Lure him away, subdue him, and take the golden egg.
This was the plan Albert had made in advance.
It's very simple.
But the simpler the plan, the less likely it is to go wrong.
The purpose of luring the Swedish short-nosed dragon away from the nest is not to steal the golden eggs, but to prevent the dragon from accidentally destroying the entire nest of dragon eggs.
After entering the venue, Albert did not rush to find trouble with the dragon. Before taking action, he looked up and looked around to understand the surrounding environment. This temporary venue built with magic was slightly smaller than the Quidditch field. There were many solid rocks around the venue, which should be the shield prepared by the organizer for the warriors to avoid the dragon's breath.
If there were no obstructions, the fire dragon would just pounce on them and with one breath, all the warriors would be in big trouble.
"Let us welcome the first warrior to appear: Mr. Albert Anderson!"
In the stands, Bagman explained loudly, "Mr. Anderson has won many international awards in recent years. He is currently the most promising warrior for the Tri-Widow Cup. Let's see how he responds."
Albert! Albert! Albert…
There was a cheer from the stands, and people were shouting Albert's name.
Albert ignored Bagman's words, and even more so the audience in the stands. He just walked forward to a large pile of stones not far in front of him, which were used for warriors to avoid the breath. He raised his wand and waved it lightly. The man-high rock was divided into several neat pieces by the cutting spell. He then began to concentrate on deforming one of the stones.
A few seconds later, a lion jumped down from the pile of rocks.
As Albert waved his wand again, another eagle appeared above the stone.
"Very exciting and powerful Transfiguration. I think everyone should be able to guess Mr. Anderson's tactics. Do you think he can succeed?" Bagman's eyes almost popped out when he saw the stones being transformed into lions and eagles. He knew very well how difficult such a transformation was.
Albert took advantage of his free time to secretly glance at the new tasks he had just triggered. There were three in total: in addition to the expected "Picking up Golden Eggs", the second task was "Fire Dragon Conqueror", which required him to subdue a dragon with rich rewards, and the last task was to become a "Dragon Slayer".
Let me slay the dragon
Albert raised his head and glanced at the Swedish Shortnose Dragon crouching in front of him, considering the pros and cons of killing the guy in front of him. Items made of Swedish Shortnose Dragon skin are sought after, and his eyes could not help but fall on the rich rewards of the Dragon Slayer mission.
In addition to a large amount of experience, skill points, reputation and the title of Dragon Slayer, you can also get a complete set of Fire Dragon Suit.
To be honest, this is a great temptation. It is much easier to "accidentally" kill a fire dragon than to subdue it.
However, killing a dragon in the Triwizard Tournament might not have a very good impact. After all, the task of dragon slayer can be left for later, and there is no need to rush.
The Swedish short-nosed dragon snorted, as if it could sense the malice emanating from the human in front of it. Its wings, which were originally half folded, moved involuntarily. Its cold vertical pupils stared at Albert in front of it, as if it was considering how to kill the human in front of it.
The Swedish short-nosed dragon moved. Albert's malice made it inexplicably irritated. It felt like being targeted by a predator. As a top predator, the Swedish short-nosed dragon had never felt so bad before. It trembled its mouth, as if it was brewing something. After a while, it opened its mouth and sprayed a ball of dazzling blue flames towards the human in front of it.
"Oh my goodness, I'd say it's more than fifty feet," Bagman exclaimed.
The audience in the stands couldn't help but scream, and many girls closed their eyes in fear, unable to bear to watch Albert who was about to be swallowed by the Swedish short-snout dragon.
The screams in the stands suddenly stopped, because everyone found that the blue breath that was heading towards Albert suddenly went out without any warning when it got close to Albert.
Yes, the Swedish short-nosed dragon's breath died down, as if someone had played a joke on Albert.
"Oh my god, that was too dangerous." Bagman shouted. "It's unbelievable that Mr. Anderson extinguished the dragon's breath so easily by himself. You know, it would take at least three dragon trainers to do that at the same time."
The Swedish short-nosed dragon snorted, sprayed out a small ball of blue flame, and twisted its head slightly, but its vertical pupils were still staring at Albert, and it opened its mouth again.
