Hogwarts: Harry Returns from Azeroth

Chapter 290, page 289: Harry Slays the Fire Dragon and Various Others Display Their Unique Abilities

The ubiquitous element did not bring Hermione and Fleur's duel to his ears.

The headmaster of Hogwarts should be paired with the fiercest dragon, so the dragon keepers directly chose the Hungarian Horned Bee, the most ferocious of the dragons, as Harry's opponent. However, for Harry, he was only thinking about how to defeat this dragon.

Killing them directly is definitely not an option. Each fire dragon is a precious asset, the apple of the dragon farm's eye. Killing them rashly would be an unnecessary loss, especially since it wasn't easy for the dragon farm to send eighteen dragons to the competition.

and so--

Harry couldn't see the people above him, but he knew that the audience was watching his every move.

The Hungarian thorn bee seemed to sense some kind of threat from Harry. It was baring its teeth and roaring at Harry. To be honest, this dragon, covered in thorns, looked somewhat like an enlarged lizard. In Harry's eyes, it was not as impressive as the old Angry Horn, much less so as the current Angry Horn.

Harry raised his right hand, without any fancy spell chanting or elemental swirling around him; he simply clenched his right fist.

Those with keen senses suddenly noticed that their eardrums were vibrating, or more accurately, their entire back of their heads were vibrating and buzzing. But what most people could see was the large and small broken stones in the middle of the arena that had not been cleared away due to the previous battle, which were vibrating rapidly.

"What happened?!"

Someone couldn't help but stand up and shout.

"An earthquake?!"

The shaking wasn't just affecting the arena, but the entire Colosseum building, from the corridors to the walls, making many people so anxious they wanted to rush out immediately.

But soon, they won't have to worry about it anymore.

The earth was twisting and squeezing, as if countless hands were pressing down on the entire arena from all directions. The land and rocks were rapidly rising towards the Hungarian wood wasp, forming a towering mountain in the blink of an eye—BOOM!

The volcano erupted.

This was the only thought that came to mind for everyone who saw this scene.

Because this is exactly what's happening in the real world—a volcano has appeared in the arena, and it has already erupted—directing towards the Hungarian horn bee at its very top.

Even the fiercest fire dragon cannot withstand the power of nature.

The audience in the stands seemed to have lost their voices, even forgetting to breathe; they were simply stunned by what they saw, whether they were wizards or Muggles.

Is such power truly attainable by one person?
Only after an earth elemental, which had protected the nest of dragon eggs from the power of a volcanic eruption and delivered them to Harry, handed the golden egg to him, did a collective gasp of breath finally rise from the stands.

Harry's match is over.

"Absolutely unbelievable!!!"

"Principal Potter actually summoned a volcano!! Merlin's belt! The Hungarian Horned Bee is like a little wizard's toy in front of this volcano!!" Ludo Bagman roared, his voice almost cracking. "I never thought I'd see something like this, a dragon actually getting burned by a volcano! -- Excuse me! I meant it's normal for a dragon to get burned by a volcano -- what am I saying?!"

"I have to explain this to our Muggle friends immediately: even wizards—I mean, 99.9% of wizards—can't use such powerful magic! This is a miracle only Headmaster Potter could pull off! Good heavens! I have to apologize to Headmaster Potter; I once doubted your ability to be the headmaster of Hogwarts, but not anymore—sorry! And—perfect score!! This absolutely deserves a perfect score!!!"

Ludo was shouting and yelling in the commentary booth. He didn't turn around, so he didn't see the dark face of his boss, Scrinker, on the judges' panel.

Still wary of Muggles and unwilling to abandon the idea of ​​intimidating them with force, Scrimgeour was particularly dissatisfied with Ludo Bagman's explanation at this moment—why let these Muggles know that not all wizards can summon volcanoes to attack enemies like Harry?
Why bring this up?

Scrimgeour withdrew his gaze and looked at the Muggle government officials around him, then was pleased to see that they still maintained a dumbfounded expression.

"Han, Humphrey?" As if suddenly awakened from a dream, Huck abruptly turned his head to look at his cabinet secretary, gesturing with his hands and muttering something unintelligible.

But Humphrey did understand.

Then he shook his head with a solemn expression.

As the true ruling class of Muggle nations, regardless of which country's leader they are, they all think of the same thing at this moment—how to deal with this spell from the wizard.

Just like nuclear weapons.

No one can imagine what the consequences would be if a wizard actually appeared in a vital area of ​​their country's capital, whether it be the White House or Downing Street, and then cast a spell to summon a volcano.

This is much more convenient than nuclear weapons, because at least nuclear weapons don't teleport to their destination and explode in the next second, but wizards can.

Without any controversy, the five judges quickly gave him a perfect score of 10. Karkaroff was speechless at this point. He was urgently reflecting on his attitude towards Harry over the past period of time, and then sadly realized that he might have already brought about his own demise.

It's fortunate that Principal Potter wasn't like the Dark Lord; otherwise, he probably wouldn't even know how he died, and his body would have been burned to ashes.

Principal Potter is like Dumbledore, that's great.

Thinking of this, Karkaroff quickly gave Dumbledore a fawning smile. Unlike the other contestants, Harry couldn't leave immediately after defeating the dragon and leave the site to the other wizards and dragon tamers; he had to deal with the volcano he had summoned.

It's not a complicated spell in essence; it's simply about condensing earth and fire elements. But the difficulty might just be how to condense such a massive amount of elements.

At least in the eyes of the other shamans, everything Harry did was no different from mythology; they simply couldn't imagine how he could have done it.

