"What is this called?"
In the big office, William finished his work, stood up, stretched, and started to complain.
"Actually, it's okay. It's a normal request."
Lu Ping looked up from the piles of parchment, with a smile on his face, "It's just adding one more participant, and the project itself has received more budget. If you think about it this way, arranging subsequent competitions will actually become more complicated. The only thing that makes people feel embarrassed is the proposal to increase the number of warriors..."
"It's just a few more people. If the budget is sufficient, it's not a big deal..."
Moody grumbled and pushed the files away, looking impatient - he would rather hunt down a dark wizard for a year than continue to deal with these damn files.
He regrets it now, very much.
'Well done, why should I apply for the title of deputy director of the office with such a bad mouth? If it weren't for this name, simply going to class would be much easier than dealing with these piles of waste paper - Damn William, it's not enough to work overtime alone, why do you have to drag people in the office with you? '
"Not adding a few more people...but going from one to many...that's a completely different thing, Professor Moody."
"One warrior can be said to be the representative of the whole school and the result of everyone's support - but multiple warriors are different."
He leaned back on his chair and blessed Durmstrang, who had a lot to do.
"Once the number of warriors is more than one, then the supporters must take sides. If there are two warriors and they are in the same college, then there will be a quarrel within the college, and the remaining colleges will also feel that it is unfair—— Two places are given to one college, which is simply the best target for conspiracy theories."
"But it's not in the same college. The college that doesn't have a warrior will be even more disappointed, and the college that does have a warrior can even make a fuss."
"Three are even worse...then both our office and the principal's office will be waiting to receive the shouting letter..."
"So there can only be four, and it must be limited before registration. There is one warrior for each academy, otherwise it will be troublesome for whoever has more and who has less..."
William held his forehead, wishing he could pull Karkaroff over and start a duel.
The contradictions between the four colleges were more serious than what he knew in the so-called 'North and South Rankings'. It would be better if there was only one. The real trouble would be to increase the number of warriors - either not to add, or to show fairness one by one, otherwise the four of them would be united. The graduates and current students of this college are really unreasonable.
"There are quite a few twists and turns..."
Moody's magic eyes flickered, "It's the same as those guys from the Ministry of Magic - four warriors, four warriors, one academy per academy."
"That's easy to say. You all know the first event of the competition. Everyone has to face the dragon!"
William leaned back on the chair, "After Ilvermorny came in, there were four warriors from each of the four schools, that's a total of sixteen dragons - how could so many elite people be able to pacify the dragons all the way?"
"Sixteen dragons have entered the country. If I submit this report, the person in charge of the Department for the Management of Magical Creatures will dare to come to me with a wand to challenge me for a duel..."
"Isn't it okay to reuse it?"
Lupine interjected and asked.
"No, the dragon is not a peaceful and obedient baby. A dragon can tolerate being robbed of its eggs once, but being robbed of its eggs four times in public in public - who do you think can suppress the dragon's anger?"
As the saying goes, if you rob four times in a row, the natives will become angry, let alone the dragon who is always grumpy.
"So, Professor William, what you are saying is that we should either change the model or reject Durmstrang's request?"
"This is the only way. There are sixteen dragons, and the only one in the school who can be ecstatic is probably Hagrid..."
Relevant opinions were quickly summarized and handed over to Professor McGonagall's office, but were quickly rejected - Durmstrang's requirements were very strict. Either the status quo was maintained, and the three families were more brave than each other, or the number of warriors per family was increased. The school's warrior quota.
"Change the rules of the game..."
William patted his head, "It's terrible...Durmstrang thinks that the average level of their students is very high, so adding more students can increase the hope of winning the championship?"
"who knows…"
Moody's temper was even worse - if he was good at handling these things, he would have become the head of the Auror office, but after retirement he would have to come to Hogwarts to do this kind of work that he didn't like.
"If you ask me, let's just let the school form a team. Anyway, the trophy belongs to the school."
He complained casually.
