474. Scott gets first easily
"That's it! Audience friends! ”
Mr. Jolly spoke loudly into the air.
"We are now at an altitude of more than 10,000 meters......"
Scott looked at him with interest, and then spread his magical sense to look around.
I don't know how Beauxbatons' "live broadcast system" works, and Scott is very curious about it.
But for a moment, he did not perceive the existence of the "lens".
So Scott focused his perception on the track ahead.
I didn't think it was from the "live broadcast screen" before, but now when I look closely, the foothold on the track, the distance between each cube is very long, about 200 meters.
With a total of 15 cubes and the ring at the finish, the entire course is about 3,000 meters.
The distance of 3,000 meters, without the help of tools, will take a few minutes for them.
But for a flight-capable rune horse, this time should be much shorter.
In this way, the game was a little less difficult than he had imagined.
Normally, what contestants need to pay attention to is how to allocate their time wisely, and the time they can stay on the rune horse is 10 seconds.
With these 10 seconds, coupled with a foothold every 200 meters, and their respective magic methods, it is indeed possible to reach the finish line without accidents.
Of course, there are 3 traps hidden in the 15 landing points that are also factors to consider that can affect the game.
If the trap is triggered, it will be imprisoned for 5 seconds.
Fortunately, this condition is fair, everyone will face 3 traps, unless someone can cross it.
Scott tried to discern the trap hidden in the cube, but he couldn't perceive anything unusual in the few cubes that were close.
"Very well, our horses are here too!"
With a few neighs, the three rune horses that had just been accelerated behind them broke through the clouds and flew behind them.
"Attention, warriors, the security measures will disappear next......"
As soon as Mr. Jolly's words fell, the magical barrier that enveloped Scott's body disappeared.
Scott turned his upper body and reached out directly.
"Pegasus." He said to the horse, "You can leave me alone and fly as fast as you can over the finish line." ”
Pegasus blinked his watery red eyes.
Scott didn't know if it had grasped what it meant.
The others looked at him in amazement.
Even Mr. Jolly stopped talking.
"Are you kidding?" Fleur couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"I must warn you, Mr. Trollope." Mr. Jolly also said, "Animagus is not allowed in this round. ”
"Broomsticks are also forbidden." Krum said.
"I know the constraints of the game." Scott pulled out his wand and shook it, "I won't use any tools except my wand." ”
Mr. Jolly smiled and said to him, "It seems that you have not missed anything, so I am relieved." ”
He looked at Fleur and Krum.
"And you, Miss Delacour and Mr. Krum."
"If you have any questions, ask me now."
"Once the match starts, everyone on the judging team, including me, who is closest to you, will carefully observe your performance."
"That's how we score you."
Scott and the three of them shook their heads, indicating that they had no doubts.
"Very good, then the game is about to begin."
Mr. Jolly said with great pleasure.
"Now, let's get the three warriors on the track!"
The three of Scott looked at each other.
At this time, although the cube under their feet took them close to the track, it was still about 10 meters away from the starting foothold.
This distance is absolutely impossible to reach without a run-up and jumping alone.
It depends on the means of each each this time.
"Mr. Jolly, will it take me less than 10 seconds to let Chrysa Ear take me over now?" Krum immediately asked.
"Oh, no." "Because the game hasn't officially started yet." ”
"That's good." Fleur smiled.
That's when Krum took the lead.
He glanced back at Chrysaoar, crouched slightly, and then jumped forward.
Krysa hissed in his ears and flew forward.
As Krum's body fell, it flew right below him.
Krum took a few steps forward on Chrysaoar's broad back, leaped up again, and landed firmly on the cube from which he landed.
Then, Fleur also began to act.
"Yuga Dim Leviosa!"
She cast a levitation spell on her robe, and then leaped forward lightly with the power of the robe's floating.
Unlike Krum, she landed lightly at the starting point without the help of Hippocrine's power.
