Because he spent all his gold gallons in a short period of time, Scott had to suspend his alchemy experiments.

However, it is not realistic to earn enough gold Galleons to support his experimental consumption in the short term, and after thinking about it for a while, Scott asks Lucio about it.

"You're a little too crazy, Scott." Lucio complained to him first, "I was careful when I did alchemy experiments, and I never wasted so many materials. ”

Scott was unimpressed, "If you want to make progress in a short period of time, there is no way to consume this level, at least I don't think it's wasted." ”

He had already accumulated a certain level of experience during this time, and those golden gallons were not all for nothing.

Lucio looked at him with dead fish eyes, "You have a point, but very few people do. ”

"So how did you manage to have ongoing money to support your alchemical studies?" Scott asked him.

"Since I started alchemy, I don't need the support of my parents to maintain my self-sufficiency." Lucio said smugly.

Scott asked, "How did you do it, selling alchemy items?" Won't that delay your time? ”

Lucio nodded, "You're right, so I rarely sell my work at school, unless someone comes to me with a gold galleon." ”

He added, "Of course, even customization doesn't cost much, and rich guys will go directly to alchemists who have already become famous." ”

As for his method of making money......

"I usually make some magic items that are easy to sell and put them on consignment in the family business of Professor Russell."

Lucio told Scott.

"If you remember, I got a water-attribute magic circuit for skin care during the summer vacation, and anyway, now my product is selling very well, and the witches love it."

“……”

Scott remembered.

But Lucio had complained before, as if he was very dissatisfied with the harvest of his second-hand goods.

"What kind of eyes are you?" Lucio pouted, "I'm really not satisfied, after all, that set of magic circuits has no other purpose than to make money. ”

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes.

"I know what you want, Scott, you don't have to do it yourself."

Lucio leaned in and patted Scott on the shoulder.

"If you want materials that are close to the four elements and magic, you can completely ask me to customize, for me, that's just the basics."

He laughs.

"You can already buy a lot of the gold Galleons you spent with me."

Scott was unmoved.

"You also said that it is only the foundation of alchemy, I think it is better to master it yourself, so as not to have to buy it every time you need it."

But Lucio said, "What is there?" Isn't that the purpose of our alchemists' existence? ”

Scott glanced at him, "I said, it's better not to be too greedy, you guys have made enough money with me." ”

In order to save trouble, the materials used in his previous experiments were all bought from Lucio.

This guy must have made the difference!

"I didn't make any money from you, my friend." Lucio shouted loudly, "I'll give it to you at cost price." ”

Scott just stared at him and didn't speak.

"Well, just a little bit of money."

Lucio stretched out his right hand and used his thumb and forefinger to make a short distance.

"But I have a gift for you."

He pulled a small wooden box out of his pocket and handed it to Scott.

"That's what you need, don't say I earned your money, I even put my own money in."

"Really?"

Scott raised an eyebrow, took the box, and opened it to take a look.

The inside of the box is divided into four compartments, each containing a knuckle-sized piece of metal.

These four pieces of metal are blue, red, green, and brown, and Scott used magic perception to detect it, and sure enough, there was the breath of the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth, and it was quite pure.

"Isn't it a little too small......

Scott picked up the wind-attributed piece of blue metal and tossed it in his hand.

"You've seen my game, and the product of my Transfiguration is huge."

"What are you kidding!" Lucio said dissatisfied, "These are not cheap! ”

Looking at his posture, it seemed that he wanted to reach out and snatch it back.

"Okay."

Scott hurriedly put the metal into the wooden box, and quickly put the wooden box into the skin bag of the deformed lizard.

"Thank you."

Although Lucio must not have posted any money, he may have spent most of the profits he made from him.

This friend is worth it.

"You just don't forget to exchange alchemy knowledge with me often." Lucio said.

"Me?" Scott pointed to himself.

"I know." Lucio smiled slyly, "You have a mysterious mentor and a master alchemist, otherwise why would Professor Russell give you so much convenience?" ”

"I see."

Scott laughed.

As Professor Russell's closest apprentice, Lucio must have been aware of something.

He knew that he couldn't talk to Scott's mysterious mentor, so he set his sights on Scott himself.

But Scott didn't hate Lucio's approach, at least, he made his mind clear.

"Communicate, of course that's fine."

He agreed.

After saying goodbye to Lucio, Scott returns to the Hogwarts Tower.

With Lucio's gift, he can stop thinking about making money for a while.

