382. Second project

The warriors began to get together in twos and threes to chat, and after a period of contact, everyone had a certain understanding, especially at the time of the ball, and the relationship was naturally close after getting acquainted, after all, everyone was young.

At this time, on the shore of the Black Lake, the towering stands are already standing there, and the huge monitor is hanging above, and when the Warriors' game begins, everyone can see what the Warriors are seeing in the Black Lake.

At 10 a.m., Field beckoned everyone to begin their march towards the playing field.

By the lake, a golden tablecloth was spread on the huge table, and the referees were all present without exception.

Standing around the table, Mr. Bagman began to explain the game, while Mrs. Diggory directed Gore and another photographer to give a close-up of the warriors.

"Each of you has one of your most important partners, lovers or relatives who have been kidnapped by merfolk and you need to rescue them within an hour. Now everyone starts checking their gear, and then it's time to warm up. Mr. Bagman finished and patted Harry on the shoulder closest to him.

At this time, the weather is a rare sunny day, and the bright sun shines on the cold surface of the lake, and the waves are shining.

One by one, the warriors began to either bounce or stretch their arms and thighs.

Harry looked a little cramped, and Field walked up behind him and whispered, "I can eat it ten minutes earlier, it will take time for it to work." ”

Harry was stunned for a moment, and asked, "But do you mean that the effect is only for an hour? What if the effect has passed while I'm still in the water?" I heard Neville say that gill grass is a plant that lives in seawater, and it doesn't necessarily work in fresh water. ”

"If you don't eat it now, if it doesn't work when you go into the water later, you'll just drown. Field said angrily.

Harry hurriedly took out a slippery ball of aquatic grass from his pocket that looked like countless gray rat tails and ate it. Looking at Harry's expression that almost made him vomit, Field was sure that the gill grass must be very unpalatable.

Field gave Harry a covert slurp, and he swallowed. Field looked around, no one noticed him, and all eyes were on Fleur and Helen. No one noticed Harry clutching his neck in pain.

It was close to half past nine, everyone had already taken off their coats, and the two beautiful girls were wearing one-piece swimsuits at this time, stretching, and the graceful curves made the men present almost look straight.

On the referee's bench, everyone was talking to each other, and Dumbledore looked at the time and reminded Mr. Bagman.

Mr. Bagman looked at his watch, quickly stood up, ran to Mrs. Diggory, and then took out his wand and pointed it at his neck. He said, "Loud voice—" and then he said in a voice that sounded like thunder.

"It's time to play, our warriors are ready and ready to blow the whistle and the fight will officially begin. They had a full hour to reclaim what they had been robbed of, and now-three-two-one-"

As Mr. Bagman whistled, the six warriors waded into the lake in unison.

As they walked, Cedric, Fleur, Helen, and Poliaco drew their wands almost as if they had agreed, and then cast a bubble head charm on themselves, each with a huge bubble wrapped around their heads.

Krum, on the other hand, kept shaking his head and burrowed into the lake, but everyone could tell that he was performing an Animagus Transfiguration, as his head had already begun to change.

And what really surprised everyone was Harry, who just clutched his neck in pain and plunged headlong into the lake, startling everyone.

When all the warriors' figures disappeared from the lake, everyone looked up in unison and looked at the huge screen suspended above the stands.

At this point, the screen is split into six pieces, each showing a warrior's perspective.

In Cedric's view, Harry was writhing wildly, looking in pain, as if due to a lack of oxygen. Cedric was trying to get close to Harry, but after a moment he listened.

In perspective, Harry stopped struggling, and his appearance changed in a series of ways. His skin had turned green, his feet had grown a lot, his hands and feet had webbed, and two rows of long gills had grown on either side of his neck.

"Oh-oh-oh-what did we see? This is ............," said Mr. Bagman excitedly.

"Gears—it's muzzles—" said Mrs. Diggory.

"A clever decision, this rare and amazing plant that lives in the Mediterranean Sea can turn a person into an aquatic creature in an hour. ”

In the audience, the students of Hogwarts cheered. Because in the picture, Harry gives Cedric a thumbs up to indicate that he is okay, and then flicks his body and disappears from everyone's view like a nimble swimming fish over the warriors.

From Harry's point of view, as far as the eye could see, there was a dark, hazy black shadow, and the faint sound of a mermaid's song could be heard here.

Hearing the song, all the warriors sped up, and Harry took the lead in swimming towards the shadows.

The black shadow is getting closer and closer, this is already the depth of the bottom of the lake, and the black shadow in the distance is gradually becoming clearer.

In the magnificent time floating, there are rows of writhing and tangled black aquatic plants, all of which are straight towards the direction of the sunshine on the lake, forming a strange jungle of aquatic plants.

In the silt at the bottom of the lake, there were small pebbles that glowed in twos and threes, and in the dark and hazy light and shadow, small fish occasionally paddled in front of Harry.

"Whoa—" There was a sudden uproar, and Field's gaze shifted to the camera next to him, and the other five warriors saw a giant squid moving towards them along the bottom of the lake.

