Chapter 303 301 A Life-and-Death Struggle

Chapter 303 301. A life-and-death struggle

French Ministry of Magic.

As night fell, all the students who planned to sign up for the Triwizard Tournament had thrown their names into the Goblet of Fire.

At seven o'clock, a banquet began.

An hour later, the selection will end, and at that time, the names of the selected warriors will be selected.

There were more people on the scene, and almost all the magic governments in the West sent people to witness this selection ceremony. However, compared with the noisy place where Voldemort was, Dumbledore's side was much quieter.

But in fact, neither Dumbledore nor the students of Hogwarts cared about such quietness. As Voldemort's home court, it would be surprising if they did not receive such treatment.

What really made the students uneasy was that even now, Jon still did not show up.

Neville frowned and looked at Dumbledore, who was sitting calmly on the chair, and was hesitant to speak. Many students had been asking Dumbledore whether Jon would come here on time tonight and throw his name into the Goblet of Fire.

And Dumbledore always gave a serious affirmative answer, but now there was less than an hour before the registration ended and the final candidate was announced, but Jon still did not show up.

This made them worried.

Neville did not ask Dumbledore again, but turned to look at McGonagall and said worriedly.

"Can we put the note with Jon's name in the Goblet of Fire and register for him?"

McGonagall shook her head with a serious face.

"This is not allowed by the rules, Longbottom. The registration requirements for the Triwizard Tournament must be voluntary by the contestants themselves. No one can do this for others."

Ron asked at the right time.

"Is this rule the rule of the Goblet of Fire or a rule made by humans? If it is made by humans, then we can have someone secretly throw a note with Jon's name in it."

"No matter whose rule it is, this cannot be allowed, Mr. Weasley."

McGreg sternly lectured Ron, while putting her hand in the pocket of her robe and quietly grabbing the note that had been prepared long ago.

Ron looked disappointed, as if he was not very happy about McGreg's adherence to the rules.

"Well, let's make some preparations in advance. If Jon can't make it in the end, who among us can be chosen in the end?"

He looked at George, Fred, Neville, Hermione and many others.

Except for the first and second grades who were not allowed to register by Dumbledore, all the other third to fifth grade students threw their names into the Goblet of Fire.

Although each of them firmly believed that as long as Jon could come here on time and throw his name in, the cup would definitely choose him, but they would not refuse to take the responsibility they should bear.

If an accident happened, no matter who the Goblet of Fire chose, no one would be afraid to move forward.

However, no one wanted to see such an accident. Only John being selected as a warrior was the safest result.

However, time passed by, and when there were less than thirty minutes left before the end of the selection of warriors, McGonagall could no longer maintain the seriousness and calmness on her face.

She walked forward and came to Dumbledore's side, and looked at the old man who was still sitting in the chair very steadily.

McGonagall held the note hidden in her pocket tightly, looked at Dumbledore, and suddenly called out the name of a second-year student who had not registered.

"Colin!"

Colin, who was holding his chin and looking at the cameras in the hands of the magic newspaper photographers with envy, was stunned at first, then stood up nervously and looked in the direction of McGonagall and Dumbledore.

However, Dumbledore shook his head at McGonagall with a smile on his face.

McGonagall's face turned pale.

"This determines whether we can keep the fruits of our victory, Albus. We have lost many people for this!"

"I believe I should understand better than anyone the efforts and hardships we have made to reach this moment." Dumbledore said in a very serious voice, "So believe me, what we need to do most now is to do nothing."

McGreg stared at Dumbledore's blue eyes for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth, turned around, and returned to her seat.

Colin still looked at her blankly and asked in a low voice.

"Do you need me to do anything? Professor McGonagall."

McGreg took a deep breath, and her voice became calm again.

"Nothing, kid, sorry to bother you."

Colin scratched his forehead in confusion.

"It's okay, professor."

The portrait of Slytherin was easily taken down from the wall by Jon.

He did not put the painting away directly, but brought him to the bronze door at the entrance of the passage.

"Sir, do you have any other way out? I was chased by your subordinates and I escaped here. Now they are probably blocking me outside the door."

Slytherin answered without much hesitation.

"There is only one entrance. If you want to get out, you can only go back the same way. I can only help you open the door."

Jon looked at the bronze door and fell into deep thought.

Regardless of Fox's current state, it is certain that as long as he walks out of this door, he will inevitably face a group of Death Eaters.

But he must go out from here. Faced with such a situation, Jon really has no better solution.

He thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of any other solution. Finally, he gritted his teeth and could only rely on the omnipotent Nick for defense.

With the help of universal antidotes, Jon basically doesn't have to worry too much about other spells, but there is only the death curse that can't be offset by antidotes.

Until now, Jon is a little unsure whether Nick's petrification by the basilisk is a happy thing or a sad thing.

If there is no omnipotent Nick, he would have died many times under the killing curse.

And now, he can only rely on Nick's help.

While taking Nick off his back, Jon knocked the wooden fish twice in his heart to accumulate merits that are probably negative, and then blocked Nick in front of him like holding a huge shield.

But after staring at Nick's frozen face of fear for a while, Jon couldn't bear it, so he helped Nick turn over so that he could only see the back of his head.

After making all these preparations, Jon asked Gabriel to hold the two candlesticks tightly and hide behind him, and then held up the portrait of Slytherin.

