Chapter 180: The War Begins

With Minister Fudge's order, the Golden Snitch was released first, followed by the Quaffle, and the Bludger, and the players of the Irish and Bulgarian teams flew towards their targets like arrows from the string. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoThe Golden Snitch of the World Cup is said to be specially crafted to move more than twice as fast as the golden speed used by Hogwarts school students.

The end time of a Quidditch match is the time when the Golden Snitch is caught, and if the Snitch is caught at the beginning, then the match will end immediately. Ireland will be hoping that their Seeker will catch the Golden Snitch right away, as Ireland now have the advantage in the score and can claim the title if they can end the game soon.

Of course, Krum knew about the situation, and Igor Karkarov had already analysed it before the start of the game. Although Igor Karkarov is not the coach of the Bulgarian team, he is the principal of the Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The game was intense from the start, with the Bulgarians eager to chase the score back, and then rely on Victor Krum to have a good chance of winning the title with the Golden Snitch. The Irish team adopted a defensive counterattack tactic from the beginning, and the Irish team knew that the opponent had to attack, otherwise it would only make the Bulgarian team lose if it dragged on.

"Now the Bulgarian team is in danger. The Irish team has adopted the right tactics, and if this continues, if the Irish team is dragged to the latter part of the game, the Bulgarian team's defense may collapse, and at that time, not only will they not be able to catch up with the score, but they may also widen the gap. Ginny said worriedly, standing in the box.

"I see, no wonder I don't think Victor Krum is actively looking for the Golden Snitch, but is following closely behind the Irish Seekers, which is a tactic!" Harry Potter said.

"Well, if Viktor Krum wants to win the game, he will have to wait for Bulgaria to catch up and then win the Golden Snitch in one fell swoop, so that he can overtake and win the championship. Ireland defensively well right now, with two of their batsmen playing in the English league and being world-class in terms of technique and awareness. The Irish Quidditch team is one of the best teams in the world these days, and I think Bulgaria have little chance of catching up. Ginny was a little worried about Victor Krum. The youngest world-class Seeker in history is now the idol of all wizarding girls, with countless fans.

For example, Cho is one of the many fans of Victor Klum, and Cho, who is also a Seeker, does not have much energy to focus on the fierce game today, and she has been looking back and forth with some restlessness, as if hoping that Andrew will suddenly appear in the box. The entire Quidditch arena is non-apparitional.

"Andrew was late, didn't he say he had anything to do? Lord Earl seemed to be standing beside Minister Fudge. Penelope Criwatt was also a little worried, for she had just noticed that the Countess and Minister Fudge were standing together and announced the start of the game, and that the Earl should have been in the Minister's box at this time.

"Well, I'd like to go over there and ask, maybe Uncle Lee knows where Andrew went. Cho stood up from his position, Hermione and Luna frowned as Cho left, Cho opened the door of the box decorated with purple silk, and walked down the somewhat dimly lit hallway, and after a few steps, he arrived at the minister's box. There was no sign outside the box, but there was an Auror who looked at Autumn warily, and Autumn explained, and Auror nodded noncommittally.

After gently buttoning the door of the minister's box, a little elf opened them and looked at Autumn a little strangely.

"I want to find Uncle Lee. Cho said. The door of the box was facing a black folding screen, and Autumn couldn't see the inside, but it was quiet, and it seemed that there was no one inside. The wizard has a powerful spatial sorcery, and Autumn doesn't know if the minister's box is in the folded space.

"Who are you?" asked the elf politely. This layer of boxes can only be bought by the top forces in the wizarding world, out of the powerful forces of British wizards, and some foreign forces, including some wizarding families in the Americas, some wizarding families with extremely long histories in the Far East, and some extremely mysterious organizations, and so on. Although he saw that the other party was obviously a student wizard, the elf still said politely.

"I'm Cho Chang, Andrew's friend, Uncle Lee's child. I am a student at Hogwarts School. Cho explained. The Auror on one side looked around indifferently.

