Chapter 128: Clearing the Level (5)
The conflict between wizards and dragons has been known for centuries, and dragons are once said to have been extremely powerful magical creatures, with powerful magic and shiny scales that are highly resistant to spells. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info In distant northern Europe, the ancient ice and snow dragons used to be active in this world, and in the magic of Britain, there are very few wild dragons today. If most magical creatures are the same, wild dragons have become extremely rare throughout the wizarding world.
Although the last few hundred years of research on dragons have allowed wizards to master the method of artificially feeding dragons, it has not changed the situation of dragons that are now scarcely skilled, especially after the discovery of more uses for dragon blood, the cruel killing of dragons and the brutal persecution of dragons have been going on in various wizarding countries.
Wizards who rule this world can shout slogans from a sympathetic perspective, just as wizards pretend to care about their Muggle counterparts. This would not change the situation of the Muggles in the slightest, but would drag the Muggles into the terrible confrontation of war.
Dumbledore had never realized the consequences of his contempt for Muggles.
Dumbledore didn't introduce any of the big names to his students, even Minister Fudge, who looked a little tired and had heavy bags under his eyes, making him look much older than he really was. Even in Magical Britain, such mental exhaustion is extremely unsettling. Commissioner Dolores Jane Umbridge frowned as he looked at the four cages in the middle of the field, those made of magical steel that had taken a lot of effort from the Ministry of Magic to transport to England. Many officials at the Ministry of Magic were disappointed that the Ministry of Magic had so hastily allowed these dangerous creatures into the UK, including Director Buddy Crouch.
Fortunately, students don't have to worry about political and dealings, they just need to face the enemy in front of them. Professor McGonagall told the teams about their mission in turn, and they were asked to defeat the dragon and obtain the dragon's blood!
This task is much more difficult than you think. Defeating dragons and obtaining dragon blood is a task that even a team of adult wizards will not be able to accomplish. There is a huge gap between mature experience and actual operation, not to mention that these students never thought that they would directly defeat the dragon.
"Basically, our mission is to kill a dragon?" The twins looked at the four cages in the middle of the field with some excitement, they had long heard that their brother was studying dragons in Africa, and they had repeatedly begged to go to Africa to see it with their own eyes, but the Weasley parents had not allowed it.
"It's not an easy thing to do, if we're going to defeat four dragons at once, we're going to get casualties!" Hermione looked worriedly at the group of adult wizards who were talking not far away. It's impossible for a Hogwarts professor not to take this into account, and every student at Hogwarts is a valuable asset. The number of wizards in Britain really can't be reduced any longer.
Professor McGonagall didn't say much this time, she was dressed in a very formal magical robe, with a new and straight wizarding hat on her head, and a serious face, as if she was trying her best to keep herself from shouting. Severus Snape also wore a brand new wizard's robe today, and his hair was still shiny, but in this case, Severus Snape didn't look so sloppy. Comparatively speaking, Professor Flitwick, who has an unknown ancestry, is the most inconspicuous of the crowd, and the wizards see Professor Flitwick, but they all deliberately ignore him.
Everyone was asked to drink a strange potion, and Severus Snape supervised everyone to make sure the students were given a way to save their lives. This potion is different from the previous one, its effect is more long-lasting and stable, and its formula contains dragon blood.
After drinking the slightly fishy potion, Xie An felt that the internal organs of his body seemed to be protected by a cool liquid. Severus Snape said that the potion ensured that the students would not be burned to ashes by the dragon's flames, and that it would save their lives when it mattered most. Then all the students who arrived were herded into the grounds. Adult wizards seem a little ruthless and stiff, and this may be a decision that has to be made.
Draco Malfoy, wearing dragon leather boots, looked back at Lucius Malfoy, who was full of silver hair, and the school board member with the shiny silver staff in his hand glanced back absentmindedly before continuing to talk to Minister Fudge and Dumbledore. This made Draco Malfoy even more frustrated. During this time, Lucius's attitude towards his son changed dramatically, and it was like two people.
Draco Malfoy's name is closely related to dragons, and Lucius, who wants his son to become a dragon, has never treated his son so coldly. Draco Malfoy clenched his wand, which was a little low-key unlike Lucius's flashiness, which had a lot to do with Draco's personality, and in front of a strong father, Draco Malfoy always played the role of a child. In fact, Draco Malfoy is not small, and he has also helped Goyle to do that great thing.
After all the students entered, it was almost noon, and at this time, the Forbidden Forest did not seem so reflected, and some centaurs were hiding in the depths of the Forbidden Forest, looking at it from afar.
