This is what Ravenclaw looks like..

Chapter 582 The Second Game

“It was a bit of luck, but the situation was much better than we thought—it was easy to ask teammates for help.”

Cedric surveyed the venue and made a brief assessment.

But Hermione on the side did not agree with him at all at this moment, but continued to stand there, observing the chessboard carefully, and carefully calculating the next steps.

But unfortunately, she has never been good at chess and cards. She can't even play the simple wizard chess which is derived from international chess, let alone the chessboard in front of her which looks a bit like Monopoly.

"It completely limits my performance," Mrs. Meng complained, feeling a little headache.

Duel within the rules, dice rolling on the ice within the rules, answering questions within the rules - this is not the Triwizard Tournament at all.

"It's okay. There are many ways to ask for help. I'll plan a better route. At least some of the rewards include the opportunity to adjust the dice points. That's the top priority."

Cedric ignored Monta's complaints and began to comfort the other warriors in the team.

Now that an accident has occurred, we should do our best to deal with it instead of complaining.

"Irving, why don't you go first? The first warrior will most likely clash with warriors from other schools. The probability of warriors colliding with each other in the second half of the track is too high."

Cedric instructed the Ravenclaw warrior Irving Fleck, but to his surprise, Irving shook his head and said, "Sorry, let Montaigne come. I always feel like something is wrong. Let me take a look, Cedric."

"Well, then you come, Mrs. Monta?"

"Okay, I'll just test their level."

Mr. Meng stood in his position without hesitation, waiting for the referee to announce the start.

On the other side, Hermione and Cedric began to write and draw frantically on the ice - they wanted to come up with the best solution, and they absolutely could not go on the court to answer questions and throw dice at this moment.

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"Please write down the question and answer, and then put them into the machine. It will randomly draw questions for the warriors from each school and roll the dice once."

Mr. Flamel placed the alchemical machine in the middle with a smile, so that Andrew, who had been curious from the beginning, finally knew what this thing was used for.

"So they created an alchemy machine specifically for the game? Should we say that the alchemist is being willful, or should we say that this game is very formal?"

"It is limited to subject-related questions, and they must have definite answers. Logical and free-divergent questions are not allowed. In addition, the lottery is completely random, and the unselected questions will be used as the answer pool for subsequent questions."

Mr. Lemay added with a smile, "Please give four confusing options. After all, we need more luck. I will not participate in the questioning and drawing process. Then, let's start, judges."

Andrew was stunned for a moment before he realized what Mr. Flamel had said.

Roll the dice and add questions and answers - Has Mr. Flamel been watching TV variety shows during this period?
Or was this something the Ministry of Magic came up with?
Even though it looks a bit lousy, it's still pretty good in this era, except that it's too entertaining and not competitive enough - but that's not a big problem, he just sets the questions honestly.

With a tap of the wand, a classic Transfiguration question and four difficult options appeared on the parchment. Andrew rolled up the parchment, waved the wand and put it into the machine.

There was a clang as his question was inserted. After all the judges had submitted their questions, Mr. Bagman began to announce the start of the contest.

"Start the first round of dice in the order in which the warriors are positioned!"

He pulled the red lever heavily, and the first parchment spurted out with a puff of steam!

"No, it's not just an alchemical machine, it feels like a steam engine - yes, Hogwarts cannot use electricity, magic restricts electricity, but steam can!"

Andrew was stunned, his eyes widened.

Mr. Flamel is working on steam?

This is not surprising - before the advent of the electric age, people fantasized that steam could develop to a level that humans could not imagine, and there was even an idea for a steam difference engine, but that thing was replaced by more convenient electricity before it could be realized.

But if magic is combined with steam and machinery, will it work?

Very exciting!
He turned to look at Mr. Flamel with an inquiring look, and soon he noticed that Mr. Flamel nodded - there was no doubt that during this period of time, Mr. Flamel had devoted most of his time to the study of steam and machinery in addition to teaching him alchemy, and had even achieved a preliminary integration with alchemy.

'How cool! Cylinders and alchemy, magic and machinery, the energy loss of high-pressure steam and the strange complementarity of magic.'

If the current situation was not really suitable for communication, he would have wanted to go over and discuss the combination of machinery and alchemy with Mr. Flamel.

"Interesting, really interesting. Although the idea of ​​making a magic electric drone is not very reliable, is there any chance of making a steam magic drone?"

"But... it seems that this also cannot escape the material. The magic resistance and deformation resistance of the metal must be measured carefully, otherwise the technology tree cannot be upgraded at all."

'Ordinary Transfiguration can only last for a limited time under the influence of alchemy, and it is impossible to mass-produce high-end Transfiguration materials. Otherwise, it is not impossible to test the properties of the Transfiguration metal.'

...

In just a moment, countless possibilities emerged in Andrew's mind, and he was now more and more certain that he had done nothing wrong before.

Yes, there is nothing wrong with spending some time to popularize the basic units among the top students in recent years and then temptingly launching public and unified standards.

Apart from the advanced spells inspired by inspiration, if the technology of the magic world wants to be expanded and laid more stably, it must lay a solid foundation and establish a firm root system.

This is not a problem that can be solved by one or a few geniuses, but requires the full efforts of a generation of wizards.

"My judgment was correct. Although I did not think of this at the moment, there is no doubt that even if Mr. Flamel combined steam and alchemy, he would not be able to escape the material limitations."

"The material is the future, I'm not kidding, but I can use Transfiguration to overdraw the future... After this game is over, I will discuss with Mr. Flamel, or we can put the Difference Engine on the agenda. Although it is a bit outdated compared to computers, it has magic after all..."

"Great, the first throw is over, let's start the next round!"

Bagman's voice rang out, interrupting Andrew's thoughts and reminding him of something important - they were still in the game, don't think about messing around!
(End of this chapter)