"Oh my God! danger—" exclaimed Mrs. Diggory, for Cedric was among them.

Originally, the giant squid moving slowly at the bottom of the lake seemed to sense that the warriors had sensed their presence, and it quickly spewed out a stream of water, pushing its huge body towards the warriors.

Eight stout brachiopods, each with more than 240 suckers, the suckers are surrounded by a ring of sharp teeth, which should be very convenient to catch prey, the oval body with the head looks like a giant rugby, and the two jet-black eyes are distributed on both sides. The giant squid is the undisputed king of the Black Lake, and its hideous image makes people shudder, and perhaps only Hagrid in the whole of Hogwarts will think it is cute.

Almost instantly, all the warriors swam towards the jungle of water and grass.

Fleur was the closest to the Aquatic Jungle, and a fierce stream of air shot out of her wand, pushing her into the Aquatic Jungle, and she disappeared into it with a single turn.

Krum had already conjured a hideous shark's head, and with a struggling stroke, he slid into it, then quickly slid to the bottom of the lake, clinging to the silt at the bottom of the lake, and quickly disappeared into the muddy waters.

Helen and Poliac, however, were noticeably slower, and the giant squid's thick tentacles wrapped around their feet as they were about to enter the aquatic jungle, then tied them together.

"Warrior Helen Hathaway and Warrior Leo Poliaco are disqualified. Mr. Bagman announced loudly.

Just as Dumbledore was on the referee's bench and was about to make a move, the giant squid in the picture had already focused his eyes on Cedric.

Mrs. Diggory's heart lifted at once.

At that moment, Cedric's wand waved, and the tip of the wand formed a rapidly rotating whirlpool, and a school of fat salmon swam out of the whirlpool, and the salmon slashed in front of the giant squid.

In the face of the food, the giant squid's eyes were completely attracted, and when it lifted its two wrists and feet, swept in the direction of the salmon, and pounced, it found that it had been deceived and was about to turn back to look for Cedric, but Cedric was gone.

Just as the giant squid was looking around, a golden lightning bolt struck it across the lake, and it was numb, and it let go of its grip on the wrists and feet of the two warriors, and fled quickly.

Helen and Poliaco, already unconscious, were escorted to the stands, and Madam Pomfrey blushed to check on them.

On the other side, several people who entered the aquatic grass jungle were in trouble again, and the little underwater devil, Grindy Lowe, began to attack them.

Among the dense and turquoise water and grass, these little water monsters with horns on their heads, fangs on their mouths, and octopus on their lower bodies are desperately attacking the warriors.

The first to get rid of them was Krum, who, with his huge, hideous shark mouth, struggled to bite down on Grindellow's wrists and feet, and threw it out. Then he shook his head and intimidated these little water monsters. He succeeded, and one by one, these little things who were afraid of the soft and afraid of the hard began to scatter and flee.

Then there's Cedric, who cast a spell on himself after luring away the giant squid, and at this point he almost fused with the aquatic plants, so that none of the others noticed him except for a few Grindillos in close proximity, and then the wand in his hand flashed a burst of electricity, which bounced between several Grindillos several times, knocking them all unconscious.

Seeing Cedric turn and swim towards the bottom of the lake, Mrs. Diggory let out a heavy breath.

On the other side, Fleur was not so lucky, a large group of Grindy Lowe kept besieging her, making him tired of coping, and then the group that was scared away by Krum also swam to her, and although she resisted, she was finally dragged into the water and grass.

"Fleur Delacour is disqualified. Mr. Bagman announced loudly.

There was a sigh from the direction of the Beauxbatons students, and Madame Maxim shook her head helplessly.

In Fleur's direction, two merfolk with green beards and shark tooth necklaces, six or seven feet tall, suddenly appeared, drove away the group of Grindillowe, swam out of the water with Fleur in their arms, and handed her over to the staff of the Ministry of Magic.

"Most merfolk are adept at controlling other aquatic creatures, and Grindillo is one of their main minions. Mrs. Diggory came back to her senses and explained.

As Mrs. Diggory explained, Harry was being entangled by a Grindy Low, which was constantly scratching Harry's legs with its long nails, interfering with his progress. But Harry's speed hadn't slowed down much, and he was now nimble like a fish in the water after eating the gill grass, and Grindy Low didn't have much of an effect on him.

But just as he was crossing another woodland, two more Grindillos got around him, grabbed his webbed feet, and pulled him down desperately.

As a last resort, Harry took out his wand and shot a stream of boiling water at them, and the blue-green skin of Grindy Lotro suddenly turned red, and Harry took the opportunity to break free, swimming forward with all his might, and from time to time sending out hot jets of water backwards.

"Oh, it looks like the remaining three warriors have all gotten rid of Grindillo's entanglement, so it's up to us to see who finds their target first. Mr. Bagman said happily.

At the bottom of the black lake is a large area of silt, and as the water stirs and the water stirs, the black eddies are raised, and from time to time the beautiful song of the mermaid can be heard.

