Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 396 Global Finals! We are the champions!
"Hello everyone, welcome to the "Magic World" 5V5 Arena Finals, I am the commentator Xiaoshuai!"

"I'm the commentator Xiaomei!"

"I am Dachun~"

One year after hosting the live broadcasts of the Golden Crucible Potions Championship and the Spanish Wizards Duel Tournament, the Utopia Forum finally held another large-scale event live broadcast.

This time it’s not about providing services to others, this time it’s an arena competition in the “Magic World”.

Among the 16 wizard players worldwide, more than signed up to participate. Six thousand five-person teams competed for more than a dozen rounds, and finally came to the final global finals!
The two teams that finally made it to the global finals, the red team was the Hogwarts Warriors - the other five friends except Ted!
During the time that Ted was doing research, they had been studying and practicing the game diligently, fighting against teams from all over the world, formulating tactics, correcting mistakes, and honing their coordination.

They also experienced ups and downs and were defeated many times before they formed a team with tacit cooperation and hard power that was not inferior to those experienced adult wizards, or even some insidious and cunning dark wizard teams.

Of course, the name Hogwarts Warriors was given by the audience, and Harry's official name for the team is - Hogwarts Friends.

And their opponent in the finals, the blue team, is - the Magic Supremacy Team!

Unlike Harry and Hermione's team, the average age of this team is much older, and the oldest one is almost fifty years old!

The youngest one is Krum~
That's right, Krum has appeared again. But he already has a girlfriend. I hope he can let go of the past and focus on the present!

You don't stand a chance.
Ted also briefly investigated the team and found that except for Krum, all five of them were wizards with some "taint". They were quite powerful and proficient in various black magic.

To put it bluntly, they should be Grindelwald's people!
Among these five people, two are German wizards, there is an Italian wizard, a Hungarian wizard, and Krum is a Bulgarian wizard.Might as well be called the Magic Axis Team!
There is a big age gap between these five people, and their social backgrounds are even more different. They can get together. Ted guesses that Grindelwald must have had some intention on their part.

It seems that although this old professor didn't say anything to me, he has been making trouble for me!

How could he not pay attention to something like "The Wizarding World" that attracted more than one-tenth of the world's wizards? When he was teaching at the school, he paid close attention to the development of Utopia.

If it weren't for the fact that no one except Ted could handle this thing, he would definitely do something.

"Could it be that Professor Geller is trying to use my Utopia and the Wizarding World to expand his influence?" Ted thought.

Do they want to create a wizard virtual idol team, then promote their own ideas, absorb fresh blood, and expand their influence?
If this is true, then Grindelwald has made progress.

It was much more sophisticated than his crude attempt to burn Paris and stir-fry chicken flan. If he could get a few gaming stars to promote it and take the lead, wouldn't he be able to control the younger generation?
But even so, Ted wouldn't stop.

Because they play the game according to the rules they set.

Then I have to maintain this game and ensure other people's gaming experience.

But Ted felt that the other party still didn't quite understand. It was fine if you just dealt with five grown men, but you even brought up an old man in his fifties.

It would be better to get some beautiful women to dance and twist their waists to show their broad mind. What about feathers and dolls?
You still have a lot to learn about the Internet!
……

In terms of hard power, the blue team's Magic Supremacy is stronger.

Although Krum couldn't compete with Ted, he still performed well in the original Seven Strongest Tournament. He was considered a leader among the younger generation.

And those older wizards are even more powerful. The oldest one is a level 14 dark wizard in reality, which is considered a master in the magic world.

The average wizard level of Hermione, Harry and the others was only level 8, and of course Ron and Jerry held them back a bit.

But the highest level Neville is only a level 8 wizard/level 5 warrior, and Harry is only a level 9 wizard/level 2 magic shaper.

But that's in reality~
After all, this is a gaming arena competition, and what is being compared is the strength in the game.

Even though the control of magic and combat awareness can greatly enhance combat effectiveness in reality, it is not a competition of hard power after all.

The Hogwarts repair team is at level 40, and their equipment has reached "Graduation (Graduation equipment for top-level dungeons)". They are one of the fastest players.

After all, with Ted, the game designer, providing strategies behind the scenes, the improvement speed is naturally very fast.

What? Cheating? This is called making reasonable use of social connections. Steamed buns? You don't help me? !
The greatest advantage of Harry and Hermione is their tacit cooperation and even direct eye contact.

