Hogwarts Scholar System

The day of the competition finally arrived, and the second event was held by the Black Lake in Hogwarts.

Harry and Hermione stood on Cedric's right side, and all the warriors stood in a row on the edge of the lake, with ten feet between each person.

Ludo Bagman asked: "Do you all know what you are going to do?"

Harry and all nine of them nodded.Ludo Bagman returned to the referee's table, pointed his wand at his throat, just like he did at the World Cup, and said: "Resonant!" Then his voice was like thunder, passing through the dark black The surface of the lake reached the stands.

"Listen, everyone, our warriors are already in place. As soon as I blow the whistle, the second project begins. They have a full hour to get back what has been taken from them. I count to three. One, two, three!"

High-pitched whistles echoed in the cold, still air.There was a burst of cheers and applause from the stands.

Klum and his two Warriors backups, all wearing only swimming trunks, jumped directly into the water.It seems that their water properties are good, but in this game, relying solely on water properties will not work.

Beauxbatons are all witches, so they naturally won't do what the boys in Durmstrang did. Cedric was surprised to see that all of them used the Bubble Charm and then entered the water.

It seems that they didn't think of it themselves, but Mrs. Maxim directly told them the method.

Cedric and Hermione also used the Bubble Charm and went underwater.

Hermione thought that Harry also used the Bubble Charm like them, but he didn't. Harry took something from his pocket and stuffed it directly into his mouth, and then walked into the water.

After the warriors all entered the water, the audience suddenly felt that this project was far less interesting than the first one. This was not entirely because the fire dragon was more interesting than the underwater creatures, but mainly because they were in the audience for the second project. There was no underwater competition at all, and they didn't have mobile phones to kill time, so they seemed particularly bored.

At the referee's table, Mr. Crouch was not there, and the one who came in his place was Percy Weasley, with a proud expression on his face.

At this time, a wizard walked up to the referee's table and said something to the referees. Percy seemed a little dissatisfied, but Ludo Bagman seemed to have a very excited expression on his face. Dumbledore seemed to agree, Mrs. Maxim There was no objection, and Karkaroff was noncommittal.

The wizard walked away with a smile on his face. It seemed that what he wanted to do was accomplished.

Ludo Bagman stood up at this time, as if he was going to announce something.

In the audience, there were several sharp-eyed wizards who suddenly felt that the wizard who just walked by seemed a little familiar. . .

"The voice is loud!" Ludo Bagman said: "Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you some good news. The wizard from EFL TV just told me that they have a way to broadcast underwater games. I discussed it with several other referees. It was decided to allow them to broadcast this game!"

"What? It's great to be able to see the game underwater!"

The bored spectators in the auditorium all cheered enthusiastically.

Then, amidst the cheers of the students, several wizards brought four objects that were somewhat unfamiliar to most of the students. Only some Muggle-born students felt a little familiar.

Four square boxes about the same size as Quidditch ghost balloons were placed on the edge of the black lake, and the wizard who placed the boxes moved the box.

After they debugged the equipment and left the scene, the four boxes suddenly released four different pictures in four different directions.

"Is this?" When they saw four unknown black boxes projecting underwater three-dimensional images, the students first opened their mouths in surprise, and then suddenly cheered.

With the magic of magic, a camera that can take pictures underwater is trivial.Unlike the Muggle world, which needs to deal with the effects of light-sensitive water pressure images on instruments caused by water fluctuations and other harsh underwater conditions, wizards only need magic to solve everything.

Many things about the wizard didn't appear, not because they couldn't do it, but because they couldn't think of it.If wizards had the spirit of exploring the unknown like scientists like Einstein, in a few years the wizarding world would become even more colorful than the life in the Muggle mobile Internet era a few decades later.

"Cedric Diggory of Hogwarts used an excellent head soaking charm..." The Hufflepuff students cheered.

"Oh my God, that's Viktor Krum of Durmstrang. Did he cast a transformation spell on himself? We can see that he turned his head into a shark's head. Look. His speed underwater is almost as fast as that of a fish..."

"Unfortunately, our other two devices did not capture the trace of the warrior. The picture is moving forward, yes, the underwater camera seems to be moving, looking for traces of the warrior. There seems to be someone in front, who is that?"

