Looking at these bizarre techniques, students from every school couldn't help marveling.
Some students, however, clutched their chests, their faces pale. They clearly felt a lingering sense of dread.
They were the students who had entered the selection for Champion. Even after the Champions' names were announced, they had still felt dissatisfied, thinking there wasn't much difference between them and the Champions, and that they could have done just as well.
But now, thinking it over carefully, if they had been the ones selected...
The students sitting in the stands didn't think they had what it took to deal with a dragon. They probably would've been so frightened their legs gave out as soon as they learned what the first task was.
The Hogwarts students were still watching Miguel and Tsuchimikado Seimei's techniques with curiosity, discussing anxiously why Harley hadn't made a move yet, when—
Ludo suddenly let out an excited roar:
"Look! Krum's making a big move! What's he doing? One of his spells hit the Chinese Fireball right in the eye!"
"He truly is a legendary Seeker renowned throughout the international community! His aim is incredible—he hit the dragon's eye from so far away!"
"But I think... he may not have thought this through. We can see that the Chinese Fireball has gone berserk!"
"Oh, if I'm not mistaken, Krum used the Conjunctivitis Curse, which will send the dragon into a frenzy..."
At that moment, just as Ludo had said, the Chinese Fireball let out one pained howl after another and began spewing fireballs wildly.
The Chinese Fireball had earned its name because its breath gathered into enormously powerful fireballs that could also explode.
Though he was wearing a robe, Krum was still nimble, dodging several fireballs in a row.
The same couldn't be said for Pheobe and