Chapter 182 Where Are the People?

After all, Harry didn't need Lu Yunkai to tell him how to open the golden egg.

As Chris said, Harry is actually a somewhat talented wizard apprentice, and he has a group of very reliable friends, and Lu Yunkai is just one of them.

They even prepared a solution for Harry (the source of the news was naturally Chris): Neville Longbottom, who was a mess in everything except herbalism, got the very rare gillweed from somewhere (according to reports Lu Yunkai asked Eileen and learned that there should be only two plants growing next to the pond at Lu Yunkai's house in the whole of England).

It is a kind of algae that looks like countless slippery gray rat tails put together. It grows on the edge of the water. After eating it, it will grow gills and webbed fingers and toes, which can help people breathe and swim underwater. A practical solution.

Of course, if it were Lu Yunkai, he would throw the gill grass into the crucible along with several materials and cook it into a more effective "underwater action potion". But for Harry, that was enough.

Seeing that Harry had a more reliable solution, Lu Yunkai's expectations for the second competition event became more and more intense.

In this way, time finally came to the day of the second round of the Triwizard Tournament.

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"Yun Kai! What are you doing? Concentrate!!"

Blaise clapped his hands at Lu Yunkai, attracting the attention of Lu Yunkai, who was a little distracted.

"...Oh." Lu Yunkai nodded, but his eyes were still scanning the surroundings.

"What's wrong with you? The competition is about to begin, what are you doing!!" Malfoy on the side felt a little jealous when he saw Lu Yunkai like this, "You were one point behind Potter in the first round. It would be so embarrassing to lose.”

"...Where's Pansy?"

"She went over there to buy lottery tickets for me. I bought ten gold galleons and you win, don't let me down!"

"...Then have you seen Daphne?"

"...Oh! That's right!!" Malfoy finally understood why Lu Yunkai was so distracted.

Where is Daphne at this time? ?

"Oops……"

An ominous premonition began to fill Lu Yun's heart.

Then his eyes glanced around.

There was no sight of Gabrielle beside Fleur. Next to Harry, Hermione and Ron...are not actually there? This is too wrong, right? But this morning, Lu Yunkai clearly saw these four people!

Lu Yunkai made up his mind instantly.

His eyes glanced at the podium.

Dumbledore and the other two principals were discussing something, and Director Bagman was listening.

But...what about Barty Crouch? ? Why was it Percy Weasley in his place?

Obviously, he has been busy in school in the past three or four days. Lu Yunkai has seen him several times! He was not here at this critical moment. Could it be that he was responsible for "looking after" the four "meat tickets" that were taken away?

He really did all the things Lu Yunkai hated!

Lu Yunkai sighed softly and finally calmed down. I also let go of that worry.

Since the "Almost Minister" of the Ministry of Magic was protecting him, Lu Yunkai would not believe the nonsense about the golden egg saying that it would disappear within an hour if it could not be found.

However, although he calmed down, it did not mean that others could: Lu Yunkai clearly heard the worried conversations and arguments coming from Furong's side.

It seems that she also realized that it was her baby sister who was taken away!

I just don't know if Krum realizes that Hermione suffered because of him... Well, he realizes it too.

Lu Yunkai saw an unprecedented solemnity on Krum's face. It seemed that he was more nervous now than at the Quidditch World Cup final!

That's okay.

Lu Yunkai nodded silently. It seemed that Hermione's vision was still good. Being with Krum is better than being with Ron...

I wish you happiness.

While Lu Yun was happily complaining silently, everyone on the podium seemed to have finished discussing the matter. Finally, Dumbledore stood up and announced the start of the game.

The first thing is to announce the content of the competition. The hint in the golden egg is actually just to give the warriors time to prepare in advance. If you really can't crack it (which is impossible), you definitely still have the right to know it before the game. Of course, the more important thing is to tell the onlookers who are watching the excitement.

I heard that a person they valued very much among the four warriors was kidnapped by a mermaid in the lake. The warriors only had one hour to rescue him. Many people in the audience also became nervous (of course there were also many like Lu Yunkai). of total disbelief).

However, the game still started in a tense atmosphere.

Lu Yunkai didn't care what other warriors did (because Chris had already found out for him), he just smoothly took out a bottle of dark blue potion from the space bag, poured it into his mouth, and then jumped up , jumped into the water.

This is a magic potion called a hydrophobic potion. Its effect is to form a thin air film around the user's body. It not only protects the user's body and clothes from getting any water, but also filters the air in the water for consumption. The user can breathe, and at the same time, it can also eliminate most of the resistance of the water, allowing the user to fly around in the water like in the air...

Well, this is the most suitable potion that Lu Yunkai found in the system to solve this project. Although it is more expensive than the underwater breathing potion that costs one gold galleon per bottle, it is better in that the clothes are not stained with water and the person looks more relaxed. And more importantly, Lu Yunkai knew that Krum was going to use a spell to turn his head into a shark head (Chris said so), and his underwater movement speed would be very fast. If Lu Yunkai wanted to be the first, he had to work harder on speed.

And when the people on the shore saw that the lake water seemed to be split when Lu Yunkai entered the water, they all exclaimed in admiration.

