days at Hogwarts

Chapter 480 Invitation from the Mermaid Elder

"Boom..."

With a tap of Harry's wand, the transparent bubble covering his head burst crisply.

"Oh, no," Harry frowned and said in distress, "This head soaking spell is too fragile, and it definitely won't last for an hour..."

"Let's think about where to buy gillyweed." Hermione held her chin in her palms, resting her elbows on her knees, staring at Loren's fish bobber intently, "That is a very uncommon herbal medicine, and it is not available in ordinary pharmacies. You can definitely buy it.”

"Oh..." Harry's eyebrows were knotted with worry.

"How about using the summoning spell again?" Ron pulled up the empty fishhook, re-hooked it and threw it into the water. "When the second project starts, you get a set of scuba from a nearby Muggle town."

"Sounds great!" Harry joked, knowing he was talking nonsense.

"Yes, as long as you learn how to operate a scuba within an hour, and then convince the referee not to care about your violation of the confidentiality law, so as not to disqualify you from the competition, if everything goes well, you can pass the second event smoothly." Hermione said in a tone of voice He poured cold water on them gently.

"It's a joke, Hermione, don't be so serious!"

"Crack, click, click..."

Ron was amused and laughed twice. While he was distracted, the bait on the hook was stolen by the fish again.

Hermione glanced at him sideways: "Speaking of which, the ideal way is to let you transform yourself into a submarine or something... But unfortunately, although the Animagus teaching class has taught some knowledge about human body transformation, But it’s not enough.”

Ok?

The crackling sound of ice breaking!

Hermione was noncommittal, turned her head and exchanged glances with Loren, silently silent.

"..."

He was certain that Professor Moody still smelled of lacewings, which meant he was still taking Polyjuice Potion. Judging from what was observed during meals and at the Yule Ball, the fake Professor Moody seemed to be very familiar with Barty Crouch. The two of them were keen on talking to Snape, and they were both warm-hearted and cold-blooded. Not annoyed at all.

There was no cold as expected, nor was there the suffocation of falling into the water.

Loren stared at the dark and deep ice cave and couldn't help but recall Professor Moody's recent Defense Against the Dark Arts teachings and his actions after the start of the Goblet of Fire...

At a certain moment, the ice in front of him suddenly cracked and shattered into pieces.

"Ah-ah-well..."

"what!"

The four of them stepped into the air instantly and were pulled into the water by gravity. Their screams were scattered by the waves.

The distance here from the shore was too far, and the ice was unstable, so a few people did not dare to run rashly for a while.

He returned to the bait nonchalantly: "Speaking of which, Professor Moody has been teaching for half a year. I think he is quite good. Although he is a little weird, he is very competent. What do you think?"

After going round and round, things finally came back to practicing the head bubble spell and looking for gilly grass.

Harry looked dejectedly at the ever-flowing lake in the ice cave, sighed and muttered: "It would be great if the competition allowed others to help. I can violate the school rules in front of Professor Moody, and he might turn me into a shark." …”

Loren's mind floated along with the fish float, and his mind seemed to sink into the deep lake water. The sound of gurgling bubbles and the crackling sound of ice cracking could be heard in his ears...

As three huge cracks spread from the ice cave to all directions, Loren's eyes suddenly widened and he pulled Hermione into his arms. Harry and Ron also clung to each other in fear.

What on earth was Dumbledore thinking...

Slight vibrations are transmitted from the ice along the soles of the feet into the heart, shaking people's hearts, as if huge waves are lapping on the ice, and humming and rumbling sounds are coming from all directions.

The cold water is sucked into the lungs smoothly like air, turns around in the chest, and is exhaled through the mouth and nose again, as naturally as breathing.

Loren quickly adapted to this kind of breathing, and felt that the little witch was holding his hand tightly, even a little painful. He reached out and hugged the little witch who had her eyes closed tightly.

Shaking his limbs and floating in the water, the surrounding light was not dim, but rather bright.

Hermione opened her eyes and looked around in astonishment, but she only saw floating long strips of water plants, as dense as a forest. He saw countless black shadows gathering around the water plants, which were constantly shaking, and could only be seen clearly. Silhouette human figure.

Harry and Ron were floating behind and above, their expressions dull, and they were dumbfounded.

The sound of the ice cracking disappeared, and the bright and blurry skylight shone down. The few people gradually calmed down and swam forward to see clearly what was floating around them.

Mermaids, each dragging a long fish tail.

Different from the mermaids they were familiar with, they looked a bit green underwater and looked scary. Their fingers were webbed, their skin was iron-gray, and their dark green hair was long and unkempt. Their eyes are yellow, their incomplete teeth are also yellow, and they wear pebbles tied with thick ropes around their necks.

Holding a spear in his hand, his thick and powerful silver fish tail slapped the lake water.

The leading mermaid has a long green beard, and wears a bracelet made of red coral stones, emitting a soft red light.

There were faint blue shadows floating in Loren's pupils. He saw a similar red light floating on the four of them. It was weak and soft. It was this soft red light that caused their bodies to undergo strange changes, allowing them to survive the cold. Breathe freely in the lake.

This is completely different from the feeling of breathing underwater under the Bubble Curse. The Bubble Curse still stores air or draws oxygen from the surrounding water, and the red coral stone directly allows their bodies to adapt to the underwater world.

Is this the magic of mermaids?

A thought suddenly flashed through Loren's mind - this is the magic of the mermaid!

Just as the magic of the salamander allows the salamander to move freely in the flames, red coral stone adds a magical animal magic to them, allowing humans to live in the water like aquatic animals.

The leading mermaid shook his tail and turned around, waving his hand for them to follow.

The four people looked at each other. After knowing that the mermaid had no ill intentions, they gradually calmed down. The wonderful feeling of breathing freely underwater aroused their strong curiosity. They were eager to know what the mermaid wanted to do...

They quickly reached a consensus and followed with shaking hands and feet.

Swimming in a hazy and strange scenery, there was silence in their ears. As the depth of diving increased, they gradually could only clearly see the scene within ten feet around them. Every time they paddled in the lake, there were brand new ones. The scenery suddenly emerged from the darkness ahead.

Occasionally, small fish swam past him lightly and nimblely, like silver darts. Once or twice, Harry seemed to see a big guy swimming in front of him, but when he looked closer, he realized that it was just a fish. A large dark wood, or a dense tangle of water plants.

<divclass="contentadv">There are also the weird and vicious-looking Grindylow, the huge squid...

After climbing over an underwater canyon, Loren's eyes penetrated the gray, eerie lake water and looked at the black shadow in the distance. The lake water there was dark and hazy.