The Lonely Dragon of Hogwarts

Krum bore the brunt.

He flew out almost as soon as Bagman gave the order.

With the swing of his wand.

His upper body began to twist and deform, eventually transforming himself into a half-man, half-shark monster as he jumped into the water.

"Oh! Human Transformation! Krum used a very bold method! This is really dangerous! You must know that if you are not careful with the Human Transformation, you will not be able to change back..."

Bagman's hasty explanation caused a lot of exclamations in the stands.

Cedric and Fleur were equally slow.

They use the [Head Bubble Curse].

This magic can create a large bubble around the head, allowing people to get enough oxygen to breathe underwater or when the surrounding air is dirty.

As for John, Michelle and Harry.

They had eaten a large clump of gillweed long before they set off.

These plants are more miraculous than bubble-head spells and can directly give humans gills and webbed fingers and toes for a period of time.

Touching the two narrow cracks under their ears, John and Michelle looked at each other and smiled, then got into the water.

The Black Lake is extremely cold in winter.

Although they have cold-proof swimsuits that can block the cold brought by the external water flow, the presence of fish gills requires them to continuously inhale lake water.

The lake water carried a coolness, constantly pouring in from their mouths, and then gushing out from the gills. While bringing oxygen to John, the coolness also gave John a knife-like discomfort.

It took a full five or six minutes for John, Michelle and Harry to completely move their bodies and adapt to the underwater environment.

At this time, the lake water no longer felt cold and biting to John.

On the contrary, he felt very cool and comfortable, and his body became very light.

"John, we have wasted too much time, we must go downstream quickly!"

Harry said anxiously as he paddled through the water with his webbed hands and feet.

His voice became strange underwater, with a hint of urgency in it.

But you can't blame him.

After all, while they were adapting to the water temperature, Krum and others had disappeared.

But upon hearing this, John smiled and said:

"Don't worry, we will catch up with them. But before that, we still need to wait for a few friends."

Harry looked confused.

But before he could continue to ask questions, he saw several mermaids swimming under the three of them.

They are not as beautiful as the legendary mermaids, but in fact, they are not ugly at all.

Except for their iron-grey skin, dark green hair, and fishtails on their lower bodies, they are almost the same as ordinary girls in Hogwarts.

The only thing that made Harry feel uneasy was that these mermaids were followed by several Grindylows.

Professor Lupine once introduced this little underwater devil with horns to his students.

They often attack humans.

However, at this moment, they were following the mermaids obediently, as if they were pet dogs.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

The mermaids gathered around John and sang happily.

From time to time, he would come and shake hands with John, and then look shy.

"The Mermaids of the Black Lake are Slytherin's neighbors. When we have free time, we often talk through the glass or play some games." John explained with a smile, "So this time, I commissioned these lovely mermaids. The lady will lead the way for us."

"As expected of you, John!"

Harry exclaimed with adoration on his face.

He really admired John for being able to come up with such a method.

At this time, Michelle had already become involved with the mermaids and was holding hands and singing.

It can be seen that the mermaids also like her very much.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's set off quickly."

Following John's order, the three mermaids stopped playing with Michelle.

Each of them took a hand of John, Michelle and Harry, and started swimming in the black lake in cooperation with the Grindylows.

This speed is much faster than John and others swimming by themselves.

After a while, a strange village appeared in front of John and others.

The village was entirely composed of rough stone dwellings, speckled with algae. From time to time, mermaids would look at them curiously through the windows of the dwellings.

The further you go into the village, the denser the number of stone dwellings becomes.

Some dwellings even have their own gardens.

In a small square in the center of the village, a huge mermaid statue faced John and others.

Six people were tightly tied to the tail of the mermaid stone statue.

Draco and Ron were tied between Hermione and Cho Chang, with Alice and a little girl who was at most eight years old on the outside.

Just by looking at the little girl's misty silver hair, she knew that she was Fleur's sister Gabrielle.

