Chapter Ninety-Four: Confusion (Sorry, I'm sick, I forgot the title before)
For Hallie's words and actions, the Sphinx not only did not feel humiliated, but was full of happiness.
After all, such a terrifying big man said so, which means that he will definitely survive.
It's better to survive than anything else, what dignity is there?
Harley didn't embarrass the Sphinx, and walked straight into the narrow corridor towards the championship trophy of the Final Six Tournament.
“…… What do we see? I'm sure that Hallie is getting closer and closer to the trophy! Outside the labyrinth, Ludo's voice grew louder and more excited,
"She's about to touch the trophy! If Harley gets the trophy, who has the ability to take it from her? ”
"Hogwarts is almost certain to win the championship! Guaranteed to win the first S6 Tournament! ”
Ludo was hoarse, and his voice was even a little hoarse.
Professors and principals at other schools gave disgruntled glances, and students booed.
Ludo didn't care about that, though, he felt like the Golden Gallon was already beckoning to him.
And Hallie, as Ludo had hoped, slowly stood in front of the trophy.
The observation magic connected to the light curtain in the sky also began to rotate around Harry, wanting to record the memorable scene of the warrior holding the cup from all directions.
It's just that when the image on the big screen changed to Hallie's back, no one noticed that the little finger of Hallie's left hand moved slightly.
An eerie glow flashed in the corner of the room, as if something had changed from before.
The Observation Magic was not qualified to detect so much information, and it dutifully returned to the front again, wanting to record the moment when Harley held the cup.
Harley had stood there for an extra minute for some more minutes, and only now did she reach out, leaving enough time for the Ministry of Magic staff to take pictures.
But the unexpected happened, and just as Hallie's hand was about to touch the trophy, an unknown voice suddenly shouted behind her: "Drill your heart!" ”
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Outside the labyrinth, the spectators, the judges, and the guests didn't know that such a big thing had happened in the maze.
When the screen reappeared with Halle facing the trophy, the audience was already ringing louder and louder cheers.
Sirius was holding a large camera, excited like a child ready to take pictures.
Lupin couldn't help but shake his head, but he didn't restrain his good friend.
Fudge shook his fist harder and slammed it down on the table in front of him, a big smile on his face.
A glorious political achievement seemed to be flying towards him, dispelling the gloom of this time.
And in the corner of the referee's bench farthest from Fudge, Crouch also stared at the screen with a blank face.
When he saw that Hallie was about to win the cup, and the judges around him were so engrossed that no one was paying attention to him, he suddenly drew his wand:
"Crackling explosion!" "Broken bones!" "Drill the heart and cut the bones!" "Avada suo!"
Four spells flew in four directions, the explosion spell directly detonating the alchemy screen in mid-air, and the smashing spell accurately hit the instrument in front of the wizard who controlled the light screen.
Under the power of the Crushing Spell, the instrument was directly reduced to countless fragments, and finally became a pile of powder.
But that wasn't the end of it, a dark green light flashed, and the Diamond Curse hit Fudge's back accurately.
"Ahh......h Fudge let out an extremely terrible scream in an instant, and his fat body fell forward and smashed on the table.
Umbridge had just graciously made a cup of hot tea for the minister, and now all the hot tea was poured on Fudge's hands.
This made Fudge's wail, who was already suffering from the Spoiler of the Drill Heart Curse, even more poignant, and he fell off his chair and fell directly on the open space of the rostrum.
His body was obviously so fat, but he showed amazing flexibility, curled up into a ball of flesh, and rolled desperately.
"Minister, Minister! What happened to you? Minister! ”
Umbridge was the first to pounce, kneeling in front of Fudge and letting out a heart-rending cry of pain.
Her soprano even surpassed Fudge's wails for a time, showing her loyalty.
Of course, while showing her loyalty, she also vigilantly drew her wand, for fear that someone would attack her.
As for the other wizards on the scene, including Professor Dumbledore, the Headmasters on the podium, and other dignitaries such as Amelia Burns and Rufus Scrimgeur, none of them paid attention to Fudge.
