Chapter 623: Dumbfounded

"Cedric Diggory has shown commendable courage, and it is not difficult to see that Mr. Diggory has a clear idea of how to deal with the dragon, and everything is in his plan from start to finish. I think you will all agree that Mr. Diggory has extraordinary intelligence, knowing that the Warriors, like everyone else, knew nothing about what they were up against before entering--"

A surveillance mirror flew up to Ludo Bagman, and when he found his face magnified on the big screen, Ludo became even more excited.

"We all thought that Mr. Diggory was frightened by the dragon when he first entered the ring, but it turned out that he had come up with a perfect tactic in just a few minutes, and he deserved a round of applause for him!"

The sudden thunderous applause in the arena lasted for a long time, and the Hogwarts colleagues congratulated Lady Sprout, and there was no doubt that Cedric's brilliant performance, his excellent Transfiguration, and finally the crucial little magic spell won almost everyone's approval, but Professor Karkaroff in the referee's seat looked cold and disdainful.

Sadly, Cedric was unable to completely avoid the short-nosed dragon's breath in the end, and his left hand was not lightly injured, which obviously affected his score.

And it turned out to be true, with Dumbledore, Maxim and Barty Crouch all giving them a nine, and Ludo Bagman giving him a surprise eight - people would expect him to give a perfect score when they heard his compliments, but compared to Karkaroff's six, it was enough.

When Karkaroff scored, the young wizards at Hogwarts booed disdainfully, and an excited Ernie even rolled up his sleeves to climb up to settle accounts with Karkaroff, and even Professor Sprout angrily yelled at the referee's bench.

"One down, and three warriors!"

The dragon trainer was probably the busiest man in the game, and together they put the fire dragon with the stun charm, and then dragged the unconscious Swedish short-nosed dragon down, and then exhausted they dragged the Welsh green dragon up, this green dragon was more awake than the short-nosed dragon when he came on the field, so the test for the dragon trainer was also greater.

"Strange--"

Ginny looked at the picture of chickens flying and dogs jumping on the big screen, moved her eyebrows and said,

"Where's Charlie, he's their leader, isn't he, he should have come up to help, shouldn't he?"

"Oh, maybe it's in the belly of a fire dragon—" Fred said 'grief'.

The crisp whistle sounded again, and Bagman shouted,

"Miss Delacour, it's your turn, please play!"

People's eyes fell on the big screen, and two minutes later, Fleur, dressed in a race uniform, walked out of the aisle and appeared in the arena.

As the brightest of the many cute girls in Beauxbatons, in the past, in Hogwarts, except for facing a certain professor, Fleur Delacour always had a proud posture, as if everything here was not taken to heart by her, but perhaps it was because of her appearance that Fleur's popularity has always been high, and in private, the boys who expressed their admiration for Fleur were no less than Krum's huge female star chasers.

But today's Fleur doesn't have the proud look she used to have.

Fleur with a high ponytail behaved like Cedric when she first entered, she stood at the foot of the hillside, looking at the top of the mountain, her pale cheeks were full of helplessness, and her soft posture revealed a different kind of temptation, many boys were eager to jump directly into the arena, instead of Fleur to fight the Welsh green dragon alone.

"I'm afraid people who follow this event already know through the relevant reports—"

Ludo enthusiastically explained,

"Miss Fleur Delacour from Beauxbatons is of Evasive blood, and that's where her amazing beauty comes from, oh, Miss Fleur Delacour and the Welsh Green Dragon, folks, it reminds me of the fairy tale that is popular among Muggles, Beauty and the Beast. Oh, let me see what she does! ”

Ahem!

Madame Maxim coughed heavily, stared at Ludo Bagman with angry eyes, and after successfully interrupting Ludo's frivolous words, Madame Maxim looked at the pale face as white as snow on the big screen, her face was full of worry,

"It won't be a surprise, Dumbledore, I don't believe in Fleur, but. . . Oh, where did Amosta go, shouldn't he be on the scene at all times to be on the alert and unexpectedly appear, why didn't I see him? ”

"Don't worry, ma'am, I'm sure Miss Delacour will surprise us—"

Dumbledore said politely, ignoring Karkaroff's sneer, and after looking around, his gaze fixed on a certain direction outside the arena, his silver eyebrows twitched, as if he had found something,

'Amosta was probably out there patrolling, and I guess he was probably afraid of a repeat of the World Cup tragedy.'

After dealing with Lady Maxim's question, Dumbledore's blue eyes flashed with contemplation, he retracted his hand into the wide sleeve robe without moving, and after a few seconds, a faint silver light quickly burst out, without attracting anyone's attention, and disappeared directly through the floor.

"Guys, Miss Delacour has probably already taken care of it, she was planning to do it, I thought!"

Everyone knew why Ludo was surprised - everyone would have thought that Fleur would probably follow the same strategy as Cedric: sneak closer, keep the dragon from spotting, and then wait for an opportunity.

However, Fleur's choice was beyond everyone's expectations, she took steps and directly chose the most convenient path to climb, stumbling on her feet, but it is not difficult to find that Fleur has no intention of hiding herself at all.

And her posture was naturally discovered by the Welsh green dragon on the hillside.

Compared with the Swedish short-nosed dragon that Cedric had just dealt with, the Welsh green dragon in the Welsh region of England was obviously more gentle, and it looked at the wizard who was approaching like it on the slope, and its turquoise vertical pupils were not so hostile, but full of vigilance.

Woo--

The Welsh green dragon let out an ethereal, long roar, and the wizards who didn't know about this dragon were all surprised, they couldn't believe that a monstrous fire dragon could make such a beautiful cry.

In fact, the Welsh green dragon is probably the mildest of the fire dragon species, preferring to feed on sheep and actively avoiding humans unless provoked. Wizards have established a sanctuary for the dragon in the Welsh mountains, and they like to perch on high cliffs, which makes them particularly good at rock climbing.

However, a mild temperament does not mean that there is no temper, especially since this Welsh green dragon is at a critical moment.

Fleur's footsteps did stop for a few seconds after the green dragon's whistle, but then she took another step, and Fleur reached the top of the slope faster than Cedric because she couldn't hide her tracks. After knowing that it was the fire dragon that they had to deal with, each warrior surveyed the area where the fire dragon's breath could envelop, and Fleur stopped fifty or sixty feet away from the dragon's den.

"What is she going to do?"

Ludo asked the question in everyone's mind,

"A head-to-head duel with the fire dragon, oh, with all due respect, it's not a wise choice!"

Everyone was expecting Fleur's performance, and just then, something happened that caught everyone off guard, the Welsh green dragon saw Fleur ignore its threatening roar, and raised its wand at it, a flash of fear flashed in its beautiful turquoise vertical pupils, the fire dragon remembered that not long ago, a wizard ravaged it with several other members of its kind, and—

Hula!

The Welsh green dragon suddenly spread its left wings and swept to the ground, and after a puff of smoke, the dragon eggs that were lying in the middle of the hay all disappeared, but the green dragon's wings curled, and then, the green dragon glanced at Hibiscus with fear, and immediately turned around to face the rock wall, clicked, and the sharp claws were neatly inserted into the mountain wall!

Click, click, click--

The sound of the rocks finally ending with a heavy clang, including Fleur, looked at the Welsh green dragon hiding halfway up the rockery, and they were all dumbfounded.

(End of chapter)