Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts

When Dumbledore began to explain the rules of the Young Wizards Tournament, the entire auditorium became silent. Everyone's ears pricked up, especially the little wizards who were not native English speakers. They stared at Dumbledore's lips attentively, for fear of missing a word.

The shock brought by the appearance of the legendary wizard Godric Gryffindor was also overshadowed.

After all, no matter how good Gryffindor is, he can't leave the game, can he? After all, those participating in the competition were seven students provided by the organization called the Secret Order.

The vast majority of people present had never heard of the Esoteric Order, so naturally they didn't pay much attention to it. The only respect I have is for Gryffindor's sake.

"With the help of people from all walks of life in the magic world, the venue for the competition has been prepared. Starting tomorrow, the competition will officially begin. Contestants from major magic schools, as well as independent contestants from the magic world, will be put into the prepared "Dumbledore spoke slowly and clearly, so that everyone in the auditorium could understand what he was saying.

In fact, the competition venue was mainly created by Rowena and Helga, but they had told Dumbledore in advance that they wanted to keep a low profile, so Dumbledore deliberately concealed their contribution.

After learning that the competition would officially start tomorrow, the little wizards in the audience were buzzing with excitement. They didn't expect that time would be so tight.

But considering that tomorrow was a rest day, they were all relieved. On the day off, everyone can watch the game together without delaying class next week.

"We will provide each player with a crystal ball to relay their encounters in the venue - players can choose to turn off the crystal ball, but they must relay their current status and task completion through the crystal ball every day. We will announce the specific situation of each player on the school bulletin board according to the points obtained.”

Dumbledore also told everyone present that Hogwarts had installed several large screens in the Quidditch stadium, which would broadcast live performances of the contestants. Interested young wizards can go to the Quidditch pitch to watch the live broadcast.

"Due to the different levels of players, the initial placement location of the players will also change. This is something I must remind everyone before the competition starts."

As soon as Dumbledore said this, Lestat frowned.

He smelled something targeted.

The strength of the contestants shouldn’t refer to their true strength, right? If it was true strength, he didn't dare think about what he would face. If it were the paper strength measured by the Sorting Hat and the Magic Crystal Ball, then it would be easy to say.

At this moment, he found Rowena smiling at him, and Lester immediately understood that he didn't need to guess what the situation would be - he would definitely face a very difficult challenge.

Maybe Rowena has to clean up the mess again.

This smile was all too familiar to him.

"Professor Dumbledore, may I ask [the level of a player], how to determine it?" Karkaroff's voice came from behind Dumbledore.

He narrowed his eyes, as if he was suspicious of something.

It's normal for Karkaroff to have doubts. The competition is hosted by Hogwarts, and it's held in the UK. It's too easy to get some shady stories into it.

For example, directly define the students of a certain school as high-level students, and then give them a "hell start" and eliminate them all in the first round of the competition.

Comparing his feelings, Karkaroff felt that if Durmstrang was asked to host the competition, he would definitely do so.

Karkaroff finally asked the principals what they were thinking, and the principals sitting on the staff bench all cast concerned glances.

They still take the classification of students' levels very seriously.

"Don't worry, Professor Karkaroff." As if he had expected it, Dumbledore took out the Sorting Hat and the Magic Crystal Ball from his arms, and informed the principals of other schools of their usefulness. .

"Really or not?"

"Is it so magical?"

The principals’ eyes were opened.

"Of course." Dumbledore also specially handed the crystal ball to the principals of each school for them to demonstrate.

Looking at the crystal ball in their hands that was far less bright than Dumbledore, the principals fell into silence: Is the gap between themselves and Dumbledore so big?

In the past, although they respected Dumbledore, most principals did not have an intuitive feeling about how far they were from Dumbledore on the path of magic. In fact, some even felt that Dumbledore was Li Duo is already old, but he is still in his prime. As long as the fighting time is prolonged, he will definitely win the final victory.

This is normal, Dumbledore's most glorious moment was defeating Grindelwald.

As a dark wizard who spanned the world, Grindelwald left such a profound memory on the wizarding world at that time, which also brought the reputation of Dumbledore, who defeated him, to its peak.

But half a century has passed since Grindelwald's era, and most of the wizards who witnessed Grindelwald's power have already been buried!

Voldemort, who inherited the name of the Dark Lord, did not have such a wide range of activities, so his reputation was not as scary as Grindelwald. The most important thing is that Voldemort was not defeated by Dumbledore himself. Although Dumbledore had a reputation for keeping Voldemort from going too far, he still sat back and watched Voldemort wreak havoc for decades, which made many people think that Dumbledore was no longer good.

It wasn't until this moment that they realized how wrong they had been.

However, Dumbledore's light cannot be considered overwhelming. The light of the crystal balls in the hands of Ilvermorny's principal, Serafina Picqueri, and the principal of the Magic Institute, Yuan Danxi, is only slightly inferior to Dumbledore's. .

If Dumbledore is in the first gear, then these two are in the second gear. Other principals of magic schools are in the third gear, and some are even worse than the deans of Hogwarts.

The principal of Kodosdorez, Ekaterina, is an exception, because she is so young, but she still maintains a mid-range level among principals, which is amazing and has attracted considerable attention.

Because unlike Godric who was pinned to the spectator seat, this one is qualified to participate!

The other principals knew all too well what this meant.

So after passing the crystal ball, Karkarov attacked Ekaterina again.

"Speaking of which, can we, the principals, form a refereeing panel to ensure the fairness of the competition?" He did not say it directly, but the principals present and the two ministers of the Ministry of Magic all understood. He was actually hinting to Dumbledore. Lido, sealed Ekaterina in the referee panel.

