Chapter 182 Finals

The contestants participating in the duel competition were all so cute.

The school uniform robes that cover the feet are obviously not suitable for fighting, but the competition has been going on until the finals, and no one wants to change clothes. Mike really wants to laugh at this, although he didn't think of this until the finals.

Mike originally planned to buy a bulletproof vest, but after careful consideration, he gave up the idea.

After all, a normal bulletproof vest usually weighs more than 3kg, which is more than 6 pounds. This weight will affect the speed of an adult man, let alone Mike.

Just like that, Mike stepped into the corridor leading to the competition venue in a desert camouflage outfit.

Mike has walked this corridor many times and can be said to be very familiar with it, so even if the lights in the corridor are very dim, Mike is not at all uncomfortable. On the contrary, Mike feels that this dim environment has eased his originally nervous heart.

"Tap-tap."

The military boots made crisp sounds on the stone floor, and the sound echoed in the corridor.

With the echoing footsteps, the road in front of Mike became brighter and brighter, and a round arched light door appeared in front of him.

Mike's mouth curled up into an arc, and he continued to move forward.

"Swish!"

The moment he passed through the light door, the world in front of Mike suddenly became bright. Since this final was specially chosen on a sunny weekend, the light Mike saw this time was different from the cold light emitted by the magic lamp in the past. The golden sunlight sprinkled on Mike, warming his whole body.

Mike and Cedric arrived at the stadium almost at the same time, which made the audience in the audience seats boil, and Lockhart in the suspended attic also started the pre-match commentary at the right time.

"Dear audience! The much-anticipated final of the duel competition is finally about to begin! You can see that our two contestants, Mike and Cedric, have already arrived at the arena. Let's cheer for them!" Lockhart listened to the applause from the audience with an intoxicated look on his face. "In addition to Headmaster Dumbledore, we have also invited two special guests, namely, the Director of the Department of Sports and Physical Education, Mr. Ludo Bagman, and Cedric's father, who is also the team leader of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Mr. Amos Diggory!"

As soon as these words came out, the applause in the stands rang out again, but compared to when Mike and the other contestant came on stage, the applause was much weaker now.

In fact, only Hufflepuff students and a few students from other colleges were applauding in the stands. The rest of the people were not too impressed with the two people invited by Lockhart. Many Slytherin students even laughed.

In their opinion, Bagman, the Director of the Department of Sports and Physical Education, was a villain who was obsessed with money. As for Cedric's father, sorry, he was just a team leader of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, and they really didn't take him seriously.

Lockhart and others in the hanging attic obviously chose to ignore the ridicule of those Slytherin students. Lockhart continued, "Well, first of all, Mr. Diggory, do you think your son can defeat Mike and become the champion?"

"There is no doubt about it. I think my son is definitely the best student in the entire Hogwarts, both in terms of strength and character. Of course, this is not to say that the other students are not good, but Cedric is really too good.

Do you know Mr. Bagman? Cedric has been saying at home that Mike is a powerful little wizard. He is really a gentleman!"

"Of course, I am also confident that Cedric can defeat Mike. Besides, just call me Ludo."

...

Listening to Diggory and Bagman praising each other in the hanging attic, many Ravenclaw students in the stands began to protest loudly. In fact, it was not only them. Slytherin and Gryffindor students also quickly joined the team of condemnation. Even many Hufflepuff students were silent this time. What Bagman and others said was really disgusting.

At this time, on the field, listening to his father's flattery and the curses of his classmates in the stands, Cedric felt his face burning, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Is he always like this?"

Mike asked Cedric with a strange look in his eyes.

"Yes, he's just, uh, he's just a little bit." Cedric said awkwardly, "Mike, I'm very sorry, really, my father, uh..."

Just as Cedric was still organizing his words, Lockhart and others in the hanging attic finally stopped flattering each other and announced the start of the duel etiquette.

Mike and Cedric had to stop talking and began to salute each other.

When the two saluted, Cedric wanted to say something to Mike, but was retorted by Mike.

"No need to say more, Cedric, let's see the truth."

Looking at Mike who turned and left, Cedric opened his mouth but finally didn't say anything. He just looked up helplessly at the hanging attic above his head, and finally shook his head and returned to his seat.

To be honest, he has experienced this embarrassing scene countless times since he was a child.

His father, well, how should I put it.

To use a word that Mike often says, his emotional intelligence is very low.

Every time there is a class reunion or a family gathering, his father will say something that makes both parties present very embarrassed, but he himself is very happy. This is why his father is only a team leader with the wealth and power of the Diggory family.

As for Mike, it would be a lie to say that he is not angry when facing the undisguised derogatory words of Cedric's father. You know, although Mike is not the kind of person who will take revenge, he is definitely not a broad-minded "good man".

But he will not just talk like Lockhart and Cedric's father, he chooses to slap them in the face with actual actions.

Seeing that the two people on the field have taken their positions, Lockhart in the suspended attic finally announced the official start of the game.

"Okay! We can see that Mike and Cedric are ready, so... let's get started!"

"Boom!"

The moment Lockhart announced the start of the game, Cedric used Transfiguration to transform the flagstones on the field into thick stone walls, protecting his entire body.

After transforming more than a dozen stone walls in a row, Cedric, perhaps because he felt a sense of security, began to transform the surrounding rubble brought out by the stone walls into ferocious beasts.

