Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 82 A sunny and cheerful boy
There was a hazy mist beside the black lake in the early morning. A little wizard in a vest was doing morning exercises, running laps around the black lake.

A swallow-tailed dog followed him, and it started to stick out its tongue as it ran, and kept "humming" and panting loudly.

"Ruth, are you okay? Just hold on a little longer?" Bourne asked the swallow-tailed dog who looked helpless as he ran.

The Black Lake was huge, and even though he had not completely transformed into a "Primaris Astartes", Bourne felt a little tired after running a lap.

So after he finished his run, he took out two jars of tonics sent by Grandpa Horace: one for himself and one for Ruth.

"Licorice lemon flavor." After drinking it in one gulp, Bourne licked his lips and rubbed Ruth's head. "Ruth, isn't Grandpa Horace very powerful? At the very least, the potion he makes is a hundred times better than Professor Snape's."

Ruth nodded crazily, which seemed to mean: You are right, as long as you don't continue to run around, if possible... I would like to drink another can.

"I'm afraid this won't work. This tonic contains fire dragon blood and Riem ox blood. If you drink too much at one time, you might catch fire."

Bourne waved his wand, cast a 'Clean Up' on himself and Ruth respectively, and then walked towards Hogwarts Castle with the dog wagging his two tails.

You have to eat better today.

Because the Hogwarts Cup Quidditch Academy League will start its first match today. As one of the starting lineup, Byrne will also enter the field as a batsman today.

Although Mr. Weasley promised to help contact him, firstly, time was tight, and secondly, he could not leave school for the time being (customizing brooms required collecting personal data at the factory), so customizing brooms had to wait until he had Christmas vacation and left Hogg. Just Woz.

Horace could only buy him the same Nimbus 2000 as Harry's, but the style was different: his Nimbus 2000 used a pewter broomstick, which had better turning and emergency stopping performance and was more suitable for Used by batters.

It's the first time I'm on the court. Although it's not much, I'm still a little nervous.

Fortunately, Bourne has special psychological adjustment skills: just like maintaining and checking equipment before going to the battlefield is a habit of many Astartes. He used Diamond brand polishing hardener to maintain the "Triple Speed" and Nimbus 2000 last night, and then My mind immediately relaxed.

I did morning exercises when I was supposed to do them, and I ate breakfast when I was supposed to have breakfast. There was no sign of anything different from usual performance at all.

Compared with Bourne, Harry was a little behind, even though Hermione took him and Ron to the trophy room two days ago.

The little witch discovered a "secret": Harry's father was also a Gryffindor Quidditch player, and James Potter was also a seeker like Harry, and he also carried the Gryffindor ball as captain. The team has won several Quidditch championships!
According to her words: "Harry, you have a family background, so there must be no problem."

Even with these bottom words and the encouragement from friends and teammates, Harry was still nervous before taking the field for the first time.

He didn't even finish his breakfast, leaving a lot of bacon and potatoes for Ruth.

The whole process was in a daze, and with Ron's help, Harry put on his Quidditch robes and full set of protective gear.

The team uniforms they wore were crimson with a yellow stripe on the collar, which overall matched the color scheme of Gryffindor. Everyone also wore knee pads, elbow pads, helmets and finger gloves made of fire dragon skin.

"Very good, Bourne, very energetic!"

"Come on, Harry, you can do it!"

"Fred, kill those guys!"

"..."

The game started immediately. Before the players walked out of the lounge, just like his previous captain Charlie Weasley did, the current Gryffindor captain Wood patted the other six players on the shoulders one by one and gave them a warm welcome. Each person received different encouragement and praise.

The reason why Oliver Wood was selected as the captain of the Quidditch team was not only because both Charlie and Professor McGonagall recognized him as the best goalkeeper in Gryffindor in the past fifty years, but also because he could be like Charlie. In the same way, we can twist the team together.

In addition, when Wood plays the game, he also has a characteristic that only legendary Quidditch players possess: tenacity.

And it’s not just ordinary toughness, it’s TM’s special toughness!
Unless he is maliciously injured and "disarmed" (such as a broken arm or leg) by some particularly dark and unscrupulous opponent (here specifically referring to Slytherin's Marcus Flint), all of his defenses are impeccable. Because the above method is so inhumane, all teams except Slytherin are actually particularly afraid of this extremely tough wood.

"Our formation today is 1-1-5!" A second before entering the venue, Wood reminded everyone loudly: "Everyone must go all out -"

There is one thing to say, even from the perspective of George and Fred, who are naturally adventurous, Wood's tactic is too radical.

Although the 1-1-5 formation can play the most brutal offense, the pressure is also concentrated on the goalkeeper alone.

