Volume 1 I Don't Want Any Philosopher's Stone Chapter 34 The Real Final Test of the Trio (Part II)
"Isn't that obvious?" There was suppressed excitement in Ron's tone: "We're going to play chess!" β
"Playing chess?" Hermione frowned, it was clear that it brought back unpleasant memories of her being blood-tortured by Ron, Harry, and Daphany.
"Yes, Wizard Chess!" Ron walked around the board a few times, trying to direct a black piece to action, but to no avail.
"What's so troublesome!" Hermione took out her wand and turned to the white chess piece not far away: "Split!" β
This was the most devastating spell Hermione had ever mastered, and Hermione had tried to break a large stone more than a meter high into seven or eight pieces. However, the stone statue of the soldier only raised his shield. The spell hit the shield, and the mysterious magic pattern on the shield flashed, and the magic did not work at all.
"It's a rock war puppet!" Ron's eyes lit up, "This is Professor McGonagall's arrangement!" β
"But apparently, Snape has passed!" Harry said with a frown.
Ron looked at the king in the center of the black chessboard, and the king looked at him.
In an instant, Ron seemed to understand something: "We, too, must stand on the chessboard, as pawns?" Ron seemed to be talking to himself, as if he were asking the king.
No, the king really nodded slightly.
"What do you mean?" Hermione asked, turning her head.
"It's just ...... The meaning of playing chess! Ron swallowed, thought for a moment, and said loudly, "We want the bishop, the castle (the rook), and the knight (horse)!" Ron exclaimed. Black immediately has three corresponding discs under the board. Interestingly, the knight simply dismounted and left, leaving the horse where it was.
Ron took a deep breath, "Harry, you go to the Bishop, Hermione, you go to the castle!" And I," said this, Ron's eyes shone like never before, "I'm going to get on my horse and be a knight!" β
"White moves first~" Ron muttered, and sure enough, the next moment, one of White's soldiers (pawns) who had originally made a defensive posture of horizontal swords and vertical shields stood up and walked forward two squares, and Huo made a posture of fighting with a knife.
The three little wizards all couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Daphine's 'dizziness' has also improved a lot, and she quietly peeks at the head of the little snake. Secretly admiring Professor McGonagall's transfiguration skills, it was truly amazing. This rock puppet, a handsome batch!
Ron began to command the black chess, and he was the most skilled of the three or four. Harry and Hermione silently obeyed him.
Daphne could feel Harry's body tremble slightly. Apparently worried about what would happen if they lost?
"Harry- Move four squares to the front right." Ron was still engrossed in analyzing the game and arranging the battle.
It was only when another of their knights was eaten that they began to really feel the fear. The White Queen violently knocked the knight to the floor and dragged him off the board. He lay face down, motionless.
"Hell, it's as rude as that wizard chess of yours!" Hermione grumbled.
"Looks like so...... Ron smiled wryly, "Alright, Hermione, now you go kill his bishop." β
Then the game continues. If it's any other sunspot, it's all the same roughness. However, if Hermione and Harry eat the chess, they don't have to make any effort, and the corresponding chess pieces will obediently walk off the board by themselves.
Daphany and Ron have a very average relationship, so the two have not played a few games of chess. Although I knew that Ron's chess skills were superb, it was only now that I had a clearer understanding of how superb he was.
Not only did Ron have to find a way to win the game, but he also had to save Harry and Hermione. When the opposite side made a pair, as long as the target was Harry and Hermione, he could only choose to avoid it. Even so, Ron had the upper hand slightly.
"Ron......" Ron thought for a long time, and Hermione asked a little nervously, "What's wrong?" We're running out of time. β
Being in the middle of the chessboard, Hermione, who was already not good at chess, was completely unaware of the situation she was in.
Harry, after taking a closer look at the situation, shouted, "Ron, no! β
"Harry, you can see that, too." Ron smiled, but it was worse than crying.
"What are you guys playing dumb puzzles? Shouldn't it be explained to people who are not good at chess? Hermione shouted dissatisfied. Ever since this game, Hermione had felt like she didn't exist. Ron would sometimes exchange ideas with Harry, but she couldn't read them at all.
"Ron wants to sacrifice himself!" Harry explained to Hermione succinctly, then said to Ron, "Ron, no, we're in the ascendancy now, there must be another way!" β
"Hermione is right, we're running out of time!" Ron gritted his teeth, and Daphany noticed that Ron's face was more solemn and serious than ever, and the glint in his eyes was simply dazzling: "Harry, come on!" Then he loudly commanded the war horse under his crotch to advance.
At this moment, Daphany suddenly discovered that this little guy who spoke but had a poisonous tongue and a careful eye was actually not so annoying.
"General!" The knight arrived at the place Ron had designated, and Ron whispered. His breathing was heavy, because his position was right on the enemy queen's attack path.
Sure enough, the queen turned to face him. Stride forward. The scepter in his hand thrust into Ron, the warhorse beneath him.
At this moment, a voice suddenly flashed in Ron's mind: the moment the queen attacked, she jumped off her horse and ran out of the field.
Yes, the queen attacked, and the knight was dead. I don't have to wait for it to hit me!
