Chapter 118: A Coincidental Encounter
The sky above the North Sea was plunged into darkness, the wind was fierce on the sea, the thunder flickered, and a deafening roar exploded in the dark clouds.
A huge, eerie sailboat sails in the wind and waves, with four tall masts erected, each with three white sails hanging from each mast that vary in size but always keep the ship in the normal direction.
The appearance of the big ship was very strange, like a skeleton, like the remains of a wreck that had just been salvaged, the portholes flickered with a dim, foggy shimmer, which looked like ghostly eyes, and at this moment, in the wind and rain, the ship was lit up with more hazy light, as if all the cabins were lit up.
Wind and rain wash the wooden deck mercilessly, and the waves roll in as if they are about to swallow the entire hull of the ship into the endless sea, Victor? Krum stood on the deck against the wind and waves, firmly grasping the round rudder.
He wore a black raincoat with a hood over his head, and although the water and fire inviolable cloak allowed the pouring rain to slide neatly down his clothes, it could not stop the storm, not to mention that his face was not protected by the spell.
As the rain in his clothes was wet with the wind, his big hooked nose was wet, his gray-yellow skin was even more gloomy in the dark environment, and his two black eyebrows were bent in the dark night.
"Poliaco - lower the sails!"
His thick arms twisted the rudder of the ship, and he shouted behind him without looking back, despite the rain that was frantically pouring into his mouth, but his voice was mostly drowned out by the sound of thunderstorms, but fortunately his classmates seemed to hear the shouting, and hurried under the mast to lower the sails.
"Whew-damn it-whew-"
Poliaco wiped the rain from his face vigorously, but the next second the dense raindrops hit desperately, and he had to spit and complain loudly in the storm
"Karkaroff always told us to do this-that-this-rain-he couldn't pour out-stay in the cabin-whew-"
As he spoke, he wiped his face again, as if there was a howling sound of wind and rain, covering his complaints, and he was not worried about being listened to by the principal.
Krum didn't say a word, just held the rudder tightly, controlled the direction, the expression on his face was quite gloomy, his lips were wet by the rain, and his lips were already a little purple from the cold, but under his raincoat was a plush robe, but he couldn't resist the cold, God knows why such a strong storm suddenly arose on the North Sea.
Before leaving, Professor Ingrid had predicted that in the next few days, there would be cloudless and sunny skies over the North Sea, but as soon as they left the school, the weather changed, and the sky was inexplicably cloudy, and after a while, it rained heavily, and the principal hid in the cabin, leaving only them, the seniors, on the deck to face the wind and waves.
"I promise I won't take a divination class as an elective next semester—"
Poliaco finally lowered the sails, spat out the rain that kept flying in his mouth, and said viciously: "It turns out that prophecy or anything is a lie, and it is better to learn more in dueling class." ”
Under the roar of the wind and the torrential rain, Krum could not hear what Polyaco was shouting, only to see him open and close his mouth in anger, and then spit out the rain that flew into his mouth.
The icy rain also hit Krum's face, and he felt a chill like no other.
He loved water and swam him, but the rain made him feel so uncomfortable that even the icy waters shouldn't have such a rotten smell.
"Ahh
The rain poured the deck through, and soon formed a thin layer of ice chips, and one of the students accidentally slipped and slid down the rocking hull towards the bow of the boat, and Krum didn't care about the rudder, so he quickly reached out and grabbed the student, and held him to lean on the wooden rudder, and slowly stood up.
"Are you alright, Osterbo?"
"Whew-" Osterbo? Reese gasped for breath and clutched the steering wheel behind him, his finger joints turning white from too much effort
"Phew, thank you...... Krum, this damn weather, why did you just let us ......"
He was complaining, but his eyes suddenly straightened, and Krum saw that he was not talking, and subconsciously glanced at him, only to see Osterbo rubbing his eyes desperately with his other hand.
Blinded? Krum thought that the rain was indeed heavy enough, and much of it had flowed into his eyes, and it made him feel as if he were in pain.
