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Chapter 374 A Win-Win Deal
After Hermione's swift completion of the race sparked a burst of cheers, the entire audience fell silent again.
Hermione's ability to finish the match before the halfway point led many viewers to greatly underestimate the difficulty of the game and greatly overestimate the average skill level of the warriors.
They were fully expecting to see other warriors successfully complete their missions one after another.
But reality soon poured cold water on their hopes.
Tell them they're overthinking it.
Hermione was able to finish the competition so quickly because she was exceptionally strong, not because the challenge was too easy.
The same danger is not something every warrior can handle.
After a steady, measured explanation, Bagman's exclamation startled everyone.
"Oh no! Durmstrang's top seed, Krum, has encountered a hidden enemy in the Black Lake—the legendary Horse-shaped Lake Monster! It's arguably the most dangerous and mysterious creature in the lake!"
Immediately, the attention of the viewers watching the game all focused on Krum's live stream.
In the scene, a man with a shark's head is confronting a monster with the upper body of a horse and the lower body of a fish.
Levin then handed Bagman an open copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them."
This is not the first time he has provided popular science information for Bagman's explanations.
"The horse-shaped lake monster is a rather dangerous creature, classified as XXXX," Bagman read from the book, explaining to the audience.
"They are found in the land of the dead and Ireland, and can take on all sorts of shapes, but they most often appear in the form of a horse, with broad-leaved cattails as its mane. In this form, it lures careless people onto its back, then plunges into the bottom of a river or lake, devouring them and leaving their internal organs floating on the surface."
He paused and continued:
"Another favorite image of the horse monster is that of a sea serpent. The largest horse monster in the world lives in Loch Ness in Scotland, and it has long maintained the image of a giant sea serpent."
"The correct way to defeat the horse-shaped water monster is to use the Placement Charm to put a horse bridle on its head. It will then become docile and obedient and no longer pose a threat to you. But don't let it go easily, or it will hold a grudge and curse you."
Looking at the young wizards in the audience listening attentively to the explanation, Dumbledore smiled with satisfaction.
This is the educational significance of the three-way battle.
Unfortunately, Krum, who was in the water, couldn't hear Bagman's explanation at all.
After encountering the horse-shaped water monster, he felt extremely anxious.
Before this, he had been wandering aimlessly in the Black Lake for a long time, scaring away several attacks from Grindelwald with his ferocious shark head, but he still hadn't found the location of the mermaid village.
Just now, he saw someone carrying another person swimming towards the surface of the water in the distance.
Although he didn't know who the other person was, he was certain that someone had already finished the race.
This put him under tremendous pressure.
Although he didn't know why time was passing so quickly, he realized that he didn't have much time left.
"[Torn to pieces]!"
Krum had intended to use a powerful dark spell to eliminate the immediate threat.
But he forgot one thing: at this moment, he still had a shark's head on his head.
Therefore, he couldn't recite the incantation at all.
The horse-shaped water monster, which was being pointed at by the wand, was also enraged by Krum's actions and charged straight at him.
Perhaps influenced by his shark instincts, or perhaps he was simply too impulsive, Krum, seeing that the wand was not working, actually charged forward with both fists raised.
However, he wasn't a real shark after all, and was no match for the sea monster in underwater combat.
Compared to him, the water monster is stronger, faster, and a more agile swimmer.
He was soon beaten black and blue by the water monster.
If he hadn't acted impulsively in an emergency, recklessly biting the water monster with his shark teeth and then turning and running away while the monster was in pain,
He'll probably be the first contestant to withdraw from the competition.
"There's something wrong with this competition! Why is it only our school's warriors who encounter this monster!"
Seeing this, Karkaroff complained angrily.
Originally, Mrs. Maxim, like him, felt that the second game was too dangerous and unfair to their warriors.
But this time, before Dumbledore could speak, Madam Maxim herself took the initiative to comfort Karkaroff: "There's nothing we can do about it, Igor. As Dumbledore said, everyone's experience in the Black Lake is different. Your warrior was just unlucky. Stop complaining."
