Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 821: Dark Horse

  Chapter 822 Dark Horse

   When he had breakfast the next day, Albert flipped through the latest issue of Bullfighting Daily and found that his odds had actually dropped. To be precise, the odds of winning the gold prize should have dropped to 6 times. The Bullfighting Daily found that someone had put a large sum of Galleons on it, and they were so frightened that they quickly lowered the odds.

   Even if the brains of the Bullfighting Daily are abnormal, they will realize that something is wrong when they find out that someone has thrown a lot of money into it.

   So far, basically no one thinks that No. 17 (Albert) will win the Gold Medal for Barnabus Finkley's Excellent Spellcasting Technique, and even if anyone is betting, they are all retail investors, and the amount is very limited.

   However, there are actually several people betting in it now, and they still invest a large amount of Galleons at one time.

   What exactly does this mean?

   No one knows better than the ones who run the game.

   Actually, unbeknownst to Albert, his odds have been cut three times.

   For the first time, Budd put five hundred Galleons into it. The organizer saw that there were other people who were going to bet a lot of Galleons on the 17th to win the gold prize, so they were scared and lowered his odds to 7. times.

   Later, the Bullfighting Daily found that someone had put hundreds of Galleons into it one after another, and they were still betting that Albert would win the gold prize, so they had to lower the odds again.

  There is no way, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon.

   The odds are so high, if you really lose, you won't lose all your underwear.

   "That group of guys is really timid." Bud put away the newspaper and said to Albert with a smile: "I'll help you with that."

   "It's normal to smell something wrong. The purpose of gambling is to make money. Who wants to trade at a loss?"

  The Spanish magic circle has paid a lot of attention to the Barnabus Finkley excellent spell casting competition. Currently, the most promising gold medal winner is Mr. Animagus, who is good at shape-shifting magic.

   Of course, Albert's popularity is also very high, but he feels that these popularity are deliberately created by "Bull Fighting Daily".

   Is this digging a hole for yourself?

   Honestly speaking, Albert really has no psychological stress at all, and there are not many such opportunities.

   Once the identity of the prophet is spread, you can't do this, otherwise it will be easily hated.

   When Albert flipped through the newspaper to check the list of sixteen, he noticed that there were only three contestants under the age of thirty.

   Among them, there is a player named Noe, who seems to have just graduated from Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

  Albert still remembers that in the first round of performance, this man took out a handkerchief from his pocket, transformed into a sky full of butterflies, and finally performed a trick for everyone to gather the butterflies into his hands and turn them into handkerchiefs again. That scene impressed many viewers.

   However, this man's appearance is relatively average, and he exudes a decadent air, which is really not very likable.

  The other is the mature wizard who used to be behind Albert, who is said to be a native of Spain, whose name seems to be Anthony.

   In the first round of the competition, he showed everyone the changes of water polo through transformation and spells.

   is not very difficult, but it shows off his spellcasting skills very well, so he has received very good reviews.

   is currently one of the most qualified to compete for the championship.

   About ten o'clock, Diana, the owner of the bar, came over to inform the contestants to go to the second floor to participate in the competition.

  "See you later."

   When Albert got up and left, he found that many customers were waving at him and cheering him on. Obviously, many people pressed Albert to pass the second round.

  Albert waved to them with a smile and followed the crowd to the second floor.

   "You are so popular." The decadent man named Noe suddenly said to Albert: "I heard Louise mention you, she always said you were a genius, after seeing you, I suddenly I understand why Louise rejected me."

   "No, I think you are probably mistaken. I already have a girlfriend, and Miss Louise knows and has met my girlfriend." Albert looked at the decadent man in front of him and said Corrected.

   He felt that Louise's rejection of this guy in front of him was completely the decadent aura about him.

  If this Mr. Noe can be more confident, he will not be easily rejected. After all, excellent people always have their own shining points.