"Oh, that's incredible. Is that Harry? He doesn't transform like Krum, nor does he use the Bubble Charm like Cedric. But, look, he moves freely underwater, just like Krum. They swam even faster, what method did he use? Let’s ask other referees!”

"Gillweed, Harry Potter used gillweed. Look at his ears. There is an extra slit under his ears, like fish gills, and his hands and feet look like duck webs. What a genius idea. , look, he swims faster than the others."

"That's it, did you see it? Harry was the first to meet the fish-man guide." It was an old fish-man with an old face. His lower body had no legs, but looked like a fish.

"Harry negotiated with the fishmen. Yes, he was the first to get a yellow pearl from the fishman guide. When he walked into the area with his quest item, the pearl in his hand would glow. .”

Will the Murloc Guide find them when they dive deep enough?

Seeing Harry, Krum, and Cedric getting a pearl from the fish-man guide one after another, Maple lurking in the water thought to herself.

The underwater environment places great restrictions on the Illusion Body Curse.Invisibility does not mean that the body disappears. The movement of the water when moving is easily noticed by others.

In order not to be noticed by others when entering the water, Maple dived into the water before the competition.

Maple felt like he was trapped in a cocoon when his TV station's wizard set up an underwater camera when he was discovered underwater.Because the lenses of these mobile cameras move around to capture the warrior as much as possible, his activities are greatly restricted.

Fortunately, they only had one fish-man guide. Maple could quickly find Hermione's whereabouts as long as she kept an eye on this elderly fish-man.

Maple, who was lurking silently, saw Harry taking the gillweed. It seemed that Dobby helped him steal Snape's gillweed.This is a Mediterranean herbaceous plant. The professor of herbal medicine is only interested in growing living plants. The gillweed can only be found in Snape's private treasure house.

Harry became a bit like a fish after taking gillweed, but gillweed was indeed the most effective. Maple also took gillweed, and he prepared three pills.

The gill grass is magical. It not only allows people to have the swimming ability of fish, but also has clear vision underwater.

After taking the gillweed, Maple was able to see things within a ten-foot radius in the dark, hazy water - green water plants and swimming fish.

After Harry left, Krum, who was half-human and half-shark, got a colored pearl from the fish-man guide, and soon encountered attacks from a giant octopus and a Grindylow.

What bad luck for him, isn't he!

Seeing a certain person's embarrassment, the audience on the ground was very worried, but a certain person felt much more comfortable.

There was a huge bubble around Cedric's head after using the Bubble Head Charm, which made his facial features look elongated and widened. It looked as if there was a fish tank on his head, which looked very funny.

Finally, Maple saw Hermione swimming over.When she got the pearl and left, Maple avoided the camera lens and followed her quietly.

With no underwater cameras in sight, Maple sprang into action.

Although Hermione and Cedric were a little behind at the beginning, they gained some advantages later on.

Because the bubbles of the Bubble Curse blocked the water flow and did not affect their speech, and unless Harry and Krum were proficient in casting the spell silently, it would cause great trouble to their underwater battles.

Harry, who was walking at the front, had already encountered a Grindylow.When he saw the black shadow of Grindylow in the distance, Harry stopped, but unexpectedly his ankle was tangled in waterweed.

Grindylow immediately swam over, grabbing Harry's leg with his long nails and revealing his long, pointed teeth.Harry quickly put his webbed hand into his robes and touched his wand.But as soon as he grabbed the wand, two more Grindylows emerged from the water plants, grabbed Harry's robes, and pulled him down with all their strength.

"Relax!" Harry shouted, but there was no sound.A big bubble popped out of his mouth. His wand did not spray sparks towards Grindylow, but seemed to shoot them with a boiling water column. Where they were hit by the water column, their green skin suddenly turned green. flushed.

Harry freed his feet from Grindylow's entanglement and swam forward with all his strength, occasionally releasing jets of hot water behind him.Occasionally he felt a Grindylow take hold of his foot again and kicked it away violently.Finally, he felt his feet touch a horned head. When he looked down, he saw a kicked unconscious Grindylow, his eyes wide open, floating along the water. Its companion waved his fist at Harry and disappeared into the water plants. Got hit.

In the same situation, after Hermione met Grindylow, she easily knocked it out with a stun spell.

