It's just a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Chapter 337

Ministry of Magic, Auror Command.

Even though it was already eight o'clock in the evening, the place was still brightly lit, and in the headquarters, which was about the same size as the trial court, there were still dozens of Aurors busy with unfinished work during the day.

Sitting at the workstation, Tonks, who had just completed a summary of smuggling case materials, stretched lazily, revealing his bulging figure under the specially trimmed close-fitting robe.

"Oh, my God! I really don't understand why I chose to be an Auror in the first place! There is no exciting magic spell at all, just sorting out materials in the office day and night! organising materials!"

She complained loudly without any consideration, even though her immediate boss was sitting next to her now.

Of course Kingsley wouldn't give Tonks a lesson for this, maybe if Moody was still around he would.

He knew that these words were just the casual complaints of this non-mainstream witch.

"After sorting out the materials, I can't get off work. I'll wait here with me." He said calmly.

Suddenly, Tonks' eyes widened like bull's eyes.

This is not a metaphor, she really opened her eyes so wide that the eyeballs seemed to pop out of their sockets.

"Why! It's very late now! Staying up late will make the beautiful lady's skin worse!"

Kingsley didn't explain the reason, he just raised his eyelids at the still crowded Auror office.

"Didn't you notice that as long as there are no Aurors in the Ministry tonight, everyone else is here?"

Tonks glanced at the office in bewilderment, and he realized that it was already this time, but no one left work at all.

Kingsley looked at a document in his hand, and said in an inexplicable tone.

"Be mentally prepared in advance. It is possible that this is just an ordinary overtime, and it is also possible... the magic spell that you are looking forward to is coming soon."

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Now that Harry asked such a question, of course Cedric couldn't continue walking with him.

If he just leaned on him and pushed all the way, and finally got to the middle of the maze and saw the trophy, Cedric would never give up and compete with Harry again.

Now separate from here, and rely on your own strength to compete again and still have the possibility of winning.

So after passing under the obstruction of the Sphinx, Cedric and Harry parted ways again.

The night was getting darker and darker, and the roads became very complicated as they went deeper into the center of the maze.

After continuing to walk for about ten, twenty or ten minutes, Harry finally came to an open space through the narrow passage.

A stone pier stands in the center of the open space, and above the stone pier is the goal of all the warriors in this Triwizard Tournament—the Triwizard Cup!

The pure gold trophy was shining under the moonlight, as if there was a golden streamer flowing on it. As long as you got it, you would not only become the final winner of this competition, but also get the ultimate prize of [-] Galleons.

But Harry didn't show any expression of ecstasy. He stared at the trophy and frowned instead. Although he didn't look with his eyes, he carefully explored all the things in this clearing in some way.

In addition to the unremarkable trophy, there is also a large spider hidden in the shadows under the maze hedge.

This is obviously a magical species, otherwise it wouldn't be as big as a car, but it doesn't look like an acromantula, but another species.

It hides in the shadows, apparently waiting for someone to get carried away and rush to the trophy before making a sneak attack.

A very sinister level, but... that's all?
Harry's brows frowned even tighter, this time he looked around with his eyes, including the sky and the ground, but found nothing unusual.

This is like an ordinary race finish, and the sneak attacking spider is also within a reasonable difficulty range.

But it is precisely because it seems reasonable that it is even more unreasonable.

Harry tentatively took two steps towards the direction of the trophy, wanting to see if there were any other hidden mechanisms that he hadn't discovered.

But apart from the fact that the spider noticed that his forward steps were becoming eager to try, and the mood of sneak attack became more urgent, there was no surprise.

Seeing his unhurried appearance, the patience of the spider hiding in the dark was finally completely wiped out. It rushed out of the dark shadows and stretched out its eight legs towards Harry's position like a black wind. ran over.

Before Harry could start to fight back, there was a curse behind him.

"Damn to the ground!"

The sound of the spell sounded in the blind spot of his vision, and a normal person couldn't tell whether the target of the spell was himself or the spider.

But Harry was completely unmoved. It was as if he had eyes behind him. He didn't need to look to know that Cedric's spell was aimed at the spider.

The red magic beam hit the big spider's stomach, but it only pushed its body back a few meters to one side, preventing it from attacking Harry, without making it faint.

"Be careful!" Cedric yelled at Harry, and he cast another Petrification Charm on the spider.

Harry didn't cooperate with Cedric to cast the spell, he just froze on the spot and didn't move as if he was frightened by the "sudden" spider attack.

But in fact, his attention has been tense, focusing on the surrounding environment.

This spider has high magic resistance, and both of Cedric's spells hit it, but neither did much damage to it.

After being attacked, the spider's target of hatred naturally shifted to Cedric. It directly gave up on Harry who was standing aside, and rushed towards Cedric who was fighting bravely.

The two sides experienced a fierce fight, and finally the spider that ate nearly ten spells from Cedric finally fell down.

Cedric was panting heavily. He had just been tortured by the Cruciatus Curse once, and now he had consumed so much physical strength. If he faced the situation of competing with Harry again, he would definitely lose.

But during the time he was entangled with the spider, Harry had countless opportunities to get the trophy directly, but he didn't do so, which made Cedric look at him very strangely.

"You beat Harry, and I have no way to be your opponent anymore."

Harry seemed indifferent to what he said, but carefully studied the surrounding plants and trees, as if he could study flowers from them.

"No, you won. This duel was very exciting. Among the students in the sixth and seventh grades at Hogwarts, you are definitely the best one. There is no doubt about it."

Hearing Harry's casual words, Cedric felt absurd.

It was as if the person standing in front of him was not Harry, but a familiar professor from Hogwarts.

(End of this chapter)