  Noe looked embarrassed as he realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

  The two followed the crowd into a living room, which was surrounded by more than 20 chairs in a semi-arc shape, and some of the chairs had numbers on them, apparently to let them sit in the right numbers.

   The five judges have all taken their seats. After the players entered the living room, they chose their own numbers to be seated. Albert also walked to the chair with the number 17.

   As soon as he sat down, he noticed the envious gaze from the next door.

   "I'm afraid this person is sick." He muttered, focusing his attention on the stage in front of him, completely unaware that the famous female singer next door was looking at him curiously.

   As for the middle-aged wizard who is good at Animagus, he has now stood in front of them with a sullen face, nodded to several judges, and began to show his best shape-shifting magic. Albert turned the table into a lion, just a gradual process.

   That person is like a conductor. Every time he waved his wand, the object in front of him would undergo a transformation, constantly changing into various shapes. The referees bowed slightly and disappeared.

   After Mr. Animagus' presentation, warm applause gradually broke out in the living room.

   Sure enough, the sixteen players who can appear here are not easy.

   However, the grading session after the performance was a little unexpected, and the much-anticipated Mr. Animagus' score was not as high as expected.

  Two sevens and three sixes.

   This is what the five judges gave: Barely passing.

The players below    all began to whisper.

  Albert guessed the reason for the low score, probably because he didn't show much of his spell casting technique in the performance just now, or his level was average.

   Next, it was Albert's turn to play.

   He took a deep breath and waved his wand lightly.

   Countless blue sparks danced in the sky, and then as Albert stretched out his left hand, the sparks from the sky began to converge into a blue bellflower flame on his palm.

  Albert put his left hand to his mouth and blew lightly at the flame, the blue bellflower flame was actually wrapped in a water polo.

  The water polo slowly floated up in the air following Albert's fingers.

   waved an elegant arc on Albert's wand, the surface of the water polo gradually froze, and a thick layer of frost was frozen, as if it turned into a blue ice egg, and the orchid flame inside seemed to be Vibrant life.

   Before everyone could react, the ice egg suddenly exploded into countless pieces of ice, and a blue bellflower flamed firebird broke out of its shell. As Albert waved, more and more flames erupted. Melt into the firebird, and its body gradually expands, as if the firebird has grown up.

   It waved with Albert's wand, rolled up the blue bellflower flames and passed over the heads of everyone, and finally turned into sporadic blue flames, which gradually disappeared.

  The surroundings were suddenly terrifyingly quiet, and a crisp applause sounded, and the applause became more and more sporadic. Finally, there was a whole city. Even a few referees raised their withered palms and clapped enthusiastically.

   Everyone finds that they underestimate the No. 17 player, who has high attainments in both silent spells and wandless magic.

  In the end, Albert won an eight, three nines and a ten, and directly crushed Mr. Animagus, who was originally favored by everyone, with a score of 45 points, and that score was like a big mountain pressed in the hearts of the people.

   While none of the others have shown their skills yet, they all realize that it is very difficult to beat Albert in points.

   Mr. Anthony, who was sitting next to Albert, looked ugly, as if someone had put a ball of **** in his mouth.

   Of course, it is not only him who has the same ugly expression, but also the special reporter of "Bull Fighting Daily" who is taking pictures and recording beside him. Their faces were ashen, and they obviously didn't forget that their own newspaper was hyping up Albert. They were digging a hole and burying themselves in it!

  Albert is obviously qualified to compete for the final championship, but the player who was favored by people at the beginning was ruthlessly crushed by the opponent.

  If he wins the championship, or even ends up with a gold medal...

   The special reporter's expression became more and more ugly, and he could not wait to rush out to deliver news to his own newspaper immediately, so that they could quickly lower Albert's odds, otherwise he would have to lose all his underwear this time.

   "How did you do it just now?" Yanila asked with a wink, she had never seen such magic before, it was really unimaginable.

  Albert smiled slightly at the other party, and just made a shush gesture, indicating that the other party was serious about the performance on the stage.

