Chapter 623 When You Fail the Exam... (Please Vote for Me!)
Hogwarts calendar year 999, the last weekend of June.
With the help of Elena Kaslana, the trio of Hermione Granger, Hannah Abbott, and Luna Lovegood successfully passed the "Dark Demon Defense Test" and brought back Gained extremely valuable first-pass experience.
As for the subsequent punishment game between the four girls that night, that was not important.
The next day, when the students at Hogwarts passed the huge hourglass that recorded the House Cup scores, they all discovered the sudden increase in points for Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, which seemed particularly special as the end of the semester was approaching. Obvious and strange.
Immediately afterwards, information about the breakthrough of the "Dark Demon Defense Test" spread quickly.
The test that the students once thought was impossible could actually be passed. At breakfast time that morning, Dumbledore confirmed the news again and honored the gold coin reward he had promised before in public.
Academy points, gold galleons, performance bonuses, and various factors were added together. Now the little wizards who were not so interested in this level became excited, and their confidence and desire to win were completely aroused.
Since two first-year freshmen and a trainee who has not yet entered school can successfully pass the test - then there is no reason why senior students who have studied for more than two and a half years and are interested in ____ cannot do this.
The three little witches were originally among the most popular and popular little guys in the school.
After this first pass, the attention in the school has become even higher. Even the students from Ravenclaw and Slytherin have become particularly enthusiastic when they see them, making insinuations about various things. Clearance details.
There is only the last week left before the end of the year at Hogwarts, and everyone still has plenty of opportunities to try.
What makes the students even more admirable is that even though they have become the star students that everyone is looking for, these three little witches do not show too much pride. Instead, they are immersed in learning and magic practice more and more diligently. In addition to the content of the next two levels, the girls also shared all the previous assessment content without any concealment.
Along with the revelation of many small details, such as the type of potion that Luna and the others drew in the fourth level.
The students easily drew an obvious inference. Compared with Luna, Hermione, and Hannah, what they lacked was just a little bit of luck, and luck was something that everyone could not do. It's fair... right?
boom! boom! boom
The door to the Gryffindor common room.
"Who is Cormac McLaggen? Come out here! We must have a chat today!"
Two Slytherin students and a Hufflepuff student stood in front of the Fat Lady's portrait, shouting angrily towards the door. The usually irritable little lions seemed to be deaf this time, and No one came out to respond.
After a while, the portrait slowly rotated away.
Percy Weasley stood by the door, the silver prefect badge shining on his chest, frowning.
"This is the Gryffindor common room, and I'm the prefect! What do you want to do?!"
"Look, this potion was brewed by Cormac McLaggen, right?"
One of the Slytherin students vigorously waved an empty potion bottle in his hand and roared loudly, "It's just the simplest antidote to the confusion potion. He doesn't know what the hell he added to it. It tastes terrible." That’s all, the key is that it’s actually poisonous! We were about to pass the fourth level when we stumbled upon this bottle of inferior antidote!”
These days, situations like this are somewhat frequent. As the house most targeted by Snape, the average level of Gryffindor students in Potions class is not very good, and the quality of the potions brewed is natural. Also uneven.
As for the solution, it is naturally quite sound and complete.
Percy Weasley couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth, and answered extremely skillfully.
"...Identification of the antidote is also part of the test. So, are we still following the same rules?"
"Yes, it's the same old rules! One-on-one duel, Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Professor Apokalis as referee."
"Well, McLaggen, what do you think, another one coming to duel?"
"Okay, no problem! I agreed - but you probably have to wait until tomorrow. I have three duels today!"
At the same time, the figure of the culprit, the second-year Gryffindor student Cormac McLaggen, also appeared at the door of the portrait, standing behind Percy Weasley with his arms folded, and answered sullenly.
Although they may not necessarily be good at potions, with the high-intensity duel schedule in the past few days, the Gryffindor students' experience in magic duels has increased rapidly. Even if they take turns participating in duels, they can maintain a 100% winning rate. More than sixty.
However, on the other hand, it is difficult for young wizards from Gryffindor House to receive applications from other houses to join the team.
After all, the main assessment difficulties in the first four levels are potions, herbs and spells. In this regard, Ravenclaw and Slytherin houses have certain inherent advantages, and in terms of cross-house popularity, Hufflepuff is obviously better than the little lion. They are more reliable.
Especially when Professor Snape said that——
"When you fail to pass the assessment, don't always come to the professor to ask why. I have written the reason on the potion bottle in the level. This is the result of what you have planted yourself in the past year."
In front of the Gryffindor House lounge, almost every day there are several waves of little wizards who "survived the catastrophe" coming to seek revenge.
And this situation continued until the morning two days later...
"Everyone, before breakfast starts today, I have some special news."
Albus Dumbledore smiled, stood up and cleared his throat.
"Three gentlemen, Percy Weasley, Fred Weasley, and George Weasley, used their wonderful performance in the assessment to become the second group of young wizards to pass the 'Dark Magic Defense Assessment'. For this reason , I will award Gryffindor House seventy-five points."
With Dumbledore's voice, the huge hourglass of Gryffindor House seemed to be raining heavily, and the rubies poured down. In an instant, it surpassed the total points of Slytherin House, second only to Hufflepah. Strangely.
However, Dumbledore's words did not end there.
"In addition, Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, and Ron Weasley also successfully passed the 'Dark Magic Defense Assessment' last night. , I will award fifty points to Gryffindor House and twenty-five points to Slytherin House!"
The cheers of the Gryffindors almost brought down the enchanted ceiling.
Every little wizard in Gryffindor House was jumping up and down at the dining table with joy - they had risen by one hundred and twenty five points in one breath, and now Gryffindor's score was equal to the first place Hufflepuff was only ten points away.
