Dragon Quest! The First Champion Is Here!

Disorderly footsteps passed by the tent.

The sounds of playfulness and urging reached the ears of the five champions.

They noticed that while everyone was looking forward to today's show, no one seemed to think about their safety.

Dragons, enormous fire breathing beasts with a danger level of 5X, it is absolutely impossible for a single person to fight against them.

The cheers and chatter outside just kept adding to the endless pressure.

"Five champions, let's draw lots now. In this dragon leather bag, there are models of the guys you are going to deal with later, and your order of appearance is also on it!"

Ludo Bagman thought for a while and added: "And your mission is to bring back the golden egg safely. I almost forgot such an important thing!"

He shook the dragon leather bag, and came to Fleur Delacour first

"How about ladies first?"

Fleur became pale again. She put her hand into the bag, and quickly withdrew it as soon as she touched the contents inside.

"Don't worry, it's just a model and won't bite!" Bagman comforted softly.

Fleur let out a sigh of relief, reached into the bag again, and then took out a Common Welsh Green dragon.

The green dragon is the smallest among several fire dragons and has a more docile personality.

But even so, Fleur's complexion became very nervous.

"Oh~ Miss Delacour is number two, so she is the second to compete."

Everyone carefully looked for it on the green dragon model and soon they found the number two plate hanging around its neck.

Holding the green dragon model in hand, Fleur returned to the chair and sat down.

For other people's draws, she doesn't really care.

The same goes for everyone else, they only care about which dragon they need to fight.

Except, of course, Lucas.

It is still very simple to deal with a dragon with his strength.

Soon Krum and Cedric also completed their draws.

The two drew the Chinese Fireball and the Swedish Short Snout respectively. The order of appearance is number three and number one respectively.

Knowing that he was going to be the first to compete, the sweat on Cedric's forehead dripped down his temples.

Even at an average temperature of 2°C, he was still sweating profusely. One can imagine just how nervous Cedric was at the moment!

"Gentlemen, it's your turn!"

Seeing Bagman handing the dragon leather bag to himself, Lucas signaled for Harry to choose first.

Anyway, only the Hungarian Horntail and Ukrainian Ironbelly were left inside.

In the Ministry of Magic danger scale for dragons, these two dragons occupy the top two spots since the Hebridean Black went extinct.

Compared with other fire dragons that have a length of six or seven meters.

The average length of the Hungarian Horntail is about 15 meters and the Ukrainian Ironbelly about 20 meters.

They can be described as real behemoths.

When Harry stretched out his hand, he kept muttering "Ukrainian Ironbelly" in a low voice.

Compared to the Hungarian Horntail.

Although the Ironbelly is larger in size, its shortcomings are also very obvious.

That is the flight speed, it is actually the slowest of all dragons because of its weight. So while it could easily defeat a Horntail in a fight, they don't really need to fight them in this task, and it's way easier getting past the slower dragon.

Maybe Merlin really heard his prayers, because when he took his hand out of the dragon leather bag, a little dragon with bright gray scales appeared in his palm.

It was the Ukrainian Ironbelly.

Lucas glanced at Harry beside him somewhat surprised. Unexpectedly, the plot actually changed.

Seeing Harry taking a long breath as he finally relaxed a bit, Lucas chuckled in his heart, the Ukrainian Ironbelly is quite suitable for Harry.

It should be much easier for him to deal with it.

"Mr. Potter's order of appearance is number four, so Mr. Grindelwald, only the Hungarian Horntail is left, and you are the last one to appear."

The other four looked up at the blond boy holding the model.

The Hungarian Horntail, the most vicious dragon in the world. Their territorial awareness is extremely strong, and they react with extreme violence when someone invades their territory.

It is huge in size and their firebreath has a reach that is double in comparison with the other dragons.

Their eyesight is excellent, and they can see ants from hundreds of meters away clearly. Their tail is covered with bronze-colored spikes, and its melee combat ability is also good.

All of the above are used to describe the Hungarian Horntail.

When they saw Lucas teasing the model in his hand without changing his face, Fleur, Cedric, and Harry were all a little envious. While Krum thinks that Lucas is just putting on a show.

clap~!

Bagman clapped his hands and said: "Champions, the game is about to start, wait for a while and when you hear the signal, you can go directly to the playing field from the exit."

His gaze swept across several people, and what he saw were expressions full of tension.

If this goes on, these champions might be too cautious which isn't good for the spectacle.

So he added: "We have arranged a large number of dragon tamers around the arena. If you encounter danger, they will take action to save you in time."

After Bagman finished speaking, he probably felt that something was wrong, and added again.

