On the shore of the Black Lake, the audience stared intently at the lake. Some whispered about who would surface first.
"I think that in this second task, the winner will definitely be Lucas Grindelwald again."
"Indeed, in the last game, his strength was really impressive."
At this moment, a witch holding an omniocular frowned.
"How did the color of the water change?"
In order to make sure it is not a mistake, she adjusted the playback and magnification functions of the omniocular.
Within a few minutes, there was more panic in her eyes.
"Red! The water turned red!"
Some viewers heard the witch's voice and looked at the lake, noticing that the water had indeed turned red in some places.
But everyone didn't take it seriously.
There are not only mermaids under the Black Lake, and lots of Grindylows.
This horned water monster likes to attack people the most.
"Don't worry, these bloody waters may be left by the Grindylows."
A wizard with a beard said to his companions.
Seeing his determination, he seemed to believe in his own judgment very much.
Suddenly, several streams of water surged upwards on the surface of the lake.
Looking at the blood that was pouring up, the audience in the stands let out a gasp.
The five judges also frowned.
Dumbledore walked over to the lake, put the wand into the water, intending to contact the leader of the merpeople.
"Look! There's a mermaid corpse floating up!"
A startled voice from the stands caught Dumbledore's attention.
He looked towards the surface of the lake, and saw that the body of a mermaid was pushed up from the bottom of the lake by the turbulent current.
"Dumbledore, what the hell is going on?" Madame Maxime asked sharply.
Dumbledore had promised earlier that the creatures in the Black Lake would not really cause harm to the champions.
But now this scene is really worrying!
"Don't worry, it may be caused by one of the champions' attacks."
Dumbledore tried to comfort Madame Maxime and Karkaroff.
Looking at Dumbledore being questioned, the fake Moody in the stands smiled coldly.
Last night, he put the Kappas he had collected with great difficulty into the Black Lake.
Kappa, one of the water demons, is 4X in danger. If you are not familiar with its habits, it is extremely difficult to deal with it.
They like to feed on human blood, so the fake Moody sprinkled a colorless and odorless potion on Lucas, Cedric and Krum.
As long as they touch water, their skin will emit a faint smell of blood, and this effect lasts for a week.
The most important thing is that this bloody smell is so weak that humans can't smell it at all.
But it's another matter for Kappas, a magical creature that lives on blood.
Looking at the gradually calm lake, the fierceness in Fake Moody's eyes flashed away.
It would be great if Lucas Grindelwald could be dealt with in the water. A Kappa's fighting power in the water is not low, and the amount he put in yesterday was quite a lot.
At the same time, Lucas in the lake also came to the waters where the blood appeared.
Looking at the dozen or so mermaids floating in the water, he frowned tightly.
Before he could step forward to check the cause of death of these mermaids carefully, a harpoon flew out from the aquatic plants beside him.
Watching the harpoon pass through the middle of his body, Lucas waved his wand to part the weeds.
A mermaid was hiding inside in fear, but seeing that it was just a wizard, the mermaid was obviously relieved.
"Wizard, go back and tell Dumbledore that there are a lot of foreign Kappas in the Black Lake, and they are massacring the creatures in the lake…"
"Kappas?"
Hearing Lucas' voice, the mermaid was stunned for a few seconds, probably because she didn't expect humans to be able to speak underwater.
But now is obviously not the time to talk about these things.
"That's right, those ugly demons, they are very powerful in the water, and they are moving in groups."
"Go up to the surface and tell Dumbledore before they come, and make him come to save the people."
Lucas shook his head and asked, "Where are the people under stasis?"
"Young wizard, now is not the time to ask these questions."
"I don't want to listen to your nonsense, where are they, or I will give you a killing curse right now."
Seeing the opponent's raised wand, the mermaid had no choice but to truthfully explain the location of Cho and others.
Watching Lucas disappear into the void, the mermaid sighed, looked up at the lake, and swam up with all her strength.
When she was less than thirty feet away from the surface, a stream of water suddenly pierced her heart from below.
A stream of fresh blood gushed out from the wound, dyeing the nearby waters red in a short while.
In the murky waters, Fleur held her wand tightly and looked around in horror.
Just now, she was attacked by an unknown attacker.
Looking at the open wound on the arm, she didn't even dare to use magic spells to heal herself.
