The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Hogwarts Castle is essentially a large maze that is far more complex than the Forbidden Forest.

In addition to the complex structure of the medieval castle itself, its interior also contains many special mechanisms built using magic, such as floating stairs that move according to certain rules, countless false portals, and some originally built to defend against foreign enemies. Now that the fatal mechanism has been removed, it has become a simple hidden trap.

The above arrangements caused the students of Hogwarts to suffer a lot.

Especially those freshmen who have just entered school and are not yet familiar with the terrain and structure of Hogwarts.

Therefore, when designing the levels within Hogwarts, the competition organizing committee naturally regarded the complex structure of Hogwarts itself as the first obstacle. For this reason, they also deliberately adjusted the operating rules of the movable floating stairs, and A gag order was issued on all portraits and ghosts in the castle.

This is undoubtedly a favoritism for Hogwarts warriors like Link and Harry, because even if the competition organizing committee made some special changes, Link still relied on his familiarity with the castle and strong strength to use A stroll-like gesture solved the problem of the tournament organizing committee and directly arrived at the Ravenclaw Tower where the Triwizard Tournament trophy was placed.

Of course, now Fleur and Klum have no chance to protest to the competition organizing committee.

"Stop! Challenger!"

As soon as Link arrived at the entrance of Ravenclaw Tower, he heard a strong voice.

Then, a giant sphinx-like monster slowly walked out of the shadows, looking down at Link with a proud look.

Sphinx.

A terrifying monster from ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology.

Its most famous thing is that there is still a giant stone statue built in its shape in Egypt today.

According to legend, he would stop passers-by and ask them to solve riddles.

Only those who successfully answer correctly can pass, while those who answer incorrectly will be eaten by them.

In fact, it is a real magical animal in the wizarding world. It is often active in Egypt and Greece. It has high intelligence and scary appearance. Large wizard families often tame a few of them to guard treasures and certain places. Doors to secret chambers.

For example, Gringotts has tamed many sphinxes in their underground vault, working with fire dragons to guard the vault.

Obviously, this is the second level set by the competition organizing committee.

"Challenger, you are very close to your goal. The fastest way is to get past me. But..."

The Sphinx paced back and forth and suddenly raised her voice and said, "You have to answer my riddle! If you answer it right once, I will let you pass. If you don't answer it right, I will pounce on you! If you don't answer, then I will also Won’t hurt you, but let you go. Come on, what’s your choice?”

Link could hear the excitement in the Sphinx's voice vibrating, as if he hadn't played a puzzle game with anyone for a long time.

But Link still shook his head after hearing this.

"Oh!~" Sphinx sighed with great disappointment, "Aren't you willing to answer the question? Then leave and find another way."

"No, I think you misunderstood me. I can't answer the question, but I have to go there."

"Are you kidding me? Do you know that I..."

The Sphinx was a little angry.

But the anger on its face had just risen, and in an instant it turned into a twisted face of horror.

Because the two heads of Arkham and Yo-Yo, one big and one small, were slowly emerging from Link's neck, looking at him coldly.

Link didn't talk nonsense to the Sphinx anymore and walked straight towards the stairs blocked by the Sphinx.

Although sphinxes are said to be very powerful in mythology, in fact their combat effectiveness is really not strong.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been caught by the wizards looking at the gate.

Sure enough, as Link approached, the originally very proud Sphinx instantly jumped into the corner like a frightened kitten, trembling while shivering with the pair of fingers that had shrunk into one. The slit eyes looked at Arkham and Yo-Yo in horror.

It couldn't recognize their identities based on its knowledge, but the animal's intuition told it very clearly - either Arkham or Yo-Yo has the ability to kill them instantly!

As Link's back gradually faded away, the Sphinx stiffly walked out of the corner and slowly walked towards the outside of the tower.

Link just gave it too much stimulation, and it almost wanted to run away.

This is also one of the biggest shortcomings of the Sphinx.

As magical animals, they are indeed very intelligent and can resolve and deal with many complex situations.

But it is precisely because they are so smart that when facing a strong enemy, they may run away or simply transform into a leader.

"Wait, did I let you go?"

The Sphinx's sneaky movement suddenly froze, and she slowly turned her head to look at Link who was speaking.

"Continue to stay here and perform your duties." Link continued to say coldly, "Otherwise, I will kill you!"

As soon as Link finished speaking, an invisible blade whizzed past the Sphinx's side, directly cutting off a small portion of its majestic mane.

This scared the Sphinx quite a bit.

It quickly retracted back to the stairs, looking attentive.

If it hadn't been trembling slightly because it was too frightened, it would have looked like a real sphinx at this moment.

Seeing this, Link nodded with satisfaction and continued to climb up the stairs.

He had some things to do upstairs for a while, and Harry couldn't come up until he was done.

Even so, Link's movements were still unhurried.

It took him nearly 10 minutes to reach the top of the tower. Then, the third level arranged by the competition organizing committee in Hogwarts appeared in front of him.

It was a golden mist, which looked beautiful under the light of Link's wand, like a dense mist born in the mountains in the early morning.

However, Link was wary of this mist.

You must know that as a half-regulator of this game, Link has actually learned the information about almost all the levels in the game before the game starts.

But this was the only information about the mist that Dumbledore refused to tell.

Judging from Link's understanding of Dumbledore's weird expression at that time, the fog in front of him was definitely the most difficult level in this game. Dumbledore was deliberately trying to make a fool of himself!

Taking a deep breath, Link began to try to use super-sensory spells and mental power to analyze the golden mist.

But the results were not good.

This mist is not a regular water mist, but is composed of pure magic power, so Link's water control ability is ineffective on it, and normal magic spells similar to 'Cyclone Sweeping' cannot physically dispel it.

