Chapter 657 Four Hostages
To be precise, they were one man and three women. They all had their eyes closed tightly and seemed to have passed out. Their bodies were tightly bound by the water plants, and their disheveled hair swayed gently with the water flow.
There are several vicious fishman guards standing directly in front of the statue, which is very difficult to deal with at first glance.
"Hermione? Ginny?!"
When he saw this scene, Harry couldn't help but exclaimed, and he immediately recognized the two hostages tied up in the middle of the lake.
"Gabriel!" Fleur was even more excited than Harry. She was completely panicked and anxiously looked at the picture in the crystal ball. She wanted to jump into the water immediately to drive away the mermaids and rescue Gabrielle.
But such an act of sneaking away was not allowed, and the Aurors who were responsible for maintaining order were keeping an eye on her at all times.
In desperation, Furong could only turn her head to look at the referee's bench and asked anxiously.
"Principal Maxim, why did my sister Gabrielle appear there? She is not yet nine years old. How could you have the heart to just throw her into the black lake?"
Maxim was unable to give an answer because Dumbledore had already answered first.
"Miss Delacour, we have obtained the consent of these girls before. They voluntarily agreed to become hostages, and we have great trust in you warriors to rescue them from the bottom of the lake within the specified time limit. …”
"Then what if we fail? What will happen to Gabrielle?" Fleur asked urgently. She has not forgotten what Bagman said before. Once the time limit is exceeded and the rescue is not successful, then they will be trapped forever. Losing the most cherished "treasure".
"Let's put it this way, the waterproof and cold-proof magic I set on several hostages can only last for an hour!" Dumbledore's face was very serious, and he was not joking at all.
Furong's heart was completely cold. She didn't want to believe that the competition would really be so cruel, but she didn't dare to bet on the possibility...
Harry on the side was also very flustered. After hearing Dumbledore's indifferent words, his hands and feet felt cold. Hermione was his best friend, and Ginny was Ron's sister. No matter which one had a problem, He couldn't accept it.
Harry was worried about whether he could complete the hostage rescue mission with his own abilities. None of the fish-men seemed to be easy to deal with.
To avoid being suspected, Ivan had a somewhat anxious look on his face, but his eyes were focused on the strange wizard on the crystal ball screen.
Based on the school uniform on the other person, Ivan quickly identified that this was a Durmstrang student, probably a close friend of Krum.
Thinking of this, Ivan looked at Krum with an averted gaze. As expected, the other person's face became very ugly.
The competition party was so accurate that they did not choose the dance partner that Krum invited to the dance.
After all, what they need is a hostage who can shake the Warriors' faith!
Ivan even speculated that the real test of this game is whether the Warriors can think calmly in such a critical situation and successfully complete the rescue mission.
And Furong's previous excessive behavior may have cost her a lot of points...
At the judges' table, Dumbledore sat down again after finishing his explanation. Bagman coughed twice and stepped forward to continue his explanation.
"Okay, I think all the warriors can't wait! So, now I declare...the second game has officially begun!" Bagman shouted, raising his wand and shooting a beam of light into the sky.
At the same time as the beam exploded, Ivan, Fleur, and Krum all jumped into the lake quickly. Harry was a step slower. He opened the bottle containing the gillweed in a panic and took out a ball of something like The gray-green rat tail thing was stuffed into his mouth and swallowed, and then he followed the others and jumped into the lake.
The little wizards in the stands stretched out their necks to get a better view. Ron and others were worried about the safety of Ginny and Hermione and stood up from their seats. Unfortunately, the Black Lake was very deep, and they Nothing can be seen.
"You said that Ivan and Harry can definitely rescue people, right?" Ron looked at George and others next to him worriedly and asked.
"I think Ivan can definitely do it, but Harry is more uncertain..." George said hesitantly.
After the record of fighting the fire dragon in the first game, he was very confident in Ivan, but he knew Harry's magic level clearly. If he had to describe it in one sentence, it would be no better than Ron.
"But no matter what, the hostages should be fine." George added, not believing what Dumbledore said before.
"That's not necessarily true. I think it's too risky for Professor Dumbledore to just put all the hostages in the lake without even an Auror to supervise him. What if those mermaids suddenly go crazy or the protective demon What should I do if something goes wrong with the curse?" Fred was furious and worried about Ginny's safety.
"Since you can think of it, the referees must also be able to think of it..." George retorted.
"Okay, stop arguing, look over there!" Charlie interrupted the argument of several people and pointed to the center of the lake.
At this time, George, Ron and others discovered that the four crystal balls floating in mid-air were faithfully recording the performance of each warrior underwater.
After jumping into the black lake, Krum quickly cast his transformation magic. His head grew bigger and bigger, and black fins grew out of his back. It seemed that he wanted to become a shark.
However, human transformation is the most difficult of all transformation magics. Krum's level is obviously not up to this level, so he was forced to stop halfway through the transformation and became a humanoid monster with a shark head on his head.
The little wizards in the stands all showed disgusted looks. Although this magic looked very powerful, it had to be said that Krum looked really ugly at this time.
Harry's image was not much better than Krum's. Unsightly gills grew on his neck, and his palms and toes became similar to those of the mermaids.
In comparison, Ivan and Fleur are particularly pleasing to the eye.
The first time after falling into the water, Ivan waved his wand and touched the wizard's robe on his body, adding a waterproof and moisture-proof spell to it. It was like a transparent film between the water flow and him.
Then, Ivan's black robe extended in the water and turned into a pair of wide "wings". With a gentle wave, his body could float far away.
Fleur's water properties were very good, and her speed was even comparable to that of Klum, who had turned into half a shark. She probably relied on this to only cast a bubble spell on herself, and then dived into the water. It seemed that she planned to just do that. Swim over.
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