Chapter 41: Harry's Firebolt Debut

Rare good weather in the UK! On Saturday morning in mid-December, Hogwarts celebrated the penultimate match of the first round of this year's Quidditch Cup, Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff.

In the audience, all the Slytherin players arrived. Their next opponent is Hufflepuff, so of course they will have to watch the performance in this game carefully, with the exception of Draco, of course. He was going to keep an eye on Harry. After all, Harry, who had obtained the Firebolt, was about to become the most competitive chaser in the house.

Mrs. Hooch blows the whistle and the game begins!

A fiery figure flashed by, and Angelina grabbed the Quaffle before the three Hufflepuff chasers. Ghostly bypassing Malcolm Preis, who was trying to block her, and rushed straight to Hufflepuff's goalkeeper, Herbert Fleet!

Herbert is the only Hufflepuff player other than Cedric to play last year. Quite experienced. But even the goalkeeper on the professional field is only symbolic. Not to mention the academy level competition, to put it bluntly, it's just a decoration. So the score became 10 to 0 without surprise!

"Don't care!" Hufflepuff's vice-captain, Heidi McAvoy, the de facto conductor on the field, shouted, "Counterattack, counterattack!" ”

With that, the Hufflepuff chaser countered in reaction.

It wasn't obvious against Ravenclaw, but when the Hufflepuff chasers faced Gryffindor, they were amazingly pressing.

In an instant, he broke through Gryffindor's defense and chased the score back.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Daphine and the others are all experts at this time, at least among their peers. They could tell at a glance that Hufflepuff had a strong team of chasers! Although they lost to Ravenclaw in the previous meeting, it was clearly because Ravenclaw were stronger. At this time, facing Gryffindor, there was a feeling that Gryffindor could not resist.

"Saphina Gambino, Heidi McAvoy, Malcolm Pree......" Defanie looked at the materials in her hand, and was secretly speechless. Hufflepuff now has four real chasers, in addition to the three on the court, and a Tamsin Epby, who alternates between the four. In the last game, it was Tamsin who played, while Saphnina did not play. The Hufflepuff was a fast-break assault and was beaten head-on by Ravenclaw, who was better at fast-break than them. But at this time, with a change of player, the team turned out to be a technical team that tore through the opponent's defense with continuous passes.

"Saphnina is amazing!" A murmuring voice came from Dafanie's side, it was Slytherin goalkeeper Miles Bleitch. He's after Severina, and he seems to have almost succeeded. At this time, I am in love, and I really look at my lover how moving.

Daphne glanced at him and said indifferently, "The teams of Seekers on each team are up. Looks like the goalkeeper needs to be taken seriously, too! Starting tomorrow, the goalkeeper training volume will be increased by 30%! ”

Miles Bright shuddered, his eyes full of fear. He looked at his teammates with a begging face, hoping that they could say good things to the captain for him. However, the teammates around him all turned a deaf ear, showing affection, and forcibly stuffing dog food is this kind of consequence, which is not worthy of sympathy! The batsman Perikin Derrick even laughed directly: "Let you show your affection, you deserve it!" ”

Myers is full of cows.

Daphany didn't care, continuing to keep an eye on the Hufflepuff's chasers. Sure enough, Hufflepuffs with different players playing were two completely different teams. The tactics and execution are completely different, and that's a hassle. Because until the game starts, you don't know what tactics they'll play with those three guys, and you can't make a plan before the game.

The problem is, if you don't make a plan, the other person will do. There is no mental calculation, and accidents will always happen.

Daphany stroked her smooth chin, wondering.

"Unexpected!" In the audience at Ravenclaw, Roger Davis also touched his chin, but there was some stubble on his chin. It is estimated that it will feel better to the touch. At this time, he stared at the court and whispered to his teammates around him, "I don't know if their tactics were set up by Cedric or designed by McEwarm." ”

"It's supposed to be McAvoy!" Ravenclaw goalkeeper Grant Page affirmed.

"Oh? Why are you so sure? Although I think so too. Roger Davis asked, curiously.

"Because a little white face like Cedric and the captain certainly doesn't have such brains. It's all tactical insulators! Grant Page swore by it.

Several other team members around him, as well as students who were close, all burst into laughter when they heard it. The boys, in particular, laughed very loudly. Cedric Diggory and Roger Davis are two of the college's most recognized handsome guys. There are countless girls and fans, and there have been many boys who have been unhappy for a long time. If you have the opportunity to laugh at them, of course, you can't let them go.

Roger rolled his eyes angrily, but was completely powerless to refute. No way, who really can't make him come up with any tactics. The team's tactics were all designed with the help of the other two Seekers and even the Chaser Aki. I am also grasping the intensity of training.

