The game is in its final moments.

While Krum was imprisoned at Foothold 13, Fleur was freed.

If Fleur can finish the race first within 5 seconds of Krum's imprisonment, she will be able to secure second place.

All she had to do was get from the 12th landing point to the finish line in 5 seconds, which is about 800 meters.

By this time, Fleur had already used the sail made of the hat to cross the 13th landing point and overtake Krum.

2 seconds have passed since Krum's confinement time.

"Hippocrinus!"

Fleur didn't stop at the 14th landing point and called out to her match partner.

Hippocrini, flying below the track, flew upward, and Fleur landed lightly on its back, clutching the long silver mane around its neck.

The whole process takes 1 second again.

"Accelerate!" Fleur shouted.

Hippocrini flapped his wings and took Fleur to the ring where he finished at the end of the race.

"Miss Delacour gave the final sprint to her partner, and she had 2 seconds left on horseback!" Mr. Jolly spoke loudly and quickly.

Similarly, there are 2 seconds left in Krum's confinement.

2 seconds is a short time.

But this is enough for a strong rune horse to fly a distance of about 500 meters.

By the moment Krum was released, Fleur was already on horseback, crossing the finish line with Hippoclini.

"Oh, she made it! Miss Delacour managed to win 2nd place! ”

At Mr. Joly's shouting, Fleur jumped off her horse and landed lightly on the large platform where Scott was.

At this time, Krum also crossed the finish line.

When the three warriors gathered on the platform, Mr. Jolly declared the round over.

"Congratulations."

Although Krum's face was a little unsightly, he still congratulated Fleur and Scott very graciously.

"You're not lucky, Wickdor." Fleur said with a smile.

Krum nodded.

Fleur said to Scott again, "I have to say, your advantage is too great, Scott, even if you ban Animagus." ”

Scott shrugged his shoulders.

"But you deserve it, and you're really good." Krum looked at Scott and said, "I've never seen anyone as good as you. ”

"No, he's a year younger than the two of us." Fleur said a little sourly.

Scott could only smile and say, "There is still a third round, and the final result is not good now." ”

At this time, Mr. Jolly also came to the platform they were on.

He interviewed the three warriors with great interest.

"First of all, congratulations to all of you on the successful completion of the race without any incidents! I gotta say, you've done a great job! ”

"Thank you."

"Mr. Trollope." Mr. Jolly asked Scott with great interest, "I'm curious, is your 'flock of birds' a little different?" ”

Fleur and Krum were obviously curious about the question as well, and they both turned their heads to look at Scott to hear what he had to say.

Scott smiled and replied, "It's a little different, I love the spell and I love the crow too, and I've made some changes to it with the help of the professors in the past. ”

Of course, he is serious nonsense.

No one will debunk it anyway.

"Transformation?" Mr. Jolly was even more curious, "Did you cast an expansion charm on the crow to make it bigger because of this transformation?" ”

Scott replied, "Of course not, the transformation of the 'Flock of Birds' is just a change from the conjured birds to crows, and the inflate charm on the crows is derived from personal research into Transfiguration. ”

Mr. Jolly seemed genuinely interested, and continued to ask him, "I'm sure a lot of people have noticed, and the Transfiguration you showed in the last round is amazing enough. If I'm not mistaken, it's a combination of Transfiguration and the Magic Circuit? ”

"Yes." Scott nodded.

"This time it's a combination of Transfiguration and Spells, isn't it? How did you do that? Mr. Jolly continued.

Scott glanced at him.

Mr. Joly's eyes were full of curiosity, but Scott wasn't sure if he was just curious or wanted to find out something.

So he continued, "Because of my personal love for Transfiguration and the help of my professors. The professors at Hogwarts have always been willing to support their students' bold innovations and go out of their way to help us. ”

Mr. Jolly didn't seem satisfied with this unusual "official" answer, and asked, "Really?" ”

"Yes." Scott nodded firmly.

Mr. Jolly and Scott looked at each other, probably seeing that Scott's expression was too determined, so he turned to the other two warriors to have a few words.

But Krum was not very cooperative with his interview, nor was he too willing to speak, only Fleur cooperated with him.

"Alright, it's time for the judging panel to score."

Mr. Jolly ended the interview with some embarrassment.

"Now, fellow viewers, let me return to the ground with our warriors first!"

As soon as his words fell, the platform beneath their feet began to descend vertically.

Three rune horses, also in the race, circled around the platform and flew with them towards the ground.

Compared to Chryssaorl and Hippocrinus, Pegasus, who had won the game, was extraordinarily energetic, and let out a high-pitched hiss from time to time.

