The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 403: Meat-clad Wet Nurse
Ada, holding the golden egg, had disappeared at the edge of the venue, but the applause from the audience continued. Everyone was shocked by Ada's wonderful performance, and all the students felt that this Triwizard Tournament might be over.

How can this be played? Aida, Furong and Krum are not even in the same rank. Isn't this equivalent to the strongest king going to a lower-ranked player to fish? How can this be compared?
After Ada, Harry also came on stage, and he had to face the most ferocious Hungarian Horntail Dragon. Harry used the Summoning Charm to summon the Firebolt, and used his best flying skill to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and successfully obtained the golden egg.

Harry's performance broke everyone's doubts about him. As a 14-year-old wizard, Harry's performance was amazing enough, even better than Fleur and Krum. No one compared him with Ada, who was already a shining example. The gap was too big and there was no point in comparing them.

There is a second tent next to the paddock, where the contestants take a temporary rest after the competition.

Ada sat on one side with her arms around her shoulders, while Fleur and Krum sat far away from her, both of them wearing burn ointments. Madam Pomfrey was cleaning Harry's wound with a smoking, foul-smelling purple liquid.

Before Ada entered the tent, Furong and Krum exchanged a few words. After Ada entered the tent, the two began to be very frugal with their words and remained silent. The pressure Ada brought to them was too great, like a mountain that could not be climbed.

Get over this mountain and they'll hear your story.

The vision is indeed beautiful, but not everyone can climb Mount Everest. It is very difficult to climb it. Although Ida is not Mount Everest, and may not be able to climb Mount Kangchenjunga, but at the very least, she must be Mount Annapurna.

Madam Pomfrey carefully cleaned Harry's wound while she kept talking angrily: "Last year it was the Dementors, this year it's the dragons, what are they going to bring into this school next?"

No one responded, but Madam Pomfrey continued to complain. Fleur and Krum sat in the corners, motionless, thinking about something. Ada still sat there with her shoulders folded, daydreaming.

It seemed that Ada was daydreaming, but in fact, she was admiring her new gift, the new gift given by the system.

At the moment of defeating the Fireball Dragon, the system came online again. Ada achieved the achievement of defeating the Fire Dragon and obtained a new reward - the Dragon Heart.

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger" is the system's evaluation of "Dragon Heart". The function of Dragon Heart is just as described in the evaluation, it makes people unkillable, or to be more precise, it is very difficult to be killed.

Dragon Heart is equivalent to a passive skill or passive aura in the game. It can enhance Ada's durability and her resistance to spells (hits), making Ada tougher in battle and more difficult to defeat.

Combined with the blood-red gem obtained last school year, this means that as long as the opponent cannot kill Ada directly, she may use guerrilla tactics to drag them to death.

The heart of a dragon is tenacious. As long as there is breath left, there are infinite possibilities.

Ada raised her eyebrows and looked at the freshly baked "Dragon Heart" reward. What is this, a tank-clad nurse, or the dragon slayer eventually becoming a dragon?
At this time, the twins, Ron and Hermione rushed into the tent. Hermione and Ron ran to Harry's side and talked like a machine gun. The twins smiled and reminded Ada that the referee outside was going to start scoring.

Walking out of the tent again and breathing the air at the end of November, Ada was also very interested to know how many points the judges would give her. Fred and George followed behind her, holding the golden eggs and rubbing them constantly.

The scoring for Krum and Fleur has ended. Krum, who was the first to perform, scored 40 points. Fleur, who was the second to perform, was slightly inferior to Krum. Now it is Ada's turn to score.

Madam Maxime raised her wand into the air, and a long silver ribbon-like thing spurted out of the wand, twisting to form a big "10". Ten, no doubt!

Next, Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman also gave ten points, Dumbledore gave nine points, and the most surprising one was Karkaroff, who only gave six points!
The audience burst into boos instantly. Ada subdued the fire dragon in a short time and was unharmed. How could it be convincing that Karkaroff only gave her six points? You have to know that Karkarov gave Krum ten points!
"unfair!"

"Karkaroff, die!" There was chaos in the audience, and some people even started throwing things at the judges' seats to vent their dissatisfaction.

As long as she is not blind or deaf, Ada should be given full marks. It is OK that Dumbledore did not give full marks, because Ada is Dumbledore's student, but why did you, Karkaroff, only give her six points?
But Karkarov didn't care at all. If the performance wasn't so good, Karkarov would have given one point, or even zero points.

At this time, the remaining three warriors also came out. Furong looked at Karkaroff on the judges' bench with contempt, and her eyes towards Krum also changed. Krum remained silent. His face flushed as he stared at the ground.

Finally, it was time to grade Harry, and Harry also scored 40 points, a tie with Krum. But everyone knew that Harry's performance was better than Krum's, and the reason for the tie was that Karkaroff only gave Harry 4 points!
The students in the audience were extremely angry and used what they had learned to scold Karkaroff.

Since he dared to do such a thing, Karkaroff was naturally shameless. These insults were of no use to him. He even wanted to shout: Come and hit me if you have the guts!

Next to the tent, Viktor Krum, who had been keeping his head down, suddenly said, "I'm sorry and ashamed..."

Everyone looked at the world superstar. Even though Karkaroff was shameless, Krum still had some dignity. Losing was losing, there was no need to be afraid to admit it.

Krum's apology actually changed everyone's view of him. Fleur no longer looked at Krum with disgust, and Ron stopped cursing Karkaroff. He just stood there, scratching his cheek awkwardly.

It's a pity to follow Karkarrov and become his student. It's a waste of such a good guy like Viktor Krum.

The students began to leave the field under the guidance of the professors, but their scolding did not stop. The referees also left their seats and went to the tent where the warriors were with Ludo Bagman.

Ludo Bagman hopped into the tent briskly and announced to the warriors, "Well, I only have a few words to say. The second task will begin at 9:30 AM on February 24th of next year. Before then, you can rest for a long time."

"But we'll leave you with some questions!" Bagman said mysteriously. "Look down at those golden eggs in your hands. You'll see that they can be opened... see the seam there? You must solve the clues provided in the eggs - that will tell you what the second project is!"

Bagman continued, "Find the clues, solve the puzzle, and you'll be ready for the second task. Is that clear? All right? Now let's go!"

In the evening, the Gryffindor common room once again erupted in cheers and noise. The tables and chairs were piled with mountains of cakes, and there were jugs of pumpkin juice and butterbeer.

Lee Jordan set off some Filibuster fireworks, which filled the air with stars and sparks, and Dean Thomas, who was good at painting, put up several eye-catching new banners, some of which showed Ada "catching a dragon alive" and some of which showed Harry flying around a Horntail on his Firebolt.

Encouraged by everyone, Harry opened the golden egg with great excitement, and then a terrifying, sharp and piercing scream filled the whole room. Everyone in the lounge immediately covered their ears, and after Harry closed the golden egg, the screams still echoed in everyone's ears.

Everyone couldn't help but ask: What is this?
The explosive genius Seamus suspected that the second project was to deal with the female ghost, while Neville, with a pale face, thought it might be the Cruciatus Curse. There were many different opinions, and no one could convince others.

Ada buried her body in the armchair and concentrated on thinking carefully. What message did this sharp scream want to convey to the warriors?

(End of this chapter)