There are three types of balls in Quidditch: the Quaffle, the Bludger and the Golden Snitch.

In addition to the hard rule that the Seeker can only touch the Golden Snitch, both the Batter and the Chaser can touch the other two game balls, but the former must use a bat to touch the ball (as does the Quaffle) ).

Generally speaking, the batter's first task is to relieve the Seeker from the pressure of being chased by Bludgers at the "decisive moment", and at the same time try to use Bludgers to interfere with the opponent's Seeker to capture the Golden Snitch.

Before the "decisive moment", the batsman must try his best to protect other players, and must be especially careful to prevent the opponent from using "tactics" to attack his own goalkeeper. Therefore, the most common lineup for Quidditch games is to leave one batter in the backfield and let the other batter take the initiative to roam around and attack.

The "1-1-5" formation formulated by Wood allowed both batsmen to participate in the attack and did not provide support for the goalkeeper at all.

If the opponent's batter hits the Bludger, or if the Chaser ignores "offside" or simply gives up possession of the ball and directly initiates a collision, the goalkeeper can easily be in danger.

Although each team in Quidditch has three substitutes, these three substitutes are used to replace the Chaser. The Seeker, Beater and Keeper have no substitutes and must hold on until the end of the game by themselves.

Even if the players in these three positions are injured, if they don't want their team to lose the game, then they have to grit their teeth and persist until the end of the game.

Therefore, by using such an extremely radical tactic in the first game of the league, it is difficult for Wood to deny that his choice was not without emotional factors.

"-Kill the Slytherin team!"

Raising his arms and letting out a final roar, Wood then slammed open the door in front of him, and the noise in the playing field was instantly transmitted into the players' lounge.

The first game of the Quidditch League was a crowd-pleaser. Almost all the little wizards in Hogwarts came to watch this duel between old enemies.

Gryffindor VS. Slytherin.

Half of the auditorium was red and half was green. Supporters from both sides stood in front of each other and showed no weakness to each other.

The little wizards from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are also here. They also have their own supporting teams. However, there are usually more people who play well with Gryffindor, so there are very few students from these two houses who support them. Slytherin.

Bourne and Harry's roommates, plus the little witch Hermione who played well with them, these little wizards all sat on the top floor of the game stand - the place with the best view - each with a telescope.

Neville and Seamus also contributed two sheets, allowing Hermione to cast a spell on them.

"Gryffindor must win!"

"Harry Potter!"

"Bourne Slughorn!"

These three slogans were alternately displayed on the sheets held high, and there was also a cartoon lion cub making continuous roars on the sheets.

Hermione asked her parents to send her some high-priced canned cats from Muggles, and used them to bribe Bourne's pet Ryan, letting him hide behind the sheets as a "voice actor."

The effect is quite good.

"Get on the broom and take off!"

Wood raised his arms and shouted, and the seven players of the Gryffindor Quidditch team got on the broomsticks in unison. At the same time, the Slytherin team across the stands made the same move. Players from the two teams formed two flying teams corresponding to each other and flew around the field clockwise at a constant speed.

After completing the etiquette of flying around the field, they gathered in the middle of the playing field, looking at each other tensely.

Captain Flint of Slytherin stretched out his arm and pointed at the six Gryffindor players - when he pointed at Burn, for some unknown reason, he jumped over "honestly" anyway. ——Then he made a "throat-cutting" gesture that was quite threatening.

Can Wood pamper him? The Gryffindor captain kicked off his broom as if he was going to make a "reasonable collision" with Flint.

But at this moment, Mrs. Hooch, the referee of the Quidditch match, swooped in between the two on her broomstick, and a "many obstacles" blocked the two captains who were about to clash.

"A warning before the game!"

Mrs. Huo Qi blew the whistle and warned the two of them. However, Wood and Flint were obviously not afraid. Gryffindor and Slytherin have been warned by the referee countless times during the match. It would be weird not to be warned.

Hermione, the inexperienced little witch in the stands, couldn't help but feel a little worried when she saw this scene, but Ron reassured her that she didn't need to worry. "Didn't you read the book "The Origins of Quidditch"? Duels, group fights, vicious collisions...that's what Quidditch is like. We've just arrived, the real fun is yet to come."

As Mrs. Hooch blew the whistle again, the Bludger and the Golden Snitch were already in the air and began to move freely in the field. She threw the Quaffle high into the sky again.

The game officially started.

The two teams, Slytherin and Gryffindor, reacted immediately: the goalkeepers turned around and accelerated towards their team's door; a total of six chasers from the two teams fought with each other, scrambling for the Quaffle that fell from the air; The Seeker quickly raised his broom and looked down at the entire arena from the air, looking for the Golden Snitch...

As for the batters, according to conventional tactics, they should be trying to control the Bludger first.

