The Invincible Hermione Granger / The Future Dumbledore Lost

"The final Hungarian Horntail has arrived, and it's absolutely the most terrifying of all the Dragon! Will our youngest Champion, Hermione Miss Granger, be able to successfully retrieve the dragon egg? Behold, she's here now!"

With an excited shout from the commentator, everyone in the audience focused their attention on the player's exit.

To their surprise, Hermione did not make any preparations beforehand like the other three contestants. Instead, she calmly moved forward, her eyes fixed on the Dragon in front of her.

"Miss Granger, she... she just walked right into the Dragon?!"

At that moment, not only Lee Jordan, but almost everyone present was stunned, completely unaware of what Hermione was about to do.

"Roar..." Hermione's opponent, the Treebee Dragon, was equally bewildered. As a Dragon with excellent eyesight, its detection range was much farther than the other three, so it had naturally spotted Hermione much earlier. However, it was a little confused about what this human wanted to do.

However, one thing is certain: it will absolutely not allow the other party to get any closer to its incredibly precious eggs.

However, just as the tree bee dragon assumed a threatening stance, it noticed that the human opposite it seemed to completely ignore its presence, and was actually slowly closing the distance even further...

"Roar!"

Dragon that is currently in the process of brooding will not easily leave its nest. So when Hermione ignored its warnings and continued to advance, the tree bee dragon finally lost its patience and spewed a fierce line of fire from a distance of more than ten meters!

"Oh no! Miss Granger has been engulfed in flames!"

Upon seeing this, Lee Jordan screamed in panic, and many people in the audience also showed expressions of disbelief.

Hermione was completely engulfed in flames without any warning. Was she overconfident, or did she simply not have enough time to react?

But soon, sharp-eyed viewers spotted Hermione's figure amidst the flames... she was completely unharmed!

"This is... Good heavens, what are we seeing? Miss Granger is completely engulfed in flames, yet she's completely unharmed, not even her clothes are burned!" Lee Jordan screamed in disbelief. "How did she do that? Did she take Potions that makes her immune to fire?!"

"Commentator, if you don't understand, don't spout nonsense! Using drugs during a match is absolutely against the rules!" Harry immediately stopped Lee Jordan's misunderstanding. "I can testify that Miss Granger didn't use any Potions. The reason she was able to withstand the Hornet Dragon's flames was because she used the Wendelin's Freezing Fire Charm before the flames hit!"

"I see! It's the Wendelin's Freezing Fire Charm!" Upon hearing Harry's explanation, Lee Jordan was taken aback for a moment, then quickly remembered where he had seen this spell before.

In "History of Magic," when the Weasley Brothers were taking the O.W.L. Exam, he even stayed up all night to help them review this part.

"Thanks, Harry, for clearing things up for us. It turns out Miss Granger used the Flame-Freezing Charm, the most famous spell of the eccentric Wendelin the Weird. No wonder she could completely ignore the Hornet Dragon's flames! Now, many viewers are probably wondering why Miss Granger was able to master such a spell. That's because she was a Ravenclaw genius, and in the last semester's final exams, Miss Granger scored more than full marks in both History of Magic and Charms!!"

At the match, Lee Jordan began to boast to Hermione incessantly, while the young wizards watching all looked on with sudden realization.

That said, the best way Hermione could think of to deal with the Dragon was naturally the Wendelin's Freezing Fire Charm.

This spell is very famous in the History of Magic, so it's naturally unpopular among students... because most students hate the History of Magic and don't bother to remember what spells appeared in it.

But Hermione was different. After researching countless materials and finding the spell, she began a rigorous training session with Norberta. To this day, she has mastered the Flame-Freezing Charm to perfection!

That's why she was unwilling to face the Swedish Short-Snout, but instead preferred to face the Hungarian Horntail.

Because the temperature of the short-nosed dragon's flames is too high, while the tree bee dragon, although it can breathe fire up to 15 meters away, only manages to do so far.

Given the power of the tree bee dragon's breath, Hermione could withstand the Flame-Freezing Charm for a very long time, which is why she was able to perform such an astonishing act...

Freeze the raging flames, then nonchalantly march towards the Dragon!

Chapter 647 The Invincible Hermione Granger

In the fourth round of the first match of the Triwizard Tournament, Hermione's fierce battle against the Hungarian Horntail completely set the entire arena ablaze!

Faced with the most ferocious of the four Dragons, and one that was a female Hungarian Horntail in the middle of brooding, let alone the other three underage Champion participating, even an ordinary adult wizard would definitely retreat immediately.

Dragon are documented as dangerous creatures capable of causing death. They cannot be tamed or kept as pets, and wizards typically have little ability to subdue Dragon on their own.

Therefore, the Dragon is rated as a Level 5 magical creature, which is the most dangerous Fantastic Beasts!

But today, Hermione made everyone present witness a performance that could only be described as a miracle!

