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“Harry? What are you doing?” Dumbledore asked.

“Nothing much, just some warm-up exercises before the game,” Harry replied.

Dumbledore nodded, ignoring Rita's pleading look.

He didn't like Rita either, and he had read the reports about her and Harry.

Eleven out of ten sentences were false, showing absolutely no professional ethics expected of a journalist.

"Alright, warriors. Please gather here."

Dumbledore called out, "The moment you've been waiting for has finally arrived. Barty, the bag."

Dumbledore gestured to old Crouch to bring out the bag for drawing lots.

The bag contains models of four fire dragons, and the four warriors must draw the one they will face from the bag.

"Ladies first, Miss Delacour will choose first now."

Barty handed the bag to Hibiscus, gesturing for her to reach inside.

Hibiscus pulled a winged green lizard from the bag; it was a Welsh green dragon.

For a moment, Harry thought he was seeing Draco's dragon.

But in reality, this is just a model created using morphing techniques.

This model is just too realistic; it even breathes fire.

Hermione was next, and she pulled out a model of the Celestial Fireball Dragon from the bag.

In the original story, this was the dragon that Krum was supposed to face.

Now it's in Hermione's hands.

As for Krum, he took the model of the Swedish short-nosed dragon.

Harry, however, remains the most dangerous Hungarian Tree-Peak Dragon.

Harry had no choice but to accept his bad luck after drawing the worst possible lot.

After the draw, old Crouch said, "These models represent four real dragons, each guarding a golden egg. Your task is simple: retrieve the golden egg and you've succeeded."

“This task is essential because it contains clues about the next project,” Crouch added. “Without it, you won’t be able to get to the next project.”

"Do you have any other questions?"

After Crouch finished speaking, he saw that no one else spoke.

He continued, "Very good, and best of luck to you."

Having said that, old Crouch stepped aside. Next, Dumbledore announced the order of the matches.

The order of the competition was arranged according to the order in which the four fire dragons entered the arena, since moving fire dragons is not an easy task for dragon breeders.

"Alright, Mr. Krum is the first one to go. As soon as the cannon fires, you can..."

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, Filch, who was standing on top of the tent, lit the small cannon at his feet.

A loud roar erupted, and the entire tent shook violently.

Caught off guard, the people inside the tent quickly covered their heads and crouched down in defense.

When the roar of the cannons subsided, everyone stood up from the ground.

At this point, everyone still had some tinnitus and could not hear each other clearly.

So Dumbledore looked at Krum, pointed outside the tent, and indicated that he could go out now.

Krum walked out of the tent, with Dumbledore and the others following behind him.

These school principals were also judges for this competition.

Also serving as judges were the Director of the International Magical Cooperation Department and the Director of the Magical Sports Department, Barty.

After the group left the tent, only Harry, Hermione, and Fleur remained inside.

Oh, and there's also Rita, who's still kept to herself by Harry's magic.

But no one paid any attention to her.

Hermione picked at her ear and complained, "I really don't know why they have to use cannons to announce when someone is going to play."

Harry was currently reviewing his tactics in his mind.

He casually replied, "Who knows? Maybe it's so the audience can hear it?"

“Then they can use a loudspeaker, or at the very least, they can use a megaphone.”

Hermione noticed Harry's distraction, and after saying that, she didn't wait for Harry's reaction before turning to chat with Fleur.

On the field at this moment.

The Krum people are tall and strong, and their behavior is just like their physique—reckless and impulsive.

The first thing I did after arriving at the arena was to use magic to attack the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon's eyes, which was the most vulnerable spot on the dragon's body.

The Swedish short-nosed dragon was chained by a thick iron chain around its neck, and its eyes had been struck by magic, causing it to lose its sight.

It rolled on the ground in pain.

Krum seized the opportunity and moved closer to where the golden egg was placed.

Just as he was about to catch the golden egg, the Swedish short-nosed dinosaur accidentally crushed it while rolling over.

By the time Krum picked up the golden egg, only half of it remained intact.

However, he has at least finished the competition.

The dragon breeders rushed into the arena and subdued the Swedish short-nosed dragon.

Since Krum did not get the complete golden egg, the judges only gave him an 8 out of 10 rating.

This high score was given by the judges because of Krum's excellent performance.

Only Karkaroff, blatantly favoring his own school's warriors, gave them a perfect 10.

The next contestant was Fleur, who used the Veela's allure combined with magic to hypnotize her Welsh green dragon.

Veela's allure is incredibly powerful; even someone like Hibiscus, with only a quarter of the bloodline, can influence a fire dragon.

Furong obtained the golden egg without lifting a finger.

It must be said that Karkaroff's biased behavior set a bad precedent for the other judges.

Although Fleur completed her task perfectly, only Mrs. Maxim gave her full marks.

The other judges gave scores of 9, 9, 9, and 5 from Karkarov.

His reason was that Furong's method was too boring and uninteresting.

This is clearly just a made-up excuse; he just can't stand that Fleur has a higher score than Krum.

Hermione's turn to go on stage.

After she arrived on the field at 4.5, she didn't rush to deal with the fire dragon, but instead searched for Zicomo among the audience.

Hermione spotted Zicomo immediately.

Zicomo was holding up a flag with a chibi version of Hermione's face on it, and the words "Go for it!" below the face.

Zicomo held the flag high, making him particularly conspicuous.

Hermione waved to him, smiled sweetly, and then walked towards the Celestial Fireball Dragon in front of her.

The little witch didn't make any unnecessary movements; she didn't even take out her wand.

However, it was precisely this performance that made the Celestial Fireball Dragon feel as if it were facing a formidable enemy.

At this moment, the Heavenly Dynasty Fireball Dragon was like a strange lion encountering the king of a pride, not daring to make any rash moves.

The reason it was like this was because Hermione was wearing a Ifrit scale.

This is the dragon's suppression of these flying dragons, a pressure stemming from their bloodline.

Western dragons are divided into five classes: earth dragons, flying dragons, sub-dragons, giant dragons, and holy dragons.

Nowadays, most fire dragons in the wizarding world belong to the class of flying dragons.

Ifrit, on the other hand, belongs to the dragon class.

The superiority derived from the dragon bloodline prevented the Celestial Fireball Dragon from even having the desire to be Hermione's enemy.

Chapter 210 Hermione's Swordsmanship, Harry's Brilliant Performance

Hermione walked right up to the feet of the Celestial Fireball Dragon.

She didn't rush to take the golden egg, but first took a good look at the Heavenly Fireball Dragon.

Hermione commented, "Much uglier than our Ifrit."

Ifrit was originally a fireball dragon from the Celestial Empire when it was an egg.

However, because it was fed with the essence of ancient dragon blood by Zicomo, it was born into the rank of a dragon.

To be precise, Ifrit has reverted to its ancestral bloodline and become a different dragon species, no longer belonging to the category of the Celestial Fireball Dragon.