Chapter 279 New Member

To be honest, between Victor and Benjamin, Mike admires Benjamin more.

Victor is similar to Mike, and their development direction is mainly based on personal strength.

But his character is still a little worse than his own, which can be seen from his sudden outburst just now.

However, this cannot be blamed on him, after all, he is different from Mike. Although Mike is only 14 years old physically, his actual psychological age is already a middle-aged man.

In general, Victor still has potential.

Benjamin's path is completely different from Victor.

He is more like a wise general. His own strength is not outstanding, but his ability in potions and team coordination is very strong. Compared

with Victor, a reckless man, it is obvious that Benjamin is a wise general that Mike really needs.

However, although Mike really wants to give the championship to Benjamin, he has no choice but to give Victor too many spoils than Benjamin and his friends.

There are so many that Mike doesn't need to count them at all, and can observe them with the naked eye.

Mike had already made up his mind, and he sat up straighter, while lightly moving the coffee table in front of him.

The crisp sound of knuckles hitting the wooden coffee table brought everyone's attention back to Mike, even Victor who was controlled by Mike.

Everyone knew that the final result of this hunting competition was about to be revealed.

In the serious atmosphere, Mike waved his wand and released his control over Victor.

"The winner this time is Victor."

With Mike's verdict, Victor and Benjamin both breathed a sigh of relief.

But the difference was that Victor was relieved as if a huge stone had fallen from his heart, while Benjamin was relieved as if he had tried hard but still failed.

"Congratulations, Victor."

Mike stood up with a smile, took out a bag of traceless stretching spells filled with gold galleons and pounds, and handed it to Victor.

Seeing this, Victor stretched out his trembling hands to take the bag and hugged it tightly in his arms.

He looked like a miser.

But no one else present laughed at him, instead they looked at him with envy.

The prize money for the champion of the Triwizard Tournament was only 1,000 gold Galleons.

But here, it was 10,000 gold Galleons plus one million pounds!

With such a large sum of money, even if Victor started to eat and wait for death from now on, he could live a lifetime if he saved some money!

Mike saw everyone's reaction, he grinned and said:

"Okay, then our activities tonight are over. Except for Benjamin and Victor, everyone else can leave."

Hearing this, Benjamin, who was a little uneasy, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was very smart.

So smart that he had completely figured out Mike's intention at the beginning of the game.

In this competition of hunting dark magic creatures, the criterion for judging victory was only the number of dark magic creatures hunted, but in fact, the essence of this game was to show one's ability to Mike, the referee and organizer.

It was like an interview, and the interviewer gave you a question.

You have naturally passed the interviewer's test by solving the problem perfectly, but as long as you show your ability to impress the interviewer in the process of solving the problem, you may also be admitted.

That's why Benjamin tried to gather as many people as possible at the beginning.

Because he knew that he could never compare with Victor in terms of personal strength.

Then he could only make outstanding performances in other aspects.

It can be said that his teammates were completely deceived by him.

What about gathering everyone's strength to win the championship and then dividing the reward equally.

Is this possible?

Things like money can be divided equally, but what about the most important knowledge?

His plan was successful so far. Although his performance in the competition was not as good as Victor, Mike still kept him because of his performance!

Thinking of this, Victor's face showed an irrepressible smile.

On the other side, Victor didn't seem to react to Benjamin being left behind. Instead, he caught the black man who was beaten by him when he tried to sneak out from the corner.

"Take it out!"

Victor grabbed the black man.

"What...what?"

"Teeth! Take them out!"

Xiao Hei finally reacted, and hurriedly took off the wolf tooth pendant from his neck,

and tremblingly handed it to Victor before fleeing the Room of Requirement. Victor did not continue to pursue Xiao Hei, but carefully took the pair of small canine teeth off the pendant and put them in his arms.

Mike did not pursue Victor's behavior. Seeing that other irrelevant people had left, he followed the usual practice and shook his wrist, and two olive branches flew in front of Benjamin and Victor.

"You are good, really good." Mike said, "Due to your outstanding performance, I decided to give you a chance. An opportunity to become my partner, and also an opportunity to become stronger and more powerful. But please note that this is not a simple gift. When you enjoy the convenience and opportunities I give you, you must also bear the corresponding responsibilities, very heavy responsibilities! Come on, think about it carefully, the choice is in your hands." After

that, Mike stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

As soon as Mike finished speaking, Benjamin picked up the olive branch on the ground without hesitation.

He had been planning for so long just for this opportunity.

The words he said to his teammates in East London were actually his own feelings.

For such an opportunity to turn things around, he could give up everything!

The olive branch began to change the moment he picked it up.

First, the leaves began to shrink, and then a bright golden color slowly emerged, until finally, what appeared in front of Benjamin was an ordinary gold galleon.

Benjamin's eyes flashed with doubt,

and he looked up at Mike. Mike was observing Victor at this time.

Because Victor began to hesitate when facing his solicitation!

Could it be that Victor's only goal was just the 10,000 gold galleons and 1 million pounds? He actually had no interest in anything further?

Mike shook his head. If that was really the case, Victor's score in his mind would plummet.

Fortunately, Victor did not let Mike wait too long. After a little hesitation, he also picked up the olive branch.

Mike smiled.

Snapping his fingers, Mike also took out a gold galleon and demonstrated to the two.

"Now, follow me. Turn the gold coin clockwise for one and a half circles, then counterclockwise for three circles, and finally say 'Open Sesame'."