All three warriors struggled to identify the direction of the sound in order to find their bearings.

"Oh, Cedric Diggory and Victor Krum seem to be on the wrong track, can they complete this project in the allotted time?" said Mr. Bagman worriedly.

At this point, Harry, who had been exploring the Black Lagoon for weeks on end, finally showed his advantage. He swam a little harder, and with the impression left in his memory, he quickly found his way by the angle of the sunlight hitting the water.

He swam in the direction he had identified for at least twenty minutes, then he swam a little further and checked the direction, and soon he saw a huge rock in the murky water in front of him, and a mural depicting a group of mermaids chasing a giant squid.

Harry made his way around the rock quickly, and behind it were a number of poorly made stone caverns, speckled with algae.

In front of the house, a group of merfolk were waiting solemnly, unlike the beautiful creatures in the Muggle films, their skin was iron-gray, and their dark green hair was long, unkempt. Merfolk have yellow eyes and yellow teeth, and Field guesses that they don't have the habit of brushing their teeth and wear pebbles strung with thick rope around their necks.

At the sight of Harry, a smile crossed each merfolk's face, but it looked a little ill-intentioned, and of course Field knew that their smiles were born that way. They swung around Harry with their powerful silver tails, and the little merfolk poked their heads out of the cave to look at Harry curiously.

"In fact, mermaids are found all over the world, and many of us may not know about them, but in fact, they are just like us humans, because they are divided into many populations because of different regions. Mermaids have a variety of appearances, just like us humans. And their habits and customs, like those of the centaurs, are a fog to us, although wizards who have mastered the language of the merfolk say that the merfolk form extremely well-organized groups of varying sizes depending on where they live, and some have elaborate dwellings. Like the centaurs, merfolk have rejected the status of "human" in favor of "animal". They note that they live in relatively warm seas, and the mermaids in each sea have their own language – just like our dialects. What we know about them so far has been the general penchant for music that merfolk have. Lady Diggory gave a briefing on the merfolk.

In the meantime, Harry had arrived in the middle of the merfolk village, which was supposed to resemble a square.

In front of a taller-looking stone house, there were six figures hovering, all of whom seemed to be asleep, their heads hanging over their shoulders and their mouths bubbling with small bubbles.

When he got closer, he realized that Ron, Hermione, and Cho Chang were among them, and on the other side there was a little girl of seven or eight years old, with cloudy bright silver hair, who knew at a glance that it was Fleur Delacour's sister.

Next to the little girl was a girl with short brown hair who looked older than Harry.

When Field looked at the last girl, he was almost startled. For he saw Helen Hathaway there, tied there by merfolk with straw ropes, just like everyone else.

However, when Harry got closer, he realized that he was wrong, the girl was not Helen, and although the two looked almost identical, the girl wore glasses. If there is no mistake, the two should be twins.

Harry couldn't care so much by this time, and he swam to Ron's side, looking around for something to cut through the ropes, which were thick and slippery, and very strong.

Harry tried to borrow the spear from the merfolk but was refused, and he had to use his wand to deal with it, but he couldn't break it several times because of his impatience.

At this moment, Cedric finally arrived, and he finally found this place after being lost in the aquatic grass jungle for a long time.

Cedric quickly came to Zhang Qiu's side, and the wand in his hand shot out a red light, cutting off the rope made of water and grass at once, and then helped Zhang Qiu, nodding his hand to indicate that Harry should hurry up, time is running out.

Harry looked at Cedric and pointed to the other hostages around him excitedly, asking Cedric to help him get everyone out.

The two of them didn't even know what they meant for a long time, and in the end, Cedric had no choice but to scratch his wand in the water a few times, leaving a line of golden words.

"Everyone can only take their own targets, and the referee will guarantee their safety. ”

After writing, he ignored Harry and pulled Zhang Qiu away.

Harry looked relieved, and then cast several more spells in quick succession, finally breaking the rope of the weeds. Just as he was about to leave with Ron in his arms, a huge shark's head suddenly burst out in the direction in front of him, scaring him into a cold sweat.

The shark spun in front of Harry, and Harry saw a human body underneath it, still wearing swimming trunks, and immediately understood that it was Krum.

Krum ignored Harry and rushed up to bite the rope off Hermione's feet, pulling her away as fast as he could.

Driving away from Krum and Hermione, Harrila pulled Ron and chased after him.

Krum had been swimming in the Black Lagoon every day for more than a month, so he was a fast swimmer, but even so, Harry was able to catch up with him quickly. With the effect of the gill grass, he is now no different from an aquatic creature, and Krum's imperfect Animagus does not turn his legs into fishtails, so he has no advantage in swimming speed.

Shortly after passing Krum, Harry saw Cedric, who was much slower than Crum with only the Bubble Head Charm, and although he had set off a little earlier, Harry had caught up with him.

Almost halfway down Cedric, Harley poked out of the water first, and was greeted by cheers from the stands.