Chapter 359 357 Prelude to Death
Chapter 359 357. Prelude to Death
The atmosphere became strange.
It's not that there is no way to tamper with people's memories, but even the most advanced brain occlusion technique is only easy to change long-term memories, and if it happened not long ago or less than three days ago, the memory can't be tampered with at all.
Especially, this is Jon in front of everyone around, in full view of the public, he pulled out this memory of his.
Matthew's face was still so calm. He took a deep breath and walked to Jon's side, holding a transparent glass bottle in his hand.
"Give it to me, someone from the referee team will verify this memory. If we really find any clues in it, we will definitely give you and Dumbledore an explanation."
Jon looked up at Dumbledore, and Dumbledore looked at him and nodded gently.
So Jon shrugged and put this memory into the bottle in Matthew's hand.
"Well, I hope you can give an explanation after you find something."
The matter of the dragon going crazy in the Forbidden Forest came to an end. Matthew certainly would not start to check this memory directly in front of so many people on the scene. Some things should be avoided by reporters for the sake of fairness.
At this time, everyone looked at Emil, who was in a state of dismay and still standing on the edge of the silver line, and Matthew asked again.
"So, do you still plan to continue the game, Mr. Lestrange?"
Emile looked up at his vice-headmaster helplessly, but Bulstrode did not look at him at all, but lowered his head with a gloomy face, not knowing what he was thinking.
At this point, the boy finally couldn't hold on any longer. He held the bag with the golden snitch in his hand dejectedly and walked out of the silver line at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
And the moment he stepped out, countless flashes captured this scene, which also marked the end of the first event of the Triwizard Tournament.
The three Federation referees present did not waste time. They came to Jon, Diane and Emil respectively, took the cloth bags from them, and began to check the results of their competition in front of everyone.
In the end, Jon was the one who gained the most without any surprise. He found a total of 216 golden snitches.
In fact, if it weren't for the pursuit of those fire dragons, he should have gained more, but even if he got more, there was no way to add a single point to his score. It didn't matter whether he got it or not.
Emil's harvest was not bad. He found a total of 148 golden snitches. He must have received some unknown help in the Forbidden Forest. Otherwise, according to his and Diane's similar strength, he could not have achieved such a level.
Needless to say, Diane rushed directly to the edge of the Forbidden Forest after meeting Jon. When she saw Jon, she caught 86, and now there are only 86 at the end of the game.
According to the ranking, Jon got 70 points for being the first, and he got 30 points for finishing the game second, so he is now ranked first with a total score of 100.
Diane ranked third and only got 30 points, but Jon pushed her at the last moment, so she finished the game first and got 40 points, with a total score of 70 and ranked second.
Emil got 50 points for being the second, and 20 points for finishing the game third, with a total score of 70, tied for second with Diane.
Although it is not bad, it is certainly not the result Emil expected. According to his initial idea, the worst ranking should be that he and Jon tied for first.
The bottom of the list is of course Draco, who was eliminated at the beginning of the game. Even though he was eliminated at the beginning, he still got the guaranteed 20 points and is now the last.
However, what happened in the Forbidden Forest is not a bad thing for him, if he did not plan to get any good results in this Triwizard Tournament from the beginning.
Just when Matthew finally announced the results of the first competition, suddenly, the sky suddenly lit up with a pale green light!
The light shone on everyone's face, and the nearly ten spells representing death were shooting straight at a huge fire dragon at the highest point!
Little Barty was so angry that he was going crazy!
His arm was obviously burned by the dragon's breath, and there was still a smell of burning.
In the eyes of wizards, fire dragons have never been scary creatures. For wizards who have been dominating the magic world for thousands of years, there are almost no magical animals in the world that can make them feel afraid, just like the Muggles in normal society have also stood at the top of the food chain.
But all of this is based on the fact that wizards have actually kept these species in captivity in the name of protecting fire dragons, and even when controlling the number of dragons in the wild, there are groups of professional dragon slayers to hunt them.
But now there are only more than 30 adult wizards in Hogwarts Castle, but there are 17 or 18 dragons attacking the castle. On average, two people are struggling to deal with one dragon, and they have not received special training against dragons, which will only make the situation more difficult.
Alecto was lying on the ground, wailing like a tied-up pig.
Her body was torn and covered with burns. She had not recovered from the Cruciatus Curse cast by Barty, so she could only lie on the ground and roll around.
But Barty Crouch Jr. didn't allow her to leave this dangerous place. The reason was simple: whoever retreated would die!
He really practiced this. Just three minutes ago, a teacher who taught the first-year flying class of the Half-Blood Academy retreated and wanted to escape from the Astronomy Tower. As a result, Barty Crouch Jr. cast a killing curse without saying a word.
This crazy behavior happened to him, which was both terrifying and somewhat reasonable.
Anyone who was absolutely loyal to Voldemort was basically a lunatic. If he was not crazy, he would not be called Barty Crouch Jr.
But even if they tried their best, they had little effect when facing these fire dragons. There was no way to cause much effective damage to them.
Even if some professors and Aurors of the Pure Blood Academy could use the killing curse, the power of the killing curse they released was no problem to kill people, but it could only make the fire dragons bleed from the nose or become more crazy.
