Chapter 1188 Off-Field Player

Before Elena entered school, Slytherin House had won the House Cup for six consecutive years.

There may be a small part of Professor Snape's partiality in this, but more of it is the ability of those Slytherin students.

Whether you admit it or not, as an academy with nearly 100% pure-blood wizard families, the average starting point for Slytherin wizards is obviously higher than that of other academies.

In learning in the magical world, this little starting line will largely determine the average distance to the finish line.

Without the sudden emergence of Elena last year and the shameless shady plot of Dumbledore in the original book, Slytherin House's dominance would have continued - in fact, even if they missed the House Cup last year, most of the Slytherins Little Wizard Lin still firmly believes that the overall strength of Slytherin House is at the top of the four houses.

However, with the frequent launch of "impromptu duels" at Hogwarts during this period, Gryffindor's limelight began to overshadow Slytherin's.

Even though the little wizards of Slytherin College continue to use the winning rate to emphasize the evidence, people obviously believe in everything they see with their own eyes compared to untouchable numerical descriptions:

Gryffindor House has almost as many wins in the duel field as the other houses put together.

In the face of the overwhelming victory, the cynicism between Gryffindor House and Slytherin House, which was already somewhat at odds with each other, quickly entered a new stage.

This academy match is undoubtedly the most desired match for both sides.

Many Slytherin students even engaged in cruel "bets" with Gryffindor students.

No matter what the outcome is, one party will inevitably die socially at Hogwarts, which undoubtedly arouses the enthusiasm of most little wizards.

Unfortunately, Slytherin's first two games failed to achieve "certain" results due to various reasons.

After two consecutive losses, the atmosphere in Slytherin House was tense to the extreme. If Hannah and Luna had not suppressed it in time, the Hogwarts stadium might have turned into a large-scale Slytherin "internal purge" meeting. . However, as Cassiopeia won her first victory cleanly, the solemn atmosphere in the stands of Slytherin House finally relaxed a little.

The college competition adopts a points accumulation system.

Three points for single player competition, two to four points for group competition, and five points for team competition.

If any team gains more than five points in advance, there will naturally be no need to proceed with the team competition.

The one-on-one competition in the singles competition undoubtedly made the team competition the key to the final outcome, while the group competition was not that important.

More importantly, just like Slytherin House's luxurious singles competition lineup, everyone knows the dominance of Gryffindor House in the doubles competition.

The Weasley twins have maintained a perfect record of victory in the double duel arena. As one of the only two pairs of twins in Hogwarts, they are in the same college and have perfect tacit understanding and cooperation. The rules of the game are almost tailor-made for them...the only suspense is whether they can complete one-two.

The senior year in Slytherin House wasn't particularly intense, though.

Because they also prepared a secret weapon, just like Ginny in the same grade, the Slytherins chose to bet their "surprise" on the double arena match.

In fact, if everything goes according to their plan, they now have at least two wins in hand and even have the capital to kill the game early.

After all, before this, no one would have thought that the "shadow prefect" who had defeated several senior students in a row would unexpectedly lose.

He would never have imagined that the descendants of the ancient and proud Malfoy family would engage in match-fixing in full view of the public.

As for Cassiopeia's victory, it was expected by many people familiar with it - the selection of players in Slytherin House is a duel selection.

As the fastest spellcasting witch in the third grade of Slytherin, Cassiopeia's stormy spell attacks also surprised many people in the previous secret selection.

Of course, in addition to these factors, Slytherin also has the most important reliance...

"Who do you think will win?"

Professor Snape suddenly turned his head to look at Professor McGonagall next to him and asked softly.

"Of course it's the Weasley twins. If you really want to ask, you might as well ask them how long it would take them to wear two."

Professor McGonagall replied with a smile, glanced curiously at Snape who seemed to be "asking for humiliation", and responded to his previous ridicule without any hesitation.

"Really? I think they might not even be able to pass the first level..."

Professor Snape glanced down meaningfully, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently curved in an unpredictable arc.

"...So, you won't personally help students cheat again, will you?"

Professor McGonagall was stunned for half a second, and her smile faded.

There have been too many similar off-field aids during the Hogwarts House Cup competition in the past few years.

"Every little bit helps."

Professor Snape said inscrutably, his eyes moved to Mrs. Hooch not far away, and he raised his eyebrows.

"Besides, haven't you and Mrs. Huo Qi also given some small help to the students? If I am considered cheating... what about you?"

"I am the Quidditch teacher at Hogwarts, and I am neutral." Mrs. Hooch said somewhat unnaturally.

"Yeah, but I heard that Hogwarts' inventory of Bludgers is almost empty. I wonder how we will train for the subsequent Quidditch games -"

Professor Snape's deep black eyes swept across Mrs. Hooch, and then returned to the venue not far away.

Below, the young wizards from Gryffindor House and Slytherin House have entered the scene.

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As before, Elena simply repeated the rules.

In mid-air, the magic countdown began to beat, and her figure gradually disappeared into the air again.

"You're in luck. If Weasley fireworks hadn't been banned, you might have had to find a hair-growing potion."

Fred Weasley shrugged regretfully, took out a glass bottle from his arms and shook it in front of the other party.

"However, they are not very lucky -" George Weasley said, "After all, it may take several pains to realize that they cannot win."

The two sang and talked in harmony while taking off the specially customized metal bat from their waists.

They held wands in their left hands and bats in their right hands, looking playfully at the two opponents not far away who had almost no presence.

The Hogwarts Quidditch pitch is the home ground of the two of them, and for today's victory, Professor McGonagall specially commissioned Mrs. Hooch to collect nearly thirty "lively" Bludgers for them. Under the constraints of the magic light curtain, the Bludgers that constantly bounce and charge can be said to be the top helpers - they can win without even casting spells.

"Those bottles...are all Bludgers, right?"

At this moment, the two wizards standing opposite them exchanged glances and revealed a strange smile.

"Unfortunately, your opponent is not the two of us - the game is over from the moment you take the stage."

"what are you guys saying?"

Fred Weasley was stunned.

The two of them had always maintained a 100% winning rate in duels, and now they still had dozens of Bludgers.

In Percy and Miss Granger's deduction, their winning rate in this arena match was almost 100% - their deduction model was a one-for-two model.

However, the two Slytherin students did not answer him, but each took out a crystal bottle from their arms.

Inside the bottle, there was flowing some sparkling light yellow potion.

As the countdown above reached zero, they both opened the cork and drank from the bottle at the same time.

puff--

A lilac mist filled the duel arena.

There was no sound of magic.

Just when everyone started to be confused, Elena's calm voice suddenly sounded in the air.

"The first match in the double arena, Slytherin wins."

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At the same time, the seats of the Hogwarts professors.

Professor McGonagall stood up suddenly and stared at Professor Snape next to him like an angry eagle.

"You poisoned me?!"

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Great!