It's not always possible for one hit to affect two opposing players. After Harry and George both dodged the Bludger hit by Maka, George immediately dropped down, trying to avoid being hit by Ha as much as possible. Lee blocked his view.
But even so, his broom speed was already far behind, and under the influence of this unnecessary behavior, he had to lag behind Harry and Ginny.
Maka's goal was obviously achieved. Because next, he only needs to use the Bludger interception again to slow down Harry.
Without saying a word, he turned around and plummeted down - another Bludger was right below!
His rapid flight caused his robes to sway constantly, making hunting sounds. If you look at it from a distance, Maka at this moment is like a meteor, rushing straight down diagonally.
The moment the Bludger passed by, Maka picked up the broom handle and swung the bat at the same time. With a muffled "bang" sound, the Bludger suddenly shot up and flew directly in front of Harry.
"Oh - the Firebolt is so fast!" George still had time to sigh. Obviously, he knew that he would be unable to catch up this time.
Generally speaking, the batter has two tasks. In addition to hitting the Bludger towards the opponent's Chaser, it is to protect the Chasers in his team as much as possible to prevent them from being hit by the Bludger.
In these two strikes, Maka faithfully performed the batter's previous task, which was to attack; while George has been trying to perform the latter's defensive task.
But unfortunately, due to Maka's clever obstruction, he was not able to catch up even once.
Of course, during the Quidditch game, Harry's senses were still very sharp. When he heard Maka's hit, he was already quickly looking for the direction of the Bludger. But when he saw the flight path of the Bludger clearly, he did not choose to avoid it again.
There was nothing he could do about it, Ginny's flying movements were very beautiful, and because she had slowed down due to avoidance just now, he didn't have time to get rid of the other party's entanglement in a short period of time.
What should I do if I can’t hide? Harry thought of an action almost in the blink of an eye.
He would often see Angelina, the current captain of the Gryffindor team and chaser, practicing a rolling technical move, which could effectively reduce the chance of being hit by a Bludger while retaining her sprint speed.
This technical move has a very interesting name - "Sloth Hugging a Tree Roll".
But Harry suddenly leaned down, lying on the broom, his hands and feet tightly wrapped around the broom handle. This action not only reduced his speed, but even slightly increased it. And being close to the broom greatly reduces the area that can be hit, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
However, he is still holding the Quaffle in his hand!
This technical move has a lot of disadvantages for protecting the ball. For a moment, the red Quaffle was no longer covered by the body and was exposed to Ginny's sight.
The Bludger failed to hit Harry again, but whizzed past a few inches beside his waist and continued flying high into the sky.
"Not bad?" Makati pulled the broom handle and kept climbing. Seeing that Harry's response was very decisive, she couldn't help but nodded, "The usual frequent training seems to be in vain, but having enthusiasm is different."
Under normal game conditions, even Maka cannot have too much impact by hitting the ball. After all, the probability of hitting the Bludger is notoriously low. However, he could see that George never intended to hit the ball towards his sister, which was considered waterproof in disguise.
Things went as Maka expected. Harry rushed forward and Ginny chased hard, but in the end they still couldn't catch up with Harry's speed. After chasing and escaping, they entered the scoring area in front of the knocker. .
By the way, Ron's forehead was already covered with beads of sweat even before he had moved much. Is this winter? One can imagine how nervous he was right now.
On the other side, Harry had never practiced the technique of throwing and shooting, let alone breaking through and shooting by himself. Even if he had always been the ace of the Gryffindor team, he was just a Seeker.
Although he watches his teammates train a lot, Ron is also a Quidditch fan and has watched just as many games as Harry!
Even though his heart was shaking, Ron had to move.
He immediately followed a goalkeeper action in his memory and made a figure-8 shape between the two knockers. Since he couldn't see which ring hole Harry was going to throw into, he felt he had to do it.
However, the technical moves in mind and performing them yourself are completely different things.
Just like Maka and Ginny said at the beginning - for Quidditch, written knowledge is far less important than actual practice.
Ron's idea was correct, but the speed of the single "8" loop flying movement he was currently doing was far from the standard.
When he was flying towards the door knocker on the left again, Harry suddenly moved the broom handle to the right, and suddenly sprinted past with accelerating speed.