They all looked like they were sleeping deeply, their heads hanging limply on their shoulders, and strings of thin blisters popping out of their mouths.

At the same time, more and more mermaids were swimming with John and others.

Most of them were young men and women, and they should be familiar with John.

Because as soon as they appeared, they would come to John's side and rush to shake John's hand.

Seeing this, Harry felt even more emotional.

It's great to have John here!

Without John's help, he would have drowned in the lake long ago.

Just when Harry was thinking this, a dull but huge roar suddenly sounded.

Harry looked towards the source of the sound in horror and saw a huge black shadow slowly approaching in front of them.

"Don't worry, John, that giant squid is also our friend, it won't hurt us."

A mermaid said easily.

But John's expression became serious.

Because in his magic perception, the magic aura of the giant squid is much more ferocious than usual!

Seeing this, the mermaid chuckled and swam towards the giant squid, as if he wanted to prove his previous statement.

But she had just gotten close to the giant squid, and before John could stop her, a huge tentacle swung out from the darkness and whipped the mermaid away!

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

John shouted and drew his wand.

Michelle and Harry quickly followed suit.

The mermaids were not as calm as John and the others who had been prepared.

The sudden attack of the giant squid frightened them all, and they all froze in place.

"Ugh-"

The terrifying and deep roar sounded again.

The giant squid finally sprang out of the darkness, revealing his full appearance to everyone.

At the same time, it also raised a tentacle and hit John and others fiercely.

People at Hogwarts are actually no strangers to giant squids.

You can often see its shadow swimming in the Black Lake.

On sunny days, it even swims into the shallows and lets Hogwarts students tickle its tentacles.

The giant squid actually looked pretty cute back then.

But now, when the terrifyingly huge size of the giant squid was really revealed in front of him and launched an attack, the instinctive fear of the deep sea and huge monsters in Harry's heart broke out!

At this moment, Harry felt as if his heartbeat was about to stop.

"Run—"

John's roar shook Harry out of his fear.

I saw John, holding his wand high, and quickly recited the spell:

"Shen Feng has no shadow!"

"laugh--"

The blade that was supposed to be invisible revealed its original appearance under the influence of the water flow.

It cut a white wave underwater at an unimaginable speed, and stamped it hard on the huge tentacles that were coming.

However, John's powerful slash, which was powerful enough to cut through the fire dragon's scales, did not completely cut off the tentacle.

When the two came into contact, only nearly one-third of the huge tentacles were cut off!

Fortunately, the powerful kinetic energy of [Shen Feng Wu Ying] still pushed back the tentacles!

"boom--"

The water flow was surging, and the entire underwater world was almost trembling violently.

The mermaids finally reacted.

They screamed and ran around.

Michelle and Harry also pointed their wands at the giant squid.

Harry still used the [Disarming Curse].

Michelle used the deformation technique to turn the surrounding water into harpoons, and smashed them hard.

Unfortunately, their attacks were not as effective as John's, and they had no impact on the giant squid at all.

John's expression fell.

If he were on the shore, he would definitely be able to chop the giant squid into squid sashimi easily.

But now it's in the water!

This is the home of the giant squid!

The opponent's movement speed and strength have been greatly increased here.

But their magic was weakened due to the influence of liquid resistance!

Here, terrifying water monsters like the giant squid are almost invincible!

"Ugh-"

The giant squid seemed annoyed.

It erupted into a more violent roar, and then its entire huge body rushed towards John and the others at an extremely fast speed, while several tentacles were still flailing!

Before the giant squid completely fell to the ground, its violent movements stirred up the surrounding water.

The entire black lake seemed to be boiling, and the turbulent water flowed directly towards John and others.

John saw with his own eyes that the mermaids who escaped were directly wrapped into the water flow, rolled and twisted, and were swept in an unknown direction and disappeared.

John's eyes suddenly shrank, and he immediately hugged Michelle into his arms, grabbed Harry's arm, and waved his wand.

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

"Boom boom-"

Red light bombs exploded continuously from underwater.