Everyone felt a breath of death, and a green spell flew over the heads of the wizards and flew towards Professor Dumbledore.
Fortunately, Professor Dumbledore reacted so quickly that he didn't even need to use his wand, just clapped his hands.
A thick notebook on the table turned into a wall in an instant, successfully blocking the curse for his master.
And most people's attention was also focused on the Crouch who unleashed a series of spells because of this life-requisitioning spell.
"What are you doing? Barty Crouch! As the director of the Auror office, Scrimgeour shouted immediately, and two full-body bondage charms flew over.
But Crouch didn't give them a chance to catch themselves.
Seeing that all three spells were successfully hit and the corresponding tasks were completed, only the Curse did not have any effect, and Crouch did not react, or released more spells later.
He just mechanically pointed his wand at the soles of his feet, and kept chanting the words.
Before Scrimgeour's full-body binding spell hit Crouch, black flames erupted from Barty Crouch Sr.
The raging fire ignited, engulfing the expressionless middle-aged wizard in the flames, but with a faint relief in his eyes.
When this series of events happened, the rostrum was instantly chaotic.
The two deans, Professor Snape and Professor Sprout, cast several spells in quick succession to forcibly silence the panicked students.
Professor Dumbledore waved his wand with a serious face, finally extinguishing the fire that Barty Crouch Sr. had ignited and consumed his own life.
"Fierce fire...... Also, the Imperius Curse ......"
Professor Dumbledore whispered two words, and the bodies of the wizards closest to him shuddered.
"Dumbledore, are you sure it's a Imperius Curse?" Scrimgeour couldn't help but ask, his voice filled with hope, hoping for a negative answer.
But looking at Professor Dumbledore's serious face, Scrimgeour's heart slowly sank.
"Bobby, please help Cornelius with a simple treatment." Professor Dumbledore looked at Miss Pomfrey who had hurried over,
"If you don't have a potion to cure the after-effects of the Heart Drill Spell, you can ask Severus for help."
Miss Pomfrey nodded, and rushed towards Fudge with her medical kit in hand.
Unexpectedly, she prepared all kinds of magic potions for the warriors, but in the end, it was the Minister of Magic who used them first.
After all of this was done, Professor Dumbledore began to organize various things in an orderly manner, and at the same time sent signals to Professor McGonagall and other security officers in charge of patrolling the labyrinth, informing them of what was happening in the outside world.
What Professor Dumbledore didn't know, everything he did was seen by Fudge, who had already drunk the potion and relieved a lot of pain.
I don't know if it was the mental torture of the Diamond Heart Charm that made Fudge even more paranoid, but in short, Fudge looked at Professor Dumbledore's eyes more and more wrong.
Good fellow, you bad old man really wants to steal my position as Minister of Magic!
I just took a curse and wailed for a while, and you didn't even care about me, and you just started to snatch my power so bluntly!
A hint of gloom flashed in Fudge's eyes, but it was well concealed by his politicians.
Except for Umbridge, no one noticed the scene.
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Harley in the maze didn't know what was going on outside, and even if she did, she didn't have time to care.
Because she seems to be in big trouble.
The heart spell hit the unsuspecting Harley with precision, and the girl fell to the ground without saying a word, her body curled up in a ball.
"It's all petrified!"
The unknown figure hiding in the shadows was not careless at all, and seeing that Harley was suffering from being tortured by the Heart Drilling Curse, he immediately made up for the petrification charm.
Hallie's whole body suddenly stiffened, and she could no longer move.
In the corner of this room, the halo blurred.
A figure took off his invisibility cloak and trotted all the way over.
The man was pale, slightly freckled, and had light yellow hair that was disheveled.
It was the Death Eater who orchestrated it all, Barty Crouch Jr.
Barty Crouch Jr. didn't let his guard down because Hallie was petrified, and he didn't say much nonsense.
