Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 576 The First Project (Honkai)

Harry listened to the choice the Sphinx gave him, and didn't know what to do.

Riddles,
——This is Hermione's forte, not her own.

And to deal with monsters like the Sphinx, that's something that Hagrid or McGuffin can do,
What's more, it was so close... Harry knew he couldn't deal with this monster at all.

'Just leave in such a disheartened way? '
"May I listen to the riddle first?" Harry decided to try.

A smile appeared on the face of the Sphinx, she straightened up, her tail was raised high, and she recited happily:

"Which thing in the world is the longest and the shortest,

The fastest is the slowest,

The most divisible is the largest,
The least valued is the most precious;
Without it, nothing can be done;
Does it annihilate all small things, and perpetuate all great things? "

Harry stared at her dumbfounded.

He was a little confused, but the riddle seemed very familiar.

This should be a widely circulated riddle, but he kind of forgot it.

what's going on?

Harry frantically searched for the answer to his own memory in his mind. The first thing he thought of was magic, magical power... But after thinking about it carefully, even magic spells have many taboos such as Gump's law of transformation, and there are also things that cannot be done.

And even without magic, Muggles can survive just fine.

"Time... yes, it's time!"

The Sphinx smiled very kindly. She stepped out of the way, straightened her tail, gracefully pointed at the golden egg on the top of the pyramid, and said softly, "That's yours, young wizard!"

Harry was so pleasantly surprised that he hurried past the Sphinx and rushed towards the miniature pyramid.

……

"Look, I'll say that the answer to the riddle is... time!" Hermione flaunted in a tone that you couldn't figure out,
Except for McGuffin and Ron... Dean, Neville, and Hermione just rolled their eyes at these words.

But it's not over yet.

She was still muttering, "This riddle is too simple, I don't understand why the Sphinx's riddle is so simple..."

"You should be thankful for Harry," said Ron, a little reproachfully.

"Yeah, that guy is not easy to deal with..." Hagrid nodded, and continued, "But the scorpion and the sphinx should be together, they are difficult to separate, I don't know how Dumbledore and the others let those hard-headed guys leave the Sphinx..."

"However, it seems that I didn't meet those scorpions when other warriors took the risk to snatch the golden eggs... McGuffin, Ron, did you see that?"

"No, no!" Hermione shook her head and replied immediately, and it was obvious that she was also curious about it.

Then she looked at Professor McGonagall with some concern, and found that the professor was still trying to explain something to those disgruntled German shepherds and Slytherin students who deliberately made trouble.

Apparently these guys still hadn't let Harry go.

At this time, McGuffin seemed to have discovered something, and said strangely, "Something is wrong..."

The big black dog that Sirius turned into also roared a few times, obviously he also noticed something was wrong.

"What's the matter, MacGuffin?" Hagrid asked.

"The time... the time is wrong, from before... all the pictures are not played fast, they have become real time..."

Hagrid squeezed in from behind, looking at the picture on the Plume Curtain, recalling what he had just seen.

"Well, it seems... that's true, so what's the matter?"

Hermione also came to her senses at this time, "That's right, Hagrid, don't forget the Ilvermorny warrior, that big basket that Donald Eastfork poked before..."

"Ah, that oversized Ukrainian iron belly...hasn't that dragon been stopped yet?"

Thinking of what happened just now, not only Ron... Even hearing this conversation, all the Gryffindor students in front of him turned blue.

"It's hard to say... I remember that idiot Donald stabbed that super-large dragon's ass with a weird spell, and after the dragon pulled and flew, the screen showed up..."

"...It was transferred away, and Fleur, Camilla Paula, and Donald Eastfork have not been shown since then..." Ron said with difficulty as if he was about to vomit.

"Stop it, Ron Weasley, thanks to you, I remembered that lump again..." Parvati blamed several people for bringing up this topic, before she finished speaking, she bent over and retched.

