Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 334 Analyzing the Golden Egg

"All three warriors performed exceptionally well this time!"

After announcing Krum's score, Ludo Bagman, who was playing a cameo role as Barty Jr., exclaimed cheerfully, "Honestly, when we first started planning this project, we almost never thought anyone could actually repair this golden egg completely, which is why we set up three charging pillars... And in our imagination, it was entirely possible that the warrior wouldn't be able to defeat the fire dragon and complete the second level—that's a Ukrainian iron-bellied beast!"

"After comparing the performances of the warriors in previous Triwizard Tournaments, I can proudly say that the warriors selected for this Triwizard Tournament, which has been restarted after a century and is now significantly more difficult, are arguably the best group of warriors since the tournament began!"

"really."

Avada nodded inwardly upon hearing this—he had specifically studied the history of the Triwizard Tournament. Among this generation of warriors, even excluding him, who was exceptionally outstanding, Krum and Fleur alone were enough to rank among the strongest warriors of all time. While the overall improvement in the environment played a role, their individual strength far exceeded Avada's expectations.

Fleur needs no introduction. The talents bestowed upon her by her Veela bloodline, along with her wand perfectly suited to her, grant her astonishing and well-rounded combat prowess. In ordinary battles, her silent mental magic is enough to effortlessly take down most opponents. When she unleashes her full power, her agile aerial movement combined with the Veela's powerful magical flames is enough to make even a dragon unable to raise its head. Apart from a lack of endurance, she has virtually no weaknesses.

However, this combination also brings a significant weakness: it is particularly disadvantageous when facing non-artificial environmental pressures. For example, in the second challenge in the original work, the aquatic environment directly suppressed her flames, and various low-intelligence aquatic creatures were not sensitive to charm magic. The resistance of the water itself also greatly increased her physical exertion, which led to her being easily eliminated by a Grindylow in the end. This is a stark contrast to her current performance.

Krum, however, surprised Avada even more.

At first, he thought that Durmstrang's background as an athlete would create a highly proactive and passionate man, but he didn't expect that he was actually the one with a more acute and delicate mind, good at thinking quickly and deploying tactics. On the contrary, he didn't have many outstanding features in direct combat except for his black magic, which was probably related to his identity as a Seeker.

Moreover, in the first project, Krum was often able to catch up with Avada's thinking faster than Fleur, which made Avada feel that in terms of thinking ability alone, Krum was probably no worse than herself...

As expected of the most outstanding elites selected from an entire magic school.

"This will make things much easier for me."

After quickly reviewing his assessment of the two in his mind, Avada couldn't help but feel pleased: 'This way, I shouldn't have to spend too much energy protecting them in the upcoming conspiracies. They're capable enough to defend themselves and are aware of the danger... or maybe they can even be of help?'

"Now, I'll announce the total points for the three Warriors at this stage."

In the stands, "Bagman" took out his notebook again, turned a page, and read aloud: "Miss Fleur Delacour—91 points; Mr. Viktor Krum—93 points, and Mr. Ken—96 points!"

"The gap between the three warriors is very small—let me praise them again, this year's warriors are all outstanding, they all scored above 90 points... This score, along with the warriors' golden eggs, will play a role in the next event, so please keep your golden eggs safe."

"The third and final event of this competition will begin on May 24th next year. Warriors will be informed of the details of the third event a week in advance. Until then—please enjoy a peaceful period of school life and the upcoming Christmas dinner!"

"The second event of the Triwizard Tournament has now officially concluded. Thank you all for your support of the warriors... You may now return in an orderly manner!"

As soon as he said those words, Avada felt a sense of foreboding, and sure enough, the next moment he felt his feet sink into the ground—he was lifted up again by his classmates...

……

Finally, after a grand celebration on the express train that lasted from noon until the end of dinner, Avada was finally allowed back to his room. His stomach bulging with food, and utterly exhausted, he collapsed onto his bed, leaving only his legs dangling off the edge—luckily, he wasn't old enough to drink alcohol yet, otherwise he might have ended up like those seventh-graders, unconscious and carried back…

After resting for a while while half-lying down, he sat up again and took out the fully charged golden egg from his seamless stretch pocket—he finally had time to examine the thing properly.

It's also worth mentioning that at the banquet just now, even though everyone was excitedly congratulating him and almost every sentence was about his performance in the second project... not a single person came to show him the golden egg, including his closest old friends.

He didn't show the golden egg directly, since he hadn't examined it properly yet. Although the creation and final product of the golden egg were likely supervised or even directly involved by Dumbledore and several other headmasters, and it had been kept in the hands of the warriors for such a long time, the probability of it being compromised was not high. However, he still decided to be cautious, since it wasn't the first time that pure-blood families had managed to deceive Dumbledore...

"The surface is a complete whole that cannot be opened... completely different from the original."

After confirming that there was no curse or special magic, he first tried to open the golden egg with his hand as in the original story, and then came to the same conclusion. Only then did he pick up his wand and use his magical senses to carefully analyze the magical structure contained inside the golden egg...

"There is a spell inside the golden egg that can open it, but it seems to only activate after a certain amount of time and certain external conditions are met... However, it doesn't seem difficult to break. Should we try it now?"

"Wait... uh, never mind, after opening the golden egg, it seems to transmit the surrounding scene directly, probably for live streaming purposes—although it's not hard to crack, let's leave it for now and see if there are any other dangers..."

(End of this chapter)