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"Of course not," said Madame Maxime.
"Yes."
The three of them continued walking forward, and after about half an hour, they had walked a long way around the Forbidden Forest. Looking back, neither Hagrid's hut nor the castle were visible.
Then we walked for another ten minutes.
"Did you hear anything?"
There were several men shouting loudly in front, and Kanna tilted her head to try to hear clearly what they were saying.
Then there was a deafening, shrill roar.
The three people in front immediately quickened their pace.
Kyle and Connor just trotted after them, and stopped only after they passed through a patch of bushes in front.
There was an open space in front of them, and Kanna couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
"My God!"
Fortunately, there were shouting sounds everywhere and no one noticed that there were two people hiding here.
Kanna quickly lowered her voice and whispered, "That's a fire dragon!"
Kyle nodded, he had seen it.
Two adult, ferocious-looking dragons were locked in an enclosure made of thick wooden boards, roaring and snorting.
And there were not only fire dragons, but also a dozen strong dragon keepers who were desperately pulling the chains on the fire dragons, trying to subdue them.
"Could it be that the first task of the Triwizard Tournament is to deal with these fire dragons?" Kanna said with some concern.
"Honestly, I don't know either." Kyle frowned.
Although he had guessed that what Hagrid was going to take them to see was the dragon, he couldn't understand... why there were only two dragons here.
Yes, there were only two fire dragons in front of him... a Swedish short-nosed dragon and a Hungarian tree-peak, and there was not even a single extra dragon egg.
But there are three warriors in the Triwizard Tournament, how are the two dragons to be divided?
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 510 Competition between Principals
After seeing the fire dragon, Hagrid's eyes became blurred. He even forgot that there were two people around him. He just stared at the fire dragon, and unconsciously took two steps forward, as if he wanted to get closer.
"Stand there, Hagrid!" shouted a wizard near the fence. With his short, shaggy red hair and strong, dark muscles, it was obviously Charlie.
"This treetop can spit fire forty feet away, you better stay away!"
"Oh, it's beautiful." Hagrid said softly, and his tone was exactly the same as when he coaxed Fluffy, the three-headed dog, when he was a child.
After a few more minutes, the dragon keepers finally used a stun spell to calm the violent fire dragon.
Hagrid took two steps forward again.
"How are you, Hagrid?" Charlie came over panting. "It was a lot of work to get them here. Fortunately there aren't many of them. Otherwise, I'm afraid even twenty of us wouldn't be enough."
"Oh, yeah..." said Hagrid absently, glancing past Charlie.
Charlie naturally understood what he was thinking. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly noticed Maxim and Locknier next to him.
"I didn't expect you to bring them here, Hagrid," Charlie said, frowning. "Warriors aren't supposed to know what they're up against... She'll definitely tell her students, right?"
"Ah, I just thought they'd be happy to come and see what they are like," said Hagrid, still keeping his eyes on the Hungarian treetops.
Charlie shook his head.
Now that they have come and seen everything they should have seen, there is no point in asking them to go back now.
However, in order to ensure the fairness of the game, Charlie felt that he had to do something... such as going for a walk outside the Forbidden Forest tomorrow, and then letting Kyle see him inadvertently.
There is no need to say anything, just let Kyle see me... he should be able to guess that the question is the fire dragon.
This way he wasn't breaking the rules.
Thinking of this, Charlie no longer worried about whether they should come, but stepped forward and said hello.
"Professor Locknier, it's great to see you here." Charlie extended his hand and said with a smile.
"Me too, young Mr. Weasley." Professor Locknear shook his hand.
"Do you know each other?" Hagrid was a little surprised. He was just about to introduce the two to each other.
"Of course I know him." Charlie explained, "Professor Lockneil helped us a lot in the Fire Dragon Sanctuary a year ago."
One year ago... Fire Dragon Sanctuary...
After hearing these two key pieces of information, Hagrid immediately thought of something and asked, "Could it be the dragon fight?"
"That's right." Locknir exclaimed: "Dozens of different kinds of fire dragons fighting each other... That was really an extremely wonderful memory."
"Oh..." Hagrid groaned in regret. When he looked at Lockneir again, his eyes turned sour.
"You really should have invited me, Charlie," Hagrid couldn't help complaining.
"That's not for me to decide, Hagrid." Charlie shrugged. "The decision on the list lies with the Romanian Ministry of Magic. We are only responsible for the reception."
"All right," Hagrid sighed.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed a large box in the shadow not far away.
