Chapter 178: Lost Treasure
Three days before the second round, the gill sac grass that Harry had ordered finally arrived.
It looks like a bunch of slimy, gray-green rat tails, and it makes people lose their appetite.
But many potions are more disgusting than that, and wizards don't have to pinch their noses and pour them down?
Harry struggled with the gill sac for a moment, shoved it into his mouth with his eyes closed, chewed it hard, and swallowed it.
Neville and the others watched as his hands and feet were webbed, and two sets of gills were growing around his neck.
Harry then jumped into the water and remained underwater for more than two hours before he came to the surface.
"How?" Neville nervously asked, "Are you having trouble breathing?" ”
"No problem at all." Harry shivered as he wiped the water off his body and drank the potion to banish the chill, "I'm ready. ”
It took Kano a month to turn Harry into a strong swimmer. Coupled with the gill sac grass, which allows people to grow gills and flippers, he is now more agile than a fish in the water.
On the eve of the game, Kano was notified to go to the principal's office immediately.
As he walked up the stairs, he saw Hermione and Ron hurrying up.
"Is the Headmaster going to punish us for helping Harry?" Ron asked worriedly.
Kano patted him on the shoulder with a strange smile, "Congratulations, you've been chosen by Dumbledore to be Harry's lost treasure." ”
The three of them entered the office, where Chozhang and Dumbledore were already waiting.
"As the song says, you'll all be hypnotized and then sink into the water to wait for the warriors to deliver." Dumbledore stroked his beard, "I promise you won't be hurt in any way, just get some sleep." ”
Autumn Zhang's face was slightly red, Hermione was dazed, and Ron became a little angry.
"Professor, did the warriors choose this treasure themselves?"
His gaze shifted to Hermione, and then drifted back in.
"Of course not, Mr. Weasley. I wanted to call all the warriors' Christmas dance partners, but you don't want your little sister to soak in cold water, do you? Dumbledore laughed.
Hermione patted Ron, "Don't be stupid. ”
Kano hit Hache, and he can also insure the warriors and the "treasures" by going into the water himself, which is nothing bad.
The next day, Fleur stood by the lake, scanning the crowded audience.
Kano is not there, and it seems that he is being treated as a "treasure".
"Alright, now that the warriors are here, please listen to me announce the rules." Ludo opened his arms, "Your friends and relatives are locked up in merfolk territory, and you must go into the water and bring them back." ”
He handed each of them a badge: "The map in the Golden Egg has been entered into the badge, it can project a map underwater, showing the location of collectibles, and the more you get in an hour, the more points you will get." ”
"But if you don't get your friends and family back within the allotted time, you'll get zero points for this round."
"And in this round it is forbidden to attack each other, and it is forbidden to help each other."
Harry couldn't help but speak: "But we're all underwater, how can the referees observe?" ”
Hearing this, Ludo pointed to a magical water curtain standing on the ground: "The badge will transmit back the image in front of you, and everyone can see what you are doing." ”
"Please proceed with caution."
With a whistle, several people used their own skills.
Both Fleur and Cedric used the Bubble Head Charm and added a warmth charm to jump into the water.
Krum partially deformed himself and went into the water with a vicious shark's head.
Harry chewed on the gill sac grass vigorously, and when the gills grew, he jumped into the water and swam away.
Several people followed the projected map, struggling to make out their directions.
The four collectibles are placed on the fork in the road to the Merfolk Tribe, and the location is very secluded, guarded by the merfolk domesticated Grindillowe.
These ghosts with horns on their heads and long fingertips are hidden in aquatic plants, making them difficult to spot. They like to drag people underwater, and while a few warriors won't drown, fighting them is physically demanding.
Harry knew where all the collectibles were and wasn't going to waste time ahead, so he swam straight to the location of the third collectible.
The other three Champions must get their hands on at least one collectible or they are doomed to be thrown away.
But it was forbidden to interfere with each other in this match, and the trio could only grapple with a large group of Grindillo.
Soon, Krum was the first to break through Grindellow's blockade and get the collectible, which was a pearl.
Fleur and Cedric reluctantly broke free from Grindillo's entanglement and continued to move towards the second location.
Krum's physical strength and magic power were greatly consumed, and in the end, Fleur was a step ahead, and used the mental shock underwater to freeze a large group of Grindillo and get the second pearl.
Both Krum and Fleur gave up the fight for the third pearl and swam to the finish line.
As Cedric swam to the third spot, Harry had just swam out with a pearl and winked at him helplessly.
Harry's magic was still not as good as the other three, and he was much slower to get the pearls.
Cedric didn't know where the fourth pearl was, so he could only go full speed ahead to try to rescue Akihari faster and improve his score.
Krum, who swam the fastest, finally followed the song to the mermaid's village. These icy subspecies of merfolk are called "Serki", with yellow eyes and dark green hair, which is a stark contrast to their relatives who live in warm waters, but their singing voices are equally beautiful.
The merfolk guide Krum to the center of the village, where he is surprised to find four "treasures" sitting in a bubble eating grilled fish.
Merfolk leader Merkus stuck his head into the bubbles, shook his head and ate the grilled cod that Kano handed him, and chatted with him in a cooing mermaid language.
The strange scene was projected onto the water curtain through the badge, and the audience on the shore burst into laughter, and even the most serious Madame Maxim could not help but bend the corners of her mouth.
"Oh, Krum was the first to finish the race, and Delacour was the second to finish the race." Ludo said as he craned his neck to look at the water.
"The third is Diggory and the fourth is Potter."
"They all finished the race in an hour!"
Cano had already swam to the shore with a somewhat detached Fleur, and Madam Pomfrey immediately poured them with a potion to ward off the cold.
"I did my best." Fleur said listlessly, "This round requires too much muscle. ”
"It's okay, there's a third round." Kano smiled and comforted her, "If you hadn't practiced for a while before the game, it's hard to say whether you would have finished the race." ”
Ludo stepped forward and took the pearl that the warriors had gotten.
"Now, five points are added for each pearl you get, and the judges are asked to score them according to their performance underwater and the order in which they come out of the water!"
In this round, Krum and Harry scored the same score.
Although Harry was the last to finish the race, he got an extra pearl.
Harry is now ranked first, Fleur and Krum are tied for second and Cedric is third.
The audience applauded, and Kano took Fleur's badge and looked closely, a smile on the corner of his mouth.
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