[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-war-at-hogwarts":3,"chapter-wizard-war-at-hogwarts-wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-202":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Wizard War at Hogwarts",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2358175,4612,"Chapter 202","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-202",202,"\u003Cp>After coloring the three dragon eggs guarded by the Short-Nosed Dragon, Harry and Cedric returned to the air, both tired, silently watching the four closely grouped Hungarian Horntails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shall we try? Or use your signature move?” Cedric panted. “But I can only cast Shadow Blade once more, maybe twice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m about the same,” Harry said, equally exhausted. “That means we can’t afford a single miss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hitting a dragon outright was simple—after all, they were enormous. But the difficulty lay in incapacitating one with a single spell, requiring exceptional precision and some luck. In fact, had Donald not deliberately chosen the timid, cowardly dragons, Harry and Cedric would have needed twice the effort to achieve their current result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The idea of winning honestly tempted Harry, but he knew that fighting the Hungarian Horntails in their current state would be extremely dangerous. He might manage, but Cedric was an innocent, good-hearted student—he didn’t want to put him at risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry took a deep breath, recalling the incantations, then slowly drew the Seven Sins sword case from his magical pouch. Its large size and elegant alchemical engravings reminded every spectator: this was a set of expensive, immensely powerful weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the focused gaze of the audience and the murmured discussions of the judges, Cedric held his breath as Harry floated the sword case before him and uttered the incantation Donald had long awaited: “By royal blood, shall the sword end it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid a rumble like an ancient dragon awakening, the Seven Sins case opened, releasing the scent of dragon blood; the four Horntails on the ground instinctively retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry let the case hover behind him, stepped onto the broadest blade—Wrath—and slowly flew toward the dragon pack, his demeanor like a cold emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in truth, since the Seven Sins were never designed for broomless flight, and Harry had only just begun practicing this technique, he couldn’t fly fast, couldn’t change direction easily, and might as well have been gliding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cedric gripped Harry’s Firebolt with one hand, watching the battle in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thou shalt pay with pain for thy arrogance,” Harry said, drawing the swords Pride and Greed and thrusting them downward. One Horntail, still cowering, was immediately pierced through both wings and pinned to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thou shalt pay with sight for thy hubris,” he added, drawing the daggers Lust and Gluttony and flinging them diagonally. The two daggers adjusted midair, then plunged deep into the eyes of another Horntail, which curled up in agony, motionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thou shalt pay with blood for thy betrayal,” he cried, hurling the long knives Envy and Sloth in a cross. The blades intersected in an X, their tips embedded in the rock, their blades piercing the third dragon’s tail; it howled as dragon blood streamed along the alchemical metal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Harry landed slowly, the Wrath blade now firmly in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I return to this world, all traitors shall die,” he intoned. The cleaver in his hand suddenly extended an eight-meter blade. Harry severed the fourth dragon’s tail. The arena fell utterly silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the four Horntails whimpered and shrank back, Cedric gathered courage to color each dragon egg, while Harry gripped his greatsword tightly, his breathing rapid and irregular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius was right—Donald had not told the truth about the Seven Sins’ effects. But he hadn’t exaggerated them—he’d understated them. When Harry spoke the incantation and drew the first blade, he felt his hand grow unresponsive; the swords seemed to have their own will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pride and Greed had intended to pierce the dragon’s skull; Harry forced them to strike only the wings. When casting the second incantation, he avoided the two violently trembling long knives in the case, fearing they’d pierce the second dragon’s brain. After the third and fourth incantations, Harry’s vision was filled with dragon necks—but he still managed to redirect the blades, targeting the tails instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, when ordering the blades, Donald hadn’t emphasized they were meant for cheating in the tournament. The alchemist had truly believed the boy needed to gain dragon-slaying ability. Harry could feel it: once the alchemical runes activated, the blades hungered for dragon blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Harry felt the scorching heat in his blood cool, his dwindling magic no longer boiling. He began recalling the blades into the case, while the announcer called for the judges’ scores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The final incantation was too cruel,” Madame Maxime said. “But their initial flight was excellent.