Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 264: My brother is so strong, won’t you lie down?

When a large amount of gold Galleons fell from the sky, the wizards immediately bent over to pick up the gold coins, and some even fought over it.

Tickets for the World Cup finals are not cheap, and coupled with the cost of renting a campsite, many people have spent a lot of money and even overdrawn their future meals.

Now there is an opportunity to make up for this money... No one cares!

Do Veela have the scent of a dwarf? Absolutely not!

However, the wizards in the top boxes like the one Harry was in didn't make any moves. Fred and George just silently gathered the gold coins back with their feet and stepped on them.

Ron even chose to sneeze several times in succession, and while blowing his nose, he bent down and carefully stuffed a few gold coins into his pocket.

Obviously, under the good upbringing of the Weasley family, they still cherish their dignity.

Other Ministry of Magic officials did not see this scene, but Professor McGonagall noticed these three embarrassing children in her college.

She couldn't help but sigh and murmured in a very small voice:

"The wizards in the audience below, how did their professor teach them in the first place?"

"Is there anyone who doesn't know that the leprechaun's gold coins are fake and will disappear after a few hours?"

The three of them were stunned. The Weasley twins immediately took their feet back, and Ron also threw the gold coins back to the ground, and then sat up straight, as if the previous incident had nothing to do with him.

Mr. Weasley glanced at Professor McGonagall gratefully, and then continued to chat and laugh with Sirius in a low voice.

The giant clover finally disappeared, and the leprechauns landed in another corner of the arena, looking at each other across the entire arena with the Veelas while making threatening gestures to each other to demonstrate.

Ludo cleared his throat and continued his commentary work:

"Now, ladies and gentlemen, and distinguished guests, please allow us to welcome with warm applause - the Bulgarian Quidditch National Team!"

"Dimirov!" "Ivanova!" "Zograv!" "Lefsky!" "Volkanov!" "Volkov!"

"And Bulgaria's new Quidditch star - Krum!"

Ludo burst out a list of names in one breath, and every time he read out a name, a figure in red clothes would appear, riding a broom and flying into the arena from the entrance below.

The Bulgarian team supporters in the audience waved red flags wildly and shouted loudly.

And when Viktor Krum appeared, this atmosphere reached its peak.

"Is he really only seventeen years old and still going to school in Durmstrang?"

Hermione looked at the dark and thin Bulgarian wizard with sallow skin and a big sulcus nose on the field, then looked at the viewing guide in her hand, and couldn't help but complain,

"He really looks old! He feels like he is at least thirty years old!"

Harley spread her hands: "Maybe it's too cold in Bulgaria, making him appear precocious?"

"And he probably focuses on Quidditch and practices a lot, so he lacks maintenance."

"But you also often participate in training." Hermione covered her mouth and whispered,

"I feel like your skin is better than anyone else in our school."

"I'm different," Harley raised her neck proudly, "I'm called gifted!"

When the applause in the audience gradually disappeared, Ludo's voice sounded again:

"Next, please let us welcome the players of the Irish team! They are-"

"Connolly!" "Ryan!" "Troy!" "Mallett!" "Moran!" "Quigley!"

“And—Lin Qi!”

Unlike the Bulgarian team, seven players from the Irish team flew out of the entrance at the same time, and seven blurry green figures appeared above the field together.

When Hassan Mosta, the president of the International Quidditch Federation, a short, lean wizard wearing a golden robe, walked into the field, the field fell silent.

The huge scoreboard had gleaming fonts:

Bulgaria: 0

Ireland: 0

Mustafa took out his wand and knocked on the huge wooden box he had just thrown on the ground.

The box opened, and the four balls inside jumped into the air, and the golden snitch disappeared without a trace.

Mustafa grabbed the Quaffle and flew into the air on his broom.

Looking at the eagerly watching players from both sides, he blew the whistle without hesitation and threw the Quaffle high.

