Many viewers looked at Albert with a hint of schadenfreude, and whispered whether he had been eliminated.
There were many people who spoke harshly and mocked him for overestimating his own abilities, but few people could understand their sarcasm.
Albert was talking to Isobel and simply ignored the gossip, acting as if as long as I'm not embarrassed, it's your turn to be embarrassed.
At this moment, the judges had walked to the workbench of the contestants from Ilvermorny School, surrounded the crucible, checked the potion that Williams had just brewed, and whispered to each other about their opinions.
"This pot of vitality tonic is excellent in both appearance and smell."
The judges were conversing in low voices over the ingredients list, occasionally stirring it gently or leaning in to take a sniff.
Finally, they exchanged glances, took out a spoon, scooped some potion from the crucible into their mouths, and smacked their lips to taste the pot of vitality tonic.
"But the effect of the vitality tonic seems to be..."
In fact, everyone was staring at Albert brewing the Bafey Brain Refresher and neglected to observe the other contestants brewing the potion, which made the judges feel a little embarrassed when scoring other contestants. They could not make a judgment based on the order of adding materials and the number of times the potion was stirred, nor could they tell the advantages and disadvantages of Williams' improved vitality tonic.
Therefore, the easiest way to judge is to get some vitality tonic and taste the effect.
As for why the referees don’t try the effects of Bafe’s brain stimulant
I can only say that vitality tonic is easy to judge, and even if there is a problem, the harm is not great. But Bafey Brain Refresher is different, no one is willing to risk their brain, and even if they really taste it, it is difficult to make a judgment, and most potion masters will not deliberately touch this stuff.
All right.
Of course they can brew it, but they can't make a perfect product.
No one would complain that they have too much money to spend.
Everyone is busy, who would have the time to waste on a potion that is doomed to fail
Of course, they can also judge whether it is a perfect product, but unfortunately they have never seen a perfect product, let alone drank the perfect Bafe brain stimulant. Even if they really make a judgment, how accurate is it
The referees did not make any hasty comments, for fear of getting their faces swollen again.
"The effects of the Vitality Tonic are slightly reduced, but it is gentler than usual in providing energy to the drinker."
"Yes."
Williams nodded and introduced: "This improved vitality tonic is milder and can be mixed with endurance potions. The purpose of the improvement is actually for this purpose, so as to enhance the endurance of the drinker, replenish their physical strength and energy consumed in a short period of time, and make the user last longer."
At this point, the judges also understood the purpose of the vitality tonic.
Some potions can be taken together, but some cannot, just like some spells will cause bad things to happen when mixed, while a modified vitality tonic and a stamina potion will have a positive effect when mixed.
In order to prove that Williams was not lying, the referees drank the vitality tonic and endurance potion together, and soon discovered the incredible effect of the potion: the whole person was instantly full of energy, and he would not feel tired even if he ran around the village a few times.
After some discussion, the judges gave their scores one by one. When someone announced that Williams from Ilvermorny School finally received 90 points, the surroundings suddenly became terribly quiet. There was no applause or cheers, because everyone noticed that several judges headed by President Bernard had given Williams high scores.
No one was satisfied with this score, except Williams, because he only scored 86 points in the first round, plus 65 points in the second round, a total of 241 points.
This total score is not really high, but Williams knows he still has a chance to compete for the final championship.
The other players were secretly calculating their scores, estimating in their minds how many points they would need to get in this round in order to surpass Williams of Ilvermorny and win the final championship.
The remaining two had an advantage, with their second-round scores far outstripping Williams'.
After giving their scores, the judges walked together to the cauldron of Hiroki Fujii of the Magic Institute.
The quality of this love potion is pretty good. The surface of the potion has a unique mother-of-pearl luster, but... the taste is a bit bland.
Most love potions can allow people who get close to them to smell the scent of the person they like, but the smell of the love pot in front of them is very weak in this regard.
If you don't look carefully, you can't even tell them apart.
This was obviously not a mistake made by Hiroki Fujii in brewing the potion, but the result of his improvement on the love potion.
However, what frustrates the judges is that they have no idea what the potion will look like after Hiroki Fujii improves the love potion.
When you are unable to make a judgment, taking a small sip is the best option.
So, a reluctant unlucky guy was chosen to carefully drink the aphrodisiac in the crucible and experience the effect of the potion with his eyes closed.
"Mr. Fujii Hiroki, the effect of the love potion you brewed seems... particularly poor. It can hardly cause a strong obsession or fascination to the drinker, but... this potion does have an indescribable feeling." The first wizard to taste the love potion came to such a strange conclusion.
To ensure fairness, the second judge drank next, but he was not as nervous as the first one and gave a similar evaluation.
The third judge gave a similar evaluation.
