Chapter 342: Labyrinth
When it was time for dinner, Ryan and Harry returned to the auditorium. Ludo Bagman and Connelly Fudge sat at the faculty desk. Bagman looked pleased, but Connelly Fudge, who sat next to Madame Maxim, had a stiff face and said nothing.
Due to Crouch's previous accident, the judge of the final competition was replaced by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge. It's just that his relationship with Dumbledore has reached an impasse because of recent events, and Ryan can see that although the two of them are sitting side by side, they only talk to the others.
Dinner was richer than usual, and both Ryan and Harry ate quite a bit. As the enchanted ceiling turned from blue to a dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up at the faculty desk, and the crowd fell silent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes I will invite you to the Quidditch pitch to watch the final event of the Triwizard Tournament. Now invite the Warriors to the athletic field with Mr. Bagman. ”
Ryan and Harry stood up, the Gryffindor students applauded in unison, and the Weasleys and Hermione wished them both good luck. Six contestants from three schools walked out of the auditorium together amid applause.
Bagman also pulled Harry to say a few words in the middle, but now it seems that his gambling is unlikely to make money.
They walked into the Quidditch pitch, which had become completely unrecognizable. A twenty-foot-high hedge encloses the edge of the field. There was a gap in front of them, and that was the entrance to the great labyrinth. The passage inside is dark and a little scary.
Five minutes later, people began to enter the stands. Hundreds of students sat down, and the air was filled with excited words and a jumble of footsteps. The sky is now a clear deep blue, and stars are beginning to appear. Hagrid, Professor Moody, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick walked into the playing field and walked towards Bagman and the Warriors. Their hats were adorned with large sparkling red stars, with the exception of Hagrid, whose red star was behind a thick flannel vest.
"We're going to patrol the outside of the labyrinth," Professor McGonagall said to the warriors, "and if you're in trouble and want to be rescued, shoot red sparks into the sky, and we'll have someone to help you, understand?"
The warriors nodded together.
"Alright, let's go!" Bagman said cheerfully to the four patrolmen.
The six men walked away in different directions and scattered around the maze. Bagman pointed his wand at his throat and chanted "Loud sound," and his magically amplified voice echoed in the stands.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the final event of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin! The order in which they enter the venue is Harry?? Potter, Ryan?? Liang, Hibiscus?? Delacour, Wickeldo?? Krum, Diane?? DuPont, Gustav?? Anderson. ”
"Now...... Harry, listen to my whistle!" Bagman said, "Three-two—————
With a short whistle, Harry hurried into the labyrinth. Five minutes later, the second whistle blew. Ryan also plunged headlong into the labyrinth.
The tall hedges cast a dark shadow on the path, and I don't know if it was because the hedges were high and dense, or because of magic, but as soon as Ryan entered the labyrinth, the audience could not hear the voice.
Ryan used his wand-holding hand to draw a few runiwen symbols in the air and infused them with magic. Soon, a golden symbol resembling an eye floated above Ryan's head, emitting infrared light in the surroundings. At the same time, Ryan also activates the Eagle Eye in his left eye, and sees everything in the surrounding darkness through the reflection of infrared light from surrounding objects.
This spell is a trick that is analyzed by studying fluorescent flickering combined with alchemy, and the principle is equivalent to the first generation of active infrared night vision devices. Walking in the dark is at least more subtle than fluorescent flickering, and is a synthesis of magic and Muggle technology.
"We don't know what kind of magic Ryan used, but it's clear that he can see everything in the darkness now. Bagman explained. Before the start, each competitor was placed with a special surveillance magic, and a huge light screen was formed on the perimeter of the competition field against the spectator seats, allowing the spectators to see what the competitors were doing.
This is a lesson learned from the previous game, and since we didn't expect this aspect in the last game, everyone could only stare at the lake and the forest in the cold wind. Therefore, in this competition, the organizers adopted the method of screen and tracking shooting to make up for the previous shortcomings.
The next step was to recognize the way, and Ryan pinned his wand to the palm of his hand and whispered to it, "Show me the way." The wand pointed to the north. Ryan knew that the end was southeast of him, so he turned right in the general direction.
As soon as he turned to the right passage, Ryan saw a group of Cornish elves chattering on the road. These little guys aren't very lethal but they're extremely annoying. When he saw them, Ryan pointed to a piece of the hedge with his wand and said, "Grow fast." ”
Soon the long branches formed a large net, which Ryan commanded to burst out of the hedge and envelop most of the Cornish elves inside. After that, he turned the net into a cage and completely trapped the Cornish elves in the road.
As a result, the few remaining fish that slipped through the net also fled in fear, and Ryan passed the road smoothly. At the same time, the sixth whistle sounded, which means that all the players have entered the maze.
After using the Stun Charm to eliminate the two red hats that stood in his way, Ryan heard what appeared to be the sound of a battle in front of him. He first walked around the corner by sticking to the hedge, then quietly conjured a reflective mirror on the other side of the road. Through the mirror, he saw two men attacking each other with spells on the road.
Judging from the clothes and hair color, it is clear that the silver-haired girl is Fleur of Beauxbatons, and the other is Gustav of Durmstrang. After looking at it for a while, Ryan found that the difference between a spare candidate and the genuine one was still very big. Gustav has been completely suppressed by Fleur at this time, especially since Fleur has also mastered some kind of mind control spells, so that Gustav will have delays or confusion from time to time when fighting.
Although each problem was short-lived and quickly corrected, it was enough to make Gustav lose all resistance in a short period of time when his strength was not as strong as ever.
After one of Fleur's obstacle spells, Gustav was sluggish again. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fleur seized the opportunity to unleash a soft leg charm, which hit his leg right where he didn't have time to protect. In an instant, Gustav fell to his knees.
This turn of events also caused Gustav to panic, and Fleur took advantage of the situation to regain control. In the confusion, Gustav was directly hit and stood in place.
"Smack. After receiving a stun spell from Fleur in the face, Gustav fell to the ground and was honorably out. Fleur gives him a red spark to prevent him from being eaten by the monsters in the labyrinth.
At this moment, a red light shot out from another direction, and a flame shield popped up on Fleur's body to block the blow.
"Krum. Ryan recognized the person walking in the distance this time, he should have wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack, but he didn't expect Fleur to use a trigger protective charm to block this inevitable blow.
But judging from Fleur's face, this protection method should not be easy to come up with, and it can even be said that this is her hole card.
"Hurry up and fight. Ryan thought to himself, but at this point Krum jerked his head to look at the small mirror that Ryan had conjured.