Lawrence walked barefoot on the black lake. To the audience, he walked slowly and slowly, and seemed very steady step by step, as if full of confidence.

In fact, the lake water in February was so cold that it made people tremble. It spread from the soles of his feet. The wet and undulating lake water was not so easy to walk on. He had to concentrate and prevent the spell from failing. In order to save energy as much as possible, he did not want to enter the lake so quickly. Not long after, he walked to the center of the Black Lake.

It felt almost the same here. Lawrence took off his robe and exposed the swimming trunks he was wearing inside. He folded the robe and threw it on the lake.

Lawrence took a deep breath and sank under the lake, disappearing without a trace, leaving only his robe, steadily landing on the original position he had left behind, and did not float around with the lake water, proving that someone had indeed crossed half of the black lake and came to the center of the black lake.

Dumbledore sat in the judges' seat and watched Lawrence sink into the Black Lake. He stood up, smiled apologetically at the judges around him, and then left the judges' table.

The other judges were not concerned about it. A large part of the scoring work of this task must rely on feedback from the mermaids in the lake every period of time. Finally, the judges discussed the scores of the warriors based on this. At this time, the task has just begun, and the judges can still chat and rest more easily.

Dumbledore walked towards the large tent not far away, and Mrs. Pomfrey and Hogwarts professors were staying in to prevent emergencies,

Principal, the potion will be ready soon. I promise that no warrior or hostages will catch a cold. Mrs. Pomfrey was stirring the cauldron and looked at Dumbledore who walked into the tent and said in anger, but I must say that it was not a smart decision to let the warriors enter the Black Lake in the cold winter to perform their missions.

Thank you, madam, I'm sorry for this. Dumbledore said softly, and turned to look at Snape who was chatting with Professor McGonagall,

Do me a favor, Severus Dumbledore said softly,

Principal Snape asked,

Remember what I mentioned to you in November... Dumbledore said in a low voice, Snape showed a gloomy look, nodded and left the tent,

Has anyone seen Alasto? Dumbledore looked around and asked in a brisk tone,

Moody went around to patrol. Although I thought there was nothing wrong with being careful, Professor McGonagall said that she showed a disapproval and I think he was a little suspicious.

Oh, he always did this. Dumbledore didn't care too much. Please ask him to notify me if you have something, okay?

Professor McGonagall agreed, Dumbledore left the tent and walked towards the judgement table.

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In the Black Lake in Hogwarts, in addition to the common lake creatures in the Muggle world, three magic creatures are mainly inhabited. Grindilo, these little demons in the water, have sharp, long and powerful fingers. Mermaids in Scotland are generally not elegant. In the Muggle mythology, beautiful mermaids appear in temperate waters, and giant squids are generally friendly to the teachers and students of Hogwarts. If someone accidentally falls into the water while sailing in the Black Lake, the giant squids will send him back to the boat or on the shore. On sunny days, they will bask in the sun and play with students who are tickling their tentacles.

Lawrence had imagined that after entering the Black Lake, he would be blocked by mermaids, and the mermaids would certainly drive Grindello to attack, and the monsters were elusive, but the giant squids that were not very active in winter were excluded by Lawrence - he had never seen them in the lake in the past month,

Lawrence, who was immersed in the black lake, had a thin film-like brilliance on the surface of his skin. In addition to isolating the direct contact with the lake water, it also helped him breathe in the water.

Relying on a month of practice, Lawrence sank into the lake, he quickly judged the direction he was going to move forward, which was to follow the mermaids. He easily recognized the mermaids in the range and the groups of Grindello.

But at this time he was in trouble, and he was annoyed. After he easily avoided several groups of Grindello, he was attacked by a huge black shadow. Although he was already guarded against this creature swam towards him quickly, the other party was more flexible in the water than he imagined. Lawrence had turned around in advance, but was surrounded by the other party again. He was whipped by something like a whip.

Even with water as a buffer, Lawrence still hit the bottom of the lake. Fortunately, he hit the mud at the bottom of the lake instead of those stone pillars standing like hills. Lawrence struggled to pull away the water plants wrapped around him, and then he saw clearly his opponent, which was a giant squid. It was originally a giant black and white eye, turning into a bright blue.

The giant squid did not let Lawrence go. It saw Lawrence motionless at the bottom of the lake, slashing its tentacles, and instantly approached Lawrence. Under the huge tentacle, Lawrence rolled in a mess at the bottom of the lake and avoided the attack, but the other tentacle quickly slapped over. Lawrence ate a plan firmly, and the halo on his body was dissipated. He drank two sips of the lake water and rolled into another messy aquatic grass. With the cover of the water grass, he held his breath and did not use magic again. Instead, he carefully swam in this water grass and stayed away from the giant squid as much as possible.

