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The competition was held in the mountains not far from Hogwarts.

The professors built a structure resembling an arena, where the competition took place.

Zicomo also deserves some credit for the construction of this building.

Snape, citing the adage "with great power comes great responsibility," persuaded Zicomo to join the professor's construction team.

To put it bluntly, Snape dragged him over to be a laborer.

Zicomo was shocked when he heard Snape's words.

Professor, are you sure you didn't pick up the wrong lines?

This is Harry Potter, not the Loser's Man next door!

Moreover, the first Spider-Man movie wouldn't be released until 2002, so I don't know where Snape heard that.

Getting back to the main point, the venue for the three-way battle was now packed with spectators.

"Come on, everyone! The bloody battle is about to begin, let's put down a small bet!"

That's the Weasley twins calling out to the students to place their bets.

It must be said that these two brothers are indeed shrewd when it comes to making money; they can seize almost every opportunity to earn money while at school.

One of the two men carried a suitcase and collected the money, while the other held up a sign displaying the odds for betting.

Before the competition started, they roamed among the students, reaping pocket money from one student after another.

The reason for using the word "harvest" is that they are confident they can make money off most of the students.

As bookmakers, they certainly wouldn't set the odds arbitrarily.

Before setting up this betting game, the shrewd team conducted a thorough investigation of the four participating warriors.

The odds for the four champions, from lowest to highest, are Hermione, Harry, Krum, and Fleur.

The twins claimed that they ranked Harry second because they were afraid he would underperform and they would lose money.

But the real reason is that they have inside information.

The twins learned from their younger brother Ron that Harry had fought a dragon last semester.

Ron was also present when Harry and Draco dueled last semester.

Moreover, he received special treatment – ​​He was hung upside down in the sky by Hermione for a whole night.

After learning of this, the twins ranked Harry's odds as the second lowest.

As for Hermione, she is undoubtedly number one.

Although the twins had never seen Hermione fight, they knew that with Zicomo's alchemy skills, he would never let Hermione go into battle unprepared.

Perhaps Zicomo has even prepared alchemical tools for her to kill the fire dragon.

The twins were right; Hermione did indeed have such a prop.

However, Hermione could win the game with her own abilities, so she didn't need these alchemical tools.

"Attention everyone, today is a very important day."

Old Crouch stood on the podium and used his booming voice to say, "Each of the three events in the Triwizard Tournament is fraught with great danger. Please do not leave your seats during the competition; this will reduce the risks you may encounter."

On the other side, four warriors from three schools were waiting in a tent outside the competition venue.

Winter was approaching in England, and a chill was already faintly in the air.

The tent was just a simple tent; it didn't have the ability to extend without leaving a trace and therefore lacked insulation.

So the warriors inside the tent were pacing back and forth.

On the one hand, it's to warm up the body and fight off the cold; on the other hand, it's to relieve the tension of the upcoming competition.

Of course, the warriors mentioned here exclude Hermione.

She was wearing a small alchemical pendant that Zicomo had prepared for her to keep warm, so she didn't feel the cold at all.

Besides, Hermione wouldn't feel any tension at all facing just a fire dragon.

Harry didn't wear too many clothes so as not to restrict his freedom of movement.

He was shivering from the cold.

Suddenly, a flash of light from a camera lens went off in front of him.

Harry looked up and saw Rita walking in with a photographer from the Daily Prophet.

Rita said, "Perfect scene. The fourth warrior was trembling with fear before the game. If something else had happened during the game, you would definitely have made the front page of the next newspaper."

Krum, standing nearby, said in an unfriendly tone, "This is none of your business. This tent is for the warriors and their friends."

After Rita interviewed them last time, she went back and did more than just fabricate stories and spread rumors about Harry.

In that issue of the Daily Prophet, only Hermione survived.

Various rumors and scandals about the other three spread throughout the British wizarding world along with this newspaper.

So even Hermione didn't give her a friendly look among the four people present.

Harry, in particular, was a completely different story. If Krum was only unfriendly in tone, then Harry was unfriendly from head to toe.

Rita ignored Harry's unfriendly gaze and turned to look at Krum.

"It doesn't matter, I've already gotten what I wanted."

However, she soon regretted her actions.

At that moment, Harry raised his wand behind Rita and said to her, "But I haven't gotten what I want yet."

"Except your weapons!"

"Seal the tongue and lock the throat!"

"Stand stiff and stop dead!"

Harry cast three spells, and Rita was transformed into a speechless, bouncy creature.

Chapter 209 Harry Attacks Rita, Hermione's Method

Harry should have used the tongue-lock chokehold first, and then used the Exterminator weapon.

This prevents Rita from casting spells without a wand and then taking the wand back.

Skilled Animagus can transform without the aid of a wand.

Therefore, for them, casting spells without a staff is much simpler than casting spells without a sound.

Fortunately, Rita didn't expect Harry to suddenly attack her.

Before she could react, Harry gagged and bound her feet, and even took her wand away.

The photographer next to her even took a picture of her professionally, without offering Rita any help whatsoever.

Clearly, the photographer also harbored some resentment towards Rita, but what kind of grudges or grievances existed between the two remains unknown.

"I am very dissatisfied with your previous report."

Harry ignored Rita's struggles and threatened her by pointing his wand at her hand: "If you can't write press releases, I don't think you need to keep your hand any longer. You have that quill pen to write for you, don't you?"

Upon hearing this, Rita shook her head repeatedly, clasped her hands together, and made a gesture of begging for mercy.

Seeing that Rita had given in, Harry continued, "If I don't see a single normal report in a few days, then I'll take your hands off the next time we meet, understand?"

Harry was actually just trying to scare Rita; he couldn't be that cruel.

However, Rita didn't know this, and she didn't dare to gamble that Harry wouldn't actually do it.

Rita nodded frantically, indicating that she understood.

Seeing this, Harry continued, "Since your hands can write, there's no need for this pen to exist."

With that, Harry unleashed a fiery blast at the shorthand quill.

Rita looked at her shorthand quill and felt like crying.

She had one burned by Zicomo last year, and after much effort, she managed to get a second one from an alchemist, only to have Harry burn it all.

You should know that her shorthand quill pen was specially made.

Unlike other writers' shorthand quills, Rita's quill can record what others say in a very exaggerated, even unrealistic way.

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This would save her a lot of time fabricating rumors and scandals.

Harry nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the shorthand quill that had been burned to ashes.

"Well done!"

Krum lightly punched Harry's shoulder with his fist.

Furong also cast an admiring glance at him.

At that moment, Dumbledore entered the tent with the headmasters of the two schools and old Crach.

As soon as Dumbledore walked in, he saw Harry pointing his wand at Rita.