The created water flow offset part of the impact of the giant squid, and at the same time pushed John and others deeper into the mermaid village.

"John! Krum and Cedric are here!"

Michelle yelled in John's arms.

John glanced out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough he saw the half-shark, half-human Krum approaching the fish-man village at an extremely fast speed.

Behind Krum was Cedric, who was chasing after him.

"Run! Don't come near here!"

Michelle shouted at the top of her lungs.

However, it’s unclear whether Krum didn’t understand English or was too far away to hear it.

Or maybe it's simply overconfidence.

In short, Krum ignored Michelle's shouts and relied on the extremely high speed brought by the half-shark transformation to directly break through the giant squid's blockade.

next moment.

The giant squid's tentacles swept across again, and the terrifying water flow directly caused Krum to repeat the mistakes of the previous mermaids.

Cedric is about to learn a lot.

He stopped as soon as Michelle issued a warning.

But he didn't run away. Instead, he gritted his teeth and tried to attack the giant squid while keeping a safe distance.

But this is also useless.

The magic spell he shot couldn't even penetrate the terrifying water flow stirred up by the giant squid, and was destroyed directly.

Harry and Michelle's attack on the giant squid had a similar outcome.

Now, only John's [Shen Feng Wuying] on the field can cause damage to the giant squid!

To make matters worse, the giant squid has completely settled in the mermaid village.

Along with its riot, the terrifying water swallowed up half of the village almost instantly. Amidst the turbulent turbid sand, the screams of the mermaids could be heard endlessly.

At the same time, the disaster here also affected the six hostages in the central square.

The head of the huge mermaid statue has been broken off by the current.

The six people tied to the tail of the fish were like water plants at first, swinging violently with the turbulent water, as if they would die at any time due to broken limbs and necks, or be swept into the depths of the Black Lake and disappear.

Michelle, who saw all this, looked anxious.

She wanted to save Hermione and others.

But now, she has more important things to do - help John!

This contradictory mentality tortured her extremely.

He could only launch useless attacks on the giant squid more and more fiercely.

At the same time, through [Occlumency], John's expression had returned to its original calmness.

He knew very well that there was no way he could escape the pursuit of the giant squid with Michelle and Harry.

It is even more impossible to defeat the giant squid with these two oil bottles.

Then the current optimal solution is already clear.

Only by staying alone to hold back the giant squid can Michelle and the others have a chance of survival.

Moreover, without the drag bottle, he can also use his full firepower.

Who will win and who loses at that time is still uncertain!

"boom--"

Throwing out another [Thunderbolt Explosion] and escaping some distance under the influence of the water flow, John said calmly:

"Go save them, Michelle."

Michelle was surprised and said:

"What did you say?"

"I say, go rescue Hermione and the others." John emphasized. "After rescuing people, you should quickly go back to the shore and inform Dumbledore of the situation here and ask them to send people down for support!"

Michelle's eyes turned red and she said:

"But what do you do? John, I can't leave you alone to end the queen's life!"

Harry also shouted:

"That's right! John, even if I die, I won't..."

"Don't you understand?" John interrupted coldly, "After you leave, I can fight freely! So... don't hesitate, leave quickly! I can win!"

Harry gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

He felt this was just an excuse for John to drive them away.

Michelle finally made a decision after looking at John for a long time.

She hugged John's head, kissed him hard, and said with choked sobs:

"I am waiting for you!"

John smiled and nodded.

After seeing this, Michelle showed determination and quickly swam towards Mermaid Square with Harry.

After they left, the smile on John's face gradually faded.

Enhancers and intelligence enhancers are drank.

[Occlumency] begins to arouse emotions.

The three magic pools in John's body began to boil.

A huge amount of magic power gathered on its surface, even causing large swaths of blisters around it.

Even the golden runes on the nun's wand shone with dazzling golden light.

"call--"

John took a deep breath.

Magic power surges throughout the body.

It rushed towards the giant squid like a cannonball.