   Yanila pouted, but she had to admit that she still underestimated the guy in front of her, and he really had a chance of winning the Gold Award for Barnabus Finkley's Excellent Spellcasting Technique.

  At least, the champion cannot escape.

  Yanila still remembers what happened last night. Bud took a sum of Galleons, asked her mother Diana to help bet, and all beat Albert to win the gold prize.

   From the magnitude of the drop in the odds this morning, it is not difficult to see that the person who was asked by Bud is obviously not only his mother, and the Galleon used to bet is most likely from the guy in front of him.

  The expression on Yanila's face suddenly became very tangled, and she no longer paid attention to the game above, but stared straight at Albert's profile, not knowing what she was thinking.

   It wasn't until a player made a mistake on the stage that the girl turned her attention back to the stage.

  Yes, mature male Anthony made a mistake.

  Because he accidentally caught a glimpse of Yanila staring at Albert's side face in a daze, his emotions fluctuated violently, causing a magic error.

  Anthony finally completed his performance, but his rating was not much better than Mr. Animagus, and he ended up with 35 points.

   That mistake did cost him a little point.

   "It's useless for you to stare at me like this, I already have a girlfriend." Alberto met Anthony's eyes and reminded helplessly.

   After he finished speaking, he also opened his pocket watch and let the other party see the carvings inside.

   That is a sculpture of Albert and Isobel.

   The look on Anthony's face is wonderful.

  Because of Albert's move, he told him bluntly: I have a girlfriend myself, and I'm not inferior to Miss Yanila.

   Actually, Albert can fully understand the other party's mood, but the guy seems to have gone in the wrong direction, isn't it bad to try hard to win the gold award?

   Oh, I almost forgot, the champion and the gold medal were covered by him.

   However, the guy in front of him must not know!

   If you don't know how to work hard all day, you know that envy and jealousy are not good. Even though you have a very handsome face, you don't know how to use your strengths.

   Don't you know that licking a dog never ends well?

   And, you are too embarrassed to hit a girl who is almost half his age, Albert despises him from the bottom of his heart.

   ignored the loser next to him, and Albert continued to watch the performance on stage. However, he found that not many wizards actually achieved high scores, with most players only hovering around thirty-five.

  Except for Albert, who currently has the highest score of 42 points, he is a wizard in his forties, and the way he performs is also very special.

   He didn't know where to get a training puppet, and then used all kinds of magic in front of everyone. A bunch of simple spells fell on the unfortunate puppet, and the movements were quite neat. It can be seen that he has his own unique opinions on spell casting, and he seems to be a guy who is very good at fighting.

  Albert suspects that the other party is likely to be an Auror-like character.

   That fighting skill really has nothing to say.

  Another outstanding one is the decadent man Noe. This guy conjured up a sea of ​​roses, then turned the petals into butterflies, and rolled up a storm of butterflies, giving Albert the feeling of a pear flower needle in a rainstorm.

  Albert thinks that turning a rose into a butterfly is superfluous~IndoMTL.com~ and this kind of attack is actually very resistant, as long as the protective cover is held up, the problem can be solved.

   However, Albert felt that the opponent's high score should be related to his spellcasting technique. After all, this game was about spellcasting, not showing magic.

  It's just that Albert really didn't understand what the other party's spellcasting technique was.

   In the end, there was a middle-aged woman who passed the 40-point threshold. The magic she performed was also mediocre, but she also received a high score of 41.

   A total of four players were selected for the third round.

   The final round will start tomorrow.

   After the game, Albert also got up and left, ready to chat with Bud. This time the game made him realize that his understanding of the game seemed to be biased.

   When he was about to leave with the crowd, he found several reporters coming towards him, as if they were going to interview him.

  No way, who made Albert the biggest dark horse in this game.

   However, Albert was really not interested in interviews, and didn't give them a chance, one of them mixed into the crowd.

  (end of this chapter)