Centaurs do not appear publicly in front of wizards. They despise the arrogance of wizards, who equally hate the arrogance of centaurs. The centaurs claim that they can speculate on the time of the mysterious man's return through the trajectory of Mars, much to Dolores Jane Umbridge's chasm, dismissing this complete nonsense. But like all higher intelligent beings, the Centaurs, whose upper body is a human and the lower half is a horse, also have fierce internal battles. Wizards rarely see female centaurs, and of course, centaurs hate being called like animals. Or that wizards rarely see the Centaur Lady, and the strange connection between the Centaurs who mastered the legendary astrology and the Gypsy people, in this regard, the wizard never cared how his Muggle kind changed the world.
Centaurs have poor crafting skills, and some of them are equipped with pitchers.
The centaur tribe in the Forbidden Forest, legend has it that they are one of the descendants of powerful ancient gods and wizards, and the Forbidden Forest hides great secrets.
Four tall cages were placed in the middle of the field, and next to each cage stood three hunter wizards, who were in small groups of three. One of the three was carrying a strange baggage, with long strips of things in it, which were now covered by canvas and could not be seen. The other was carrying a round shield with intricate runes carved into it, which Xie An speculated had a magical effect, which he had noticed during the trial of the candidates, and the last wizard was wearing a short-sleeved shirt with many pockets, and impressively those pockets, each of which seemed to have a wand stuck in it, and this wizard had at least dozens of wands all over his body.
In groups of three, a total of twelve wizard guards, after seeing the little wizard enter the challenge field, a sturdy, not too tall wizard walked over, "Are you ready? Although none of these four dragons are wild, the dragons are brutal by nature, if you are not ready, I suggest you quit now." ”
The wizard had red tousled hair, and his height was not too tall due to his strong, broad shoulders. Xie An noticed some magical burns on his arm, probably from the dragon's flames. His eyes are sharp, and his whole person is like a carnivore full of strength.
"Charlie, don't preach like that, we're ready. At this time, Ron Weasley, who was already eager to try, called out the name of the strong wizard.
"Oh, my little brother, I hope you'll have that confidence when you start fighting in a moment. Alright, I think we're all getting tired of waiting, so be it!" Charlie Weasley glared at his youngest brother, smiled at Ginny Weasley, and made a gesture of encouragement. This made Ginny bow her head a little embarrassed.
The cage opened. As Charlie said, these dragons are not wild, or have been kept in captivity for a long time, they have lost their wildness, in short, after the cage is opened, the four-headed dragon is still lazily coiled in the cage, without the slightest intention of moving. The wizard of the trio looked at a group of children with a smile, waiting to see their jokes.
Draco Malfoy was the first to cast the spell, and the red spell struck the dragon on the head, and the dragon woke up. Although the spell does no harm to the dragon, it hates to be disturbed by wizards.
The vertical pupil glanced coldly at the group of ants outside the cage, and the dragon with a metallic luster had no intention of moving, but that kind of cold momentum had already frightened all the students to take a step back. Compared to the warm weather in Africa, the weather in this place is just too cold. The four dragons couldn't get used to the cold weather, and they weren't the Nordic ice dragons.
"Obtaining dragon blood is the ultimate goal, how to get dragon blood, I remember the book said that the root of the dragon wing is the easiest to obtain dragon blood, and the average breeder takes dragon blood from that place. Hermione looked nervously at the green dragon in the middle.
The scales of the green dragon's body don't look so shiny, and the size is the smallest of the four-headed dragons, it looks a little wilted, it should be that the weather around it is too cold, the green dragon generally lives in the depths of the dense rainforest, this place makes it feel like it is going to be frozen.
"These dragons don't seem to be as powerful as we thought, they all seem to be a little wilted, I think we can lure one of them out, control it, and get the dragon's blood. Halle Black said to Shea. By this time, several other teams had already begun to take action, each choosing their own objective and starting to try.
Xie An was a little silent, and he didn't say anything after entering the venue. Others thought that Xie An was nervous, but it wasn't like this, Xie An was thinking about something else.
"Sorcerer, will you kill dragons?" Xie An asked.
"Of course, where do you think the dragon meat came from?" replied Frese Weasley.
"In other words, we can actually kill these dragons in this level?" Xie An lowered his eyes and looked at the four dragons left in the cage, and an indescribable thought rolled in his heart.
"What?" asked George Weasley, looking at Shea, somewhat uncertain.
"I think it's a ritual, a ritual that I can't say you have to do, and our mission might be to kill these dragons!" Xie An said again.
The five members of Hermione's group and the other four members of Shea's group all looked at Xie An and were dumbfounded.
"Why do you say that? doesn't say it's going to be done?" asked Luna, surprised.
"I don't know, but we think we'll need to kill at least one dragon to get the job done. Xie An did not explain his thoughts. Judging from Professor McGonagall's strange attitude and the minister's grim countenance, Xie An already had a hunch that something needed to be sacrificed in the ninth level in order to complete this training. This surprised Xie An a little, because this was the sacrifice and soul that all armies needed when they were initially established.
