The second round of the Magic School Potions Championship has arrived quietly as the night fades.
In the early morning, Albert woke up from his deep sleep, stretched out lazily, got dressed, washed up, and prepared to go downstairs for dinner. He happened to meet the yawning Professor Slughorn at the top of the stairs. This elderly man
The old man is obviously not used to getting up early.
"What do you like to eat in the morning? Ask Isobel to get it for you. Remember to eat more." Professor Slughorn sat next to Albert and whispered, "Before the second round is over,
You don't have time to eat, most of your time needs to be spent traveling or looking for magic ingredients."
In fact, most of the contestants have been told similar things by their team leaders.
In the second round of the competition, the contestants may not be able to eat for a long time. If their hands and feet are weak from hunger, they will not be able to complete the task well.
In fact, Albert has always wanted to complain, why can't the tournament organizers prepare some water and food for the players?
He is probably not the only one who would complain like this.
However, there are not many players with an appetite like Albert. Most of them are very nervous. This is a normal reaction of players participating in the competition. Not everyone has experienced big events like Albert.
Yes, Albert is really not nervous.
Maybe it was because he experienced too many exciting things after going to Hogwarts that Albert became a little slow.
Another way to put it is: I have seen too many big scenes.
That's it?
Halfway through the meal, someone from the event party came, saying they were bringing a set of clothes for the contestants to use in the upcoming competition.
Various colors, plus the school emblem of the respective school.
To be honest, it's ugly.
Moreover, Albert was very resistant to wearing clothes that were used by others.
Well, he is not the only one who has objections to this, other players are also resistant.
"Why do we have to change into these ugly clothes?"
"This is for the fairness of the game and to prevent anyone from cheating..."
When he heard the first two sentences, Albert almost laughed out loud. Fortunately, he turned it into a dry cough in time to resolve the unnecessary embarrassment.
You really can't blame him. The so-called fairness has always been just a joke.
"...there are tracking spells on the clothes, so that when you are in danger, you can arrive as soon as possible and provide help." The wizard continued, "Don't worry, these clothes have been made to order and have been given to you.
The house elves helped wash it."
Many people don't believe this. Most of the wizards who can participate in the Potions Championship are adults and have their own ideas.
"Are you sure?" Albert asked, staring into the man's eyes.
"Of course." The wizard felt a little uncomfortable.
"He didn't lie." Albert looked at Isobel.
"Just customized, washed." Isobel nodded and said.
"What are you doing?" the wizard said angrily. For a moment, he felt that he had been completely seen through.
"Let's see if you've deceived us." Albert took his clothes and went back to eat, ignoring the other party.
Some people set an example, and others chose to believe it after whispering. They were curious about what Albert had done.
The wizard seemed very anxious.
Several principals present and leading the team frowned. This kind of thing should be notified in advance, and at least someone must come and measure the players to be convincing.
Fortunately, the competition team's brain was not caught in the door, otherwise, if these clothes were really worn by someone else, they would explode in an instant, and the entire Potions Championship would become a laughing stock.
After everyone put on new clothes, they followed the crowded team to the west of the village, where there was no doubt that the entrance to the magic garden was here.
The entire village probably exists to hide the entrance to the magical garden, and any contestant who comes to participate in the competition can guess this as long as they are not stupid.
If they are not told that the Magic Garden is a forest, they will think that this is the Magic Garden when they come here.
This village actually fits people's guess about a magical garden. It is surrounded by towering walls and full of precious plants.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a garden, which is very deceptive.
The contestants were taken to a common greenhouse. After passing through two doors, they found a forest in front of them.
Is this the magic garden?
People looked around curiously and found that behind them were the ruins of a house cut out of stones, which looked to be hundreds of years old.
What they had just passed through was a magic door, somewhat similar to the entrance to Platform Nine and Three Quarters of King's Cross Station.
"Welcome to the Magic Garden."
An old wizard walked up to everyone, cleared his throat and said the rules of the second round: "You will have 10 hours to go deep into the magic garden to collect raw materials, and return with the found raw materials within the specified time.
, and use the found ingredients to brew a magic potion.”
"You can only bring your own wands and the medicine kits distributed to you. It is prohibited to carry or use other foreign objects for cheating. Finally, please remember:
It is forbidden to attack each other and steal other players' potion ingredients.
Destruction and theft of forests and precious medicinal herbs are prohibited.
