Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 324, Section 322: Who will be the ultimate winner?!

The maze field of the third game at Hogwarts.

Fleur, Viktor, and Harry were facing off. The three of them were at the first checkpoint of the maze, and they only needed to walk another hundred or two meters to get out of there.

Previously, Harry received the trophy that had been transformed into a Portkey and was teleported away. However, the destination was not Voldemort's graveyard, but the place at the beginning of the maze. After arriving there, he didn't go anywhere and just waited there until the other two arrived.

"Potter, if you don't want this championship, give us the trophy." Fleur said to Harry, who was holding the winner's trophy, with a complicated expression. She looked a little tired, but her overall spirits were still good.

Since Dudley had captured all the magical creatures along the way, she and Viktor encountered virtually no danger and suffered little harm. Well, it wouldn't be accurate to say they encountered nothing at all; Dudley's main focus was capturing magical creatures, and he did occasionally miss a few repetitive and abundant magical plants like Ironthorn and Devil's Web.

The Devil's Web has obvious weaknesses. It didn't affect Fleur much when she deliberately avoided it, but it caused some trouble for the cautious Viktor. Because he was too cautious, he always walked close to the wall, while the Devil's Web liked to hide in the shade around corners and ambush people.

As for Iron Thorns, it lived up to its reputation as an "iron waste," failing to cause any impact.

So, apart from getting a little sore from wandering around the maze so many times, Hibiscus was fine.

"Harry, I think she's right," Viktor said in a muffled voice. He had just been entangled in a bunch of devil's webs and had struggled for quite a while to free himself (Durmstrong uses different teaching materials than Hogwarts; Hogwarts teaches devil's webs in the first year, while Durmstrong does not).

Viktor's English isn't particularly good. He can manage simple, normal communication without much trouble, but it would be difficult for him to convince Harry with a long explanation. He's also a bit introverted by nature.

Harry didn't answer them, but just stared quietly at the end of the maze, as if waiting for someone.

Seeing that Harry was ignoring her, Fleur took a deep breath and, as if she had made a great decision, pointed her wand at him.

"If you refuse to give it to me, then I'll have to resort to force."

To be fair, Harry saved her only sister, Gabrielle, during the second match because of her own mistake. She was very grateful to Harry, but gratitude and the match are two different things. She was not alone now; she represented Beauxbatons, and she had to do her best to win the championship for Beauxbatons' honor.

Viktor was the same; he liked Dudley and Harry, but he also wanted to win.

So when Fleur raised her wand, he also picked up his wand.

"I'm waiting for someone."

A faint voice drifted over, and Ha said in an unquestionable tone, "You...either sit here and wait."

"Or, lie down on the ground and wait."

Harry rarely spoke in this manner; he was usually very humble. However, as Dudley's brother who had been with him the longest, his personality had gradually become more like Dudley's, and his behavior had also taken on some of Dudley's habits.

These details will be revealed unintentionally, without even his own awareness.

For example, right now.

"Potter, you're only in fourth grade. Viktor and I are in sixth grade."

Fleur shook her head, clearly not taking Harry's words seriously. In her eyes, the only real opponents were Dudley and Viktor. Now that Dudley was nowhere to be found, the only threat was Viktor.

While being two years older isn't an absolute advantage in the wizarding world, it still provides a significant edge.

This situation applies to ordinary people as well. Generally speaking, the physical fitness of junior high school students in the third year is always better than that of students in the first year. Of course, this age gap will gradually disappear after entering university, except for those with exceptional talent.

What she didn't know was that Harry belonged to this group of gifted individuals.

Also, Dudley was only one month older than Harry.

Fleur had never experienced the terror of fourth year at Hogwarts.

She was unaware that the fourth-year wizards at Hogwarts were already keeping up with the seventh-year students, and Harry was among the best.

"I'll be gentle, I'll try my best not to hurt you."

Fleur raised her wand in the most standard pose.

"Disarm you!"

A red spell lit up in the maze.

A wand rose high into the air, tracing a perfect parabola before landing in Harry's hand. At the same time, a figure was sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the maze wall before slowly sliding to the ground. Throughout the entire ordeal, Harry didn't even turn his head.

盲狙

"What happened?"

Furong asked in confusion, "I didn't even see how the other party made their move, and yet my wand was disarmed."

However, what she faced was far from over. She tried to get up but found that she couldn't move her body and fell straight to the ground.

This is a sign of being under the spell "Swift Imprisonment," but when exactly it happened is unknown.

She didn't have time to care about that right now; she fell face-first to the ground, and her nose suddenly stung, feeling like she'd been flattened.

However, it does fit Harry's line about "lying on the ground and waiting".

"When casting a spell, either be decisive or don't do it at all."

"Is that posture like making yourself a target?"

Harry still had his back to her; their dueling experience was far too different to be comparable.

Harry has an incredible amount of experience; he's never let his guard down at Hogwarts, and it's practically become second nature to him.

Standard posture and correct tone can increase the chances of successful spellcasting, but they can also make you an easy target. How to cast spells quickly and ruthlessly during a duel is a required course for every member of the discipline group.

"Victor, do you want to wait sitting down or lying down?"

It wasn't until Harry reminded him that Viktor came to his senses. He was still holding his wand, intending to attack Fleur after she made her move. However, Harry's quick and steady movements caught him off guard, and Fleur was subdued before he could react.

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Looking at Fleur lying on the ground in an extremely undignified posture, Viktor remained silent for a moment before saying:

"Sit down."

He considered himself only slightly better than Furong, but Furong was easily subdued. If it were him, he would have decisively chosen to follow his heart.

Viktor plopped down on the ground, looking at Harry's retreating figure with a sigh.

He truly deserves to be called the world's number one Wizard Card player; his skill level is as formidable as his card-playing ability.

(End of this chapter)