Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 330 The Truth! It's absolutely a conspiracy!

"...Forget it, I can't be bothered with this anymore."

Avada shook his head vigorously, clearing his mind of those chaotic thoughts—he could simply use a Death Spell to control the fire dragon, then publicly break the magic that caused the pillars to rise and fall, order the fire dragon to breathe five breaths at the charged pillars, and finally send it to its doom with a Fiendfyre… The whole process wouldn’t take more than ten seconds, and he was guaranteed to have no points deducted—a perfect maneuver.

However, what's the point of doing this other than gaining an extra three points and having Barty and other pure-blood schemers who are still hiding in the shadows suddenly list him as the same level of threat as Dumbledore, thus making him bear a lot of unnecessary firepower?

Ultimately, his enemies in this battle for supremacy were always the pure-blood families, not the other two warriors; in fact, they were, to some extent, his partners...

Of course, the championship is still a must-win, as it represents the dual prestige of both Hogwarts and Noblyridge University.

Especially for Noblyridge University, if he wasn't mistaken about Grindelwald's plan, he was most likely planning to ride the coattails of the Triwizard Tournament by bringing his true form into the school beforehand and then making a high-profile appearance immediately after winning the championship, thus creating a huge publicity effect. In that case, if he dared to deliberately not win the championship, who knows what kind of special treatment the former Dark Lord would give him.

So Avada stopped thinking about whether someone was cheating and focused on watching Krum's gameplay...

"Mr. Krum truly lives up to his reputation as a professional Quidditch player. He dodges the dragon's breath with the same ease he uses to avoid a Quaffle on the field, and his movements reveal a clear purpose—he's trying to exhaust the dragon's stamina to create an advantage for his second phase!"

Barty Jr., playing Ludo Bagman, continued his passionate commentary from the stands: "His attack style is significantly more unrestrained than the previous two warriors—I've already seen no fewer than five spells that are close to, or have already crossed the threshold of, dark magic! However, I must clarify here that Durmstrang does not encourage students to use dark magic indiscriminately, but after all, Mr. Krum is now facing the largest fire dragon in the world, and he must use all his abilities..."

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"Another fragile stone pillar—but this time Mr. Krum didn't try to break it himself. Instead, he started trying to lure the fire dragon over. Did the previous thunderous explosion drain his energy, making him conserve his strength?"

On the field, after Krum unleashed a series of provocative spells, the fire dragon finally lost its patience, flapping its limbs and charging towards the direction Krum had created. Facing the charging dragon, Krum's expression remained unchanged; instead, a smug smile appeared on his face. Then, seeing that the distance between them had narrowed considerably, he waved his wand, unleashing a powerful thunderous explosion that slammed cleanly into… the fragile stone pillar beside him.

boom!

The powerful spell instantly shattered the part that was hit, and the upper half of the stone pillar also collapsed with a crash—and under Krum's control, the stone pillar crashed down right where the fire dragon was about to charge!

boom!

"Aww!!"

The dull thud of the stone pillar striking the dragon's back rang out almost simultaneously with the dragon's furious roar.

"……pity."

Krum, who had been hiding behind the Ironclad Curse, sighed inwardly—he had originally intended to try and hit the dragon's head or neck with the collapsed stone pillar.

For a Ukrainian dragon with its thick hide and tough belly, being hit on the back by something weighing over ten tons isn't a huge injury in itself, but the head and neck are a different story. If this attack achieves the result Krum envisions, not only will the pressure on him be greatly reduced in the second phase, but it will also ensure that the fire dragon will absolutely not dare to approach any of the pillars in the following battle—thus, no charging pillars will be destroyed!

Clearly, Krum is unaware that charged pillars can potentially emerge directly from under the dragon's rear.

"...So this is Krum's true fighting style."

Avada, watching from the stands, nodded secretly—by observing the previous two battles, he had gained a general understanding of Fleur and Krum's fighting styles. If Fleur's style was to use her powerful and comprehensive bloodline talents to overwhelm her opponent head-on, then compared to her, Krum's style could be described in one word—cunning.

His seemingly methodical fighting movements were actually traps set for the enemy at every step, subtly drawing them into his rhythm—a stark contrast to his burly appearance. Moreover, he clearly possessed remarkably quick reflexes and long-term tactical planning; almost all his actions were preparations for his second phase—whether it was trying every means to weaken the fire dragon, accumulating items, or, like himself, conserving stamina by guiding the fire dragon's mindset…

"Let's try again later and see if we can hit the dragon's head directly."

Krum quickly recalled the speed at which the fire dragon had charged and the timing of when he had blasted the pillar, and within moments he found a way to improve the situation. The mindset he had honed in Quidditch allowed him to quickly devise tactics. Then, before leaving, he glanced at the broken, fragile pillar, intending to take the items hidden inside as soon as possible...

Then he and everyone else outside the arena were stunned.

"...What did I just see?!"

A few seconds later, Bagman's roar startled everyone awake: "Merlin's Beard! Mr. Krum has unearthed a flying broomstick from the pillar!!"

"Among the dozens of stone pillars beneath the field, there was only one flying broomstick! And it just so happened to be the perfect item for Mr. Krum! It's unbelievable! He just managed to get his hands on that flying broomstick!!"

"..."

Avada takes longer to petrify than others.

Finally, he took a deep breath of the cold air, which gradually calmed him down.

He is now certain that there was definitely something fishy going on in this competition!

And the purpose... might not be to prevent him from winning, but it's definitely to mess with his mentality!

Isn't this just Barty Jr. trying to disgust himself in advance?

(End of this chapter)