The elf looked at Qiu for a while, "Wait a minute, I'll help you ask." With that, the elf walked behind the screen and disappeared, still very quiet. After a few minutes, Count Lee came out from behind the screen.

"Qiu, what's going on?" Count Li asked, a little puzzled.

"Uncle Lee, didn't Andrew come with you?"

"Oh, Andrew said he had some things to do, so he didn't have to come for a while, I guess he needed a few more hours. Count Li thought for a moment before replying. In fact, Count Li was very optimistic about Xie An's attack on Azkaban, and Xie An also explained for a long time before Count Li agreed to his plan. This involves the Crouch family, which makes Barty Crouch Sr., the current senior official of the Ministry of Magic of Count Lee's team, a little despised by Barty Crouch Sr.

Although Xie An was very similar to telling the Earl about Queen Anne, Queen Anne told Xie An that there were some things that should not be known to the Earl, otherwise it might harm him.

Count Li now only knows that there is an extremely powerful witch by Xie An's side, but he doesn't know the origin of this witch, Li wants to investigate this witch, but Xie An refuses. Thinking of his son's powerful magic and his performance during this time, Li decided to believe in his son for the time being.

"Oh. Is what is going on with him now?" I don't know what's going on, Cho always felt that Andrew seemed to be in a very dangerous situation. This feeling is a feeling peculiar to wizards and is only useful to people who care a lot about themselves.

Earl Li looked at Qiu with some surprise, "It's okay, I've already arranged some measures, I think Andrew will appear soon." "Earl Lee did arrange for some retired Aurors to help Xie An, these Aurors were all forces cultivated by the Li family, and most of them were wizards who came to England from abroad. It is very difficult for these foreign wizards to find a suitable job in the UK.

Qiu thought about it, maybe he was too sensitive, Andrew would have disappeared from time to time, and the last time he and Hermione saw Andrew's powerful ability in the Tower of London, Andrew's should not be in danger. Unless he goes directly to challenge the Dark Lord.

When Autumn was about to turn to leave, the Earl suddenly said, "Autumn, did Andrew tell you anything?

Qiu turned to look at Lord Earl in surprise, thought for a moment and said, "He told me to stay with my friends and stay safe." ā€

"Well, yes, don't leave the box for a while, and if anything goes wrong, do as the elf suggests, you know!" said the Earl

After returning to the box, Hermione and Luna hurriedly asked, and Cho repeated the words of Lord Earl. Hermione said, "It's strange what the hell Andrew has to do today. ā€

"It's a bit strange that Andrew promised to help me debug the camera, but now no one knows where to go. Luna said dissatisfied.

Penelope Crivat was sitting on a sofa not far away, she wasn't really interested in the Quidditch World Cup, and she wanted to spend more time with Andrew. But thinking of Andrew's conversation with him yesterday, Penelope Crivat was also a little uneasy.

"It's okay, I think Andrew will take care of himself, let's have something to eat first, this game looks like it's going to be hard to end for a while, elf, give us a few more beers." Penelope Crivat said.

The elf who had been standing in the corner nodded quickly, and then disappeared. Qiu thought of the last words of Lord Earl again, and couldn't help but look at the elf.

The Bulgarian team attacked frantically at this time, trying to recover the score, but the Irish team was very tough defensively, especially the two world's top batsmen, who always hit the ghost fly ball into the right position to block the Bulgarian team's attack. Victor Krum watched with some anxiety as the players on both sides went back and forth. Not far away, another Seeker was speeding in search of the Golden Snitch.

"Big star, I'm afraid you won't be able to make history this time, once I catch the Golden Snitch, the game is over. Ireland's Seeker scoffed.

Victor Krum didn't answer, he wouldn't be easily provoked by these tricks, and the most important thing was to catch up with the score before he could hold off the Irish Seeker.

Seeing that Victor Krum was not fooled, the Seeker of the Irish team snorted coldly, and his eyes continued to scan the entire stadium rapidly, knowing that in such a huge space, finding a fast-flying snitch the size of a ping-pong ball requires full concentration.

"Hey, what's that!" the Irish Seeker suddenly whispered.

