Chapter XXXVII
On the day of the match, Draco handed him a vial of Ream's blood.
"What's the use of this?" he asked, sitting on his bed.
"It's an hour to look for something underwater. It allows me to swim faster and longer. Phoenix took it and opened the bottle. A faint smell of cream wafted through.
"Smells good. After saying that, he drank the cow's blood in one gulp. A wave of heat instantly spread throughout the body, and the pectorals, abdominal muscles, and deltoid muscles bulged at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then it was compressed and then turned back to the way it was.
"Maybe you'll need it later. Phoenix felt sour all over, but it was still within his reach. This feeling comes and goes quickly. On the surface, Phoenix's body is well-proportioned, but there is no change, but in fact, the magic has made his muscles extremely dense.
"Is it useful?" he smiled and shook his head.
They came to the foyer and followed the flow of people to the Black Lagoon to see the second project. He came to the cold sunny field outside, and as he ran down the lawn, he saw that the seats that had surrounded the dragon field last November were now lined up on the other side of the lake, and they were already full, and their reflections were reflected in the lake below. After saying goodbye to his friends, Phoenix walked over to the referees, who sat down at another table covered with a golden tablecloth by the water. Fleur and Krum stood at the referee's table, looking at him.
Fleur wore a blue tight-fitting swimsuit, which reflected her figure to the fullest. Krum wears swimming trunks and is **** like Phoenix. The crowd in the stands kept cheering them on, and it was hard to say who caught the students' attention more than Krum or Fleur, with Phoenix being the least visible of them all, even as the Slytherins cheered desperately.
"Dragon Slayer Warrior, I've had a great time lately. Fleur's expression was unnatural, understandable. She finished last in the first event, which should be very unacceptable to the proud girl, especially when she lost to two fourteen-year-old students.
"Thanks to you, it's okay. Phoenix's wand spun rapidly in his hand. "If Harry doesn't come, you'll be third if you finish the project. ”
"Thank you so much for your concern. Fleur's tone was a little annoyed and a little expectant, and her expression was very strange. Indeed, fourteen-year-old students, it is unlikely that they know how to survive the magic underwater. But there are always exceptions. "What are you going to be this time?"
"Magical Animagus is the same as Animagus, you can only become one. ”
"I-I'm coming-" Harry ran over breathlessly, slipped through the mud, stopped, and accidentally splashed Fleur's one-piece swimsuit.
Dumbledore smiled at Harry, but Karkaroff and Madame Maxim seemed upset to see him - from the expressions on their faces, they clearly thought he wouldn't show up.
Ludo Bagman had come to the warriors and ordered them to line up on the shore, ten feet apart.
Bagman pointed his wand to his throat, as he had done at the World Cup, and said, "Loud!" and his voice roared like thunder across the dark lake to the stands.
"Listen, our warriors are in place. As soon as I whistled, the second project began. They had a full hour to reclaim what had been snatched from their hands. I counted to three. One-two-three!"
A shrill whistle echoed through the cold, still air. The stands erupted in cheers and applause. Phoenix wades into the lake while observing what the others are doing. Except for Harry swallowing something directly, neither Fleur nor Krum seemed to plan to let their competitors know their methods in advance.
The further he went, the deeper the lake became, and now it was knee-high, and his two rapidly numb feet slid on the mud and sand and the slippery, slimy stones. Phoenix, Fleur, and Krum cast the spell at about the same time, and Krum leaped forward, turning his upper body into some kind of animal and burrowing into the water.
Neither Fleur nor Phoenix opted for the riskier Transfiguration technique, and instead used the Bubble Head Charm. As soon as he entered the water, Phoenix immediately distanced himself from Fleur and swam out like a fish.
He swam around in a strange dark, hazy landscape, and there was silence in his ears. He could only see within a radius of ten feet, so with each stroke in the water, a new landscape suddenly emerged from the darkness ahead: a jungle of undulating, tangled black aquatic weeds, a broad, flat sand scattered with shiny pebbles. He swam deeper and deeper, towards the middle of the lake. His eyes were wide open, and he looked through the gray, thorny waters of the lake, looking into the dark shadows in the distance, where the water was dark and hazy.
The little fish swam swiftly past him like silver darts.
"Show me the way!" called Phoenix, but there was no sound—a large blister came out of his mouth, and after a good direction, he set off again. At the same time, go upstream to avoid the annoying aquatic plants and Grindillo.
He swam for at least twenty minutes. Now the bottom of the water was a large expanse of black silt, and the lake was blackened by his agitation. After a long time, he finally heard the mermaid's unforgettable song.
There's only an hour to go,
to find and recover what we have taken.
Phoenix swam faster, and that's when the effects of Rieme's ox blood came into play. He didn't feel the slightest tiredness, and his limbs were paddling vigorously. In a few moments, he saw a large rock in the murky water in front of him, painted with many mermaids, spears in their hands, chasing what looked like giant squid. Phoenix swam past the rocks, chasing the mermaid's song.
- Don't delay any longer, half of the time has passed,
lest what you are looking for rot here-
Suddenly, there were many rough stone dwellings in all directions, speckled with algae. Phoenix saw some faces in those dark windows—faces that were completely different from the mermaid in the painting in the bathroom—
The mermaid's skin is iron-gray, and its dark green hair is long, unkempt. Their eyes are yellow, their mutilated teeth are yellow, and they wear pebbles strung with thick ropes around their necks. They smiled maliciously at Phoenix as he swam by. One or two ran out of the cave to get a better look, spear in hand, and slapped the lake with their thick and powerful silver tails.
Phoenix swam forward quickly, looking around, and soon there were more and more stone dwellings, some with gardens around them. He saw a small Grimlody tied to a door. Merfolk emerged from all directions, looking at him curiously, pointing at his head and whispering with their hands over their mouths. Phoenix knew he was looking funny, his head was like a huge bubble clasped around it, making his features look elongated and widened. But the bubble head spell is like that, and he can't help it. Phoenix quickly turned a corner, and a very strange sight appeared in front of him.