They have been friends for five or six years and have fought side by side countless times, confronting powerful enemies in real life and frantically clearing monsters and completing dungeons in the game. They are truly loyal to each other - when Neville, the main front tank, fell down, they all used their own methods to escape, and whoever ran slower would be the deputy front tank!

This is something the other five people cannot match at all.

Therefore, this battle is very interesting!

The two teams in the global finals were selected through more than a dozen rounds of auditions, four or five rounds of eliminations, three rounds of group matches, the quarterfinals and the semi-finals.

It can be said that players are very optimistic about their combat effectiveness.

Because of this, fans from both sides are quarreling online!
Supporters of the red team said: Hermione and her friends are the warriors of Hogwarts. They have faced extremely difficult challenges and even defeated the fire dragon!

But the blue supporters said: That was Ted Epiphany's achievement. Ted was not on the team!
Supporters of the red team also said: The five of them are the closest friends, the most tacit comrades-in-arms, and their cooperation is flawless.

But the supporters of the blue team said: Ted Epiphany, the most powerful among them, is not here!
The Red supporters said... but the Blue supporters said: Ted Epifani, the strongest fighter among them, is not here!
No matter what, the other party said that Ted was not there and there was no need to worry about the others.

That's why Ted didn't attend.

If I join the event myself, it will be a bit of a bully and will also overshadow my friends.

This time, give them a chance to shine!
Besides, the purpose of this competition is to harvest leeks. What's the big deal about me personally being the leek?
Even if our friends lost, it’s just a loss. At such a young age, it’s not a bad thing to lose a few times.

However, when the blue supporters boasted about the fighting power of their team, saying that those wizards were all famous local wizards, dueling experts and dark wizards, the red supporters started to refute: You five didn't know each other before, right? The oldest can be the father of the youngest! You are a father-son team!

Speaking of which, there are quite a few older wizard players in the game.

But most of them are casual players, fishing, drinking tea, playing with bracelets, or doing scientific research. They don't like to fight monsters and level up, and naturally they don't like to duel in the arena.

There aren't many players in their 50s who participate in the arena. Most of them are young people.

Seeing that they were arguing so enthusiastically online and had even started to arrange offline fights, Ted was very happy.

That's it, that's what it has to be, I need everyone's spiritual power, everyone be more excited!
Raise your hands and lend me your spiritual power!
However, Ted's good mood was soon disturbed by Parker.

"My great and despicable master, the Leek Harvester, I have discovered something not so good."

"Say!"

"Someone has set up a dark web and is secretly doing gambling!"

"What? Dark web? Gambling! God, I will never forsake gambling and drugs!" Ted slammed the table.

Because of the emergence of Utopia, the laying of magic signal towers, and the development of the underground magic network, many wizards have set their sights on this emerging thing - the magic virtual network.

Ever since the live broadcast of the top seven tournament, the utopia has become popular all over the world, and wizards have begun to think about how to take advantage of the loopholes to create a utopia.

However, with the support of the completely different underlying core of mental power, Ted taught these ignorant guys a severe lesson.

When the wizards saw that this road was not feasible, they wondered if they could also build an utopia, even if it was a smaller one, called Demon Village!
But the utopia created by Ted is based on the miraculous manifestation of spiritual power. The underlying code is the source code of the virtual world of Ready Player One, Oasis, compiled by Mowen, and the Sheikah Stone from The Legend of Zelda, which is composed of magic power... The knowledge here is very complicated!
Let me put it this way, unless a powerful divine power appears in this world, and there is a priesthood in the relevant field, it is impossible for a second utopia to appear.

When they found that creating their own idyllic empire didn't work, they lowered their requirements further - how about setting up my own forum website? Let people say things that they dare not say or are difficult to say!
Not yet!
Parker always controls the authority of Utopia and cracks down on illegal websites - what is an illegal website? All websites that are not owned by Ted are illegal!

Therefore, these illegal dark webs that evade crackdowns have come into being.

But again, the core mental power is in Ted's hands, and the entire network is monitored and controlled.

Those dark webs have loopholes that are left intentionally. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish!

After all, if we plug this loophole, they will go back to do other things. If we really drive them all away, they will just be a group of leeks.

It is better to let them do things in the dark web so that they can be monitored at any time and caught in one fell swoop when necessary.

And this time, another dark web of gambling has started operating.

