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"What? Harry, you've been wandering around all day?"

"Don't you know how to practice spells? The competition is on the 24th! You could go to the library!" Ginny and Ron could hardly believe their ears after learning Harry's schedule for the day.

"There's still almost a month left. Plenty of time." Harry waved his hand dismissively.

After learning about the competition, his sense of urgency disappeared.

It's just a matter of memorizing the depressions, navigating magical traps, dealing with possible dark creatures, finding the right passage, and breathing underwater.

He's fought Voldemort and subdued a dragon with his bare hands, so this is nothing.

What's more, he also has 89 points.

Ranked second.

This score is said to help him in the competition.

So Harry was actually quite relaxed.

Ginny immediately saw what her boyfriend was thinking, "Then how do we breathe underwater?"

You need to find four badges and defeat four Care of Magical Creatures.

"The Bubblehead Charm is too fragile, and as for Human Transfiguration, Harry, all you know is Popeye Transformation, which increases strength."

"I've already thought of something." Harry pulled out a book—"The Amazing Aquatic Plants of the Mediterranean Sea and Their Characteristics".

"This book was my Christmas present last year."

Those who know me know that I am very good at Potion-Making.

Potion-Making is inseparable from various magical plants.

So I received many books introducing amazing plants and animals.

This book describes a magical plant that grows only in the Mediterranean Sea — Gillyweed.

It allows people to breathe underwater.

A handful of Gillyweed allows a person to breathe underwater for almost an hour. Ginny breathed a sigh of relief, her fierce expression gradually fading. "So, did you get your hands on that Gillyweed?"

"Uh," Harry instinctively took a step back, "Not yet."

Seeing that Ginny and Ron's faces were about to fall again, he quickly added, "I've already placed the order."

It should arrive in the next day or two. That is, if there are any unforeseen circumstances.

I can talk to Professor Snape.

He definitely has it. My mother said he has all sorts of strange and Potions ingredients.

Ron blurted out, "Then hurry up and go find Professor Snape."

You are Champion; tonight's curfew won't affect you.

He'll be your stepfather soon. Why are you being so formal?

Harry's face immediately darkened. "Are you sure he's in his office right now?"

Instead of Spinner's End and my mom being there?

Ginny coughed slightly. "Let's analyze the match."

Based on my father's exact words.

The correct depression, its tunnels are free of dark creatures.

So, in fact, the Champion don't need to fight the dark creatures.

If there are any dark creatures, just run away.

This saves time, allowing the Champion to find the correct indentation as quickly as possible.

Ron realized his mistake from Harry's face.

So after Ginny finished speaking, he quickly climbed down the pole, "Also, my dad said that 20-foot-tall shrubs will be planted next to the depression."

Even if the location of the depression is known, the appearance of the maze will delay the Champion's search for it.

Moreover, I don't believe those dark creatures won't emerge from the tunnel.

The depression will close when the Champion is inside the tunnel.

But when the Champion reaches the exit, which is the recessed area, it will open again.

Dark creatures might very well escape through it.

"That's a strategy too." Harry narrowed his eyes and said ominously, "If what Ron said is true."

If there really is a dark creature in the first depression I find.

I can ignore it anyway.

Let it wreak havoc in the maze.

Ultimately, this creates additional obstacles for the other Champion.

At this point, Harry shook his head. "Ginny's opinion is more likely."

I have noted the number of these dents.

There are 12 in total.

Four of them are correct; there are no dark creatures in them.

The remaining eight undoubtedly have lurking presences.

The recess is open.

If they really manage to escape.

They probably ran away a long time ago.

At that point, we won't be able to tell which one is correct just by whether there are dark creatures in the tunnel.

You can only go all the way to the end to see if it's the right way. This will undoubtedly waste a lot of time.

The Champion still needs to find the badge from four Care of Magical Creatures in the Black Lake.

"You were just like Draco just now," Ron said, getting goosebumps.

Harry's expression just now was exactly the same as Draco's when he was plotting something.

"Is that so?" Harry scoffed.

Ron's words had made him keep imagining what his mother was doing in Spinner's End.

The thought of this made his blood boil.

Ginny glared at Ron and said, "I think we can borrow the Egypt Magic Book."

What Ron said is indeed possible.

And then, combined with your speculation, Harry.

At that point, we'll probably need spells to detect moisture instead of relying on the dark creatures in the tunnel to determine if we're right or wrong.

Egypt desert sorcerers must have invented spells specifically for detecting moisture.

"This is too much trouble. There are so many books in the library." Ron shook his head.

"Have you forgotten Madam Pince?"

She definitely knows.

If all else fails, you can ask Hermione.

I suspect she has memorized all the books in the library.

If it weren't for the fact that she was always with Ryan, which made her presence less noticeable.

"She might get a nickname like 'The Immovable Great Library,'" Ginny said irritably.

Before Harry could even complain, her Ron stepped in to try and pull Harry back.

Reading more books is definitely a good idea.

Harry just happens to not have any exams during this period.

It's good to kill some time in the library.

"Looking for Hermione?" Harry shook his head.

He returned to normal after thinking of Ryan through Hermione.

But it was precisely because of this that he knew Ryan had a lot of wicked tastes.

Just like this time, he and Ginny forgot that the Champion didn't need to take the exam, which was probably Ryan's doing.

If he goes to find Hermione, Ryan will definitely be there too.

They might deliberately give you a useful but wickedly funny spell.

He still can't figure it out.

The match is being broadcast live.

If it really is a prank, and then it spreads throughout Europe.

That would be so embarrassing.

Is he even alive?

"I'd better ask Madam Pince. You should go and study too. You have exams tomorrow," Harry advised.

"No," Ron said with a bright smile, "I'm not afraid of doing poorly on the test this time."

I could easily say that I helped Harry practice his spells, which delayed his studies.

If all else fails, I can say it's because Voldemort is about to be resurrected.

I'm so scared, I keep having nightmares.

"You, you." Harry shook his head with a smile. "Then you guys help me practice these spells."

He immediately took out the parchment that Percy had given him when he first became Champion; it contained many useful spells.

They seem to have been created specifically for this competition.

The Impediment Curse can stop attackers—dark creatures.

The Reducto Curse can destroy solid obstacles and clear a path directly.

The Point Me Spell allows him to point his wand due north, enabling him to determine whether he is heading in the right direction in a maze.