"Okay, sir, help me open the door."

Slytherin looked at Jon's "defense" measures, and his face was a little weird.

What had he not seen in his life? But even with such a wide range of knowledge, he had never heard of anyone using a ghost as a shield.

But Slytherin didn't say much about it. As long as Jon took him out, he didn't care what means he used.

Then, he remembered the unpleasant "hissing" sound he said to Jon at the beginning.

Under the command of the snake language, the bronze door slowly opened in front of Jon!

At the same time when the door was opened a crack, Jon heard a chaotic sound coming over.

But he didn't have the energy to pay attention to what the chaotic sound was. After the door was completely opened to a gap large enough for a person to pass through, he was suspended five centimeters above the ground, and then rushed out at a rapid speed holding Nick!

The moment he brushed past the two bronze doors, the sound of the killing curse sounded right in front of him!

"Avada Kedavra!"

Jon was already very familiar with the pale green light, but although it was still the killing curse, it was far from what he had expected at the beginning!

There were at least twelve Death Eaters blocking him outside the door before, and there would definitely be other Death Eaters nearby rushing over. Even if some people were sent out to deal with Fawkes during this period, there would definitely be no less than five blocking the door.

But there were only two killing curses shot at Jon!

Unsurprisingly, both of these killing curses hit the petrified Nick, making a dull sound.

The next second after Jon came out from behind the door, he quickly changed his position and flew towards the only passage in the direction of the maze.

At this time, he finally saw what the commotion outside was!

Polar bears!

Polar bears are everywhere!

Dozens of polar bears broke into the open space deep in the maze, and they were fighting the Death Eaters fearlessly!

If it were ordinary polar bears, even if there were hundreds or thousands of them, they would not be the opponents of these Death Eaters, but the dozens of them at the moment were obviously different.

They were extremely agile and their minds were extremely sensitive. They clearly kept dodging the death curse shot by the Death Eaters' wands, and selectively endured other spells.

The epidermis covered with white hair obviously had strong magic resistance. One or two rounds of magic damage such as the God of Shadowless and the Explosion Curse hit them, which was basically the same as tickling!

Seeing these special polar bears, Jon instantly understood who was helping him.

Eric!

The young wizard who worked for Grindelwald in the Arctic Management Institute!

Jon did not waste this opportunity. He flew towards the direction of the maze even faster. Fox was no longer here, but he would definitely not abandon Jon and leave. The biggest possibility was that he was still hiding from the Death Eaters in the maze and dealing with them, and he did not go far away.

At this time, Jon also saw the person who used the killing curse on him.

Bella's face was covered with blood.

It was not hers, but the blood of a polar bear she had just killed with the shadowless sword.

She raised her head, with a crazy grin on her face!

"Avada Kedavra!"

After seeing that the first killing curse was blocked by Jon, she used the second one without hesitation!

Bella's attack was not blind. Nick was blocking Jon in front of him, but at this time he was close to the entrance of the maze, and the whole side of his body was empty!

But Jon was not unprepared. The moment he heard Bella chant the killing curse, he suddenly rose into the air again, his hair almost touching the ceiling, and the killing curse just brushed past his shoes.

Not only Bella, Rodolphus also got rid of the two bears that were entangled with him, and stood in front of Jon's path with a cold face.

He clearly knew Jon's flexibility, and instead of using the death curse, he directly recited the transformation spell!

The next moment, the ice block under his feet suddenly grew and turned into a huge stone, blocking Jon's path forward.

But Jon still didn't dodge, and he just hit the stone straight.

Just when his body was less than twenty centimeters away from the uneven surface of the stone, the universal curse attached to him took effect!

Rodolphus's transformation spell failed instantly!

The originally huge stone turned back into an ordinary ice block on the ground, and Jon had already flown to Rodolphus at this time. There was no time to cast the spell, but he kicked the food directly without hesitation. On the belly of the dead apostle!

Jon's own strength was actually not that great, but the inertia of his flight increased the force of his flying kick.

Rodolphus was directly injured by him for the second time. His face turned pale the moment he flew into the air, and then his back hit the ice hard!

After completing this kick, Jon casually added a life-killing curse without looking back, and rushed into the maze.

His death curse lacked some anticipation and only hit the ice wall where Rodolphus was hit, and he himself fell to the ground again.

Bella grabbed her husband from the ground, her voice was extremely sharp and frantic at the same time.

"He must be killed! The master said that no one can enter that door. Now that he has entered, he must die!"

Rodolphus coughed heavily, then clapped Bella's hand, but did not disobey her command. Together with her, he took out his broomstick and chased after Jon in the direction he left.

Yes, Jon had to die today.

This is not only because Jon entered that door, but also because his master gave him a fatal fate!

As long as this boy is killed, many of Voldemort's arrangements will be guaranteed, whether it is arrangements here in the Arctic, arrangements in France, or arrangements in England.

So Rodolphus knew very clearly that Voldemort only gave him one choice.

Either this boy dies today or he dies!

Jon certainly didn't know how determined Rodolphus and Bella were to kill him, but he understood better than anyone how dangerous the current situation was.

This maze is full of Death Eaters, and now the only thing that can take him out of here is one creature!

"FOX!!!"

Jon's shout, using the amplifying spell, echoed in the icy maze.