Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 335 Christmas Marriage Old Man Dumbledore~
Christmas Eve was not a peaceful night.

Looking at the current situation, Ted even suspected that Dumbledore was worried about the fertility rate of wizards in Great Britain, so he agreed to the Seven-Power Tournament.

Just think of it as promoting international wizarding marriage exchanges - those seniors who are about to graduate may really get married right after graduation!
Of course, Ted himself had no right to question this...he didn't go back to the dormitory to sleep until late at night.

When he returned to the dormitory, there was only one person there.

Terry Boot, the roommate who particularly liked to tease Ansu and was teased by Ansu, hadn't slept yet. When he saw Ted coming back in a daze, he asked, "Ted, you're back?"

"Terry, where are the two of them? Haven't they come back yet?"

"Well, I don't know what these two guys are doing. They disappeared in the middle of the dance."

Ted looked at Terry suspiciously, "So when did you come back?"

"When the dance was over? What happened?"

"Ah, nothing, go to sleep."

This child is so slow to learn, is he really a Ravenclaw student? Was he assigned to the wrong school?
As for the other two roommates who haven’t returned yet, I hope they take it easy. There is no abortion spell in the magical world, so don’t cause any deaths!
……

At this time, in a remote corridor of the school, two figures were discussing something in a low voice.

"If we don't do something, there's no hope for us..."

"You've also seen that this guy is no ordinary guy..."

"If we can eliminate him, we still have hope..."

"At worst, we can decide the winner in the end."

"Then it's settled..."

The thin black shadow left first, but the tall black shadow stood there for a long time, reaching out to touch the stone wall that had stood here thousands of years ago.

……

On the other side, in the principal's office, Dumbledore, dressed in a white robe, was talking to Professor Geller, who was sitting across the desk.

The other party refused to touch the drinks and candies he kindly handed over.

Dumbledore: Where is the trust between people!

"Gellert, what do you want?"

"Let's talk openly..."

"You're here for Ted, right?"

"Don't touch him. I don't care about your business. But if you try to influence him, I'm afraid I'll have to intervene."

Grindelwald listened to Dumbledore's chatter for a long time, then said, "I see the future, a brand new future. Ted will be the key..."

……

At this time in the basement of the castle, Snape was preparing a potion, an extremely high-end and even terrifying potion.

Dumbledore is probably the first wizard in this world to hit the ceiling.

But there are also people who are at the same level as him.

For example, Grindelwald, and Voldemort who is not sure what he is doing.

Although they are still in a weak recovery period, as long as Dumbledore has not made a complete breakthrough, there is no way to completely increase their combat effectiveness.

And below this group of legendary wizards, there is another group of sub-level strongest ones, or to put it more novelly, called - half-step legends? !

That is, wizards who are above level 16, have reached the end of the general magical path, and need to find their own special magical path.

Generally speaking, there are many such wizards, at least three or five in each country. They are usually over eighty years old, and a hundred years old is also normal.

But this kind of wizard who is half a step away from becoming a legend usually cannot take the second half step.

The better ones can still move forward, to level 17 or 18. But the average or less ambitious ones may only reach level 16 in their lifetime.

A typical example of this level is Snape.

Snape has extremely high attainments in dark magic, and he might be ranked third in the whole of Great Britain, behind Voldemort and Dumbledore.

He was also very accomplished in potions, at least in the top five in Great Britain.

The most important thing is, youth!
Compared to those half-step legends who are in their seventies, eighties, or even centenarians, he still has plenty of time to make use of. It can be said that he has a lot of opportunities.

In the past few years, although he had realized that he had reached a bottleneck, the death of Lily Evans had made him depressed and he had not made any progress.

Since Ted Harley and his group started attending school, he gradually got back to his normal state.

Especially last year, Ryan's trouble in the Forbidden Forest actually stimulated Snape's ambition.

Now, he is trying to find his own path, which is vague, hazy, and dreamy, as if it is not far ahead, but no matter how fast or slow you run, you can't get close to that path.

This time was no exception, the material was so magical that it was no longer a physical object but a conceptual potion. Finally, it turned into a puff of green smoke, and the smoke that rose into the air seemed to be a hideous and roaring ghost face!
But it seemed that this was not the first time for Snape. With a wave of his hand, a magic circle was activated, and a spell sucked the green smoke into a crystal bottle.

The first time Snape got hold of this thing, he nearly blew up his own office when it got out.

The potion he was trying to break through was not simple. Even if he failed, the waste residue of the potion seemed to have become some kind of magical creation, with many special abilities and extremely destructive.

