The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 276 Dragon

When Ryan followed the sound to the open space at the edge of the forbidden forest, he saw Wolfe howling with his head raised on a huge tree stump. After seeing Ryan, he jumped down from the stump and asked eagerly: "What do you think of my posture just now? Does it give people the feeling of a wild hunter?"

Ryan: "--There really is a wolf king howling in the night like I've seen on TV." He didn't tell Wolfe that just that funny look ruined the entire atmosphere.

"That's right, I'm the most handsome wolf in the Forbidden Forest." It seems that after reading a lot of books, Wolf now speaks more like a human. "Oh, let's not talk about this. The main reason I called you here this time is that someone from the Centaur tribe discovered that there were suddenly a lot more people on the other side of the Forbidden Forest, and they started to build something like a fence with thick wooden boards, so I came to tell you. Because everyone thinks that may be what you will face in the next competition."

"How did you guess that it was used for the competition?" Ryan asked curiously.

"In history, whenever the Triwizard Tournament was held at Hogwarts, the monsters needed for the monster-fighting event would be placed in an open space near the Forbidden Forest two or three days before the competition. According to the records of the Centaur tribe, the most common monsters placed there were dragons, followed by hydras, chimeras, and other monsters."

After saying that, Wolfe took out a cloth bag from the side of the tree stump and handed it to Ryan, saying, "This is given to you by Aunt Betty. Put this on and come with me to the Forbidden Forest to take a look."

Ryan shook open the cloth bag and found that it was a robe that looked like a ghillie suit and could cover the whole person. The light natural scent on it could maintain the highest concealment in the forest.

After putting on the robe, Ryan took out the grappling hook from the space bag on his waist and put it on his arm. Then he used the grappling hook to move quickly on the tree and followed the running Wolf to the forbidden forest.

When approaching the edge of the other side of the forbidden forest, Ryan heard a faint noisy sound coming from outside the forest. So he and Wolfe slowed down and slowly moved towards the edge of the forest under the cover of the bushes.

Sure enough, in the open space outside the Forbidden Forest, a group of wizards were busy building a giant fence. The wizards dismantled the trees several stories high into thick wooden boards and firmly hit them into the ground. Then several wizards came up and added various spells to the wooden boards. The story of the spell did not use the technique of silent spells, so Ryan knew that they were adding reinforcement and fireproof spells on it.

"The biggest one can raise its neck to 50 feet high, and the flame can spray out 40 feet away. So you must add a few more spells when making the fence." At this time, a young man's voice came through.

Ryan turned his eyes to the person who was talking, and found that this person was Charlie Weasley, the dragon breeder he had met during the summer vacation. Sure enough, the plot did not change much, and the first project was still related to the dragon. Because Ryan was hiding in the woods, those people did not notice that someone was peeking. Everyone was cleaning the site and making fences in an orderly manner.

Ryan felt a little bored after watching the fence under construction for a while. When he was about to leave, he suddenly saw some black spots approaching in the distance. When the black spots approached the sky above the open space, he found that they were huge steel cages, and there was a sleeping dragon in each cage. There was an iron chain extending from each of the four corners and the middle of the cage, and at the other end of each iron chain was a flying carpet floating in the air.

There were wizards sitting on the flying carpet, and they were nervously pointing their wands at the sleeping dragon.

"Lower them, be careful. Don't wake them up." Charlie then made various colored lights appear on his wand, directing the flying carpets carrying the iron cages to slowly descend.

After thoroughly confirming that the opponent in the first game was a dragon, Ryan called Wolfe to leave together. After bidding farewell to Wolfe at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Ryan came to the library. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Krum reading a book on a table near the door. There were several girls standing by the bookshelf nearby, chattering and wanting to ask Krum for an autograph. However, these girls were soon driven away by Madam Pince.

When Ryan found Hermione, Hermione was looking for something in a pile of books. When she saw Ryan coming over, she asked, "Why did Wolfe ask you to do that at this time?"

"He took me to see what I'll be facing in the first match." Ryan looked around and found no one around, then whispered to Hermione. "We guessed right before, the first match will be against dragons. I saw them transport six giant dragons here."

"How are you getting ready?" Hermione asked.

"No problem." Ryan gave a confident smile. "I prepared according to the dragon slaying competition, but now I think it shouldn't be that difficult. After watching those dragons today, I think the competition is probably just to get something under the dragon's guard or to hold out long enough under the dragon's pursuit. After all, I don't think all the contestants are better than me, and this year they all said that safety is the first priority, so they can't come up with such a dangerous project."

"That's good." Hermione closed the book in front of her and looked up at Ryan. "By the way, should we tell Harry about this? After all, he is our classmate."

"I should definitely tell him that this is just a competition. I can't just watch a classmate I know go on stage and embarrass himself." Ryan nodded. He was worried that his butterfly effect might affect some things. He didn't want someone to get hurt because of this. "There are a lot of people paying attention to me in school recently. It's not appropriate for me to tell Harry directly. You can find a chance to tell Ginny about this later."

When it was time for dinner, Hermione ran to Ginny and whispered something in her ear. Ginny's face immediately changed after hearing it, and she hurriedly left the table without eating a few bites. It seemed that Hermione had already told her that the first game would be against a dragon, and she was now rushing upstairs to inform Harry.

The next day was Sunday, and Ryan was about to go to the Room of Requirement with Hermione for the final practice after breakfast when Harry suddenly appeared in the hallway.

"Thank you Ryan! Hagrid took me to see the dragons last night. Oh my god, I only have two days to prepare for the dragons. What should I do?" Harry's voice changed a little at the end, probably because Ryan helped him make up half a semester's lessons last semester. So at this time he subconsciously expressed his inner anxiety.

It seems that the recent series of events have put too much pressure on Harry. Ryan shook his head gently and put his hand on his shoulder and said, "You can ask Sirius, maybe he has a good way to solve the difficulties in front of you."

"Yes, I'll go write the letter now." Harry raised his head suddenly, and felt alive again. When he was about to leave, he turned back and asked Ryan: "Ryan, are you ready?"

"Of course there is no problem. Unfortunately, my method is related to alchemy. Even if I tell you my method, you can't use it." After saying that, Ryan waved and said goodbye to Harry who hurriedly left to return to the dormitory to write a letter to Sirius.

(End of this chapter)