"Is there a dragon in there too?" He couldn't help but ask, "Why is the box sealed?"
"Well..." Charlie looked back, then looked at Maxim and Lockneil beside him, then shook his head and said:
"Don't ask, Hagrid. I can't tell you, but I can guarantee that there is no dragon there... After all, these big guys won't just sit there quietly."
"But what about the missing one? What should we do?" Hagrid looked around and asked the question Kyle wanted to know most, "There are only two dragons here, but there are three warriors. One for each person won't be enough, right?"
"I don't know about that." Charlie said, "The mission we received was to escort two dragons and this box of... um, special props to Hogwarts. As for the rest, I don't know anything.
As for there being only two dragons... they probably wanted to draw lots, and whoever was luckier could skip the fire dragon and win directly.
But I would say that anyone who stumbles upon the Hungarian Tree Peak will suffer a lot, for it is the most dangerous even among fire dragons."
Maxim subconsciously glanced at the black fire dragon, lowered his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.
"By the way, Hagrid." Charlie continued, "How is Kyle doing lately?"
"Fortunately..." said Hagrid, "He's preparing for the Triwizard Tournament and seems to be in good shape."
"That's good." Charlie looked at the enclosure where the fire dragons were kept. "Although I guessed that Kyle might become a warrior when I was on vacation, I was still surprised when I actually received the news.
My mother is also very happy, but I dare not tell her what the first project is, otherwise she will definitely become nervous again. It’s good like this now.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this... Hagrid, do you want to take a closer look? But be careful not to wake them up."
"Oh, can I?" Hagrid's eyes lit up.
Although he asked this, his body had already uncontrollably come to the side of the unconscious Hungarian tree peak and looked at it carefully with an expression of almost reverence in his eyes.
In the woods not far away, Kyle and Connor were ready to leave.
Hagrid would probably stay here for a long time. At least he would not want to go back until the sun rose. They were not going to stay here all night.
Kyle and Connor turned around and prepared to return to the castle along the path they came from.
But when they reached the edge of the forbidden forest, they suddenly saw a dark shadow walking towards them in a hurry.
Kyle turned sideways in time and avoided bumping into the man.
"It's Karkaroff." Kanna whispered beside him, "I saw his goatee."
"Maybe they received some news." Kyle said, "Although the projects of the Triwizard Tournament are confidential, they can always be revealed... I think this part should be about the competition between the three headmasters."
The two of them walked all the way back to the castle, and Kyle took a look at the Marauder's Map.
Fortunately, Filch was still patrolling on the fifth floor. He opened the door a crack, and he and Connor slipped into the castle, and then walked back to the Hufflepuff common room along the entrance hall.
There was no one in the lounge.
Kanna took off her invisibility cloak and said worriedly, "I can't believe that the first project is a fire dragon. Isn't this a bit too dangerous?"
"One of the levels is the fire dragon." Kyle lifted the Disillusionment Curse. "As far as I know, there are three levels in the first project, representing the three colleges. The fire dragon is probably the level set by Hogwarts."
"I'm sure the two principals have already told the contents to the warriors in their schools."
Connor frowned. "Did Headmaster Dumbledore tell you anything? Like you said just now, the school principals can always help the warriors find out what the competition is about."
"Well, not yet." Kyle shook his head.
He hadn't even seen Dumbledore recently, let alone gotten any news about the Triwizard Tournament from him.
In terms of helping the warriors cheat, Dumbledore is obviously not as good as Maxim and Karkaroff.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 511 This is different from what we agreed
Connor spent most of Sunday in the library, trying to help Kyle find a way to deal with the dragon.
Even though Kyle told her many times that this was not necessary, she didn't listen.
"I'm so nervous, I have to find something to do." Connor put a thick book on the table.
The cover is a Hungarian tree peak with a line of gold-stamped cursive letters on it.
Kanna kept flipping through the book, trying to find the fire dragon's weakness.
"I don't think the school will let you duel with fire dragons. It's likely that you can just walk past them."
Cedric was also offering advice.
"I think the Transfiguration Charm is a good idea. Create a dog or some other animal to distract the dragon, and then you can take the opportunity to slip past."
"Or to put it more simply..."
Fred looked around and lowered his voice and said, "You can just let the big guy out of the box. Wouldn't it be easy to pass the level?"
"Yeah, then I won't have to participate in the second event." Kyle said unhappily, "You guys didn't take money from Karkaroff and want me to lose the game directly."
"If he can give us enough Galleons, it's not impossible." George said with a smile.