A young wizard, barely 15 years old, not only showed no fear when facing Dragon, but also completely ignored Dragon breath, swaggering around and bathing in the raging flames!

Almost every meter Hermione moved forward, a burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the crowd, and Lee Jordan, who was in charge of the commentary, was so excited that he was about to shout himself hoarse!

"Miss Granger is getting closer and closer to the Dragon! Her Flame-Freezing Charm is incredibly powerful; she's managed to hold out against the Dragon's flames for so long!!"

However, upon hearing Lee Jordan's exclamation and hearing the waves of cheers from the audience, a faint smile quietly flashed across Harry's face.

Well, expecting a bunch of kids who didn't even finish junior high to figure out the tricks of the trade is probably asking too much of them.

Where does this academically gifted girl get her tenacity from? She actually gets more relaxed the closer she gets to the Dragon!

Although the Dragon's fire breath appears more concentrated and terrifying than ordinary flames due to the influence of magic, it still fundamentally meets the conditions for normal combustion.

What are the typical combustion conditions?

Combustion requires a certain temperature and contact between the combustible material and oxygen. For combustion to be more intense, the combustible material needs to have as much contact area with oxygen as possible.

Therefore, most flames—such as the alcohol lamp commonly used in experiments—have a higher temperature in the outer flame, while the temperature of the inner flame and flame core gradually decreases. The flame of Dragon is actually the same.

Therefore, Hermione's actions of braving the flames to approach the Hornet Dragon, while seemingly placing herself in increasingly dangerous situations, actually resulted in her consuming less and less energy to maintain the Flame-Freezing Charm.

"Roar..." The Hungarian Horntail, which was breathing fire at full power, had obviously noticed something was wrong. Not only were its flames failing to cause any damage to the opponent, but their effect seemed to be getting worse!

But just as it realized it was about to change its attack method, Hermione had already moved to the most comfortable attack distance for her, and at the same time raised her wand towards the Dragon's gaping maw!

"Confringo!!"

Enveloped in raging flames, almost no spell can withstand the onslaught of fire, yet there are some spells that can work wonders in such situations.

For example, the Blasting Curse!

Rumble!!

A violently pulsating beam of light shot swiftly from the tip of Hermione's wand, precisely striking the Dragon's mouth. The shockwave from the explosion caused the Dragon's breath to fluctuate violently, severely disrupting the balance of the flammable material within its mouth and triggering a series of even more violent explosions!

"Roar... roar!!"

The violent explosion sent the Dragon's head flying high into the air. The intense pain and billowing smoke made the tree bee dragon cough uncontrollably, and it could no longer exhale even a single breath of its previous ferocious breath.

However, Hermione gave the Dragon no chance to catch its breath. She continued to swing her wand with all her might, turning the rocks on the ground into two tall stone figures that thundered towards the bruised tree bee dragon!

"Roar..."

The tree bee dragon's eyes had turned blood red, but it couldn't escape the stone golem's huge hands. The golem grabbed its neck and slammed it down hard, slamming its head onto the ground!

Meanwhile, as if it had anticipated this, another stone golem used its body to shield Hermione from the Dragon's long, spiked tail, and then rolled over to pin the tree bee dragon's tail to the ground!

Caught in a pincer attack, Hermione initially managed to take some damage even from Norberta when she used this tactic, let alone the Treebeet Dragon that was being targeted from start to finish!

It lay on the ground, struggling incessantly, but the two stone figures were like two heavy bridge piers, pressing down on it firmly and not letting it move an inch!

And before it, Hermione's final magical show is about to begin.

"Stupefy! Stupefy! Stupefy!!"

Three consecutive spells struck the Dragon with pinpoint accuracy. Throughout this, Hermione's eyes remained fixed on the Dragon, watching its gaze soften from anger to fear, and finally even take on a deep pleading quality...

"Your dragon egg will be fine." As she cast the final sleeping spell, Hermione whispered her promise, knowing exactly what the other was worried about while she kept her eyes fixed on her.

"Roar..."

The Dragon seemed to understand Hermione's words; it let out a final low growl and slowly, reluctantly, closed its eyes.

Click!

The Dragon eventually fell into a deep sleep, and the two stone golems in the arena also turned into pieces at the same time. Hermione couldn't help but let out a long sigh when she saw this.

Her hand, gripping her wand, was trembling slightly. Having defeated the Hungarian Horntail in a direct confrontation, Hermione was now nearing her limit...

"She... she did it!!" Seeing Hermione casually bend down and pick up the Golden Egg, Lee Jordan in the stands finally let out an incredulous scream. "Miss Granger, she actually subdued the ferocious Hornet Dragon all by herself and got the Golden Egg unscathed! This is simply unbelievable! Truly worthy of being called the invincible Hermione Granger!!"

His shout brought the stunned crowd back to their senses, and the next second, endless noise filled everyone's ears.

"The invincible Hermione Granger!!" *N

At this moment, countless people in the arena are chanting Hermione's name.