But Lu Yunkai could not hear their exclamations at all, he had already dived into the depths of the lake at the fastest speed.

As a Slytherin whose lounge is at the bottom of the lake, he actually knows where the mermaids live in this big lake (is this also a home advantage?). So, he didn't delay at all, and rushed towards the mermaid settlement in his mind as if he was riding a flying broom in the air.

As the surroundings darkened at the fastest speed, Lu Yunkai also began to feel a little chest tightness. The biggest problem with the hydrophobic potion is that if there is little air in the surrounding water, it will be a little difficult to breathe.

But overcome it! Quick battle and quick decision!

Soon, clusters of huge water plants began to appear around Lu Yunkai. Lu Yunkai pulled out the magic wand in his hand, and a fluorescent light flashed, illuminating the surroundings. The traces of mermaids appeared.

To be honest, the mermaids living in this lake are really ugly.

After silently complaining in his heart, Lu Yunkai speeded up and began to search for Daphne.

Daphne was wearing the bell flower hairpin that Lu Yunkai gave her when she had breakfast in the morning. There was a spell set by Lu Yunkai on the hairpin, which should have the effect of positioning...

Well, failed. It turned out that the old guys on the rostrum had tampered with it.

Lu Yunkai became more and more convinced.

He could only rely on his naked eyes to find it.

Fortunately, with the help of the potion, Lu Yunkai moved very fast in the water.

After a carpet-style investigation for less than a minute, he found four "hostages" tied to water plants and floating in the water.

The one on the far left with her eyes closed like a sleeping beauty is Daphne.

Her long hair was floating vertically in the water, and she even had a bell flower hairpin on it.

Next to her were Gabrielle, Ron, and Hermione with silver hair. The four of them were floating in the water, with their limbs gently spread out. Because they were soaking in water, their faces were still a little pale. Although they were still breathing (it seemed to be an underwater breathing spell or something), they still looked like four corpses...

The picture was quite creepy.

Lu Yunkai glanced at the mermaid guarding next to him with a harpoon in his hand, and raised his wand.

Since it was a "kidnapping", there should be a fight with the kidnappers, right? However, spells in the water will be hindered by the water, and it should be difficult to hit the target.

While Lu Yunkai was preparing for the battle, he was thinking about how to grab Daphne and run away.

But the two mermaids saw Lu Yunkai's action, but they did not intend to attack first, but retreated a little.

Although they did not speak, the meaning was very clear: We will not fight with you, just take the person away.

The politeness made Lu Yunkai stunned, and then he smiled a little embarrassed.

That's right, this project is about the speed of finding people, not the fighting power of grabbing people...

So he quickly put away his wand, waved to the two guarding fishmen, and then rushed to Daphne and untied the water plants wrapped around her.

Then he suddenly remembered something: Where is Barty Crouch?

Shouldn't he be here to protect her? Will he cause trouble on the way back? That's too much!

Well, we have to be on guard.

Just thinking about it, Lu Yunkai cast a protective magic on Daphne, who should have been under the sleeping spell, and then pulled her back to the starting point.

Because Daphne didn't drink the hydrophobic potion, she encountered great resistance in the water, so Lu Yunkai couldn't swim as fast as he did before. But it didn't matter. Lu Yunkai had already swam half of the way back when he saw Harry, who had gills on his cheeks and webbed fingers, swimming past him.

And Krum, who was in the lead at the start, was still nowhere to be seen.

This is the home advantage!

Lu Yunkai sighed and felt more relaxed. Today, he and Harry were the top two again.

It seems that Barty Crouch didn't set an ambush in the middle? I was thinking too much.

With this thought, Lu Yunkai swam all the way back to the starting point with Daphne.

The first place without suspense.

The onlookers didn't even come to their senses before they saw Lu Yunkai and Daphne appear on the water. They were stunned for a while.

"Five minutes! Lu Yunkai won the first place."

Dumbledore announced the result immediately.

"Is this competition designed too easy?" Many students seemed to have such questions.

"That's because this is Lu Yunkai!!"

The Slytherin students answered proudly.

Lu Yunkai, who was pulled out of the water by Blaise and Goyle, looked like he had never been in the water, which made the Slytherins' answers seem a little guilty...

If the competition was really difficult, Lu Yunkai would not be like this even if he was relaxed, right?

Fortunately, although Lu Yunkai looked relaxed, Daphne, who was wrapped in a thick towel and shivering beside him, at least proved that this matter might not be that simple.

Just when Lu Yunkai used a spell to wake up the sleeping Daphne and wanted to teach this girl a lesson.

"Meow! Has your game not started yet? Or is it over?"

Chris's figure came close to Lu Yunkai.

Looking around with curiosity.

"It's over." Lu Yunkai casually replied to the cat that jumped on his shoulder, "Where did you go? You didn't even come to watch my game!"

"I was going to come, but I encountered something on the way."

"What's the matter?"

"Big thing!!" Chris said in a serious tone, "Let's talk about it when there's no one around."

"... Mysterious." Lu Yunkai rolled his eyes at Chris.

Then his attention turned back to Daphne and he began to nag, "Are you stupid? How can you agree to their request!"

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