"Four academies and four warriors, you plan to let them cooperate sincerely? Isn't that to send out champions?"
William stared at Moody, a little suspicious that he had been transferred - this behavior was almost like an undercover agent sent from another school.
"Who cares - when I train Aurors, I never care about their origins. We all naturally stand together. After being forced into a team, as long as we don't select the best performers, there will be no conflicts."
Moody said nonchalantly.
"Then we won't quarrel in private - but let's just quarrel. We still fight on a regular basis."
William stopped suddenly in the middle of his words, and then looked at Lupine on the side - it seemed that this method was really feasible!
When they win, they share the honor, and when they fail, they all take the blame - this is the norm at Hogwarts. Gryffindor and Slytherin have almost lost their minds over the years, so they still care about this new blame?
As long as the school doesn't select the best people, it's okay. Since there are so many students staring at them and there are honors to be awarded, they are not afraid of students being lazy.
Although there may be subsequent team conflicts, compared to the problem solved by this proposal, that matter is a trivial matter - if every team has this problem, it is almost as if there is no problem at all...
"That's it?"
"So be it."
"that's all."
"Then get ready to start work, increase the difficulty of the project to the point where it can only be completed by a team, and then notify the four schools that we will change the challenge from a solo challenge to a team challenge - the purpose is to assess students while increasing their unity."
"Individual confrontation is changed to group confrontation, so that everyone in the magic world can find a warrior from their own family..." William made up the lie smoothly, "Hmm... it sounds pretty good, very progressive, compared to other colleges Warriors from different families will definitely be more popular."
"Just for the record, I think Professor McGonagall will definitely like this statement."
While instructing Lupine and Moody to increase the difficulty of the competition, he went to Professor McGonagall's office again with the report.
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"Team competition?"
"A warrior team, one warrior from each academy - well, it seems this should be the best choice..."
Professor McGonagall breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the selection method, "If we don't select the best contestants... the students will probably be arguing about this for a month, right?"
"The selection will be noisy, and they may even wonder if we are operating behind the scenes - just let them do it themselves... just pay attention to the fifth grade homework, it will not have much impact."
"That's true... At most Madam Pomfrey will be busier... the other deans should be able to accept it easily if the honor goes to the collective."
"Is that settled then, Professor?"
"Okay, but we'll wait a little longer before contacting the other schools - Ilvermorny also has four colleges. I'll discuss it with them."
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There's a price to pay for this, Professor, do you think they hit Galleons too hard?
"Then let's make arrangements to increase the difficulty."
"Okay, Professor William, you've had a hard time this time."
Professor McGonagall nodded, "By the way, Albus has been dealing with some things recently. These are some interesting notes obtained from the legacy of his old friends..."
She pushed a thin notebook over, "Although it is a bit biased to say this, strength is the greatest guarantee for a wizard, and knowledge is the source of a wizard's power - it should be of some help to you."
"Okay, thank you Professor."
William took the notebook and said, "Then I'll seize the time to make the plan."
"Go ahead, Professor William."
Professor McGonagall nodded, and this time she began to immerse herself in her work.
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"What notes? Even Professor McGonagall is so mysterious..."
William walked out of Professor McGonagall's office with a curious look on his face - there were not many books that could be taken seriously by the professor. Whose leftovers could make her so serious?
He flipped through it briefly, but soon discovered that the notebook was not signed.
And the content inside it is simply bizarre. It cannot be called a serious note at all, but more like a notebook for recording random thoughts and some wild ideas.
'I thought it was a potion note... After all, the professor witnessed the receipt of the elixir material with his own eyes... Whose is this naughty notebook? Dumbledore's thoughts on magic? '
He flipped through it again, and after confirming that the above ideas were interesting but not of much help now, he immediately put them away - he didn't even have time to boil the Fuling Elixir, so how could he have the time to study this?
Not to mention that this should be an advance payment for the hard work during this period. The work has not been completed yet, so he is embarrassed to enjoy the payment in a careless manner.