The principals all praised Karkaroff from the bottom of their hearts and said that he was simply their substitute.

Yekaterina's face suddenly turned dark.

In recent years, Kodosdorez has been in a state of decline, and the entire school is mediocre. In recent years, there has been only one considered gifted student like her.

But when she received the news from Hogwarts, she had already graduated three years ago!

If she hadn't happened to be stuck under the age limit of twenty-one, Kodosdorez might even have refused to participate in this competition.

If Hogwarts really banned her, then Codos Dorez would most likely be at the bottom of the competition.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Dumbledore, wanting to see his attitude.

To be honest, Kodosdorez's operation was indeed taking advantage of loopholes. This twenty-one-year-old limit was originally reserved for magic organizations and individual contestants. Other magic schools allow current students to compete, but only Kodosdorez is doing something special.

In addition, Ekaterina showed such great strength, the principals naturally wanted to ban her.

Dumbledore thought for a moment, turned to look at Mr. Henry, and gave him the final decision.

"The rules and regulations are very clear. As long as Miss Ekaterina is under twenty-one years old, she can participate in the competition - this has nothing to do with her age."

"Then she is no longer a student of Kodos Dorez, can she still compete on behalf of Kodos Dorez?" This time even Mrs. Maxim was off the stage.

"She is the teacher of Kodos Dorez, and she still maintains the identity of Kodos Dorez." Yuan Danxi suddenly spoke, leaving everyone silent for a moment.

"This is unreasonable." Asmo Ndulu, the principal of Wagadu, was the first to object.

"Yes, this is a word game!" Mrs. Maxim straightened her tall body and looked down at everyone, giving her a strong sense of oppression.

She put her big hands with many gorgeous opals on Dumbledore's shoulders and said sincerely: "Albus, think about it carefully. If the first tournament held at Hogwarts is held, How can you explain such a thing to the wizards all over the world?"

She emphasized the word "Hogwarts", which was very suggestive.

"Mrs. Maxim, if we blatantly violate the rules, we can't explain it to others. This is a competition for all young wizards under the age of twenty-one, and Miss Ekaterina happens to be Kodo She is a member of Storiz, so I think it is within the rules for her to participate in the competition - we can change and improve the rules after the game, but now that the competition has begun, we must abide by the rules," Dumbledore said calmly. said.

"Well, since Albus said so, I have no objection." After a moment, Serafina Picquery expressed her support for Dumbledore.

Anyway, no matter how strong Ekaterina is, she is only one person.

After the three heavyweight wizards and senior officials from the Ministry of Magic expressed their support, the other principals had nothing to say and could only reluctantly agree that Ekaterina would participate as a contestant in Kodos Dorez.

Everyone secretly made up their mind to study the competition rules carefully when they return home to see if there are any loopholes in the rules.

"It seems that we have reached a consensus." Seeing that the conflict was resolved, Dumbledore smiled again on his face: "Then let our players come on stage to accept the test of the Sorting Hat and the Crystal Ball."

The principals and officials naturally had no objections.

Students from each school and independent contestants lined up in front of the staff table to start taking the test.

"Wait a minute." Before the test started, Serafina Picquery suddenly stopped the test and looked sideways at Gryffindor, who was sitting not far away. "Mr. Gryffindor, would you like to do this too?" Can you touch this crystal ball?"

Countless eyes focused on the legendary wizard's face again.

Gryffindor laughed after hearing Seraphina's words.

"Of course, of course!" He said while taking the crystal ball: "If we had such a good thing back then, maybe the sorting method at Hogwarts would be different."

Everyone smiled.

However, the crystal ball remained unchanged in Gryffindor's hands.

Seeing this, Helga and Rowena's eyes suddenly condensed.

"This is beyond the detection limit of the crystal ball." Dumbledore shook his head and explained to everyone.

Everyone present: !!!

I thought Dumbledore was strong enough, but I didn't expect that this ancient wizard who lived thousands of years ago was even stronger than Dumbledore! It can only be said that he is worthy of being an old guy who has lived for thousands of years.

"I see, I see!" Gryffindor also laughed, "Then I will restrain myself a little."

As he said, he really began to restrain the magic power in his body. After a while, the crystal ball burst into the same bright red light as Dumbledore at that time.

Now, the people present believed Gryffindor's identity more, this is a wizard stronger than Dumbledore!

Helga narrowed his eyes: Judging from the time he spent, it is not much different from Rowena. If everyone's speed of restraining magic power is about the same, then we can probably judge the strength level of the other party.

Astoria, who had been watching the show from the audience, remembered something: it seemed that the same phenomenon had also occurred when Professor Arius had taken the crystal ball before?

Hiss——Thinking of this, Astoria couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. The things contained in this were too profound.

After this episode, the contestants continued to come forward to take the test.

The faces of several headmasters became very ugly: the students of their own school had very low scores, and many of them scored 60 or 70 points, which also caused a lot of discussion among the students of Hogwarts.

Because according to these scores, many of them could even qualify for the competition if they changed schools!

Ekaterina and Karkaroff's expressions were particularly ugly, because the scores of Kodosdoriz and Durmstrang were at the bottom, and Kodosdoriz even had contestants with scores below 60 points.

They could only comfort themselves by saying that the starting conditions would be better with low scores.

When it was the turn of the contestants from Hogwarts to come forward to take the test, the little wizards in the audience showed happy expressions.

They knew the situation of the contestants in their school very well. However, the fact that the contestants were of high level and had poor starting conditions also made them a little worried, fearing that their classmates would suffer because of this.

"One hundred points!" When Astoria put the hat on, the score called out by the sorting hat made all the people from other schools stare wide-eyed.

'This kid is so scary! ' More than one person said this in their hearts.

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Update is here, good night~