Passed the first round of the trial?
After fighting bitterly until now, the remaining members of the champion teams looked at one another, unsure of what Malfoy was trying to say.
Whoosh!
Hermione patted the Thestral beneath her, then swooped down to land beside Harry and urgently asked,
"So there's a second round? Or even a third? The remaining students will be in charge of the remaining challenges?"
Draco gave Hermione an expressionless glance, seemingly too disdainful to answer her question, but in the end, he still nodded.
"The second round."
Ron, sitting atop the Thestral, immediately put on a "grief-stricken" expression and wailed,
"If each House is responsible for one challenge, don't tell me there'll be four rounds!"
"Wait!"
Fleur suddenly cried out, staring uncertainly at Malfoy.
"You said we passed the first trial, but Beauxbatons has already lost its School Emblem, hasn't it?"
Malfoy said coldly,
"The true trial is defeating us. As long as you accomplish that, you will have passed this round. The School Emblem is not a necessary condition for victory, but a necessary condition for defeat."
The Slytherins truly seemed to have no intention of resisting anymore. They put away their wands one after another. Astoria gritted her teeth and dragged her injured arm to the trap Neville and the others had made, waving her wand to lift the unconscious Daphne out from the bottom of the pit.
"A necessary condition for defeat?"
Hermione and the other two guided their Thestrals to the ground. Harry nimbly swung down from his mount and patted the snorting Thestral on the head before looking at Malfoy with a frown.
"What does that mean?"
"Before defeating us, if all four School Emblems are taken by us, then everyone will lose their qualification to continue. Your final scores will