Chapter 351 Quidditch Selection

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Quidditch Stadium.

The weather in the Scottish Highlands always changes like a girl's mood. It used to be sunny and bright, but now it had become sweltering, and the clouds gathering in the sky were thundering.

Although it wasn't an official match day, there were still many spectators gathered in the Quidditch Stadium at that moment, watching the field and occasionally emitting bursts of cheers or whistles.

Due to the "military training" relationship, some adjustments to this year's class schedule had resulted in a one-week delay in the time for selecting the Quidditch teams from the four houses.

And just now, the selection of the last player for the official house team had concluded.

Qiu Zhang, a second-year Ravenclaw, displayed astonishing balance and talent for catching moving objects. Without any suspense, he became a new Ravenclaw player, and the official team selection was announced. The process ended.

However, the students gathered in the stands did not disperse. Instead, they looked down with more anticipation, led by Mrs. Huo Qi, and slowly walked toward the center of the stadium. For the first time in Watts history, a "Quidditch Trial Team" composed of four first-year students was formed.

At the same time, the members of the four Quidditch house teams also landed on the field, watching the group of young, immature ones with interest. Some hugged their arms and whispered comments, while others smiled kindly at the youngsters with an encouraging smile.

"Elena, I'm a little nervous, it feels like I ate too much... what should I do?"

Hannah clutched the broom in her hand and whispered nervously.

Ever since she left the dressing room and walked to the center of the stadium, little Hannah's palms had started constantly sweating. Facing the scrutiny of the older students on the pitch and the frenzied spectators in the stands made her knees feel a little weak.

You know, she initially thought only a dozen people would come to watch, but not now... Hannah looked up and observed the crowded stands. It seemed like the whole school was present.

"Relax, you fly well, don't stress."

Elena took Hannah's hand and gently comforted her.

"As for the people around you, think of them as turnips, cabbages, and potatoes one by one. After flying, you won't be able to see their faces."

Unlike Hannah's concerns, Elena's mood was relaxed at that moment.

After all, from the start, she had set out to take this team to the official school knockout round. Compared to the pressure she had to face at that time, this situation was just a warm-up.

"It's okay, guys. Go back and look at me."

Mrs. Huo Qi cleared her throat and instructed the young wizards to look at her.

Elena noticed that Mrs. Huo Qi wasn't carrying her old, tattered broom that day, but instead, she had a cloth bag resembling a giant guitar case, and under her arm, she carried large boxes.

"First, I will repeat the rules of Quidditch again, and then we will determine your future position on the team according to your wishes and specific performance in the sky."

Mrs. Huo Qi said as she stooped to open the box, which contained four bats of various sizes.

"Let's see, I think many of you should already know." Mrs. Huo Qi said.

"Although Quidditch has a long history, the rules are not too difficult to understand. As you can see, each team has seven official players. Three of them are chasers, like Slytherin captain Marcus Flint and Ravenclaw captain Roger Davis."

While speaking, Mrs. Huo Qi pointed to the players from the four Quidditch house teams standing on the edge of the pitch and introduced them.

Immediately after, Mrs. Huo Qi stooped and drew out a bright red ball the size of a football from her cloak.

"This ball is called a bludger. The chaser's task is to pass this bludger in my hand among them, and strive to throw it towards the opposing team's goal to score. Each attack can be very successful. Isn't it difficult to understand, right?"

"A place where vision is not directly proportional to cost performance..."

Elena frowned and murmured softly.

"Eh? Is there a problem, Miss Caslana?" Mrs. Huo Qi looked curiously.

"No," Elena quickly closed her mouth, not wanting to stir up trouble.

"Alright, so, besides the chaser, each side has a keeper, flying in front of their respective three beaters, trying to prevent the opposing team's chasers from scoring. Oliver Wood, Gryffindor's captain, is a very good keeper."

"Three chasers, one keeper, bludgers..."

Harry Potter repeated the words of Mrs. Huo Qi seriously, keeping them in his mind.

Since most of his previous energy was focused on preparing for the potion class, he didn't know much about Quidditch. Most of what he knew came from Ron's gossip and Hermione's talks, in addition to what Binns had recited about the "Magical Quidditch Ball."

"As for these two, they're called beaters..."

Mrs. Huo Qi tapped the two identical black bats in the box. They were slightly smaller than the red bludger. They were tied with a strong leather buckle. At that moment, they were constantly struggling in the box, trying to fly.

"Weasley, come and do me a favor... pardon, dear, I didn't mean you."

Mrs. Huo Qi nodded towards Ron, who was approaching actively. As she drew out two small wooden bats resembling baseball bats from the box, she tossed them to two identical red-haired boys running from the edge of the field.

"Attention, fall back. Only reaches the sky..."

Mrs. Huo Qi observed the young wizards who had gathered around her, watched as the two Weasley brothers nodded, and then bent down to loosen the leather buckle holding the flying ball.

The next moment, the two black balls soared into the air, then with a terrible roar, wrapped around each other from right to left, heading straight towards the Weasley brothers below. With a force that seemed to break their nose bones.

Boom!

Boom!

George Weasley, perhaps Fred Weasley. In short, one of the twins quickly raised his wand and accurately diverted the flying ball to the side. At the same time, his other brother also acted calmly. The other stray ball was blocked by the ground and then headed towards the Slytherin teams not far away.

Boom!

"Do you want to fight, Weasley?"

Derek and Ball, somewhat embarrassed by escaping the attack of the first round of uncontrolled balls, quickly took out their bats, counterattacked the two uncontrolled balls flying in the air, and glared angrily at the Weasley brothers.

"See clearly? These are uncontrolled balls. When enchanted, they actively track and attack the nearest player, trying to knock the players off their brooms."

Ignoring the nearby Slytherin team, Fred Weasley turned to Ron and Harry with an elegant gesture, pointing to himself and George Weasley, and said with a smug expression.

"So, each team will have two beaters. And George and I are Gryffindor beaters, our task is to protect our players, then hit the uncontrolled ball towards the opposing player whenever we are on the field; in most cases, members of other teams can only use up to 80% of their strength."

"Understood, the three chasers strive to score with the quaffle; the keeper protects the goalposts; the beater does not allow the uncontrolled ball to hit their teammate."

Harry nodded and quickly concluded.

"That's because when you two were on the field, there were four uncontrolled balls on the field!"

At that moment, everyone heard Mrs. Huo Qi's roar in their ears as she easily cast a spell to control the uncontrolled ball. Mrs. Huo Qi glared fiercely at the Weasley brothers like a hawk.

"Weasley! What did I tell you?"

"Sorry, it slipped out of my hand... you know ~ ~ At that moment, I subconsciously hit in the green direction..."

Fred touched his head, stuck out his tongue, explaining with a apologetic smile.

"Also, I think Derek and Bohr could have fitted straight shots. Who knows they reacted so slowly?"

"Weasley! Don't go too far! I..."

Derek frowned, clenched his fists and stared fixedly at the smiling Gryffindor twins.

"Ahem, ahem."

Before Derek could utter cruel words, the clear cough of a girl was suddenly heard in the place.

Goo ~ Chapter 1

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P.S.: Dear round-faced chickadees, have you been following the enchanting [Elena Caslana] these days? Have you published a chapter? ~~~