Chapter 154: Under Water
In the dark and hazy water of the lake, it is not a mermaid that makes waves, but a water monster.
It was a turquoise patch of aquatic grass, two feet deep, like a very dense lawn, but the lawn was full of danger.
Grindellow, a water monster with horns on its head and green skin, scurrying out of the water and grass in twos and threes, was besieging something.
Ning An struggled to swim over, trying to identify in the shadows, until he saw a misty silver hair, and immediately understood, the person surrounded by Grindillo was probably Fleur? Delacour.
He swam forward for a while, and now he could see exactly what it was like to be under the dim water, Fleur's bubble spell had been torn by Grindillo with his fangs and claws, and the water was pouring into the transparent bubble from the outside, and it was obvious that she would never be able to stay underwater anymore.
And her ankle was pulled by the little green-skinned water ghosts, so that she couldn't swim upstream, and when the bubble head spell completely lost its effect, Furong's situation was really dangerous, and the girl-like girl also saw Ning An swimming over, and she had a desperate look on her face.
Now that this group of Grindillo has exhausted her, and now that such a huge, terrifying water monster suddenly appears, is she really going to die here? Hibiscus? Delacour finally experienced despair.
Ning An saw that Fleur suddenly began to struggle desperately, and a column of boiling water with hot air sprayed from the tip of the wand, hitting several Grindy Lowes, making these little green-skinned monsters scream.
The violent struggle also caused her bubble spell to drain more quickly, and the transparent bubble was almost submerged, and Fleur had to hold her head high to get her mouth off the water.
Looking down at himself, Ning An came to his senses, Fleur obviously thought of himself as a tuba Grindy Low, he smiled wryly, and wanted to shout at the girl
"Hey, it's me - don't be nervous!" However, when the sound came out, it turned into an effect in the water, "Woo Woo
Ning An gritted his teeth and saw that his words no longer made sense, so he had to take out his wand
"Loose Force"
He whined and recited the incantation, but fortunately it took effect, and the boiling water shot towards Grindy Low, who was grabbing Fleur's ankle, and the two water ghosts were like red-hot soldering irons for a moment, and their green skin suddenly turned red, and they immediately released their claws and hid in the aquatic plants below.
"Gruru—"
Only then did Fleur see the person clearly, although her skin turned green, she was still the same as Krum, and her blue eyes instantly changed from horror to surprise, as smart as she guessed that this person was Krum at once.
Ning An solved the two Grindy Lowe, and the other little water ghosts were startled when they saw him at first glance, and these cunning little guys immediately scattered in twos and threes, and hid in the water grass again, because Ning An's appearance was really a little 'terrifying', and those who didn't know really thought it was the king of Grindy Low.
Ning An swam in front of Fleur, obviously her bubble head spell couldn't last long, originally with the intention of helping, anyway, he didn't care much about the result of the game, and now that the crisis was lifted, Ning An took it easy and wanted to send Fleur to the water.
However, Fleur dodged it.
Ning An was stunned for a moment, watching her cloud-like silver hair drift in the water, the girl's face was full of struggle at the moment, Ning An came to her, put on her mouth and said: I'll send you up-
But Fleur shook her head, and Ning An saw that her mouth was a clear name: Gabrielle
Her expression was struggling, looking very painful, not only worried about her relatives, but also disappointed that she could not finish the race, Madame Maxim had a good relationship with her, and should have coveted a lot of expectations for her.
Ning An chuckled in his heart, and secretly said that these foreign wizards really didn't trust Dumbledore very much, how could the great white wizard let her little sister have an accident, just wanted to open her mouth to comfort her Gabrielle would not have an accident, but who knew that Fleur actually paddled the water and leaned over directly.
The distance between the two was probably less than ten centimeters, and although the light at the bottom of the lake was dim, Ning An could still see Hibiscus's shining blue eyes, which were blue like another cold, clear lake.
He shouldn't be able to feel his breath under the water, but Ning An felt that the other party's heartbeat seemed to come with the fluctuation of the current, and he could feel it, Furong? Delacul's heart was beating extremely fast, about three or four times per second, which made him numb all over, and he subconsciously reached out to push Fleur away.
