Chapter 174 Warriors Enter the Water

As the competition approached, the only topic discussed by all the young wizards was the Triwizard Tournament. They were extremely curious about how exciting the second project would be. The first project had given them too much shock.

The time came to February 23rd, the eve of the second project of the Goblet of Fire.

In the common room, Sherin was chatting with several junior Slytherin students. They were mainly members of the Sleeping Dragon Society, but some were just there to join in the fun. In addition to cheering Sherin up, everyone also looked forward to hearing any experience of learning magic from Sherin. Even if this experience was just a little bit, it would be very useful for the young wizards.

At this time, Hector Foley, the head of the seventh grade, walked in, "Daphne, you need to come with me. Professor Snape asked me to take you to his office."

Daphne and Sherin looked at each other, and they instantly understood each other's thoughts. Then Daphne stood up gracefully and gently pulled her sleeves. Except for Sherin, no one saw that her sleeves covered her fair hands and the bracelets on her wrists that were more than five.

Sherin made the bracelets himself, just for this moment.

The bracelets were engraved with ancient runes as small as flies. The engraving technique used was exactly the same as the anti-stun bracelet, but the engravings were "Guardian of the Gods", "Mirror Wall of the Spirit", "Fortress of the Soul" and other magic. Sherin was confident that even if Voldemort came in person, he would not be able to easily use Legilimency, plant the Imperius Curse, or take over Daphne's body without her noticing.

Daphne followed Fry's footsteps and left the common room.

Sherin lowered his eyes to hide the brilliance in his eyes. The second project did not have any deviations in the plot, which was reasonable. After all, Professor Moody, played by Barty Crouch Jr., was just a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts. He could not have the power or ability to interfere in such an international level competition.

The next day.

At nine o'clock in the morning, students who had finished breakfast early left the auditorium in groups of three or five and headed for the competition venue located by the Black Lake. The seats that surrounded the dragon enclosure last November are now lined up on the other side of the lake. They are already full and reflected in the lake below.

On the other side of the lake, there is a table covered with a golden tablecloth. Behind the table sit five referees: Dumbledore, Maxim, Karkaroff, Bagman and Percy Weasley. Percy came on behalf of Mr. Crouch.

Next to the referee's table stood two pretty female warriors. Looking at their tight robes, Sherin curled his lips and secretly complained about his dissatisfaction with the original world. He remembered that the female warriors in the movie world changed into low-cut swimsuits.

Sherin was also at the referee's table, but he was sitting. He used the Transfiguration Spell to create a chair out of nothing. He sat on the chair, resting leisurely and adjusting his state.

Eleanor and Katalin arrived at the competition site early, just like himself, but Harry was late.

Harry arrived just two minutes before the game started.

Bagman didn't give Harry a chance to breathe, and walked over and said, "You should all know what you should do now, right?"

Seeing that every warrior nodded, he showed a satisfied expression, and then cast a voice-enhancing spell on himself, "Listen everyone, our warriors are in their positions. As soon as I blow the whistle, the second task will begin. They have a full hour to take back what was taken from them. I count to three. One... two... three!"

The sharp whistle echoed in the cold and still air. There was a burst of cheers and applause in the stands. Harry didn't wait to see what the other warriors were doing. He just took off his shoes and socks in a few seconds, took out the handful of gillyweed from his pocket, stuffed it into his mouth, and waded into the lake.

A shrewd look flashed in Sherin's eyes. Dobby was under his control, so it was impossible for him to give Harry the gillyweed without telling him. Ron and Hermione were clearly in the library last night to help Harry find a way to breathe underwater. These information were reported by the members of the Sleeping Dragon Society that he trusted, and there was no way they were false. The only possibility was that Barty Crouch Jr. helped Harry in some way that he could not have thought of.