Fourteen vague figures immediately flashed across the field, and the players began to compete for the Quaffle.

It has to be said that these two professional teams are almost the highest overall teams in the world.

Their tactical arrangement is very sophisticated. It is obvious that only four players from each team can directly contact the Quaffle, and one of them needs to guard the goal.

However, professional teams make perfect use of the players in the two positions of seeker and batter, arranging them to constantly block the path of the opponent's players through various actions.

And the Irish team obviously did better at this point, using an eagle-head offensive formation with Boskov tactics at the beginning.

After continuously breaking through the Bulgarian team's defense, they changed formations again, and finally Troy scored the first goal.

The court suddenly burst into applause!

Next, the Irish team became more and more brave, playing waves of perfect coordination, and within ten minutes of the opening, the score reached 30:0.

"There is no need to continue watching this game."

Seeing the score reaching 30:0, Harley couldn't help but shook her head and made a judgment in her heart.

Judging from the early arrangements, the Bulgarian players did not think of any tactics to deal with the Irish team.

They were exactly the same as in the previous games of the knockout rounds, just counting on Krum to catch the Golden Snitch as soon as possible and end the game directly.

Therefore, the Irish team can then unscrupulously widen the point difference, and in less than two hours, they will probably score 150 points by scoring.

Lin Qi only needs to entangle Klum as much as possible to prevent him from catching the Golden Snitch.

However, Krum is not a fuel-efficient lamp. His flying skills are very good, and his control of the Firebolt is also very good.

During the game, Klum repeatedly used the extremely dangerous flying technique of "Lonsky Feint".

He suddenly dived vertically from a high altitude and rushed to the ground at his fastest speed.

Although Lin Qi, the Seeker of the Irish team, did not see the Golden Snitch, he chose to dive towards the ground with Krum for the sake of his own victory.

So Lin Qi fell to the ground hard and almost broke his neck. He became timid in the following games.

But this is of no help to the Bulgarian team. After all, the gap in chasers and tactics is too big.

Although the Bulgarian team fell behind by a full 80 points when the score reached 10:, they chose to use illegal means such as chasing the ball and elbowing people, and the batter hitting people with bats to buy time for Krum.

But this did not affect the Irish team at all, and allowed the Irish team to widen the point difference even further through several free throws.

Later in the game, the players on the field even got angry and started a fierce physical fight with fists and fists.

The players are fighting, and the mascots are starting their own fight.

The clover formed by the leprechauns turned into various rude gestures, mocking the Veela wantonly.

But they didn't expect the Veela to be so decisive. They bypassed the arena and rushed over to fight with them.

The fight between the mascots is even more attractive than the game in a short period of time. Everyone wants to see the two mascots tearing each other apart, especially in the physical sense.

But soon, the audience became disappointed.

The Veela have turned into birds, and it doesn't look good whether they are torn apart or not.

It's better to watch the players' passionate movements on the broomsticks! Fisting to the flesh, how romantic!

The game became more and more intense, and bloodstains appeared on people on both sides from time to time, but they refused to leave the field and continued to compete.

When Krum dived down again, Linzi still chose to accelerate and dive together even though he had been thrown twice.

"Doesn't Lin Qi have a long memory? He has obviously been fooled twice by Wronsky's fake moves." Hermione asked in confusion while holding the binoculars.

"No, they found the Golden Snitch." Harley pointed to the grass.

In the Assassin's dynamic force, there is a small golden sphere that is constantly hovering.

Hermione looked in the direction of Harry's finger with her binoculars, but saw nothing.

"Harry, that Golden Snitch..."

Before Hermione could finish her words, there was another loud bang on the field!

Lin Qi, the poor old guy, fell hard to the grass for the third time, and lay on the ground unable to move, with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.

Doctors rushed into the field quickly, but only doctors cared about him.

Because there were spots of nosebleeds on Krum's face, and a golden light appeared in his clenched fists.