"Shhhh
Unexpectedly, after Osterbo rubbed his eyes violently again and again, he suddenly let out a sharp and sharp inhalation, as if he had inhaled all the cool air hovering over the North Sea.
"Look!"
He stretched out his hand, pointed ahead, and shouted at the students behind him with unconcealed horror in his tone.
Krum was behind him, and he looked up into the distance.
"I'm not mistaken...... "Osterbo?" Reese was still rubbing her eyes over and over again, but Victor? Krum was already sure he wasn't mistaken, because he also saw the thing that made him think he was dazzled.
Not far from them, on the sea in front of them, a huge black shadow like an island stood on the sea, if it wasn't for the crazy struggle and writhing, almost everyone would think of it as a floating island, but now the black shadow is surrounded by huge and thick tentacles that say it all, it is not an island, but a sea monster or something like that in the sea, although Krum is also seeing this thing for the first time.
"Go find Mr. Headmaster—"
It wasn't good news for this thing to be on the way, and despite the backlash at Karkaroff for letting them work in the storm on deck, the students understood that it wasn't something they could handle.
Poliako also slowly climbed to the bow of the ship from the mast, and saw clearly the island sea monster standing between heaven and earth, turned around in fright, opened the hatch and got in, and ran straight to the cabin where the headmaster Karkaroff was.
"What's that!"
The sharp-eyed Osterbo stretched out his hand, it seemed that there was still something on the sea, Krum's eyes narrowed into a slit, at this time he really looked like an eagle searching for prey, a pair of eagle eyes saw clearly, it turned out that there was not only a huge monster on the sea, but also two giants made of flowing water, one left and one right, fiercely pressing the monster under him.
"Oh my God—here's what's going on!"
Krum couldn't understand the current situation, could it be that they had encountered a battle between the North Sea Sea Monsters, it was really a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and in such a storm, they ran into the sea monster's arms again.
It's just that Krum doesn't have the heart to care about that right now, he's trying with all his might to twist the rudder and keep Durmstrang's ghost ship going in the other direction, and not get involved in the monsters' war.
As a seeker for the Bulgarian national team, Victor? Krum's strength is not insignificant, and the large ship has been enchanted again, and in fact only a small amount of force is needed to control the rudder.
However, this time, it seems that the surrounding ocean currents have long been disturbed by the activities of the giant sea monster, and the torrents and whirlpools that have inexplicably emerged make the whole big ship uncontrolled at all, and frantically sail towards the sea monster.
"Whoosh-"
A green light illuminated the darkness of the storm and the pale faces of all the students on deck.
"Oh my God—that's a wizard!"
It was Osterbo who spoke first, and this time even Krum could see clearly, on the shoulders of a water giant, stood a wizard in a black robe, not as tall as Krum, but like a minor.
Their ship was close enough, even closer, that Krum felt like he could see the wizard's face.
It was clear that the two giants were controlled by wizards, but the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle, and for a moment they did not even notice the incomparably small Durmstrang ship on the sea.
How did this wizard get into a fight with such a terrible sea monster?
Wickdore? Krum's head was full of greetings, while another male student behind him shouted in a trembling voice:
"Kill- Killing Curse, that's Killing Curse - it's a Dark Wizard!"
His words suffocated the air on the deck, although Durmstrang was a school that encouraged the study of dark arts, it did not mean that the students of this school could cast the unforgivable spell at will, and the magic of Avada Suo was still an untouchable taboo for them, a mystery and fear that was put on the shelf.
Moreover, compared to the really ruthless dark wizards, these students are nothing, after Grindelwald was expelled from school, Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has undergone a certain degree of reform, and there is a faction among the students today who are very disgusted with Grindelwald, and are sincerely disgusted with some of the extremely excessive dark magic experiments he has done, and Krum is one of them.
In any case, a dark wizard dealing with terrifying island monsters in the stormy North Sea is not easy to mess with, and the students only hope to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible before both sides find themselves.
