The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 308 Preparation
Because someone in the Hogsmeade tavern said that they saw people from the Ministry of Magic circling the Black Lake, Ryan made some preparations for possible underwater activities after returning, such as ordering some cheek pouches through Professor McGonagall. Grass is used to craft water breathing potions.

Professor McGonagall was happy to help the warriors in his academy. With the help of the professor, Ryan got the needed herbs after only a few days.If Ryan ordered it himself, he might not be able to get it after the game.

But even though everyone was asking, the three schools still haven't gotten any information about the specific content of the second game in such a long period of time.As the competition time approached, every contestant became anxious.

Just when everyone was worried that they would face the unknown event, something unexpected happened: in the spell class five days before the competition, Ryan and Harry were directly called away from the class.

After rushing to an office in the castle in a daze, Ryan saw the three principals and Bagman waiting here.

"Children, I'm glad to see you again." Bagman said to all the contestants with joy when he saw all the participants. "Originally, we planned to hide the content of the project until the start of the competition, but because the content of the second competition this year is somewhat complicated. For safety reasons, I decided to inform you of the content of the competition in advance."

"What the hell is going on here? Why did you suddenly change your mind and give up the secrecy when you kept it so secret before? And the preparation time for the whole week is a bit too long. You must know that apart from the two young contestants from Hogwarts, the others Most of the players are already adults. For them, they will definitely prepare targetedly when they know the content of the competition in advance, so Hogwarts will be at a great disadvantage."

However, seeing that Professor Dumbledore did not show any dissatisfaction, Ryan did not raise any objections.Instead, he quietly sat on a stool like other contestants, intending to listen to what the content of the game is so that the organizers can be confident that the game is fair.Well - at least it sounds like it's fair to all.

Bagman began to announce the content of the competition straightforwardly this time: "Well, in the first competition, we will test your courage—and in the second competition, we will test your maintenance of the school's honor."

Just when everyone was dumbfounded by this concept, Bagman explained the content of the game with a fast speech speed.

"There will only be one person who wins the championship and holds the trophy, but the honor of the competition not only belongs to the winner, but also to the school where the winner belongs. Therefore, the calculation score of the second competition is the average score of the two people in this school to reflect the school's honor."

"What?" "No!" Except for the players from Hogwarts, the players from the other two schools expressed their objections.After all, because there is one more player, the players from the other two schools can't see each other. In this case, it is simply impossible for them to share points.

After hearing the opposition, Bagman restrained his smile and said seriously: "This was unanimously approved by all the principals and the heads of the Ministry of Magic. If you refuse, you will simply abstain." Everyone was quiet now.

Seeing that everyone shut their mouths below, Bagman continued: "So the five days from now until the game is the practice time for you. From now on, in order to ensure that these projects are completed by you independently, you will Live in a tent by the edge of the Forbidden Forest and can only move within the specified range. If you need anything, you can tell the staff and they will send it to you. Finally, each player has a purchase quota of [-] Galleons , These purchases are allowed to be brought into the arena, so please make proper arrangements."

"By the way." Mr. Crouch stood up when Bagman finished speaking, "Director Bagman missed something just now and I will add that the venue for the next event will be in the Black Lake and the Forbidden Forest. And it has something to do with the creatures there. I hope you can make adequate preparations in advance, well, if you have any questions, you can ask them now.”

No wonder everyone has to be locked up this time. After all, it is too easy for schools to find a solution under the premise of knowing the venue of the competition in advance.Keeping everyone in one place is also to minimize external factors.

"There is an alchemist in Hogwarts. In this case, the same purchase quota is a bit unfair to us." Fleur was the first to ask her question, and she pointed at Ryan angrily, as if Ryan owed It's like giving her a lot of money.

"No, that's fair," Crouch explained. "First of all, everyone has their own strengths, just like this Delacour contestant used his natural spell-like ability in the first game. We can't ban it. Second, most of the contestants present They are adult wizards, and only the Hogwarts contestants are far from adults. In this case, all the principals think that although this arrangement is somewhat inclined to Hogwarts students, it is still fair for normal competitions."

Accompanied (escorted?) by three headmasters and several staff members of the Ministry of Magic, everyone went out from the main gate of the castle, crossed the lawn, walked around half of the Forbidden Forest, and came to an open space.At this time, three tents had been set up in the clearing, and there was a golden circle around the outer circle of the clearing.

"Okay, you will live here for the next five days. Remember, you are absolutely not allowed to step out of this circle, and at the same time, outsiders are not allowed to enter this circle." Crouch said seriously, but Ryan was baffled It reminded me of the diamond circle that Sun Wukong drew for Tang Seng in Journey to the West, and then I thought of the difference in magic between the East and the West, and then——

Forget it, you can’t think about it anymore, every second of preparation time is very important now, Ryan worked his mind to calm down his brain, and then walked directly into the tent with the Hogwarts school emblem .

"Ryan, what's going on here?" Harry asked eagerly as soon as he entered the tent, "I'm almost confused by the process of this competition. What is the Ministry of Magic thinking? I feel that the arrangement of this competition is messy .”

"What else could be going on? It must be that those people temporarily arranged the competition to change the original one." Ryan sat on the sofa and took a deep breath before responding.

"Ah?" Harry showed a dazed expression, "Didn't it mean that the Ministry of Magic has been preparing for it for a long time? Why did it just change it? It shouldn't be."

"Why can't it be changed? Didn't you hear that Bagman said just now that the content of the second competition is to calculate the school's team points? You must know that when the Triwizard Tournament was first organized, no one thought that there would be six contestants in this competition. There will be no groups to divide this event. So I infer that the event is temporarily changed, so it is conceivable that there will be various troublesome problems under this situation."

Seriously though, Ryan is pretty cool about what could be the next fight.At least he thought that even if the other four players were tied together, they were here to give away their heads.

Ryan looked very calm, but Harry was a little anxious.Don't look at him successfully defeating the dragon in the first game, but he still thinks in his heart that he just used tricks, which is far from the level of Ryan who just defeated the dragon head-on.So now he is very worried that the second team match will hold Ryan back.

"Ryan, what do you think I should do this week?" Harry felt a little uneasy the more he thought about it, so he asked directly.

(End of this chapter)