Chapter 106: Dementors
On Saturday, the first Quidditch match of the school year begins:
Gryffindor vs. Slytherin.
As the lion and snake of the thousand-year-old feud, the two houses played the opening match, and Mrs. Huo Qi, who arranged the battle table, understood the effect of the show.
However, Slytherin, which was still crushed by equipment last year, has become a backward side this year, it is really 30 years of Henan, 30 years of Hebei, don't bully the sunset.
And Harry has a firebolt, which makes the gap between this equipment infinitely wider.
Even if the equipment can't be compared, the training is far less hard than others.
November was a month of heavy rain, and the Slytherin Quidditch players were reluctant to leave the warm castle and train on the pitch.
Gryffindor, on the other hand, could see Hogwarts at four o'clock in the morning every day under Wood's "Iron Will" training.
The Gryffindor team members were tortured by Wood until they sweated profusely every day, exhausted, and their legs were so weak that they couldn't walk.
This gap in equipment and training makes the market infinitely optimistic about Gryffindor, which can be seen from the bets on the game...... The odds are as high as 7.1.
But the day before the match, the Slytherin Quidditch team abruptly requested that the match be terminated for the simple reason that:
Malfoy, the Seeker, has not recovered from a hippony-winged arm wound in the arm.
Of course, this reason is very, Malfoy's injuries have been in September, two months have passed, and his arm is still not healed, how much do you look down on Madam Pomfrey's medical skills?
Snape granted the request, though, and replaced Slytherin with Hufflepuff.
The two academies he hates the most are going to love and kill each other in the storm...... This is a plot that only exists in his dreams.
The little badgers were stunned, such a bad weather, why let them go, isn't this bullying honest people?!
And Slytherin can't get on, what about Ravenclaw? Even if you choose one of the two, everyone should at least draw lots to decide!
But Ravenclaw Quidditch captain Roger Davis immediately said that he also wanted to play, but he strained his groin when he participated in Ravenclaw's eagle party last night.
Rove persuaded the captain Cedric to follow suit, saying that he went to the hospital to cut his skin during the summer vacation and could not play now.
But Cedric really couldn't pull this face, so he had to participate hard.
Soon Saturday came, and the weather was still terrible, with black clouds, strong winds, and torrential rain at Hogwarts, and people walking outside the castle seemed to be blown away even the most thin.
The Slytherin students looked complacent when they saw the bad weather, especially Malfoy himself......
He deliberately wrapped his hands in bandages, and kept at the Gryffindor table, sighing and sighing:
"If only my arm had been better! I also want to race in the heavy rain! ”
Harry stood up, trying to smash the jam in his hand in Malfoy's face and then smash his face with his foot, but was stopped by Ron.
Because Snape was sitting at the faculty table, he was looking at the Gryffindor table with a disgusting grin, and whoever dared to do it would deduct points.
Malfoy soon stopped laughing, though.
Hegla came to the castle with his fangs, and he saw Malfoy's arms wrapped in bandages, and he followed him, curling up with one paw and bouncing on the ground.
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw the scene of the dog model looking like Malfoy, and Malfoy's face turned red.
After breakfast, all the teachers and students of the school poured out of their nests and headed to the Quidditch pitch to watch today's game.
Lee stood on the stage, wearing a raincoat and hood to shelter the downpour, his voice echoing through the microphone throughout the arena.
"Friends from the audience, friends from the audience...... Welcome to the Hogwarts Quidditch match in Season 93-94, I'm your old friend ...... Lee"
Before Lee could finish his sentence, an umbrella flew over from the audience and smashed on his head.
Then a bottle followed, and soon a smelly shoe flew in...... Lee was standing downwind, and everything was flying towards him.
"Hufflepuff and Gryffindor are out, and Mrs. Hodge is checking the broomsticks on both sides." Lee yelled.
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Mrs. Hodge was not only checking the broomstick, she felt Rove's fire bolt, and she didn't let go for several minutes, so she rode it herself to try her hips.
Li also focused his eyes on the fire bolts, and he said loudly:
"To be honest, the Fire Ballista is really okay, with better balance than the Halo series and lighter weight than the Sweep series."
"Of course, the price sounds a bit high, but that's exactly what it is...... I did the math, and according to the average salary in the wizarding world, I have been working since the day Gryffindor was born, and I have earned ...... for more than a thousand years."
"Jordan, you don't need to advertise the fire bolts!" Professor McGonagall shouted, "Hurry up and introduce the game. ”
"Oh, okay...... Speaking of the game, I took a look at the starting line-up and noticed an interesting thing. Li Xie said:
"That's Hufflepuff's chaser Scamander, and the game went to the Seeker position, and the captain Cedric went to be the chaser."
"I think everybody was impressed with Rove's scoring ability and elbow skills." Li Fei explained:
"But in this game, the two veteran players suddenly changed positions, which is quite puzzling.
Whether this is a killer move or a strategic abandonment of this game, we will wait and see...... Well, Mrs. Hooch blows the whistle and the game begins! ”
As the whistle sounded, fifteen flying broomsticks rose from the ground and rose high.
"Fire crossbow arrows are fire crossbow arrows, directly taking the lead, pulling others out of a large distance. We have fully witnessed the speed of the firebolts. ”
Li introduced in a professional tone:
"It can accelerate to 150 miles per hour in less than ten seconds, and its braking is so appealing that it's the go-to ...... for any Quidditch ball."
Before he finished his sentence, he was slapped in the face, because Shabi was even faster than Rove and Harry!
"It's incredible!" Li roared: "Comet 200 decades ago is even faster than a fire crossbow arrow!" ”
Soon, Charpy was like a balloon, blown away by the wind, and he shouted: "Help! Help me! ”
“……”
The Comet 200 is too backward version, and other people's broomsticks have a stabilization charm, which can prevent the effects of strong winds as much as possible, and his broom, let alone a stabilization charm, is bald at one end.
Rove squinted his eyes and searched the sky, he had the child of the Hippogriff, which could greatly improve his eyesight.
That's why he temporarily switched places with Cedric.
Rove wants to play a blitzkrieg, in the shortest possible time, catch the Golden Snitch and kill the game directly.
If you play a long game, with the broomsticks trailing Gryffindor across the board, even if Hufflepuff catches the Golden Snitch, it may lose the game because the score gap is too large.
Rove squinted his eyes and searched, and it took him only twenty seconds to find the location of the Golden Snitch, and he swung his broom and flew into the distance.
"Rove moved, he flew towards the sky, did he see the Golden Snitch?" Lee said loudly.
Harry looked confused, it was hard for him to see his teammates, let alone the Golden Snitch, in such a heavy rain......
But how can Rove be so fast!
Harry didn't think about it, and in his panic, he could only lie on his broomstick and spin towards Rove.
But with the same broom, Rov had already pulled away, and he reached out and grabbed the Golden Snitch with his hand.
"Rove caught the Golden Snitch!" Lee yelled:
"Thirty-two seconds? A brand new record, it's shocking and unbelievable, Rove broke the record for the shortest tournament ever played at Hogwarts in such extreme weather! ”
The crowd in the arena was boiling.
"Wait, what's that?" Lee pointed to the sky, but a muffled thunder rolled across the arena, drowning out his words.
When the thunder died down, another bolt of lightning crackled the sky, and in a moment, the gray sky was as bright as day.
Everyone could see the canopy, only to see a group of Dementors emerge from the torrential rain, like tall ghosts.
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