The next day, Harry woke up distractedly dressed, and it was only after a while that he realized that he was putting his hat on his feet as a sock.

His chest was heavy, as if something was blocking it, making him breathless.

Fire Dragon, that's Fire Dragon!

It was easy to get dressed, but Ron's bed didn't move.

"Ron, Ron?" Harry pulled out the stinky sock from his shoe, put it to his nose and sniffed it, his face furrowed, and he threw it into the dirty bucket in disgust.

If there's anything good about Hogwarts, it's that you don't have to do a lot of things yourself, you just need to send a dirty laundry basket with your name on it to the laundry room.

After putting on his shoes and stomping his feet on the ground a few times, Harry wrapped his scarf around it, only to find that Ron's bed was still motionless.

"What's wrong with you? Are you sick? ”

Harry stepped forward and lifted Ron's crimson drape, embroidered with the Gryffindor logo.

Then he saw his friend staring blankly at the top of the curtain.

"Harry—I dreamed of a dragon—" Ron looked dumbfounded, "it swallowed me in one bite, without chewing it."

"I kept crying in its belly, it was dark there, and it didn't take long for you to come in too"

Even Harry, who was upset by the fire dragon's affairs, couldn't help but laugh and comfort him:

"No, Ron, Dumbledore said he would keep everyone safe, and there are props made by Nick Lemay."

Well? Ron's eyes began to move, and he looked at Harry.

"And that's Nick Lemay! Don't you believe in Nicol Lemay, maker of the Philosopher's Stone? Harry struck while the iron was hot and continued to encourage.

Ron's face turned alive, and he slowly got up and began to get dressed:

"You're right."

They hurried to the Great Hall for a tasteless meal, and then called Cedric and Neville again.

"Fire dragon? Harry, do you mean the dragon? ”

Cedric's thick eyebrows were raised as Cedric's round face was full of shock, and he looked at Harry with a look of disbelief that it was true.

Harry nodded, looked around cautiously, and whispered:

"That's for sure, Hagrid won't lie to us, he should have gotten some kind of news."

"Why is Coco a fire dragon?" Neville had a bitter face, as if he had been tricked into eating a handful of Coptis chinensis by his senior brother in the mountains: "This is. It's a 5x-level dangerous species, and it's not something that young wizards can deal with. ”

"It's possible, the Goblet of Fire has always been such a dangerous project."

Hermione said solemnly, quickly reciting a series of data:

"Because in the 1792 tournament, a chicken-bodied basilisk that the warriors were about to catch went on a rampage, and all three headmasters were wounded."

Ron let out a trembling moan, and even his voice was out of tune:

"Chicken-bodied plesagils? What is that? ”

"A variant of the basilisk that is said to be more powerful and terrifying than the basilisk." Hermione's face also turned a little pale: "That accident not only caused the death of the Warrior, but also caused the Goblet of Fire to be suspended, until now it is restarted. ”

The little wizards were frightened, their faces pale and silent, looking like Malfoy's.

"We. . Shall we ask Zhang? You know, he always has a way-" Ron asked in a whisper.

I didn't expect this question to be answered unanimously by everyone:

"No!"

Malfoy looked serious, and he said seriously:

"Weasley, Chang is indeed his best friend and helper, but now it is different, we should see him as a rival."

Harry echoed Malfoy's sentiment: "I hope if we can win, it's on our own. ”

Neville Hermione was the same.

The atmosphere fell silent again, and the dragon turned into a heavy pressure on everyone's hearts.

They walked three times along the edge of the lake, racking their brains and trying to figure out a way to subdue the dragon, but to no avail.

At Hermione's suggestion, several young wizards came to the library again, relying on Hermione's strong memory and ability to find books.

They found all the books about dragons.

There were piles in front of each of them that were almost a meter high, and the little wizard looked at the books with straight eyes, but this was their last hope.

I could only sigh, prepare a large cup of coffee by my side, and like looking for a needle in a haystack, I began to search through a large stack of books.

"'Trim your claws with magic...... The treatment for the festering scales ......' useless, it's for the freaks like Hagrid who want the dragon to be strong......"

Harry tossed a copy of "The Dragon's Postnatal Care" aside, he wanted to see if there was any mention of what the dragon was afraid of, but unfortunately he found nothing.

"Look at this—" Ron handed over a book thick enough to be used as a small bench, pointing to the section above:

"Dragons are extremely difficult to slaughter because their thick skin is permeated with ancient magic, and only the most powerful spells can penetrate ......"

The more Harry read, the more desperate he became:

"So, normal spells don't work for them at all?"

