Chapter 497: About the Warriors' Pre-Admission
Almost all the students in Hogwarts knew that at the end of the last school year, Taylor erected a target in front of the train platform in Hogsmeade.
When the target was erected, almost all the students almost went crazy. If it weren't for the imminent departure of the Hogwarts Express, some people wanted to run off the train immediately, destroy the target, and take down the warrior recommendation quota promised by Taylor.
But temporary efforts and efforts that lasted throughout the holiday are not the same concept - persistence has never been an ordinary quality. If you can do it by talking about hard work, the average score of Hogwarts will be at least one grade higher than it is now.
And there is a key thing. Although Taylor always appears in various important scenes in the school, he is not even a prefect, let alone the higher-level student union president.
How credible can his words be?
Such speculation is difficult to convince yourself to accept, but it is enough to convince yourself to back off.
It's easy to find an excuse for laziness - only a few students can stick to it, and more people forget that there is a target waiting for them to challenge at the station in the middle of the holiday.
More importantly, Taylor was not present on the way back to school, and even the students who continued to study during the holiday could not confirm this problem again. When they arrived at the station, the school carriage had already arrived, and they had no chance to show what they had learned.
But tonight's sorting was a turning point - it was not just the twins who realized that the school had another breakthrough in the Triwizard Tournament, but also those students who had made full preparations for it during a holiday.
Because of this, when the first weekend of school came, Andrew, who had finished burning herbs in the laboratory, was stopped by his roommate during dinner.
"Andrew, are you serious?"
Hal lowered his voice, "Today, many sixth and seventh grade students went to Hogsmeade."
"Huh?"
"It's that target. They said that thing seems to be born there."
Andrew was stunned and finally remembered what he had made at the end of last semester.
"No one succeeded?"
He asked his roommate in a low voice.
"It's still being experimented secretly, and it hasn't spread, but those students who sneaked past didn't succeed," Hal made sure his voice wouldn't leak out, "By the way, are you serious? If you knock down the target, you will recommend the person you knocked down as a warrior."
"Yes, if he cracks the Transfiguration, I will recommend him to be one of the seeds, and if he knocks down, I will fully recommend him to be a warrior," Andrew repeated his promise - if anyone really knocks down, he doesn't mind opening a back door for the other party.
If anyone who can suppress his Transfiguration can't become a warrior, the threshold for Hogwarts Warriors is too high.
Anyway, there are four warriors, and everyone recommends, so he doesn't mind - there is just one problem, if he can really knock down the target, will the other party still be eliminated as a warrior?
But his doubts are meaningless - after he promised Hal again, Hal, who is a gossip, began to play his role in publicity.
On Saturday night, almost all students recalled what happened at the end of the previous school year, and they gathered up their courage all of a sudden.
Challenging Dumbledore is a little difficult, but it’s just Tyler. Even if he has a strong Transfiguration, he is just a fourth-year student now!
This is simply the preliminary selection of the warriors!
Beat Tyler’s level, get the recommendation of the warrior, and then represent the school to win the Triwizard Tournament for the school, and get honor and money at the same time.
Seventh-year students who have become adults are better off, at least there is still the selection that Dumbledore said to look forward to.
But the underage students before the selection are completely anxious at this moment-compared to Dumbledore’s arrangement, isn’t Tyler’s target a welfare? This is simply the best opportunity!
This is the early selection of the Triwizard Tournament!
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"Is there too few people this morning, Minerva?"
Dumbledore came to the restaurant and looked at the sparsely populated auditorium and asked curiously.
"Everyone is lining up in Hogsmeade."
Professor McGonagall's serious face showed a little smile, "This is the most popular Hogsmeade week I have ever seen."
"Go to Hogsmeade--Is Honeydukes having a promotion?"
Dumbledore sat down, "Or is there a new and popular store?"
"It was Tyler who did it. He set up a target in Hogsmeade," Professor McGonagall shook her head, "He said that if the student was knocked down, he would recommend the knocked-down student to be a warrior--he shouldn't have set up a target, the Transfiguration chess array should be more appropriate."
"Always give the challenging students some confidence," Dumbledore smiled, "It seems that he is really trying to get along well with the other students."
"Tyler?"
The Mad-Eye next to him swallowed a big mouthful of wine, "Is that the one, Tyler?"
No mistake, one post, one content, one book, one bar!
"It's best not to drink in the morning, Alastor, it's not good for your health."
Dumbledore shook his head and persuaded.
"But at least it makes me more sober," Moody shook his head, "You haven't answered me yet, Albus."
"It's him, but I have to tell you that it has nothing to do with Taylor, he just..."
Dumbledore was interrupted by Moody before he finished speaking, "I know, I know, Albus, it has nothing to do with him, and it doesn't even have much to do with Barty. I just feel too tired - I have been cautious all my life, but I still can't prevent anything."
He took another sip of wine, "I will control myself a little bit during normal times to ensure that I won't miss two grades of classes because of drunkenness again, but on weekends, let me try to get myself drunk... What's the use of being cautious, even someone like Barty... hiccup..."
Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall looked at each other, and worry emerged in each other's eyes.
Mad-Eye really didn't get out of that threshold. Barty, as his boss and role model, became the biggest criminal, and even got himself off the hook through political transactions. This was a devastating blow to him, the most determined old Auror.
The person who was most worried had no problem with his mentality, and even organized an event for the students, while the guy who was least worried was completely broken down...
"Don't worry about me, Albus. Don't worry about what I will do to the students, I will be a good professor."
Moody shook his head, "I'm just a little too tired..."
Mad-Eye drank another big glass of wine, then fell heavily on the table and fell asleep.
"Will Alastor get better?"
"Yes, Minerva, he just can't adapt. Alastor is much stronger than any of us think, he just can't adapt. I promise that in less than a month, he will be the strong Auror like iron again."