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Chapter 261 National Team Training
It must be said that Ludo Bagman and Hamish McFarlane were both very responsible in terms of efficiency.
In just one week, Hogwarts' Quidditch pitch was completely transformed to meet international competition standards.
Meanwhile, the remaining five members of the Yin Kingdom team also gathered in Hogsmeade.
So, on Saturday afternoon, Levin and Cirella's first training session with the Yin Kingdom team began.
On the Quidditch pitch, Levine and Cirella met their five teammates:
Avery Hawksworth, a disheveled black man, is the team's chaser and captain;
Dawn Wesley, a dark-haired witch, is the batter for the Shadow Kingdom team;
Indira Chaudhry, an Indian witch with brown skin and the iconic red dot on her forehead, is another batter on the team;
Dennis Frisby, the team's goalkeeper and oldest player, is a bald, muscular man.
Finally, there's Bryce Parkin, the team's Seeker, a brown-haired witch who wields a custom-made silver Nimbus 2000, which is also her signature feature.
As her name suggests, she comes from the renowned Perkin family, a Quidditch dynasty in the Land of the Dead. Back in the 15th century, the seven children of the wizard and butcher Walter Perkin formed the Wigton Wanderers and invented the famous "Perkin Claw" tactic. Even today, the Perkin family frequently plays for Wigton.
The Rangers.
After seeing Levin and his partner, these future teammates had different attitudes.
Captain Avery was clearly disappointed. As a Chaser, he was Levin and Shirehong's future partner, and he was hoping that Hamish could find him some stronger opponents. Who knew that they would be two underage kids, the youngest of whom was only 15 years old.
The other team members had roughly the same attitude.
They had no room for doubt about Hamish's choice, but they were curious about why he had chosen two underage wizards instead of using so many skilled adult wizards as Chaser.
Not everyone is like Krum.
However, perhaps due to Levin's innate charm and ability to "charm humans," the female team members were quite friendly, greeting him warmly and proactively, which caused Cirella's expression to change.
"Today's training will focus on basic skills testing," Hamish announced at the outset.
Hamish's meaning is clear: he wants everyone to get to know each other's capabilities as a way of assessing their strengths and weaknesses.
There aren't many test items, and the items vary from place to place.
Levin needs to undergo flight tests, passing tests, shooting tests, and dodgeball tests.
These are all fundamental skills for ball chasers.
The first project, flight testing.
Hamish mounted his broom and flew around Hogwarts, waving his wand as he flew. Countless halos of light, large and small, appeared on the field, in the sky, and inside the castle. These halos connected to form a racetrack that circled the field.
"Your task is to ride brooms and pass through these light rings," he announced to the players. "You must pass through each ring at least once, and in as little time as possible."
"Everyone starts at the same time, and they can interfere with each other during the flight. The last person to leave is responsible for cleaning up the court."
All players, including the goalkeeper, must participate in this project.
In order to obtain more realistic results, everyone can only ride the team-provided Nimbus 2000, so as not to let the performance of Levin's Firebolt or Bryce Parkin's modified Silver Nimbus 2000 affect the results.
"I don't know how you got into the team, kid, but you'll soon see the level of a real professional player."
Before the match began, Avery made some harsh remarks to Levin.
“Don’t do that, Hawksworth,” Seeker Bryce Parkin advised. “Don’t scare the newcomer.”
In the entire team, she was the only one with enough status to disrespect the captain.
Faced with hostility from veteran players, Levin abandoned his usual humility and directly confronted them head-on.
"Cherish the time you still have to talk tough, Nige, because this is your last chance."
"What did you say about me?"
Avery was instantly enraged by Levin's N-word and was about to confront him.
Unexpectedly, Hamish's voice rang out.
"Everyone take off!"
Avery dared not disobey Hamish's orders, glared fiercely at Levin, and then obediently took to the air on his broomstick.
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Let's go!
At the command, the seven brooms shot off like wild horses from their reins, leaving long white streaks in the sky.
Levin immediately noticed the difference between professional athletes and players on the college team.
Each of them possessed exceptional flying skills, even the goalkeeper Dennis was no exception.
They were almost the best flyers Levin had ever seen.
The best flyer among them was undoubtedly Seeker Bryce Parkin. Or rather, he would often dash out at the last minute, intending to directly block Levin's path, suppress him, and give him a small professional shock.