He lunged forward, unaware of a silver dagger made of goblins.
Barty Crouch Jr. stopped in front of Harley and slashed Harley's arm.
Blood flowed down suddenly.
Barty Crouch Jr. waited a few seconds for the speed of blood to flow out of the blood to become stable before pulling out a test tube, also made of sterling silver, and taking a full tube of blood.
After sealing the tube with a special stopper, Barty Crouch Jr. quickly applied a healing charm and a stun charm, and then turned around to the trophy.
He carefully wrapped the test tube in a package made of dragon skin and placed it in the trophy.
A bunny in a coma was also pulled out of his pocket and thrown into the trophy.
The moment the breathless creature touched the trophy of the Grand Six Tournament, a flash of light flashed on the trophy.
The doorkey was activated.
The trophy twisted for a moment, then disappeared in place.
Barty Crouch Jr. nodded in satisfaction, then drew his wand and cast several shattering charms on the table where the Six Powerhouse trophies were kept, further weakening the possibility of the Ministry of Magic finding its own master by leaving traces of magic along the trophy portkey.
"It's discreet, Barty Crouch Jr. Senior Riddle is really blessed to have you. ”
A crisp voice suddenly sounded behind Barty Crouch Jr.,
"You're so talented, do you want to be my dog? I still lack a dog as smart as you! ”
Barty Crouch Jr. was shocked, but the expression on his face did not change in any special way, and at the same time he calmly opened his mouth and said:
"To be a dog for you? It's not impossible. But you have to tell me who you are. ”
"Also, if you want me to betray my current master to serve you, then you have to give me a reason."
"yes." The crisp voice thought again, "I'll have to tell you about the benefits of following me." ”
"Hmm...... Let me think about ......"
Before the words fell, Barty Crouch Jr. made a 180-degree turn, and yelled at the same time:
"Drill the heart and cut the bones!" "Out of body!"
This is his favorite and most used spell combination.
While the Heart Drilling Mantra not only brings intense pain to the target, it can also bring an extremely strong sense of mental oppression to the person who is under the curse, effectively weakening their mental defenses.
And if you use the Imperius Charm at this point, it will be much more effective to succeed.
Even if he is a good master of Occlumency, it is difficult to make an effective resistance in the face of this combination of spells, and he will be directly captured by the Imperius Curse.
At the beginning, the pair of Aurors who were not weak, the Longbottom couple, were caught by themselves with this set of silky combos.
Of course, Barty Crouch Jr. at the time also took advantage of their trust in himself, paired with verbal distractions.
After all, he is the only heir of the Crouch family, and it stands to reason that he should be the most determined and stand against the dark arts.
Now, Barty Crouch Jr. is doing the same thing, talking to the unknown wizard to lower the other person's vigilance, and at the same time to make it easier for him to judge the other person's position based on the voice.
Barty Crouch Jr. was very confident in this way of fighting, and felt that unless someone like the great Voldemort or Dumbledore was an old immortal, no one else would have much chance to resist in the face of such an attack.
However, he miscalculated, and a mirror suddenly appeared between the two of them, directly engulfing the two spells one after the other.
This startled Barty Crouch Jr., and without thinking much about it, he quickly laid layers of defensive spells in front of him.
The process went so smoothly that there was no one to stop Barty Crouch Jr. from making a move.
He couldn't help but wonder about this, but he still prepared according to his habits and plans.
After all the defenses were done, Barty Crouch Jr. took a closer look at the wizard behind him.
He was horrified by the fact that the girl who had been lying on the ground without any resistance had disappeared.
A huge cobweb hung from the ceiling at some point, and Harley sat in it, shaking her legs slightly.
"Good evening, Loyal Servant of Senior Riddle, Loyal Death Eater, Dear Mr. Barty Crouch Jr."
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I couldn't stand it, my muscles ached, I had a headache, I had diarrhea, I went to the bathroom seven times in one night, and once in the middle, I lost consciousness and fell. Damn, I hope it's not yang.
(End of chapter)