So all the referees looked at Hiroki Fujii, waiting for the other party to explain.
"Yes, this is intentional." Fujii Hiroki nodded.
"Intent?"
"This love potion will not make the drinker look 'very pale and sick', nor will it make the drinker irritable or irritable." Fujii Hiroki explained, "Its love potion has a very weak effect, it will only make the drinker feel a little bit of affection for it, just like the illusion when you are in love, it will not make the drinker find anything wrong, and it will not cause the drinker to do embarrassing things, so it is very suitable for expressing love to each other on Valentine's Day."
"Everyone knows that so far no pharmacist has been able to create the kind of truly unbreakable, eternal, unconditional emotion that can be called 'love'." Fujii Hiroki continued, "But why can't we change our thinking? The feelings between two people are never created out of thin air, there needs to be a process. Why can't we use the love potion as a catalyst for the 'love' between the two parties?"
The judges looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking that Fujii Hiroki's statement was very original.
Since we know that love potions cannot create love directly, why not try to create love indirectly
However, the referees all felt that Hiroki Fujii's idea was too idealistic.
The pharmacists who were able to come here to act as referees had obviously passed their ideal time and were a group of relatively realistic people.
"how are you feeling?"
Albert felt that he had broadened his horizons. It was worthy of being an island country in the Far East, as it could actually produce such a thing.
"It is suitable for those who are shy and lack the courage but love each other. If the effect is really as he described." Isobel looked at Albert who was very interested in the love potion, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Aren't you worried about being eliminated at all?"
"Don't worry, they didn't directly say that my Bafe Brain Refresher was substandard." Albert suddenly asked, "Do you know the formula of this potion?"
"You can exchange it for the golden crucible."
"I will."
Finally, the judges gave their scores one by one. When someone announced that Hiroki Fujii from the Magic Institute had received 83 points, sporadic applause began to be heard at the scene. Many girls applauded Hiroki Fujii. They were obviously very interested in this improved aphrodisiac.
Although he had 7 points less than Williams, Hiroki Fujii's total score was still one point ahead of Williams, with a total of 242 points.
Unlucky Williams missed out on the title of the Potions Championship by just one point. This cruel reality made his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
Williams won the final round but lost the championship by just one point, and it felt like someone was constantly stuffing gold balls into his mouth.
The contestant from Ilvermorny School hated President Bernard who had betrayed him in the second round. If it weren't for him, the championship would definitely have belonged to him.
No one cared about Williams's changing expression.
But they all definitely noticed Fujii Hiroki's grim look. Although his total score exceeded that of the contestant from Ilvermorny School, it was only one point higher, which almost meant that he had no chance of winning the Potions Championship.
Everyone's eyes followed the judges to the last crucible.
The judges looked at the crucible and the list of ingredients for a long time, but no one knew what the sticky purple potion was.
Finally, one of the judges couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Daniela, can you tell me what potion this is?"
"Protective potion." Daniela stepped forward and introduced.
"Protection potion?"
"Literally, drinking it can give people some magical resistance, just like the fire dragon skin can resist most spells such as the coma spell. Of course, its effect is not as strong as imagined."
The judges looked at each other in bewilderment. They had heard of similar stuff before, but most of them were scams. If the potion provided by Daniela really had that effect, it would be truly amazing.
Unfortunately, things always go a little wrong, and the effect of the protective potion is really not that good. After a certain unlucky referee drank the potion, he was hit by a stun spell and fainted on the spot. The protective potion did not seem to have any protective effect.
There was an awkward silence, and player Fujii Hiroki couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and clenched his fists to encourage himself: there is still a chance.
"This protective potion can only resist some less powerful spells." Daniela explained awkwardly, "Spells like the Lump Curse or the Limp Legs Curse."
Everyone looked at the referee who had just been awakened. The latter shook his head repeatedly, indicating that he would no longer participate in the test.
Well, it turned out to be somewhat useful.
However, this thing is really useless.
In the end, he only got 76 points.
Although she was at the bottom of the three, Daniela was very satisfied because her total score exceeded that of several other contestants, a total of 243 points.
Yes, one point higher than Hiroki Fujii.
As soon as the final score came out, Fujii Hiroki, who was still smiling, froze with a look of gloom.
He felt like he was being played a trick.
There was no way around it. Player Hiroki Fujii also personally experienced Williams' mood changes. It was not a pleasant feeling to have gold balls constantly stuffed into your mouth.
Just when everyone thought that Daniela had won the championship of this Potions Championship, a staff member came over here with a house-elf. Daniela's expression froze instantly when she saw this scene. A bad premonition surged in her heart, and the joy of winning the championship just now disappeared.
Principal Castrobuse and the students, who had been clapping vigorously, had frozen expressions, as if they had been constipated for several days.