Chapter 344 342. Valley Entrance
"People from the Pamo Sports Magic Item Supply Company wrote to complain that our final payment has not been settled, urging us to send them the remaining Galleons as soon as the game has started."
On the second night after the official start of the first competition, Matthew was in the lounge specially prepared for him by Voldemort in Hogwarts Castle, listening to his assistants report on the preparations for the competition.
"Let them wait for another two days until the first event is completely over, and it is naturally impossible to owe them the final payment. Also, why have I never heard of this sports magic company before? Normally, the supply of game items should not be provided by the official Is the Sports Department responsible?"
Facing Matthew's question, the assistant looked embarrassed, but finally answered.
"About the competition equipment for the first competition event, Mr. Rahman took the initiative to take over this matter. He said that this Pamo sports magic item supply company was opened by his friend, and the quality of the products provided was very good. Assure."
Matthew frowned.
"These Middle Easterners are like this, no matter where they want to do business. Why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
"You were not responsible for the purchase of the competition before, sir, of course, if you need to investigate this information now, I can prepare it now."
"The preparations you have to do now are not these, but it is best to remind Rahman early tomorrow morning that if something should not happen in the first game, then he will wait for my impeachment in the federation. Bar."
The place Cedric brought Jon to was indeed a remote area on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
In front of them, the location of the Ukrainian iron belly happened to be in the direction of the entrance of a valley. If you want to enter the valley, you must pass through the territory of this fire dragon, otherwise you can only climb the steep mountain rock.
For humans with dexterous limbs, climbing is actually not an impossible thing to do. In addition, wizards can use magic to help them. As long as it takes some time, they can avoid this fire dragon and climb from the other side of the valley. come out.
But this is not the case for the horse people. Their upper body is undoubtedly human, but the lower body is completely like a horse. Those four hooves may be able to walk on flat ground like flying, but if they climb rocks, it is almost impossible.
"There are three exits like this. Except this one is occupied by an Iron Belly, the other two places are also guarded by another Ukrainian Iron Belly and a Norwegian Ridgeback."
While Jon was observing the terrain, Cedric also told Jon all about what he found here last night.
"There are only three exits in total, and they all happen to be blocked."
Jon squeezed his chin, and looked through the moonlight at the Ukrainian iron belly lying not far away, obviously maintaining certain doubts about such a coincidence.
But doubts are doubts, but Jon did not give up the action he promised Cedric.
He looked at the iron belly, and slowly drew out his wand.
"If you want to open this exit, at least let the dragon leave its current position, and then make it incapacitated,"
Cedric looked at the huge monster under the moonlight, and swallowed subconsciously.
"Last night, I tried to lure it away from here, and then contact Firenze, let him escape from the valley with the rest of the centaurs, but the dragon looks lazy, and my spell is against it. It didn't have any effect at all, and it didn't even have the interest to open its eyes to look at me when it hit it."
There was obvious frustration in his tone, but Jon was not surprised by it.
The magical immunity attribute of the dragon skin ranks at the top among all magical animals. For example, the manticore with the body of a manticore he fought away during the day has always been known for its skin defense with extremely high magic resistance. Jon's enhanced version of Shenfeng Wuying can directly dismember ordinary magical animals, but it is only some skin trauma.
And fire dragons, especially the Ukrainian iron belly, which is the largest among dragons and is most famous for its defense, are only stronger than the manticore in terms of resistance to magic, even if Jon ignores the game Then there would be judges who would cast flashback spells on his wand, check the effects of the spells used, and cast a death spell directly on the behemoth, which would not be able to kill it either.
So it’s hard to come by, Jon can only find a way to outsmart him.
"You said earlier that besides the two Ukrainian iron bellies, there is another entrance occupied by a Norwegian Ridgeback?"
Cedric nodded.
"right."
"Come on, let's go and see that Norwegian Ridgeback."
With Howth as a means of transportation, they soon came to the other side of the valley. There was also a fire dragon at the entrance here, but compared with the Ukrainian iron belly, the Norwegian Ridgeback looked "petite" "a lot of.
The size of the Norwegian Ridgeback is similar to that of the Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon. It is one of the most violent dragons in the world. However, compared with the Ukrainian Iron Belly, although their size is not small, they are not too huge and fleshy. .
If it is determined to choose the target to be solved, then Jon thinks that this Ridgeback is the best choice.
But even if he was dealing with the Ridgeback Dragon, Jon didn't intend to force it. When he was dealing with other fire dragons to collect golden snitches this afternoon, he had already experienced how strong the defense power of these fire dragons was. What effect will it have? The only defensive weakness on fire dragons is their eyes.
As long as the spell can hit their eyeballs, they can avoid the thick dragon skin and let the magic directly work on them.
So, Jon intends to use some tricks.
He and Cedric hid behind a tree, then waved their wands.
"Call God for protection."
Silver light gathered around him, and soon a male lion and a little badger quietly appeared in front of him.
Seeing the scene where Jon summoned the Patronus, Cedric's eyes widened. He had heard a lot of rumors about Jon in Hogwarts Castle.
Some people also said that Jon Green used the Unforgivable Curse to kill people, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't use the Killing Curse to kill someone for a day.
What's more, it is said that he is actually an adult wizard who uses Polyjuice Potion all the time to pretend to be a child, but he is actually a tool man used by Dumbledore to pretend.