Ideally, there should always be someone blocking his way, preventing him from accelerating throughout the race, and forcing him to sheepishly clean up the field in the end.
Unfortunately, Avery didn't know that he had encountered not an ordinary little wizard, but a real cheat code.
As a witch hunter, Cirella was already exceptionally agile. With the addition of Levin's stat-enhancing potion, she became a humanoid female tyrannosaurus, wielding her flying broom with almost no restraint. No matter how fast she accelerated or how sharply she turned, nothing could stop her.
While Levin didn't use the most potent power and agility-enhancing drugs, he could still cheat.
He was constantly imbued with the power of an ox and the grace of a cat, almost as if he had used an attribute-enhancing elixir.
With the constant assistance of psychic abilities and a high intelligence score of 29 (normal), her flying ability is comparable to that of Cirella.
So Avery was dumbfounded.
He was left behind from the start.
As he continued to work hard to catch up, the gap widened.
In the end, he couldn't even catch a whiff of Levin and Cirella's exhaust fumes. By the time he finally reached the finish line, they had already been resting there for quite a while.
But he didn't feel embarrassed at all.
It's not that he's bad, it's that the newcomers are too strong. Didn't you see that Seeker Bryce is also questioning his life?
Flight testing is just the beginning.
Next, he finally witnessed the limits of human strength.
In the passing test, no matter how tricky the pass was, the newcomers could receive it with ease; their skills and spatial awareness were truly astonishing.
Levin Green, in particular, seems to have an intuition for Quaffles; even blindfolded, he can catch passes from all directions.
In the shooting test, the newcomers' shots were fast and accurate, comparable to the most experienced ball chasers, but what surprised him most were their fancy footwork.
Banana shots, knuckleballs, curveballs—goalkeeper Dennis Frisby was left questioning his existence by all sorts of tricky shots.
Needless to say, the dodgeball test was amazing. Both newcomers had incredible intuition and reflexes, dodging almost all the moving balls. Levin was the most impressive, his ability to see things from behind was astonishing.
On just the first day of training, the two impressed their teammates.
In subsequent training sessions, the performance of these two ball chasers repeatedly amazed them.
Their ball skills, their tactical level, their stamina, and the chemistry between them... these two young men seem to embody all the best abilities of the greatest chasers in history.
After receiving professional training from Hamish, they unleashed all of this potential.
The initially arrogant captain, Avery, thought he could become the team's scoring leader after the arrival of the new players.
However, in front of Levin and Cirella, he can only be a support role player.
In the words of Ludo Bagman, the sports director who often comes to watch the games: "They are so strong that they seem to be from a different dimension."
Originally, their rival and friend Ireland was considered the favorite to win the championship this year.
Hamish has been under constant pressure from the Indian captain's years-long title drought, even failing to reach the finals.
With Levin and Cerira on his team, he feels confident of winning the championship.
He is about to become the hero who saves the underworld.
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Chapter 262 Spectator Box
It has been over a month since Levin and Cerira joined the Underworld Quidditch team.
Hogwarts is about to have its final exams.
The Quidditch World Cup qualifiers will also begin.
After training, Ludo Bagman suddenly burst in and announced some shocking news:
This Sunday, the England Quidditch team will play their first match – against the Irish national team.
This preliminary round was actually held at Hogwarts!
This news thrilled all the players.
"That's awesome!" Chaser Avery, a black man, flashed a bright white smile.
"We're so lucky!" Batter Dawn Wise exclaimed, raising his goggles in delight.
Having trained at Hogwarts for so long, they were quite familiar with the environment and had developed a deep bond with the young wizards who often came to observe their training.
It can be said that Hogwarts is their home ground.
Playing at home, they were filled with the belief that they would win.
"Luck is something you have to work hard for," Coach Hamish emphasized while clapping his hands.
Ludo Bagman paused, waiting for them to quiet down before explaining, "Professor Dumbledore approached me earlier, asking if it would be possible to hold the preliminary rounds at Hogwarts. This would enrich the learning experience of their young wizards and ease their tension caused by the approaching final exams."
Ludo shrugged, recalling the loving expression on Professor Dumbledore's face when he found him.
If you switched places with him, he would make the same choice.