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I disagree entirely. The early combat was dull; only the final incantation had any substance,” Karkaroff countered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was an impressive incantation—turning ordinary blades into weapons of such power,” Donald casually confirmed the “incantation” claim, covering his own cheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I thought the aerial combat was brilliant—the barrel roll, the Immelmann turn, that cobra maneuver,” Vaskov commented. “The lead and wingman coordination was flawless. They deserve these points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harry’s final action was inappropriate,” Dumbledore adjusted his glasses. “I understand using risky spells to win—but if the outcome is this, I must deduct two points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Harry and Cedric scored 83 points, surpassing Fleur and Elena. Though they lost nine points for using two brooms and seven swords, the twenty-four-point advantage from the Horntails made it worthwhile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Supported by Cedric, Harry regulated his breath as they walked; by the time he reached the champions’ viewing stand, he had regained enough energy to greet others normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You flew well,” Krum said seriously. “Do you two play Quidditch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re both Seekers on the school team,” Cedric replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve faced off several times on the pitch,” Harry added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not going pro? Just content being school Seekers?” Krum continued, but Rita tugged his sleeve—the announcer signaled it was their turn. “Oh, I’ll go now. We’ll talk pro Quidditch later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, Krum doesn’t seem so bad,” Cedric shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That just proves Rita’s terrible,” Elena said, turning her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry couldn’t help laughing, and Cedric replied seriously: “We shouldn’t gossip about others behind their backs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have no sense of humor,” Elena pouted and shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t say that—Cedric is the most upright person I’ve ever met,” Fleur said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small talk ended quickly as Krum and Rita stood before the Fireball Dragons. Krum chanted the summoning spell, and his Firebolt flew from beyond the arena into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Krum’s gaze was resolute. He mounted his broom with practiced ease, then executed a sharp diagonal dive to draw the Fireball Dragons’ attention—but he had no intention of stopping there. He charged straight toward the green dragons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Harry marveled at Krum’s high-difficulty aerial maneuvers and his mad rush from green dragons to Short-Nosed Dragons, Cedric nudged him, gesturing toward Rita’s actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The petite Soviet girl now floated dozens of uneven stone fragments, all simultaneously reshaping—but into different forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Transfiguration is too advanced—could Professor McGonagall do this?” Harry gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It means she understands the target object perfectly,” Cedric said. “She must know every part, every contour by heart, to fuse separate pieces into a single whole.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’ll get a ton of points for this… wait, what’s that?” Harry shot up from his seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The DShK anti-aircraft machine gun—once mandatory in Kordovstrits. Every girl had to learn to use it against German air raids,” Vaskov boasted to the nearby professors. “And Rita knows the Sokolov wheeled mount inside and out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monstrous machine, usually seen only on Muggle battlefields, was rapidly assembled by the small girl through magic. Then Rita pulled a bag from her coat—clearly expanded by magic—drew out a bright yellow 12.7mm ammunition belt, and casually inserted it into the feed chute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is that?” Cedric asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t scientific!” Harry exclaimed, frustrated. “An anti-aircraft gun has hundreds—even thousands—of parts. How could she possibly transfigure it all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry had tried transfiguring firearms before, but they were precision mechanical devices—any dimensional error caused jams, misfires, or skewed trajectories. For wizards relying entirely on imagination, eliminating such errors was nearly impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rattling crackle erupted. Harry watched flames spew from the barrel, stunned and chilled by the implications, speechless. The tracer rounds streaking through the air struck the flying magical beasts, and Krum, darting among the six dragons, suddenly felt powerful support from his teammate.\u003C\u002Fp>",1353,"2026-06-21T04:54:29.094Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ce2d2e1c8d952eeacb587be2c2023ca6d6dbdc6edd36fea3b7af61a23ac2e0a7","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-203","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-201",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-war-at-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]