Not everyone in Hogwarts Castle has his own independent way of thinking like Cedric. In fact, he rarely reads the news of the Daily Prophet in private. Instead, he has collected newspapers from other magical societies in Europe and learned a lot about Less distinguished from the British rhetoric.
Cedric knew that Jon didn't do all kinds of evil like the rumors said, and the summons of these two patron saints alone were enough to prove his character, because no dark wizard could successfully learn the Patronus spell, and the entire Hogwarts castle According to his guess, none of the professors can use it.
But these two patron saints still gave Cedric a great shock. Not only is it unheard of to summon two patron saints at the same time, but more importantly, he has learned about the history of Hogwarts. And what the Badgers mean to this school.
Jon also noticed his shocked expression, but he didn't really care.
Because even during the holiday, when Dumbledore saw his two patron saints for the first time, the expressions he showed were basically the same.
The patron saint will change according to the heart of the caster. This not only means that everyone's patron saint is not static, but also powerfully illustrates that the animal form summoned by this spell directly shows the wizard's heart. of myself.
The lion and the badger represented two precious characters in the Hogwarts branch houses in the past.
And Jon's patron saint is obviously special, not only because there are two of them, but the key is that the lion and the badger can directly affect reality, just like two real animals.
Although Dumbledore’s in-depth development of the Patronus Charm allowed the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix to learn how to use the Patronus instead of their own words, but these were all completed later by improving the spell and magic itself.
Jon's patron saint had these distinctive features when he was first summoned, which is a bit unusual.
But even Dumbledore, who is as knowledgeable as Dumbledore, has not studied why Jon's Patronus has these special features. He can only be sure that such a change is definitely not a bad thing for Jon, at least his Patronus Charm can It has been applied in more places, such as in the North Pole, helping him catch most of the Death Eaters.
Now, these two patron saints can also bring more help to Jon.
After being summoned, the lion and the badger separated and rushed towards the Norwegian Ridgeback without Jon communicating with them verbally.
Their bodies glow with soft silver light at night, and the first time they rushed out from behind the tree, they were spotted by the Ridgeback, who was always vigilant even during the rest time.
"Roar!"
It got up from the ground with a roar, and the surrounding land trembled. In front of such a huge monster, Jon's two patron saints looked very small.
There are dozens of golden snitches around the Ridgeback, fluttering alchemy wings, flying around it at a speed that is elusive to the naked eye.
Jon patted Hoss, whose body trembled suddenly under the dragon's roar, and subconsciously wanted to find a place to hide first.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to hold this dragon, you take Cedric into the valley, find those centaurs, at least contact them first."
Hoss turned his head and glanced at Cedric, snoring involuntarily, his big and small eyes clearly revealed his dislike, and his body, which was several times bigger than Jon, leaned towards him like a bird.
This made Jon slap its bald forehead hard.
"You still despise others! Don't blame me for not reminding you, almost all the horsemen hiding in this valley are only mares. It is time for them to increase their efforts to reproduce. Maybe you are like a hero. Is there any beautiful filly who has taken a fancy to you?"
Hearing Jon's seductive words, Hoth's eyes suddenly lit up. His powerful fantasy ability has made him think about the future and whether the baby mare's child will have a horse's head or a centaur's body.
As for Cedric, he looked at Hoss, who suddenly became active and restless, in a daze. Before, he just thought that this Pegasus was just a bit unique in appearance, but he didn't expect it to be so fancy.
Before he could recover, Jon had already started urging Cedric to ride on Hoss's back.
"You go to those horsemen first, and I will follow right away."
Cedric didn't think about giving up or not at this time. He knew very clearly that he couldn't provide much help to Jon here, and might actually hold him back.
"I will find Firenze and ask them to help you."
He was riding on Hoth's back, and before he could finish speaking, Jon waved his wand and slapped Hoth's horse's buttocks, causing it to turn into a gust of wind, moving towards the two guarded horses. God's entangled ridgeback rushed over in the direction.
Hoth's racial talent makes it so that as long as he can run, nothing can become an obstacle on his way. Almost in the blink of an eye, he overtook the Norwegian Ridgeback and rushed into it with Cedric. In the valley.
And Jon also came out from behind the tree at this time, looking at the fire dragon that was entangled by lions and badgers.
For dragons that are already at the top of the food chain, even if the patron saint summoned by Jon has the power and aggressiveness of a normal animal, it is difficult to cause any effective damage to it.
But the patron saint itself is not a real creature. Even if Jon's patron saint can cause physical damage, they are still magic composed of two magic powers.
No matter how the Norwegian Ridgeback tried to tear them apart with its claws, or breathed out its breath to roast them, it still failed to achieve any results.
Even though the lion and the badger couldn't do much effective damage to it, they still made it feel as disgusting as two flies that couldn't be killed.
Just when its attention was completely attracted by the two patron saints, Jon aimed at the eyes of the Ridgeback dragon and raised his wand in his hand!
"Thunderbolt Explosion!"
Instead of using a linear attack spell, Jon directly used the blasting spell with the fastest casting speed!
The huge explosion sounded directly around the eyes of the Ridgeback Dragon, and its extremely fast reaction speed allowed it to close its eyelids at the moment of the explosion, which can be regarded as the weakest part of the body's defense. Even if the eyelids are closed, this Dao magic still caused damage to it.
(end of this chapter)