Hippocreni followed her and flew to her side as well.
At this time, only Scott was left unmoved.
Several of them turned their heads to look at him.
Pegasus also seemed to be in a hurry, hissing from his mouth.
"Don't worry, Pegasus, the game hasn't started yet." Scott turned to it and smiled reassuringly.
"Yugadim Leviosa."
He waved his wand and used the same method as Fleur to get to the starting point.
"Yugadim Leviosa."
In the next second, Krum also cast a levitation charm on his robes.
Probably because he was worried that he was too big, he cast several levitation charms on the rest of his clothes.
"I must warn you!"
Fleur, who was copied by the two of them, was obviously very unhappy.
"It's hard to control where you want to go with this method."
"I've been practicing for a long time since I learned that the competition was in the sky!"
Neither Scott nor Krum said anything, and neither seemed to be worried about not being able to jump to the exact landing point on the track.
Seeing that they didn't react, Fleur also snorted coldly and stopped talking.
At this point, Mr. Jolly spoke again.
"Warriors, ask again, are you ready?"
"Ready."
The three of them replied in unison.
"Very good, listen to my command, one, two, three, the game begins!"
With Mr. Jolly's order, the three warriors jumped forward at the same time, and the three rune horses also spread their wings and flew forward.
In order to match the Warriors' competition, the three horses flew below the Warriors.
During the jump, there was also a difference in the actions of the three warriors.
The starting foothold is about 200 meters away from the second foothold, and this distance is impossible to reach directly, even if you float with the help of clothing.
They were not strong enough to take off and send them 200 meters away.
Fleur and Krum began to draw on the power of their match partners.
They all chose to use the horse's body as a temporary foothold.
And they are very time-conscious, just a light step on the horse's back as a leverage, the process of contact with the horse, the time is less than a second.
But Scott didn't choose to do so.
Pegasus seemed to understand what he meant, and did not cooperate with him at all, and flew straight towards the finish line.
When Scott's body began to fall, there was no place for him to settle underneath.
"Mr. Trollope told his match partner to leave him alone, but now he seems to be in a deadly crisis!"
Mr. Jolly began his passionate commentary again.
"Oh my! He's going to fall! ”
Both Fleur and Krum glanced back at Scott with surprised expressions on their faces.
"A flock of birds."
Scott waved his wand.
"Gaga...... Quack ......"
A flock of pitch-black crows flew out of the tip of his wand and called around him.
"Carry me forward."
Scott gave the order.
"Quack ......"
The crows grabbed his cloak with their claws and flew forward with him.
"Oh, what did I see!"
Mr. Jolly exclaimed.
"Mr. Trollope has cast a special 'flock of birds' and let the birds carry him forward!"
Seems to have heard Mr. Joly's prompt.
Fleur and Krum, who were in front of Scott, did not look back, but they also waved their wands and cast a flock of birds.
It's a pity that their flock of birds is a normal version, just a flock of colorful birds.
The birds were too small and not too numerous, so they were of very limited help.
"Why! Why is Mr. Trollope's 'flock of birds' different from everyone else! ”
Of course not.
Scott smiled.
Someone else's flock of birds is Transfiguration, while his flock of birds is summoning.
These crows were not conjured up by him, but real crows summoned by him.
This is the magic he has already done in the second half of his fourth year.
The techniques of contract and summoning come from an ancient book in Helena's study.
Ancient magic, although much of it is outdated, is not lacking in merit.
There is a contract, in fact, Scott does not use spells when summoning crows, and the chanting of "flock of birds" in his mouth is only to confuse others.
So although he used this magic a lot, few people had been able to see it before.
Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall, the professors who knew him well, should be able to tell, but none of them would say it.
At this point, Scott didn't have to do anything, and was carried forward like a vampire from a Muggle fantasy story, being carried forward by a group of black creatures.
Soon, he overtook Fleur and Krum to take first place.
If not a crow, but a bat, it would be more like.
