Chapter 481: The Labyrinth Castle (1) Huge Advantage
Harry was excited when he heard it. He resisted the desire to applaud and looked at Felix without blinking.
"Ahem," Bagmann was not very comfortable, "very good, Felix, can I put your words again after the game? Just kidding, to be honest, you might as well give them a hug..."
"Yes, professor!" Roger Davis cheered, "we need a hug more."
Harry thought Roger's words made sense, Hermione's eyes were shiny, but Felix hesitated for a moment, smiled and shook his head, "Let's wait until the game is over."
He walked out of the tent, his smile quickly retracted, "The professor's weird speech before the competition and the refusal to hug it. The next thing is to wait quietly and try to contact them as little as possible...is that true?"
He stopped where he seemed to be waiting for someone to respond, then smiled slightly and turned away.
He returned to the stands, and the air was filled with a cheerful and restless atmosphere. At an entrance to the maze castle, several selected Aurors walked into the entrance to the black dust.
The sound outside almost instantly became inaudible. Felix walked in the maze, thinking quietly, could he really do it? It should be possible, it only takes a little pressure... After all, he has successfully mastered the first level seven magic.
On the fifth floor of the maze, a wandering Sphinx discovered Felix, whose body looked like a scary big lion: huge claws, yellow long tail, and a clump of hair at the tip of the tail. But it grew a woman's head.
Sphinx stood in the road and said hoarsely: "You are already very close to the entrance to the next floor"
Felix glanced at it, a silver light flashed in his eyes, Sphinx froze in place, Felix passed by her.
"What should I do if I turn into a demon...?" He walked away.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, the final game of the championship is about to begin! Let me report the current score! At this time, the staff can arrange the first group of Warriors in place... Hogwarts, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, with a total score of 128 points, ranking first, which will win them a huge advantage because each team is five minutes apart..."
"Five minutes." Harry was excited and stared at the dark entrance, which meant he was half an hour ahead of the last one! This advantage was too great. With a short and sharp whistle, Harry hurriedly ran into the entrance of the maze.
He knew that, at the same time, Hermione and Ron also entered the maze.
Everything around was terriblely quiet and terriblely dark. The high hedges were almost connected to the ceiling more than a dozen feet high, casting large shadows. Every distance, a candle burning with a faint blue flame would hang down from the ceiling. Its light was very faint, and Harry could only see a very small area nearby.
"The fluorescent light flashed." He shook his wand and the surroundings immediately lit up. Harry felt a little uneasy. He carefully lowered the brightness. He walked dozens of meters along the only passage and encountered the first fork.
"Show me the way." He put his wand flat on his palm and said softly to it. The wand swung for a moment and pointed to the right, which was directly north, "Good." He ran quickly, his head shaking left and right.
The first layer of maze should be the simplest... This is the result of their discussion, at least not in serious danger. Harry recalled the strategy he set before, and found the channel to the second layer as soon as possible if possible.
This is related to the success or failure of the game!
Another fork was Harry. This time he chose the one on the left. He saw a black shadow flashing across the right side. Without thinking about it, he turned around and ran away.
Don't get too entangled, the first five minutes are very important.
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"The first team has already entered, let's see? They have adopted different strategies," Bagmann couldn't help but widen his eyes. "Granger used the magical body spell, it's amazing, at her age!"
Draco snorted disdainfully in the stands, hugged his shoulders and stared at the huge screen.
"...Weasley walked steadily. He stopped. Did he find a trap... A false alarm, maybe it was the wind. There were not many traps arranged on the first floor. In order to make the Warriors adapt to the environment inside, the real danger must be ouch!" Bagman lowered his head and avoided a small stone.
Professor McGonagall waved his fists at him angrily, and booed him in the stands.
"Ah! Sorry, I shouldn't reveal that there are Warriors who didn't enter the court. Cough cough. Let's focus on the smallest Warriors, oh, look!" Bagman quickly changed the subject, "He ran in the maze, did he guess?"
The restless crowd immediately calmed down and stared at the screen. Harry almost didn't hesitate. Whenever he arrived at an intersection, he used a direction spell to confirm the direction, and then acted quickly, "Look, Harry encountered a snail!" Semo shouted loudly.