Although the four pieces of materials that Lucio gave him were indeed smaller, since the increase in his magic power, Scott's Transfiguration has also entered the final stage of his vision-

Transfiguration is a triple stack of ancient magic and spells.

For him now, changing the size of the "Summoned Beast" only requires an expansion charm.

Of course, he was not ready to give up the study of alchemy.

He couldn't have only four "summoned beasts", and he couldn't have asked Lucio to buy materials every time.

Back in the dormitory, Scott didn't rush to make the "Summoned Beast", he took out his notebook and started another work to optimize the design of the "Summoned Beast".

His idea is to use a lot of nesting techniques using magic circuits, that is, to use multiple magic circuits to increase the "skills" of "summoned beasts".

This technique was first implemented in Rimbaud.

Strictly speaking, Rimbaud has two "skills", which Scott named [Swift] and [Hidden].

[Flying] makes Rimbaud fly fast, and [Stealth] makes it imperceptible in the shadows.

Of course, because Scott's level was limited at the time, even if he consumed a one-time magic stone, Rimbaud's really useful "skill" was only [Flying], and the effect of [Concealment] was not very good.

When Rimbaud hides in the shadows, it's easy to overlook, but if you look closely, you can still find some clues.

Even if the effect is not very good, the technique of multiple magic circuit nesting is still very difficult, and if he didn't have a one-time magic stone in hand at that time, Scott would definitely fail.

Later, Scott wanted to do this through his own strength.

The result is a water-based sailfish that combines [Water Prison] with [Water Blade].

Of course, the reason why he was able to do this was also because these two sets of magic scripts had the same attributes, and they used many of the same ancient magic texts, and the difficulty of nesting was actually not high, even lower than the difficulty of the two effects on Ranpo.

Scott flipped the notebook over and designed Poe, the page of the Fire Raven.

He wanted the fire raven to have the skill of [Flying], and in addition to that, the [Ring of Fire] could also be integrated into it.

Writing his goal on a piece of paper, Scott pulled out a new piece of parchment and began to design a nest of the three magic circuits.

To experiment, he cut his finger and dripped a drop of blood in the ink.

In this way, the ink will contain some slight magic that will cause a slight reaction in the magic script circuit he has written, which can be used to verify the success of the blueprint.

Because this reaction is so mild, it is non-destructive, and it is an intuitive and safe verification method.

Of course, he can also use the blood of magical beasts, which also contains magical powers.

But the animal's blood is far less useful than his own, and only his own blood can react more sensitively to his own magic.

Scott's first attempt quickly failed.

The interlocked magic circuits immediately collapsed under the influence of the magic, and the parchment was torn apart by an invisible force.

Scott calmly pulled out a new piece of parchment and began another attempt.

When he had shredded a dozen pieces of parchment in total, the difficulty of intercalating these three sets of magic text circuits had become extremely clear in his mind.

The next step is to try different permutations of the known conditions to find the most suitable one.

But Scott doesn't need to use stupid methods to try one by one, that would be too time-consuming, and he has an easier way to face this type of puzzle -

Arithmetic divination.

With sufficient known conditions, arithmetic divination will tell him the only correct answer.

Scott picked up his wand and waved it gently, leaving strings of golden numbers in the air.

Today, Scott has also made great progress in the magical art of arithmetic and divination, simplifying some of the steps.

The numbers scrolled, changed, collided, disappeared, and in the end only one answer remained.

Scott closed his eyes and read the answer.

When he opened his eyes, he began to write on parchment.

After repeating the arithmetic divination a few times, Scott changed all the previously failed nodes in the blueprint.

Soon, a new blueprint was completed, and when Scott fed mana into the magic circuit, the parchment began to slowly spontaneously combustion.

This means that the design of the magic loop nest has been successful.

He replaced a new bottle of ink, re-recorded the blueprints, and put them away.

Next up is the redesign of the Sailfish.

The combination of [Water Dungeon] and [Water Blade] allows the swordfish to move freely in waterless places, and its attack is not weak, but its weakness is that it can only go straight.

As a result, Scott decided to add another [REDACTED] "skill" to it.

He envisioned that when the swordfish activates [REDACTED] and its body merges with the water in [Water Dungeon], the enemy will have no way of judging the direction in which it will attack.

Time passed in a hurry.

Once Scott was basically familiar with the casting of the illusion and the successful design of the swordfish's magic circuit nest, the time for the second round had arrived.

February 24 was the day when the second round of the Triwizard Tournament was held as scheduled.

Early in the morning, all three warriors went to the woods where the brewery was located, collected their single malt whisky, and then headed to the venue of the competition.