It seems that Barty Jr. was able to become Voldemort's right-hand man at a young age, not only because of his almost fanatical loyalty, but also because he was indeed a thoughtful and shrewd person. Under Sherin's many arrangements, he was able to help Harry solve the secret of the golden egg and hand the gillyweed to Harry without anyone noticing.

Harry stood stupidly in the lake, the water had already covered his knees, and his soaked robe fell heavily. Sherin suddenly couldn't bear to look directly at him. This guy left Hermione, wouldn't he not even know how to add the Water and Fire Invulnerability Charm to his robe?

There were bursts of laughter from the audience on the other side of the lake, who were all watching the warriors' every move with panoramic telescopes.

Eleanor's performance was quite standard, using the Bubblehead Charm used by Fleur and Cedric in the original book. A huge bubble grew on her head, making her facial features look elongated and widened, which was very funny.

Katalin cast an extremely unpopular transformation spell on herself, which was a "whale lung spell" that could make her lung capacity rival that of a whale.

As soon as the two female warriors finished the spell, they dived into the water without hesitation.

At this time, two narrow gills grew under Harry's ears, and webbed feet grew between his fingers and toes. He also dived into the bottom of the lake.

After the three warriors disappeared, Sherin stood up from his chair and walked towards the water leisurely. His steps were very slow, but steady and powerful. With every step, his temperament changed slightly.

Bagman, who was in the referee's seat, was talking about the Bubblehead Curse, Whale Lung Curse and Gillyweed of other warriors. When he saw Sherin's behavior, he was stunned. In his opinion, Sherin seemed to have no idea what to do. He didn't recite any spells, and he didn't even take out his wand. He just walked towards the Black Lake stupidly.

"Did he not find a way to breathe underwater and planned to give up?" He couldn't help thinking so.

However, is this the case?

In the rescue team next to the referee's seat, Professor McGonagall covered her mouth, her eyes full of excitement.

Dumbledore stood up, his half-moon lenses reflecting bright luster under the sunlight, and he took over Bagman's commentary duties.

As expected of Dumbledore, he could make his voice sound like a voice-amplifying spell without chanting any spells.

"Wonderful... really wonderful..." Dumbledore said, and only those who were familiar with him would notice the slight tremor in his tone, showing his inner restlessness, "The warrior of Hogwarts, Mr. Malfoy, chose a magic similar to human transfiguration, but it is slightly different from the latter in details. This is an unprecedented transfiguration in history, yes..." Dumbledore's tone became a little smaller, "I must admit that even I can't tell what kind of magic this is."

What? Magic that even Dumbledore can't see!

The other four referees in the referee's seat could no longer sit still, and suddenly stood up at the same time, staring at Schelling's back, trying to see through the magic used by Schelling, what was going on.

"I originally thought that Animagus was the pinnacle of transfiguration, the highest achievement that a master of transfiguration could pursue—" Dumbledore continued, "It seems that I have to admit that I am old, and my views on magic are no longer applicable to the current magic world. Today, Mr. Malfoy demonstrated to us another view on this peak!"

"However, it is not difficult for us to guess that this is a way to achieve the effect of breathing through the skin by deforming the human body... Of course, I have a feeling that the purpose and function of this magic will never be so simple. Next, let us enjoy Mr. Malfoy's performance!"

The audience exploded. The cheers were like the waves of the sea, one wave higher than the other.

Ms. Maxime shook her head and turned to congratulate Dumbledore. Hogwarts has produced a figure like Schelling. In the next few years, the "European Magic Education Assessment" will probably select Hogwarts as the "European Best Education School".

Karkaroff's face turned pale instantly, but he was also secretly glad that he did not accept Schelling's challenge that day. It seems that the chances of losing to Xie Ling are not small!

This is no longer a competition between warriors.

This is already an innovation of the entire magic world!

What Xie Ling has taken may be just a small step, but it represents a new era of the magic world, a new and infinite possibility!

No update today. Next, we will enter the important plot, and the author needs time to sort out the entire plot to avoid mistakes and bugs.