At Fred's urging, Ron swaggered into the arena.
"I'll do it!"
Hao Yun sighed helplessly and took out a projector to carry in his hand.
After thinking for a moment, Hao Yun revealed a sinister smile and drew a special card.
"Come out, Charizard!"
A fire-breathing dragon, over two meters tall, appeared on the field, instantly eliciting gasps from the crowd.
Wow! So handsome, so domineering!
Ron's expression froze. He glanced at the Oddish, which was less than half a meter long, and then at the enormous Charizard. How was he supposed to fight this?
"Charge! Take this Flying Leaf Blade!"
Three grass leaves landed on Charizard, causing its health bar to drop slightly.
"Use jets to take care of it!"
A flame as thick as a thigh landed on the Oddish, instantly depleting its health bar.
Under the threat of Charizard, no one dared to challenge Hao Yun anymore, since no one wanted to be beaten.
Chapter 294 The Game Sells Like Hotcakes
The imposing Charizard made everyone love the game even more, and also made them decide to buy more card packs tomorrow.
"Bro, the card you just used, you didn't have it in your card pack?"
Fred put his arm around Hao Yun and winked at him as he spoke.
Hao Yun slapped Fred's hand away and rolled his eyes at him.
"Those are cards that will be updated later. The cards that are temporarily sold are enough for their use."
The business whiz Fred nodded, quickly figuring out Hao Yun's intentions.
"You're quite the cunning businessman!"
"Same to you!"
The two men smiled at each other, and George reached out his hand.
"Give me one of those cards too."
Hao Yun coughed lightly and pulled the two of them to a corner.
"There are still many undiscovered secrets about this game. Would you like to know them?"
Fred and George were immediately intrigued; they loved uncovering secrets.
"Speak quickly!"
Hao Yun calmly took out sixteen cards, laid them out on the ground, and pointed to the pattern in the upper right corner of the cards.
"See that? There are words on this pattern: Little Fire Dragon, Fire Attribute."
Fred and George had already noticed the words on the cards.
"Stop talking nonsense and just tell me what the meaning of this word is."
"It's very simple. Squirtle, Water type is super effective against Fire type. Use Water type moves to attack Charmander, and you'll get a damage bonus."
Fred and George were quick-witted and immediately realized what was going on, so they pressed for an answer.
"What about the other attributes?"
Hao Yun took out an attribute table and handed it to Fred.
"It's all written up there, you can study it yourselves."
Having successfully diverted their attention, Hao Yun decisively slipped away.
It's not time to bring out the second-stage cards yet. It's fine to use them yourself, but if you give them to the Flanders, it's easy to cause resentment among others.
Hao Yun enhanced the attributes of the cards sold in the second phase. The cards currently being sold only have one-fifth of the attributes of those in the second phase.
Back in his dormitory, Hao Yun activated the array on the door, swallowed some pills, and sat cross-legged to cultivate.
Voldemort has been quiet lately and hasn't caused any trouble.
Feeling that he was not strong enough, Hao Yun was too lazy to cause trouble for him. Anyway, with Dumbledore around, he still had some time to cultivate.
As time went by, Pokémon battle games became increasingly popular.
Initially, all the players were boys, but later some girls joined in, and it was thanks to their promotion that the game became popular.
More and more girls joined, and some even collected the cards specifically.
A large amount of Galleons flowed into Hao Yun's pocket, and Fred and George also made a fortune.
As Hao Yun was preparing to return to his dormitory to cultivate after the last class that afternoon, Dean McGonagall called him back.
"Hao Yun, come with me, Dumbledore wants to see you."
Led by McGonagall, Hao Yun arrived at the principal's office.
At this moment, the deans of the four colleges and professors from each department were all present in the principal's office.
Dumbledore glanced at Hao Yun, then addressed the others.
"Everyone's here now, so please share your thoughts."
Dumbledore has summoned everyone here today because the Hogwarts board members are dissatisfied with the popular Pokémon battle games on campus.
Simply put, they believe this game should be banned to avoid affecting students' studies.
"I don't think there's any need to discuss the issue of banning multiplayer games."
The speaker was Flivive, the headmaster of Ravenclaw and professor of Charms.
Pokémon battle games allow players to consume the magical energy within their young wizards while playing, and also help them better control their magical energy output.
In Frivive's eyes, this was a good thing. The little wizard could not only effectively control the magic in his body, but also accelerate the growth of magic. Why not?
Dean McGonagall remained silent; she felt that Hao Yun's invention of the game was both good and bad.
"I agree with Frivive's point of view."
Mrs. Sprout, the headmistress of Hufflepuff School, also felt there was no need to ban the game.
Are there any other objections?
Dumbledore glanced around, and seeing that no one objected, he smiled and looked at Hao Yun.
"I will relay everyone's decision to the board of directors. If there's nothing else, everyone can go home. Hao Yun, you stay."
After everyone left, Hao Yun stood alone in the principal's office.
"Don't be so reserved, this isn't your style."
Dumbledore smiled and pointed to the chair in front of the desk.
Hao Yun sat down without ceremony and asked with a frown.
"Is someone trying to ban the game I made?"
Dumbledore sighed slightly. The wizarding world was so corrupt these days that they would even try to steal a child's things.
The school board's so-called ban on games was actually an attempt to force Hao Yun to hand over the game's production rights.
Half a month after the Hogwarts games went on sale, Hao Yun amassed thousands of Galleons, while the staff of the Ministry of Magic only earned a little over twenty Galleons a month.
A shop in Diagon Alley might earn at most a few hundred Galleons a month.
Hao Yun's game had already become a hit beyond Hogwarts, if it weren't for Dumbledore keeping it in check.
Those pure-blood families that have fallen into decline are probably already eager to seize this money-making tool.
The Hogwarts Board of Governors, who are pure-blood families, pressured Dumbledore to obtain the method for creating this game.
"No, they don't want to restrict it; they want to get the creation method from you. Do you know how much of a sensation your game has caused in the wizarding world?"
After saying this, Dumbledore took a newspaper from under the table and threw it in front of Hao Yun.
[Hogwarts specially recruits older young wizards to create a Pokémon battle game. Is he a genius, or the next...?]
With just a few short sentences and the ellipsis at the end, most people would definitely keep reading after seeing them.
After reading the newspaper, Hao Yun frowned slightly. Rita Skeeter, the reporter for the Daily Prophet, really knew how to make things up.
"What are you going to do? Stop the game's release, or proceed as planned?"
When Dumbledore asked him a question, Hao Yun answered without hesitation.
"continue."
Hao Yun would not let go of this money-making tool. With the money he earned during this period, Hao Yun purchased several kinds of precious herbs.
If this trend continues, Hao Yun is certain that he will be able to condense his Golden Core within two years at most.
Once the Golden Core is successfully formed, I will be virtually invincible in this world.
Even Dumbledore is no match for him; according to Hao Yun's observation, Dumbledore has already entered a period of decline.
His strength is at most that of a half-step Golden Core cultivator. As for Voldemort, he's even worse. He hasn't even been resurrected yet, so what strength does he have?
As long as I survive, once I achieve the Golden Core stage, I can easily crush anyone who tries to harm me.
Dumbledore looked at Hao Yun's determined expression and nodded with a smile.
"Alright, as long as I'm alive, Hogwarts is under my control. As long as I'm here, no one can touch you."
After observing Hao Yun, Dumbledore felt that Hao Yun was trustworthy, so he decided to protect Hao Yun and wait for him to grow up so that he would naturally protect Hogwarts in return.
Chapter 295 Smuggling the Baby Dragon
"If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."