After a while, three cheetahs and two lions appeared on the field. With Cedric's order, these beasts howled and rushed towards Mike on the opposite side of the field.

However, Mike's attack also arrived at this time.

A purple compressed fireball that was still constantly agitated melted through more than ten stone walls with a whistling wind, and finally exploded on the last and thickest stone wall in front of Cedric.

With a huge explosion, a miniature mushroom cloud rose up. The place where Cedric was originally located immediately became a deep pit, and dark red magma flowed freely in it.

"Cedric!"

Mr. Diggory in the suspended attic was no longer the calm and confident look before. He shouted and stood up from his seat, looking at the mushroom cloud below for a long time without being able to speak.

"Well, there seems to be something unexpected on the scene. Mike's fire spell is very powerful." Lockhart stammered, "But since the professors on the sidelines did not intervene in the game, then Cedric should not be in any danger, right?"

Hearing the uncertainty in Lockhart's words, Mr. Diggory wanted to die. Not only him, but many spectators in the stands also widened their eyes at this moment. No one expected that Mike would use a magic spell like compressed fireball at the beginning!

Unlike others, Mike's face did not have a relaxed expression at this time. On the contrary, he was more vigilant.

Using compressed fireball at the beginning was originally a tactic that Mike came up with after thinking about it. Cedric's magic capacity was higher than Mike's. In addition, Cedric's superb Transfiguration, if the game time was dragged on, Cedric would probably use Transfiguration to turn the entire competition venue into a swamp, an environment that was not suitable for Mike to fight at all.

It can be said that the longer the battle with Cedric drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Mike.

So instead of being slowly worn out to death, it would be better to use the ultimate move right from the start to defeat Cedric. Even if Cedric cannot be defeated, he must be injured in order to end the game quickly.

And what Lockhart said was actually not wrong. The professors on the sidelines had not yet made a move, which meant that Cedric was not in danger of life. Now Mike only hoped that the compressed fireball that had just consumed nearly half of his magic power could seriously injure Cedric.

Just when everyone on the field thought that Cedric was in danger, the dark smoke suddenly rolled up, and then countless feathers emerged from the smoke and attacked Mike.

Mike was not in a hurry in the face of these rain-like feathers. The armor protection spell blessed by multiple casting skills was quietly released, and in just a moment, several layers of translucent shields enveloped Mike.

Listening to the crisp sound of the feathers hitting the shield, like an arrow hitting a shield, Mike's eyes were fixed on a corner in the thick smoke. There seemed to be some creature in the thick smoke that was moving violently. After a while, the thick smoke there was blown away, revealing Cedric inside.

But Cedric's appearance now was completely different from his usual appearance.

His originally upright body was completely covered with feathers. His long legs had now turned into a pair of sharp eagle claws, and his arms had turned into a pair of huge wings with a wingspan of 7 meters. Cedric had turned into a monster with a human head and a bird body!

Perhaps because he was injured in the explosion, Cedric had countless wounds of all sizes on his body. Not only was his originally white feathers dyed gray by the thick smoke, but even the pair of huge wings were covered with wounds. When he kept flapping, there were faint drops of blood falling. Just look at the painful expression on Cedric's head, the only one that remained in human shape, to know how serious his injuries were at this time.

"Animagus? No! That's not right! It's human transfiguration!" Professor McGonagall said, "He's crazy! He dared to transform his entire body! If he's not careful, he'll stay like this forever!"

Hearing Professor McGonagall's exclamation, other professors beside her also showed shock in their eyes, especially Pomona Sprout, the head of Hufflepuff College. This kind old lady's face was already full of worry.

Seeing Cedric hovering in the air, Mike was also startled at first, but he quickly adjusted his mentality. No matter what kind of monster he turned into, he raised his hand and shot a bone-crushing curse.

Cedric, who had transformed into a bird with a human head, had amazing mobility and speed. He just flapped his wings and moved more than ten meters horizontally, avoiding the magic spell shot by Mike. But from the twisted look on his face and the large amount of blood falling in the air, Cedric's current physical condition could not continue this high-intensity displacement for too long.

Mike on the ground watched Cedric's movements in the sky, and a smile of success appeared on his face. At the same time, he saw that the spell that Cedric had dodged suddenly turned around in the air and continued to shoot towards Cedric at an exaggerated speed.

Cedric was shocked and flapped his wings to continue moving, but the red spell was biting him like a maggot.

As time went by, the wound on Cedric's wings became bigger and bigger as he flapped his wings vigorously. Blood kept falling, and Cedric's movement speed became slower and slower. Finally, the crushing spell finally caught up with Cedric under Mike's control.

The crushing spell in the air suddenly split into two slightly thinner beams of light, which hit Cedric's wings hard.

Suddenly, blood splattered.

Cedric's wings, which were dyed gray, broke apart, and he cried out in pain and fell from the sky.

"No!"

Mr. Diggory in the hanging attic exclaimed and rushed towards the exit of the hanging attic, but Professor Sprout at the edge of the arena was faster than him. He waved his hand, and without even using the magic wand, he saw a vine in the center of the arena growing rapidly out of the ground, just like the legendary Babel that could reach the sky. It grew to dozens of meters high in an instant and steadily caught the falling Cedric.