Albert looked at the fire dragon in front of him and muttered, "Is the hatred really too great?"
In fact, Albert is now standing outside the theoretical breath range of the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon. Under normal circumstances, the range of the dragon's breath is about twenty feet, but for some reason, the breath range of this Swedish Short-nosed Dragon far exceeds its limit.
The original plan was to let the lion attract the firepower, but now it seems that wearing a dragon skin to fight a fire dragon is like a warrior using the taunt skill, which directly attracts all the firepower.
In fact, Albert guessed wrong. The Swedish short-nosed dragon targeted him not because of the fire dragon suit he was wearing, but because of the malice that Albert had just inadvertently exuded. The malice of wanting to kill the Swedish short-nosed dragon in front of it completely pissed it off.
However, Albert was not panicked. He had already made various contingency plans. He naturally had ways to deal with the dragon's breath and the current situation.
However, the dragon trainers who were standing by on standby felt something was wrong, because the time it took for this Swedish short-nosed dragon to accumulate energy before exhaling was much longer than at other times.
This is not a good sign.
That means the next breath will be extremely dangerous, and even the extinguishing spell may not work. This is the conclusion that dragon trainers come to after living with fire dragons day and night.
They exchanged glances. If Albert couldn't hold on, they would immediately rush forward and use the extinguishing spell on the fire dragon. Even if it meant making Albert lose the qualification to continue the competition, they would not let him be burned to death by the fire dragon.
Not only the dragon trainer felt that way, even Albert frowned, because the fire dragon did not exhale immediately, it looked like it was really... accumulating strength.
After feeling his life was threatened, Albert gave up using the Extinguishing Spell and instead began chanting spells and waving his wand. At the moment the fire dragon's breath hit, the large stones that had been shattered by Albert before began to gather in front of him, directly forming a solid stone barrier. The fire dragon's breath hit the stone barrier, causing it to become hot and red, but it still could not hurt Albert who was hiding behind the barrier.
At this moment, not only the audience in the stands, but even the professors were sweating for Albert.
Because this time the dragon's breath did not stop immediately, it was even more terrifying and long-lasting than before. If only the extinguishing spell was used, it might not be possible to completely extinguish this long breath. The breath of the Swedish short-nosed dragon might turn Albert into ashes.
"careful."
I don't know who screamed.
The Swedish short-nosed dragon had already flown out of its nest and pounced directly towards Albert. Its tail lashed hard on the hot stone barrier, shattering it directly and sending gravel flying everywhere.
"Oh my god."
The audience in the stands stood up one after another and looked at this scene in shock.
roar!
A deafening lion roar suddenly sounded, and a lion pounced out from somewhere, attracting the attention of the fire dragon.
The lion's proactive provocation annoyed the Swedish short-nosed dragon. It felt offended. In the eyes of the fire dragon, the so-called king of beasts was just a prey. Now the prey dared to actively attack it
The fire dragon gathered its strength and breathed fire at the lion, but the cunning prey quickly retreated into a pile of rocks to avoid the breath.
The Swedish short-nosed dragon was extremely annoyed, especially because the one who provoked it was its prey, which it simply could not tolerate. It spread its wings, leaped onto the rock in front of the lion, stretched out its claws and swung them hard, pushing aside the lion that had dared to roar at it just now.
The poor lion was severely injured and collapsed to the ground. He no longer looked like the king of beasts, but he had completed his task well: attracting the attention of the fire dragon.
When the Swedish Shortnose Dragon roared excitedly after finishing its prey, countless hot stones hit its body, turning its roar into a painful wail.
Albert was still standing there unharmed. Even the fire dragon's fiery breath and the exploding stone barrier could not hurt him. The few Slytherin students who saw this scene sighed. They seemed to wish that Albert had been burned to ashes by the breath or crushed to death by the rubble.
"Oh my god, the Swedish short-nosed dragon can't do anything to Mr. Anderson. He is still as calm and composed as ever, and he is not hurt at all." Bagman shouted excitedly, "Look, it's our warrior's turn to take action this time. What is he doing?"