Scott thought.
"If this continues, Trollope will undoubtedly gain an absolute advantage!"
Mr. Jolly shouted.
"See, he doesn't need Pegasus to cooperate, or even stop on the box at the foothold, he will perfectly avoid those three traps that are imprisoned for 5 seconds!"
"Miss Delacour and Mr. Krum must adjust their strategy!"
"How are they going to make it back? Can it be done? Let's look forward to seeing what they do! ”
Scott looked back and saw Fleur and Krum responding.
Krum's method was relatively simple and crude, he cast a powerful hurricane spell in front of him, and then actively jumped into the wind, letting the hurricane push him forward, and in the blink of an eye, he overtook Scott.
Not to be outdone, Fleur raised her hand to untie the hat on her head, making it bigger and tying it around herself.
She also uses the Hurricane Charm, but she casts it against her hat.
The giant hat resembled a sail that carried her faster past Scott and over to catch up with Krum.
Ahead, Scott's partner Pegasus crossed the ring at the finish line.
It turned its head to see Scott behind, and let out an anxious hiss.
Krusaor, who followed Krum and Fleur, both responded with cheerful hisses.
"It seems that I can't be handsome, after all, I can't let my partner worry."
Scott said with a smile, waving his wand at a crow beside him.
"Grow faster!"
The raven grew rapidly until it could carry Scott.
Scott landed lightly on the giant crow's back and cast a bubble head charm on himself to block the wind.
"Accelerate!"
With his order, the crow carrying him "quacked" and flew forward with its wings.
There is no suspense in the next game.
Whatever Fleur and Krum do, they can't outdo the birds that are naturally able to fly, unless they ride on the back of the Rune Horse the entire time.
But obviously, that's not going to work.
They have to use those 10 seconds carefully, always remembering the time they have already used.
The Raven soon led Scott to the finish line, passing through a massive metal ring and landing on a large floating platform behind the finish line.
Scott first changed the crow back to its original size, then waved it away.
Pegasus, who had always been very reserved, finally took the initiative to fly over, lowered his head and rubbed against Scott.
"Oh Pegasus, does it make you so happy to win over Chryssaorr and Hippocrinus?"
Scott reached out and stroked the smooth silver mane around its neck.
Pegasus snorted happily.
"The undoubted number one in this round has appeared!"
"He's the Warrior from Hogwarts, Scott!"
"He won first place with a subtle spell and effortlessly!"
"Oh! Even I would love to learn the mantra 'Flock of Birds' from him! ”
As Mr. Jolly commented, Scott turned to look at the track.
At this time, the other two were also nearing the end of the line.
Fleur is almost at the 12th foothold, and Krum is at the 10th.
This match seems to have Fleur more dominating than him.
But in the next second, when Fleur's feet stepped on the 12th foothold, the cube beneath her feet began to glow red.
"Oh my god, the trap has finally been triggered! This is the first time today! Mr. Jolly shouted, "Miss Delacour will be imprisoned for five seconds!" ”
Illusory chains suddenly appear, swirling around Fleur.
For the first time, the effect of imprisonment has appeared!
In the previous matches, the trap had not been triggered, and it seemed that they had luckily crossed it.
Krum had reached his 11th place of residence by this time.
He waved his wand to summon a powerful hurricane, and then rode the wind.
Immediately afterward, he used the strength of Chrysauer's body to cross the 12th foothold, and finally landed on the 13th foothold.
But unfortunately......
A red glow began to flicker under his feet.
The illusory chains that represented the imprisoning effect swirled around him.
"Oh! Mr. Krum has also fallen into a trap! Although he cleverly crossed box 12! ”
Mr. Jolly shouted excitedly.
"But I want to tell you, Mr. Krum, the location of the trap is random, and Miss Delacour's encounter is not your reference!"
By this time, Fleur's imprisonment had been lifted, and she soon surpassed Krum again.