In order to prevent anyone from secretly replacing their own liquor with the single malt whisky they bought, the whole process was supervised by Mr. Joly, a member of the jury.

"Now, warriors, take out your gains!"

Mr. Jolly stood in front of the cabin and said loudly to Scott and the three of them.

The three of them nodded, and each walked into the cabin, each with a barrel of wine.

"Very well, now it's time for us to go." Mr. Jolly added, "The audience must be impatient!" ”

They walked out of the woods and boarded the carriage that was parked outside the woods.

The carriage took off, crossed the castle and the manor, and soon arrived at the Pegasus Ranch, the venue of the round.

That is, the pasture surrounded by mountains where Beauxbatons raised rune horses.

By this time, several high platforms had been erected on the edge of the ranch to watch the games, similar to the stands at the Quidditch pitch, which were already filled with spectators.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second round of the Triwizard Tournament!"

Mr. Jolly, who was the first to get out of the car, couldn't wait to greet the audience with a loud voice of magic.

To a roar of cheers, Mr. Jolly showed the audience the standings of the three Warriors.

"First of all, second place in the standings, the Warriors from Beauxbatons, Fleur Delacour, 43 points!"

The standings were erected high on the edge of the ranch, and the corresponding points were revealed with the announcement of Mr. Joly.

"Tied for second place, Warrior from Hogwarts, Scott Trollope, 43 points!"

Scott's points announcement sparked an uproar.

Many viewers don't know why Scott, who finished first last time, was deducted 5 points.

Mr. Jolly hurriedly explained loudly, "Because Mr. Trollope clashed with them after the match, the referee unanimously decided to deduct 5 points as a penalty!" ”

Although his explanation was a little vague, it managed to silence the audience.

At the end of the day, these French viewers don't care why Scott, a British student, was deducted points, as long as there is a reason, they want to deduct more.

In the carriage, the three people who had not yet gotten off the carriage were silent.

Krum spoke suddenly.

"It's not fair." "That thing had nothing to do with the game," he said. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Fleur.

Fleur's face instantly turned ugly, as if she had been punched head-on.

"It's not something I can decide." "Besides," she said coldly, "Professor Hartmann was the first to agree to Mr. Joly's proposal. ”

Just then, Mr. Jolly began to loudly announce, "Finally, the current number one in the standings, the Warriors from Durmstrang, Victor Krum!" ”

Krum's face instantly became gloomy.

"I'm sorry." He told Scott, "I always felt that a game is a game and nothing else should be mixed in. ”

Scott smiled, "Don't worry, it's a joint decision of all members of the Judges' Panel, including Professor Dumbledore." ”

"Now, let's invite three warriors to play!"

Mr. Jolly began to beckon them out of the car.

"Let's go, don't be affected by what has already happened."

Scott lifted the curtain of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage first.

He waved his wand to fly his giant keg to his side, then waved at the Hogwarts auditorium.

It's not that his eyes are exceptionally good, it's that his companions are holding a huge banner at this time, and he can see it at a glance.

[Scott Trollope!] ］

[England Piercing Male!] ］

[Come on!] Victory! ］

These lines of large letters are glittering on the blue banner.

After getting out of the car, Fleur and Krum also saw the Hogwarts banner, and they couldn't help but look at Scott strangely.

Scott shrugged his shoulders, not caring about the bloody nickname.

At this point, Mr. Jolly, who was standing in front of them, said loudly again, "Next, let's have the Warriors' partners for this round!" ”

He held out his hand to the side.

Three gigantic rune horses, led by a wizard, walked with graceful steps.

"They're the strongest horses in Pegasus Ranch!"

Mr. Jolly introduced to the audience.

"Mr. Trollope's partner, Pegasus!"

"Chosen by Mr. Krum, Chrysa Or!"

"As beautiful as Miss Dracul, Hippocreni!"

Under the wizard's guidance, three rune horses walked up to the three warriors and stopped.

Scott looked up at his partner, and confirmed through his magical perception that it was indeed the horse he had chosen.

"Hello, Pegasus, I'm Scott."

Scott took the initiative to say hello to the horses.

Pegasus's bright red eyes met Scott's, his eyes full of spirituality.

It seemed to be looking at Scott condescendingly, and had no intention of being close to him.

Chrysa Orr and Hippocreini on the sidelines did the same, scrutinizing Krum and Fleur.

Mr. Jolly continued to move the game forward as he loudly announced, "Now, the Warriors will be bringing out their own brewed wine and treating their partners!" ”

Scott began to open the lid of the keg.

