Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 397 Final Ranking
Just as the students in the castle on the shore were rejoicing, before Jon could use magic to dry his robe, a disheveled figure crawled out of the ice hole that Jon had blown up earlier.
Daisy's body was covered with dark green liquid. It was obvious that the magic snakes had found her underwater and had been entangled with her for a long time.
And as soon as she got ashore, she made an angry accusation.
"There's something wrong in the lake! The rules didn't mention that there would be a swarm of snakes attacking before we entered the water! Those snakes are impossible to kill and they explode!"
As she spoke, she also saw Jon and her eyes widened.
Jon looked at her and said nothing, just shrugged.
Matthew had already frowned at this time. He turned to look at Snape, who just said coldly.
"Before the game started, the referee team had already inspected the entire Black Lake. No one has entered it since then. I think you should know whether there is any problem with this lake, Mr. Graves."
Rozier looked up and she said with a frown.
"No problem? Why are our students the only ones having problems now? What about the other two contestants? Did the snakes attack them when they met them? Or do they not know anything about this at all?"
The situation began to give Matthew a headache again.
To be honest, he just wanted this Triwizard Tournament to end peacefully without any other trouble, but it was obvious that both Dumbledore's side and Voldemort's side had been dishonest from the beginning of the competition to now, and there had been two troubles in the two games that had been played.
"Regarding the problem at the bottom of the lake, I will investigate further after Mr. Lestrange and Mr. Malfoy return. Now I need to summarize your competition results."
Daisy turned her head and looked at Rozier. The frost on Rozier's face had not diminished, but he still nodded to her.
Then Daisy took out three pearls from her wet pocket.
"I could have gotten the fourth one, I found it in a shell, but these snakes messed up my plan!"
Regardless of what she said now, after seeing that she only took out three pearls in total, the students by the lake became even more excited.
Jon only found one, and Daisy found three. Although they are now ranked first and second in speed respectively, the harvest is not that much.
Daisy was a little more numerous, but the students in the castle never considered her a threat.
The students of the castle didn't place much hope on Draco and Emile to begin with, but now that the two of them have plenty of time, at least they can continue to find the remaining pearls with peace of mind, right?
However, just as they had such thoughts, the lake water surged again, and Emil climbed out of the water in tattered clothes. He looked much worse than John and Daisy. Not only had he been attacked, but the anti-freezing spell originally cast on his body had also failed. His lips were frozen purple. He hugged his arms tremblingly, and glared at Dumbledore and Rosier hatefully as soon as he came up.
"These wanted criminals must have done something underwater! Jon Green must have released some vicious black magic. Those poisonous snakes are not real snakes, but are formed by magic or some potion!"
While he was still accusing, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Jon, who was standing aside with Daisy and watching him swearing loudly, and he was stunned on the spot.
“Why are you here!?”
He almost blurted it out, and it was obvious that what he just said was his true feelings. He really thought that the anomalies in the Black Lake were caused by Jon.
It was to force them to finish the game as soon as possible so that they would not have more time to search for the pearl, so he never thought that Jon would finish the game earlier than him.
But now Jon and his people are already here.
"You got some pearls."
Even though his body was still shivering from the cold, Emil had no intention of warming himself up. Instead, he stared at Jon and asked.
Jon just spread his hands and gestured in the direction of Matthew.
"If you show me your results first, won't you be able to know my results?"
Before he could move, Bulstrode had already used a spell to dry his tattered robe, and at the same time whispered a few words in his ear. Everyone present could clearly see that his eyes suddenly lit up!
In an instant, the anger and anxiety on his face disappeared, and he stopped talking about whether the snakes at the bottom of the lake were Jon's work. Instead, he turned to face Matthew and reached into his pocket.
On the shore, all the students held their breath. Although Emil was not a student of Hogwarts Castle, he now represented their headmaster, and that meant Hogwarts Castle.
As for Draco, just consider him as a bonus.
In front of so many people, Emile appeared very calm and composed, but many people could see from the uncontrollable smile on his face that he was not as calm as he pretended to be.
He took the hand out of his pocket and opened his palm. In the sunlight, four pearls reflected dazzling light.
The next moment all the students were excited!
Even if Draco hasn't come back yet, the situation is clear. Emil's four pearls are firmly in first place, because there are only two pearls left. Even if Draco can find them all by chance, it will not affect Emil's current ranking. Even if he finishes the race third fastest, this part still accounts for a very low proportion.
This basically means that Jon can only be fourth.
Just as they were cheering, a green head trembled and crawled out of the lake.
Draco finally came back . It was not sure whether the magic snakes that John accidentally released was fortunate or unfortunate for him. Just when he was completely entangled by the water plants and was in despair, the snakes found him and exploded beside him, helping him to blow up all the water plants.
Of course, Draco himself also suffered considerable injuries, with his right arm exploded with blood and flesh. Fortunately, the Bubble Head Charm that John had cast on him before lasted for a while before being broken by the snakes, allowing him to reinforce the Antifreeze Charm on his body in time and avoid being frozen to death in the lake.
But his appearance was tragic enough. When he climbed out of the water, Lucius' face turned black. He rushed to his son and helped pull him out of the lake.
The magic snakes following closely behind him were still making "bang bang" sounds in the water. Lucius wanted to try to catch one from the water, but once the magic snake was out of water, it turned into a pool of dark green liquid and could not take any shape.
