"Golden Snitch!"
Even in this raging storm, Harry relied on his extraordinary talent to spot the Golden Snitch with keen precision.
This match had gone on for far too long. Players on both sides were cold and exhausted. It had to end!
With Xu Yue absent to hold the team together, he had to take responsibility for winning. He couldn't let Xu Yue be unable to take even a short rest.
If they lost this match, how could he ever face him again?
Driven by that unwavering conviction, Harry weaved through the clouds, relentlessly pursuing the Golden Snitch before him.
Closer. Closer still!
But at that moment, terrifying figures began to emerge faintly within the clouds.
All kinds of icy thoughts surfaced in his mind.
Oh no...
He had started learning the Patronus Charm from Xu Yue, but he had no wand right now, and he still couldn't cast a complete one. He had no way to deal with Dementors at all!
Meanwhile, the Dementors themselves could have an enormous effect on him!
In an instant, Harry felt his consciousness growing hazy, as though countless jumbled voices had been forcibly poured into his mind.
Was he going to pass out again...?
No!
His powerful desire to win brought Harry back to clarity for a brief moment.
Then he stood directly atop his broomstick and lunged forward with all his strength. He did not care that he was high in the sky amid the clouds. He desperately seized the Golden Snitch.
Only then did he faint with satisfaction, beginning a free fall toward the ground below.
Since the Dementors had been concealed in the clouds, the spectators below had not noticed them yet. However, Harry's fall out of the clouds still triggered a wave of alarmed cries.
"It's the Golden Snitch!