Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 631 Karkarov's Questions (First Update)

"Now, let's welcome our second warrior, Mr. Krum, to the stage. I'll count down from three."

Seeing that the one-minute interval was about to end, Ludo immediately prepared to send Krum, who was ranked second, into the maze.

Upon hearing Ludo's voice, the young wizards from the three schools in the audience, recovering from their initial shock, stood up and applauded enthusiastically.

In their view, the loud noise just now was perhaps caused by Jerry triggering a magical trap in the maze, or by him fighting with magical creatures using magic.

Only the wizards from the Ministry of Magic and the professors at the school had very strange expressions.

They knew that the entire maze was soundproofed to prevent the noise of the audience from affecting the contestants, so that normal sounds could not be heard from inside.

Unless, the sound is really loud, exceeding the limit of what the soundproofing spell can block.

So now they are all very curious about what Jerry did in the maze to make such a loud noise.

Just as Ludo's whistle blew and Krum was about to rush toward the left maze entrance with his wand, the maze entrance that Jerry had entered through in the middle suddenly opened.

Then they saw Jerry, carrying an enormous crystal goblet that radiated a beautiful magical light, walking out with a smile on his face.

That enormous crystal trophy is the ultimate goal of this competition—the Triwizard Cup.

This means that Jerry, who won the Triwizard Cup, won the final championship of the Triwizard Tournament, and the competition is over!

"Shouldn't we announce that it's over now?"

Seeing everyone staring at him with their mouths agape as if frozen in place, Jerry slowly raised the Triple Cup above his head.

In an instant, everyone realized what was happening, and they all stood up, erupting in thunderous cheers and enthusiastic applause, especially the Hogwarts students.

After the cheers and applause subsided slightly, Ludo, in his characteristically passionate voice as a presenter, announced loudly:

"Mr. Jerry Carmen of Hogwarts has completed the maze in one minute and won the Triwizard Cup. Let's congratulate him!"

"Wait, I disagree!"

Just as Ludo was about to announce the final result, Durmstrang's principal, Karkarov, suddenly stood up from the referee's seat with an angry expression and raised his voice using an amplification spell.

"I don't believe he got through the maze and won the Triple Cup in just one minute."

He must have cheated; he must have used that portal magic he invented, which is a prohibited spell that violates the rules of the competition.

I demand that he be disqualified from the match and that the final match be replayed!

That was a maze designed by the Ministry of Magic and professors from three schools working together. Even if you knew the entire maze's layout, the location of all the traps, and how to break them, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Even if you run around the maze, you can't find the Three Strong Cup in a minute.

Unless, unless spatial magic is used, it is impossible to do so, and spatial magic was proposed to be banned by him and Maxim before the competition.

Everyone was stunned when they heard Karkarov's words.

Yes, thinking about it carefully, Karkaroff's words don't seem to make any mistakes. The maze is so big, how could one possibly get the Triple Cup in a minute? It would take at least ten minutes.

They were just too excited because Jerry suddenly brought out the Triple Cup, and they didn't notice this.

Moreover, the stereotype that Jerry had given them in the previous two episodes seemed to suggest that this was how things should be, and that his appearance was always reasonable, so they subconsciously ignored the unreasonable aspects.

Now, thanks to Karkaroff's reminder, everyone has returned to normal judgment.

At the same time, a question arose in their minds: Could what Karkaroff said be true?

They couldn't see what was happening inside the maze. Could it be that Jerry was resentful of the Ministry of Magic's targeting of him, so he secretly used portal magic to take out the Triple Cup located in the center of the maze?

Even so, many young wizards still support Jerry.

They felt that the Ministry of Magic's ban on space magic and flight magic was inherently unfair.

Many young Hogwarts wizards have even been shouting at Karkaroff, telling him not to be a sore loser and not to make baseless accusations without evidence.

Some of the younger wizards secretly lamented that Jerry was too young and too hasty. Even if he secretly obtained the Triwizard Cup using the portal, he could have waited half an hour before coming out, so that no one would have suspected anything.

Meanwhile, some of the young wizards from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons stood up and started arguing with the young wizards from Hogwarts, demanding a third match and that the current result should not be counted.

Although many young wizards in Durmstrang and Beauxbatons are fans of Jerry, they still prioritize supporting their own school in competitions that involve school honor.

"Mr. Carmen, please answer honestly: did you use spatial magic, which is prohibited in the competition, inside the maze?"

Seeing the arguing among the young wizards from the three schools in the audience growing increasingly heated and showing signs of spiraling out of control—with some even quietly pulling out their wands, seemingly intending to brandish them in the audience—Ludo quickly used a megaphone charm to ask Jerry a question.

As expected, Ludo's question immediately silenced everyone, and all eyes turned back to Jerry, awaiting his answer.

"No, I did not use any spatial magic spells within the maze."

Jerry replied without any sign of nervousness.

"Impossible! I demand that Jerry Carmen hand over his wand for inspection by our panel of judges!"

No sooner had Jerry finished speaking than Karkaroff immediately disagreed and offered his own opinion.

Among high-level spells, there exists a very special spell that can detect what kind of spells were previously cast on the wand.

If they were given Jerry Carmen's wand to examine, they would immediately know whether Jerry had just cast a portal spell.

Karkaroff thought that Jerry must not have known about the existence of this spell, which was why he secretly used the portal, thinking that even if the judges guessed it, they couldn't do anything to him without evidence.

"No need for all that trouble. Actually, I just used an Explosion Charm to blast a passage to the center of the maze, that's why it was so fast!"

Jerry smiled nonchalantly upon hearing this, then waved his wand, and the magical plants that had closed up after he came out dispersed again.

Everyone looked through the maze-like passage Jerry had emerged from and was instantly dumbfounded when they saw the straight, wide road that had been blasted open inside.

Is it even possible to get through this maze like this?

(End of this chapter)