“Of course you’re talking without understanding the situation!” Karkarov retorted, turning his attention directly to Mrs. Maxim.
He pointed at another screen and angrily shouted, "Anyway, it's not your students who are unlucky. Why is it that Beauxbatons' warriors can find the Mermaid Village smoothly without any trouble, while Durmstrang's warriors have to get lost everywhere?!"
He was referring to the live stream footage belonging to Furong.
Mrs. Maxim listened, sighed as if to herself, and said, "Perhaps, this is life."
Furong's successful arrival at the Mermaid Village was not due to good luck at all.
After learning that Levin had provided Hermione with a map of the Black Lake,
Hibiscus quickly reached a win-win deal with Levin:
Levin gave her a copy of the map, and she allowed him to put it inside her clothes.
She increased their chances of winning the game, while Levin satisfied his craving.
Everyone 8',
Required.
However, judging from the subsequent reactions, this deal was entirely a one-sided win for Furong, winning twice.
Levin certainly satisfied his craving, but didn't Furong get hers?
It could even be said that in this transaction, Furong's so-called goal of obtaining the map was merely incidental.
She was clearly setting a trap, pretending to be the prey when she was actually the hunter.
Levin, a seasoned womanizer, was completely fooled by her!
It's really a win.
Getting back to the main point, the reason why Furong was able to arrive at the mermaid village so quickly was not only because she knew the way, but also because she didn't suffer too many attacks along the way.
In fact, after she went into the water, no Greendillo attacked her at all.
Those Greendy players who go crazy whenever they see the Warriors will actually avoid her when they see her.
Fleur understood that this was largely due to her appearance; the Greendylows mostly mistook her for a mermaid.
If Fleur's memory weren't as good as Hermione's, and she hadn't misread the map, she would have almost gotten lost 70-10 times along the way.
She will probably arrive at the mermaid village at the same time as Hermione.
However, it's not too late at this point.
Because by this time, Hermione had already cleared out the mermaids in Mermaid Square, leaving only a few mermaids bound by [black tentacles] and hanging in the center of the square.
Whenever a merman tries to approach the plaza, he is immediately terrified upon seeing the black tentacles, and dares only hide behind the house, watching from afar.
Even though Hermione is gone, her lingering influence still intimidates the mermaids here.
Upon entering Mermaid Square, Hibiscus immediately noticed the eerie black tentacles.
She recognized its origin at a glance.
Levin had demonstrated this spell during special training, and Fleur was very impressed with it.
She called the [Black Tentacles] "a rogue spell".
Among the warriors, who else besides Hermione can use the [Black Tentacles]?
"It seems Granger has already been here."
Fleur wasn't too disappointed. She and Hermione had faced the dragon together and trained under Levin together.
She also attended courses offered by the Institute of Liberal Arts.
She knew Hermione's level very well.
Losing to her is not shameful.
Taking advantage of the threat posed by the black tentacles, Fleur quickly circled around to the base of the statue and rescued her sister Gabrielle.
Looking at this strange fish that looked remarkably similar to them, yet whose face was far "ugly," the fish-people in the distance were filled with curiosity.
They wanted to approach and get to know each other, but were deterred by the arrogant black tentacles.
They could only watch helplessly as the other party drove away.
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The image depicts a mermaid and a lotus flower.
Chapter 375 "Lucky One" Harry
After successfully leaving the mermaid village with Gabrielle, Fleur thought she could lead her sister all the way to the shore and complete the competition smoothly.
Little did she know, the biggest trouble would come just when she was closest to success.
After swimming forward for a short while, Hibiscus suddenly saw an unfamiliar figure approaching in the distance.
He soon discovered that the figure was actually wearing a shark-shaped hat.
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The shark's teeth snapped open and closed, constantly spilling bits of flesh and foul blood, giving it a menacing appearance.
Furong didn't know the other party's specific identity, but she knew very well that only Durmstrang's warrior had turned into a shark head.
The enemy is approaching.
Although Fleur didn't want to fight her sister underwater, Gabrielle was right beside her, and she had to protect her.