"Smack"
With a soft sound, the bubble spell on the top of Fleur's head was completely broken, losing the protection of the huge bubble, and her whole body was soaked in the lake water defenselessly, her long hair fluctuated with the current, and Ning An saw one bubble after another spit out of her mouth, which meant that she could spend less and less time under the water.
The hand was already halfway out, and he was about to push Fleur away, but in the next second, her lips were lightly touched by something soft, and Fleur had already pinched her nose, and her eyes were rolling, even if she didn't need to take the mind to it, Ning An could read what she wanted to express.
"Help me—"
His lips intersected, and Ning An, who had transformed into Grindilow, did not feel any pressure in his lungs, and the oxygen naturally crossed into the air of Hibiscus, and he breathed in the water at the moment, as easily as on land.
It's just that Ning An never thought that Fleur would suddenly come to this trick, if Hermione knew about it, she would probably be killed......
The hand had already touched Furong's waist, and somehow Ning An trembled, and then pushed her away with a slight force, and after taking a deep breath, Furong's mouth was bulging, maybe it was the suffocation of her chest that made her face pale, but it seemed that it was barely a big deal.
She looked at Ning An apologetically, made a gesture of request, and gestured with sign language, although Ning An didn't understand, she could see the general meaning, which was nothing more than words: I'm sorry, I want to save my sister, forgive me, and something like that.
Fleur seemed to see the struggle in Ning An's eyes, perhaps thinking that Ning An felt that it was unfair for her to help complete the project, so she tried her best to gesture with her hands, indicating that she just wanted to rescue her sister, and she would take the initiative to admit it when the game was over......
But obviously Ning An couldn't understand what she meant, and her breath holding had reached the limit, so she suddenly stuck it and came to Ning An again, and even let him have no time to push it away, and his lips and lips touched together again.
Strictly speaking, this should not be considered a kiss, just an ordinary lip touch, and the tongues of both parties are honestly in their mouths, and the only communication is oxygen and a little ...... Slobber?
In short, in a daze, the two touched each other again, and then separated, Fleur patted her chest, this way of crossing the qi was also very stressful on her chest, and thanks to Grindillo's magical structure, if it was replaced by two humans, it would definitely not be able to complete such a difficult thing.
Fleur cast a grateful look, and she gestured to her wrist, as if to say: Let's go, there is no time.
Ning An nodded helplessly, this girl with Meiwa blood seemed to be difficult to refuse, especially after touching his soft lips twice, he was looking forward to the next contact.
I'm Krum now, I'm Krum now......
Self-hypnotic swimming at the bottom of the dim lake, the two are like two swimming fish walking together, they cling closely, every once in a while, they lean together, Hibiscus is not weak in water, like a real mermaid at the bottom of the water.
Every time he gently held Ning An's cheek for ventilation, he felt dizzy, and the cloud-like silver hair fluttered in the water, teasing/bobbing the tip of Ning An's nose, making him can't help but sneeze again.
Every time he breathed, it was a torture for Ning An, he imagined Hermione's appearance in his mind, and tried his best to restrain himself from feeling the cool, soft feeling on the chun/[valve], but when the other party left, there was a faint trace of loss in his heart somehow.
He seemed to be able to feel this emotion from Fleur as well.
The two swam for a few more minutes, and Fleur's face became more and more pale, and this reluctance was draining her strength little by little, and after a while, even if she couldn't help her, she had to go back to the lake, so the girl became more and more anxious, but fortunately they finally saw an underwater jungle made of rocks.
It was a huge rock, painted with many patterns of mermaids, and if you looked closely, you could see that these rough stones were clearly the dwellings of mermaids, and they were stained with algae, and in the dark windows of the stone dwellings, there were some ugly faces, which were mermaids.
"Quick—"
Ning An gestured to Furong, signaling to speed up, the hostages should be around here, Furong's eyes glowed again, and the pupils that were already a little trance and dilated before were locked at this moment, and her face turned red.
He saw more stone dwellings, some of which were decorated with gardens of water plants behind stone houses, and some of which had two little Grindillos bolted to their doors, water spirits that were often tamed and kept as pets by mermaids.