The moment Ron hurriedly tried to turn, the Quaffle had been thrown towards the knocker on the right by Harry. The ball missed slightly, but after hitting the inside of the knocker, it still passed.
"Ten points Harry!"
Luna, who was watching below, reported the score in time as soon as she saw it. It could be seen that she was also very excited, waving her arms below, and her long pale golden hair swayed in the sun, reflecting a soft glow.
Maka didn't bother to congratulate Harry, because he was looking at Luna happily! It would be great if it could make her happy. He didn't care about winning or losing from the beginning.
This is a small Quidditch match, but it is also a time for friends to laugh together. He does not want to show any personal heroism at this time.
Besides, Luna won’t do that either, right
Harry above immediately grinned after scoring a goal. While laughing, he flew towards the falling Quaffle, spun around to catch it, and then flew towards Ron.
Ginny behind him also stopped at this time, looking a little annoyed.
"Hey, Ron!" Harry said, "I have to say that your choice just now is very correct, but I think you have to fly faster."
Ron quickly caught the ball Harry threw to him, but just sighed helplessly.
"I also tried, but I just can't fly fast. I feel like if I go too fast, I won't be able to turn in time!" He asked with some distress, "How can I turn around faster?"
"I think you should ask Maka," Harry couldn't help but admire, "He is the fastest turning player among the players I have ever seen! Maka—"
Hearing Harry calling her name, Maka finally looked away from Luna, spun around and continued to climb up.
"What's wrong?" he asked as he flew.
"How did you turn around?" Harry was also very curious. "I have never seen anyone faster than you, and the arc can be so small!"
"Don't you see?" Maka said strangely.
"I only saw that you turned sideways when you turned around, but I didn't understand." Harry immediately shook his head, "When you turned around, you always blocked my view. I could only see your back!"
"Really?" Maka thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Oh! You are usually behind me when I turn around, so no wonder you can't see..."
He paused, then turned over and made a movement, using the crook of his right leg to hang on the broom handle. Then while grabbing the front end of the broom with his left hand, he turned his whole body sideways, almost forming a nine-nine angle with the broom. Ten degrees.
"Can you see clearly this time?" Maka hung on the broom and maintained the movement. "Rely on your own weight to fall in the direction you want to turn. Grab the hand of the broom and pull back at the same time, and you can quickly Carry out steering. However, this movement is not easy to control the balance when the speed is very fast—"
"Oh - this is great! How did you come up with it?" Harry seemed to understand the principle, he nodded repeatedly, "I have to practice hard, then I will have another trump card! This pair Especially useful for a Seeker!”
"I didn't come up with this. How could I have time to think about the technical moves of Quidditch?" Maca shook his head and said, "This is the stunt of Nico Nenad, the batsman of the Romanian national team. It's just Because I didn’t have time to use it a few times, not many people know about it.”
"Not in time?" Harry said in surprise.
"Yeah! I didn't have time..." Maka shrugged, "Don't you remember the 'Killer Forest Attack①' at the Quidditch World Cup in 1809? I think it was quite famous?"
Seeing that no one seemed to be very clear about it, and only Ginny seemed to have some vague impressions, Maka explained the general situation in a funny way.
"...In that game, Nenad hired a large number of dark wizards to cast a spell on the entire forest around the stadium." He briefly described, "When the situation is unfavorable to the Romanian opponent, Nenad will swim The walking ball hit the forest, causing the trees to riot!"
"Nenad himself died?" Ron and Harry were stunned.
"Yes, that's it!" Maka smiled and said, "The Quidditch match turned into a battle between the wizard and the big tree, which lasted for seven hours - Nenad, who was the culprit of the incident, was killed by a violent cloud. The cedar tree was beaten to death."
"The consequences of not obeying the rules." Ginny nodded repeatedly, "But it sounds terrible - ordinary trees can also kill people!"
"Okay, I've finished telling the allusions, let's continue now! Everyone go back to their seats, go quickly!" Maka urged, "I don't have many opportunities to play Quidditch with you, you guys You have to let me play a little longer!"
Soon, after everyone was in their places again, Ron threw the Quaffle to Ginny and started the next round of attack.