Battle Royale Game

Chapter 139: Battle Royale Game

Wade unfolded the map and searched carefully.

At this time, most students were eating in the Great Hall, so there weren't many people left in the dorms.

Wade found the Gryffindor common room and then carefully distinguished among the few black dots there.

Alicia Spinnet... Geoffrey Hooper... Cormac McLaggen... Dean Thomas... Peter Pettigrew...

Found him.

Wade looked at the small black dot.

Perhaps he was sleeping, as the tiny black dot representing Peter Pettigrew was motionless. Dean Thomas, next to him, was walking around and soon left the dorm.

Then Peter's black dot began to move, heading purposefully to one spot before becoming motionless again.

Wade guessed that perhaps he was secretly eating students' snacks, since Ron couldn't give a rat too much food.

Or perhaps he was reading the newspaper, checking if the Death Eaters still had any hope of making a comeback.

Wade left the map on the table and turned to look at the shelves by the wall.

This once-empty wooden shelf was now filled with Potions, with glass bottles of various sizes neatly arranged, each sporting a rectangular label.

Colorful Potions shimmered in the glass bottles; some emitted a faint mist, while others glowed with an ominous black light.

Wade's gaze swept over the labels one by one.

Polyjuice Potion, Shrinking Potion, Pimple-Curing Potion, Swelling Solution, Draught of Living Death, Dittany, Blood-Replenishing Potion, Confusing Concoction, Ageing Potion...

Besides these, there was also powdered Hemlock, Aconite, Wolfsbane, Horned Serpent, Zhen feathers, lead powder, arsenic ore...

Most of the poisonous substances were raw materials.

After all, their textbooks wouldn't teach students how to brew poisons. Even when using Aconite or Mandrake, it was for their medicinal value.

However, most poisons didn't require much processing; just a small amount of powder could be lethal.

Wade examined them, pondering for a moment.

No Veritaserum.

It wasn't that he didn't want it, but as a forbidden potion, it couldn't be bought through legitimate channels, and Wade couldn't ask Ferdinand to go to a place like Knockturn Alley to buy Potions for him.

In the Library, only the Restricted Section would likely have the recipe for Veritaserum.

...

"'Powerful Potions'?"

Madam Pince scrutinized the note and Lockhart's sprawling signature on it, then asked, "Mr. Gray, this is a very dangerous book."

"Yes, I know," Wade said. "I will carefully learn the beneficial parts of it."

"Alright," Madam Pince grumbled. "Professor Lockhart is far too lenient, approving anything for students..."

She strode into the Restricted Section and soon emerged with a thick, moldy-looking book, which she handed to Wade.

Wade took the book but didn't leave immediately. Instead, he asked, "Has Professor Lockhart approved any other restricted books for students?"

"A first-year Slytherin student borrowed 'Most Poisonous Magic'!" Madam Pince said disapprovingly. "He truly has no sense of propriety!"

"That student... wouldn't happen to be Draco Malfoy, would it?" Wade guessed.

The fleeting expression on Madam Pince's face indicated he had guessed correctly.

But the librarian sternly said, "Don't be so nosy, Mr. Gray. I would never reveal a student's secrets."

...

"Don't provoke Slytherin recently, especially Draco Malfoy."

During the Umbrella Room activity, Wade warned everyone, specifically glancing at Michael.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked.

"He borrowed a book called 'Most Poisonous Magic' from the Library," Wade said. "I suspect he might want to learn some dangerous Dark Magic and use it on someone."

"Speaking of which..." Hermione looked at Harry and Neville. "Malfoy hasn't bothered you lately, has he?"

"No," Harry said, puzzled. "He joined the Slytherin Quidditch team. I thought he'd be strutting around for a while!"

Ryan said, "Malfoy hasn't been doing well lately. I once saw him arguing with some Slytherins near the dungeons and he almost got pushed over by Crabbe."

The Slytherin and Hufflepuff House common rooms were quite close, so they often ran into Slytherin students.

"That's odd," Harry said, confused. "Hasn't Crabbe always been Malfoy's sidekick?"

Padma hinted, "Perhaps he doesn't want to be a sidekick anymore?"

Michael raised an eyebrow triumphantly, about to say something, but Wade shook his head at him.

"Forget about Slytherin," Wade tapped his palm with his Wand and asked everyone, "Have you all mastered the Stunning Spell?"

"Of course," everyone nodded.

Hermione said excitedly, "Are we learning a new Spell?"

Wade shook his head. "You don't need a lot of spells for real combat, but the ones you use must be the ones you know best. Ideally, you should be able to cast them without thinking, without incantations, or even without a wand!"

"Nonverbal and wandless?" Theo muttered. "That's really difficult…"

"So that's a future goal," Wade said.

"For now, what we need to do is simple: draw our wands in the shortest time possible, successfully cast spells while dodging, and ensure we hit our targets."

"How do we train?" Michael asked eagerly. "Like before, with practical exercises?"

Wade shook his head. "What we did before wasn't practical exercise; it was more like stationary spell-casting."

"To truly learn how to use spells, let's play a game."

He smiled, and it seemed a little mischievous.

"What game?" Neville asked nervously, swallowing hard.

Wade grinned.

"Battle Royale!"

…

"Hey, Wade, you guys are here!"

The Weasley Twins patted the nearby fence and waved a greeting.

Hagrid, who was trimming the human-height bushes nearby, also waved cheerfully when he saw them.

Next to Hagrid was the pumpkin patch, where many pumpkins had grown taller than a person.

"Oh my goodness, they're huge!" Neville couldn't help but exclaim.

Harry hadn't visited Hagrid in days either and was surprised by how much his garden had changed. He asked, "Hagrid, how did you get them to grow so tall?"

"Is it the Engorgement Charm?" Hermione turned to Wade. "Are we training here?"

"Yes, this environment is great. Launching surprise attacks from behind pumpkins is hard to defend against, isn't it?"

Fred leaned on a smaller pumpkin and chuckled.

"Actually, the ideal environment would be the Forbidden Forest, but Hagrid won't let us in, not even at the edge!" George said regretfully.

For Wade, the Room of Requirement would be even more ideal, as it could simulate various environments.

But while Peter Pettigrew was still at school, he didn't want to reveal this secret to Harry and the others.

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