Ron reacted immediately, jumped off his horse at the moment of the queen's attack, and ran out of the chessboard without looking back. As he expected, the queen put the horse down with a blow, and then dragged the horse out of the chessboard, hiding in the middle of a pile of lifeless looking chess pieces "corpses" by the chessboard, and Ron was trembling.
"Well done, Ron!" Harry said excitedly, but he finally remembered that he was still playing chess, and took three steps forward, and said loudly to the king opposite: "General, dead chess!" β
With a bang, the white king let go of his sword and took off the crown from his head. All the white letters bowed back and made way out.
Ron tentatively walked back to the chessboard, found that nothing was wrong, and ran over happily.
"Ron, you're so smart. How did you think of jumping out of the way at a critical moment! Harry and Hermione said happily. It's good to win the game, but it's okay for their partners to be even happier.
"I ...... too I guess it's a flash of inspiration, right? I didn't expect it beforehand. Ron rubbed his head and said with some embarrassment. He really didn't expect it. At the last moment, a voice suddenly came to mind, and it felt like a thought suddenly came to me, and it didn't seem to be. Ron was also a little unsure.
Harry and Hermione didn't think much of it, they thought it was Ron's inspiration at a critical moment. It doesn't matter, just that the result is satisfactory?
Daphany was also satisfied. She can't use a wand while in the Bird Snake state, so she can't use magic. But her mental power is very strong, and a little mental influence doesn't need a magic wand. A little demagoguery is still incomplete. It only worked to make the thought run through Ron's mind.
Daphany didn't know if it would be successful before using it. But judging from the effect, it's still very good.
"What do you think will happen next?" Harry and the three said as they walked.
"The Devil's Web is apparently Professor Sprout's handiwork, and it should be Professor Flitwick who cast the spell on the key. But I think it should be Mrs. Hooch who thinks of the broomstick. Hermione guessed.
"There is no doubt that the chess piece, the war puppet, must be the handiwork of Professor McGonagall, it's so cool!" Ron remembered the wonderful game he had played before, and he felt that his whole body was refreshed, and it was indescribable.
"So, there should be Snape, Professor Quirrell, and Professor Kettleburn?" Harry said as he walked.
"I think the three-headed dog may be the work of Hagrid and Professor Keitelburn. Guess. Hermione said.
Harry and Ron thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
They came to another doorway.
"Are you ready?" Harry asked the two men beside him, and both nodded.
Harry pushed the door open, and a foul smell hit his face, and all three of them subconsciously made a gesture of covering their noses with their clothes.
"It stinks!" Hermione couldn't help but say, she was about to cry.
Daphine's Defany who is a bird snake has her mouth tightly closed. Snakes have a great sense of smell, and bird snakes are no exception. Fortunately, the olfactory organ of a snake is the tongue. Daphne, who has transformed into a bird snake, can't smell the smell as long as she doesn't stick out her tongue at this time.
Several people soon discovered the source of the odor. It was a troll, much larger than the one they had seen in the underground bathroom before, and it should already be in the category of mountain monsters. However, the mountain monster was lying on the ground at this time, and it was obvious that it had lost its intuition. A large, bloody lump on its head.
The three of them walked briskly, and no one wanted to stay even a second longer next to this stinky guy.
The next door was opened. The three of them hurried over and closed the door, and the stench was cut off.
"Oh my God, is this smell also part of the fighting power? Then this troll is too powerful! Harry gasped. It seems that he came all the way just now.
"Great, Snape has done a good thing, at least we don't have to fight that stinky guy!" Ron was also panting, and the freckles on his face were more pronounced as he held his breath.
Hermione seemed to feel like throwing up, covering her mouth and saying nothing.
The trio had the time to look at this room, originally thinking that there would be a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, but it turned out to be nothing. Only a table was placed in the center of the room. On the table are seven bottles of different shapes.
"Potions, it looks like Snape's handiwork." Harry said, "We're going to hurry, Snape should be over!" β
"What does that mean, drink?" Ron stepped forward, followed by Harry and Hermione. However, as soon as the three of them took a step forward, a flame rose from behind them, sealing the doorway. It's not an ordinary flame, it's a purple flame, and Daphany smashes her mouth with a smashing mouth hidden in Harry's hoodβPoison Flame, a high-level form of fire magic. However, this Daphany didn't pay much attention, but the flames on the other side almost scared Dafanie. The black flame, Daphany almost thought it was a fire!
Obediently, if you can control the fire here as a level to play, then the magic cultivation of the old bat will be awesome! You must know that the only magician in recorded history who has clearly and freely manipulated the fire of the calendar is the previous Dark Lord Grindelwald! However, on closer inspection, Daphne was sure that it was not a calendar fire, but just another high-grade flame that looked like it should be an extra high-temperature flame.
With Snape's level of Potions, it would be an absolutely impossible task for the three little ones to crack or imitate the potions he had concocted on the spot. So this level is actually a logical problem. Snape placed a piece of parchment on the side of the vial, on which he wrote a logical problem from which he could deduce the effects of the potions in each vial.
Hermione was very good at this, and it took a little time to study the contents of the various pill bottles. Then the problem arises, two of the seven vials are useful, one can move forward and one can go backward. And this time there were three of them.
Who advances, who retreats, and who stays here?
Daphany is smashing her mouth in the dark, what to break through, what to protect. Isn't this the test that a few professors have given to this pig's foot trio? This thing is the real final test of their first grade!