Just after dealing with a Grindylow who foolishly rushed towards her, Hermione's ankle was also entangled in waterweed, but the waterweed on her side seemed to be much longer than that on Harry's side.

"Strength is released!" The waterweed on her right foot was untied, but her left foot was entangled again. When Hermione was about to cast the spell again, Grindylow suddenly rushed towards her.

And it wasn't just one or two, it was a group of Grindylows, seven or eight in number. After seeing one Grindylow that Hermione had knocked unconscious, they all angrily attacked Hermione together.

Hermione fired a spell, knocking out another Grindylow, but the others were faster.

Grindylow was getting closer and closer, and it was too late to kill all the enemies with the stun spell alone.Unfortunately, Hermione felt as if her right foot was tangled in waterweed again.

Is it really bad luck?No, Hermione suddenly thought of a solution.This time she did not attack Grindylow directly, but cast magic on the water plants under her feet.The water plants immediately grew wildly, and under the guidance of Hermione's magic, they tied up all the Grindylows around them.

After adding another layer of restraints to the Grindylows to ensure they could not be freed, Hermione began to deal with the water plants at her feet.

Just as she freed her feet from the water plants, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared above her.

That is--

The legendary giant squid in the Black Lake?

When the giant squid saw Hermione, he immediately pounced on her.

Seeing the speed of the giant squid in the water, Hermione felt unable to escape and had no choice but to jump on it.

"Collapse!" Hermione used the stun spell, but underwater was not as good as on land. Her spell had to break through the obstacles of water before it could have an effect on the target.

Although Hermione's spell strength was acceptable, the larger the magical creature, the more resistant it was to the spell.

Such a huge squid obviously cannot be solved by a stun spell, but if it is too far away, the giant squid can avoid it by swimming at its speed.The obstruction of the spell by the water flow is not only limited to its power, but also slows down the speed of the spell's launch.

As long as the giant squid didn't rush forward stupidly like the Grindylow before, Hermione would never be able to knock the giant squid unconscious when its tentacles attacked her.

Hermione tied up the big squid with a rope the same way she had dealt with Grindylow, but the big squid was far smaller than Grindylow, and it broke free all of a sudden.

However, the restraint of the rope also hindered the speed of the big squid, causing it to pause, giving Hermione more time to breathe.

"All petrochemical!"

"There are many obstacles!"

Hermione cast several more spells, but they didn't seem to have any effect other than irritating the giant squid.

At this moment, one of the Grindylows who had been trapped by Hermione somehow broke free and immediately paddled towards Hermione.

Hermione seemed to have all her eyes on the big squid, and seemed completely unaware of the little movements of the Grindylow beneath her.

Hermione seemed to realize the danger beneath her when Grindylow came to her side. Hermione dodged somewhat embarrassedly, but her arm was still scratched by Grindylow's claws.

The left sleeve of Hermione's witch robe was scratched by Grindylow's long nails, leaving a gash on her arm.Fortunately, the wound on Hermione's arm didn't appear to be deep.

Grindylow's attack continued, and Hermione quickly dodged again. However, although Grindylow did not attack Hermione this time, its claws broke the bubble on Hermione's head.

After the bubbles of the Bubble Head Charm are broken, the air inside is quickly lost.Hermione soon began to have trouble breathing and her body sank.

The huge black shadow of the giant squid quickly overtook Hermione and pounced on it. Grindylow twisted his body on the spot, as if he was doing some funny movement.Then he fled as fast as he could. Compared with revenge on that hateful human being, escaping from the giant squid was the most important thing.

When the giant squid opened its bloody mouth and was about to swallow Hermione in one gulp, ice cubes suddenly appeared around it. In the blink of an eye, all the water around its body solidified, forming a huge ice prison to hold it tightly. Imprisoned.

The giant squid struggled hard, but couldn't break free.

Maple ignored the frozen giant squid and immediately swam to Hermione. She took out another piece of squid, put it into her mouth and chewed it. Then she picked up Hermione and kissed the chewed squid. Hermione's mouth.

"Tongtong Petrochemical!"

"Quick appearance!"

Maple opened her mouth in surprise and saw Hermione who immediately opened her eyes.

Hermione took Maple's wand away from him, then showed a proud smile on her face, as if declaring victory.