The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Mr. Joley shouted excitedly.

“But I want to tell you, Mr. Krum, the location of the trap is random, and Miss Delacour’s experience cannot be used as a reference for you!”

At this moment, Fleur's restraints were lifted, and she quickly surpassed Krum again.

Chapter 475 The Redesign of "Summoned Beasts"

The game has entered its final moments.

Fleur was freed just as Krum was imprisoned at the 13th landing point.

If Furong can finish the race first within the 5 seconds that Krum is imprisoned, she will secure second place.

What she had to do was to go from the 12th landing point to the finish line within 5 seconds, which is about 800 meters.

By this time, Fleur had already used her hat as a sail to cross the 13th landing point and overtake Krum.

Krum's immobilization lasted for 2 seconds.

"Hippocrates!"

Fu Rong did not stop at the 14th landing point, but called out to her racing partner directly.

Hippodrine, which was flying below the track, took off upwards, and Hibiscus landed lightly on its back, clinging tightly to the long silver mane on its neck.

The whole process took another second.

"Speed ​​up!" Furong shouted.

Hippocrates flapped its wings and carried Fleur toward the finish line circle at high speed.

"Miss Delacour has handed the final sprint to her partner, and she has only two seconds left to stay on horseback!" Mr. Jolly said loudly and rapidly.

Similarly, Krum has 2 seconds left to be imprisoned.

One second is a very short time.

But that's enough for a strong divine horse to fly about 500 meters.

The moment Krum was released from his restraints, Fleur was already sprawled on horseback, crossing the finish line with Hippodrine.

"Oh, she did it! Miss Delacour has come in second place!"

At Mr. Jolly's shout, Fleur jumped off her horse and landed lightly on the large platform where Scott was.

At that moment, Krum also crossed the finish line.

When the three warriors gathered on the platform, Mr. Jolly announced the end of this round of the competition.

Congratulations!

Although Krum looked a little unhappy, he still congratulated Fleur and Scott with great courtesy.

“You’re not so lucky, Viktor,” Fleur said with a smile.

Krum nodded.

Fleur then said to Scott, "I have to say, your advantage is too great, Scott, even with the Animagus banned."

Scott shrugged.

“But you deserve it, you are really amazing.” Krum also looked at Scott and said, “I have never seen a guy as amazing as you among my peers.”

“No, he’s actually a year younger than both of us,” Furong said with a hint of sourness.

Scott could only laugh and say, "There's still a third round to go, so the final result is hard to say right now."

At this moment, Mr. Jolly also arrived at the platform where they were.

He interviewed the three warriors with great interest.

"First of all, congratulations on successfully completing the competition without any mishaps! I must say, your performances were all excellent!"

"Thank you."

“Mr. Trollope,” Mr. Jolly asked Scott with great interest, “I’m curious, is your ‘flock of birds’ a little different?”

Fleur and Krum were clearly curious about the question as well, and both turned to look at Scott, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Scott smiled and replied, “It is indeed a bit different. I like this spell, and I also like ravens. I made some modifications to it in the past with the help of the professors.”

Of course, this is just a serious case of nonsense.

Anyway, no one will expose us.

“Transformation?” Mr. Jolly was even more curious. “Did you use an expansion charm on the raven to make it bigger because of this kind of transformation?”

Scott replied, "Of course not. The modification of the 'flock of birds' simply replaced the birds with crows. The inflating spell on the crows was based on my personal research into transfiguration."

Mr. Jolly seemed genuinely interested and continued, "I believe many people noticed that the Polymorph you demonstrated in the last round was already quite amazing. If I'm not mistaken, it was a combination of Polymorph and rune circuits?"

“Yes.” Scott nodded.

"This time it's another combination of Transfiguration and a spell, isn't it? How did you manage to do that?" Mr. Jolly continued to ask.

Scott glanced at him.

Mr. Jolly's eyes were full of curiosity, but Scott wasn't sure if he was just curious or if he wanted to find out something.

So he continued, “Because of my personal love for Transfiguration, and the help of my professors. Hogwarts professors have always been happy to support students’ bold innovation and have spared no effort in providing us with assistance.”

Mr. Jolly seemed dissatisfied with this unusually "official" answer and asked, "Really?"

“Yes.” Scott nodded firmly.

Mr. Jolly exchanged a glance with Scott, and perhaps seeing that Scott's expression was too determined, he turned and chatted with the other two warriors for a few words.

But Krum was not very cooperative during the interview and was not very willing to talk. Only Fleur agreed to say one sentence.

"Alright, now it's time for the judges to score."

Mr. Joley ended the interview somewhat awkwardly.

"Now, dear viewers, let me first lead our warriors back to the ground!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the platform beneath their feet began to descend steadily and vertically.

Three divine talisman horses, also competing, circled around the platform and flew towards the ground with them.

Compared to Chrysaor and Hippocrates, the victorious Pegasus appeared exceptionally proud, occasionally letting out excited hisses.

As the platform slowly ascended above Pegasus Ranch, they were greeted with deafening applause and cheers.

Finally, the platform stopped next to the high platform where the referees were located.

"Alright, you guys wait here, I'm going to give you your scores!"

Mr. Jolly stepped onto the platform and took his seat in the judges' section.

He announced to the audience in a loud voice—

"Since the three warriors have already determined their rankings in this competition, we have introduced new rules for the scoring process."

"Scott Trolop, who won first place in the competition, will receive an additional 2 points on top of the judges' scores."

"Fleur de la Cour, who came in second, will receive an extra point."

"Third place Viktor Krum did not receive any extra points."

"Alright, judges, please take out your wands and score Mr. Krum first! Oh, I'll go first!"

He raised his wand high, and a large number shot out of it, [8].

"8 points."

Next up is Mr. Lefebühler.

"Also 8 points."

Professor Hartmann raised his wand.

"9 points!"

Mrs. Maxim glanced at Hartmann and revealed the score.

"Oh, 7 points."

Finally, there's Dumbledore.

"8 points!"

"So, Mr. Krum's final score for this round is... 40 points! His total score for both rounds is 85 points!"

On the leaderboard next to him, the score number after Krum's name immediately changed from [45] to [85], and he was still in first place for the time being.

Krum bowed in the direction of the referee panel.

The audience applauded him immediately.

“Very good, now let’s give Miss Delacour a score.”

I gave it a score of...9!

"9 points!"

"9 points!"

"9 points!"

"Still 9 points!"

"A total of 45 points, plus an extra 1 point, for a total of 46 points. Fleur Delacour's total points over two rounds... 89 points!"

Amid applause and cheers, Furong's points on the leaderboard changed, and she surpassed Krum to temporarily take the lead.

Furong also bowed to express her gratitude.

"Finally, Scott Trolop, the winner of this round, from Hogwarts, will begin scoring!"

"I give Trolop's brilliant performance a score of... 10 out of 10!"

"10 points!"

"Nine points? Oh... Professor Hartman gave all three warriors the same score."

Professor Hackman still showed the number [9], which immediately drew a chorus of boos.