The score on the scoreboard stopped jumping.

Bulgaria: 160

Ireland: 170

Krum caught the Golden Snitch and won the battle between the Seekers, but the Irish Quidditch national team won the final victory!

The Irish Quidditch national team won the championship and won the 422nd British Quidditch World Cup!

The auditorium exploded instantly, the green sea cheered, and the red sea cursed.

Obviously, life will never be easy for some members of the Bulgarian national team after they return.

They will probably be bombarded with endless letters——

Krum is so strong, he almost 100% catches the Golden Snitch, why don't you guys, you guys, even know how to lie down?

In the box, the Bulgarian Minister of Magic took off his wizard hat, threw it to the ground, and spat out various beautiful Bulgarian words.

Judging from the unattractive expression of the burly secretary behind him, what the minister said was probably not a good thing.

But it's normal for him to have this attitude. After all, Bulgaria's loss was too ugly.

If Klum hadn't caught the Golden Snitch in the end, Bulgaria would have almost had its head shaved.

Contrary to the behavior of the Bulgarian Minister of Magic, Fudge's face was full of joy and he smiled like an old chrysanthemum in full bloom.

After all, for him, it doesn't matter which team among the four teams in the British Isles wins the final victory, in the end it all belongs to his political achievements.

Can he be unhappy?

"Umbridge, let me know, everyone has a holiday tonight!" Fudge waved his hand without even thinking about it, or even thinking about security.

"Tonight, there will be a carnival belonging to the British!"

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The senior officials began to prepare for various post-game ceremonies, while Sirius, Professor McGonagall and Mr. Weasley took the children to leave first.

On the way out of the box, everyone was still discussing the game excitedly.

"I really don't agree with Krum's behavior." Mr. Weasley said, looking at it.

"Although I caught the Golden Snitch, the team lost the game."

"He can definitely wait for a while, wait until the rest of the Bulgarian team catches up with the score, and then catch the Golden Snitch."

"He just doesn't have confidence in the rest of the Bulgarian team." Sirius spread his hands.

"Who are the rest of the Bulgarian team? How dare they touch the Irish team!"

Bill and Charlie on the side nodded repeatedly. After all, they are all British and temporary Irish die-hard fans.

Who would be willing to do Bao Za (Bulgarian Za) when there are teams from home countries?

"If it were the Gryffindor team, Katie would definitely not choose to catch the Golden Snitch!" George expressed his opinion as a batter.

Fred nodded in approval:

"Of course! We believe in Halle, Angelina and Aaliyah, and believe that they will be able to get their points back..."

"Wait! George, why do you have the illusion that we are behind?"

George also showed an exaggerated expression after realizing:

"Yeah, how could I have the illusion that the score is behind? Shouldn't it be that we are leading the opponent by a big score!"

Charlie on the side patted his brother hard on the shoulder:

"Good boy, that's right! The Gryffindor team should move forward and win the Academy Quidditch Cup every year!"

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After the game, Professor McGonagall walked some distance with Sirius and others.

Once she left the stadium, she excused herself and headed straight back to Hogwarts.

As soon as Professor McGonagall left, Bill and Charlie tacitly slowed down their pace and got into the middle of the little wizards who were still in school behind them.

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(Thanks to the "Nine-tailed Yanhu" boss for the reward!)

(ps. Some readers asked me why the Irish team also belongs to the British Ministry of Magic team. I will explain it here.)

(In reality, Ireland should belong to an independent country. Only Northern Ireland belongs to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, that is, the United Kingdom. However, the original article did not mention the Irish Ministry of Magic, and also mentioned the Scottish and Welsh teams. So the author Personally, I think that the wizards in the British Isles are all under the jurisdiction of the British Ministry of Magic, but considering the higher autonomy of some areas, four teams were sent out.)

(This is the author’s interpretation. If you have different opinions or have other questions, you are welcome to ask questions in the group or chat directly in private.)