Hermione didn't care much about this, and when she was about to say something to refute,
Suddenly, Dean, and Neville shouted, they called Harry's name, looking very excited,
Several of them yelled, desperately wanting Harry to escape there,

The MacGuffins looked back into the flame stream curtain, and they saw——

For some unknown reason, the three of Donald Eastfork also came to that sandy platform.

Confronting Harry.

……

When Harry ran along the sandy road that the Sphinx gave way to, a black figure suddenly jumped up from below and landed on the top of the small pyramid.

It's a leopard that looks amazing.

About twice the size of a normal feline.

Moreover, it was covered with two wings, its whole body glowed with purple-black light, and its fur shone like a diamond. Compared with the golden egg next to it...it was hard to say which one was more shining.

On its back sat two witches embracing each other.

It's Fleur and Camilla Paula.

And its three long whip-like tails were tightly held by a guy.

That guy was... Donald Eastfork who had been 'in the limelight' before the game.

'How did these three guys get together? "

Harry took a step back hesitantly, his inner instinct kept warning him to get away from the three of them as soon as possible.

— But the golden egg?

Harry knew that he would never be able to snatch the golden egg. Donald, Fleur, and the three of them were much closer to the spire than he was.

Even though he knew this, he was still a little unwilling. He finally answered the riddle of the Sphinx, but was so easily given by these three guys...

'However, these three guys, why are they in such a mess?Even Fleur and Camilla Paula seem to have escaped. '

There was also a reason for Harry's delay in going forward to fight for the golden egg. He was suspicious in his heart, and he was very scrupulous about it.

Donald Eastfork was not polite. As soon as he let go and fell from the leopard's tail, he immediately looked at the golden egg with salivation, and walked slowly towards the golden egg step by step.

Camilla Paula's face was very distressed, and she waved her magic wand to transform the leopard...shrunk into a purple crystal statue (already covered with fine cracks).

After she put it away, she immediately glared at Donald who was beside her, and shouted loudly, "Damn it, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in such a mess..."

"Idiot, idiot, why did you mess with that fire dragon?"

"Even if you provoke the fire dragon, don't implicate us, don't follow us..."

Camilla cursed Donald Eastfork in several languages.

The only languages ​​Harry could barely recognize were Portuguese, Spanish, English...

This witch from Castrobusche, Brazil, seems to have completely lost her mind.

She was swearing like a shrew, and if it wasn't for Fleur in front of her, she looked like she would just swing her wand and attack Donald Eastfork.

Donald Eastfork's face must have been specially tempered, and he didn't react at all. He obviously just took a "free ride" from him, but in a blink of an eye, he ignored the "savior" and started poking his butt, pulling out the golden egg.

Fleur first tidied up her makeup, then stopped Camilla Paula's gaffe, and said something in a low voice, causing Camilla Paula to hastily redress a little bit.

They only noticed Harry when they were not so disgraced.

"Harry Potter!"

Furong said hello.

Hearing the name, Donald froze, but he still pointed his butt at a few people and tried to pull it out. In the end, he simply pulled out his wand, trying to cast a spell to get the golden egg out.

And at this time, Sphinx, she jumped over from the sand sea over there again,

She walked gracefully, twisting the lion's body, and stepped onto the small pyramid step by step.

Then he opened his mouth and said to Donald, "Stupid wizard, you can't pick up what doesn't belong to you. It belongs to the young and wise wizard on the other side... He answered my riddle."

Donald Eastfork, then slowly turned around.

Harry found that this guy was staring at him, with a distorted expression on his face. The hatred and disgust in his eyes were comparable to those of the Malfoy family and Snape.

'What's going on, he shouldn't have offended this guy himself? '

Harry couldn't help feeling flustered, and there was a reason for his fear.

This guy in front of him, the spell that was cast on that round-faced witch of Ilvermorny before the game started... was too scary.

He didn't want to be tricked like that in this [Endless Labyrinth].

No matter which time Harry came to this [Ravenclaw Secret Library] experience, he was very sure that there must be no public toilets in this place.

If you are really tricked...

—the dung warrior,

This name will be crowned on his own head.

Then, the rumor that Slytherin cursed... Potter stinks... was about to become true.