"Only by bringing out the best whiskey can they please the horses!"

Mr. Jolly's mouth was on the goof.

"If the wine they brew is too unpalatable, I'm afraid they will lose a partner who is well coordinated, and they will inevitably be at a disadvantage in the next game!"

Scott lifted the lid of the barrel and took a step back.

"Please, Pegasus, this is for you."

He held out his hand and motioned for Pegasus to drink.

Pegasus glanced at him, snorted, and slowly lowered his head.

It sniffed lightly at the barrel, then carefully stuck out its tongue and licked the surface of the wine.

Scott watched closely how it reacted.

Pegasus snorted again and began to gulp down.

Very good.

Scott smiled.

It seems that the wine I brewed is not unpleasant.

He looked to the side again and saw that Chrysa Orr and Hippocrini had not rejected the whiskey made by Krum and Hibiscus.

This kind of performance made Scott wonder if they were all successful in winemaking, or if these three horses were not picky.

"Oh good, the three warriors' wines were not refused, which means that they have all succeeded!" Mr. Jolly said, "Look, they're all drinking so well!" ”

With a gurgling sound, it wasn't long before all three horses looked up after they had finished their casks of pure malt whisky.

Pegasus snorted twice, looking at Scott with no scrutiny in his eyes, but rather calm.

This made Scott wonder if he was completely satisfied.

He tried to step forward, tentatively tiptoeing to touch its neck.

Pegasus did not refuse, but there was no response.

The same is true of Chrysa Orir on the side, who did not resist Krum's approach, but did not take the initiative to approach him.

Only Hippocrini lowered its massive head and rubbed lightly against Fleur, nearly knocking her down.

"It seems that Hippocrini liked Miss Delacul, and that is a good sign!"

Mr. Jolly exclaimed excitedly.

"It seems that in this round of winemaking competition, in the end, Miss Delacour is superior!"

Scott and Krum looked at each other, both helpless.

Whatever the reason, in short, it was Fleur who had the upper hand at the beginning of this round.

"Hurry up and exchange feelings with your partners, the game is about to begin!"

Mr. Jolly said this, and hurried towards the high platform where the referee was.

Scott simply relid the huge barrel and stood on it, combing Pegasus' silver mane with his fingers.

Pegasus shook its head, but still didn't refuse.

"Hey, listen, Pegasus." Scott said, "It's my fight against Krum and Fleur, and it's your fight against Chrysa Orr and Hippocrini, and you don't want to lose to them, do you?" ”

Pegasus glanced at Scott and snorted again.

Scott said to himself, "It seems that I am right, Pegasus, you are the strongest horse here." ”

Pegasus raised his head.

"But no one else may know that." Scott continued, "You need to prove that you're the best and leave them with nothing to say. ”

Although his voice was not loud, it could not be suppressed, and Crum next to him naturally heard it.

"Are you sure it understands English?" "They're French horses," Krum said. ”

Scott continued to comb Pegasus' mane and responded, "Who knows, Pegasus is so smart that he must understand, right?" ”

Pegasus shook his head and seemed to nod.

"Look, it understands." Scott said happily to Krum.

Krum's face changed, and he climbed into the barrel and whispered in Chryssaor's ear.

He spoke Bulgarian, and Scott didn't understand what he was saying.

But Chrysaoar, apparently unhappy with his muttering in his ear, shook his head vigorously and pushed Krum off the barrel.

Krum sat down on the grass and looked at Scott, who was getting closer to Pegasus, and then at Fleur, who was very close to Hippocrine, and his face became gloomy again.

"Be patient, Wickdor." Scott said.

Krum nodded and got up from the ground.

Scott smiled and didn't say anything more.

What he didn't tell Krum was that he was sure that Pegasus couldn't understand his words.

The reason why they became close was actually the work of magic.

Scott changed the frequency of his mana fluctuations, allowing his mana fluctuations to move closer to Savanna's druid-specific mana fluctuations.

Although it was impossible to restore it, just a few similarities, coupled with the action of combing his mane, already made Pegasus willing to get close to him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the game is about to begin!"

Mr. Jolly, who climbed the high platform, began his game commentary again.

"Tell me, warriors, are you ready?"

Scott, all three of them nodded.

"Very well, I will officially announce the details of this contest below! Check it out! ”

As his voice fell, a mist erupted from the center of the pasture.

The white mist accumulates and thickens, and soon a denser cloud formes.

