Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 59: Hard Victory

Winters and Elena's battle ended in a draw.But this is not the end but the beginning.

"If I remember correctly, tomorrow is Saturday. This means we still have 2 hours." Dumbledore looked at the students with a smile.

"Therefore, there are still many exciting games waiting for us. Then, Minerva, you can announce the teams that will compete next." Dumbledore nodded towards Professor McGonagall.

"Okay - I will announce the schedule of the team competition next. Based on the results of our draw and the points results of last season, I announce that Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Aurora will fight against Delk and Malfoy, Riley, and Brak. I want to reiterate again that the duel arena is a place for communication and understanding between various colleges, not a place to resolve personal conflicts. Don't let your college be embarrassed because of personal problems." Professor McGonagall said sternly explain.

"Who do you think will win?" Elena asked.

"This is a team game, it depends on coordination." Winters couldn't guess who would win.

"It seems you don't know what the barrel effect is - the efficiency of a system is based on the weakness of the system, which means - it all depends on whether the worst among them will fail." Elaine Na was not optimistic that Harry and the others could win at all.

"I know the theory, but a pile of wooden boards obviously can't hold anything, but no matter what the barrel is, even if there is water underneath, it can always retain something for a period of time," Winters retorted.

"What if the barrel is broken?" Elena said reluctantly.

"You are using strong words... Delk is very strong, but not to that level." Although Winters said this, he agreed with Elena's statement in his heart: when the local gap reaches a certain level, the so-called The overall advantage will be broken by point coverage.

"Then let the game prove everything. Even if Harry and the others can win, it will be extremely difficult," Elena said confidently.

The moment the golden thread disappeared, the battle began.Delk's level of magic was unquestionable, and he disappeared in an instant.Aurora, Harry, Hermione, and Ron immediately moved closer together, wary of possible sneak attacks.

"Collapse!" Malfoy's wand burst out with a red light.

"Armor for protection!" Harry shouted immediately.The Stunning Curse hit Harry's armor and made a sound of iron twisting.

"The obstacle is heavy—"

"Expelliarmus" Riley was hit by Hermione's disarming spell before she could finish shouting.

"Here comes the wand." Blake used it to take Riley's back.

Delk, who was hiding in "Expelliarmus", suddenly attacked Ron.But Ron responded very quickly.He actually used a silent spell to make the stools in the audience fly over the moment Delk's spell hit him, blocking the disarming spell.

"Everything is petrified," Brak roared viciously.But his spell met Harry's and there was a loud bang.

Hermione took the opportunity to give Black a mischievous "slip on the floor".Brak, who was running, fell directly onto the duel field. His severely over-nourished body seemed to have caused a local earthquake.

"You pure-blooded loser - flying sand and stone!" Malfoy yelled, pointing his wand at Aurora.

"Everyone is petrified!" Aurora seemed a little distracted just now, but she reacted extremely quickly.Launched a counterattack while avoiding Malfoy's curse.Her spell hit Riley.The professors' scoreboard showed Gryffindor leading by a small margin.

"It's over." Delk immediately lifted the petrifying spell on Malfoy.

"I didn't expect it to sound difficult." Delk laughed dryly. He waved his wand, and a red light flew straight towards Harry. He used a silent spell.

Harry deserves to be the youngest Seeker in 100 years.His reaction speed is indeed unusual.

The moment Delk cast a silent spell, he immediately pushed away Ron next to him.

"Grinning!" Harry waved his wand.But the blow was deflected and hit Malfoy next to Delk. Malfoy immediately started laughing uncontrollably.

"The End—" Riley looked at Harry coldly. She originally wanted to lift the tickling spell on Malfoy.But Ron didn't give her a chance.

"The floor is slippery" Riley instantly lost her balance.Small score 3:0.Delk used the silent invisibility spell again.But Aurora was prepared.

"Invoking God Guard" Aurora waved her wand smoothly and intelligently, and a large amount of luminous white mist poured out from the tip of her wand.Perhaps due to the induction between magic, the white mist actually captured Delk's position.

