LRAB Chapter 346 Item 3
Chapter 346 Item 3
Chapter 346 The Third Item
Ignoring the childish infighting between the two Grindelwald bastards, Dumbledore spoke when they had almost finished eating and explained the third situation to Alison who hadn't heard it.
"Minerva came here before and told me what Bagman asked her to tell him about the third competition. The competition will be held in the God-given Valley of the Sages. Four ordinary ancient tombs will be selected and asked to be emptied by the contestants. Because of the difficulty, the problems of professions and the size of the ancient tombs, the competition allows the warriors to communicate on their own to find a partner who is also a student..."
They actually put the game at the end of the second act?
Although you don’t need to face the final boss known as the rookie killer, you still need to be around level 20 to reach the end of the second act.
Dumbledore and Grindelwald would go to the game world from time to time to make up for the wizards' fragile shortcomings in defense and regularly digest and control the enhanced power. Now the third act has passed and it is the fourth act.
Alison had a look of watching a show, gloating.
"Ah! So that French guy has to roll up again recently? The competition is suppressing Delacour's extremely limited competition content, forcing him to break through."
Looking back on the competitions during this school year, Furong seemed to have hardly had a break. She was either memorizing lessons or practicing spells, and she also had to balance classes and improving herself in the game world.
Roll up and fly.
The organizers arranged the competition at the end of the second act and specifically notified the young wizard in advance, which almost meant that the young wizard should quickly open up new areas and upgrade, open up the map there, and it would be best if he and his partner cooperated to try it out before the game.
There are too many "players" and the stimulation of bordering on another world. The game world is also growing, the scene map is expanding, and the monster health bar and resistance have also been enhanced to a certain extent.
On the other hand, the wizards.
Alison originally thought that everyone could create N accounts, change professions at will, accumulate attributes and increase strength, and improve without limit.
Later I realized...it’s not possible.
But it is true that if there is no upper limit to improvement, it is only a matter of time before everyone becomes a true god within a few years. Energy, balance, rules and other illusory but real things will not allow this to happen.
The skill trees of each profession and the points added for upgrading are all partial reflections of the impact of energy on the soul.
Before digesting and mastering the enhanced power, the mind and soul fluctuate too much, creating a new character will fail, the magic power output will also be unstable, and normal classes and life will be affected.
Currently, only the top senior students in each academy who have made it to the second act can awaken a second time, and the more powerful deans can awaken a third time - the Ministry of Magic has given a professional term, calling character creation "awakening."
As the level increases, it becomes increasingly difficult to upgrade, and it is easy to get stuck.
Moreover, killing monsters in real life is a completely different experience from playing games. You have to endure the bloody scenes at close range, as well as the pain of being attacked.
In the first practical class, the monsters were beaten to pieces and injured, and the animals had to accept it for a while. Although they are used to it now, some people still can't accept the killing day and night.
Also, level and combat power are not completely different things. Some people are just not good at fighting, and it’s good enough if they can exert half of their strength in real combat, while some people can exert their strength perfectly and even challenge opponents of higher levels.
After the initial novelty and the novice period of getting quick feedback, many people are no longer diligent in their studies due to the busy schedule. Apart from taking practical classes, at most they would team up with a few classmates to kill monsters on weekends, and follow the professors' advice to reduce the frequency and slowly settle down.
It was indeed stressful for Furong to get to the end of the second act in four months.
Hogwarts students of the same level started entering the game two years ago, but there are not many left until the end of the second act.
Dumbledore nodded, agreeing with Alison's guess.
"Yes, that's what the Ministry of Magic and Beauxbatons wanted to do. Since they want to promote the 'awakening' of French wizards, they want to use Miss Delacour as a typical example so that they can more intuitively feel the growth rate in one year..."
What he didn't say was that the African magic school Wagadu and several African ministries of magic had also heard the news, contacted France, asked about the situation through connections, and were also waiting to witness the miracle with their own eyes.
After all, Alison, Dumbledore and Grindelwald are already super powerful. Outsiders cannot see the contrast between "very strong" and "stronger", and have no intuitive feeling.
But for Furong, who only started to come into contact with the God-given land in November last year, if the contrast between before and after is too obvious, it would also be a dose of joy to all parties who have been secretly paying attention.
Because of its colonial history, France has a great influence on Africa.
The general direction of the wizarding world is also influenced by the Muggle world. To this day, there are still many European wizards who go to the pyramids where the pharaohs sleep in Africa to "hunt for treasure", and then transport them to Europe to sell as precious resources.
Have you heard of "mummy brown"? It is a brown pigment that appeared in Europe around the 16th century, a Maillard color.
You can guess what it is just by hearing the name.
That’s right, it’s made from ground mummies (thousand-year-old corpses) as the main raw material, mixed with pine resin and myrrh.
Artists consider it a "deeply warm and vibrant" pigment.
The hot sales of pigments even exceeded the supply of mummies at one point, causing many people to pretend to be tourists and go to Africa to steal mummies, or use dead bodies to fake them...
The Muggle world has gone so crazy over a pigment, do you think the wizarding world, which can truly identify magical materials, can be normal?
