Chapter 229: “All About The Plan”
The animals created by the Transfiguration Charm were running away. Among all the noisy cries, the human screams were particularly harsh. Hardy even heard the sound of bones breaking.
Under all of the students’ attention, Matts had been hiding in place with the Disillusionment Charm and had not moved. The dragon’s tail violently threw him away.
Severe pain suddenly covered Matts’ whole body, and he didn’t think about it until the last second when he passed out.
Professor Goodman teleported to Matts, who fell to the ground. He grabbed his shoulder and Apparated to a safe place. It seems that Grindelwald temporarily permitted Goodman to Apparate.
At the edge of the stage, the medical team that had already been prepared immediately surrounded him. A female wizard with reddish-brown short hair stepped forward to check it roughly.
“Bone fracture, not life-threatening,” she said.
Professor Goodman breathed a sigh of relief.
Sean didn’t pay attention to these things. He didn’t use his full strength in the first place. Matts’ injury was nothing. At most, he would be hospitalized for a few weeks.
Witnessing the scene where his teammate was being sent flying, Hardy’s heartbeat accelerated rapidly, but he did not run away in a panic. After manipulating his Transfiguration animals to surround Sean, he calmly cast a Protego Charm on himself. He raised his wand to try to hypnotize the dragon that was getting closer.
Hypnosis is one of the very few magic that can pierce through a dragon’s high magic resistance. As long as it can calm down the dragon, he can at least run away before thinking about his next actions.
The spell shot out, but the sight before him made Hardy’s soul tremble. The dragon dodged its spell easily.
Sean didn’t have the slightest idea what that student was thinking. It’s easy to avoid a hypnosis spell that is slow and easily detectable. He completely ignored the animals below him, and his huge body rushed towards Hardy.
It was too late for him to escape, and he staggered back while quickly casting the Conjunctivitis Curse. It is a spell that could weaken any dragon.
But Sean ignored that student’s intentions at all. He lowered his head, and the Conjunctivitis Curse had no effect except hitting one of the barbs on his head.
Sean identified the direction and moved his body toward that direction.
In the eyes of the students, the dragon plowed like a bulldozer with its head down. Hardy’s Conjunctivitis Curse had no effect, and the Protego Charm started to wear off. His panicked figure disappeared into the plowed dirt and bushes.
“If that dragon tramples him, will he die?”
“My God, Hardy isn’t going to die, is he?”
“Look there!”
The students all turned their heads to look at the edge of the field. Hardy was standing behind Professor Goodman. A barb had stabbed out of his thigh, and he was panting heavily.
Sean secretly sighed. The power of a dragon is too powerful. He has restrained his speed, but Professor Goodman still almost failed to save Hardy.
It can only be said that it is normal for some creatures to think that playing may cause human injuries. Just like when you pinch an ant, you will not consider whether your actions will make that ant die.
In just a few moments, two elite seventh-grade students from Nurmengard were eliminated, and everyone had a deeper understanding of the horror of the Hungarian Horntail.
However, the students’ eyes were full of excitement. Some students would not miss this opportunity because the dragon had already left the nest.
In addition to Ravena’s group, a student from another group took advantage of the opportunity.
Just now, everyone’s attention was on Hardy and Matts. When the two were eliminated, the students realized that someone had already reached the target and their hands had touched the wooden box.
He summoned his broom and flew up without any hesitation when the dragon left.
“Smart and decisive. I haven’t left for a long time, which means that their way of acting quickly is really good.” Sean praised in his heart.
However, no one would have thought that a fire dragon would play tricks.
On the top of the mountain, the boy holding the broomstick quickly glanced at Sean’s position. After concluding that Sean was far from his position, he quickly lifted the top plank of the wooden box.
“Strength is very important, but everything boils down to planning.” The boy’s expression was excited and nervous.
“It should be. It doesn’t seem to be interested in food at all. It seems to be just playing around like a cat and mouse.”
“Didn’t it say that the Hungarian Horntail would kill anyone?”
“Who knows? There are so many dragons in the world, and maybe that one is a weird one.”
Sean is not interested in listening to the audience’s comments. He just wants the rest of the people to hurry up and get himself the rewards.
The strange behavior of the Hungarian Horntail caused discussions among the audience. In the Hogwarts audience stand, Hermione had pulled Daisy to the very edge.
After looking around to make sure no one could hear what the two of them were saying, she put her mouth in Daisy’s ear and whispered, “Isn’t that Sean?”
Daisy nodded and said in a whisper, “It must be him. You saw the Hungarian Horntail’s movements just now. How can a fire dragon avoid both of the spells and then it happened to be in Sean’s Animagus form? It’s too coincidental.”
“Besides, isn’t it easy for a dragon to kill a wizard? But up to now, those students have only been injured. It is obvious that Sean is holding him back. Moreover, the boy just now was obviously hypnotized. Isn’t that similar to what Pudding could do?”
“It’s about the same as I thought,” Hermione nodded, and she looked towards the corner of the entrance, “Then who is that Sean? It doesn’t look like he had mastered a new type of spell.”
Daisy looked and muttered, “Who do you think it is? Sean has become the dragon who guards the golden egg. How could Mr. Grindelwald not know about this?”
Daisy wrinkled her nose and narrowed her eyes, “There must be something secret between the two.”
Hermione looked at Sean, who was crouching in the center of the field. She frowned and said, “Ugh, he always does this.”
No one knew the conversation between the two, and the students were discussing what happened on the stage.
“Look, the rest of the people have all joined together!”
“A wise choice. That Hungarian Horntail is obviously very intelligent, and winning is only possible if they fight together.”
“But what are they going to do?”
Behind the rocks on one side of the field, everyone except “Sean” gathered together, and Ravena looked serious.
“You have seen that the dragon is different. It will not be disturbed by a Transfiguration Charm at all.”
“Not only that,” another girl continued, “There is also a defensive spell on the wooden box, which may be Professor Grindelwald’s test. It is more likely something to do with ancient runes.”
“This is troublesome,” Ravena frowned, “It’s useless to go there alone. Even if you touch the golden egg, you will be affected by magic immediately.”
“But one thing must be mentioned.” The girl’s eyes were sharp. “I have seen an adult Welsh dragon. None of those guys just now would have survived if it were it.”
“You mean?”
The girl nodded, “Although that dragon is intelligent, it’s obviously not that strong. You can tell by its size it’s not yet a full-grown adult.”
“And?” Ravena’s eyes widened.
“Yes, we should make a move head-on. After all, it’s just a magical animal. No matter how smart it is, can it beat a wizard? We can deal with a young dragon.”
“Makes sense,” Ravena nodded after thinking deeply and approved her proposal. He looked at the others, “If you don’t have any objections, let’s do it this way.”
Seeing that everyone nodded, he said, “It is not necessary to use brute force to fight head-on. We still set up some small traps. The delayed explosion spell that Wallup once demonstrated It’s not bad.”
“We could call for some broomsticks and have a few good flyers to cast Conjunctivitis Curse in the air.”
“That’s right, we shou-“
When they were discussing, no one noticed that in the nearby bushes, something was hiding in the deepest part of the leaves. In the middle of the field, the dragon narrowed its eyes slightly.
Sean was wondering what they were planning.
