As in previous years, the final match of the Quidditch season is scheduled for the last weekend of May.

The Hogwarts Quidditch House Cup is not complicated, with all teams taking turns playing in the league, ranking according to wins and losses and points, and then challenging the top in May.

Because it looks like it's bubbling in water, this format is often referred to in the non-magical world as a bubble match.

In this bubble stage, the winning condition is not just to count the points of the individual games, the team in the lower position must win by more than the difference in points between the two teams in the league to be considered successful in order to be considered successful in the challenge - on the other hand, the team on the defending side only needs to ensure that the total score difference is not exceeded at the end of the game in order to qualify or win the cup.

That's why, in the third book, Wood keeps insisting that Harry must keep Draco Malfoy at bay and make sure the match doesn't end before Gryffindor has a sixty-point lead, otherwise they will win the game and lose the trophy.

All in all, every time the Hogwarts Quidditch Champions Cup reaches its final, it's particularly eye-catching.

In order to save the back score, the challenger usually launches an attack on the opponent's goal at all costs, in order to pull the score to the "killing line" that can win as soon as possible, while the dominant side can choose to attack or defend according to the tactical adjustment, and the game is naturally much more enjoyable than usual.

I have to admit that Slytherin's brutal tactics are quite effective on the defensive end, and for several years in a row, they have adhered to an extremely utilitarian negative tactic, although not so good-looking, but always help them keep the trophy.

It's just that this year has changed a little......

The sudden first-year freshman team swept the whole of Hogwarts, Ravenclaw House suffered two consecutive humiliating records of zero goals, Gryffindor, which lacked a Seeker, temporarily tied Hufflepuff House with the advantage of more "sparring" times, and Slytherin House in physical confrontation allowed them to smoothly rank second.

After all, although Harry, Malfoy, and Hannah are quite talented in the chaser position, they still can't compare with the physically developed senior muscle brothers, and Goyle and Crabbe are more disadvantaged as batters.

Therefore, the freshmen's lead in the league points accumulation is not much, only 220 points ahead of Slytherin House, mainly from the Golden Snitch two 150 points - which means that if Slytherin House can win more than 220 points in the final final, there is still a chance to win the cup.

Of course, there is only theoretical hope.

In the minds of the Slytherin students, there had never been a year in which a Quidditch tournament had been played in such an atmosphere of desperation, and Elena Kaslana had almost single-handedly crushed their team—in the true sense of the word, or more accurately...... Shoot down.

In front of the whizzing Bludger, the physical fitness that the Slytherin Quidditch team once prided itself on could not help them resist a little more than other little wizards, and on the tail wing of a silver and white demon's exclusive sweeping seven stars, it was now imprinted with nearly thirty little stars, all of which were her outstanding results in official matches.

A small half of them came from the proud Slytherin, and the remaining half came from the Hufflepuff Quidditch team of the head iron, even against Hufflepuff House, Elena did not show any mercy, and almost every match against Hufflepuff House ended with her holding the Golden Snitch while treating the unconscious Cedric.

As for off-the-field means, the Slytherin students hadn't thought about it, but when Elena and her three-headed dog Lwi blocked the door of the Slytherin common room for a day, the shrewd Slytherins stopped the ill-advised attempt.

After witnessing the whole process of the Slytherin House team from struggle to abandonment, the whole of Hogwarts acquiesced to the fact that most of this year's Quidditch Cup was going to be taken away by a group of new students, and as long as Elena was still floating above the Quidditch pitch, the savage and danger of this game was not much different from the battlefield.

However, for the other three houses, as long as the Quidditch House Cup is not taken away by Slytherin House again, it is also a good option for first-year students to get it.

After all, from the beginning of the next semester, the members of the freshman team will have to go their separate ways, and Elena, who has lost the team, will also be banned indefinitely - it is obvious that the deans will quarrel with each other first over the belonging of this white-haired ball.

Perhaps it was due to the low morale of Slytherin House and the frequent protests of the Snakes.

The night before the match, with what Professor Snape called a 'Quidditch version update notice', the morale of the Slytherin Quidditch team, which was about to hit rock bottom, finally increased slightly.

- The Silver Demon has finally been nerfed, and it is an epic nerf.

A quiet little corner inside the Slytherin common room.

"Listen, Professor Snape has gotten the best for us, and Elena won't be a Seeker in the finals, which means we don't need to worry about the ubiquitous Bludger cannonballs in this game. ”

Marcus Flint sat among the players, slapped a piece of parchment on the table, and said with great seriousness.

'Of course, she'll still be on the pitch – as a goalkeeper. As a result, her range of motion is strictly limited to the vicinity of the goal post, and she can no longer chase the Bludger in the sky as before. ”

'It's really good news, although the pressure on the offensive side is probably a bit higher. ”

The chaser Derian Psyey breathed a sigh of relief and licked his lips, "Don't worry, Marcus, the rest of the freshmen don't have to be afraid at all, the three of us will ravage that arrogant little girl in front of everyone tomorrow." ”

"Victory is the best means of revenge, don't waste too much useless time. ”

Marcus Flint shook his head, turned his head to look at their Seeker, Terrance Higgs, and said with a fierce expression.

"The most important place to win tomorrow is still with you. You'll have to catch the Golden Snitch before we're over 70 points ahead, and this time you'll no longer be up against Elena Kaslana. If you can't even compete with other average first-year students, you won't need to stay with Slytherin next year. ”

"Hmph, of course...... Don't forget how we won the Quidditch Cup last year. ”

Terrance Higgs grinned confidently and asked, "And who's the new Seeker on the first-year team, the Weasley kid we beat up in a sieve, or the rich little Malfoy?"

"Unfortunately, it's neither, it's Harry Potter from 'The Catastrophe'. ”

"Oh, that malnourished brunette glasses, don't worry, I'll show him what a talent and skill the Seeker is a position that requires talent and skill, and the only chance he'll see the Golden Snitch once the game starts is in my hands. ”

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Chapter 1!