"There are many obstacles," Ron shouted as he seized the opportunity.With a muffled sound, Delk was knocked away.The Gryffindor auditorium erupted in applause.

"Gryffindor leads 1:0. Okay, now take a 15-minute break," Professor Flitwick said sharply, standing on his chair.

"What am I talking about? It's not that big of a difference," Winters said proudly.

"You're too happy, it's only the first game. But Delk is really bad," Elena said uneasily.

"Of course, the one who laughs last is the happiest." Winters was sweating for Harry and the others.

After a short break, the two teams started fighting again.Delk and the others changed their strategy.This time, Delk was not using the invisibility spell. Instead, he took advantage of his advantage in the silent spell and began a seemingly unorganized rampage.But in reality, he is creating opportunities for his teammates.This tactic made Aurora and the others extremely uncomfortable, and they were quickly defeated.Much faster than the previous game.

Although Aurora and Harry's armor spells blocked Riley and Malfoy's spells, they were all knocked out of the duel by the power of the spells.This time it was Slytherin's turn to cheer.

"Their next game is likely to be a mixture of the two tactics. In short, the next game will be very difficult." Elena stretched her right arm.

"Is your right arm also strained?" Winters asked with concern.

"No, it's just... Hi... I've just recovered from a serious illness, but I haven't fully recovered yet. My right arm is very sore," Elena said briskly.

"It seems that you are not invincible - I have some medicine here, take it." Winters took out his ointment from his pocket.

"Aren't you afraid that Gryffindor people will say you are a traitor? Now is the time when the two houses are competing - indeed, it smells like mint," Elena said with a smile after getting the ointment.

"No matter what, I intercepted you. If they say I'm a traitor, then I won't participate in the duel." Winters was very disapproving.

"Sit back and watch me give Gryffindor House an extra-large 0 points? I can do it." Elena had both arrogant and joking expressions on her face at the same time.

"Well... isn't it more embarrassing to let a traitor bring honor to Gryffindor?" Winters found it difficult to decide which was more embarrassing, 0 points or letting a traitor bring honor to the house.Then he added:

"As long as Professor Dumbledore doesn't think I'm a traitor to Gryffindor," Winters said shamelessly.

"Professor Dumbledore will not say that you are a traitor to Gryffindor, but he will say that you have chivalry and desire a fair duel. But now is not the time to promote chivalry." Elena's eyes were very complicated.

"It's not impossible to show it off in school. Why haven't they finished discussing tactics?" Winters said suspiciously.

"The deciding game - I know what you are wondering about. Team competition is usually a best of three games, but not necessarily a single game. Hogwarts is a best of seven games. Unless it is a very special situation like the two of us." Elena explained simply.

"I understand, they--wait, they're ready." Winters stood up immediately.After the game started, just as Elena said, Slytherin adopted a mixed strategy.Delk occasionally breaks out of invisibility and goes on a rampage.

But after the last quick defeat, Harry and the others already knew how to face this situation.They used a very simple tactic, defensive counterattack, and seized the short gap when Delk cast the silent spell to launch a fierce counterattack.

The battle situation fell into a tug of war, and the audience was very quiet and everyone stopped talking to each other.The turning point was that Blake was hit by Ron's dancing spell. Although Malfoy immediately lifted the spell's effect on Blake, Blake actually announced his withdrawal due to the huge physical consumption.

3 vs. 4, even though Delk's silent spell was far better than Harry's, Malfoy and Riley were hit by the disarming spell and petrification respectively.Delk was at an absolute disadvantage.Finally, his wand flew far away under the influence of Harry's disarming spell.Harry and the others finally won.

The Gryffindor auditorium erupted in deafening celebrations.

"I'm going to attend the celebration ceremony. If you're not convinced, I have plenty of time." Winters looked at Elena and said proudly.

"This is what you said." Elena suddenly became energetic.

"I do what I say." After Winters said this, he ran into the Gryffindor auditorium. He saw the Gryffindors carrying Harry, Aurora, Hermione, and Ron. high.After a full 4 hours of hard work, they finally won their first victory.

(End of this chapter)