Passing through an arch made of stones, they exchanged their breath twice halfway, it seemed that because her sister was not far away, Furong was much more energetic, and Ning An even smiled sweetly when she saw her after changing her breath.
sighed, let her think it was Krum, anyway, it would be a secret and brought into the coffin, no matter what, Ning An decided to die and would not let Hermione know about it, anyway, Krum did it, not him.
Finally, after turning a corner, a small square appeared in front of Ning An's eyes, surrounded by some houses, and in front of the houses floated a large group of fishmen, they formed a circle, and the middle of them were singing in unison, calling the warriors to pass.
Fleur leaned over, sighed softly, and then pulled him by the hand and swam towards the square.
Behind the singing mermaid, there is a rough statue, which is a large mermaid carved from a boulder, and on the tail of the mermaid stone statue, four people are firmly tied.
Tethered to the middle are Ron and Daphne, flanked by Qiu Zhang and a little girl over eight years old, Fleur seems to be excited when she sees her, and swims over desperately, Ning An can guess just by looking at the ethereal silver hair, this must be Fleur's sister: Gabrielle? Delacour.
The four of them looked like they were sleeping deeply, their heads hanging limply on their shoulders, and a string of thin blisters coming out of their mouths.
Fleur desperately swam to Gabrielle's side, anxiously trying to pick up the /kai rope, but she had been underwater for so long with the help of the ferry, and she had long since lost much strength, how could she untie the thick and slippery rope woven by the aquatic weeds.
Ning An was also anxious, he didn't want to delay any longer, in case Harry and the others arrived later, it would be troublesome to see him giving Fleur a ferry.
Push Fleur away, take out her wand, aim it at the straw rope that binds Gabrielle, and say silently
"Shadowless"
An invisible wave of water swept violently against the stone pillar, and the straw rope broke into several pieces in the moment the water slid by, and the little girl Gabrielle sank down, but was caught by Fleur.
Fishmen with spears and necklaces made of shark teeth swam by, as if to supervise them up close.
Gabrielle's face turned blue and looked lifeless, and Fleur nervously caressed her sister's cheek and looked helplessly at Ning An.
Ning An was helpless, stepped forward, and breathed a deep sigh under the surprised gaze of the fish people next to him, and he seemed to be able to hear the sound of the fish people next to him, turning their heads and ears, and whining and coaxing.
Fleur puffed out her mouth and cast a grateful glance at Ning An, then hugged Gabrielle in her arms, swung her shuang/legs, and swam towards the bright lake above.
Ning An sighed helplessly, slowly swam towards Daphne, and used magic to untie the rope, and at this moment, the singing voice of the fishman came from behind him again:
There is only an hour to spare......
What you're looking for is already rotting here......
Half-holding Daphne in his arms, he turned around to find that Harry had swam over, he nodded to himself, and then at a glance he saw Qiu Chang and Ron-
"With that—"
Ning An pointed to the rocks scattered at the bottom of the lake, and made a smashing motion, Harry immediately understood, turned around and dived into the bottom of the lake, and after a while, he swam up with a sharp stone.
He slashed the rope on Ron's body hard, and after a few minutes, the rope was broken, he hugged Ron, and then looked at Qiu Zhang, the nervousness in his eyes could be seen by anyone.
Ning An was wondering how Parney could be so slow, and immediately there was a cheer of merfolk above his head, and he looked up to see that 'Cedric' was swimming towards them with a huge bubble.
"It's finally here."
Seeing this, Ning An no longer hesitated, holding Daphne shuang/leg hard, paddling towards the surface of the lake, the effect of the Transfiguration seemed to be about to end, he was just stuck in time, his body became hot and hot, and it seemed that a layer of skin was gradually fading.
Ning An slowly felt the cold temperature of the lake around him, cold to the bone, and kept drilling into people's bones.
The oxygen became less and less, and he even swallowed a few mouthfuls of the lake's water, but fortunately, he knew that it was not far from the lake, and the sun and air were just a few feet away, but Daphne in his hand seemed to have become much heavier, and he couldn't care about it much, so he used all his strength to kick his feet upward, and finally—
The head suddenly appeared above the water, the fresh, wonderful air brushed the tide/shi's face, and the screams and cheers of the audience were filled all around, Ning An breathed a long sigh of relief, which can be regarded as the completion of this project.