Hogwarts: Harley from The Witch Way

This maze, specially designed for the third project, is very dark and unusually quiet.

Tall and dense hedges form the walls of the maze, and a large amount of magic is attached to them, making these hedges both fireproof and able to perfectly isolate sounds from the outside world.

A black flame rose from Harley's fingertips and spread quickly, illuminating a large area around it.

She waved her wand briefly and touched a small mirror hidden in her sleeve with her finger.

Then Harry seemed to have determined his direction and strode forward without stopping even when he encountered a fork in the road.

...We can see that player Harley is very confident.

Ludo looked at the only screen of light in the sky where figures were constantly moving, and loudly explained to the author,

She didn't use any route-finding or direction-determining magic, she just made her judgment based on her own intuition.

To be honest, I personally don't agree with this kind of operation. After all, our maze was designed by experts from the Ministry of Magic, so it is quite sophisticated.

However, considering that Harley is extremely talented, from my personal point of view, I believe she must have her own motives for doing this.

Wait a minute, Contestant Harley encountered the dangerous plant closest to her, a devil's net.

Ha, these poor plants, may Merlin bless them...

In the maze, Harry just snapped his fingers, and black flames rushed out instantly.

This shocked those devil nets, since they clearly hadn't done anything yet!

What's more, such terrifying black flames... We are just a bunch of devil's nets that even a first-year wizard can deal with! How can I ask you to treat me so seriously?

These devil's nets were very carefully separated to both sides and clung to the wall, not daring to move.

Harry strode over without even looking at the trembling devil's nets.

After passing these devil's nets, Harley glanced at a certain corner.

In a corner not far from the group of devil's nets, there was a small pebble that looked nondescript and was lying there quietly.

It was an illegal portkey crafted by Barty Crouch Jr. and waiting for the Matrix to trigger it.

Harley did not point out this matter, nor did she make any mark. Instead, she continued to move forward in the direction divined by her magic mirror.

The first level of the maze is the least dangerous. There are only some plants and animals that can be solved by first- and second-year Hogwarts wizards, and there is not even a formal magic trap.

But probably because of the powerful traceless stretching spell, the area of ​​this maze is very large.

Harry didn't encounter any obstacles in a short period of time except the devil's net, but he walked a distance as long as three straight lines between the two goals on the Quidditch pitch.

At this time, a whistle suddenly sounded from the small piece of ice left by Harry at the entrance. It seemed that Fleur, who ranked second in overall score, entered the maze.

Harley didn't want to look for her, but continued to focus on walking towards the entrance to the second floor unhurriedly.

On the stairs leading to the second level of the maze, Harley found an official, legal door key.

She blinked, a smirk appeared on her lips, and she waved her wand gently:

The slide is smooth! There are many obstacles! Silent!

The steps leading to the second floor instantly turned into an extremely slippery slope under Harry's magic, making it impossible for anyone to stand on it.

Considering Harley's magical attainments, it is almost impossible for ordinary wizards to turn her back into a staircase.

As for using magic to create a rough point of contact on this smooth surface and then climbing up, that is also impossible.

Although Harley did not deliberately make the obstacle spell she cast reach the best level, it was enough to stop this group of average warriors.

What's more, she even maliciously added a silent spell to this area.

Although according to the standards of the international magic education community, silent spells are content that sixth and seventh grade students must master.

But in fact, the number of wizards who can master this skill is very small, and the power of the spells will decrease when most wizards who master this skill use silent casting.

If the warriors behind could not make a sound, they would be even more helpless as it was difficult for them to break Harley's magic.

Mentos!

Harley pointed at the door key again, artificially modifying the door key whose teleportation destination was the third-to-last floor of the maze, and the teleportation destination was set to be the entrance to the second floor.

...Harley chose to leave some problems for the warriors behind, Ludo's voice became more and more delighted,

We can see that Harley turned the stairs leading to the second floor into a smooth surface, and attached a barrier spell and a silent spell on it.

At the same time, she also found a door key and relied on her superb magic skills to change the final location of the door key.

If I remember correctly, the final landing point of the door key should be the third floor of the underground maze, but now the supposed landing point should be changed to the entrance of the second floor of the maze.

But this is normal. After all, Harley herself still needs to go to the next level to fight for the championship.

But if the door key is set directly to a higher-level maze that the contestant has not been to, it is very likely that the player will get stuck in the wall or fall directly into a magic trap, resulting in his being eliminated.

Only the entrance to the second floor of the maze that can be reached when standing at the bottom of the first floor of stairs is Harley's only sure and safe landing point.

It is undoubtedly the safest way to design that place as the end point of the portkey... Wait, what is Harley doing!

Ludo screamed in shock, and the audience was in an uproar.

Under everyone's gaze, Harley did not use the door key, but threw it aside after modifying its final location.

In the complex terrain and quiet maze, there was a sudden sound of wind. A breeze was created out of thin air, running along the maze and growing stronger.

When the wind reached the entrance to the second floor of the maze, it had become a powerful gust.

Harley took half a step forward, stepping into the wind.

The strong wind blew Harley's long hair, lifting this beautiful figure and heading straight to the second floor of the maze.

The obstacle spells along the way kept opening a hole, and after their master passed through, they quickly merged and blocked the road.

After landing safely on the second floor of the maze, Harley waved in the direction of the screen, showing a confident smile, and then continued forward.

What did we see! Ludo's voice instantly raised two levels, Incredible, really incredible!

