Hogwarts wizards who signed in to Middle-earth.

Chapter 308 Number of Wizards
The others also looked over in surprise and curiosity, wondering why the spyglass was making noise.

Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man's expression changed instantly, and without saying a word, he fled towards the door.

But before he could escape a few steps, Edward used a petrification spell to freeze him in place.

As the other party remained stiff and looked terrified, Edward snorted coldly, then turned to Mayor Lucky and said, "This man is suspicious and has ulterior motives. He's your responsibility to interrogate him, Mayor Lucky."

"Uh... okay!" Mayor Luchi was also caught off guard by this scene, but he still nodded quickly.

He also realized that those who were eliminated before, even if they were disloyal, were only reflected in the mirror.

The fact that the person in front of you not only made the spyglass extremely glaring but also frantically emitted warning alarms indicates that this person is not only disloyal but also full of malice, which is why the spyglass is issuing such warnings.

The appearance of such a malicious person in Brie City, and the fact that they passed the first two rounds of testing, is clearly unusual.

As the mayor of Brie, Lach has a natural obligation to take responsibility.

So he temporarily disregarded the assessment, took out his wand, waved it, conjured chains to bind the person, then floated out of the room and handed them over to the militia to be imprisoned and interrogated later.

By the time he finished his business and returned to the assessment site, the assessment had just ended.

Among the remaining people, no one else triggered the same frantic alert from the spy camera as before.

But seeing the remaining number of people who had passed the test, Mayor Lachish became even more depressed.

Because originally there were 240 people, after the third round of elimination, only 122 people remain, which means almost half of them have been eliminated.

Of the 500 wizard slots available, only 122 are available in Brie City—that's a huge disparity.

He had already anticipated how Luke would laugh at him.

He could only hope that the number of people in Hogsmeade wouldn't be too far off from theirs in Brie, otherwise he wouldn't know how to face the lord.

After completing the three rounds of assessments, Edward refused Mayor Lucky's offer to stay and went to Hogsmeade via the fireplace to undergo the same three rounds of assessments.

As for the 122 people who passed all the tests, they were notified that they had obtained wizarding positions and would go to the castle on a chosen day to gain magical abilities.

Among these people, a large portion were militiamen, along with elderly people like Huang Youju, the owner of the Yue Ma Inn, and a dozen or so women and girls.

The dozen or so women, in particular, were quite eye-catching.

In the Middle Continent, especially in human society, women have a low status and depend on men for survival, similar to medieval society.

These women, who stood out from tens of thousands of people in the entire city of Brie to become one of the final 122, are enough to make many people take notice of them.

Mayor Lachri treated all those who passed the assessment with equal tone and attitude.

After all, although these people are currently ordinary people, they will all become wizards in the future, which is enough for him to take this seriously.

Now, our attention turns to Hogsmeade.

Edward also set up a triple test at Hogsmeade to select wizards.

Perhaps it's because it's located at the foot of Fengyun Peak, close to the castle and the lord, and because it allows one to witness more of the wonders of magic.

Compared to the residents of Brie, the residents of Hogsmeade have an even greater yearning for magic.

Therefore, more people participated in the assessment and were more proactive.

In the first round of the fire wall test, nearly three thousand people successfully passed through the fire wall, twice the number in Brie.

In the second test of willpower, more than 500 people successfully passed.

In the third round of loyalty testing, 287 people passed.

Mayor Luke already knew the number of people who passed the assessment in Brie. Now, the number of people who passed the assessment in his city was more than twice that of Brie, and his daughter was among them. He was overjoyed.

This time, Hogsmeade had the majority of the players and won big. The two cities had a total of 409 wizarding slots, 91 short of the 500 available slots.

However, don't forget that besides these two cities, Dui also commands the Black Barbarians of Eisengard.

Following Dui's instructions, Edward went to Eisengard through the fireplace and conducted the same three rounds of tests on the Black Barbarians.

In the end, 131 people from the Black Barbarian Lands passed the assessment.

This brings the total number to 540, exceeding the previously stipulated number.

Edward returned to the castle and told Duy about it.

Dui didn't care about exceeding the quota, and he was very satisfied with Edward's selection. After three rounds of screening, the remaining people were all elites, not only courageous and strong-willed, but also very loyal to him.

Such elites, after undergoing transformation, will all become wizards loyal to him.

So he simply waved his hand and brought all those who had passed the three rounds of assessments to Hogwarts Castle, where they underwent bloodline fusion and were transformed into wizards.

As for the issue of having too many participants and not enough dragon blood...

Dui said that there was still blood from one frost dragon that hadn't been used up, and if all else failed, he could go to the dragon farm, draw blood from a group of whelps there, and then feed them blood-replenishing potions.

In addition to dragon blood, Dui also considered using other parts of the dragon as substitutes, such as dragon meat. Although the magical power contained in it is not as great as that of dragon blood, it can be replaced by quantity.

Anyway, he had plenty of dragon corpses in his hands, more than he could possibly eat.

When more than 500 people gathered at Hogwarts Castle, Duy took charge of the men, while Alvin was in charge of the women.

Following the principle of ladies first, Dui instructed Alwen to lead the women to the "Witch Pool" to fuse with dragon blood.

Nearly a hundred women from Brie, Hogsmeade, and Black Wildlands passed the three rounds of tests.

Faced with the beautiful and gentle lord's wife, the women found it difficult to feel even a trace of jealousy.

Alvin is like a kind and gentle matriarch, treating everyone equally and leaving no one out. She radiates a soft glow that makes people feel at ease.

Guided by Alwen, they overcame their fear, took off their clothes, and jumped into the scalding pool of blood.

Although I had already experienced pain once in the hallucination during the previous assessment.

But now, truly immersed in the blood-red potion that resembled magma, the excruciating pain of having their bones and marrow pulled out was unbearable for them.

Even in excruciating pain, these women gritted their teeth and persevered, refusing to give up even at the cost of their lives.

These women had almost all endured countless hardships, making them incredibly resilient, even more so than many men.

They desperately wanted to seize this opportunity. If they could become noble "wizards," they would no longer be oppressed or discriminated against, escape misfortune and suffering, and learn magical arts.

Alvin stood beside the pool of blood, feeling the will of these women and deeply moved. She radiated a soft light like the stars and moon, as if she were praying or chanting an ancient elven incantation.

May Vera bless you... and drive away all sickness!

Bathed in soft light, the women seemed to have their pain shielded; their expressions of agony gradually eased, and they closed their eyes as if they were asleep.

Finally, it was enveloped in a thick cocoon of blood, as if it were being reborn from the ashes.

As time passed, the room fell silent.

Alwen showed no impatience, her gaze gentle and compassionate as she looked at the blood cocoons in the pool, waiting for them to emerge and transform into butterflies.

Finally, one by one, the blood cocoons broke open, and the women broke free from them.

They were transformed, with a completely new appearance, and successfully became witches.

(End of this chapter)