Once they had agreed on an approach, the group finally had time to look around.
They were in a square hall with rough stone floors and walls. It was empty, with nothing worth noting apart from two doors directly opposite each other.
Harry studied the door they had not tried yet, then suddenly exclaimed:
"Ron, isn't that the door we went through last time? The one leading to the room with Fluffy, the three-headed dog?"
Ron came closer and examined it carefully before saying with certainty:
"That's right! That's the one!"
He tugged at the front of his robes and said confidently:
"Leave it to me. Fluffy falls asleep whenever he hears beautiful music. I'll sing him my best song..."
Zhang Xiao and Harry immediately remembered Ron at the Christmas party, his mouth covered in red welts from the dancing vines. They hurried forward to grab him.
"Ron, don't! Please don't!"
"Ron, wake up! Stop dreaming! Seamus said your singing was as terrifying as a Mandrake!"
Ron's face flushed crimson. Furious, he roared:
"I'm challenging Seamus to a duel!"
After finally calming Ron down, the young wizards scratched their heads.
Zhang Xiao had resolved to coast along, slacking off whenever possible. He would only step in if he absolutely had to.
Harry suddenly pulled a crudely made wooden flute from his pocket.
"I just remembered! Look at this! I got it from Hagrid."
So this was the boss-specific item, right? Talk to Hagrid to obtain it, then trigger the scripted boss defeat.
Harry confidently opened the wooden door, took one look, and slammed it shut with a bang.
Doubt was written all over his face. He peeked inside again, then shut the door once more, as though he had seen something impossible.
His reaction piqued everyone's curiosity, and they all