Victor Krum hurriedly followed his gaze and saw a green diamond-like mass that seemed to be growing in size. At this time, the Bulgarian team was organizing an attack, the chasers had already rushed through the midfield, the Irish defenders had already organized a defense, and the wizards cheered and cheered for the Bulgarian team.

"What's that?!" Harry Potter said with some surprise. He watched the game intently through the magic telescope, he was also a Seeker, and unconsciously looked at the two Seekers of the game, and found that they were both looking in one direction, and Harry hurriedly followed their gaze to see if the Golden Snitch had appeared.

Harry Potter saw a ball of green the size of a ping-pong ball.

Most of the wizards' attention was drawn to the Bulgarian attack, not noticing the rapidly growing green mass that suddenly appeared in the middle of the field.

"Oh, it's so exciting, it's so exciting, the Irish team really has the strongest defensive ability in the world, no wonder all the teams that fought with the Irish team scored very little this time, look at the wonderful interception just now, I dare say, such a scene can only be seen in hundreds of years, well, what is that?" The on-site commentator also noticed that the entire Quidditch pitch had been shrouded in green light, and some frustrated Bulgarian players looked at the green light in the field.

"Is that what the Irish fans did?" Oh, that's not good, it's a regular game, any magic items should be put in the playing field, so please take care of the staff!" The mascot of the Irish team is a green magical creature leprechaun, and the narrator thinks it's the Irish fans who are making a fuss.

Two wizards in staff uniforms flew quickly, but the green swelled so fast that in less than a minute, it had turned into a green ball of light more than a person high. When the two staff members were about to fly, the light cluster emitted two intense green lights, directly hitting the two wizards. Then in the eyes of tens of thousands of wizards, the two wizards froze in place, and then fell from the sky.

"Oh...."Tens of thousands of people exclaimed in unison, as if something had happened. More staff reacted, and they caught the two wizards who were falling rapidly.

"It's dead! it's a requisition!" the staff hurriedly checked, and one of the Aurors felt the pulse of the two wizards, and then tapped their bodies with his wand, and immediately came to a conclusion.

"Coax...ing" Several staff members who came around couldn't help but take a step back.

"Quick, tell Amelia Bones that the Death Eaters attack has begun, and that green light is in mortal danger. One of the Aurors hurriedly said that the Aurors had summoned the Patronus, and the Patronus disappeared into space.

Tens of thousands of wizards The unknown wizard watched quietly, and the players of the game couldn't help but fall, only Victor Krum and another Seeker did not relax at the top of the arena.

"It seems that the misfortune has been right, damn the Dark Lord, as expected, he still does not give up, and immediately inform Rufus Scrimgeur, telling him to activate all the power of the Ministry of Magic, and we are entering a full-scale war!" Fudge's face tightened, in the minister's box, Minister Fudge had already felt the abnormality for the first time, the strange green light, and the feeling of flying like an invisible giant eagle, all made the minister understand that someone had just used the Avada Suo Curse at the Quidditch World Cup.

"Do you want to mobilize more Aurors here, I think the Death Eaters will use this as their main attack. Dolores Jane Umbridge said.

Fudge shook his head and said, "It's not the time yet, Lee, I didn't expect to be right by you, then I'm afraid we will have to fight side by side." ā€

"Minister, I really don't want to say it myself. Last time in Azkaban, we had managed to kill so many Death Eaters, hey!" Count Lee shook his head slightly. Last time, Azkaban eliminated at least a hundred Death Eaters, and even one of the Lestrange brothers was killed by the Aurors. Under such circumstances, the Death Eaters still chose to launch a terrorist attack at the Quidditch World Cup, and Count Lee was really completely disgusted with the Dark Lord at this time.

The green light changed rapidly, and after a few minutes, it had changed into a wizard in black wizard's robes, this wizard had slender limbs, an emaciated face, and a head as smooth as a snake. All the wizards watched with wide eyes as Voldemort slowly appeared in the middle of the Quidditch arena. In the middle of the playing field.