When the platform landed slowly over Pegasus Ranch, they were greeted by deafening applause and cheers.

Finally, the platform stopped next to the raised platform where the referee was located.

"Okay, you're just waiting here, I'm going to score you!"

Mr. Jolly raised his feet and took his seat on the bench of the judges.

He used a loud voice to announce to the audience—

"In this competition, since the three warriors have decided the rankings, we have new rules in the scoring process."

"Scott, who finished first in the competition, will add two points to the judges' score."

"Fleur Delacour in second place adds one extra point."

"Victor Krum in third place didn't have extra points."

"Alright, judges, please get out your wands and score our Mr. Krum first! Oh, or I'll come first! ”

He raised his wand aloft, and from it a large number erupted,[8].

"Eight points."

Next up is Mr. Lefeble.

"It's the same 8."

Professor Hartman raised his wand.

"9 points!"

Madame Maxim glanced at Hartmann and showed her score.

"Oh, 7 points."

Finally, there's Dumbledore.

"8 points!"

"So, Mr. Krum's last score in this round is...... 40 points! The total number of points in the two rounds is 85 points! ”

On the standings on the side, the number of points after Krum's name immediately changed, from [45] to [85], and he was still in first place for the time being.

Krum bowed in the direction of the judges.

The audience at the scene gave him a round of applause in time.

"Very well, next, let's score Miss Delacour."

"What I'm giving is...... 9 points! ”

"9 points!"

"9 points!"

"9 points!"

"It's still 9 points!"

"It's 45 points, plus an extra one, for a total of 46 points, and Fleur Delacour has a total of points from two rounds...... 89 points! ”

With applause and cheers, the points of Hibiscus in the standings have also changed, and at the same time, they have surpassed Krum and temporarily climbed to the first place.

Fleur also bowed in thanks.

"Finally, the first place winner of this round, Scott Trollope from Hogwarts, will start scoring!"

"For Trollope's great performance, I would give ...... 10 points! ”

"10 points!"

"9 points? Oh...... Professor Hartmann gave the three Warriors the same score. ”

Professor Hackman still flashed the number[9], prompting an immediate burst of boos.

"Are you sure, Professor Hartmann?"

Professor Hartmann nodded firmly at Mr. Joly's inquiry.

"Of course, there is nothing unruly in this, this is your right as a referee, well, next is our esteemed Madame Maxim."

"Madame Maxim shows 10 points!"

"Finally, Professor Dumbledore, again 10 points!"

After the scoring was completed, before Mr. Jolly could make a summary, the Hogwarts delegation in the audience shouted hoarsely.

"Scott, Champion!"

"Scott, Champion!"

"Scott, Champion!"

……

They shouted very rhythmically, but there were more than 20 people, and they actually shouted out the momentum of 100 people.

Scott turned his head to see Fred standing in front of the audience, pretending to be in command.

"Oh, and the Hogwarts audience was so enthusiastic about their support for the Hogwarts Warriors."

Mr. Jolly also raised his voice.

"Mr. Trollope's referee score for this round is 49 points, plus two extra points, for a total of 51 points, so he has a total of ...... points in the two rounds 94 points! ”

In the standings, Scott's name instantly surpassed Krum and Fleur to the top of the standings.

Applause and cheers rang out again, and Scott bowed in the direction of the judges and the spectators.

"I declare that this round is officially over! Please look forward to the third and final round on June 24th! ”

"Believe me, it's going to be even better than the first two rounds!"

"Our three warriors will also compete for the final championship!"

The game was over and the crowd began to leave.

Scott: The platform on which they were standing descended again and landed on the grass.

Soon, Scott's companions ran over and surrounded him.

Fred hugged Scott excitedly, "It's so exciting!" Cruel! That's 10,000 meters in the air! None of us expected that! ”

He let go of Scott and handed the [Magic Mirror] in his hand to him.

"Everyone is watching your performance, big star, say hello to the audience!"

Scott glanced at the image in [Magic Mirror].

It seemed that everyone at Hogwarts had gathered in the Great Hall to watch him play.

A lot of people were waving at him.

"Hello!"

Scott waved his hand as well.

"We've all sweated for you!" Roger squeezed Fred away and patted Scott on the shoulder, "But you did it beautifully, and you had the absolute advantage!" ”

"Well done, Scott."

"You're number one again."

"The champion must belong to us at Hogwarts!"

……

Others also praised him.

The time afterward, Mr. Jolly came over again and called the three Warriors together.

All three of Scott were a little apprehensive.

If nothing else, I'm afraid of another troublesome thing like sake brewing.

