"What... what is it, Harry... where are we?" Kayson appeared before Harry, his face slightly flushed and half a glass of wine still in his hand. His tipsy mind had clearly forgotten what situation he had been in when he gave Harry that Ender Pearl.
Harry pointed shakily in Quirrell's direction.
Kayson turned to look. Quirrell gripped his wand with trembling hands, while Kayson drained the remaining wine in his glass and casually threw it to the floor.
Crack! "Avada Kedavra!" "Vanishing Curse!"
As the glass shattered, the two exchanged no unnecessary words. Kayson did not even have time to glance at Harry beside him or Neville in the corner before an Enchanting Table appeared in his hand, and a Vanishing Curse swiftly canceled out the incoming Killing Curse.
"Curse of Flames!" Quirrell resorted to the same old trick again. Fiendfyre rapidly transformed into a giant serpent and charged at them, but this time, it was nowhere near as effective as it had been in the Forbidden Forest.
Kayson clapped his hands sharply, and the entire chamber was instantly flooded with azure source blocks.
At most, Kayson could move normally inside the water source blocks for fourteen seconds. If he pushed himself, he could survive for up to twenty-seven seconds without drowning.
Within those twenty seconds, tearing the limbs off Quirrell, who did not even dare open his mouth for fear of choking on water, would be absurdly easy.
As for Harry and Neville, who were drowning as well...
With a powerful enemy before him, he could not hesitate. He had to kill the enemy first. As long as he tried a little harder, it would all be over within twenty seconds!
Kayson's gaze sharpened. Four Ender Crystals flew toward Quirrell in rapid succession. Though they did not cause much