The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Look, there's a light there!" After getting rid of the red hat, Hermione and Padma walked around in circles several times and finally saw a glimmer of light.

After confirming again and again that this was not some hinkpunk bait, the two of them quickened their pace and ran towards the bright light. The light gradually expanded, and finally the two men recognized that it was a cave that could be drilled out by one person.

Hermione and Padma walked faster and faster, and occasionally fell into a mud puddle, but this did not stop them from continuing to move forward until-

"Ah!" Padma screamed, clutching her ankles and falling to the side.

Hermione stopped immediately and placed an Iron Armor Charm around her before stepping forward to check on Padma.

Padma had already pulled off a piece of wood from her ankle, and a large pool of blood quickly spewed from her ankle, soaking her stockings.

Both men identified the culprit: Swamp Dig. This is an animal that lives in swamps in Europe and the United States. It looks like a piece of wood when it is still, but if you look closely, you will find that it actually has claws with fins on it. This structure allows it to glide in the swamp. . Its unusually sharp teeth help it hunt small mammals and can also cause serious damage to pedestrians' ankles.

This kind of magical animal is not difficult to deal with, but it is actually classified as a 3X magical animal by the magic department, which is on the same level as the Voldebat. The red hat that just tried to attack Hermione is 4X, which is on the same level as the phoenix.

The wizarding world's classification of magical animals is indeed somewhat rigid. 4X is an animal that is dangerous and requires specialized knowledge and a skilled wizard to deal with, while 3X is an animal that a capable wizard can deal with. If you only judge the danger based on the X level, you are committing suicide. In the wild, encountering a bat is much more dangerous than encountering a phoenix.

Swamp digging causes little damage, but if not handled properly, it can easily lead to wound infection, especially in an environment like a swamp.

Of course, none of this is a problem for the wizard.

"Healed as before!" Hermione pointed her wand at Padma's ankle, and with a tap, the wound on her ankle healed.

"Be careful, I feel like we're almost at the final level." Hermione said after estimating the time.

The two of them cheered up and walked towards the cave entrance. Fortunately, Professor Luping still retained a trace of goodwill and did not set any other traps along the way.

Hermione cast an Iron Armor Charm on herself and got out of the hole. Padma followed her example, but she didn't know the Iron Armor Charm and could only hide behind Hermione.

Their caution seemed a bit unnecessary, because Tom Yoder in the new room had no intention of attacking them at all. He just stood in the center of the room and waited quietly for the arrival of the next group of challengers. There were more than a dozen wands hanging on the wall on one side of the room, and behind Tom was what looked like a treasure chest.

"Hermione... and Padma, good morning!" He greeted the two of them warmly, and used the armor spell to deflect Hermione's spell.

"That's too much, Hermione! I didn't even want to attack you!" Tom put on a very hurt expression. According to his idea, he must fill the entire room with a blinding fog, then block the entrance of the hole and knock each one out.

However, this assessment method is obviously not accepted by Professor Lu Ping. So Tom could only stand here openly and fight with the little wizards who refreshed regularly.

His final score was linked to the passing rates of these little wizards! So in order to achieve "excellence", Tom seriously knocked out every little wizard who arrived here and handed over their wands.

Hanging on the wall over there are his "trophies."

"If you pass my test, you can open this treasure box." Tom pointed to the treasure box behind him with a smile, and at the same time turned an hourglass over in his arms.

"This opportunity is quite rare, let me let you experience it..." Tom lifted up his sleeves and revealed his wand, "Let's duel, Granger, Patil!"

"Expelliarmus!"

"Armor protection!"

Before Padma could react, Tom and Hermione had a confrontation. Their movements were as smooth as if they were dueling each other.

In fact, Padma was right, Tom and Hermione did fight against each other often. Professor Lupine gave Harry many tutorials this semester, and Tom and Hermione also participated in Professor Lupine's teaching throughout. These lessons all end with a duel between two people. So the two of them can be said to be very familiar with matters like dueling.

"It's time to get serious!"

Tom put the wand to his lips and blew out a fire dragon. The fire dragon circled and turned into a wall of fire between Tom and Hermione.

After this semester's experience, Tom's understanding of the spell of flame protection has become more and more profound, and the image of flame has become more and more rich.

Tom relied on this wall of fire to fight back and forth with Hermione.

"Hold on!" Hermione stepped aside and put her wand on the floor - there were no tables and chairs in this classroom, which was a bit of a disadvantage for Hermione. In the past, she would deform tables and chairs to interfere with Tom, and eventually destroy Tom's fire wall.

Fortunately, although there are no tables and chairs today, there are friends. Hermione decisively sold Padma and asked her to face Tom's attack directly to buy herself some time.

"All curses end!"

In every duel, Tom's Flame Bodyguard always made Hermione extremely embarrassed. The flames he summoned were actually a variant of Li Fire - the flames created by the Flame Bodyguard, if not controlled, would eventually turn into Fierce fire, burning all combustibles within sight. This kind of flame cannot be extinguished by ordinary water. After learning from the painful experience, Hermione found Professor Lupin and learned this spell to restrain the fierce fire.

Grindelwald's fire required a dozen wizards to work together to extinguish it, but Tom's didn't require so much effort. Hermione could handle it alone.

I saw golden light rising from the ground, wrapping up Tom's flame. Then, the blue fire and the golden light dissipated together.

At this time, Padma was also knocked out by Tom and fell to the side unconscious.

"Now we can fight on a fair basis." Tom accelerated his offensive, knocked Padma unconscious, and then slightly adjusted his wizard robe to make himself look less embarrassed, and at the same time adjusted his condition.

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"It's over." Hermione panted. In front of her lay Tom, who was tied up with ropes. After Padma was knocked unconscious, she fought with Tom for a while, and finally got the better of him and tied him up.

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The fruit has arrived! 15kg of Egyptian oranges and 9kg of Chilean prunes, the fruit is free! I’m going to binge on fruit recently. I don’t know how to keep fruits longer.