Not only Bagman was puzzled, but other spectators were also puzzled. A large chain-like smoke was spurting out from the tip of Albert's wand, directly covering the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon.
The fire dragon roared anxiously, shook its head, and even spewed out flames to try to disperse the smoke that was covering it, but the previous breath seemed to have consumed a lot of its strength. The current breath looked weak and had little effect, because the smoke still continued to emerge from Albert's wand.
Finally, the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon became more and more anxious and turned its eyes directly to the culprit of all this. It wanted to kill the human who made it feel dangerous.
Before the Swedish short-nosed dragon took action, the eagle that was originally soaring in the sky suddenly swooped down and grabbed the fire dragon's eyes with its claws.
When the Swedish short-nosed dragon turned its head to avoid the sneak attack, all its attention was attracted by the eagle.
Albert suddenly waved his magic wand, and the smoke that originally surrounded the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon suddenly turned into chains. As his left hand suddenly swung downwards, all the chains sank into the ground, trapping the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon that was originally about to spread its wings and chase the eagle.
The Swedish Short-nosed Dragon was startled by the sudden change. It flapped its wings desperately, only to find that the chains wrapped around its body had completely bound it to the ground.
Even if he tried hard to break the chains on his body, he still couldn't fly. As Albert raised his magic wand, he drew an elegant arc in the air like a conductor, and more and more chains made of smoke were entangled on the Swedish short-nosed dragon.
A terrible roar sounded on the field, and the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon gathered strength again, and suddenly spewed out a large amount of dragon breath, almost all the chains connecting to the ground were evaporated. When it was about to flap its wings and fly, some stones were hit heavily on the body of the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon by Albert's waving palm. With a painful roar, it lost its only chance to break free.
More chains sprang out from the ground and completely entangled the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon's feet. More chains entangled the Swedish Short-nosed Dragon tightly and bound it to the ground.
"Oh my God, this is unbelievable. I hope Mr. Anderson can be gentler to our little cutie. After all, it looks pitiful enough." Bagman said in a light-hearted tone.
As Albert waved his magic wand, the ground turned into shackles, binding the fire dragon firmly to the ground. The proud head of the Swedish short-nosed dragon was also pressed to the ground by the lion with a bang, and the fire dragon's mouth was immediately bound by the shackles formed by the ground, and the whole body could not move.
The scarred lion stepped on the fire dragon's head, raised his head and let out a deafening roar. This was probably the most glorious moment in the life of the king of beasts.
"Well, look, Mr. Anderson subdued a dragon so easily, it's unbelievable." Bagman shouted excitedly at the top of his voice. He dared to say that it would be difficult to see such a wonderful scene again in his life.
Before anyone could react, an eagle swooped down from the sky and placed the golden egg in its claws on Albert's open palm. When everyone's attention was drawn to Albert's fight with the dragon, the eagle had somehow taken the golden egg from the nest for Albert.
Albert held the golden egg high in his hand and announced his victory to everyone.
"Oh my God, our warrior subdued the ferocious dragon in just a few minutes and got the golden egg easily. I dare say that even the most powerful dragon tamer can't do this. Let us give the warmest applause and blessings to Mr. Anderson for his unprecedented feat." Bagman shouted at the top of his voice.
Albert! Albert! Albert!
In the audience, the students of Hogwarts waved their red hats desperately and shouted Albert's name hoarsely, and the red waves rose and fell with the waves of sound.
Albert put down the golden egg and thanked everyone for their support. The following shouts, screams, applause and cheers were deafening. At that moment, it was as if I was back to the scene when the Irish team won the Quidditch World Cup final and the supporters cheered and shouted.
Of course, not everyone had a smile on their face. Some students in Slytherin House who disliked Albert looked unhappy.
The more successful Albert became, the more shameful it became to them.
Madame Maxime of Beauxbatons had a somewhat stiff expression, but it soon turned into a helpless sigh from deep within her heart.
The expression on Durmstrang's headmaster Karkaroff's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He obviously realized that Albert's great success was a huge threat to Krum.
It's almost impossible for Krum to catch up with Albert in terms of score, unless...
In order to ensure Durmstrang's victory, Karkaroff had some bad thoughts in his mind.