In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

After Jon gets up every day, he routinely points his wand at his heart and uses an Animagus transformation spell.

He did this almost every day for half a year without stopping. After doing this, he got up to wash up and eat breakfast.

When he arrived at the dining room, Lee, George and Hermione were already sitting here.

"I read the Daily Prophet, and he was the only one who was still insisting on the ball. He determined that we had stolen something valuable from the castle. It was only because of the generosity of the Dark Lord that he did not treat us. Instead, continue today's game. Oh, by the way, they also published photos of the portraits and armor fragments you destroyed, Hermione."

George said proudly while holding a glass of pumpkin juice.

"Looks like me and Fred's Weasley Balls are working out great!"

The alchemy ball used by Hermione to successfully blow up the armor in the principal's office was, of course, the successful research of the Weasley twins discovered by Jon during the summer vacation.

The most perfect thing they have made so far is this small bomb, which is stable in triggering and powerful. At the end of the first game, George showed Dumbledore what they had accomplished without any secret. The finished product, and all the refining techniques and materials have been shared in the hope that it can reduce some casualties to the wizards on the wizarding line.

Just as the twins and Jon said during the summer vacation, they would not hide their research results from Dumbledore. With Durmstrang's funding, they no longer had to worry about the experiment, and they could also use it for free. Wu Pingxian was given a blood transfusion.

But they wanted to give them away for free, and Dumbledore certainly saw the value in these things.

The Weasley twins have very ingenious ideas and are extremely talented in alchemy. Not everyone in the past has thought of embedding the blasting spell in a sphere and mass-producing this advanced black magic. However, this technology is the largest The biggest problem is the instability of the blasting spell. When the finished product will explode and under what circumstances it will explode, even the person who made it is unknown.

However, the Weasley twins overcame this difficulty. Jon didn't know how they did it, but it seemed that they used a magic text passed down by the Weasley family. After the technology of the alchemy ball was fully matured, , they gave away all their research for nothing. Of course, Grindelwald paid for it, and they also got such a piece of technology.

After Dumbledore learned about the research results of the Weasley twins, he did not accept their gift. Instead, after careful consideration, he proposed to grant George a patent for their invention, and then gave him a Weasley ball for every Weasley ball produced. They are paid in the form of a cut.

But such a reward was rejected by the twins. They still insisted on their original idea of ​​giving it away for free without taking any penny.

In the end, Dumbledore didn't insist on it anymore. He just left a trophy with the names of the Weasley twins in the trophy room that he kept on the carriage, and at the same time gave the Weasleys a sum of money in the witchcraft line. The generous bonus was awarded to George and Fred's parents for their absolutely outstanding performance.

In this regard, George and the others did not refuse after learning about it. Although Arthur and Molly did not know what they had done specifically, they were both happy and proud of it.

The Weasley ball Hermione used in the principal's office this time was given to her by Dumbledore and made by Wu Pingxian using the technology provided by the Weasley twins.

Now it has achieved remarkable results when used in actual combat for the first time.

"It's very useful and powerful." Hermione confirmed.

Although they were the ones who actually sneaked into Hogwarts Castle on the day of the dance, outside public opinion had no impact on Jon and the others.

It can even be said that except for the Daily Prophet, which was still reporting on this matter, other magic newspapers had already stopped mentioning it, and instead focused on the second event of today's Triwizard Tournament.

In fact, Jon already knew what the second project was after the first project ended.

The three competition events of the Triwizard Tournament were each proposed by Voldemort and Dumbledore, and the final event was decided by Matthew and the others.

Snatching the Golden Snitch from the Forbidden Forest was a competition event proposed by Voldemort's side. The second event was naturally chosen by Dumbledore and the others, so Jon and Daisy gave Draco and the others a lot of advantages.

Of course, such an advantage is allowed by the rules, just like Draco and Emil knew about it in advance before the first competition event started.

So since the end of the first competition event, Jon has been staying at the Black Lake to prepare for the second event.

Yes, the competition venue for the second event is in the Black Lake.

The only difference from the game in the original book is that this time Jon and the others do not need to go to the lake to save someone from the obstruction of the mermaid, but they need to find pearls from the bottom of the lake.

Different from the first game, there are only ten of these pearls in total. The scope of the Black Lake and the time the students can stay underwater will not be as long as in the Forbidden Forest.

According to Jon's estimation, this game will be over in just one morning at the earliest.

The most critical issue that the participating contestants have to face is not only how to move underwater. The key point is that it is only January 1st. The ice on the surface of the Black Lake has not only not melted, but is also the thickest. Just a breakthrough. This layer of ice entering the lake is a problem. Secondly, how to continue to move in the cold water is also difficult.

Compared with these two, finding pearls and so on are still easy to solve problems.

Of course, it was not for nothing that Dumbledore specifically proposed to compete in the Black Lake. During this period, Jon was fishing by the lake every day just to be fully prepared for entering the lake.

As for how to enter the water, he and Daisy certainly had sufficient plans.

After breakfast, Dumbledore and Rozier led the team to the Black Lake, where many students from Hogwarts Castle had already gathered.

Now that the Christmas vacation is not over yet, and because everyone at the Yule Ball has not gone home for the holiday, these students are in the most boring state without classes in the castle.

