Chapter 394 392 The Second Project

Chapter 394 392. The second project

After getting up every day, Jon routinely used his wand to point at his heart and cast an Animagus transformation spell.

For the past six months, he has been doing this almost every day and has never stopped. After doing this, he got up to wash and have breakfast.

When he came to the restaurant, Lee, George and Hermione were already sitting here.

"I read the Daily Prophet. He was the only one who was still insisting on the ball. He believed that we stole something precious from the castle. It was only because of the magnanimity of the Dark Lord that he did not pursue us and continued today's game. Oh, by the way, they also published the photos of the portraits and armor fragments that you destroyed, Hermione."

George said proudly, holding a glass of pumpkin juice.

"It seems that Fred and I have achieved great results with the Weasley ball!"

Hermione successfully blew up the armor in the principal's office with the alchemy ball, which was of course the research success of the Weasley twins discovered by Jon during the summer vacation.

The most perfect thing they have made so far is this small bomb, which is stable in triggering and powerful. When the first game just ended, George showed Dumbledore the finished product they had made without reservation, and shared all the refining techniques and materials with him, hoping that it could reduce some casualties for wizards on the wizarding line.

Just as the twins and Jon said during the summer vacation, they would not keep their research results private from Dumbledore. With the funding from Durmstrang, they no longer have to worry about the experiments, and they can also give blood transfusions to the wizarding line for free.

But they want to give it away for free, and Dumbledore certainly sees the value of these things.

The Weasley twins have a very clever idea, and they are extremely talented in alchemy. It is not that no wizards in the past thought of embedding the blasting spell in a sphere and mass-producing this advanced black magic, but the biggest problem with this technology is the instability of the blasting spell. When the finished product will explode and what situation it will explode in is unknown even to the person who made it.

However, the Weasley twins overcame this difficulty. Jon didn't know how they did it, but it seemed that they used a magic rune passed down by the Weasley family. When the technology of the alchemy ball was fully mature, they gave away all their research for free. Of course, Grindelwald paid for it, and they also got such a technology.

After learning about the research results of the Weasley twins, Dumbledore did not accept their gifts. Instead, after careful consideration, he proposed to establish a patent for George's invention, and then give them a share of the profit for each Weasley ball produced.

But such a reward was also rejected by the twins. They still insisted on their original idea and gave it away for free without taking a penny.

In the end, Dumbledore did not insist on it. He just left a trophy with the name of the Weasley twins in the trophy display room that had been kept on the carriage. At the same time, he gave the Weasleys a generous bonus in the wizarding line, on the grounds that George and Fred had an absolutely excellent performance, so he rewarded their parents.

George and his friends did not refuse after learning about this. Although Arthur and Molly did not know what they had done specifically, they were happy and proud of it.

The Weasley ball that Hermione used in the principal's office this time was given to her by Dumbledore. It was made by the wizard line using the technology provided by the Weasley twins.

Now it has achieved remarkable results after being used in actual combat for the first time.

"It is very useful and powerful." Hermione affirmed.

Although they were the ones who actually sneaked into Hogwarts Castle on the day of the ball, the public opinion outside had no effect on Jon and his friends.

It can even be said that except for the Daily Prophet, other magic newspapers have not mentioned it for a long time, but have begun to focus on the second project of today's Triwizard Tournament.

In fact, Jon already knew what the second project was after the first project was over.

The three competition projects of the Triwizard Tournament were proposed by Voldemort and Dumbledore, and the final competition project was decided by Matthew and his friends.

The competition item proposed by Voldemort was to snatch the Golden Snitch from the Forbidden Forest. The second item was naturally chosen by Dumbledore and his team, so John and Daisy gave Draco and his team a lot of advantages.

Of course, such an advantage is allowed by the rules, just like Draco and Emil knew about it before the first competition item started.

So John has been staying by the Black Lake since the first competition item was over to prepare for the second item.

That's right, the venue for the second item is in the Black Lake.

The only difference from the competition in the original book is that this time, John and his team don't need to go under the lake to save someone from the obstruction of mermaids, but need to find pearls from the bottom of the lake.

Unlike the first game, there are only ten pearls in total, and the scope of the Black Lake and the time the students can stay underwater will not be as long as the time they can stay in the Forbidden Forest.

According to John's estimate, this game will only take one morning to finish at the fastest.

The most critical problem that the contestants have to face is not only how to move underwater, but also that it is only January 1st. The ice on the surface of the Black Lake has not melted and is still the thickest. Just breaking through this layer of ice and entering the lake is a problem. Secondly, how to continue to move in the cold water is also a difficulty.

Compared with these two, finding pearls is still a problem that can be solved easily.

Dumbledore specifically proposed to compete in the Black Lake for a reason. Jon has been fishing by the lake every day during this period in order to prepare for entering the lake.

As for how to enter the water, he and Daisy certainly have sufficient plans.

After breakfast, Dumbledore and Rosier led the team to the Black Lake, where many students from Hogwarts Castle had gathered.

Now the Christmas holiday has not ended yet, and because no one went home for the Christmas ball, these students are in the most boring state of having no classes in the castle.

