Chapter 1379 Goalkeeper Trials

Alvin and Hermione happened to be sitting near the goal, where all the students waiting to compete for the goalkeeper were lined up.

So, like Harry, they also saw Ron with a green face.

Ron's reaction was expected. He couldn't bear it in his heart and was prone to stage fright.

However, his body is trembling uncontrollably now, and he may also be angry.

Not far from him, McLaggen blatantly judged the performance of each of the students who entered the selection process. He said some ugly comments and unfounded rumors, which was really annoying, and I don't know if it was intentional. McLaggen mainly focused on Ron, and kept talking about his embarrassing things last semester...

Ron must have heard it, because McLaggen's voice was very loud, and it seemed that he was speaking to him on purpose.

He can still hold back until now, and he didn't rush to beat the opponent, mainly because McLaggen is the senior of Gryffindor.

In addition, he has a good grasp of the scale, and he did not sarcastically name Ron.

But the things he said, about falling off the broom, missing all the balls, not even being able to tell which way to go, it sounded like Ron's performance last term.

"This guy is so annoying!" Hermione said, and she and Ivan also heard what McLaggen said.

"It's really annoying, I dare say that Harry would definitely not want such a guy in the team..." Ivan nodded.

McLaggen was a cheap way to put others down on purpose in order to lift himself up.

He kept bringing up Ron's poor performance last semester in order to put pressure on Ron and affect his performance.

After getting special treatment from Harry through the back door, this is probably his plan now. It sounds a lot like the style of Slytherin House, but most of those politician families are the same as pure blood wizard families, Mike It's no surprise that Ragan can do this!

It seems that he has learned these methods from his uncle, a senior official of the Ministry of Magic, and can use them flexibly.

The only difference between the pure-blood wizard family and the politician family is that they are not so extreme. They think that pure-blood glory and pure-blood wizards are superior to others. They often put their own interests first.

What both parties have in common is that they don't care how dirty the means are, as long as they are easy to use and can help them succeed.

Five minutes after the batsmen's selection ended, the goalkeeper's selection began.

As before, most of the students participating in the selection did not perform well, and the top five players only made two saves at most.

The sixth player was Cormac McLaggen. Unexpectedly, he successfully saved the first three balls. Alicia, Richie and Demirza, the three chasers of the Gryffindor team were attacked by him. It was easily stopped, and Ginny and Elaine were left without attacking.

Although McLaggen is annoying, he has to admit that he is still very capable.

Regardless of those methods, his own strength is comparable to Ron's.

Judging by Ivan's unprofessional Quidditch level, McLaggen's skills may not be as good as Ron's when he was in his best state, but he is worse than Ron's performance most of the time, enough to be a goalkeeper. Strong opponent.

Ginny starts serving, and if he saves all the balls, the chances of Ron wanting to be goalie become slim.

"We should help Ron..." said Hermione, but then she shook her head. "No, we can't do that!"

"what are you planning to do?"

"I was suddenly thinking about whether to use the Confusion Charm on him, so that he can't tell the direction, so that he can't stop the ball." Hermione said, her face turned red, "But we can't do this, this method is very wrong. The brilliance will affect the fairness of the selection..."

At this time, Hermione actually thought of fairness first.

This is where decent wizards are weak. They pay too much attention to principles and rules, and always worry about whether their methods are upright.

However, based on Ivan's understanding of Hermione, if the situation is really critical, she is the one who can make the most determination.

In other words, if Ivan was replaced by Ron, Hermione might have used the confusion spell long ago.

"Don't worry, you don't need to directly interfere with the trials. I don't think he can pass Ginny and Elaine."

Sure enough, as Ai Wen said, the angle of the ball sent by Ginny is very tricky.

She tricked McLaggen into flying towards the left goal, tricking him into thinking she was going to shoot. But Ginny made a nice turn in the air, flew right as fast as he could, and threw the ball in, and the Quaffle flew in just past McLaggen's fingertips, and he gave Ginny a nasty look.

When it came to Elaine, McLaggen obviously became more cautious, but he couldn't keep up with the speed of the Firebolt.

After a few circles, there was a gap in his defense, and Elaine easily threw the ball in.

"I protest!" said McLaggen viciously, flying straight towards Harry. "They both have great brooms."

"Being a good broom is part of Quidditch strength, and it's the same for everyone involved in the trials," said Harry, ignoring McLaggen's protests. "Okay, next!"

McLaggen gritted his teeth and stepped aside. Harry had a point, and it was fair to everyone.

If Ginny and Elaine maintain the difficulty just now, no one will stop their two balls.

Unless, that person's broom is as good and as fast as a Firebolt or an Asterisk...

And this person is Ron, and the broomstick in his hand is the Asterisker, the only one other than Ginny.

Looking at it this way, the odds were in his favour, and Ron was thirteenth on the field.

The performances of those after McLaggen were extraordinary, and no one could stop three balls.

When Ron came on stage, Lavender was the one who yelled loudest in the stands.

The small area where Slytherins came to watch the trials spontaneously sang the song "Weasley is our king".

Because the rhythm was very good, soon, many students from other colleges sang along.

Singing and loud laughter drowned out the sound of cheering.

In the center of the arena, Harry wanted to silence the Slytherins, or throw them out, but he couldn't.

He was a little afraid to watch Ron's performance, afraid of seeing him miss all the balls.

But he felt that as the captain, he should show more courage, so he turned to look at Ron's candidacy.

In fact, there is no need to worry at all. Although Ron looked nervous, he played very well.

Amid the cheers, he saved one, two, three, four free throws in a row...

Now, only Elaine remained unserved, but Ron had already won the tryout over McLaggen!