said made my heart skip a beat. How many dangerous animals are there in the UK that we don't know about?"

"Since you haven't heard of it before, that means we're doing a decent job."

As Lockhart spoke, he looked around. He clearly had an appointment with Sirius, but this guy still hadn't come over, and he didn't know what the **** was going on.

Not to mention whether Sirius will come or not, the preparatory stage of the competition is gradually coming to an end. The two girls from Beauxbatons chose to buy a pair of sweeping 9 stars, and the rest of the money was used to buy pet food. As for the task, Fleur Delacour chose to obtain the unicorn tail hair.

"Unicorn... Beauxbatons has two "pure" girls who will take advantage of this project. "Lee Jordan introduced loudly.

And the last Vagadu warrior to play did not buy a broom, but bought all the money for pet food.

And the first task they chose was to deal with the evil mother bird that also thrived in Africa.

Just when the audience wondered how the two of them were going to get to the temporary habitat of the bad bird when there was no broom, they saw that the warrior attendant Sankara had begun to deform.

He turned into an African eagle common in the sub-Saharan, and at the same time Dembele became the giant mosquito that the audience had already seen before flying to the head of the eagle

superior.

"Ah... It seems that our African warriors don't need a broom..." Lee Jordan sighed, "As a result, they may not be as far behind in the first round as we thought..."

In addition to the broom, each warrior was given a small bag of pet food, the kind that had a traceless stretch spell, and if they wanted to outwit the weak, they had to use what was inside.

Due to the limited time, the warriors sent out one after another immediately after receiving the task, and this time they were followed by a new thing developed by the Ministry of Magic's Experimental Spells Committee - a magic eyeball that can be tracked remotely.

In order to prevent the audience from sitting dry, while Cedric and Harry went to make a fire, Lee Jordan read the letter from the audience who had just dropped the paper plane.

"Mr. Kodori from Devon believes that except for the salamander (salamander), the other eight magical creatures have real bodies and are obviously different, so the one who catches the salamander should win the game... oh, it's impossible , if this is the case, then this competition will become a shady competition..."

As he spoke, he made an exaggerated grimace: he made the people watching the game laugh.

Later, Jordan picked up a second paper airplane, opened it, and read the words on it.

\"Mr. Punnet swears in the letter: he bet that in the third round: the warriors will fight side by side with the magical creatures selected in this round oo very creative idea, unfortunately wrong, I hope you bet I didn't vote too much at the time."

He dropped the second letter and took out the third paper airplane.

\"\"And Hermione Granger from Hogwarts...Ah, it's Miss Know-it-all, let me see... Sure enough, Miss Granger answered correctly! She was the first to guess the meaning of this game!

She will receive a beautiful gift bottle sponsored by the Extraordinary Apothecary Association. It can make a man or woman's skin and mental state adjust to the best, and the effect lasts for 5 hours. It is the best choice for attending a dance party! "

Facing the envious gazes from left and right, Hermione shrugged rather Versailles:

"I'm not interested in that stuff, I'm just enjoying reasoning."

Seeing that Hermione had guessed the meaning of the game, Lockhart was not surprised at all, and even took it for granted.

"You two might as well guess, and you will also win a prize if you guess correctly." Lockhart joked to the Prime Minister.

\"Really?" Major looked enthusiastic, \"Then I guess?"

"Speak, please." Lockhart didn't take him seriously.

"Okay, then let me guess...I don't know what \"horned camel\', \"rune snake\', "pentapod\' or something like that, but I guess...these animals Each represents a number, right? ' Major asked tentatively.

Lockhart was surprised: "How did you guess that?"

Lockhart would not be surprised if the person who guessed it was a wizard who was proficient in runic (ancient Rune), like Hermione. But if the person who guessed it was an ordinary wizard, Lockhart would still politely praise the other's wit.

But Major is a Muggle!

Seeing Lockhart's surprised expression, Major knew he had guessed right.

He was a little proud: "Ha, look... I read a lot of fantasy literature when I was in school, I know what a unicorn (Unicorn) is, and Uni has the meaning of \"alone\'. The "Quintaped 7" has never been heard of, but from the name \"Quint (fifth)\', it should be related to the number five. Plus I know Hydra has nine heads, so..."

He didn't say the eight-eyed spider, because ^Acrmantula,J doesn't have anything in the word

It means "eight".

"So you only understood these three." Lockhart understood.

I have to say that the Prime Minister is really making a mistake.

Invisible beasts represent the number "0" in runes because they can "disappear" invisibly. The unicorn stands for "steel", while the horned beast is seen as a "2' because of its two giant leaning horns, the three-headed runes represent a "3', and the four-feather-colored cockroach represents a "4" , while the salamander, which can only live for 6 hours after leaving the flame, represents the number 6

As for the five-legged monster, the eight-eyed giant spider, and the hydra, not to mention, they represent 5, 8, and 9, respectively. Only the most magical number "7" has no reference in runic.

So this second game seems to be about dealing with magical creatures, but it's really just asking these warriors to collect the wisps characters. And the wisps characters they collected in this second game will be played in the third game. Gives them a huge advantage in the game, and the bigger the number, the better.

Because Durmstrang was in northern Europe, they knew more about the rune that originated in northern Europe. Krum and the others almost immediately thought of the numbers represented by these magical creatures, so they chose without hesitation. biggest number 9

Although the venom-covered Hydra would be troublesome to deal with, the benefits are also huge, and considering the travel speed of the broom, it is best to reduce travel as much as possible.

It's a pity that even Muggles can guess, but those wizards...

