Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

His nose broke instantly, and blood streamed down his face. He barely managed to keep from falling off the broom by sheer willpower.

Bulgarian supporters gasped in surprise.

Krum is Bulgaria's only hope for victory; if Krum is substituted, it will all be over.

Krum rode on the broom for a while, then suddenly accelerated, sprinting towards the ground despite his injuries.

His face was in excruciating pain, but now was not the time to go for treatment. Not only was the team falling far behind, and he couldn't let Lin Qi escape his control, but he had also spotted a golden light.

Meanwhile, Ireland's Seeker Lynch also spotted the Golden Snitch.

He always stayed by Krum's side, and he could see everything Krum could see.

As one of the world's top Seekers, although he spent most of the game trading pieces with Krum, he also had the dignity of a Seeker.

Now that he has a chance to close out the game for his team, he certainly won't miss it.

The two of them swooped down simultaneously.

Krum had an injury on his face, and at the beginning he wasn't as fast as Lin Qi, who was far ahead of him.

But soon, Krum demonstrated his adaptability as a talented Seeker.

He pushed the broom with all his might in mid-air, lowering his body as much as possible, and caught up with Lin Qi in just half a second, even surpassing him by a body length.

Lin Qi was shocked; he hadn't expected Krum to be able to exert the full speed of the broom under these circumstances.

As they drew nearer to the ground, they continued to close in on the Golden Snitch.

Lin Qi gritted his teeth and lowered his body, trying his best to keep up with Krum's speed.

"They're going to crash into the ground!" the people in the private room exclaimed involuntarily.

Ron, Krum's die-hard fan, yelled, "No way! Krum won't!"

"But Lin Qi will!"

Harry, being a Seeker, immediately realized Lynch's predicament.

Under Krum's threat, he also pushed his broom with all his might.

However, his control over the broom did not reach Krum's level.

If this continues, he'll definitely lose control.

If he wants to avoid this outcome, he either needs to slow down in advance or find another route.

As a result, Lin Qi did not choose any of the paths.

His task in this match is to defend Krum with all his might; he cannot allow Krum to fly towards the Golden Snitch on his own.

This was no ordinary Quidditch league match; it was the World Cup final.

Sure enough, under the watchful eyes of everyone present, the two seekers flew towards the ground at an extremely fast speed.

Just before hitting the ground, Krum pulled the broom up high, grazing the lawn with an extremely graceful motion, and flew past in a straight line parallel to the ground.

Lin Qi, however, was not so lucky.

With a loud bang, Lin Qi made a second heavy, intimate contact with the ground.

He was completely taken aback by Krum's movements and lost his rhythm.

At high speeds, such an outcome can be fatal.

Another Lansky feint!

Lured by Krum, Lin Qi crashed straight into the ground.

Bulgarian fans are going crazy.

Seeing Krum make two such brilliant plays in one game is definitely worth the price of admission.

Then, in the next second, Krum, freed from Lynch's embrace, rose into the air once more.

His right hand was raised high, and a faint golden light shone from his palm.

He caught the golden thief!

The score remained at 170:160.

"Match over! Ireland wins! Krum caught the Golden Snitch, but he couldn't save Bulgaria!" Ludobagman shouted from inside the box, his face flushed.

Ultimately, the match ended in a way that most people did not expect.

Judging from the score, Ireland and Bulgaria were locked in a fierce battle.

However, in reality, Ireland dominated Bulgaria throughout the match, but in the end, Krum caught the Golden Snitch.

"Why does he need to catch the Golden Snitch now?" Ron shouted.

Harry supported Ireland, and he said with relief, "Because he knew that Bulgaria had no chance of winning. If the game continued to drag on, Bulgaria would only lose more badly. Narrowing the score difference was the only thing he could do."

The stadium erupted in cheers from Irish supporters, turning into a sea of ​​green.

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, Eric noticed that the house-elf Sparkle was quietly leaving her seat and heading outside.

Not many people in the private room paid any attention to the house-elf, because Sparkle announced that she was there to reserve a seat for her owner, Barty Crouch.

Now that the game is over, Batty Crouch hasn't shown up.

Eric also got up and walked outside.

"Eric, where are you going? The awards ceremony is about to start," Harry asked.

The awards ceremony will be held in their section of the stands.

Eric laughed and said, "I'll wait for you outside. I don't like being on camera."

After saying that, Eric winked discreetly at Sirius, and after receiving a response from the latter, he quietly slipped out of the private room and followed in Sirius's footsteps.

Chapter 171 Barty Crouch Jr.!

Soon, Harry and his friends realized just how right Eric's decision was.

The entire awards ceremony was nothing special.

Aside from their ability to get up close to Krum, the rest of the experience wasn't exciting.

Even so, they have to force a smile under the intense spotlight.

But the real accident only began to happen after the ceremony ended.

First, Irish supporters partied all night long.

The entire campsite was covered in green.

The goblins flew through the sky like madmen, randomly scattering mascots representing Ireland.

The wizards, on the other hand, made a complete mess of the camp.

Many tents were set on fire, including many belonging to Bulgarian supporters.

At first, everyone thought that the Bulgarians were provoking because they lost the game, which eventually led to chaos.

But soon, people discovered that this was not the case.

This was an organized and premeditated riot.

A large group of wizards dressed in black robes and wearing masks gathered together and walked toward the place where the crowd was cheering.

As they advanced, they used magic spells to set fire to all the tents they could reach.

It also comes with all sorts of harmful spells.

Most notably, they also used a levitation spell to control several other people, making them float in the air and move forward with them.

Those were the Muggle administrators who managed this camp.

Their faces were filled with fear, and they couldn't control their bodies at all.

The group of dark wizards below laughed even louder when they saw this.

They're clearly making fun of Muggles.

This makes the already fragile order even more uncontrollable.

In the end, the celebrating crowd scattered in a frenzy, which in turn caused everyone in the surrounding camps to start running around, completely bewildered.

Although there are more Aurors present than ever before, there are even more audience members.

According to statistics, at least 100,000 spectators came to watch the game today.

This is a rather terrifying number considering the size of the wizard population.

When everyone started running in panic, the Aurors had no way of controlling the situation.

Panic spreads like a plague at an extremely rapid pace.

This is the scene that Sirius Black and Mr. Weasley saw when they led Harry and the others out of the stadium.

Flames and cries filled their faces.

As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but soaring red light, and wizards running around and scattering in all directions.

"We need to help the department maintain order, Sirius, you take them and hide in the woods!" Seeing this, Mr. Weasley drew his wand and shouted at Sirius.

Percy was with him.

Percy is now also a staff member of the Ministry of Magic, so he naturally has this responsibility.

Sirius nodded and led Harry and the others to run forward quickly.

Harry was bumped into several times in the crowd. Once, he was knocked to the ground and only managed to get up in time with Ron's help, preventing him from being trampled.

He turned around, but couldn't find who had bumped into him. Sirius Black was urging him on from behind, so he had no choice but to give up.

The crowded conditions soon had a fatal impact.

Sirius Black had to lead a massive army.

Bill, Charlie, George, and Fred, along with the trio of Ginny and Harry.

In this situation, even Sirius would find it extremely difficult to control the entire team.

He only had time to tell Bill and Charlie that they needed to go through the woods, avoid the crowds, and finally meet at their tents.