Hearing the four words "Open Sesame", Victor and Benjamin were both stunned and looked at Mike, wanting to ask if this was a joke.

However, Mike's figure twisted, and then he was sucked into the gold coin. Finally, the gold coin disappeared.

Victor and Benjamin opened their mouths wide, looking at each other, somewhat at a loss.

"What should we do now?" Victor asked.

"Is there any need to ask? Of course I did it!"

Benjamin gritted his teeth and activated the gold coin according to Mike's demonstration.

The next moment, Benjamin also disappeared.

...

In the Masonic Secret Realm (formerly the Ravenclaw Secret Realm), Mike and other members of the Freemasons were standing silently in the magic training hall transformed from an indoor square.

Suddenly, a crackling sound rang out, and everyone looked over and saw that Benjamin had appeared in the square, and at this moment he was covering his mouth and trying not to vomit.

Then, Victor also appeared.

His physical fitness was obviously much better than Benjamin. At the moment the transmission ended, he did not seem to feel any discomfort. Instead, he instinctively raised his wand and began to be alert to his surroundings.

"Pa pa pa!"

Applause sounded, and Mike stepped out of the crowd and said to the two:

"Welcome! Welcome to the Freemasonry!"

Half an hour later, after fully understanding the functions of the Freemasonry, Benjamin and Victor finally figured out the current situation, and finally signed an unbreakable oath with Mike, officially becoming a member of the Freemasonry.

Then Mike took them out of the spell training ground, walked around the secret realm that was still expanding, and finally came to the conference room.

Until this moment, Benjamin still looked stupid.

He was scared.

He had already roughly guessed that Mike had a more secretive small organization.

But what he didn't expect was that Mike and his team actually built such a perfect secret realm!

And this secret realm is not only well-equipped, but also connected to the Hogwarts auditorium!

In other words, if the Freemasons want to attack Hogwarts, it would be easy if their high-end combat power is not weaker than Hogwarts!

And Victor on the other side was also shaking with excitement.

It's just that he is much simpler than Benjamin.

This was purely because he had seen many powerful black magic books and many ways to practice control spells in the secret realm.

Everyone sat down. Although Victor and Benjamin looked a bit like a country boy entering the city, no one meant to laugh at them. They all smiled at them kindly as a greeting.

"Okay, everyone. In addition to welcoming our two new members, I have another thing for you to do." Mike said, "That is to keep a close eye on Moody. All the information about him needs to be collected and handed over to me in the end."

"Uh, do I know why? After all, you know, he is a paranoid patient who has to test for poison before eating every time. Our behavior can easily be misunderstood by him."

Fred said in a funny tone.

George, who was sitting next to him, was about to agree with his brother to make the atmosphere here more relaxed when he saw Mike's cold eyes. The words that were about to blurt out were swallowed back in an instant.

"Now is not the time to joke. I have a very strong premonition that some big changes will happen this school year, so big that the entire wizarding world will be in turmoil!" Mike said expressionlessly, "So, please be extremely alert! Pay attention to everything around you, especially Moody! Tell me immediately if there is any sign of trouble!

At the same time, please use the rest of your attention to refresh yourself. Especially you, I think your weird hobby of dissecting all kinds of strange creatures can be temporarily stopped. Benjamin happens to be a magic genius, and the two of you can work together to increase the reserves of some controlled potions!"

"This is not a weird hobby..."

Soraka said in a barely detectable voice.

After that, she looked at Benjamin and gave him a bright smile.

On the other side, Benjamin, who received Soraka's smile, couldn't help but shudder.

"And you, George, Fred, and Franklin. It happens that this year's Quidditch Cup has been cancelled, so please work hard and focus as much as possible on what you should do, okay?" Mike said, "Penelope, contact the Dolphin Factory and ask Arthur and the others to be prepared. I may need their help at any time."

Penelo's face looked a little ugly. After hesitating for a while, she finally asked:

"Is it necessary to go to this extent?"

She knew how terrible Arthur was. The only remaining demon hunter was different from the previous demon hunters who specialized in hunting monsters. The techniques he learned were completely aimed at wizards, which meant that killing wizards was no different from killing chickens.

What kind of enemy was it that required Mike to mobilize such a monster?

"What I can tell you now is that the world may be in chaos, and great danger is slowly approaching." Mike stood up. "At the beginning, I thought what we needed was time to grow. After all, we are still young and have plenty of time to waste. But now, I have changed my mind. The world is really going to be in chaos, and the chaos brings not only great dangers, but also opportunities! Opportunities for us to rise quickly! Time waits for no one, comrades! Opportunities always come to those who are prepared, so I need you all to work hard, and never let your guard down! The road ahead will be difficult, but I believe that for the greater good, we will win!"

"For the greater good, we will win!"

Everyone present stood up one after another, repeating this sentence solemnly.

After doing all this, Mike waved his hand and said,

"Then, let's disband."

Hearing this, none of the people who had just been pumped up returned to their respective lounges to sleep.

The Weasley brothers went to their alchemy laboratory to start new research. Franklin went to the spell training ground with a determined look. Penelope went to the study to write a letter. Victor couldn't wait to get into the library.

Benjamin and Soraka also left the meeting room.

Finally, the dim meeting room returned to silence.

Mike was lying on his back in the boss chair alone, covering his eyes with his hands. He

seemed to be resting his eyes, but the corners of his mouth were rising uncontrollably.