Later, Snape gained experience and began to handle the situation properly.

Even this batch of special crystal bottles used to seal the medicinal residue were custom-made by Ted using alchemy.

However, failure is not terrible, what is terrible is the lack of progress.

Snape sealed the crystal bottle and placed it on a shelf on the side. There was already a row of crystal bottles on the shelf, six in total including this one.

……

The next day, many little wizards ate breakfast listlessly, but some were particularly excited.

In short, it’s hard to say much.

Fortunately, it is holiday, otherwise I would definitely not be able to attend classes.

In the secret base, Hermione leaned on Ted and flipped through an ancient book about spell variants.

Her magic power has been growing rapidly recently, and she is studying how to further enhance her combat effectiveness.

Ted has already notified his friends to come to the meeting.

After all, it's almost next year, and we have to rescue people in Black Lake in January when it's very cold, so we have to prepare in advance.

Although the ending of the second level, the Forbidden Forest Battle Royale, was quite tragic, with only 18 people left in the end.

But according to the rules, only the last 7 will be eliminated at this level.

Finally, according to the score, the last place will be eliminated:

Beauxbatons -1 5 people left.

All Durmstrang members are alive and well.

All members of Hogwarts are alive and well.

The Russian team is -2 with 4 people left.

There are only 2 people left in Uagadou-4.

Ilvermorny -1 has 4 people left.

Samba team -1, 4 left.

Right now, the hope of winning the championship lies with the Durmstrang team and the Hogwarts team.

Not to mention Hogwarts, the two levels of competition were perfect without any casualties.

Durmstrang also performed well. Although there was one unlucky guy who was unable to join the main force and was eliminated by the Russian team, his score was very high, so he was not eliminated.

After watching the two games, it is worthy of being a school that teaches black magic, the warriors' fighting power is really strong. There are even some fancy tricks like casting curses.

In the subsequent strength ranking, Beauxbatons and Uagardo are a little difficult to rank.

The warriors of Beauxbatons are more comprehensive and orthodox. The warriors of Vagadu are too wild, seven people with different styles, which is hard to understand. The weakest team at present is the Samba Dance Team, which is not a cheerleading team, but also an atmosphere group. The combat effectiveness is indeed not high.

The second level, the Forbidden Forest, was purely due to the geographical advantage, otherwise their casualties would have been severe.

The next step is to go into the water in the cold winter, which is no ordinary job!

Ted got the key information because of the system task prompt, and the others are not bad either.

At the end of December, the muscular man Krum dug a hole in the ice of the Black Lake and started winter swimming.

Drilling holes in the ice again and again to adapt to the water temperature.

A group of little wizards wearing cotton jackets were watching his performance around him. Those who didn’t know would think he was a winter swimming monster pigeon!
There is no doubt that Karkaroff is particularly good at scheming and shameless enough, so he must have obtained the content of the game.

Ted and the others also need to be prepared.

Neville: "Perhaps, I could go to Professor Sprout and ask for some gillyweed?"

Ron: "What grass?"

Jerry: “What’s it for?”

Hermione: "It seems that if you eat it, you will grow gills and be able to breathe underwater."

Harley: "How do you solve the problem of swimming?"

Malfoy: "I can't swim either..."

Ron wanted to mock Malfoy, but then he realized that he couldn't do it either, so he thought, "Oh, that's fine."
Hermione thought that the Bubble Head Charm might be useful, but how to deal with the low temperature?

Harley said, "I don't think those old men asked us to go into the water just to test our swimming and breath-holding abilities, right?"

"Yeah, there's got to be something?" Ron shouted.

Jerry: "Didn't I tell you to save the hostages?"

"That's right, we have to do something while rescuing the hostages!" Ron shouted.

He was very annoyed that he had passed the previous level without firing a single shot. He must perform well in this level!

Ted prompted Neville: "Speaking of herbs, are there any new varieties of magical plants you've cultivated that can be used?"

"Uh... yes! It seems to really exist!" Neville suddenly became happy, "There is a kind of vine plant..."

Neville developed a new species this year, a magical vine-like plant that can autonomously wrap around and attack enemies in the water. It even has thorns that are poisonous and can even parasitize!
Neville: "I call it Tangleweed!"

Ron rolled his eyes. "Please don't give such a terrible thing an inconspicuous name. You might as well call it the Water Death Vine!"

Neville: "And more! There is also a kind of boat water lily! A kind of water mushroom..."

Neville knows all about the magical plants he has cultivated.