Ludo Bagman also noticed this and stood up excitedly.
"Will Potter avoid it? No, he didn't, he chose to fight, silent disarming spell! Oh, oh, the spell bounced, the excellent scalp of the ground, the snail was temporarily trapped, and the next should be filled, Porter did not continue to attack, he chose to leave, the snail jumped out of the pit, but it lost Potter!"
Bagman was very excited, "The game is less than five minutes long! Porter is approaching the entrance to the next floor, his two teammates are left far behind, and the other teams have not entered the field yet... Does he want to be a golfer in the maze? The first one to win the trophy? This is not necessarily wise, his teammates can't keep up with him..."
The crowd was talking, and they all saw that Harry was racing against time, but he didn't know his purpose.
"He wants to be the first to win the trophy, which is in line with his personality, right?" Draco said, "and still loves to show off."
"But the trophy is on the seventh floor, and the more you go, the harder it will be. He will suffer a big loss." Daphne looked at the screen in confusion.
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"Huh...huh..." Harry breathed violently, his chest as if he was about to explode, but everything was worth it. He smiled brightly and walked towards the steps of the vines, a hidden entrance hidden in the ceiling.
He forced himself to walk up the steps, his feet were floating lightly, as if he was stepping on soft cotton candies, unable to exert his strength, and almost rolled down when he reached halfway through the stairs.
But he finally stood at the highest point, with his head on the ceiling, and he could see that the hedge and the ceiling were about a foot away. Harry grinned, his palm protruded, and the magic text flashed at his fingertips, forming, condensed into a milky white ball of light.
Outside the maze castle, everyone stared at this scene with wide eyes.
The ball of light floated out slowly. Harry sat on the steps, stared at the ball of light for two seconds, and said softly: "Explode." The ball of light expanded rapidly, and endless light shone.
The milky white light spread in the maze, and a glimmer of light suddenly flashed on the hedge. Under the action of the glimmer, the effect of the illumination technique quickly weakened, but this was enough. At different positions on the first floor, Hermione and Ron raised their heads at the same time and stared at the direction of the light ball exploded. Then, the road in front of them lit up and extended to their feet.
"Beautiful job, brother!" Ron clenched his fist and shouted excitedly. He ran quickly. The maze was as bright as day, but he had already discovered that the light was weakening rapidly, just as he wished, and he could chase the light.
There was no sound outside the court, from the referee's seat to the stands, there was no movement.
"This is cheating!" Kakarov shouted in anger.
"Kakarov, they didn't have any violations," Bagmann retorted habitually, "this magic is not within the scope of prohibition, and it is not lethal. Even if... well, its scope is indeed very large..."
He was stunned for two seconds before realizing what was going on and what was going on.
"Oh my God! Incredible! Potter, Potter actually found this method... His two teammates approached quickly, faster than Harry's before, and they were chasing the light!" Bagmann's face turned red and excitedly unbuttoned the hole in the collar. "Although he was unwilling to admit it, the game has lost half of the suspense... The remaining half depends on other teams, and they have to hurry up."
Collins, Cedric and Roger each stood in front of the entrance with a confused expression. What did Harry and the others do and actually received the referee's evaluation? All the Warriors realized at the same time that Harry's group had gained a huge advantage and they had to catch up.
Another short whistle sounded, and the second group of warriors entered the field. They all took a more radical plan at the same time.
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Harry sat on the vine steps and applied two healing spells on himself. The soreness on his legs was significantly reduced, and his chest didn't seem to explode soon. He counted silently. When he counted to 100, the sound of footsteps came, and Hermione appeared from the corner. She walked to Harry, stroked her hair and chuckled, "Harry, you really did it."
After another ten seconds, Ron rushed out of another fork. He looked a little embarrassed, his clothes were covered with mud.
"I ran too fast and encountered a big pit. I don't know who did it... It's so unethical." He said half-truely, stretching out his hand and pulling Harry up from the steps. He looked at the entrance above his head, with a surprised face, "We are going to the second floor now? Unfortunately, we can only use it once."
Chapter completed!