The most terrible thing is that the mist is obviously made up of magic power, but Link's super-sensory spell cannot detect its details.

It's like there's a shielding spell wrapped around it!

After glancing at his watch, Link realized that he couldn't waste time. After struggling for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and got into the golden mist.

hum! ~

The violent tinnitus instantly destroyed Link's hearing.

Not only that, Link's vision, touch, and even sense of direction all became confused.

At this moment, he seemed to be in a mysterious space that was constantly rotating and twisting. The chaotic gravity around him was constantly oppressing his body and consciousness, and introduced a strong sense of dizziness to his mind.

"vomit!"

Link retched almost immediately.

Miraculously, the acid spit out from his mouth did not fall to the ground according to the normal rules, but floated left and right, up and down in mid-air.

"Dumbledore, you are so vicious! You actually arranged such a powerful confusion spell!"

Link cursed in pain.

The golden mist he was currently in was actually composed entirely of confusion spells, and it was the most advanced type, one that was personally arranged by Dumbledore.

There is no doubt that the function of this confusion spell is to disrupt the intruder's five senses, creating an environment similar to an enhanced version of a ghost breaking a wall.

This may not sound like much at first sight. After all, the ghost wall will not cause any substantial harm to the contestants. At most, it will only trap them.

But that's not the case for Link.

You must know that Link is used to keeping the Super Sense Spell on as a passive skill.

And when he enters the golden mist with the super-sensory spell, the chaos created by the confusion spell will be infinitely amplified by the super-sensory spell.

"Dumbledore on dog days!"

Link, who understood this, cursed and turned off the super-sensory spell.

The next moment, the strong dizziness and tinnitus finally dissipated, and the constantly twisting and rotating world in front of him slowly stabilized, and finally became an upside-down world.

It is also difficult to live in such a world, but at least it is much better than just now.

And compared to the twisted space just now, the difficulty of deciphering the current upside-down world is much lower.

Link used the Occlumency technique with all his strength, suppressing the discomfort caused by the Confusion Curse, then closed his eyes and controlled the water mist to wrap around him and rush forward!

boom!

Link's entire body hit the wall.

Although Link was not injured due to the protection of the water polo, he still looked miserable.

But at least Link finally broke out of the golden mist.

He took off a bottle of orange soda-flavored special sedative from his belt and drank it in one gulp, and Link felt a little better.

Throwing the empty potion bottle away, and looking back at the golden fog for a while, Link cursed Dumbledore as he walked deeper into the corridor ahead.

"Mudd! Dumbledore! Just wait for me! I'll find Rita Skeeter to write your black manuscript later! You vicious old man! You should be hit with an egg..."

Curses echoed in the empty corridor.

At the same time, the paddock was filled with laughter and laughter.

The audience here just watched the entire process of Link entering Hogwarts Castle through Alchemy Hummingbird!

Although the Alchemy Hummingbird could not completely show the scene that Link encountered, everyone knew that Link must have suffered a lot in the golden mist just now.

What they really didn't expect was that Link actually dared to curse Dumbledore directly after he was out of danger, and he continued to do so.

"As expected of Link!"

Cedric sighed sincerely.

Dumbledore's normal way of getting along with them was very harmonious. Everyone knew that he would not blame Link for this kind of thing, which was why everyone still dared to laugh.

But even so, Link is really the only one who dares to do that.

Of course, there were many people who failed to laugh at the scene.

Among them was Rita Skeeter herself.

She worked very happily with Link in this life and made a lot of money. At the same time, under Link's strict prohibition, she also gave up the idea of ​​continuing to write dark manuscripts of Harry Potter and Hermione, which changed her He was eventually captured by the Ministry of Magic.

To be honest, she really likes Link as a big customer.

But now it's different.

Although this was not the first time she had done this kind of thing by writing an article against Dumbledore, and in fact anyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on.

Can this kind of thing be said openly?

Wouldn't this give Dumbledore a reason to take revenge on her?

Thinking of this, Rita Skeeter suddenly started sweating profusely, and her eyes drifted towards Dumbledore inadvertently.

She thought that although Dumbledore had a good temper, he would still get angry if he was scolded like that in public.

However, when she actually saw Dumbledore's reaction, she was completely stunned.

Because not only was Dumbledore not angry, but he was still laughing, even more exaggeratedly than most people present, as if he was a child who had succeeded in a prank.

This made Rita Skeeter look weird.

At the same time, a bold idea slowly emerged from his mind.

'Dumbledore seems to really not care... Does that mean that this business can be accepted?The most important thing is, looking at Mr. Foley's angry look, I guess he wouldn't mind giving him a generous royalties, right?This is a big deal! '

Rita Skeeter's eyes gradually brightened.

She is a professional when it comes to writing black manuscripts.

Especially the dark manuscript about Dumbledore!

Unfortunately, Rita Skeeter's expectations were doomed to be in vain.

Link's curse at Dumbledore lasted only a few minutes.

This is just a way of venting his own experiences, and it does not mean that Link really wants to make Dumbledore into a villain.

After all, it was too immoral to do so, and for now, he and Dumbledore were still allies against Voldemort.

Not long after he stopped cursing, Link finally reached the top floor of the Ravenclaw Tower, on a platform very close to the eagle-headed knocker of the Ravenclaw lounge.

The trophy that symbolized the Triwizard Tournament championship was currently placed on a wooden shelf in the center of the platform, reflecting an alluring light under the moonlight.

The only problem before Link now is that there are dozens of pieces of armor and several stone statues between him and the trophy.

Link knows very well that these things are actually alive!