Barty knew that he couldn't go on like this. When he first discovered the dragon riot, he sent someone to ask Voldemort for help. But the castle itself was problematic, and it was very troublesome for Voldemort to come over, especially during the opening and closing of the semester when students stayed in the castle.
Now he didn't know whether Voldemort could wait, but there would really be casualties in the Astronomy Tower. Although he was crazy and said harsh words, his few rational thoughts were telling him that the professors in Hogwarts Castle couldn't really die in this meaningless castle defense battle.
If it came to that, not to mention the prestige of the British magic world and Voldemort himself, their entire power would suffer a heavy blow!
Barty gritted his teeth, he couldn't even feel the pain on his burned left arm, and the hoarse roar spread throughout the Astronomy Tower.
"Those who can use the Death Curse, aim at the Ukrainian Iron Belly right above!"
He planned to organize the existing resistance forces, at least to make the situation less difficult, and from the beginning to now, the most active and the one who hit their group the hardest was the Ukrainian Iron Belly.
The professors on the astronomical tower heard his words, not everyone can use the Death Curse, it is not only about whether there is a murderous intention in the heart, but also has a threshold in terms of magic power and will.
There were only about eight or nine people who could use the Death Curse on the scene, and after hearing the voice of Little Barty, they all raised their wands together!
"Avada Kedavra!"
The sound of the Death Curse sounded on the astronomical tower, and the nearly ten green spells even suppressed the golden red light of the dragon's breath, illuminated the night sky, and shot straight at the Ukrainian Iron Belly.
The threat of death stimulated the brain of this fire dragon, but its body was the largest among all dragons, and it was impossible to avoid it at such a close distance!
So, all the death curses hit its world-famous iron belly without missing a single one.
The next second, the wings of the Ukrainian iron belly stopped waving, and the brilliance of life was fading in its blood-red eyes, and then the huge body fell heavily to the ground!
Barty was very clever in finding the time to release the death curse, just when the fire dragon was flying away from the castle. Otherwise, even if it was killed, the impact of its fall would be enough to crush everyone in the tower into meat paste.
After the giant dragon's corpse fell to the ground, the entire area covered by Hogwarts School shook violently for a moment.
The students hiding in the castle didn't know what happened, but such a terrifying movement still made them scream, and even the surface of the usually silent black lake, which was like a mirror, was splashed with countless water splashes, splashing a wave!
Barty panted, and there was some relief on his face. No matter what, it now at least means that they have the means to kill these fire dragons.
But before the relaxation on his face lasted for a few seconds, the next moment, the more violent tremors made the entire castle begin to shake!
The magnitude of this turbulence was so great that many people even had the illusion that the castle was about to collapse!
The death of a Ukrainian iron belly made the remaining fire dragons even more crazy!
They collectively collided with the center of the castle surface, so that the magic guarding the castle itself became shaky, as if it could break at any time.
And there was another Ukrainian iron belly left in the sky. After seeing the death of its own kind, it roared violently, and the blazing dragon flames covered the entire astronomical tower!
The high temperature instantly enveloped everyone. Just now, they collectively used a death curse, and they had no time to react and then use the universal antidote to resist.
Little Barty was desperate. He couldn't think of why things had developed to this point.
Wasn't this their plan for that little mudblood? Why did the final bitter fruit fall on their own heads?
Just when he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, suddenly, the scorching heat disappeared!
Barty opened his eyes blankly, and then he saw the man he regarded as his spiritual pillar standing in the center of the astronomical tower.
He was wearing a decent dark green robe, and the night wind blew up the hem of the robe, making him look so different from everything around him.
But the man's face was not good. He looked at the several fire dragons flying in the sky with their wings spread, and gently raised the magic wand in his hand.
No one heard the spell, but in the next moment, the green light illuminated everyone's face!
The Ukrainian Iron Belly, which was spewing sparks from its throat and preparing for the next dragon breath, was completely frozen!
It took nearly ten people in Barty's group to use the killing curse to kill the fire dragon, and it died under such a silent curse without even reciting the spell.
None of the surviving Hogwarts professors around showed any disbelief on their faces, but only endless worship and admiration when looking at the man.
He is so omnipotent.
After killing the Iron Belly, Voldemort swung the wand in his hand, and the dragon corpse that was originally staying above the astronomy tower fell to the other side as if it was hit by a sledgehammer.
He turned his head with a cold look and glanced at the people around him, and then without saying anything, the whole person turned into a black mist and flew towards the sky!
The green light of death continued to light up around the castle. The fire dragons had no room to resist. Each of them could not withstand the death curse of this man. In less than a minute, the dragons that originally surrounded Hogwarts Castle fell from the sky like dumplings.
The dragon disaster that more than 30 elite wizards had no way to deal with was not even a trouble in front of him. The crushing of the magic level allowed him to rule the British magic world like a dictatorship, and he had almost no opponents in this world.
After solving the troubles facing the castle, Voldemort did not return to the Astronomy Tower or go to see Dumbledore. He did not contact anyone. Just like this, he came to the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle alone and silently in the form of black fog.
He stood in front of the blank wall, and soon a wooden door suddenly appeared. He flew in, opened the trap door, passed through the secret passage, and finally came to this Slytherin secret room.
He walked into the Chamber of Secrets with a completely expressionless face. Finally, he opened the stone door with two snakes carved on it and came to the room where the statue of Slytherin himself was and which was full of magic runes.