Byrne, however, did not do that.

He controlled Nimbus 2000, held up the "Triple Speed" that was already thirsty and wanted to hit something, passed through the fighting Chasers, and hit the Quaffle that was free-falling from mid-air first. .

The bat, made from branches volunteered by the Whomping Willow, has extraordinary hitting ability. In addition, Bourne was a little excited because he was playing for the first time, so he couldn't control the strength of his arms.

With a "bang" sound like the sound of a cannonball being fired, the Quaffle, which was sewn with cowhide, exploded into pieces by him in the air. Hiss~~
Suddenly, the players on the field and the audience in the stands fell into an eerie silence.

Mrs. Hooch flew over again on her broom, took a new Quaffle and teed off again, and warned Bourne: "Don't destroy the game supplies!"

Knowing that he was in the wrong, Bourne nodded repeatedly and replied loudly: "I promise not to play Quaffle anymore."

Bourne's original intention was to express that he would no longer play the Quaffle, lest the ball made of ordinary cowhide would be blown up again. Instead, he used a bat to hit the Bludger sewn from fire dragon skin.

(Because several enchantments need to be attached to the Bludger, it is considered an alchemy prop, so some magic materials must be used.)
But to the people in Flint, Bourne's words had another meaning.

In the minds of Slytherin players, there are only three things batters hit during a game: Quaffles, Bludgers, and opposing players.

Excluding the Quaffle, the probability of them being beaten...didn't it jump from about 30% to 50%?

This is nothing less than tactical intimidation!
When Flint was considering whether to speak and apply for arbitration from Ms. Hooch, the Gryffindor chasers cooperated with each other and got the Quaffle first.

"Well done!" On the rostrum, commentator Lee Jordan seemed to be on the field, waving his arms passionately.

"Katie, Angelina, Alya, the 'Three Roses' of the Gryffindor team, took advantage of the timid Flint of Slytherin House to be stunned and grabbed the Quaffle ball first.

They formed an arrow-shaped formation and rushed towards the enemy's goal together.

Katie used Pokov's trick to lure the enemy and avoided the interception of Adrian Pusey. Alia caught the Quaffle and continued to rush forward..."

But just in the middle of speaking, Lee Jordan suddenly stood up with the microphone and cursed.

"...Marcus Flint, you curly-haired baboon, you actually kicked Arya's broom with your foot. Merlin's beard will be so angry at you!"

"Lee Jordan! Watch your words."

Professor McGonagall, who was sitting next to him, glared at the commentator fiercely and pulled him back to his seat.

"Sorry, professor, I couldn't help myself just now." Li Jordan's mouth was obviously practiced and could not be interrupted at all: "But it doesn't matter, any conspiracy is vulnerable in the face of absolute strength, Aaliya cleverly The sloth rolled around a tree to avoid a certain curly baboon, and then passed the ball to Angelina."

After speaking, he even glanced at Professor McGonagall. "Professor, I didn't say who was a curly-haired baboon. It's not an insult to the players on the court."

Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes at him.

This kid is very eloquent, but it would be great if his brain was as smart as his mouth. He didn't even think about why a dignified vice-principal was sitting next to him. Was it really to stop his extreme remarks?
Isn't the reason why Professor McGonagall is sitting here because he is worried that one of the little Slytherin snakes will come over and cast a curse or poison on him, a blatant little black guy?

She is already sitting here, isn't her intention obvious enough? What a waste of explanation. If you have the time, why don’t you go and complain about Slytherin... Uh, no, you want to explain the game fairly!
And just when Professor McGonagall secretly scolded the child for being "not smart", Lee Jordan directly shocked her.

"Don't eat the sour carrot!" The commentator actually exploded on the spot: "Marcus Flint, you troll hybrid, you actually want to hit Angelina directly on your broomstick! Do you have any Quidditch? The honor of the players, less than a minute into the game, you started to use such despicable methods?"

However, he exploded a little too early.

His statement that "it's less than a minute into the game" is true, but this is actually the "last minute" of Flint's game, so it's appropriate and understandable to use some tricks.

Because, just when Lee Jordan finished cursing, a Bludger fell vertically from the sky and hit Flint's head.

Marcus Flint, the captain, felt very tired. He had just narrowly avoided the fatal Bludger, and when he opened his mouth, he performed oral gymnastics on his two batters: "Lucian , Perikin, what do you two do for food!"

It turned out that the Bludger was an "attack wave" struck by Gryffindor's beater Fred at the right time.

The reason why he was able to "time it right" was because neither of Slytherin's batters could pose a threat to him.

And, just as Flint was yelling, both of Slytherin's batters fell off their broomsticks. The person who caused this result was naturally Gryffindor's batter Bourne.

