"Tsk." Su Er could not help shaking his head.
He had completely underestimated how much a brooding dragon valued her eggs-or rather, he had completely underestimated motherhood.
The situation on the field now was that the mother dragon seemed to have realized the stone monster could not hurt her at all. She merely circled around her eggs, coiling and twisting, spreading her wings and folding them, folding them and spreading them again.
The stone monster diligently carried out its orders, approaching the dragon only to be knocked back again. From beginning to end, the dragon never left her nest.
"This is trouble." Su Er stared at the nest of dragon eggs and fell into thought. Clearly, his earlier series of moves had put her on her guard.
So what should he do?
As mentioned before, confronting a dragon head-on with magic was unrealistic. While their highly magic-resistant scales could not completely negate magical damage, they could reduce most of it.
The idea of using Transfiguration to steal the dragon egg was right. He just needed a different approach.
Su Er closed his eyes to assess his condition. Fortunately, Snape's potion had worked wonderfully. After a night's rest, he had recovered completely, and creating the stone monster had only consumed a tenth or two of his magic. What remained was enough for his new method.
With that thought, Su Er peered out at the dragon.
Thanks to the stone monster's tireless efforts, the dragon's attention was entirely on it. She had not noticed the little figure behind the large rock forty feet away.
"It looks like Hogwarts Champion Su Er Bones has come up with a plan!" Ludo Bagman said loudly, watching Su Er with great interest, eager to see what he would do.
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