Parker made a quick check and found out that the person behind the scenes was actually an old friend!
No, they are two old friends!
The person in charge of the work is Ludo Bagman, the former director of the British Department of Magical Games and Sports.

This old gambler suffered such a huge loss last time, but he wasn’t beaten to death?
He lost everything from the Quidditch World Cup to the Seventh Tournament, to the point where he had to run away to avoid his debts.

His biggest creditors were the illegal loan sharks behind Gringotts.

Their money is not their own, but belongs to the goblin group. If you owe them money, you will be chased to the ends of the earth!

But this old gambler is quite eloquent, and when he was caught and had no money to pay back, he actually convinced the goblins to make a big move!
These people had already organized a group in the previous Western Wizard Duel Competition. That time it was offline and they made a lot of money.

This time, they plan to do it online. After all, there are fewer people offline and more people online!
There are hundreds of thousands of players in this game, and the number of spectators in this 5V5 arena competition must be around . If you are the banker, how many people will be betting on it!
Therefore, the power behind the spinach dark web is the goblins, or more precisely, the goblins’ revivalists.

Unfortunately, they have extended their hands into Ted's territory.

"Parker, keep a close eye on me. Before the last game comes out, break into the dark web and confiscate the gambling money."

"Also, remember to notify the Ministries of Magic of many countries - there is a goblin revenge army collecting funds through spinach!" "Oh, I almost forgot about this old gambler. Announce his position and publicize the fact that he has organized gambling and ran away after losing in recent years. Write some articles, for example, when the old gambler was young, he sold spinach and fixed matches on the Quidditch team! He must be brought to ruin and have no place to stand!"

"Yes, Master. You are so insidious!"

……

"Congratulations to the red Hogwarts Friends team for taking the lead in winning the first game. I hope they will continue to work hard, and I also hope that the blue team will not be discouraged and will catch up."

"That's right. Congratulations to the Red Team for their first victory. They played really well in this round!"

"It can be seen that they were well prepared. They successfully deceived the blue team tactically and suppressed them from the beginning. They also steadily expanded their advantage step by step through tacit cooperation, leaving no chance for the blue team."

"Yes, it can be seen that the blue team underestimated the enemy at the beginning. The formation was a little disjointed. Once the red team seized the opportunity, they never gave the opponent any loopholes and operated smoothly all the way, wearing down the opponent."

"Yes, at one minute and thirty seconds, the Firebolt player Krum was killed by concentrated fire, and his teammate the priest didn't even have time to protect him or put up a barrier. This shows how swift the attack was."

"That's right. After the Red Team killed Krum with concentrated fire, they took advantage of the opponent's reduced numbers and began to steadily expand their advantage. The Blue Team tried to find opportunities several times but failed. Instead, they kept dragging their feet and found more and more loopholes. In the end, they were defeated miserably."

"Yes, in the end, only the paladin Longbottom in the front row of the red team was killed, and they achieved one for five. It is very impressive. What adjustments do you think the blue team will make in the next game?"

……

The commentator in the background started to beep. The scene was very lively, and the comments were overwhelming.

The red team’s fans were frantically posting comments.

The final was a best-of-five format, and Harley and her team took the lead by winning the first game.

But the blue team is no pushover. They were able to fight their way out of a team of 6,000. How could they be easy opponents?
Soon they adjusted their talent points, changed their equipment and props, and used the tactics they had prepared in advance.

So the blue team won the second game, and in the end it was three for five, and Krum and the old captain in his fifties survived.

The score is tied, and the third game will be the crucial match point game.

As a result, in the third round, the arena was a very conducive environment for the Hogwarts friends to perform.

By utilizing the venue and cooperation, they fought for 32 minutes and successfully outlasted the old man, making the opposing captain unable to bear it and died first, and then they took the match point!
This tactic of waiting for the old man was also prepared by the friends in advance.

If the random battlefield environment is complicated enough, then use the strategy of procrastination.

Although the opponent's fifty-something old man is not really that bad in terms of physical strength in the game, he is still not good at mental strength.

After enduring the high-intensity offensive and defensive guerrilla warfare for more than 30 minutes, he began to lose energy and could not keep up with his thoughts.

As a result, the problem arose with the contestant with the most combat experience.

Jerry sneaked up on this old comrade in his fifties and smoothly killed him with a series of assassination moves.

However, the anger of the old comrades was terrible.

In the fourth game, the old comrade finally waited for a battlefield suitable for his performance.