Mr. Jolly seemed to see their concerns.

"Don't worry." "You don't need to prepare anything until the next round starts. ”

Hearing the news, Scott couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Fleur took the initiative to ask, "So, is there anything you can tell us in advance about the third round?" ”

Mr. Jolly smiled again.

Scott felt that his smile looked like ill-intention.

"All I can tell you is that the third round will be more difficult than the first two rounds and will be a test for you in all aspects," Mr. Jolly said. ”

"Is that all?" Scott asked.

Mr. Jolly nodded, "Yes, I can't reveal more, but in short, I hope you guys keep up your form and put on a better game for us." ”

With that, he turned and left.

"Isn't that saying nothing?" Fleur couldn't help but complain.

"yes, it seems that this time there really doesn't need any advance preparation." Scott said.

After the trio separated, Scott and his companions returned to the Hogwarts Tower.

Once again, they will party to celebrate Scott's return to the top of the standings.

"The French plot has failed!"

"Even if 5 points are deducted, Scott is still the first place without suspense!"

"The calculations of the French are useless!"

After returning to their own territory, everyone let go of their talk, mercilessly sarcastically mocking the group of Frenchmen.

Everyone was delighted and raised their glasses to Scott.

Scott was forced to pour a stomach full of butterbeer.

"So what's the next round?" Fred began to care about the last game.

"I don't know."

Scott replied dryly, and then told everyone what Mr. Jolly had said.

In short, the organizers did not disclose any news, and everyone can only guess.

Fred felt that this time the race was heavenly, and the next race was summer, and he might need to go into the water to train Scott to survive underwater.

Roger disagreed.

He felt that the final round should be a ring battle between the three warriors, and was adamant that neither Fleur nor Krum would be Scott's opponent.

He swore that "as long as you don't show mercy to Fleur's men, the champion will be yours." ”

Cedric, however, felt that they might have to face an exam. And.. s have to be rigorously examined, so that they can be tested in all aspects, as Mr. Jolly said.

Fred spoke out against his speculation.

"Spare us!" Fred said, "Exams? This kind of competition is not exciting at all! ”

Others speculated.

Fight dragons, dodge giants, and the like......

In short, one is more outrageous than the other.

"There won't be that danger."

Scott affirmed.

"Have you noticed, maybe you have summed up the lessons of the past, and the competition items set up in this tournament are relatively safe."

In short, the organizers are trying to avoid casualties as they have done in the past.

And Beauxbatons also has this condition.

Compared to uncontrolled and dangerous animals such as fire dragons, alchemists control alchemists and rune horses domesticated by wizards are much safer.

"Perhaps, there will also be an element of alchemy in the final round." Scott speculated, "It's manageable, it avoids accidents." ”

"If that's the case, it'll also make it easier for the French to secretly release water to their warriors."

Scott's companions felt that something else was fairer to him and Krum than to the product of alchemy manipulated by the French.

In the days that followed, Scott was busy designing his "summoned beast" in addition to his normal classes.

Among them, the multiple magic circuit sockets of the two attributes of water and fire "summoned beasts" have been designed.

The fire raven of the fire attribute is named Edgar, taken from the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, who wrote the famous poem "The Raven".

Edgar will have three "skills", which are [Arson], [Fireline], and [Swift].

The water-based sailfish, named Sirein, is taken from the legendary Scottish sea monster Sirein Crohn.

Sirein's "skills" also have three, namely [Water Dungeon], [Water Blade], and [Concealment].

Scott's next task was to design a "summoning beast" that represented both wind and earth.

Wind is a representative element of Ravenclaw College, and the "summoning beast" envisioned by Scott is a golden eagle, the most ferocious and large bird of prey in the eagle family.

There are also three magic circuits he has chosen, which he named [Wind Cut], [Tempest], and [Sharp] depending on the effect.

In his vision, the golden eagle could spit out a sharp invisible blade, its wings could whip up a violent wind, and its beak and claws for direct attacks would be extremely sharp.

The name he gave to the golden eagle was Horus, a reference to the Egyptian god Horus Hamadi, the eagle-headed god.

The basic setting of the "summoned beast" of the earth element has also been thought out for a long time.

Imageically, Scott chose the Komodo dragon, known as the "magic dragon" in Muggles.

To this end, he also selected three sets of magic circuits, namely [Rock Armor], [Drilling], and [Fierce Venom].

In terms of setting, this Komodo dragon is a "front-row warrior", and although it has no ranged skills, it has strong defense, elusiveness, and amazing biting ability and strong poison.