The name originated from a Quidditch Match last school year, where Hermione successfully summoned a giant griffin Patronus in full view of everyone, wiping out the Dementor who came to cause trouble at the school!

On this highly anticipated occasion, she displayed astonishing power, single-handedly taking down a giant dragon!

More and more people joined in the cheering, including the four judges in the stands who also stood up and applauded, creating a deafening roar.

But the girl seemed oblivious to the cheers.

She simply glanced back at Harry, who was suspended in mid-air, and was delighted to find that he was also smiling at her.

Their eyes met, and they seemed to simultaneously read each other's thoughts.

'Did I play well?'

'Yes, that was a beautiful play.'

From now on, you don't need to worry about protecting me anymore~

'Then stay by my side forever, always, always by my side!'

Chapter 648 Dumbledore's Lost Future

On the field, the excited cheers had been going on for a long time, and many students' hands were already red from clapping, but they still kept applauding.

They wanted to stop the judges from scoring because, in their view, the final score was a foregone conclusion, so they figured it would be better to let Hermione stay on the field a little longer and let the revelry get even more intense.

Of course, the judges weren't really in the mood to score right away, because they were also still in a state of surprise.

Olympe Maxime and Igor Karkaroff clapped their hands in shock, astonished by the magical power Hermione had displayed... Even a typical dragon tamer would need eight people working together to successfully subdue Dragon, yet Hermione had only used four Stunning Spell!

This shows that, at least in terms of the Stunning Spell, Hermione's power far exceeded that of an average adult wizard, and may even have surpassed that of an elite Auror!

And those two stone figures—it's obvious to anyone with eyes that Hermione's Transfiguration was far superior in quality to Cedric Diggory's Finland Hound—the one the sixth-year student conjured.

The most surprising thing, however, was the Flame-Freezing Charm that had performed so well today. At this point, the two headmasters felt that Hermione's skill in the Flame-Freezing Charm was truly comparable to that of the former Wendelin the Weird...

"This is simply unbelievable! I thought Harry Granger was amazing enough, but now there's Hermione Granger!" Akinbad, who was also clapping, stared at Dumbledore with wide eyes. "Albus, is she really only in her fourth year?"

"Absolutely true." Dumbledore's smile held a hint of bitterness amidst his joy. "Hermione has always been a renowned prodigy at school, but her performance today was truly more astonishing than ever before."

Now, Albus Dumbledore is finally beginning to realize what he has lost after parting ways with Harry.

Future...

Dumbledore discovers that he, and the Britain Wizarding World he envisioned, are gradually losing their future.

Hermione Granger Dumbledore had always paid close attention to. In his view, Hermione would definitely achieve something no less than Professor McGonagall and become a wizard of great importance in the Britain Wizarding World.

However, she is now firmly bound to Harry.

Besides that, there's Luna Lovegood Lovegood, a young wizard who perfectly embodies the Ravenclaw spirit. She doesn't always stand out like Hermione, but her future achievements will definitely be remarkable... How could she be anything less than a protégé chosen by the Flamel couple?

However, she now stays close to Harry, and even has an incredibly close relationship with Hermione.

It has to be said that Harry's influence is really strong. Although he has many problems in his personality, over the four years, the students of Hogwarts have come to recognize him more and more.

After all, they are students. Before they truly come into contact with the Wizarding World, they are always attracted by the outstanding figures in the school and spontaneously admire or idolize them.

Just like Tom Riddle back then...

Dumbledore didn't think this was a good thing, but he couldn't stop it, and he was beginning to regret bringing Harry to Hogwarts in the first place.

What made Dumbledore more nervous was that the people gathered around Harry were no longer just students.

There are also those young wizards who have only recently graduated from school but have already shown their talent, such as Tonks.

And the current generation of outstanding figures in the Britain Wizarding World, such as Sirius and Snape... Especially Snape, who actually went to Voldemort Albania Harry's sake, it seems he completely wanted to get rid of the double agent.

In addition, there are people who gather around Harry for various strange reasons such as reincarnation, such as his student Newt and Nicolas Flamel.

Oh, and there are those cowardly opportunists who, because they acknowledge Harry's power, come seeking his protection... Igor Karkaroff is a typical example.

And so, more and more people gathered around Harry, and their power grew so great that he gradually gained the strength to challenge the Ministry of Magic and himself directly.

Even now, the Ministry of Magic has been utterly humiliated by him.

However, looking at their own side, apart from themselves, the Order of the Phoenix really doesn't have any advantage against Harry and his group.

Perhaps it's not just the Order of the Phoenix, but even Voldemort and the Death Eater?

For some inexplicable reason, a certain image suddenly appeared in Dumbledore's mind...

When the phoenix grows old and can no longer be reborn; when the giant serpent lies prostrate on the ground, its bones gradually decay and turn to ash;

By then, only the soaring eagle will still be able to fly in the sky...