On the other hand, Ted also suggested to Ron that he could develop a single-person or multi-person underwater vehicle, preferably with offensive and defensive capabilities. This would solve the problem of swimming and low temperatures!
Finally, Ted kept Jerry and gave him a handwritten copy of "Things the Holy Light Won't Tell You".

Ted: I see that you have a full forehead and a square chin, and there is a spiritual light gushing out from the top of your head. You are a martial arts genius that is rarely seen in a century. Take this secret book!

……

1 month 1 day.

"Ding~ Talent [Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold)] is triggered, and [Zuowang Dao Layout Diary (Red)] is discovered."

[Zuowang Dao Layout Diary (Red)] records the experience and insights of several Zuowang Dao members who risked their lives just for fun, and their experience in arranging deceptions. It carries the art of deception and trickery. It requires 980 experience points to redeem.

Red quality!

Ted saw the color and was immediately delighted. Then he saw the name...Huh?!
The Way of Forgetting? !

Shut down the system immediately, don’t change it, bye!

People who practice the Zuowang Dao would write a diary? Who among the serious people would write a diary?

Don’t open it and take a look—hahahaha, you believed it, you believed it! You were fooled!

Or: If you want to know your true past, come to us! You are the little chicken of our Zuowang Dao~
Ted: I, I am the little black guy?

Impossible! Brother Ji has collapsed!

Alas, I didn't expect that the alien knowledge released once a month would produce such a thing.

Ted simply gave up.

As January began, each team seemed to have learned the content of the assessment one after another.

Many warriors were hanging around the Black Lake, trying to get into the water in various ways.

Some people were impatient and dived straight in. When they woke up, they were already seeing the pale ceiling of the school hospital.

In the middle of winter, we chiseled a hole in the ice and went into the water!

Which wicked person came up with this level? They have no conscience!

Ted also did a good job by revealing to Furong the content that "might be the key to the exam" early on.

Ever since Ugadu came over to attack him in the previous level, he has also started to cultivate hidden allies.

Durmstrang is impossible. Every time that muscular Krum sees him, he secretly exerts his strength. Ted doesn't even need to read his thoughts, because his thoughts are written on his face.

Besides, the only two favorites to win the championship are Hogwarts and Durmstrang, and the competition between the two sides is very intense.

And it was obvious that Vagadu wanted to attack him, and if he failed this time, he might contact someone else.

Therefore, it would be good to win over Beauxbatons, with whom we have a good relationship from the beginning.

Then there was the Brazilian Samba Dance Team. The four remaining members seemed to have given up. They spent their days eating, drinking and having fun, and bewitched the young boys in the school.

This is understandable. If you are not aiming for the championship from the beginning, but are just participating for the purpose of communication, then it is really easy and you don't have to think too much.

……

On January 1, the official notified the content of the third level assessment.

The team needs to be broken up, and each warrior needs to go down into the Black Lake to find and rescue the trapped hostages.

His teammates were separated and he was left alone in the cold and dark Black Lake, under attack from unknown magical creatures, to rescue the hostages.

There are mermen, kelpies, grindylows and other creatures in this black lake. Oh, and there are also giant squids!

Could the organizers please add something new?

If Ted himself were the organizer, he would never miss such an opportunity!
Do more, it would be so exciting!
What is certain is that one person probably does not have enough power to rescue the hostages, or even to guarantee his own safety.

A certain number of people must be gathered.

And this number of people does not necessarily have to be teammates.

After all, if you cooperate with each other to successfully rescue the hostages, you can also get high scores.

But there is a problem with this kind of thing - if you are backstabbed, you may be close to elimination.

After all, getting high scores can help you avoid being eliminated, but if they kill you, they can also eliminate you directly, right?

Wow, what a chain of suspicion!

The Warriors have five days to prepare, and on January 5, the third round of competition begins.

These five days did not seem to be a time for the Warriors to prepare for the test, after all, most of the Warriors knew the content a week or two ago.

It's more like a formation for the warriors!

How great it would be to form alliances with each other and take advantage of the opportunity to eliminate the most threatening warriors!
Ted felt like he was being targeted, and there was a vague sense of malice hanging over him every day.

However, there were also people from the samba dance team, Long Legs and Furong, who came privately to form an alliance with Ted.

It seems that he still has some popularity, and not all of his people are enemies...

I went downstairs to throw away the garbage at around ten o'clock in the evening. While breathing fresh air, I realized that I hadn't been downstairs for two or three days.

Alas, what a miserable life this is!
Thanks to "必雷神禁杀" and "尾号6736" for the 500-point reward, and "我已失线" for the 400-point reward!
Thank you~
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(End of this chapter)