Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 175 Semifinals

In the circular arena of the duel tournament, Cedric was fighting with Bruno. As the two were fighting, the giant lion and the giant badger in the air were also making many provocative moves towards each other.

The stands of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were already boiling with excitement at this moment. Everyone was shouting the names of their own house's players, and many people made various flags to cheer for the players.

Driven by this atmosphere, students from the other two colleges also cheered for the two contestants fighting hard in the audience. Even the Slytherins, who were always very proud and aloof, went crazy at this moment.

Actually, we can't blame them. Anyone who has been to a large stadium to watch a sports game or a concert should have experienced this: when everyone around you is cheering and screaming, you will be unconsciously led by them.

There were obviously more people cheering for Cedric than for Bruno. This was partly because Hufflepuffs had the largest number of people, but the most important reason was that Bruno's strength was far inferior to Cedric's.

At this moment, Bruno's originally clean and tidy robe had long turned into a dusty and holey one. These were the prices he paid for avoiding Cedric's attack.

Fortunately, although he looks very miserable now, he still has a lot of magic power and his body has not suffered too serious injuries, which means he still has the strength to fight, and maybe if he tries harder, he may have a chance to win.

But Mike didn't think highly of him.

At this moment, Mike was sitting on the throne on the podium with Slytherin player Willy, watching the game on the field. The temperature was a bit low today, and the wind was quite strong at the podium. Fortunately, the throne where Mike was sitting had an automatic heat preservation function, otherwise Mike would have to go to Madam Pomfrey after today to ask for some cold potion that could make people spray white air from their nostrils and ears like a train.

Watching the match between Cedric and Bruno in the audience, Mike was so bored that he almost wanted to sleep.

This guy Bruno didn't behave like a brave lion at all, but more like a despicable mouse.

Bruno dodged Cedric's attacks whenever he could, and if he couldn't, he relied on the Armor Charm to defend himself. Moreover, the way Bruno used the Armor Charm was different from that of most wizards Mike had seen.

Mike had to admit that this guy had done some research on armor protection spells. Every time Cedric's spell hit Bruno's armor, the spell he cast would change direction in an instant and pass by Bruno.

This resulted in Bruno's armor's protective ability to go through the roof. You have to know that generally armor has to hit the target head-on and bear all the force when defending against incoming spells.

Bruno's armor protection only needs to withstand less than one-third of the force, which makes his armor protection spell at least three times stronger than others.

After some observation, Mike finally discovered the secret. It turned out that every time Bruno released the Armor Protection Spell, the transparent shield was tilted to a certain extent, and the angle of the tilt seemed to have been precisely calculated. It was very accurate, which even Mike himself could not do.

Mike noticed this and his impression of Bruno changed drastically. It turned out that the guys who could make it to the top four all had their own strengths.

But apart from this, there was nothing else that stood out about Bruno. It was obvious that Bruno had not come up with any good tactics against Cedric in the quarter-finals so far.

In other words, Bruno's solution was to rely on his turtle shell-like defense to wear down Cedric.

Mike, who was sitting on the high throne, shook his head.

Except for the time when Cedric transformed into two giant wolves at the beginning of the game, Cedric did not use Transfiguration again, and only used ordinary attack spells to attack Bruno.

This is obviously a drain.

You have to know that Cedric, who has practiced the family secrets, has the strongest attack method of Transfiguration, but now he is using ordinary spells to compete. This is not letting the opponent win. The reason why Cedric let the opponent win is still unknown. Maybe it is to save face for Bruno, or maybe he simply does not want to reveal too much strength.

"Mike, who do you think will win between the two of them?"

Suddenly, Willy's voice, which was a little hoarse and had just ended its voice change, came to my ears.

"Need I say more?" Mike said without even turning his head, "Of course it's Cedric."

"So who do you think will be the winner in the contest between you and me?"

As soon as he said this, Mike turned his head and stared at Willy beside him with sharp eyes, and said expressionlessly: "Excuse me, you are not my opponent yet."

Willy, who was sitting on a throne nearby, was not affected by Mike's aura at all. He just sat there upright with a smile on his face. Compared with Mike, his sitting posture was very formal, and his every move exuded an elegant temperament that belonged to an aristocrat.

"Oh? Are you so confident? How about we give it a try?"

"It sounds interesting. What about the prize? How can a 'game' not have a prize?"

Hearing what Mike said, Willy showed an expression of success on his face and followed Mike's words.

"If you lose, you have to promise me something. And if I lose, then you will gain my friendship."

Mike rolled his eyes when he heard this. Willy's words revealed his character completely. Under his elegant and calm disguise, he had an extremely proud heart.

"Your friendship is worth more than that. If you lose, I'll give you 10,000 gold galleons."

Mike stared into Willy's eyes and said this.

Although Mike had been discussing tactics against Cedric with Flitwick these days, and therefore had not done much research on Willy, the young master, Mike believed that no one except Cedric could be his opponent. So no matter how excessive the bets Willy offered, Mike would agree without hesitation, because in his opinion, this was just giving him money.

The reason why he only asked for 10,000 gold galleons was because he was afraid that Willy would default on the debt. After all, even if Willy's family was rich, he had not yet inherited the family property, so he certainly could not pay too much. If he asked for too much, not only would he not be able to get the money, but he might also cause unnecessary trouble.

Willy on the other side obviously didn't think so much. When he heard that all Mike asked for was gold Galleons, Willy looked at Mike with a barely perceptible disdain in his eyes.

"Great! It's settled then, Mike. I hope you won't deny your debt when the time comes."

"You are the one. Don't cry when you lose."

The two people's eyes full of fighting spirit collided, and sparks seemed to appear in the air.

At this moment, there was a thunderous applause from the stands. Cedric finally defeated Bruno and ended this boring battle.

(End of this chapter)