'Let's take a look after the research, the three chiefs, maybe the two of them can get some inspiration from it - if one of them comes up with one, I can get two for nothing...'
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"The first draft is barely finished."
In the large office, the three professors exhaled a long breath in unison - revising, revising, and adding to it. They finally got an enhanced version of the new question on the original Triwizard Tournament question.
It's not that they can't come up with something more difficult, but that a series of magical creatures, venues, and personnel arrangements have already been approved. If they have to make major changes, the competition may be postponed until January next year. Then It's really fatal...
"Okay, our new goal."
"The first item is to change from trying to obtain the golden eggs in the dragon eggs to obtaining the hidden golden eggs from the heavily protected dragon eggs - either they will kill the dragon, or they will drive the dragon away and they will never be able to get close. distance, otherwise there is no way to break through the protection and obtain the golden egg."
The first change was read out quickly.
William thought for a moment. "It seems a bit simple - the best seventh graders can take down a dragon together..."
"It's not that simple, that's a dragon!"
Lupine quickly stopped William's attempt to behave like a human being, "The one who cast the stun spell at the same time and knocked down the dragon was an Auror!"
"The level of our Aurors is not that low!"
Moody complained unhappily.
"Then make the dragon a little more ferocious and not have one that is too gentle...
"Okay, that's fair enough."
The three of them nodded at the same time, and the plan passed.
"The second item, underwater rescue, three versions... basically no changes..."
"Yes, there are still students in Black Lake. Let's put some gregarious ones in. I'm afraid they won't be able to catch all the fish. Let's put single-headed ones in. It's also easy to kill too many fish at once, which will cause protests from the fishmen..."
"We can't let the fish fight with them...then it will be difficult to stop them, and it will easily lead to real anger."
"How about we use Professor William's plan - let them enter the water at sixteen water levels one after another, and then ask them not to gather until they meet the fish-man, and calculate the total team time or total score."
"Wouldn't it be better to have a duel underwater? The winner gets the opponent's token or something, and then comes back to get extra points."
Moody protested.
"It's too dangerous. We can't follow all the way. It's easy to get into danger. Fighting between wizards is much more dangerous than fighting magical creatures."
"Then it is forbidden to duel before reaching the bottom of the water. Both parties who violate the rules will be dealt with according to the lowest score. The same is true for duels under water. The first comer can choose to duel with the later comer. The other party cannot refuse..."
Moody worked hard to perfect his idea, which made William and Lupine become more and more jealous.
As for the fact that the original intention of the competition is to save the most precious treasure that was snatched underwater, everyone has forgotten it - is there a self-defense class? I don't know how to teach students how to protect themselves.
"That's it, sixteen people enter separately. The one who enters first can choose the one who enters later as the challenge target. After completing a duel, he can return with the other party's token. The more tokens, the higher the score, and the duel is only allowed to be conducted once. ."
"Well, in this case, an opponent who is too strong can use the weakest to force him to fight. In this way, he can retain the strong and ensure more wins."
After a brief discussion, the three finally approved Moody's final plan.
Naturally, the third item has also been changed to be quite confrontational - as long as one person touches the trophy, he wins. The team can discuss rushing to the finish line together, or they can push one or three points to stop the opponent.
If you are daring enough, you can beat all the players until they retire and then win automatically without even touching the trophy.
"That's it?"
By the end of the discussion, they even applauded the new plan.
"Then, let's do it."
"Let's go and talk to Professor McGonagall. Then we'll have a drink to celebrate, and by the way, we'll inform the four schools of the plan -"
"The next step is for everyone to compete and leak the secrets, right?"
Lupine was in a good mood and joked.
"Of course, that's a damn tradition -" Moody's wooden legs kicked the ground louder. He was being forced to make plans these days, and he already wanted to resign.
'Where does this tradition come from - it has been changed to a team competition...'
William complained, "Let's go, it will be their turn to work overtime. Our design task is completed!"
These words made everyone feel better at once.