Hogwarts in the shadows

Bagman pointed his wand at his throat, "Loud voice!"

His voice echoed throughout the venue.

"The warriors are in their positions. Now everyone please look at the big screen."

Then he raised his wand and waved it over the lake.

Ten huge mirror-like screens slowly rose from the water into the air.

Each screen is sixty-three feet long and twenty-seven feet wide.

The image on the screen gradually became clear, and the scene in the lake appeared.

One of the screens showed the warriors' destination.

There were some houses built there, and above the houses a large group of mermaids were floating.

These mermaids have iron-gray skin and long, dark green hair that flutters in all directions.

Their eyes were yellow and around their necks were pebbles strung together with thick ropes.

Holding the spear tightly in his hand, his silver fish tail slapped the lake water.

Behind the group of mermaids, stands a statue.

It was a mermaid statue carved out of a huge stone.

At the tail of this mermaid statue, four people were tied tightly.

Draco, Ron, Sofia Hidalgo, and Fleur's sister Gabrielle Delacour.

The four of them had peaceful expressions, their heads drooping limply, and strings of tiny bubbles popping out of their mouths from time to time.

“This is the treasure they are trying to get back, their loved ones and friends.

There is only one hour left, and whoever finds their treasure the fastest will win the highest score."

Bagman's voice echoed over the arena.

Krum began to take off his pants.

Harry and Fleur both cast a Bubblehead Charm.

Fortunately, neither of them wore space suits, otherwise they would have looked like celestial dragons.

Buckman said excitedly, "Warriors, are you ready? Three... two... one..."

A sharp whistle sounded.

There was thunderous cheers and applause from the stands.

Krum has a shark's head on top, but his lower body is still that of a human.

He opened his bloody mouth and dived into the water.

Furong jumped into the water gracefully, like a swimmer.

Then she quickly surfaced again, shivering violently.

Harry sat on the shore and slowly jumped into the water. The icy cold water also froze him to death.

But he did not hesitate and dived into the water.

Hephes stood on the shore with a serious expression, thinking.

Rescuing people underwater is too easy for him.

Especially since Draco has a guardian flame on him, Chunchun is just a locator.

He didn't even need to release his magical perception to clearly feel Draco's location.

But he was conflicted!

He has been hesitating about which method would be most effective in saving people.

He considered transforming into a divine dragon. After all, a divine dragon can control the wind and clouds and harness the water.

The next lake was a breeze.

But he has already changed in the first level, so it’s nothing new for the audience.

It didn't matter that he thought like this, but the audience in the stands were going crazy with anxiety.

They all wondered why Hephaest didn't move when the other three warriors had already gone into the water.

As for whether Hephes could breathe underwater, that was not even within their consideration.

For someone who can defeat a dragon in a 1V1 fight, this little bit of lake water is nothing compared to him.

So they are anxious!

Could it be that Hephis was deliberately letting up and giving up the second match?

So what are they watching?

Then the stands began to become noisy and full of discussion.

A brave foreign witch stood up.

she shouted in her broken English.

"Hurry up and start! I'm coming for you."

Hephaestus looked over and saw a very beautiful young witch.

Those proud breasts could not be completely concealed even by the loose wizard robe.

He responded softly, but clearly heard by everyone, "Hey! There are too many ways, I don't know which one to use."

There was astonishment in the stands. This pretense was simply impossible to refute.

Hephis glanced at the twin peaks and finally made up his mind.

The magic power around him surged, and light golden ripples spread out from his body towards the lake.

Almost in an instant, the huge black lake was enveloped.

Although Hephis knew Draco's location, he still had to demonstrate to the audience how to find him.

Then the ripples gradually narrowed and formed a golden bead of light on the lake thousands of feet away.

Hephesus walked slowly to the surface of the lake, and ripples appeared on the water under his feet.

A peculiarly shaped knife appeared in his hand, it was the Minghong Knife.

As if doing slow motion, Hephis waved in the direction of the golden light ball.

In an instant, a black blade a thousand feet long cut through the sky and slashed fiercely towards the lake.

The biting cold wind blew across the lake, creating waves.

Just when everyone was wondering.

The lake was rough and the water was splashing everywhere.

The lake, which originally seemed calm, was split into two halves by this knife.

The lake water receded to both sides, revealing some turbid muddy water accumulated in the potholes.

Stones covered with algae and moss, rotten water plants, fallen leaves, and the remains of small fish and shrimps lay in the mud in a mess.

But in the split lake, the little fish continued to swim leisurely as if nothing had happened.

The audience in the stands were already terrified at this point.

Neville's face was covered with bubble gum that was blown away, but he was completely unaware and just stared in amazement at the parting of the lake.

The knife in Hephes's hand grew ten times larger and hovered steadily at his feet.

Just like that, he stepped on the flying knife, rode the wind and rushed towards the direction where the mermaid was.

At this time, the mermaids were also frightened, as the sword light just passed right in front of them.

Looking at the smooth and slippery water surface in front of them, it was as if the god of death had just walked past them.

When the mermaids saw Hephaestus flying towards them, they hurriedly dropped their spears.

It swam respectfully to both sides, revealing a passage leading to a stone statue of a mermaid with four people tied up.

Hephis was just about to rescue Draco.

A clever mermaid quickly picked up the spear he had just dropped and swam towards Draco.

Hephis frowned slightly. Is this mermaid mentally ill?

Are you going to kill the hostages?

The merman did not approach Draco, but swam to the tail of the mermaid statue.

He cut the rope with his spear and then threw the spear away again.

Then he pulled the rope that bound Draco and swam slowly towards Hephes.

He didn't dare to leave the water, but pushed Draco in front of Hephis.

The meaning is obvious: I have sent your friend back without your help.

The corners of Hephis' mouth curled up slightly. It seems that every race has its share of flatterers.

He hooked his finger and Draco flew out. The ropes on his body automatically untied him and he floated in the water.

As soon as Draco came out of the water, he sobered up.

Another normal-looking black knife caught him.