Just when he was thinking about it, Jack Pea's bean vine elevator sent another person to the rooftop.

"You've come." Lockhart beckoned to the visitor, "Sirius, this way!"

Chapter 326 Maybe you can try

Regarding this meeting, Sirius obviously didn't take it to heart, or not as caring as Lockhart.

Not only did he not dress up much, he even wore the casual clothes he usually wore when he was playing around, his hair was not groomed, and there were dark circles around his eyes from last night's hangover.

"The game shouldn't officially start, right?"

He yawned and sat next to Lockhart as he spoke. As for the two powerful Muggles, he didn't even bother to glance at them.

"It has already begun, and the other warriors have already set off." Lockhart pointed to the screen in front of him.

Sirius then regained his energy: "So what are they doing, Harry? Make a fire?"

In the picture, Harry is walking from the Forbidden Forest with a large bundle of firewood, and - straight to the position by the lake.

Cedric dug a simple fire pit by the lake when he went in, and built a circle of stones around it to form a stove, and also made a small ditch leading to the lake, and used bricks. block.

As long as the fire gets out of control, he can kick open the bricks and let the lake flood the fire.

"It is everyone's responsibility to use fire safely." Li O Jordan commented humorously, "It seems that only one's own family will feel sorry for their own forest."

Harry tossed the wood into the pit, then raised his wand with Cedric

Blazing flames!

Harry shouted.

"Rapidly heating up!" Cedric also shouted.

Harry managed to raise the fire, and Cedric's wand tip spewed a bluish-white mist.

Harry didn't know what the fog was, but he could feel an astonishing wave of heat blowing into his cheeks, the temperature reminding him of going to the steel mill to visit the furnaces in elementary school, and even him. The legs of the glasses were baked a little hot.

"Stand back a little, Harry," Cedric called. "This is Cloud Incineration."

Harry took a few steps back obediently, stopping when his sweat could flow instead of just being evaporated.

"It's the most powerful magical flame I've ever seen," he said to Cedric.

Cedric smiled humbly: As far as I know, both \"Vulcan Branch\' and "Li Huo\' are more powerful than this, but unfortunately I can't use it. "

The speed at which the saloman snake is generated depends on the intensity of the fire and the concentration of magic power contained in it. The two of them work together to make a fire to make it appear and spawn as soon as possible.

But it is precisely because of this that they must do this outdoors, otherwise, if they accidentally get out of control, the entire Hogsmeade may be burned down by the fire they set.

As the fire rose by the lake, Mrs. Rimington didn't even have to watch the telecast to feel how intense the flame was beneath the smoke rising in the distance.

She glanced worriedly at the Prime Minister's side, only to find that Major's expression was similar to her own.

And Prime Minister Major doesn't have to guess, just from Mrs. Rimington's expression, he can see what she wants to say:

Even though neither of the two wizards were adults, they had the

The ability to build a fire, and it is also a fire that the fire brigade cannot control in a short time.

Mrs. Rimington had already experienced Lockhart's "apparation" and knew that wizards had the mobility to move in a wide range, and this mobility, if coupled with the ability to raise fire out of thin air, brought about destructive power will not be assessed.

She now only hopes that these two "warriors" are among the few great wizards, and it would be too terrifying if every wizard had this ability

Cedric and Harry didn't know anything about the Muggle female intelligence chief's mind. What they were most concerned about now was how to make this magic flame burn more vigorously, so that salamanders could be born as soon as possible, so that they could hurry up and pick them up. next task.

After the last game, the warriors finally knew that the whole game would be "live broadcast", and the warriors of Vagado were also scolded by the principal for making a fool of themselves in public, so now Harry doesn't dare to do anything" Something indecent."

But staring at the churning flames in front of him was boring, and Harry didn't want to just sit there, so he started looking for words:

"Cedric, I remember salamanders disappear when they leave the fire, right? Hagrid said it."

"You remember correctly, what happened?"

"Then why does the salamander's blood last for more than six hours?"

Cedric replied without hesitation: "You must not have listened to Professor Snape's lectures carefully. To preserve the blood of salamanders, you need a thick crystal bottle with a special rubber stopper instead of a wooden stopper... sigh"

Seeing Cedric stop suddenly, Harry hurriedly turned his eyes to the magic fire, but found nothing.

"What's wrong?" he asked quietly.

Cedric had a serious expression: "How could I suddenly forget such a crucial issue. What Professor Babling said in class, the salamanders (Salamander) are in ancient times.

Numbers are represented in the scriptures

Harry looked a little embarrassed—he didn't take the Ancient Rune class, so he couldn't take up such a topic.

It's all Ron's fault. In order to save trouble, he chose some courses that were not very intensive. And Harry, without knowing the details of these courses, had to choose together with his only iron buddy, Ron, and was pitted a little.

The mang-shaped beast is 0, the unicorn is the horned camel beast, the Elephantine snake is 3..." Cedric kept repeating: "No wonder Krum directly chose the Hydra...

Hearing him say this, Harry finally understood: "So, the bigger the number, the better?"

"I don't know, but one thing we can be sure of is that we need to collect as many of these numbers as we can, and these numbers might be useful in the third game." Cedric said nervously.

"Then let's go get the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider next? Except for the 9, the 8 is the largest." Harry suggested.

Cedric shuddered. "Better not, Harry."

Imitation why? "

"Only adult giant spiders have venom. The older the spider, the stronger its venom, and this venom can only be obtained from the venom glands on its body..." Cedric's expression was ugly, "Worse. Yes, the eight-eyed spiders usually live in groups."

"so?"