If you are in danger, you can shoot red sparks into the sky, and the surrounding patrols will rush to help you as soon as possible. However, shooting sparks means losing the qualification to continue the game.
If you fail to return in time and brew the potion within ten hours, you will be disqualified from the competition."
After the old wizard finished speaking, all the contestants were given a satchel. When opened, there were many compartments for storing raw materials, as well as a pair of dragon skin gloves, a silver knife, a shovel, and a sign pointing to the entrance of the magic garden.
pocket watch.
"The order of entry into the forest is based on the score of the first round, with one person entering every five minutes. Okay, Mr. Albert Anderson, you are ready to go. Next is Mr. Guy Bernard, please do
Be prepared."
Albert didn't talk nonsense, put on his backpack, picked up his wand, and walked directly towards the magic garden not far away.
This magical garden does not look as gloomy as the Forbidden Forest around Hogwarts. It has a sense of magic as far as the eye can see. The wizards have obviously transformed this forest.
That's right, if this place has not been renovated, why are there a bunch of exotic flowers and rare fruits?
Albert walked forward slowly, not in a hurry at all. He was carefully recalling the potion formula in his mind. The original first target was the beauty potion, but some of the raw materials for the beauty potion were not easy to find.
It was not easy to collect fairy wings, morning dew, or unicorn tail hair, not to mention African tree snake skin. Moreover, he was a little doubtful whether he could find roses in the magic garden, even if it was true.
Found it, roses don’t bloom in November either.
What the hell!
Albert discovered that he had not realized how unreliable it was to prepare beauty potions.
Fortunately, he had prepared more than one preliminary plan for himself.
Compared with beauty potions, slimming potions are obviously more reliable.
Daisy is a common yellow or white wildflower in Europe, which is very vigorous.
All right.
Within his field of vision, Albert spotted a small patch of daisies.
Albert took out a small shovel and began to dig up the daisy roots.
As for the shriveled fig, although it originates from Abyssinia (Ethiopia), this plant is very strong in life and can easily survive elsewhere.
If you are lucky enough, you might be able to find wrinkled figs in the magic garden.
Why do you say luck? Because even if you find a wrinkled fig tree, there must be wrinkled figs on it.
The remaining ingredients are even simpler. Although caterpillars are not common in winter, the temperature here is actually quite high, so it should not be difficult to find.
As for rats, there is no problem. How could there be no rats on the mountain? It’s just that taking out the spleen is a troublesome thing.
Leech juice is no problem, leeches are as common as rats, caterpillars and daisies.
The only problem is that the prepared shrinking potion may not have a high score.
If he had come to participate in the Potion Championship, Albert might have struggled with this issue, but after last night's prophecy, he no longer struggled with it.
Because, there is still the third round.
Yes, there is still a third round.
Therefore, the score obtained through this round of competition is not as important as it originally was.
The rules have been changed.
Albert felt that 80% of it was a good thing done by President Bernard. That guy really did everything possible to let his grandson win the golden crucible.
Because in the third round of the competition, contestants can choose their own potion formula, and then the magic garden will provide materials to configure the potion, and then they will be scored based on the difficulty and completion of the potion preparation.
Moreover, the most important thing is that the championship is not won by winning the third round, but the total score of the three games is added up to select the winner of the final Potion Championship.
No wonder Hertok hates President Bernard, and he wouldn't like that guy either.
Guy Bernard, who knew the rules early, was obviously ready for this potion championship. The change in the rules was very beneficial to him. If it were not for Albert, Guy Bernard would have been at the beginning.
You will open up a huge gap with other players, and then continue to accumulate advantages to win the final championship.
Unfortunately, after Albert predicted the result through the crystal ball, he had no chance.
"Then again, Mr. Damocles didn't remind himself?" Albert murmured to himself, "He doesn't know, or does he think that even if the rules change, it will have no impact on him? Or, he doesn't want to cheat.
win?"
Albert used the time he took to look around and easily found the guy watching him above his head.
Don't think that you won't notice it if you use the Disguise Charm.
Perhaps, the other party is an expert in the field of herbal medicine or potions, but his level in other fields is obviously not good enough.
"How about we eliminate Guy Bernard first?"
Albert looked towards the forest ahead and narrowed his eyes slightly: Look, what he saw, an Ariot. This chapter has been completed!