With the cooperation of his teammates, he occupied the commanding heights of the battlefield and began to take the initiative.

This old comrade began to use layers of restraints and indiscriminate bombardment. The large-scale magic finally bombarded Harry and the others for eight minutes, leaving only Neville.

Neville is a Paladin after all, and he is very resilient.

As a result, the five opponents surrounded Neville and beat him for more than 30 seconds. The scene was horrific.

Many passers-by couldn't stand it anymore and posted comments: "When I was in the Seventh Round, I thought Neville Longbottom was a bit stupid, but I didn't expect him to be such a real man! Five people surrounded him and beat him, but he didn't say a word!"
Yes, what a man!
From then on, I was his fan!

Become a fan now!
Na'vi is a real man, a tough guy!
From now on, Neville is the Holy Knight Jinchuriki~I want to give birth to a monkey for him!
Dear Japanese netizen above, please exercise restraint.

Neville: Which bastard silenced me! I couldn't even use my Lay on Healing!

Both sides won two games each, so only the final game remained!
The proud blue team before the game really didn't expect that these young wizards who haven't even graduated from school yet would force these experienced elites to this point.

The captain, who was in his fifties, looked a little unhappy.

After all, looking like this, it would not be glorious even if you win.

Krum also spoke: "I've said it before, don't underestimate these people. Fortunately, there is no Ted Epiphany..."

"That's enough! Little guy, I know you've been defeated by them before, but they are still no match for us."

Those adult wizards were very disdainful of Krum's constant praise of how powerful Ted was.

After all, there are some things that others cannot explain unless they experience them personally.

People cannot learn if they are taught by others; people can learn if they are taught by things once.

"Let's prepare for the final battle! We must win and complete the mission given by that Excellency!"

However, the battlefield of the final round is the Savage Forest, which is the largest map in the arena, with many wild monster camps, wild supply areas and the like.

The two sides began to search for and occupy map resources for more than ten minutes, followed by more than ten minutes of guerrilla warfare, and finally more than ten minutes of head-on confrontation!

The game lasted until the 56th minute, when Harley transformed into the azure magic Thousand-Armed Guanyin and replaced the opponent's Italian and Hungarian players. Only Krum and Neville, who were slightly injured and had run out of magic and supplies, were left on the scene.

Krum blew his trump card - the Wild Horn, and a giant wolf, as tall as a man and more than two meters long, jumped out of the void and crawled beside Krum.

Neville also used holy healing to recover from his injuries. The golden light rippled through his body, and his injuries and fatigue disappeared visibly.

Neville grabbed the wand with both hands, and the golden light extended, turning the wand into a giant golden sword more than two meters long.

Neville shouted and rushed towards the man and the wolf...

The giant wolf turned into dots of blue magic light and disappeared. A magic boomerang was stuck behind Krum. This was a little trick left by Neville - who said that honest people can't attack by surprise? ! If an honest person attacks by surprise, no one will be prepared!

Krum's head finally drooped heavily, turning into a ray of light and disappearing into the ancient forest.

Neville staggered to his knees, trying to lean on his lightsaber, but his magic power was exhausted and the lightsaber dissipated, causing him to fall directly to the ground.

But he won, he survived to the end.

"Congratulations to the Red Hogwarts Friends team!"

“Congratulations to them for winning the competitive championship!”

"We win! We win!"

"we are the champion!"

……

Looking at his friends who were surrounded by countless people and received countless comments of praise, Ted also smiled.

They finally got the glory they deserved, and they also gained enough spiritual strength!

The players are so enthusiastic and excited that their mental strength is soaring!

Ted looked at his five friends holding up the trophy, lazily lying on the sofa, and asked Parker: "How is the gambling dog being handled?"

"Master, don't worry about me. That old gambler should have been caught by now."

"That's good. By the way, is there anything new recently?"

"What's new...does new online novels count?"

"Online novel!" Ted was stunned. "That's right, this thing will appear sooner or later."

“Are there any well-written and popular ones?”

"There is one." Parker immediately handed one over.

On the cover, there was a gorgeous goddess in golden armor (simple) descending from the sky.

The introduction reads: A goddess from another world descended upon us, raising abalone for decades, but her abalone was ripped open by an ignorant magic boy, who sucked the abalone juice, and her magic power skyrocketed by ninety-nine levels!

what? !

Is it so serious? Criticism is necessary!
Zhuo~ It's a scam! Is online literature developing so fast? !
(End of this chapter)