A day at Hogwarts.

Chapter 543 Final Question
"Pfft!"

"Gurgling, gurgling, gurgling..."

Malfoy was the first to be tied with rocks and thrown into the water, and a reporter from the Daily Prophet photographed the scene.

The contestants all changed into close-fitting clothes that were convenient for moving underwater, and Simo and the others also put on flippers.

Ron stared in a daze until a fist fell from the sky.

The contestants showed off their magical powers. Some ate herbs, some used the bubble head spell, and some turned into... catfish.

Charles scratched his head. Shouldn't Krum and the others turn into sharks? Why did they turn into catfish? Is it because Durmstrang is in the Arctic?
It was not easy for the wizards to fight underwater, and the organizers of the competition threw a lot of magical animals into the water.

Harry didn't know what he was thinking, and he tied his glasses to his head with a rope. It seemed useless, and actually it was useless. A fat-looking fish bit his nose and wouldn't let go.

Hermione tried several spells to get rid of the fish without hurting Harry, but the fish's ruby-red body was able to deflect the spells.

At this time, Rolf came on the scene. As the grandson of a magical animal expert, he used a simple and effective method to drive away the strange fish.

However, the live broadcast footage was urgently blurred, so no one knew how he did it. They only saw the fish escape and him wiping his wand.

Simo and his friends kept searching for their first target among the water plants, but the water plants here were very tall and dense, and there were many rocks, so they couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

The fish is back.

It seemed to be holding a grudge and bit Rolf's gluteus maximus.

Luo Fu performed a fish out of water show for everyone, which scared Furong and others who were passing by, and they thought it was some magical animal.

The audience burst into laughter.

It may be a blessing in disguise that Luo Fu was bitten.

He accidentally kicked a stone just now, and the stone as big as the podium was easily kicked over, and a red round stick as long as a finger floated up from under the stone.

Seamus immediately grabbed the stick, put it in his pocket and zipped it up.

But at this time, no one knew where Rolf had run off to. The underwater visibility was very poor and he couldn't see too far away.

Hermione cast a locating spell, pointed her wand in one direction, and everyone swam over together.

Rolf was fighting a desperate battle with the fish. He wanted to use the same trick again but the fish wouldn't give him a chance. Water plants and mud were floating around him.

Several mermaids shouted in low, hoarse voices: "Stop hitting them. You won't be able to kill the fish like this!"

Everyone was about to go up to help when the sky suddenly darkened and a huge black shadow swam over from above.

The giant squid was not affected by the competition, and no contestants came to trouble it. It swam leisurely back and forth in the lake.

The mermaids seemed a little afraid of the squid and all hid in the water plants.

The fish seemed even more frightened and immediately let go and ran away.

This place is not far from the location of a key fragment, so let's swim over together.

The fragment was conspicuous, tied to the back of a large lobster.

But this lobster seemed a little too big, as long as a human leg, and its claws were as big as a casserole.

"It's a pity," Charles said. "Although this lobster is delicious, it's not easy to deal with."

Dean asked nervously, "Will it eat people?"

Charles said: "Its pincers can send out a stream of water that can stun prey, which can be life-threatening if you're not careful."

The audience around immediately became nervous.

Rove recognized the lobster and immediately told his teammates.

After a few people murmured to each other, they split up. Harry attracted the lobster's attention from the front, and the others went around behind.

The lobster sensed the approaching danger and quickly spotted Harry, raising its claws towards him. "Snap!"

Everyone heard a loud noise.

Harry saw a stream of light-distorted water rushing towards him, and he dodged it by ducking his head.

He immediately fought back, and after casting a spell, a wall of ice appeared in front of him, intending to block the second stream of water.

The ice wall floated to the surface and disappeared, and Harry appeared in front of the lobster again.

The second stream of water just passed under the floating ice wall. Harry realized that he had to hide, but his movements in the water were slowed down by the resistance of the water, and the water stream hit his chest directly.

Then Harry started to spin like a propeller, creating a current that pushed him further away.

Next came George, who was going up.

At this time, Neville took action, and the water plants below stretched out from all directions, tightly binding the lobster, and the pair of claws were the focus of attention.

Hermione seized the opportunity and solved the problem with a stunning spell.

Both Harry and George were dizzy and seemed unable to wake up for a while. Their wands floated on the water and it took some time to find them.

This made them lag behind other teams.

Ron asked worriedly, "Will they be the last?"

Charles thought for a moment and said, "There is no ranking limit for this competition. As long as you finish before Malfoy drowns, it's fine."

"Maybe it won't matter if I drown because I can't find the keys. I'll just have more trouble than the others in the last game."

Ron looked relieved and said, "That's good."

As they were talking, Simo and the others encountered new troubles. The next target was surrounded by a large group of water snakes. The diameter of the water snake ball was nearly 10 meters. These snakes were extremely poisonous just by looking at their bright colors.

After everyone murmured for a while, Simo took action.

Because water is more difficult to compress than air, the shock wave of the explosion causes more damage when propagating in water than in air, so Simo decided not to take action today if he could.

The reason why Simo caused the explosion was that he released too much magic power at one time, and at this moment, a huge ice ball wrapped up the water snake.

Water snakes are also snakes. They hibernate when the temperature is low, and their bodies will be sluggish even if they don't hibernate.

This time the water snake was motionless, but the surrounding water temperature dropped rapidly, and Simo and others were shivering with cold.

The ice ball surfaced, and they carefully avoided the water snakes and cut the ice, taking out the key fragment in the center.

The cold water quickly took away their body temperature, which made them feel extremely cold.

Fortunately, Rolf often went to the wild with his grandfather to search for magical animals, and knew a lot of magic spells for camping. He conjured a large ball of hot water around them, which kept everyone warm.

In the following time, fragments were found one by one.

Cedric and his friends were the first to untie the chains on Fred, and everyone went ashore.

Not long after, the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang teams also completed the race and successfully reached shore.

It was only then that Simo and the others found the last piece and assembled it into a key as long as an arm.

However, the biggest problem arose.

"Where's Malfoy?"

Everyone looked at each other. The location where the team members sank to the bottom of the lake was not marked on the map, and no one noticed when Malfoy was thrown into the water just now.

The lake is so big, it seems a bit difficult to find Malfoy.

(End of this chapter)