Chapter 311 The World in a Bottle
Bruce walked out of the waiting tent and came to the center of the venue.
He looked up and saw the crowd in the stands cheering.
The shouts that came one after another were like surging waves, one after another, extremely shocking.
Harry beside him stopped shaking. Instead, he straightened his head and chest, as if he was infected by the atmosphere. Or maybe it was the effect of the calming potion. He finally felt more confident.
Bruce didn't drink the stuff; he was very careful about what went into his stomach.
Under the gaze of the whole audience, he approached the crystal ball.
"You want us to touch, right?"
As Harry spoke, he obediently stretched out his hand, ready to touch.
"Wait a minute." Bruce suddenly said, "Let's go together."
He thought about what happened in the original timeline, and it would be better if this crystal ball was not a door key.
He could touch Harry together, and if anything unexpected happened, at least he would have a way to bring Harry back.
Harry didn't think there was anything wrong with this, so he nodded: "Okay then."
He and Bruce each touched one side of the crystal ball.
The next second, a white light flashed before their eyes. When the white light faded away, they appeared in an unfamiliar place.
It was an island, covered with dense forests.
Bruce stood on the beach. The sand under his feet was fine and warm, and the sea breeze blew in his face with a salty and humid smell.
He looked around and heard strange noises coming from the dense forest in the distance, like the roar of some huge creature, mixed with the chirping of some small creatures.
Harry appeared beside Bruce at the same time. He approached Bruce nervously, still a little confused about the situation.
He whispered, "Where is this place?"
Isn't it the Quidditch pitch? Where did they get teleported to?
Bruce raised his head and looked at the sky. A transparent dome like crystal covered the entire island.
It's obvious where they are.
“We’re inside a crystal ball.”
Bruce exclaimed, "This competition is really a big deal. They built a small ecosystem directly in the crystal ball."
It's like putting the world in a bottle.
……
At this moment, above the Quidditch field, the magic curtain reflected the current situation of Bruce and Harry.
"What kind of magic is this?" Ron widened his eyes in disbelief.
A crystal ball, with such a vast space inside?
"Maybe it's a shrinking spell?" Hermione couldn't recognize it either, "Or maybe it's a composite magic of space transformation and construction."
She speculated with a frown, her eyes fixed on the magic curtain.
On the podium, Karkaroff leaned over to Dumbledore and asked, "Is this your work?"
"of course not."
Dumbledore smiled and said, "With my ability alone, how could I possibly create such a vivid little world?"
His gaze fell on the professor's chair through his half-moon shaped glasses.
Grindelwald was looking at the magic curtain boredly, muttering: "Little Bruce, don't let me down!"
……
On the island inside the crystal ball, Bruce and Harry are exploring the surrounding environment.
They walked slowly along the beach. Harry looked back from time to time. The transparent dome made him feel an invisible sense of oppression.
“After we entered the crystal ball, we were not given any further explanation of the rules.”
Bruce said calmly, "This shows that in addition to testing magical prowess, this competition also tests observation and intelligence capabilities."
More clues to the game must be hidden inside this island.
In this case, Bruce realized that they had to gain a preliminary understanding of the terrain of the island.
He bent down, picked up a branch, and began to draw a map on the beach.
Harry watched from the side, and saw that Bruce had drawn the route they had taken and some of the surrounding features in just a few strokes. This memory was too amazing.
At this moment, Harry thought to himself that it was a good thing that he and Bruce landed in the same place.
If he were alone in a completely unfamiliar environment, he would definitely be at a loss and make a fool of himself in the competition.
At this time, a small creature with a sheep-like body jumped out of the dense forest. It was only the size of a puppy, with a lion's head and a long scaly tail.
It stopped in front of the two men and looked at them curiously.
"so cute!"
Harry's eyes lit up and just as he was about to reach out to touch it, Bruce grabbed him back.
"Stop touching!"
Bruce said seriously, "This is a chimera cub!"
Chimera?
Harry suddenly retracted his hand. He knew that this magical creature was evil and bloodthirsty in nature and was an extremely dangerous animal.
Hagrid once wanted to raise one, but its eggs were classified as Class A prohibited goods and were impossible to get.
I didn’t expect to meet you here!
The little Chimera was very smart. It seemed to understand what Bruce said. It snorted in dissatisfaction, then turned and ran away.
"We have to leave quickly!"
Bruce said, "A chimera cub wouldn't appear here alone, its parents must be nearby!"
Although destroying a magical creature is not a problem for Bruce.
But he had just entered the crystal ball and didn't want to expose his strength too early, so it was better to avoid trouble as much as possible.
Bruce took Harry and continued walking deeper into the forest, where they found a gurgling stream.
The stream water is crystal clear, yet it emits a faint fluorescence.
Bruce squatted down, gently touched the stream water with his hand, and felt a strange magical power spreading through his fingers.
"There's something wrong with this stream water. It seems like there's something mixed in it."
Bruce stood up and looked in the direction of the stream, as if trying to find its source.
If nothing unexpected happens, there is probably a very powerful magical creature upstream of the stream.
Its body fluids pollute the stream, causing it to fluoresce.
This water is absolutely not drinkable.
At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and the originally clear sky was quickly covered by dark clouds.
There was a low roar, as if some huge object was passing through the clouds.
"Is it going to rain?" asked Harry anxiously.
"Not really." Bruce stared at the sky warily.
Suddenly, a huge flying dragon swooped down from the clouds, opened its bloody mouth and spewed out blazing flames.
"Get away!"
Bruce yelled, pushing Harry behind a tree and quickly dodging himself.
The flames spewed out by the flying dragon burned a charred trail on the ground, and countless trees along the way were burned.
On the Quidditch field, all kinds of exclamations and worries were instantly heard from the stands.
They didn't expect that the intensity of the competition was far beyond people's imagination.
The contestants are all still students, but they have to face a flying dragon in the first round?
Can they handle it?
Inside the crystal ball, Bruce looked solemnly at the fire dragon flying in the sky.
He suddenly had a feeling that something was not right with the fire dragon.
It seems that in——
run away?
(End of this chapter)