This kind of thing is creepy to think about.

If that happened, Harry felt that he might as well face the resurrected Voldemort directly, or just throw away his wand from the edge of the platform and jump directly, which would be easier and easier.

At this moment, Harry suddenly understood why Camilla Polla was so angry and had to take on Donald Eastfork's behavior.

It is estimated that this guy is also afraid of this kind of indiscriminate 'terrorist attack'.

'But why does Donald Eastfork hate himself so much? ' Harry was still puzzled by this.

"Harry Potter!"

Just as Harry was puzzled and froze on the spot, Donald stood on the pyramid and growled.

The voice was full of anger.

This made Camilla and Fleur also know that Donald hated Harry very much.

"Harry Potter, you owe me, quickly give me this golden egg..." His words were very urgent.

Camilla and Fu Rong, after a certain level of grooming and restoration of their previous charms, also stared at the golden egg, and seemed to want to participate in the competition.

"What do you owe?" Harry was a little puzzled, he hesitated for a while, and still asked.

Donald got even angrier, and he shouted, "If you hadn't invited me that night, I wouldn't have gone to that damned MacGuffin Albert's appointment... If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have... wouldn't have..."

As he was shouting, a high-pitched dragon's roar from below completely suppressed his voice.

This sound made Camilla, Fleur, and Donald tremble, almost causing them to fall down from the small pyramid.

What the hell?

The roar of the fire dragon is not at all like the kind you usually hear when walking in the castle or the Black Lake——

High-pitched, powerful, shocking, can frighten people from the spinal cord.

This roar was elongated suspiciously, and it was a little weaker than usual, and it sounded weak.

Weak, elongated...but this, but this is a fire dragon!

Who can control and torment a fire dragon?
Harry became more suspicious.

Looking at the earth-colored faces of the three of them again,

At this moment, Harry felt that unprecedented feeling of uneasiness in his heart again.

It's like... just like... the feeling of the last few times, when I was adventuring with Albert at the end of the semester, the feeling of palpitations rushed straight to my heart.

"Come on, Harry Potter!"

There was no usual smug, narcissistic mumbled voice between Donald's words, he hurriedly urged, and even pleaded with Harry.

After saying a few words, the guy simply turned around and pointed at the golden egg, and tried to pull it up with all his might.

Unfortunately to no avail,

In the end, Donald didn't even want the golden egg, and ran straight down from under the pyramid, wanting to leave the platform and run towards the stone stairs leading to it.

And Camilla and Fleur have already done so.

"What's going on? They're on the run...what are they hiding for?"

Before Harry had time to think about it, he (after casting the spell on himself) jumped directly to the pyramid, and under the gaze of the Sphinx, he picked up the golden egg and hugged it in his arms, and hurriedly wanted to leave here too.

But it was too late.

On one side of the pyramid, that is, at the edge of the platform, a huge and incomparably black shadow rushed out.

That figure was astonishing, and the shadow cast by that body almost covered all the light on the platform.

It took Harry a little effort to recognize the thing as a dragon.

The scales are gray and white, and it is a very huge fire dragon.

However, why does this thing exude a stinky, foul smell...

'It stinks, like dragon dung manure from herbal medicine class. '

Harry suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Donald Eastfork's unnamed rage at himself...that inexplicable conversation just now; and Hagrid, McGuffin's haggling about what happened that night...and why this fire dragon was chasing the three of them...

Harry gradually connected all the pieces together,
His heart was pounding, and he felt the threat coming.

The Sphinx didn't care, she looked at the huge monster above her head, once again very gracefully, laying her head on her front paws, resting on her stomach with her eyes closed...

but--

The super-large fire dragon let out another long roar.

A jet of air gushed out from the tail, carrying some kind of unidentified viscous yellow diluted liquid soaring into the sky...

And a hoarse, pained growl from its back,
"Whoever it is? Quick, avoid it!"

Suddenly, Harry's scalp tingled and he understood everything.

But is there still time?

——At this juncture of life and death (shi)! !
(End of this chapter)