This time, the competition did not impose any restrictions on them. The competition venue was on the Black Lake, so they could naturally come as spectators.

In addition to the students, Matthew and two other referees were already waiting here. Snape and Beauxbatons' Vice Principal Bulstrode were also at the lake with Draco and Emil.

Jon and his friends were the last to arrive, but there was still half an hour before the game officially started at nine o'clock.

When he arrived here, Jon clearly saw that Emil and Draco were holding something unusual in their hands. It looked like a herb, which made him and Daisy look at each other.

Daisy also obviously saw what they were holding in their hands and said something to Jon with her mouth.

"Gillweed."

This is a herb that allows the user to breathe underwater, and it can last up to an hour.

What really made Jon feel problematic was not the herb itself, but that Draco and Emil had actually prepared in advance.

Who told them the rules of the game in advance?

When Jon thought of this question, he subconsciously looked up at Matthew, but then he realized that it was not just this American wizard. In fact, compared to him, the other two federation referees were more suspicious, especially the Asian wizard who had already revealed some problems in the first event.

After everyone arrived, Matthew read out the rules of the second event in public.

"After passing the woods, your challenge turns to underwater. This Black Lake is the venue for the next event. Even though I am an American, I have heard of this legend. When the four great wizards chose this place to build Hogwarts Castle a thousand years ago, they also rowed across this lake."

"Therefore, in this competition that determines the ownership of the castle and the name of Hogwarts, of course you also need to walk the path that the founders of this school have walked again. We have hidden ten pearls in the Black Lake in advance. What you have to do today is to collect these underwater pearls as quickly as possible. As for the final score, the judging criteria are similar to the first game. According to the number of pearls obtained, the ranking will be 70, 50, 30 and 10 points respectively. According to The ranking of the return time is 40, 30, 20 and 10 points respectively. There is no time limit for this game. As long as you have enough ability, you can stay in the lake as long as you want. But in the same way, if someone fails to come back for a long time, we will send someone to check whether they still retain life characteristics underwater. "

"You also need to pay attention to one thing, everyone. Because of the special environment underwater, no matter what you experience in it, we cannot know it in time, so as long as you enter the lake, I can't guarantee your life safety. It is precisely because of this that I want to tell you these words in advance so that you can be mentally prepared. "

Matthew looked at all the warriors present seriously. Of course, when he looked at Jon, he just glanced at him, and only looked at Daisy, Draco and Emil.

Daisy must have no hesitation. She had made all preparations when she signed up from Durmstrang and chose to throw her name into the Goblet of Fire.

Of course, Emil's expression would not change. It was not that he was not afraid, but when Voldemort found their family to replace Bella and her husband in the Lestrange family, it was already doomed. He could only move forward and could not retreat.

Draco was also very calm, but if someone kept staring at him, they would find that his calves were actually trembling slightly.

For him, he really participated in the Triwizard Tournament from the second event. Thanks to Jon, he escaped the fire dragon crisis in the first game and did not suffer much contempt and scolding.

And now, however, he could not show how panicked he was inside.

In fact, before the start of this game, Jon had contacted Lucius privately once, asking him if he wanted to have another scene like the first game. He would eliminate Draco at the beginning, and he did not need to inform Draco himself. As long as Lucius agreed, he could find an opportunity to do it at the beginning of the game, so that Draco's reaction would be more realistic. Anyway, the Malfoy family did not care much about the results.

Well, maybe Draco would care a little, but even if he cares, it's useless.

In this regard, Lucius obviously thought about it carefully and finally declined John.

He obviously still took into account his son's future study and life in the castle and had to save some face. It was okay to be eliminated by John for the first time, after all, John's strength was obvious to all, but if John was defeated in the same way for two consecutive games.

Then Draco really had no face to stay in Hogwarts Castle in the future, and even Lucius himself might be doubted by other Death Eaters.

So no matter what, Draco had to participate in the competition by himself this time.

After seeing that no questions were raised, Matthew glanced at the time on the pocket watch, and did not delay any more, and officially started the inspection work before the start of the game.

As before, they checked the wands and belongings of Jon and the other four in turn. It is worth mentioning that the fish gill grass in Draco and Emil's hands was allowed to be held, and the fragments of the fire ash snake eggshell characteristics worn by Jon and Diane were also allowed to be kept.

The second project is different from the first project. The contestants can use magic props within an appropriate range, and this appropriateness can only be allowed by the referee team.

After ensuring that there are no other problems, at nine o'clock in the morning, Matthew announced in front of all the students, professors and reporters around that Jon and the others can prepare for the game.

Soon Jon figured out what the so-called pre-game preparations were. This was a period of time specifically reserved for them to find a way to break the ice of the Black Lake.

During this period of time, the four participating warriors cannot attack each other.

Such rules are in disguised form restricting Jon, because if the game is announced directly, the ice of the Black Lake will definitely become a big fight.

Regardless of whether he can get the pearl or not, he will directly eliminate everyone else, and the person who wins in the end will become the first in this project.

In order to avoid such a thing from happening, there is a period of pre-match preparation. Only when the players enter the water, the competition is officially started.

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