Chapter 172: Friends

The more enraged short-nosed dragon, stimulated by the pain, unleashed even more furious attacks, but no matter what it did, these attacks could not do any damage to Ethan.

All sorts of spells were cast one after another as he waved the wand in his hand, as if the spells that were a headache for many older students and that some adult wizards couldn't cast at will were cheap wholesale goods.

With the gentle grip of Ethan's empty left hand, the short-nosed dragon found that the chains on his body were getting tighter and tighter, its range of movement was getting smaller and smaller, and slowly its claws could no longer be raised at will, and its wings and tail could not attack the enemy in front of it freely, and finally even bent down, relying only on the twisting of its neck and the flames spewing from its mouth and nose to attack Ethan.

When its neck had to be pressed against the ground, several vines suddenly broke through the ground and wrapped around the dragon's neck, holding him firmly to the ground.

"Roar~"

The angry short-nosed dragon looked at Ethan, who was close at hand, and finally spewed out a blue flame, and the heat emitted by the scorching flame at such a close distance, even if it was not directly sprayed, was not something that humans could withstand.

It was still useless, Ethan raised his wand in his hand, and the magic that gushed out from the front of the end blocked the blue flames and the scorching aura it carried, and he couldn't get close to Ethan at all.

"Divine Guard!"

Ethan held his wand in one hand, unleashing the Divine Guardian, and slowly walked to the location of the golden egg, reaching out and holding the golden egg in his hand.

At the same time as the golden egg arrived, the wand in his hand shook slightly, and the white magic brilliance condensed by the Divine Guardian suddenly burst out with strong light and power, shaking all the flames spewed out by the short-nosed dragon, and then this white light was like a heavy hammer, smashing the short-nosed dragon's head fiercely, directly smashing the fire dragon unconscious.

Dumbledore, who was sitting in the audience, secretly let out a sigh when he saw Ethan knock the short-nosed dragon unconscious, he was really worried that Ethan would not be able to hold back for a while, and directly killed the dragon in front of so many spectators.

Although the reputation of the fire dragon is not good, killing a fire dragon in front of countless spectators and privately hunting and hunting the fire dragon are not the same concept at all, even if there are many people in the audience who use the dragon's heart tendon wand, but this does not prevent some people from thinking that killing the fire dragon on the spot is a cruel and uncivilized act.

Of course, Ethan really did this, and Dumbledore could only find a way to end it, but now it seems that Ethan has taken into account the reputation of Hogwarts and has not really staged that bloody scene in the Triwizard Tournament.

"It's shocking, it's really just a fourth-grader?"

Bartty Crouch of the Ministry of Magic also let out a sigh of relief, but unlike Dumbledore, he was too frightened to gasp for breath from beginning to end, until the dragon was knocked unconscious by Ethan, and he still couldn't believe what he saw.

The fourth-grader, who is just fourteen years old.

What would it be like to be fourteen years old? Barty Crouch shook his head helplessly, his fourteen-year-old self didn't even want to use a powerful spell, and Ethan just used a certain powerful spell, including even powerful black magic like Blade Shadow, and a powerful Patronus charm like the Divine Guardian.

Even at the beginning, Ethan's application of the Flame Burning Spell was also not comparable to his own back thenβ€”he felt that he could not do it now, so easily controlling the flames of a fire dragon, even if those flames had dissipated a lot.

Needless to say, the rest of the spells contained several techniques for applying magic that he didn't even understand.

"Maybe Mr. Ethan Arendale might consider visiting the Ministry of Magic after this semester?"

Barty Crouch pondered whether he should start poaching people in advance, and it would be better to lock in such a talented talent early.

"I'll wait until the end of the semester to ask him what he means, and let him concentrate on the game for now. ”

"You're right, the most important thing right now is the Triwizard Tournament. ”

Dumbledore knew that Ethan would only stay until the end of the term and not come next year, and Barty Crouch's undisguised solicitation intentions were destined to lead to nothing.

Just when Barty Crouch was shocked by Ethan's strength, Mad-Eye Moody also looked at the field with a stern expression, he found that he might be in trouble, with such a strong opponent, how could he help Harry win the Triwizard Tournament?

With the exception of the ill-intentioned Death Eater, the rest of the audience was shocked that Hogwarts had given birth to another super-genius, and that this genius was even more powerful than ever, and some felt that Dumbledore was not so strong at this age.

Because most people were in shock, the arena became unusually quiet, even Hermione, who was full of worries and hoped that Ethan would not have an accident, was a little overwhelmed in the face of the completely flipped plot.