Scott named it Gorzan, taken from the ultra-ancient monster Gorzan who appeared in the first episode of "Ultraman Tiga", which is known as the "monster that shook the earth", which is a small memorial to his past life.

Unlike Edgar and Sirein's designs, Scott has been able to use Transfiguration to create one-off fire ravens and swordfish several times, and he is already somewhat sure.

Along with experimentation, Horus and Gorzan's design took Scott more of his time.

After many experiments to deform the golden eagle and the Komodo dragon with a single "skill", Scott, who had a certain degree of certainty, began to design the corresponding multiple magic circuit nests according to his own experience in practical application.

At this point, with the help of arithmetic divination, Scott's design process progressed a little faster.

When all four design drawings were completed, the time had come to the end of March.

To be on the safe side, Scott didn't directly create a "summoned beast", but instead called out a portrait of Ravenclaw when the dorm was empty, asking his mentor to help him check for errors.

"Ravenclaw Mentor ......"

After the portrait of Ravenclaw appeared, Scott recounted his design and showed drawings and materials presented by Lucio.

After listening to his story, the Ravenclaw tutor commented lightly, "It's all good toys." ”

Toys?

This assessment made Scott a little frustrated.

"There's nothing to be frustrated about." Ravenclaw smiled and said, "This proves that you have taken a critical step, and you will continue to grow and refine them in practice." ”

Scott nodded, knowing in his heart.

Although this is not the first time to try, this time it is indeed a crucial step for me to get rid of the help of disposable magic stones.

Ravenclaw looked closely at the drawings Scott had shown and nodded slightly.

"I didn't find any errors."

She gave him an appreciative look.

"You are already proficient in the use of ancient magic texts and magic circuits, and the next progress is just the accumulation of practice, and I have nothing to teach you in this regard."

As she spoke, she glanced at the materials in the box and then made a comment.

"Just by looking at the eyes, this kind of material is quite acceptable, but that's about it."

"If you still want to make them stronger, you need better materials."

"Yes." Scott replied, "I've been focusing on alchemy lately. ”

Ravenclaw smiled, "It's time for you to realize the importance of alchemy, I haven't reminded you, because you can only truly agree with it if you have experienced the difference." ”

She was right.

In the past, Scott did not attach much importance to the subject of alchemy, because it was too cumbersome and too time-consuming, money-consuming, and energy-consuming to learn.

He thought that there was a metamorphosis anyway, and he could use the transformation method to change the properties of matter with magic, and alchemy didn't seem to be very needed.

It's like turning a match into a needle in the first transfiguration class.

Although Transfiguration cannot truly transform matter, under the influence of magic, the original fragile match still has the appearance and hardness of an iron needle.

In this way, alchemy's material transformation, while more thorough, seems to be an alternative to Transfiguration, or a direct search for stronger Muggle materials.

But in retrospect, this is undoubtedly wrong.

A good material can not only reduce the difficulty of deformation and improve the strength of deformation products, but more importantly, it can save magic power and make the deformation products exist longer.

If Scott merely conjures a fire raven from a stone, then it involves a change in the properties of matter, a change in the shape and structure, and a false life to the stone.

The fire crow conjured up in this way consumes the mana to maintain the Transfiguration Technique very quickly, and coupled with the wear and tear caused by each operation of the magic circuit, as well as the problem of being easily destroyed, it is destined to not exist for too long.

Not being able to exist for too long, while it may not seem like a fatal flaw, what really matters is that this one-off Transfiguration product is not able to accumulate experience and then evolve the mind like Rimbaud did.

But the right materials can solve those problems to some extent.

The materials made by alchemy are not only strong and durable, but also will fit in with the magic script circuit he wants to engrave, producing twice the result with half the effort.

In short, alchemy was already a must-learn skill for Scott.

It's just a bit expensive.

After the blueprints were approved by the Ravenclaw mentor, Scott began production.

Of course, in order to make the "summoned beast" exist longer, it is impossible for Scott to complete the production of four at once.

He estimated that without the help of a one-time magic stone, with his current magic power, it should be a bit surplus to make one at a time, but making two at once would be enough, and he had to wait for the mana to recover before continuing.

After thinking about it, Scott chose to make the most familiar fire crow Edgar first.

He took the red piece of metal from the small wooden box and placed it on the stone slab on the tabletop, then drew his wand.

Recalling his unwavering setting, Scott recited the incantation, then raised his hand and waved his wand firmly.

Shrouded in the light of Transfiguration, a dense pattern of magical inscriptions appeared on the knuckle-sized red metal, and then enveloped in a ball of fire.

