Harry Falls Behind

Harry, of course, was unaware of what was happening outside. Leaning against the sun overhead, he freed his hands.

"Point Me," he said softly, holding the wand flat in his palm.

He spun the wand and pointed to the dense hedge on his right, which was to the north.

The paths that Phoebe and Ilvas had taken, along with the distribution map of the depressions that he had sketched in his mind many times over the past few days, were combined together.

Of the 12 indentations, 4 are correct.

Phoebe and Ilvas have already ruled out three.

Therefore, he now only needs to eliminate the 5 incorrect ones out of the 9 indentations.

Now all he has to do is head northwest.

That would allow us to bypass the three incorrect ones.

After walking about fifty meters, Harry came to a fork in the road and pondered for a moment, "Left!"

Outside the maze, Mr. Weasley: "Harry also chose the left! Just like Ilvas!"

That's amazing! Only 13 minutes have passed!

Phoebe found the correct tunnel!

Phoebe held a pale blue flame in her left hand as she strolled through the dark tunnel.

The humid air nearby brought a beautiful smile to her pretty face.

At that moment, all the viewers who noticed this through the screen held their breath.

The family member, Krum's father, hurriedly asked, "I wonder if your daughter—"

Then Ryan appeared before him, holding Gabrielle's hand. "I'm her boyfriend."

Krum's father immediately abandoned the idea after seeing Ryan's face.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were her brother. After all, you're so handsome." Krum's father was quite embarrassed.

Just then, Krum set off.

A thunderous cheer suddenly erupted from the stands.

"My son is so popular?" Krum's father recalled Krum's description of his experience at Hogwarts, then looked at the screen.

In the image, Krum's signature hooked nose has disappeared, replaced by two thin slits.

He seemed worried that others wouldn't understand his actions, so he made a point of explaining them.

"This is a shark's nose."

Great white sharks can smell blood diluted to 1/500th of its original concentration from 1 kilometer away.

My shark-like nose uses the water of the Black Lake as a sensitive source.

I could clearly smell which Black Lake smelled stronger in the recesses of the maze.

I don't have Harry and the others' good memories.

The only way is to turn your head into a shark and keep tasting the familiar flavor of the Black Lake.

"Now, I've succeeded!" The next second after Krum finished speaking, he ran to the first fork in the road without thinking and ran to the left.

Outside the maze, Mr. Weasley: "Krum showed the tenacity of Quidditch World Star, playing to his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses."

Using the shark's nose, they quickly passed through each fork in the road.

He was the last to set off, and at the same time, he learned the location and function of most of the traps in the maze.

So, although their methods of breaking the trap were clumsy compared to the other three Champion, they still managed to get through quickly, at a speed close to that of the vanguard, Dracula!

Dracula had already reached the edge of the pool! It connects to the Black Lake!

She issued a command; she now needed the blessing of War Magic.

"Maxime, can you hear me!"

"I heard you. I will now have the students begin." The students of Beauxbatons began chanting the incantation.

The complex magic was linked together by the successive chants of incantations.

Strands of milky white silk threads converged from the hearts of each person, rising towards the sky—forming a milky white sphere of light.

The milky-white orb that enhances resilience, the purple magical radiance that increases power, and the green divine wind that represents speed intertwined to form a light gray vortex.

As if knowing where the recipient of the blessing was, they fell from the sky like shooting stars, passed through the ground, and poured into the body of the Phoebe.

However, this time, the power of War Magic did not enhance Phoebe's already extraordinary charm.

It was firmly bound by the Phoebe, which transformed it into a force that changed its very nature.

The dark blue flame in Phoebe's right palm gradually thickened, eventually transforming into a clear liquid.

Veela's innate control over fire was reversed and amplified into the power over water.

Even through the screen, the audience in the stands seemed to hear the sound of the tide emanating from Phoebe's tall and graceful figure.

The black lake water in the pond, due to the environment, transformed into long, slender water snakes, enveloping and entwining the Phoebe.

By the time everyone came to their senses from this scene, Phoebe had already appeared in the lake.

Without any hesitation, the surrounding water lifted her up, transforming her into a sharp sword, and she vanished as if flying to the right.

Even the screen couldn't capture her image.

Aba aba.

Now, almost everyone seems to have lost the ability to speak because of this scene.

Even Mr. Weasley, who was in charge of the narration, was the same.

Now everything on the other split screens has lost its color.

Ilvas was unfathomable; he found the correct indentation without using any magic other than a magical trap, and no one noticed.

Krum caught up and found the correct indentation before Harry, but no one cheered.

About a minute later, everyone came to their senses.

Mr. Weasley also said, "Castelobruxo's Ilvas has found the tunnel to the Black Lake! And Viktor Krum! Now only Harry remains!"

Every minute, the maze grew darker, and the sky above turned a deep blue-green.

Harry turned left... then right... then left again... He recited the Tracing Spell once more, "Tracing the Source!"

The ethereal water vapor condensed into lines, two of the three thickest lines of which had already broken.

Harry's heart skipped a beat.

This means that Krum and Ilvas have found a tunnel to the Black Lake.

Now there's only one left. Harry looked at the single remaining one.

Right in front of him to the right.

"Reducto!" he shouted.

The spell went straight through the fence.

A passageway appeared.

A strange golden mist appeared ahead.

It's obvious that this is magic.

In the stands, Ron completely forgot about Dumbledore's presence.

He jumped around yelling, "Use the Bone Crusher! Blow it up, Harry! The tunnel's in the pit ahead!"

On the screen, Harry seemed to hear Ron calling out to him.

He muttered to himself, "Reducto Curse? No, it's used to deal with solid obstacles. This is clearly magic."

But I don't have time to analyze its properties right now.

Never mind!

Magic should— All-Purpose End Spell!

The Holly Wood wand pointed at the golden mist.

The power that ended all spells struck the enchanted mist.

The fog has dissipated.

Harry's smile froze.

He discovered—the world was upside down!

The power of the fog has indeed been dispelled!

However, because Harry used a counter-spell that wasn't the mist, a spell known only to the caster,

Instead, it's the playboy of the spell world— the End Spell.

The magical power of the mist was weakened and dissipated.

Harry was hanging upside down there.

But his hair didn't stand up straight when his head was turned upside down, and his glasses didn't fall off his nose.

The bottomless sky seemed to support him like a solid ground.

The grass became the ceiling.

Below him stretched an endless, star-studded black night sky.

Harry started walking.