Immediately afterward, a fairly clear picture appeared in the huge cloud that gathered together—

It's like an old movie, it's a little blurry, but it's still okay to watch.

The picture shows a picture of the sky above the clouds.

Above is the endless blue sky, and below is the boundless sea of white clouds.

Countless cubes made of metal floated silently in the air, and these cubes were neatly arranged in three columns, each with fifteen.

At the end of the cube's queue were three large metal rings, also floating motionless.

Looking at this picture, the audience began to talk and was full of curiosity about the format of the game.

Scott also narrowed his eyes and turned his head to look at the high platform where the referee team was.

"Do you see clearly? This is the high-altitude track specially prepared for this round! ”

Mr. Joly's voice was full of passion.

"The three warriors will start from the beginning of the track, and the goal is to pass the ring at the end as fast as possible!"

"Of course, it wasn't that easy for us to compete, and we set some restrictions to make it more difficult."

"Listen up to the three warriors!"

"First, you need both the Warrior and your partner to pass through the ring to reach the end!"

"Second, after entering the track, the warriors must not stay on the rune horse for more than 10 seconds, otherwise this round will score 0 points!"

"Thirdly, disable Apparition and Animagus in this round! Ban any magic items! ”

As he spoke, Mr. Jolly stood on a metal cube of the same style as the sky.

The cube floated up, straight up, and carried him into the air.

Everyone looked up at him.

With Mr. Jolly as a comparison, Scott also had an idea of the size of the cube.

This is obviously designed as a high-altitude foothold, but it is actually very small, just enough for one person to stand on it, and if you don't have a good balance, you are likely to fall.

"The restrictions are out of the way, and there's good news, Warriors."

His voice was still heard throughout the audience.

"See the box at my feet? This is where you come from. ”

"Don't worry about safety, your partner will definitely catch you when you fall off the box, and of course, remember the 10-second limit."

"Oh, and it's not all good news, everyone's track has traps hidden, and three out of fifteen boxes will trigger the imprison effect the moment you step on it."

"Confinement time, 5 seconds!"

"Anyway, good luck to you!"

Listening to the whole game notes, Scott had a bottom in his heart.

This round was too good for him!

No wonder Dumbledore did not object to the proposal to ban Animagus.

He didn't even know how to lose!

"Next, let's go up to the sky together, oh yes, I'll go up and accompany you!"

Scott looked at the cube that suddenly appeared in front of him, and stood on his feet.

"Go, conquer the skies, warriors! Let's go! ”

With Mr. Jolly's order, the cube beneath Scott's feet began to rise at a uniform speed.

When the cube rises, it is very stable, without any bumps, as long as the psychological quality is passed, there is no danger of falling.

"Go, Pegasus!"

Scott greeted and beckoned.

Pegasus hissed and spread his wings and flew up.

Immediately afterwards, Chrysa Orr and Hippocrinus also took off.

Their huge wings whipped up a gust of wind, and Fleur immediately screamed, nearly being swept off by the wind.

Scott was also startled, but he quickly sensed that the cube under his feet was unaffected, so he barely managed to hold on.

Partner?

Scott looked at the flying horses.

Or maybe they're here to trick or trick.

Probably aware of their impact, the three clever horses flew a little farther away.

Scott ascended with the cube under his feet, quickly reaching the same height as the spectators sitting in the stands.

"Scott! Come on! ”

"You're the best!"

The Hogwarts crowd watching him shouted in unison.

Scott smiled again and waved at them, making a gesture of victory.

Not to be outdone, the Durmstrang and Beauxbatons students were also shouting.

With an absolute numerical advantage, the Beauxbatons students quickly overshadowed the others in shouting Fleur's name.

As the altitude increases, so do the sounds.

Scott looked up.

"Attention, it's time to speed up!"

Mr. Jolly, who had lifted off with them, shouted loudly.

Scott noticed a magical barrier rise from the edge of the cube beneath his feet, wrapping his whole body around it and pinning it to the cube.

"This kind of safe and good thing can only happen now!"

Mr. Jolly still did not forget to speak.

Immediately afterward, there was a strong thrust from under Scott's feet, and he felt like he was riding a rocket on a rapid ascent.

It didn't take long for them to approach the white clouds high in the sky.

After entering the clouds, Scott lost his vision, and all around him was white, and only the faint screams of Fleur could be heard.

But soon, he passed through the clouds again and came to the sea of clouds.

The thrust under their feet weakened until they stopped, and they came to a high-altitude track.

Instead of rising, the cubes begin to move in parallel, bringing them to their respective tracks.