It wasn't until Ethan came to the audience with the golden egg in his hand that Hermione reacted.

"You defeated a dragon?"

"Yes. ”

"Defeated a fiery dragon head-on?"

"Although the dragon's range of motion is limited by a large number of reinforced chains, it can be considered a head-on defeat......"

Ethan didn't run or dodge, he was in the attack range of this fire dragon from beginning to end, so he should be defeated head-on, right?

In fact, it only takes a single thought to defeat such a large lizard, which has no high intelligence and only relies on instinct, except for fire-breathing, and can only rely on its claws and teeth.

But it was inconvenient for him to do that, after all, there were so many spectators in the scene, and Dumbledore had taken care of himself in the past two years, and he didn't mind thinking about it properly.

From beginning to end, he didn't make a heavy hand, and the most serious injury suffered by the fire dragon was that a claw was cut by Shenfeng Shadowless several wounds, and Shenfeng Shadowless was a black magic with a counter-spell, and the effect of this black magic could be eliminated with a counter-spell.

This means that this Swedish short-nosed dragon has no serious injuries at all, except for the suffocation point, which was tied tightly by the chain, and finally smashed by Ethan with the Patronus.

Of course, whether this big lizard will be cleaned up by Ethan's suspicion that it will become a depressed short-nosed dragon from now on, then Ethan can't control it.

I thought I was trying to spend as much time and spell as much as possible against this dragon, but did I go too far?

Looking at the reaction of the surrounding audience, it was completely different from the reaction of Harry Potter when he raised the golden egg before, although the shocked audience began to cheer and applaud, but it was really unpleasant to look at the 'monster' in it.

But he really wanted him to pretend to be a weak chicken, and he didn't want to.

Come to think of it, I'm going to leave anyway, and the monster will be a monster, so that it can also scare some people with ulterior motives - such as a special correspondent who wants to take revenge on Ethan.

Because Ethan's impact was too great, it took a while for several referees to come back to their senses and announce the results of the first round.

There was no suspense, Ethan won this one.

Fleur and Harry also passed the competition without any problems, and Victor, the only one who damaged the golden egg, finished at the bottom of the list.

Although the Triwizard Tournament requires three matches to determine the winner, everyone now sees that Ethan's strength is clearly a cut above the other players.

This caused considerable psychological pressure on the other two houses, and Fleur originally said that she had come to ask for advice on the technique of casting spells without a wand, but after the match, she disappeared.

Victor also left directly, the bottom of the first round and the strength of the competitors were too strong, which weighed on his heart like a mountain.

The happiest were of course the Hogwarts students, and after the game, the Slytherin students walked almost with their heads held high, and they couldn't do it proudly.

Considering the span between the few matches in the Triwizard Tournament, Slytherin students can be proud for a long time.

Correspondingly, Hermione Granger always walked with her head down when she saw Ethan after that game, and she didn't want to be seen by Ethan.

On this day, he bumped into him head-on, and Ethan looked at Hermione, who lowered his head as if counting ants, and did not continue to pretend that he didn't see it.

"Is there any money on the ground?"

"No, I just feel like a fool. ”

It wasn't until after that match that she realized how strong Ethan's true strength was.

Facing a fire dragon alone, you can easily defeat it head-on. Even if I didn't notice it at the time, I realized in hindsight how relaxed Ethan was at that time. From the moment Ethan walked into the competition venue, the fire dragon didn't even touch the corner of his clothes, and he was simply beaten by Ethan unilaterally. Until the fire dragon was knocked unconscious, Ethan successfully got the golden egg, and there was not even a bit of dust on his clothes, not even the slightest messy hairstyle.

In contrast, her previous worries were like a joke. Together, she thought that although she thought that although the gap between herself and Ethan was not small, it was not impossible to catch up, and she secretly regarded Ethan as her target to catch up......

It was this kind of thought that had an impact on reality that made her avoid Ethan.

"How can you be like a fool if you're worried about your friends?"

"But you're not in danger at all. ”

"No one would have felt that way before yesterday. ”

Ethan had Skaha, Illya, Leah, Rin Tosaka, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Snape out of his mind...... As for the fact that he is no longer in this world, I will not mention it: the heavenly Logan.

"You're worried about me, but I'm happy. ”

"Really?"

"That means you treat me like a friend. ”

"Of course you are my friend. ”

Hermione finally looked up at Ethan, and emphasized it as well.

"Do you consider me a friend, though?"