There are no restrictions on them in this competition. The competition venue is on the Black Lake, so they can all come as spectators.

In addition to the students, Matthew and two other referees were already waiting here. Snape and Beauxbatons' vice-principal Bursted were also at the lake with Draco and Emile.

Jon and the others were the last to arrive, but in fact there was still half an hour before the game officially started at nine o'clock.

When he came here, Jon obviously saw something unusual in the hands of Emil and Draco. It looked like a kind of herbal medicine, which made him and Daisy look at each other.

Daisy obviously saw what they were holding, and mouthed something to Jon.

"Gilweed."

This is an herb that allows the user to breathe underwater for up to an hour.

What really troubled Jon was not the herb itself, but the fact that Draco and Emile were actually prepared in this way.

Who told them the rules of the competition in advance?

When Jon thought about this problem, he subconsciously looked up and glanced at Matthew, but then he also realized that it was not just this American wizard. In fact, compared to him, the other two federation referees were more suspicious. Especially the Asian wizard who had already revealed some problems in the first project.

After everyone arrived, Matthew read out the competition rules for the second event in public.

"After passing the woods, your challenge turns to underwater. This black lake is the competition venue for the next event. Even if I am an American, I have heard of this legend. That one thousand years ago When the four great wizards chose this site to build Hogwarts Castle, they also rowed across this lake."

"So in this competition to determine the ownership of the castle and the name of Hogwarts, of course you also need to walk through the path that the founders of this school took. We have hidden ten pearls in the Black Lake in advance. , what you have to do today is to collect these pearls from the water as quickly as possible. As for the final score, the judging criteria are similar to the first game. According to the number of pearls obtained, you will be ranked in order of 70. , 50, 30 and 10 points, and get 40, 30, 20 and 10 points respectively according to the return time ranking. There is no limited game time for this game. As long as you have enough ability, you can stay in the lake as long as you want, but Similarly, if someone fails to come back for a long time, we will send people to go underwater to check whether they still retain vital signs."

"You also need to pay attention to one thing, everyone, because of the special underwater environment, no matter what you experience in it, we cannot know it in time, so as long as you enter the lake, I cannot guarantee your life safety. Because of this, I want to tell you these words in advance so that you can be mentally prepared."

Matthew took a serious look at all the warriors present. Of course, when he looked at Jon, he just glanced at them, focusing on Daisy, Draco and Emil.

Daisy certainly didn't waver at all. She had made all preparations when she signed up from Durmstrang to throw her name into the Goblet of Fire.

Of course, there would be no change in Emil's expression. It was not that he was not afraid, but it was already doomed the moment Voldemort found their home to replace the Bellas and his wife in the Lestrange family. He could only go there. Go forward and cannot go back.

Draco was also very calm, but if anyone kept staring at him, they would find that his calves were actually trembling slightly.

For him, starting from the second project is the real time he participated in the Triwizard Tournament. Thanks to Jon, he escaped the fire dragon crisis in the first game and did not suffer much yet. Contempt and scold.

Now, however, how much panic he felt inside could not be revealed on the surface.

In fact, before the start of this game, Jon even contacted Lucius privately and asked him if he wanted to play the same scene as the first competition event again. He eliminated Draco at the beginning, and there was no need. Tell Draco himself that as long as Lucius agrees, he can find an opportunity to take action at the beginning of the game, so that Draco's reaction will appear more realistic. Anyway, the Malfoy family doesn't care much about results.

Well, maybe Draco would care a little, but it would be useless no matter how much he cared.

Lucius obviously thought deeply about this and finally declined Jon.

He obviously still thought about saving some face for his son to study and live in the castle in the future. It was okay to be directly eliminated by Jon for the first time. After all, Jon's strength was obvious to all, but if he was defeated by Jon in two consecutive games, En solved in the same way.

Then Draco would really have no shame in staying in Hogwarts Castle from now on, and even Lucius himself might have his abilities doubted by other Death Eaters.

So no matter what, Draco had to participate in the competition by himself this time.

After seeing that no questions were asked, Matthew glanced at the time on his pocket watch and without further delay, officially began the inspection work before the start of the game.

They checked the wands and belongings of Jon and Jon in turn as before. It is worth mentioning that the gillweeds held by Draco and Emile were allowed to be held, while Jon Fragments of the eggshell qualities of the fire-ash snake worn by Diane were also allowed to remain.

The second event is different from the first event. Players can use magic props within an appropriate range. This can only be done with the permission of the referee team.

After making sure there were no other problems, at nine o'clock in the morning, Matthew announced in front of all the surrounding students, professors and reporters that Jon and the others could start pre-game preparations.

Jon soon figured out what this so-called pre-match preparation was. This was a period of time specifically reserved for them to figure out how to break through the ice of the Black Lake.

During this time, the four participating warriors cannot attack each other.

In a disguised form, such rules are restricting Jon, because if the start of the game is announced directly, it will definitely become a big brawl on the ice of the Black Lake.

No matter whether you can get the pearl or not, just eliminate everyone else, and the person who wins in the end will become the number one in this project.

In order to avoid such a thing from happening, there is a period of preparation before the game. Only when the players enter the water can the game officially begin.

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