Bill, the eldest son of the Weasley family, the one who is Fleur's official partner in the original novel, who was bitten on the face by the werewolf Greyback and likes to eat raw beef, is the curse breaker of Gringotts.
A curse breaker is a profession that specializes in removing magical curses and breaking magical traps. It requires profound magical knowledge and superb magical skills. He or she may face the threat of ancient black magic at any time, and may even lose his or her life if he or she is not careful.
Bill initially worked at Gringotts, and later, because of his outstanding performance, he was sent to Egypt to break the curse of ancient tombs and ruins and bring the treasure back to Gringotts.
...This job is legitimate and everyone is used to it. They don't think there is anything wrong with digging up other people's graves and packing up everything, including the corpses, as treasures and specialties.
They don't even avoid Africa at all.
They are truly European bandits.
A glimpse of the whole picture also shows Europe's attitude towards Africa.
At least the top leaders have a tacit understanding. Europe looks down on African colonies with a somewhat condescending attitude and naturally plunders their resources.
...maybe a black slave?
In the eyes of European wizards, the African wizarding world is just a small, remote place with some unique features.
Grindelwald and Voldemort failed because of Dumbledore's presence. Several people were fighting each other in Europe, eyeing the expansion of their territory. They had to take over the entire European base first!
If it were anyone else, would they say take a detour, temporarily abandon the European base and look at Africa?
At least Alison has never heard of any powerful wizards in Africa in recent years who are comparable to those in Europe.
Now that we have to set up portals in France and Germany, Africa is like a gateway that has come to our doorstep, waiting to be picked up along the way.
……
The third event of the Triwizard Tournament will be held on June 6th.
The French have a very strong sense of relaxation, but the unfortunate Furong was forced to curl up.
Her partner at the Yule Ball, Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain Roger Davis, was one of the most handsome seniors at Hogwarts, and they had gotten along well before.
Unfortunately, the senior year courses were already intense, and Davis spent more of his free time on Quidditch and less time on the gaming world.
It’s not bad, but it’s just mediocre and can’t bring any help to Furong.
Cedric is an outlier. He seems to have better fighting talent. At least his progress in the game world ranks among the top among all the young wizards.
Originally, Fleur wanted to try to invite Cedric again, but she gave up after accidentally seeing him and Qiu kissing secretly.
You have a girlfriend, no wonder.
Because the competition was held at Hogwarts, the seniors were surrounded by the opposite sex, and the teenage boys and girls were full of hormones, and some of them had even tasted the forbidden fruit...
Therefore, it is still a bit difficult to find a single potential candidate in Hogwarts who is not already favored by others...
Without time to select them one by one, Furong simply invited a classmate from Durmstrang to be her partner. The two of them recently followed the time recommended by the Hogwarts professors to enter the game world and explored it frantically.
Alison passed by several times and saw Fleur and Heinrich Kraft - yes, this little Kraft was a relative of the current headmaster of Durmstrang. His family had connections with saints, and he had "awakened" last summer vacation, so he had a little first-mover advantage - they were in a hurry, their eyes were distracted, and they didn't pay much attention to the people around them.
The Frenchman couldn't keep up his deadpan expression, causing Alison to look at him with a bit of surprise.
Fleur had no time to argue with the Englishman whom she also hated - even though Alison said that their witch hats at Beauxbatons looked like a meringue on their heads.
Furong was very nervous at this time. She was under so much pressure that her hair was falling out in clumps. She needed to rely on potions to maintain her condition and had no time to pay attention to others.
Alison, who didn't care about the competition at all, stayed close to Dumbledore every day, watching the owls coming and going in the principal's office every day.
Her father has become the core of various forces, and any move he makes can affect the entire force.
Dumbledore and Grindelwald had to deal with all the messages they received. It seemed like another busy period, as it always was recently, with something to keep them busy from time to time.
Grindelwald sometimes couldn't even maintain his teaching job.
Originally, he could have asked the old Saints to take over the classes temporarily, but there were too many things to do and he had assigned everyone to work, so no one was wasted...
So, the old devil's malicious gaze gradually turned to the naughty kid who competed with him for Al and food every day and did nothing.
However, the last time Alison was asked to take over the night patrol, the consequences were a bit tragic. The naughty kid suddenly had an idea to scare the little wizard who was wandering at night, and used a human head balloon to scare the man and make him scream, waking up everyone in Hogwarts...
Do you want to use Alison?
At least the naughty kid is definitely competent, but his thinking is unconventional and he is quite mischievous...
Grindelwald stroked his chin and observed the sleepy Alison thoughtfully.
He thought about it seriously for a moment and felt that he could still give it a try - because he was really short of people, and besides, he was not the one who was in trouble anyway.
He didn't dislike those students, even though they were a little noisy and stupid and would attract Al's attention, but...
Well, there aren't many other advantages.
So you deserve it!
The old devil quickly made up his mind and decided to let Alison take his place.
Upon hearing the devastating news, Alison threw a tantrum in the principal's office and refused to go.
She is still a minor!
This is child labor, it's illegal!
Why should we experience the troubles of work before others and endure the hardship without any effort?
Still facing a group of noisy and stupid little idiots!
However, Grindelwald remained unmoved and even felt like laughing.
It's not up to you, little bastard. He's already talked to Al.