"I'm afraid yes, Charlie told me that when he first went to Romania, he used a stun spell on the fire dragon, which was simply tickling the fire dragon!"

Ron reminisced for a moment, then added:

"Look at Norber, it's a two-year-old baby dragon! Not even the basilisk's venom can kill it! ”

The little wizards' ears moved, and they all felt bitter in their mouths.

"Maybe you'll find something useful if you look for it again?" Harry said, tossing the Spoiled Dragon Man aside.

Malfoy said slowly:

"Actually, I know a way to deal with dragons"

The little wizard immediately looked at him expectantly, and felt that this captain was really a little useful, and then heard the next sentence:

"But black magic."

Phew, Captain Waste! Anything that is of little use is not useless!

Cedric suddenly put down the book and said thoughtfully;

"I've come up with a method, what do you think of the Eye Curse? The dragon's scale armor has a strong protective effect, but it does not have eyes, which are generally weak points. “

Everyone was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and felt that it seemed to make sense.

Hermione immediately ran out, found the relevant spell book, and rummaged through the eye disease spell:

"The Conjunctivitus Curse, which causes the victim to lose their eyesight and fall into pain, is so versatile that almost any creature that relies on the eyes cannot escape the effects of the Eye Curse."

The little wizards became excited, and they said eagerly:

"Quick, let's see if this spell is difficult, can we learn it?"

Hermione read quickly, closed the book with a bang, and smiled happily:

"It's not difficult! It's just an unpopular spell, so we don't know much about it, and we don't have to know all of them, just two or three people. ”

Cedric raised his hand and grinned:

"I will!"

"Fantastic"

"Cedric, you're the best!"

"I know you can do it!"

The little wizards cheered for joy, as if they had seen the dawn of victory.

Neville objected worriedly:

"But the Eye Curse can only make the dragon suffer or lose sight for a short time, right? It's going to drive the dragon crazy, and that doesn't subdue the dragon."

He spent some time in China and knew everything he knew about dogs jumping over walls, trapped beasts fighting, and so on.

This sentence is like a basin of cold water, poured on everyone.

Neville seems to have a point, the first event is not going to be hide from the dragon, right?

If it's really going to fight the dragon. It doesn't seem to have any effect other than angering the dragon.

"Smack!" Harry slapped his face twice, lifted his spirits, and encouraged everyone:

"Although the Eye Disease Spell has its drawbacks, it is a direction that Cedric's mind is very useful, and I think we can try to find other spells.

Maybe one of them works? ”

The young wizards thought about it for a moment, and felt that what Harry said made sense, so they went to find a large stack of spell books and began to flip through them locally.

"Transformation spell – the ability to transfer one thing to another. Do you think this works? ”

"Transformation Charm?

…… But what's the use of conversion? Unless you convert its fangs into gummies or something to make it less dangerous...... The problem is, like the book says, not much can penetrate the dragon's skin......"

"Or deform it?"

"But you won't succeed in transforming such a behemoth! Again, the dragon's body is full of ancient magic, and I suspect even Professor McGonagall ...... Unless you cast a spell on yourself? Empower yourself? ”

Ron suddenly said excitedly, "Like Zhang? Just the time in the second year, using Transfiguration to conjure a giant, and then manipulating it in the giant's body? ”

"But they're not simple spells, I mean I asked Professor McGonagall, it's very, very difficult, and it takes a lot of strength in addition to a very advanced Transfiguration.

Professor McGonagall guessed that Zhang's state wouldn't last long, and didn't he have a unique way to improve his strength for a short time? ”

Hermione said quickly, "It's in the club, we've seen it, it seems to be called—"

"Empty Bright Realm!" Neville took over sullenly, he had heard this magical state introduced by his senior brother, and in the communication with his senior brother, he also knew that he had also briefly entered that magical state in the dungeon.

"That's right! That's a very, very peculiar spell, and I guess even if Zhang turns into a giant and fights, it won't take more than 3 minutes! ”

Hermione gave Neville an appreciative glance before conclusively.

"Ugh—what the hell is to do then?" The little wizards glanced at each other and sighed deeply, it was really difficult to be a warrior

Just when the little wizards forgot to eat and sleep.

The principals of the other seven schools couldn't help but be a little surprised when they looked at the note in their hands or the news they heard.

Although they had suggested specific projects, they did not know the details at all, and this time the Ministry of Magic took extremely strict protection measures in a rare way.

The Loyalty Charm was even used, and the secret was Dumbledore.

So no news was revealed in advance.

They looked at the message they had received and fell into deep thought.

Is there a dragon in the first competition?

It's true. It's a very tricky question.

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1. Commuter pass 2. Recommended ticket

(End of chapter)