Hell. Lawrence took advantage of the gap between the aquatic plants and observed the giant squid. It did not give up looking for Lawrence, but swam above the large aquatic plants. Lawrence knew that he had to make a decision quickly, because the lack of oxygen had already made him a little dizzy. He leaned against a big stone and gathered magic again. The halo was very conspicuous in the dark lake. The giant squid discovered Lawrence, swam over again, and launched an attack.

Lawrence leaned against the boulder and was ready. The long water plants around seemed to come alive and grabbed the tentacles that launched the attack. The giant squid obviously did not expect that its attack would be hindered. It wanted to pull back the entangled tentacles, but Lawrence did not give it a chance to exert force. The water plants suddenly pulled down and pulled it towards Lawrence.

Eat my fist. Lawrence finally exhaled the resentment of being beaten just now. The huge rock he leaned against suddenly grew an arm, swung a punch, and smashed the giant squid into the aquatic plants. Lawrence hurriedly directed the aquatic plants to tie him up.

Huh-Lawrence breathed a sigh of relief. He swam away from this place with water and leaned against the feeling, swimming towards places with many mermaids.

Soon, he felt that there were many mermaids swimming around, but they were all a distance away from him. Because of the poor sight in the lake, he could not see them directly, and the mermaids' singing became clearer and clearer.

Lawrence knew that he was in the right direction. He had not been so deep when he was practicing before. There were simple stone buildings around him. Some buildings even had obviously pruned water gardens in front of the doors. Mermaids poked their heads out of the buildings and looked at Lawrence. Some mermaids held harpoons in their hands, but they obviously did not mean to attack Lawrence, but pointed at Lawrence curiously.

Lawrence swam along the mermaid settlement with the singing and came to a place in the settlement that looked like a square. A large group of mermaids were floating in the center of the square in a certain order, singing songs.

Behind this group of mermaids was a simple mermaid statue made of huge stones. Four people were tied to his tail. Lawrence immediately knew that the so-called precious things mean them.

Lawrence also breathed a sigh of relief. He was indeed worried. The song of Golden Egg has no other meaning that he did not understand, because he did not think Dumbledore would joke about people's lives. He recognized the little girl with shining silver hair as Furong's sister, Hermione tied next to her, Ron next to her, and Luna next to her,

Lawrence raised his eyebrows and swam towards Luna, reaching out to stroke the sticky and slippery water rope tied to the hostages. The rope cracked. Lawrence pulled Luna in coma, paddled the water, and left the square. The songs of the mermaids came faintly from behind him.

Half of your time has been used up...Don't wander around anymore... lest the things you are looking for will rot and die here...

An arrow-like figure broke into the mermaid's settlement. He swam rapidly. Lawrence recognized Harry, who had eaten gill-woven grass. Harry saw Lawrence, waved his webbed hands at him, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but could only spit out a bunch of bubbles. But Lawrence recognized Harry's mouth shape. He was asking where the hostage was?

Lawrence smiled at Harry. Although he was a little surprised that Harry knew that the treasured things meant hostages, he also knew that now was not a good time to ask.

They were there. Lawrence told Harry with his lips, pointing to the statue with three hostages behind him. Harry gave Lawrence a thumbs up and said that he knew that although he was not very clear because of his webbed relationship, Lawrence knew that Harry had already understood and pulled Luna to swim towards the lake.

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Author's words: Well, the cover of Zongheng was taken at Harry Potter Park in Universal Studios Japan, and it was modified. In fact, the color of the castle is close to light gray (just like in the movie). I originally expected to use the picture of the castle and the Black Lake (the castle is reflected in the lake), but I found that the photo was too long. After finishing it, I found that the words were written too thinly (spreading your hands). When making the characters, there were reference posters and traditional fonts (the most obvious one should be the lightning in the lion of the lion), but the result was that it was not obvious.

By the way, I always thought that Cedric's physical strength was really powerful. It was easy to dive for an hour. Wickdor also used the transformation spell to transform into a half-shark man, and Harry even used the gill sac directly.

Note 1: Of course, it is also possible to write the blood color casually. Because I am an author who likes to write more rigorously (simply put, I like to cause trouble for myself), I specially checked the blood color of squids: it is blue in aerobic state, and it is transparent and colorless when the oxygen is emitted.

Thanks for the reward.
Chapter completed!