To be clear in advance, Byrne did not hit anyone on the skull with "triple speed". He just rushed between Slytherin batters Lucian and Perikin at the moment of the second kick-off.

One by one, they took the arms of the two seniors in a "friendly" manner and led them towards the guardrail of the Quidditch field.

There are more than 700 fouls in Quidditch, and half of them are specially made for batters - because they have bats in their hands - batters use bats to hit people, and they use bats to hit people. It's a foul to use a broomstick, it's a foul to hit a spectator with a bat...

But Byrne didn't use the bat, and he didn't touch the Quaffle or the Snitch with his hands.

It's not like Muggle basketball or football games. Just grabbing the opponent's arm is not considered a foul by wizards.

This is a tactic taught to him by Wood, who learned it from his old captain and twin brother Charlie Weasley.

The inheritance is in order.

However, in order to use this tactic, players must be able to find the right moment quickly, and their arms must be strong enough.

Especially the latter. Charlie Weasley only dared to play this unique skill of "strongman locking man" on the field after practicing elbow striking skills for a long time and getting enough exercise on his arms.

When Lucian and Perikin were rushed towards the fence by Bourne, they instantly recalled the fear of being dominated by Charlie in the previous years, and their faces and ribs had false pain due to stress reactions.

Nothing is difficult in the world as long as you are willing to give up. Therefore, before Byrne could use the "Three Wronsky Feint" that he had practiced many times, Slytherin's two batters decisively gave up resistance just facing the auditorium railings that were perpendicular to the ground. .

They kicked off the broom themselves, hugged Bourne's arms, and wanted to finally pull one of the opponent's batters out of the game.

"Have you ever heard of gravity overload training?" Bourne showed a confident smile and said to the two Slytherin players who were confused: "Let me open your eyes."

As he spoke, he hooked the pedals of the broomstick with the soles of his feet, and Nimbus 2000 began to spin rapidly in circles with Bourne as the center.

In just two seconds, Perikin flew out, and in the blink of an eye Lucian followed suit.

┏(゜ω゜)=

When they landed, they accidentally fell together, and both of them had circles in their eyes. Bourne not only managed to force men to lock up men, but also allowed them to experience a man on top of a man.

And that's not the end.

Seeing Flint looking at him dumbfounded, Bourne smiled at his "old friend" like a sunny and cheerful boy.

Of course, it would be even more friendly if he didn't pull out the "Triple Speed" from his belt.

Looking at the red bat that looked like it was stained with blood, and looking at the little wizard holding the bat high and charging toward him like a knight, Flint's thousands of words finally came together into one sentence.

"Don't come here...!"

Then, the Slytherin Quidditch captain, who was famous for his "martial arts", did something very different from his previous personality.

Turn the broom, turn around and run.

He runs away, he chases, he can't fly.

If possible, Flint should really find an opportunity to go to Bourne's dormitory and ask about the vampire head that Bourne casually threw under his bed after being salted by the house elf. , ask her what will happen if she chooses to escape when faced with the pursuing Astartes warriors?

"Bourne, catch the ball!"

Fred hit the Bludger at Bourne with his bat and handed him a round of ammunition.

Bourne used "triple speed" to flick and pick, and immediately controlled the Bludger.

"Be loyal!"

As if receiving some kind of inspiration, the Bludger, which is known for its violent temper and aggressiveness, instantly became extremely well-behaved, and even seemed to slightly adjust the force-bearing surface to facilitate Bourne's launch of it.

boom……

"Triple Speed" hit the dragon-skin bludger with force. The Whomping Willow's enemy-defeating machine and the accurate hit effect took effect at the same time. The magic ball shot toward its target like a cannonball.

Its speed was so fast that it produced a sonic boom, and the thunderous sound even overwhelmed Lee Jordan, who was cheering for Gryffindor and praising Burne with his magic eye-expanding horn. , the little wizards in the stands involuntarily covered their ears to avoid being stunned.

The speed of the Bludger exceeds the speed of sound, and the "Sweep Six" Flint rides on naturally cannot escape. The magic ball accurately hit the tail of the broomstick, smashing it into a pile of fragments. Moreover, it smashed a row of railings high up in the stands with all its strength, and almost hit the head of a lucky spectator.

"Iron armor protection!"

"There are many obstacles!"

Quirrell cast two spells in succession before blocking the Bludger flying towards him. The palm of his hand holding the thermos cup started to tremble.

"Beautiful Bludger defense! Professor Quirrell adds five points!"

Lee Jordan knew how to create an atmosphere. He imitated the professor's tone and pretended to give Professor Quirrell "extra points."

There was an atmosphere of joy in the stadium. As for Flint, everyone quickly forgot about him.
(End of this chapter)