In other words, they are just one step away from winning the Academy Cup.
This is undoubtedly extremely exciting news for Gryffindor House, which was almost in despair, and more importantly, the proud Gryffindor little lions have proved with facts that they are not "copy poison" .
You know, almost two-thirds of the three teams that have passed the level are Gryffindor wizards!
"Impossible! How can you beat that big dog!"
Marcus Flint hammered the table hard, stood up in disbelief, turned around and looked at Gryffindor House at the next table, his lips squirmed several times, and beside him, several other Slytherins The little wizards also had the same expression.
After the fourth level, Elena will give the little wizards a "puppy" as a help.
In the next two levels, when the little wizards are in danger, the three-headed puppy Lu Wei will take the initiative to break the seal and return to the complete form of [Skeleton Level·Three-Headed Hell Dog] to help the students They completed the customs clearance.
But when the students reach the last level, they will change from fighting partners to the big devil guarding the level. At this stage, Elena will be temporarily imprisoned on a bronze chair in the seventh level, waiting for them to proceed. Rescue, unable to provide any further help.
However, no one has ever successfully "rescued" Elena these days.
As for completing the last two levels of assessment alone without relying on Lu Wei's power, it's not like no team has tried it...
but!
Not to mention the magical animal level in the fifth level, the test in the sixth level is a battle with the projections of Voldemort and Death Eaters! Facing the most vicious Death Eaters and the most terrifying Dark Lord in history, even a mere projection is enough to make most young wizards lose their fighting spirit or have their strength seriously unbalanced.
Most of the young wizards in Slytherin College chose to surrender when they first encountered him.
Of course, all of them were sentenced to death by the ruthless black demonic forces, and they were executed immediately, which was extremely painful and cruel.
Therefore, after experiencing several confrontations and struggles, almost all teams will choose this level to use the three-headed hell dog Lu Wei to assist in passing the level. They will follow Lu Wei's strong body and symbolically send out a few magic spells. .
Faced with Marcus Flint's questioning, the four Weasley brothers raised their eyebrows quite proudly, showed a very consistent stinky expression, and raised their Chinese food cups provocatively without doing much. Answer - After experiencing high-frequency duel practice, the clumsy "Death Eaters" were too easy to deal with. Almost every one of them had killed the "Dark Lord".
On the other hand, according to the original plot setting, as long as you complete "Kill the Dark Lord", you have actually passed the assessment. If you choose to exit the copy directly, you can still get the basic 5-point reward and a score improvement.
As for higher scores and gold galleons rewards, you still need to pass a level.
Unfortunately, all the young wizards who passed all the assessments have been warned by Professor Dumbledore and Professor Apokalis not to reveal too many details about subsequent levels, so that students can find the correct ones on their own. Way.
Of course, there are always loopholes in the rules...
In other words, from the beginning, Elena and the professors could have left such a small gap so that the students could participate more and better in this rare large-scale campus event and gain something from it.
After breakfast for the day.
"Miss Peach", the current prefect of Ravenclaw, led a group of little sisters and blocked the Gryffindor table.
"Weasley, stop! Is this the reason why you said yesterday that you had a stomachache, so you quit my team temporarily? You actually secretly cleared the level. If you don't make it clear today, huh!"
"Ahem, Meryl, please listen to my explanation..."
George Weasley's face froze, and he explained with a smile under the playful eyes of the brothers around him.
"Actually, I was about to come to you. Although Professor Dumbledore did not allow us to reveal too much, we studied the rules carefully last night and found a small loophole in them. We can try it today... "
"Oh? What loophole? You'd better not have the idea of fooling me..."
Ravenclaw's "Miss Peach" looked slightly bright, crossed her arms, and raised her eyebrows.
Any secret is no longer a secret when it is known to three or more people; and any record, after it is broken for the first time, the difficulty of reaching it again will be reduced by several levels.
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The next day, early morning.
"Meryl Streep, Angelina Johnson, George Weasley, successfully passed the level! For this, I will award ten points to Ravenclaw House and ten points to Gryffindor House!"
"Penelope Crevat, Percy Weasley, Fred Weasley, successfully passed the level! For this, I will award fifteen points to Ravenclaw House!"
"Pansy Parkinson, Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter..."
On this day, Hufflepuff House had led the House Cup score for a whole semester and was overtaken.
At the same time, it also means that the entire Hogwarts has officially entered what Elena and the professors are looking forward to seeing, the end-of-semester point-grabbing era for the whole school. There is still one week left before the end of the semester.
Since there is only one chance to enter the dungeon every day, the success rate is particularly critical.
The four houses of Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, which were originally full of estrangement and unfamiliarity, in such a wonderful state, spontaneously began to get to know each other and seek to form a team with each other.
Whether it is a top student with excellent grades, or a troublemaker with strong hands-on skills, or a super social butterfly who can find a strong team to lead the team through the level, even if they are a little bit poor in all abilities...
All in all, in theory, everyone has the opportunity to complete the level and get a considerable amount of pocket money.
As the newly promoted Fairy Queen of Gringotts, Elena has specially prepared a reward fund of 100,000 gold galleons for this large-scale event at Hogwarts, or to be more accurate, it should be called——
Rely on your own strength and defeat the opponent head-on to pass the fixed drop in the sixth level.
"If Voldemort is really resurrected, he'd better not take the initiative to come to Hogwarts to cause trouble, otherwise..."
Elena shook the wine-red pomegranate juice in the goblet in her hand while manipulating illusions and magic with great skill, controlling the assessment taking place not far away, and watching the little wizards surrounded by Death Eaters. Next, counterattack calmly.
"Tsk tsk, you are making rapid progress. It seems that next semester we can consider letting some destined wizards join the confrontation..."
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