"Just how big is this arena, the competition arena?" Perrier suddenly asked, gazing at Harry below as he smoothed out the volcano. "I know wizards have magic that can expand space. How much have you expanded this arena?"

“It’s probably over 1,500 square meters?” Scrimgeour thought for a moment and said, “I haven’t calculated the exact size. In order to give the warriors the widest possible playing field and complex terrain, the staff who cast the Unseen Stretching Charm are expanding it as much as possible while ensuring the stability of the spell’s effect.”

“In other words, this Principal Potter easily destroyed an area the size of almost two football fields,” Perrier muttered to himself.

“Oh, there’s no need to worry about that,” Scrimgeour said casually. “Trust Principal Potter’s ability to control things. This is just a competition, after all. He won’t let the audience get hurt…right, Dumbledore?”

“…Yes,” Dumbledore said leisurely after a moment of silence, “As far as I know, Harry is well-liked by the elements, and a small volcano like this is not his full strength.”

Dumbledore chose to cooperate with Scrimgeour because they were both wizards.

Nodding, Perrier said nothing more, and the judges fell silent for a moment, as several of them lost interest in watching the competition.

Even as the professors and warriors took to the stage one after another, displaying their unique abilities and employing all sorts of novel magic that the students couldn't even grasp, they couldn't pull the high-ranking Muggle government officials out of their distracted state.

And to be honest, compared to Harry's matches, which were like a tsunami overwhelming his opponents, these professors' matches were somewhat... boring.

It's not that they weren't strong, but compared to Harry's match, their way of defeating the dragon seemed somewhat like child's play.

Durmstrang's Transfiguration professor was quite fierce. He used rocks to create a statue almost as tall as the fire dragon, and then controlled the statue to engage in a fistfight with the fire dragon—which earned him cheers from the audience, at least the fight was quite exciting.

Michael Webber ultimately received a high score of 44. Well, it was indeed a high score, although it was a bit low for his performance. But Harry's match had just happened. After watching such a match, it was difficult for the judges and the audience to give a decent high score. Even the audience had no objection to this score.

Not to mention Beauxbatons' alchemy professor, whose victory was extremely easy—or at least appeared to be extremely easy. He simply swung his wand and smashed a few bottles next to the dragon, and the dragon collapsed limply.

They did win, but it wasn't exciting enough, so it only got a score of 39. Both Muggle prime ministers gave it a low score, and the audience had no objections either... except for Beauxbatons' students.

Professor Jacques's tragic experience made the remaining contestants realize in an instant that there was an extremely important indicator in the scoring criteria for this three-way competition: they had to play brilliantly and beautifully. Simply completing the competition requirements would not be enough to get a high score.

Therefore, in the following matches, almost every player used all their instincts and imagination to add special effects to their battles.

The more magic used, the better; the more spectacular the process of defeating the fire dragon, the better; the bigger the scene, the better.

Durmstrang's professor of dark magic, Anna Thomas, even used a dark spell directly. The entire body of the dragon seemed to be shrouded in a black shadow. It howled in pain, and its body was drained at a visible speed, becoming thin and weak, before finally collapsing limply to the ground.

She wasn't dead, but to be honest, it was practically the same as being dead. So much so that as soon as Professor Anna's victory was announced, the dragon keeper who rushed into the arena to save the fire dragon almost got into a fight with her. Even though an Auror immediately went over to stop them, the dragon keeper didn't give her a friendly look.

However, it must be said that compared to the regular magic, the competition featuring only a professor of dark magic is still very eye-catching.

Especially when the fire dragon was lifted down by a group of wizards using a levitation spell while it was in a emaciated state, the audience remembered how strong this Australian white-eyed dragon was when it first entered the arena.

The idea of ​​taking lives is somewhat frightening.

The only slight pity is that dark magic is only prevalent in Durmstrang, so Professor Anna only received 42 points in the end.

Professor Flitwick's match was also very exciting. When dealing with a giant magical creature like a dragon, he didn't use ordinary wizarding spells, but instead used a spell that he and Harry had developed together to control the elements with wizarding spells.

Countless hailstones, like meteorites, condensed one after another from the sky and crashed down on the fire dragon. At this moment, Professor Flitwick was like a legendary ice mage. The poor fire dragon didn't even have time to run a few steps before its limbs were frozen by the ever-accumulating ice elements, and finally, the entire dragon was frozen.

Professor Flitwick deserves a score of 45.

Every professor selected to become a Warrior has their own unique skills. There are no incompetent players like Lockhart here. It's just that some professors are limited by their own abilities, which makes the games less exciting.

Henry Albert, the professor of magical creature conservation at Beauxbatons, somehow managed to dispel the dragon's hostility. He even rode on the dragon's neck, letting his newfound friend carry him around in the air twice.

Audiences quite like watching this kind of thing, and dragon riders are also very popular. As a result, Professor Henry has won a lot of cheers, and many viewers wish they could replace him.

In the end, he got a good score of 44 points.

Even with the same spell, different wizards have different understandings and mastery of it. Professor McGonagall, unlike Professor Michael, did not conjure up a giant stone man and a fire dragon to clash.

As the saying goes, the competition among peers is often the most intense. Professor McGonagall chose to take a different path with Transfiguration. She conjured countless thick vines and bound them to the fire dragon. However, the flames spewed by the fire dragon could not be ignited when they landed on these vines that shimmered with metallic luster.

“…Oh, according to the information I’ve received, Professor McGonagall is now using an extremely profound transformation technique called Substitution Transformation,” Ludo recited Dumbledore’s explanation verbatim.

(End of this chapter)