"Whoa, la, la—"
Suddenly, there was a rapid noise, which was a rare thing to hear in the midst of such a violent storm, and Krum tilted his head vigorously to look at the wizard who was standing on the giant's shoulder, and saw that the sound seemed to come from a large handful of glass bottles that he had thrown out.
The bottles were like a silver rain that burst open after colliding with each other in the air.
"Oh my God—"
A few of the students couldn't bother to lower the sails, they clung to the side of the ship, and looked up at the spectacular battle, only to see the glass bottles crash into the air and suddenly turn into a surging red light, shooting like sharp arrows at the monsters that were still struggling and waving their tentacles.
There were dozens of red lights, covering half of the sky, as if dozens of wizards were casting spells at the same time, "banging" down on the monster, and Krum heard a strange and desolate, chilling cry that he had never heard before.
"Aung Aung—"
It seemed to be emitted by the sea monster, and its wildly waving tentacles after being hit by the red light stiffened slightly, and there was a tendency to stop, and at this moment, the hatch behind it was slammed open, and Karkaroff and Poliaco stumbled to the shaky deck.
"Shhhh
Without the students having to explain, Karkaroff naturally saw the scene outside the cabin like a battle of the gods.
And in the battle just now, after a burst of red light, another dazzling green light skyrocketed, and the spell hit the howling island monster like a raging storm.
Krum and the students around him were all trembling in their hearts, they should have been afraid of this monster that even Avada couldn't kill, but for some reason, they left the figure of the black-robed wizard in their hearts, this is definitely a powerful wizard, definitely stronger than Mr. Headmaster, Krum thought to himself.
"Let's dive—"
Karkaroff was still the headmaster after all, and he was not shocked by what was happening in front of him, he immediately drew his wand and pointed at the hull of the ship, and in an instant the entire hull seemed to be wrapped in invisible bubbles, and slowly sank into the cold water.
The ship is a unique means of transportation for Durmstrang, and one of its features is that it can move directly from one body of water to another with the help of magic.
It's just that now that they are in the middle of the North Sea, Kakaroff can't be sure if it's a little far away to move to the next body of water, but the situation in front of him doesn't allow him to think too much, so he used his wand to urge the ship to sink, and almost immediately activated his magic in the next second.
In a flash of light, the eerie, misty old ship disappeared into the water.
Krum glanced up at the wizard figure standing on the giant's shoulders one last time, and embedded it in his pupils, he couldn't tell how he felt, he was only eighteen years old, he had always been noticed by others for his outstanding Quidditch achievements, and he also considered himself a proud son of heaven.
However, when he saw an existence that he could only look up to, and from the point of view, the other party seemed to be even smaller than him, Krum really had mixed feelings.
It's just that Ning An, who is still engrossed in dealing with the Kraken in front of him at the moment, can't understand it at all.
He only felt that the situation was very tricky at the moment, although this sea monster had no other peculiarities, but just its huge size and strong brute strength were already difficult for Ning An to deal with, not to mention the rough skin and thick flesh, and the spell hitting it was simply not painful.
The refining potion bottle containing the stun spell was thrown out by him all at once, turning into dozens of stun spells and hitting the Kraken fiercely, but it only made it a little sluggish, and the two giants not only drained Ning An a lot of mana, but also began to gradually dissipate under the counterattack of the Kraken.
Ning An's palms couldn't help but ooze sweat, but the wand had already been drenched by the heavy rain, and at this moment, it was impossible to tell whether it was rain or sweat when it was wet.
"Huh?"
Just when Ning An couldn't think of a way to deal with the sea monster, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, illuminating the dark sea, and it was like day in an instant.
For the first time, Kraken's appearance was so clearly displayed in front of Ning An, in addition to the thick tentacles with fangs and claws, its body turned out to be a black round ball, with the light of lightning, he could clearly see the scale-like lines on it, and below the ball, Ning An actually saw a huge eye.
It turned out that the eyes of this monster had been covered by two tentacles before, and the sky was dark, Ning An didn't notice it at all, and now he tilted his head, and suddenly thought about it.