Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 284 Wizard Cards
The Hogwarts Express continued its journey north, and the rain grew heavier and heavier.

The sky was pitch black, and the car windows were covered with condensation.

After learning what they wanted to know from Tierra, the three young wizards quieted down.

Hermione opened the "Standard Spells Level 4" book to read.

Harry, Ron, and Tyella then started playing wizarding cards—

In any case, Tiera had already completed the basic structure and arrangement of the initiation ceremony during her summer studies with Nicholas Lemaire; all that remained was repeated verification and refinement.

So Tierra decided to relax by playing these childish and low-level card games.

In this three-way free-for-all, Harry attacks first, then Ron, and finally Tierra. There is no fighting phase between Harry and Ron; it only begins with Tierra.

“I usually summon holy fairies.” Ron pulled out a card and slammed it onto the train’s dining table. “My turn is over.”

As Ron placed a card across the table, a small, phantom-like figure of a blue-skinned, light-yellow-haired, pointed-eared fairy appeared on the table.

"My defenses are at least two thousand strong!" Ron exclaimed excitedly. "You can't possibly break through my ironclad defenses!"

“My turn, draw a card!” Harry said, then picked up a ticket and placed it on the table. “I’ll set a monster face down, end of turn.”

“It’s my turn, draw a card!” Tiera said, drawing a card from her deck. “Honestly, I really don’t understand you guys. You have so many usable cards, but you insist on choosing those… those weak cards.”

"Hey!" Ron roared in dissatisfaction, "My 'Holy Fairy' is no weakling!"

“And if you can’t use the cards you like, then Wizarding Cards are meaningless,” Ron argued.

“Alright, alright,” Tierra shrugged helplessly. “Then prepare to face my storm!” Tierra said.

"I Special Summon Götterdämmerung from my hand. I can Special Summon Götterdämmerung from my hand when I have no monsters on the field. After this card is successfully Special Summoned, I Special Summon two tokens to the field."

"Then I activate Bright Fusion from my hand, sending Jewel Knight Lapis Lazuli and True Armored Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon Jewel Knight Seraphim. Seraphim's effect allows me to Normal Summon one more card each turn while this card is face-up on the field. After that, I activate Jewel Knight Lapis Lazuli's effect: when this card is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, I can add one Normal Monster from my Graveyard to my hand. I added True Armored Dragon to my hand."

"Next, using the normal summoning opportunity of the Celestial Stone, release the Celestial Stone and the Dragon Shadow. Superior Summon, Ether, the Celestial Emperor."

"The effect of the Emperor of the Heavens: When the Triple Summon is successful, send two Emperors' Spell & Trap Cards from the Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon one Emperor Monster from the Deck. I send the Emperor of the True Origin and the Emperor of the Pantheon to the Graveyard, and Special Summon the Emperor of Light. The effect of the Emperor of Light: When the Special Summon is successful, destroy two cards on the field, and the card owner draws the number of cards destroyed."

"I destroy two tokens and draw two cards..."

The situation after that is quite obvious.

Tierra took Harry and Ron away in one go.

Clearly, neither Ron nor Harry was convinced.

After that, the three of them played a few more rounds, but the result was even more obvious—

No matter how Harry or Ron team up or how hard they try—

They were still overtaken by Tiera.

Therefore, when the Hogwarts Express finally slowed down and stopped at the dark Hogsmeade Station, Ron was in a bad mood, and even Harry was a little dazed, seemingly frightened by Tyella's card-playing style.

The car door opened, and a rumble of thunder echoed in the air.

Hermione covered Crookshank with her cloak, while Ron still draped his tuxedo over the pigs' cage. They got off the train, heads bowed and eyes squinting in the pouring rain.

The rain was pouring down hard and fast, like buckets of icy water being poured over their heads.

"Hello, Hagrid!" Harry shouted as he saw a large figure at the other end of the platform.

“Hello, Harry!” Hagrid replied gruffly, waving his hand. “See you at the party if we don’t drown!”

As is customary, first-year students are ferried across the lake by Hagrid to enter Hogwarts Castle.

“Oh, I can’t imagine crossing the lake by ferry in this weather.” Hermione shivered.

“I also think there’s something wrong with Hogwarts’ personnel arrangements,” Tierra said. “It’s fine to let first-year students take a boat to Hogwarts Castle to experience the footsteps of the founders, but I don’t think Hagrid should be in charge of leading the young wizards across the river in this heavy rain.”

“What do you mean?” Harry asked.

“I mean, this situation should be handled by Professor Frivi or Professor G,” Tierra said. “That way, if a student falls into the water, the supervising teacher can spot it and rescue them in time.”

Then they moved slowly with the flow of people, walking across the dark platform.

Outside the station, a hundred horse-drawn carriages awaited them.

Tyella, Harry, Ron, and Hermione quickly climbed into one of the carriages, finally feeling relieved.

The door slammed shut, and a moment later, with a violent jolt, the long carriage rumbled off along the path leading to Hogwarts Castle, splashing and splashing along the way.

The carriage passed through a gate with sculptures of winged wild boars on either side and drove along a wide driveway, shaking violently due to the strong wind.

Through the fogged-up car windows, Hogwarts was getting closer and closer, with many lit windows shimmering faintly behind the thick rain curtain.

Their carriage stopped at the foot of the stone steps in front of the two oak doors. At this moment, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and the people in the carriage in front hurriedly climbed the stone steps and ran into the castle.

Tierra, Harry, Ron, and Hermione jumped down from the carriage and rushed up the stone steps, only looking up once they entered the cavernous foyer.

Torches were lit in the foyer, and the marble staircase was magnificent.

"Alright, move on, move on!" Professor McGonagall said sternly to the drenched crowd. "Get into the auditorium, and hurry up!"

The four of them slipped and slid through the foyer and passed through the two double doors on the right.

Ron muttered angrily under his breath, brushing his wet hair away from his face.

The auditorium was still as magnificent and grand as ever, and it had been specially decorated for the banquet at the start of the new semester.

Hundreds of candles floated above the table, making the gold saucers and goblets sparkle.

The four long college tables were already filled with chattering students.

At the top of the auditorium was a fifth table, where faculty members sat one on each side, facing their students.

Compared to the raging storm outside, it was obviously much warmer here.

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