Looking at the smiling thieves and happy team members, Roger was extremely envious of Daphany at this time. He'd seen it more than once, and it only took one look from Daphany to silence the other snakes in his ranks.

However, envy is useless, Daphany's status is played! Roger is also a frequent participant in the dueling club, and knows how powerful Daphany is. Although he himself is already one of the best among the students, he definitely does not have the dominance of Daphany! Dream Island Library

Dafanie and Roger could see it, as could the other spectators who knew the ball. Gryffindor's team of chasers has been suppressed once again! This result was unexpected by many people, especially the Gryffindor lion cubs, who were difficult to accept.

Last year, they were only slightly inferior to Slytherin, and on par with Ravenclaw's team of Seekers. But this year, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have both been brought on newcomers, while Gryffindor is still a veteran, and the main Angelina has also received a new broom with better performance. But all three games were suppressed! This is quite different from what they expected.

"Gryffindor looks like they're going to be at the bottom this year!" In the Slytherin audience, I don't know who made such an emotion, and many people nodded slightly in agreement.

"Not necessarily!" The corners of Daphany's mouth hooked slightly, and she glanced at the scoreboard, 150:210 Hufflepuff was already sixty points ahead!

However, at this moment, Harry, who had been hovering high all along, moved!

How fast is the instantaneous acceleration of a firebolt? This was the first time Daphany had seen it from a completely onlooker perspective.

I saw that Harry was hovering slowly, but suddenly he seemed to have discovered something, and accelerated in an instant, and in an instant, it shot out like an arrow from a string, flying towards a pillar on the side of the arena. Where is the pillar, the golden light is gone in a flash - the Golden Snitch!

Following Harry's direction, Cedric also spotted the Golden Snitch and quickly rushed over.

However, the Golden Snitch was very nimble, and seemed to sense the arrival of the two, and actually swooped around the back of the pillar. The large pillar of five people hugging each other naturally obstructed the view.

Cedric and Harry didn't waver, and rushed over without slowing down. Cedric struggled to raise the broomstick to its maximum speed, but his Halo 2002 couldn't catch up with Harry's firebolts anyway.

Harry was only approaching as he walked around the pillar.

However, this is the time to not give up. Cedric hurried after him, only to find Harry behind the pillar, but apparently he hadn't caught the Golden Snitch. The Golden Snitch seemed to take advantage of the brief blind spot and disappeared again.

Cedric was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when Harry's firebolts were too fast. He's having a hard time following! But before he could relax, Harry suddenly moved again, this time straight towards the ground.

Where is it?

This was Cedric's mind at this time, he didn't see the Golden Snitch, but he didn't dare to stay. He could only chase Harry closely, for fear that Harry would catch the Golden Snitch first if he was a little too late.

Harry's firebolts were so fast that Cedric had to crush to the top to keep up.

"Lansky feint!" In the audience, Daphany smiled softly. Harry and Cedric didn't see it because of the angle, but from her point of view, they could see that the Golden Snitch had flown to the top of the pillar, just in the absolute blind spot of the two. In other words, Harry didn't actually see the Golden Snitch either.

Then, his actions at this time are to induce, induce Cedric to keep up with him! Harry had a very flashy emergency change of direction, and more than once he had cheated Terrance and Malfoy, who were still Seekers. This time, the target is Cedric.

Cedric was afraid of Harry's speed, and all his thoughts were focused on not being thrown away by Harry. So the possibility of a Lansky feint is completely ignored. He followed and plunged down.

Things turned out exactly as Daphne had expected, as Harry scrambled to change direction less than a meter from the ground, flying against the ground at a high speed, and the strong wind brought up the blades of grass on the ground to topple and draw a beautiful arc on the court. Then it soared into the sky again.

Cedric couldn't do it, and had to slow down when he was still two meters from the ground, but even then, the tail of the broom hit the ground, almost making him unable to balance. Although he finally stabilized his body, his speed was completely reduced to a minimum. Compared with other broomsticks, the firebolt is not only excellent for speed, but also for operability.

"The winner is decided!" Daphany chuckled. Sure enough, Harry, who had never slowed down and rose to a considerable height, saw the golden snitch hovering at the top of the pillar in front of him. Rushed over and caught it successfully. And at this point, Cedric didn't even take to the air again!

At the end of the game, the applause in the stadium was thunderous, giving Harry a dazzling performance. Lee Jordan was shouting excitedly, but Professor McGonagall, who was beside him, didn't stop him, as she clapped vigorously with the same excitement.

Score 310:220. Gryffindor wins. Harry single-handedly saved Gryffindor, who was on the verge of defeat. His firebolt debut was perfect!

"Draco......" Daphany glanced at Xiaolong, who was also applauding for seeing the wonderful game, and said coldly: "Starting today, the training volume is two percent." ”

Draco was stunned as if cold water had been poured on him.