Harry flew up like that without using the portkey!

Has she mastered the magic of flying? This is definitely another new creation in the history of magic...

The whistle sounded again outside the maze, and Catherine, who was ranked third, rushed into the maze at a trot.

But Principal Agilburne Fontana didn't even look at his students. Instead, he frowned and stared at Harry.

The other principals also had similar expressions on their faces. They all vaguely noticed in their hearts that the champion was getting further and further away from their school.

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There was constant noise outside, and warriors entered the maze one after another.

However, the gap between these warriors is huge. When Harley came to the fourth floor, except for Fleur who relied on the two door keys left by Harley to reach the third floor, the other warriors were still on the first floor or in the negative state. One level lingers.

And Krum, who ranked last in total points, had just started to take action and entered the maze.

After all, the score gap between him and the previous Warriors is too big. If the entry time is determined based on the score difference ratio, he will be at a huge disadvantage.

The Durmstrang warrior obviously knew this, so his face was gloomy and his wand kept circling in his hand.

Krum knew that as the last warrior to step into the maze, if he didn't take the wrong approach, he would never be the champion.

After all, he had no confidence that he could defeat Harley and win the trophy from that Hogwarts monster.

The only way is to try your luck and find a shortcut to get the trophy first.

Therefore, Krum did not go to the stairs from the first floor to the second floor at all, but directly chose to rush towards the stairs leading to the maze on the underground floor, preparing to pin all his hopes on the door key.

This decision was actually a good thing for Krum. After all, he no longer needed to look for the stairs that had been abandoned by Harley.

Catherine and Miguel, the two warriors who were preparing to clear the maze step by step, were stopped by Harley's backhand.

The two were forced to change directions and search for the stairs leading to the maze on the underground floor, while also getting closer to Klum.

...We can see that Catherine has now arrived in the maze on the second underground floor.

There is a door key near her, and the end point is the center point of the second floor of the maze. But before looking for the door key, she must first deal with the Acromantula in front of her.

Although he doesn’t have much desire to pay attention to other warriors, Ludo still needs to be equally exposed to the rain and dew to avoid leaving a source of gossip.

Contestant Catherine used an alchemical magic item that can launch a one-time explosive alchemical item, and successfully defeated an Acromantula in just two attacks!

Could she notice the portkey? She did! Catherine reached the second level of the maze through the portkey!

Miguel and Krum should hurry up, their progress is already too far behind other warriors!

Wait a minute... Miguel and Krum encountered each other!

On the light screen, Klum and Miguel, who were looking for the door key in the maze on the underground floor, happened to step into the same magic trap.

This magic trap is a red mist.

After stepping into this red mist, the warriors will not encounter any danger or suffer too serious negative effects. They will only completely lose their perception of their surroundings.

So until the two of them bumped into each other, they didn't realize that there was a real person on the other side.

On the contrary, both of them thought that the opposite side was a wall, so they both took half a step back and prepared to turn and walk straight away from the fog.

The two of them happened to turn in the same direction, so it wasn't until Krum and Miguel emerged from the fog that they realized with wide eyes that they were their opponents on the other side.

Krum's reaction was slightly better, and he threw out two petrification spells on the spot, but Miguel ducked down quickly to avoid them.

Although the first wave of attacks had no effect, Krum naturally could not let go of this excellent opportunity to eliminate his opponent.

He immediately launched a pursuit, and at the same time kept throwing stun spells and petrification spells, trying to render Miguel incapable first.

As the most talented student of Castrobshe, Miguel is naturally not a fuel-efficient lamp.

But his own strength is positional warfare, and his compatibility with opponents like Krum who are flexible and good at mobile warfare is extremely bad.

In this sudden encounter, he had no time to grow magic plants.

So Miguel could only subconsciously release an iron armor spell to resist first, and at the same time throw a dozen floating dandelion seeds in the direction of his escape.

The growth rate of these suspended dandelions is extremely fast, and they have been transformed by several professors from Castrobshe in advance.

Under the influence of specific magic, they take root and sprout at an extremely fast speed, skipping the steps of pulling out green leaves and blooming flowers, and directly bear fruit.

When Miguel passed by the suspended dandelions he planted, he waved his wand, and the plump fruits exploded.

In an instant, the long and narrow passage was filled with snow-white dandelions.

These dandelions flew all over the sky under the influence of their own magic, fully blocking Krum's sight.

Burn with dark flames!

Krum was stunned for a moment before he reacted and made the most correct judgment.

Black magic flames emerged from his wand and rushed towards the large dandelions in front of him, trying to burn all these small things that were in the way.

However, the floating dandelion itself also has certain fire-proof properties. Although the black magic flame is relatively powerful, it cannot be completely dealt with in a short time.

When Krum finally cleared the obstacles in front of him, he could only see the devil's net covering half of the corridor in front of him.

He was a little stunned for a moment and did not dare to force forward. He just tried to use black magic flames to drive away these fire-afraid plants.

However, under the control of a wizard, the Devil's Net, which should be afraid of flames, was not afraid of these more powerful black magic flames at all, and kept slapping the ground as if to demonstrate to Krum.

Krum frowned and could only take a step back slightly. If the opponent is prepared, he will definitely not be able to defeat Miguel who controls the plants.

Krum clearly saw the offensive and defensive reversal caused by this obvious difference in style, so he reluctantly chose to give up in the end.

The two parties broke up peacefully and continued to search for the door key in this maze, looking for the hope to the upper level.

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