"But they'll only do it when you're in a life-threatening situation or if you decide to give up ahead of time.

"They're used to dealing with dragons, so they can save your lives, well, maybe, they probably can..."

These last words of his seemed very redundant.

It would have been fine even if they didn't help Fleur and the others relieve their tension. But unfortunately, it made them even more nervous.

Bagman apparently realized this too, so smiling awkwardly, he turned to look at Harry Potter: "Can I have a few words with you?"

Harry nodded, and the two left the tent and walked towards the woods not far away.

Lucas knew that Bagman was planning to help Harry.

He remembered that Bagman seemed to have placed a bet on Harry to win in the gamble he set up.

It's kind of ridiculous. Out of the five judges in the Triwizard Tournament, four of them have selfish motives.

And the most obvious ones are Bagman, the gambler, and Karkaroff.

Just at this time, a loud cannon sound interrupted his thoughts.

Cedric, who was pacing nervously, suddenly stopped. Seeing his stiff body, Lucas sighed and walked towards his side.

"Cedric, it's your turn!"

"Lucas..."

Cedric wanted to say something, but he couldn't talk properly. It was as if there was something stuck in his throat. His lips were white and cracked, and he looked at the teenager beside him flusteredly.

"It's okay, believe in yourself, and remember to hide from the flames of the dragon."

Lucas gave him a push, helping Cedric to the passage.

Bagman also ran over in a panic from the door at this time. After a while, they heard his voice coming from outside.

"Very good, the first task of the Triwizard Tournament has officially started, let us invite the first champion to come on stage."

Enthusiastic cheers sounded all around. The voices cheering for Cedric could be clearly heard even in the tent.

But soon there were exclamations and gasps from the audience.

Whether Cedric outside was doing fine, Lucas didn't know. But he knew that the noise from outside made the rest of them very nervous.

Especially with Bagman's thrilling commentary.

Even Krum, who usually has no expression on his face, started to turn pale and his knuckles were completely white at this moment.

Everyone in the tent was already like this, and Cedric, who was facing the dragon, was even more scared.

Looking at the behemoth of six or seven meters lying not far away. Cedric approached the beautiful silvery-blue dragon cautiously.

"Oh, he's trying to be silent, but dragons usually have really good eyesight, so this might not be a good choice."

Bagman's voice just fell and the dragon opened its big eyes. Its cold and ruthless vertical pupils stared at Cedric who was approaching.

Two thick forelimbs protect the nest of marble-colored dragon eggs in front of it.

Among those dragon eggs, the mission objective golden egg was mixed in. This was arranged in order to increase the difficulty for the competitors, and also to increase the viewing experience.

This time, the dragons brought from the dragon farm in Romania were all female dragons that had just laid eggs.

During this period, their vigilance is the highest.

Cedric stopped and his eyes were fixed on the dragon not far away.

He didn't even dare to blink, for he was afraid that if he blinked, the dragon would rush at him to kill him.

One person and one dragon stared at each other for a long time.

The dragon was the first to lose its patience.

Everyone saw it open its mouth wide, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth and a blue flame suddenly spewed out from the dragon's mouth.

Although the Swedish Short Snout is not too big, and the reach of its firebreath is not the longest, the blue flame it spouts is the one with the highest temperature.

It can easily burn trees and bones to ashes in a short time. Cedric recalled the information about the dragon.

Taking advantage of the situation, he hid behind the boulder next to him.

Feeling the amazing heat coming from behind, with his wand he used Transfiguration on the rocks beneath his feet.

"Oh! Mr. Diggory is using Transfiguration. He is quite good at it too, he just turned the rock into a labrador."

"It seems that Mr. Diggory intends to let the dog attract the attention of the dragon. What a clever move!"

Bagman praised Cedric loudly, but in his heart, he was already thinking about how to give him a lower score later on.

He couldn't give too high a score, otherwise it would be too difficult for Harry to win.

The audience in the stands looked at the young man in the field with appreciation, Cedric was quite good in his own right.

Now he was fighting a dragon, which has attracted a lot of attention for him.

The badgers of Hufflepuff waved their flags desperately, and leading the charge was Cedric's father, Amos Digory.

Everything is as Bagman said.

The dog managed to attract the attention of the Swedish Short Snout, and even drew it a little distance to the side.

Cedric took the opportunity to run to the dragon's nest, ready to take away the golden egg.

Just when his hand touched the golden egg, an accident happened suddenly.

When they heard exclamations and gasps from the stands, the few people in the tent were nervous and curious at the same time.

They wanted to know what happened to Cedric.

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