Lucius, who loved his son dearly, didn't need any help from others. He dried Draco's robe by himself, while turning his head to stare at Snape.
Snape didn't let him speak. He took out a glass bottle filled with white powder from his inner pocket and handed it to Lucius. It was dichlorobenzene, which was extremely effective for external injuries.
Draco threw himself into Lucius' arms on the spot, his body trembling, not because of the cold, but because of fear.
If it weren't for these magic snakes, when the effect of the gill grass wore off, he would really be trapped in the water plants and drowned, experiencing the same pain that John had experienced in his previous life. But it was also these magic snakes that almost blew him to death in the lake.
Matthew has not forgotten his duties.
Now it was obvious that every warrior participating in the competition had been attacked by those strange snakes, which made the situation seem fair again. Of course, he also calculated the final results of the game at this time.
"Mr. Malfoy, how much did you gain?"
Draco raised his head with a pale face. He first glanced at John, then turned around and took out two pearls from his pocket tremblingly, and said.
"Originally, I found two, but lost one. Then when I was being chased by these snakes, I suddenly found another one from a shell that was carried away by the snakes. Then I had two more in my hand..."
His words made Matthew nod, and now the result of the game was clear.
Even Lucius hadn't had much hope for Draco's grades. Now that his results were unexpectedly good, he didn't show any emotional changes. If all the pure-blood students weren't a bunch of idiots, there was no way they would have chosen his son to play now.
His only hope was that Draco could survive this dangerous Triwizard Tournament. As long as he was alive, that would be better than anything else .
The students on the shore also reacted indifferently. Draco was lucky, but he could only be fourth. However, the smiles on their faces showed no sign of disappearing. Even if Draco's results were worse, Emil was now certain to be the first, the undisputed first !
Matthew returned to the referee group and turned to look at Dumbledore, Snape, Rosier and Bulstrode.
"Now, do you have any objections to the final result of this game?"
Since Voldemort is not here, Snape is exercising his judicial power. The most respected person at this moment is naturally Dumbledore.
He said softly.
"During the competition, the referee team still needs to investigate how these disturbances were caused, but since all the contestants have suffered such attacks, it means that the competition itself is still fair now, and we have no objection."
His attitude is naturally Rozier's attitude.
Dumbledore's side had no doubts, and Snape and Bulstrode had even less to say.
"Since everyone agrees, we will investigate in detail how the anomaly under the Black Lake came about. But now we can announce the result of the competition."
Matthew announced the ranking of this event in front of everyone.
"Emile Lestrange got four pearls and ranked first with 70 points. He was also the third warrior to finish the competition and could get another 20 points. He got a total of 90 points in the second event, and he is the first place!"
There was a burst of warm applause all around. After the first event was over, the students in the castle had a lukewarm response to the competition because the two people who represented them came in third and fourth respectively. The results were embarrassing to mention, so naturally there was nothing to mention.
But now theirs is the first place, so they must celebrate it enthusiastically!
Hermione, George and the others were naturally present as well, but they stood separately to one side with the Durmstrang students, clearly distinguished from the large number of half-bloods and pure-bloods.
Li couldn't help but curl his lips as he watched them cheering excitedly.
"Why do they give people the feeling that they are villains who have achieved success? And even if that Lestrange is the first now, the total score of the two projects combined doesn't seem to be as high as Jon's, right?"
Hermione thought for a few seconds and quickly calculated the score.
"Lestrange scored 70 points in the first round and 90 points in the second round, for a total of 160 points. John scored 100 points in the first round, and now it's 10 plus 40, which is 50 points, for a total of 150 points. He is still 10 points higher than John."
Li, who didn't calculate carefully but just relied on his impression, suddenly fell face.
"We are 10 points lower than them!"
"Yes, because he couldn't actually be said to be third at the time. He was tied for second with Daisy. Daisy also scored 70 points in the first round, plus the 80 points in this round, which is 150 points. The total score is tied with Jon."
This result made George and Lee even more upset as they looked at the cheering students around them, but Hermione had obviously not finished her words.
"However, Jon's score is not just these." She looked at Li and George with a smile, "Did you forget something?"
As for the judging panel, Matthew later announced the scores of the other three people, which were the same as Hermione's.
In the second project, Daisy was still in second place, with 50 points plus 30 points, a total of 80 points, while John only had one pearl but was the first one to come back, so his score was naturally 10 plus 40, a total of 50 points. Draco could only say that he was lucky in the end, as he actually found another one in a situation that was almost like looking for a needle in a haystack. He ranked third in the pearl with 30 points plus the 10 points for being the last one to come back, a total of 40 points, still the last one.
Matthew coughed lightly at the end, stopping the jubilation at the scene. All the students had already calculated the final scores in their hearts and knew that Emil was now first in the total score.
However, now that the two projects are completed, Matthew still needs to announce everyone's results before the last project begins.
"As the competition progresses, the specific scores for the final event have been completely determined. Currently, Jon Green is in first place with a total score of 180 points, Emil Lestrange is in second place with a total score of 160, Diane Rosier is in third place with a total score of 150, and Draco Malfoy is in fourth place with a total score of 60."
The scene gradually became quiet when Jon was announced as the first. The half-bloods and pure-bloods with frozen smiles on their faces just stared at Matthew in amazement, as if they wanted to strangle him and ask him if it counted!
Jon's total score was clearly 150, tied with Daisy, so where did the extra 30 points come from!
