noveltune Chapter 64 Wizard Battle Cards
Chapter 64 Wizard Battle Cards
Chapter 64 Wizard Battle Cards
"Hmm..." Lin Qi lowered his head and pondered for a while.
"I'm very sorry..." He looked up, "I can't do that."
"Ah..." A sigh echoed in the hall, and the young wizards lowered their heads, the light of hope disappearing from their eyes.
"but."
Those two short words rekindled a flame of hope in the young wizard's heart.
"You just need to be patient for a while longer," Lynch said. "As far as I know, the Ministry of Magic officials haven't found any new clues in the Forbidden Forest recently, and they believe that the magical creature has most likely already left the outer edge of the Forbidden Forest."
"Really?" someone asked, their eyes shining, echoing everyone's thoughts.
Lin Qi looked at them and nodded affirmatively: "It's absolutely true. I personally checked in the Forbidden Forest and there was no sign of any dangerous magical creatures."
"Very good!"
"That's awesome!"
The young wizards cheered.
Prior to this, the professors had kept quiet and had not revealed any progress on the matter to the students.
They were kept in the dark, wildly speculating about when all this would finally end.
Random, unfocused thinking led to restless emotions, which made them irritable.
Now, there is hope for everything. Knowing that the ban will be lifted soon, life in the castle has become bearable again.
The tense atmosphere in the castle eased.
It was Lynch who informed the students during class that the ban would soon be lifted.
Dumbledore smiled but said nothing.
Professor McGonagall didn't say anything, but her jawline tightened even more.
Snape, however, wore a thoughtful expression.
The other professors marveled at Lynch's strength, daring to patrol the Forbidden Forest alone under such circumstances.
With freedom no longer their top priority, the young wizards channeled their excess energy into other things.
Some students, like Neville, who were not satisfied with their magical abilities, chose to practice magic in the empty classrooms of the castle.
Others, like Hermione and some Ravenclaw students, choose to go to the library to enhance their knowledge.
But many more people, like Harry and Ron, opted for a more popular way to vent their frustrations.
If someone asks what the most popular sport in the wizarding world is...
Then the answer is undoubtedly Quidditch.
If he continued to ask what the most popular game in the wizarding world is right now...
So nine out of ten people will give him the same answer—
Wizards vs. Cards!
Thanks to the ongoing and highly successful inaugural World Wizards Battle Card Championship, the popularity of this card battle game has soared to unprecedented heights at Hogwarts.
Playing a game or two before bed or during free time after class is a very popular activity among Hogwarts students these days.
Walking through the castle, you can often hear conversations like, "Come on in?"
"Come!"
What followed was an exhilarating game battle, the exciting matches often attracting a large crowd of onlookers.
Sometimes, when they get into the spirit, the young wizards will start a battle game anywhere they can.
For this reason, Mrs. Pince has already chased away many of the little wizards who started playing games in the library by waving a feather duster.
Besides battling with friends, showing off one's card collection to classmates is also a common activity in Little Wizards.
Among them, Malfoy of Slytherin House stands out the most.
Just as he had told Harry in the train compartment, his father was a director of the Stone Tower Merchant Guild and possessed many rare cards.
This made Malfoy invincible in battles within Slytherin.
He also frequently challenged Harry to a duel over card games.
Harry ignored his provocation, even though he had already collected some decent cards with the help of Galleons left by Ron and his parents.
But compared to Malfoy's collection, it still paled in comparison, and Harry wouldn't give Malfoy the chance to humiliate him.
Ron was always furious at Malfoy's provocations. He always complained about how crude and wasteful Malfoy's fighting style was, relying entirely on the powerful stats of his cards to overwhelm Malfoy and win. He said that if he had a similar deck of cards, he could beat Malfoy so badly that he wouldn't know which way the gate to his manor would open!
Harry would just smile and remain silent when his friend expressed his dissatisfaction.
But deep down, he also thought Ron was right.
Whether it's about how Malfoy won or his declaration that he could easily defeat Malfoy with a good hand.
Because of his family's financial situation, everything Ron owns is a secondhand item passed down from his brother, from his textbooks to his wand, and even the robes he wears were once worn by his brother Bill.
Therefore, Ron's cards were all collected little by little by saving money. Although they were all common cards, the most precious one was a very common Dumbledore card.
However, with this ridiculously rare deck of cards, Ron was virtually invincible in the Gryffindor common room.
He always manages to maximize the effectiveness of his cards through ingenious combinations, defeating his opponents unexpectedly.
After witnessing Harry's flight and Quidditch training, Ron often marveled that Harry could become a professional Quidditch player in the future.
But Harry also genuinely believed that Ron was good enough to participate in the World Wizards Card Championship.
He felt that none of the match replays published in the Daily Prophet were as technically proficient as Ron's.
In this atmosphere, the days passed by, and the last day of November arrived.
Finally, on that morning, Headmaster Dumbledore announced in the Great Hall that the ban was over.
All the students cheered, and the professors breathed a sigh of relief.
But then Dumbledore emphasized: "Although the ban has been lifted, it does not mean that the danger is over."
Starting today, no student is allowed to approach the area adjacent to the forbidden forest.
When students are on the field during the day, at least two professors need to be present to supervise them.
A strict curfew will be enforced at night, and no one will be allowed to leave the common room without permission.
Dumbledore had just finished speaking.
Professor McGonagall then swept her sharp gaze across the Gryffindor table and lingered on the Weasley twins for a moment, only looking away when she was sure the twins had received the message she was conveying through her eyes.
Also on this night, in the stone house in the Forbidden Forest.
Lynch sat by the fireplace, looking at the book in his hands by the bright firelight.
A pot of tea sat before him, brewed by Totz before he returned to the castle.
Suddenly, the flames in the fireplace expanded and churned violently, leaping upwards and almost filling the entire fireplace.
The flames also turned emerald green.
A figure appeared in the emerald green flames.