Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 346: The Third Evening
"How many Snitches did you get?"
As Diane asked this question, she held her bag in front of Jon and showed him the golden snitch inside.
"I caught a total of 86 in these three days. Actually, I should have caught more, but it was all because of that damn Lestrange. When I was fighting him, the bag fell to the ground and more than a dozen flew away. Otherwise, I should have caught more than 100."
Her harvest was rich enough, more than thirty of which were contributed by the Australian Snitch that she met at the beginning. Diane was indeed lucky enough, as the dragon was not only mild-tempered, but also surrounded by many golden snitches.
Jon had no intention of hiding anything from her. They were both in the same camp, so it would all be the same no matter who won in the end.
"193. According to the original plan, we should have 200 now. But the last Swedish Short-nosed Dragon failed to perform well. There were only a dozen Golden Snitches around it. So I have to find the last Fire Dragon to make it a whole number."
Diane's eyes widened as she looked at Jon's bag full of Golden Snitches.
She thought that Jon would definitely gain more than her, but she didn't expect it to be this much, with the gap being more than twice as much.
Then she looked at Jon's bag, then at her own, and without hesitation handed all the golden snitches she had obtained to Jon.
"No need to look for the last one. 193 plus 86, 279 Golden Snitches are already more than half of the total number of Golden Snitches in the Forbidden Forest. There is no way Emile can surpass you. Then we will go back to the edge of the Forbidden Forest and go out directly when the time is up. Then the first place in this competition will definitely be yours!"
The girl showed no hesitation in making this decision and obviously had no reluctance at all.
She obviously knew what the overall situation was. Individual achievements were not important at all. Both of them now represented the same camp. If it were Emil and Draco, they would definitely hand over all the collected Golden Snitches to one person in the end to ensure absolute advantage in numbers. After all, the rules of this game did not prohibit cooperation.
But Jon looked at her, didn't take the bag full of golden snitch, smiled and shook his head.
"I know that accepting your results is the most sensible and safest way, but no matter what, you still call me professor, right? Although I haven't taught you anything, I can't take away the fruits of my students' labor without paying anything. And don't lose faith in my abilities. I have already determined the target for the last dragon. Now there are still three or four hours left before I can choose to end the game, which is more than enough."
Obviously, Jon is a forehead shorter than Diane, but what he said is convincing enough.
Diane finally didn't insist. She took back her hand that was holding the bag and continued to ask.
"So professor, do you need me to go with you?"
Jon didn't answer her question immediately, but thought about it for a while.
"I suggest you go to the entrance of the Forbidden Forest and wait until the time for the first task to be completed is up. Then, even if Lestrange gets more Golden Snitches than you, the first person to walk out of the Forbidden Forest will get 40 points. Malfoy has been eliminated, so the worst you can get is 30 points, which means a total of 70 points. If Lestrange comes in second, 50 points plus 30 points is 80 points, and you are only 10 points lower than him, which is completely acceptable."
The specific rules of the three events of this three-way championship are that the final ranking is not based on the total score, but by adding up the scores of the first two events to determine how much advantage the four warriors can have in the last event.
Therefore, it is true that the more points you earn, the better, but it does not mean that those who are behind in the score have no chance at all.
If the gap is only ten points, it can be easily made up in the second event. Even if it is not made up in the end , the gap will not be too big in the third event.
So giving up on catching the Golden Snitch and instead getting first place in the completion time ranking is the choice that maximizes Daisy's interests.
As for John, there was no need to worry about his ranking in the finishing time. He just had to make sure he could get more than 210 Golden Snitches, then he would be sure to be the first in the number of Snitches. There were only 500 Golden Snitches in the Forbidden Forest. He got 210, and Diane had 86. Even if the rest were found and caught by Emile, they would never be able to surpass John.
Therefore, as long as he could catch the golden snitch around the next fire dragon, he would be guaranteed to get 70 points. Excluding Draco, he would also definitely get 20 points in the time ranking, which would add up to 90 points. Even if Diane made a mistake in the end and failed to get the first place in the race and let Emil get there first, the 50 points plus the 40 points would only make the score between the two of them the same at 90 points.
So Jon was not in a hurry to finish the race at the earliest time.
After hearing John's analysis, Daisy did not hesitate . Even though John and Dumbledore never said it, she always regarded herself as John's supporting role in the Triwizard Tournament.
Perhaps Daisy may have had some pride in the Rosier family before, and might have wanted to prove that the students of Durmstrang were no worse than the other two magic schools in Europe by winning the championship herself. But after learning about John's deeds, the rational Daisy no longer had any intention of showing off.
Even though she was just a student, she knew very well what this Triwizard Tournament meant to the entire Wizarding World. It was not just some random child's play.
So, at this moment when the sun was about to set, Jon and Daisy separated again.
Daisy would go directly back to the entrance of the Forbidden Forest as he suggested, wait for time, and rush to be the first to finish the race, while Jon would go to the last planned dragon and catch 210 golden snitches to ensure that he would definitely get first place.
The last fire dragon was also carefully selected by Jon. It was also an Australian white-eyed dragon. This kind of dragon is generally docile and lazy. Humans are not an option in their diet. They usually eat either sheep or Australian kangaroos.
So if nothing unexpected happens, he can even complete the entire game before eight o'clock.
