Chapter 478: The Competition Begins

"The Veela performance was really good, and the Bulgarian national team really brought a great mascot!" Ludo Bagman's voice sounded like a bell, "But now, please raise your wand to the air, welcome The mascot of the Irish National Team!"

There was a whoosh, and something huge, green and gold, flew into the stadium like a giant comet.

It circled the stadium before splitting into two smaller comets, each heading towards a set of goalposts.

Suddenly an arching rainbow appeared across the field, connecting the two large, shining balls.

Whoops and whoops erupted from the crowd, as if watching a fireworks display.

At this time, the rainbow disappeared, and the shining balls connected and blended with each other, forming a huge, dazzling clover.

It rose high into the air and began to circle above the stands.

Something crackled and fell from above like golden raindrops...

"Brilliant!" Ron exclaimed, bending over to pick it up like crazy.

Shamrocks hovered above their heads, and kept dropping huge gold coins, which fell on their heads and seats.

Ivan didn't look at these gold coins, he knew they were all fake.

Even if it was true, he didn't care.

For Aiwen, who has mastered advanced alchemy, gold is the most useless thing.

He raised his head and carefully observed the clover in the sky, and found that it was actually composed of countless small figures in red vests and mustaches, each holding a small golden or green lamp.

"Irish leprechauns!" whispered Sirius.

This is a very representative native creature of Ireland, which has appeared in many myths and stories.

The history of leprechauns goes back a long way, and these magical creatures live among the ancient ruins scattered across the countryside.

Generally speaking, there will be clover representing luck around their lives.

Some say it is because of the magic of leprechauns, who make simple clothes out of clover leaves.

Of all the magical creatures known to date, leprechauns are the ones who like to attract the attention of Muggles the most.

As such, they are often the protagonists of Muggle stories as well.

Leprechauns are smart and can speak human languages.

They are kinder fairies than little devils, elves or foxes, but sometimes they are very naughty.

They will use magic to produce a real gold-like substance, but after a few hours, these things will disappear without a trace. Looking at the surprised expressions of wizards or Muggles, they will become very happy.

In the stadium, while cheering, people are still chaotically fighting for gold coins, or getting under the seats to pick up gold coins.

It's unbelievable that so many greedy fools would naively believe that these coins are real.

"Here you are!" Ron yelled happily, stuffing a handful of Leprechaun's gold coins into Harry's hand, "Pay back your panoramic binoculars, now you have to buy me a Christmas present, haha!"

After a few minutes, the giant clover disappeared.

The leprechauns slowly landed opposite the veela on the field, and sat cross-legged, ready to watch the game.

"Now, ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome to the Bulgarian National Quidditch Team! Let me introduce to you, Dimitrov is the first to appear!" Ludo said loudly.

A figure in red on a broomstick flew into the arena through a portal below.

He flew so fast he couldn't see clearly, and he drew rapturous applause from the Bulgarian supporters.

Every time a Quidditch player enters the field, there will be a burst of cheers from the Bulgarian auditorium.

But when Ludo announced Viktor Krum, the entire venue erupted in cheers.

Whether they are Bulgarian national team players or not, most people are admirers of Krum.

This reminded Ivan of Lockhart, and in his opinion, both of them were flashy guys.

He will only use unwarranted fame and rhetoric to deceive girls.

"Look, it's him, it's him!" cried Ron, following Krum with his panoculars.

Hearing his shout, the others quickly pointed their telescopes at him.

Long before Veela entered the arena, Aiwen secretly used spells, and he can see clearly now without using a telescope.

Viktor Krum is dark and thin, with sallow skin, a big hooked nose, and two thick black eyebrows. He looks like a huge eagle. It is hard to believe that he has only eighteen years old.

He gives the impression that he is very strong, as if he often sports outside and experiences wind and sun.

Compared with the thin and bookish Ivan, the two of them are not in the same style at all.

"And now, welcome to the Irish National Quidditch Team!" cried Ludo Bagman loudly, "with Connolly, Ryan, Troy, Mallett, Moran, Quigley, and Lynch !"

Seven fuzzy green figures flew towards the arena, and they were all riding "Firebolts".

On their backs, their respective names are rusted with silver thread.

"By the way, there is also our referee today, Hassan Mustafa, the president of the International Quidditch Federation who has come all the way from Egypt and is well-respected!"

A small, lean wizard in robes of solid gold to match the stadium's color, strode across the field.

He was completely bald on the top of his head, but he had a beard to rival Harry's Uncle Vernon's.

A silver whistle protruded from under his beard, and he carried a large wooden box under one arm and his broomstick under the other, and he got on the broomstick and kicked the box away , the four balls jumped into the air at once.

The bright red Quaffle, the two black Bludgers, and the tiny golden Snitch with wings.

Musta whistled, followed those balls into the air, and the game officially started!

This is indeed a world-class game, the level of both Quidditch players is very high, and it is of great viewing value.

They used a lot of difficult movements, which made Ai Wen, a layman, enjoy watching.

For the first time, he knew that Quidditch could be played like this.

Not to mention Harry, Ron and the rest of the Quidditch enthusiasts, who were completely engrossed in the game.

The level of the Irish team is obviously higher than that of the Bulgarian team. They made an "eagle head attack formation", bypassed the Bulgarian national team players with dazzling feints, and quickly scored a goal.

Leprechauns watching the game from the sidelines all rose into the air again, forming giant shimmering shamrocks again.

On the other side of the arena, the veela looked at them with gloomy faces. (To be continued.)