The students' efforts were somewhat futile, and the dragon was enraged by the success, but the wizard, who didn't realize that it was actually a life-and-death battle, was still teasing the four dragons with laughter, until one of the brown adult dragons drowned the Sanmin students with flames.
Fortunately, the potion worked in time, and after being burned by the dragon flame, the three-faced students turned into ice sculptures, a kind of protection that allowed them to escape their lives. Several prefects apparition shifters took the three of them with them, before the dragon angrily lined up the ice sculpture to pieces.
"An attack that doesn't have any effect, it's just a waste of magic, and if it goes on like this, we'll all be turned into ice sculptures. Halle Black stared at another student with an ugly look on her face, turning into an ice sculpture. The four dragons seem to have finally warmed up and are ready to join the hunting game in high spirits.
"With our current abilities, it's hard to hurt one dragon, and it's too difficult to defeat all four dragons. That green dragon is the weakest, so let's start with it. Remember, pay attention to my gestures for a moment and attack the dragon's flesh wings together. "Shea and Hermione's two groups have been hovering on the edge of the field, not joining the attack, and they still retain their full combat strength at this time.
The eyes behind Dumbledore's half-moon lenses were constantly watching the changes in the field, Hogwarts School had been comfortable for too long, and these students were a bunch of children who had not grown up. Until this time they thought it was a game. In a few years, when the Death Eaters became even stronger, Dumbledore could not imagine who would have the courage to fight the dark forces. Andrew Lee and Hermione Granger's squad seemed to be cautious all the time, which made Dumbledore look forward to what they were going to do next.
As worried as Headmaster Dumbledore was Minister Fudge. Two horrific terrorist attacks nearly hit the bottom of Fudge's popularity, and many wizarding families have openly questioned Fudge's leadership. Some pure-blood families accused Fudge of being too weak to have any effective means of fighting the Death Eaters. Fudge wanted to show his tough side, but the last incident in Hogsmeade made Fudge realize that he needed to be more careful, otherwise the cunning enemy would be like a poisonous snake in the dark, and he would not hesitate to give him a fatal blow.
Professor McGonagall had been watching the students running around in a panic with a serious face, the witch had no children of her own, and she made Hogwarts her home. Ever since Professor McGonagall rejected her first love and lost the opportunity to conceive her own bloodline, the witch felt that she could never leave the school again. When Dumbledore and Fudge were talking about the design of the final level, Professor McGonagall's first reaction was to oppose it, and seriously disagree. Hogwarts schools need to train wizards who will be useful in the wizarding world, not wizards who will be useful for wizarding wars. Dumbledore carefully explained to Professor McGonagall what the students could learn from the baptism, but Professor McGonagall instinctively rejected some of the things that made Professor McGonagall feel as if all of her long-standing efforts had been desecrated and destroyed. But another voice in her heart said: Maybe the principal is right, these children need to grow, they need to learn to face danger, they need to.... Professor McGonagall, however, kept her lips closed, as if she wanted to seal away all her inner feelings.
Severus Snape stood beside Lucius Malfoy, neither of them saying anything. Slytherin students are not all born into rich and powerful pure-blood families, and many wizards from poor families are more eager to be assigned to Slytherin House, because it tells them that ambition, hard work, and a little bit of means can lead to the success and glory of their dreams.
Severus Snape liked Lily Evans, but the two didn't end up together. This is not something that can be caused by one or two reasons. Did Severus Snape really believe in so-called purebloodism, and would he really despise his best and most important friend for Evans being born a Muggle?
Severus Snape couldn't hold his head up in front of Lily Evans due to his low self-esteem, and the young wizard seized on the only possible excuse by claiming to be a half-blood prince and wanting to give himself a little confidence to stand in front of Evans even more confidently. But the result was the opposite, with clumsy excuses and unacceptable arrogance causing Severus Snape to lose his love completely.
This is a curse for all Slytherin students. Those young wizards who aspire to transform from poor families into children of the phoenix are ambitious, hardworking, and talented, but they have forgotten the nature of love. When Severus Snape realized that maybe Lily didn't care about wealth, family birth, or anything else she couldn't give, Lily was disappointed and left.
Sacrifice and protection, that's all Severus Snape can do now. Everyone wants to have a conversation with their past selves and tell the young man how wrong he was, and that time travel is the wizard's greatest wish besides eternity.
At this point, Lucius never thought about it, nor did he regret it, he was born into a famous family. From an early age, he was taught by the best tutors to study strange arts, complex philosophies that others may never have heard of in their lifetime. These all turned into platinum hair on Lucius's head, a staff of sterling silver in his hand, a symbol of status and status, he is the beneficiary of this wizarding world, the possessor of wealth, and the landlord of the new era!
Lucius watched as Draco Malfoy kept running, dodging the dragon's attack, and he didn't know what he could do at this time. Between the Malfoys and his son, he really didn't have many options. (To be continued.) )