At that moment, on the side of Black Lake closest to Hogwarts, many spectators, especially those from the United Kingdom, were talking in hushed voices.
The reason was simple: the people from Nagudinnaf seemed smarter and more skilled than they had expected.
Unlike the other magic schools, Horton and Shen Yalan had not waited. Even Hogwarts, the first to realize they could actually use magic, had only thought of using it to help after rowing for ages until their backs ached.
Horton and Shen Yalan from Nagudinnaf had used magic to accelerate their boat as soon as they boarded. They had clearly mastered a spell even more efficient than the one Nanyang Magic School was using, and their boat sped forward.
In less than a minute, they had caught up with Castelobruxo, which had set off three minutes before them. And the Castelobruxo duo had shown considerable coordination, rowing so fast that they had been about to catch up with Beauxbatons.
After that, the two from Nagudinnaf propelled their boat with magic, overtaking Castelobruxo outright, then Beauxbatons.
But their completely undisguised use of magic immediately reminded the people from the two schools they had passed.
Right, the rules did not seem to say they could not use magic.
And anything that was not forbidden was allowed.
The Hogwarts duo had already given them a thorough demonstration of that during the First Task.
Immediately, the boats from Beauxbatons and Castelobruxo picked up speed.
Even so, they still could not catch Nagudinnaf.
Their spell was very unusual. It formed a current beside the boat, which pulled it along at a blistering speed.
The gap between the two schools giving chase also became apparent at once.
Castelobruxo lived up to its reputation as a magic school near the Amazon River, the river with