The flames trembled, then moved.

First a small beak, then a pair of equally secret wings, and when the flames were extinguished, a small dark red crow appeared on the stone slab.

The material is only the size of a knuckle, and the conjured Edgar is only one-fifth the size of Rimbaud, making it extremely small and mini.

"Hello, Edgar."

Scott smiled lightly and held out his left hand.

"Gaga...... Quack ......"

Edgar opened his mouth and let out a somewhat childish chirp, rubbed Scott's fingers, and then flapped his wings and jumped on his palm, lying on the palm of his hand.

Scott suddenly felt his palms warm.

He lifted his left hand to support Edgar and gently stroked its feathers with his right hand.

Edgar seemed to enjoy being close to him, letting out cheerful calls.

Unlike Rimbaud, Edgar doesn't speak.

It's not that Scott can't do it, it's done on purpose.

At the end of the day, it's still a different positioning.

Although Scott can be said to have used his own strength to do what he can only do with the help of disposable magic stones, it refers more to combat performance.

Essentially, the Philosopher's Stone still has its irreplaceable role - no matter how Scott progresses, his Transfiguration products will never be as close to real life as Rimbaud, and will last forever.

On the other hand, Rimbaud doesn't need to be involved in much combat, and Scott can consider him his closest companion.

But for Edgar, who had to be involved in the fight, Scott wasn't prepared to put too much emotion into it.

Not only does Scott take into account the damage in battle, but Scott will continue to upgrade them in the future, and in this case, they are positioned more as tools and weapons.

Scott lowered his head and said to Edgar, who was lying in the palm of his hand, "Isn't it time to demonstrate it next and let me see your abilities?" ”

Edgar opened his squinted eyes and stood up, screaming a few times with some excitement.

Although it can't speak, as a product of Scott's Transfiguration, it has a direct connection to him, and even if it's not as smart as Rimbaud, it can basically understand what he says.

"Not here." "We had to find a place where no one was around," Scott said. ”

With that, he put Edgar in his pocket, left the tower, and walked some distance along the edge of the lake, until he came to a small valley in the middle of nowhere.

It was separated from Durmstran's ghost ship by a small hill, cutting off the view from the ship.

"Come out, Edgar."

"Ga ......"

Edgar slipped out of his pocket, flapped his wings, and flew merrily.

"Fly!"

Edgar accelerated instantly, flying around him several times at a speed that Scott couldn't see with the naked eye.

"Arson!"

Edgar didn't slow down, and turned into a small fireball flying wildly.

"Fireline!"

An extraordinarily thin white line flashed through the air, and a small blackened hole suddenly appeared in the trunk of the tree in front of Scott, which immediately began to smoke, and then directly burst into flames.

Scott hurriedly drew his wand.

"Clear water is like a spring!"

Dousing the flames with water, Scott ordered again, "Normal, slow down." ”

Edgar immediately retracted the flames that covered his body and flew much slower.

"Good, let's test how big you can become."

Scott waved his wand at Edgar.

"Grow faster!"

Edgar's small size swelled instantly, then grew larger and larger.

Soon, its feet fell to the ground, and its head had already overtaken Scott's shoulders.

At this point, Scott withdrew his wand.

"It seems that the largest body size is like that." He nodded, "That's enough." ”

Edgar screamed again.

As it grows larger, its cry becomes rougher.

Scott pointed to the rocks beside him, "Try the line of fire again." ”

Edgar opened his mouth, threw his neck back, and then spat out a fiery fireline.

At this time, even Scott felt an unbearable heat and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Under the attack of the hot line of fire, the rock crackled with a loud sound, and soon cracked.

"Stop."

Scott stopped Edgar and waved his wand to change it back to its original size.

"Well done."

He complimented.

Sure enough, the materials are different, the effect is different, the temperature of the flame is higher than that of the fire crow that was conjured up before, and the duration of the spitting fire line is also longer.

He was very satisfied.

Edgar flew a few more laps, and when the temperature on it cooled, Scott put it in his pocket again and left the valley.

He misses Hogwarts a little, Beauxbatons is someone else's territory after all, and it's inconvenient to do anything.

When he returned to the tower, Fred and Roger had already answered the dormitory.

"Your date is over?" Scott asked.

"It's not us dating, it's me dating Angelina!" Fred retorted loudly, "As for Roger, maybe it's with his third French girlfriend!" ”

"It's the fourth." Roger reminded him.

"Who cares!"

Scott shrugged his shoulders, walked over to his desk and sat down, pulling out the piece of metal that had been doused with salamander blood, ready to continue working on the unfinished dagger.