It's not that she didn't want to do it, but she was almost hit by an unknown attack again when she tried.
"Damn it, I can't see anything in the water, what the hell is attacking me?!"
Whoosh~
A green figure quickly passed behind Fleur.
Perceiving the change in the water flow behind her, Fleur turned around and released red fireworks over there.
A red light illuminated the waters and she saw a green monster with a sunken head among the black water plants.
"Kappa?"
She was startled, she didn't expect there to be such a dangerous creature in the Black Lake.
Just when she was going backwards to leave the waters, suddenly, there was a stream of water coming at her from behind.
This stream of water was like a sharp arrow with no substance.
It was very easy to scratch Fleur's arm on the other side.
Blood once again flowed into the lake.
A Kappa swam out from the water plants, and its big mouth full of fangs swallowed the lake water mixed with human blood.
It's like an attack signal.
Several streams of water suddenly appeared around, all of them aimed at Fleur's limbs only.
These Kappas didn't seem eager to kill her, instead they were playing with her, treating her as a toy for their amusement.
Every stream hit a non-lethal place and soon the lake around Fleur turned red.
Fleur, who had lost too much blood, was at the end of her battle at the moment.
She held up her wand, and tried her best to see the surrounding situation with the help of the fluorescent light on the tip of the wand.
When she saw seven or eight Kappas surrounding her, she smiled self-deprecatingly.
Although she was prepared for accidental death when she decided to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.
But now that it's really happening, she was very unwilling in her heart.
'It would have been nice if I had told him my feelings during that dance.'
She vaguely saw a figure standing in front of her, and looking at the blonde hair that is still dazzling even in the lake, she smiled.
'It's nice to see him before I die.'
A dazzling green light illuminated the surrounding water.
After the Killing Curse hit the first Kappa, it split into three, and then killed the other three nearby.
Fleur suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at the boy in disbelief.
Isn't this a hallucination?
"What are you waiting for? Raise your wand and swim up, I'll protect you!"
Although she was curious about how he could speak underwater, at this moment she couldn't care less about asking.
She was very aware of her injuries, and if she didn't go ashore in time, she might lose too much blood and die in the lake.
But her sister...
"Leave rescuing your sister to me, trust me!"
Looking at those sapphire-like eyes, Fleur let go of her worries.
If it was Lucas, he should be able to bring her sister back safely.
With such an idea, she started to swim towards the surface of the lake.
Several Kappas chased up following the smell of human blood, but Lucas held out his wand and simply drew a circle.
The surrounding water formed a cage, trapping those Kappas in it with no way to escape.
The wand lit up again, and they instantly turned into powder, a thick stream of blood surged upwards.
Soon he caught up with Fleur who was swimming upwards.
Seeing that she didn't have much strength left, Lucas pointed his wand at her and said "Alarte Ascendare"
Fleur only felt a huge force coming from behind, and then she flew towards the water surface.
…
On the shore, all eyes were on the lake.
Seeing that blood was gushing out again, Madame Maxime said anxiously: "No, we must stop the task!"
"The task cannot be stopped, this is the magic contract of the Goblet of Fire, ma'am!"
Percy rejected her request with a serious expression.
This stubborn guy is not even worried about his brother Ronald at this moment, still rigidly abiding by the rules and regulations.
It seems that doing so can reflect that he is an excellent employee of the Ministry of Magic.
But considering that the object of his adoration is Barty Crouch, no one found it strange.
Dumbledore frowned, his eyes fixed on the lake.
Just when he was about to say something soothing, the surface of the lake suddenly boiled, as if something was about to burst out of the water.
Immediately afterwards, a silver figure flew out from under the water.
Looking at that dazzling silver hair, Madame Maxime covered her mouth in surprise, and her eyes became moist instantly.
"Quick! She's full of injuries!"
The judges pulled Fleur ashore.
Looking at Fleur covered in injuries, the audience in the stands let out gasps of surprise.
"Miss Delacour, what happened down there?"
Hearing Dumbledore's inquiry, the surrounding people immediately quieted down.
Hundreds of eyes looked at Fleur, waiting for her to clear up everyone's doubts.
"Kappa, there are many Kappas underwater!"
There was a commotion in the stands!
Water Demon Kappa? Many of them at that?!
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