With Dumbledore's "field support" to him, Harry finally found the "hostage". He quickly swam forward and began to untie the ropes around Ron's ankles.
After rescuing Ron, Harry looked at the little girl Gabriel with some hesitation, because he had seen Fleur being attacked by some creature before, and it was probably too late to come to the rescue.
After all, he was a kind child, so after struggling for a while, Harry couldn't help but took out his wand, intending to untie Gabriel.
However, following his movements, the mermaid hovering around immediately rushed up, threatening Harry with the trident in his hand.
A mermaid sang a short song, and the lyrics said: A contestant can only take away one person, and if there is a foul, they will be attacked by their mermaids.
At this moment, a shark rushed towards Harry suddenly in the distance, with bloody fangs and sharp teeth, biting towards Harry with a murderous appearance.
Not only Harry, but even the mermaids around were taken aback, and they all began to dodge reflexively.
However, when the shark came close, it didn't really bite Harry. Instead, it bent over and tore off the rope at Hermione's ankle.
Afterwards, the shark pulled the rope and took Hermione away quickly.
It wasn't until this moment that Harry and the mermaids realized that there was no shark there, it was simply the effect of a 'transformation spell'.
Because the lower body of that shark is actually a human body, only the head looks like a shark.
As if irritated by this provocative behavior, the mermaids who had escaped surrounded Harry tightly again, and the trident almost pressed into Harry's skin.
Apparently, the mermaids would never release water on Harry again, forbidding him to take the little girl Gabriel away.
Above, Ke Wen, who had been watching the show for a long time, finally made a move.
He took out his wand and fired a 'fear spell' at the mermaids below.
Cowen's control over the spell was very precise. After avoiding Harry, he hit the 'Fear Curse' on the mermaids around Harry.
The next moment, those mermaids seemed to have seen something terrifying, and their protruding eyeballs swelled even more. They all screamed and swam away quickly, and got into the surrounding ruins.
Harry felt very bewildered by the changes happening around him. He looked around at a loss, but he couldn't figure out what was going on in the end.
But if you can't figure it out, don't think about it. He immediately helped Gabrielle get out of the confinement, and then supported one with each hand, leading Ron and Gabriel to start floating towards the surface of the lake.
Ke Wen cast a 'Disillusionment Curse' on himself at the right time, and then followed Harry and the others not far away, escorting them all the way.
Because he knew that there would be danger in the future, in the memory data, when Harry was about to reach the lake, he would be attacked by a group of little water demons 'Grindylow'.
Sure enough, when it was about 30 meters away from the lake, a group of 'Grindylow', which looked like small octopuses but with ugly faces, rushed towards Harry like a school of fish in a fishing season.
'Grindylow' has eight octopus-like tentacles, small and dense teeth all over the mouth, and two small horns on the head, which is why they are called 'little devils in the water'.
Their bite ability is not too strong, at most, they can scratch a few holes in human skin, but their tentacles are very powerful, and they can easily pull young wizards into the water and drown them.
At this time, the group of 'Grindylows', whose number exceeded one hundred, caught up with Harry, and began to wrap their tentacles around Harry, and dragged Harry towards the water.
Harry struggled subconsciously, but although there were no suction cups on the tentacles of 'Grindylow', the confinement force was not small.
Therefore, Harry was gradually dragged by 'Grindylow' and sank more than ten meters.
But Harry realized that he was still in the middle of the game, so he temporarily eased the struggle, lifted his arms upwards vigorously, and sent Ron and Gabriel upwards first.
And he himself was dragged to a deeper part of the lake by the 'Grindylows' under the reaction force.
Nearby, Cowen strikes again in good time.
After seeing that Harry could only struggle feebly, he quickly released a 'stunning spell'.
A flash of light was mixed with a muffled bang in the water, and all the 'Grindylows' seemed to have been pressed the still button, and they suddenly floated stiffly in the water.
Harry felt that his body had lost its confinement, and when he looked around, he was taken aback again.
But it was too late to think about it, because the 'Gill Sac Grass' he had prepared for the water had expired, and he began to suffocate and lack oxygen.
The previous struggle had taken too much energy, so Harry looked up at the lake above, and made a few weak strokes with his limbs.
But this action did not make him successfully ascend.
Gradually, Harry began to feel dizzy from lack of oxygen, and slowly closed his eyes.
Not far away, Kewen frowned slightly, and quickly pointed his wand at Harry.
A 'Bubble Head Curse' instantly covered Harry's nostrils and mouth, and the fresh air made Harry, who was in a semi-comatose state, subconsciously breathe.
A mouthful of oxygen was supplied to the whole body by the blood circulation, and Harry finally began to recover.
Seeing this, Kewen flicked his wand again and canceled the 'Bubble Curse'.
Almost at the moment when the 'Bubble Head Curse' disappeared, Harry suddenly opened his eyes, but his eyes were very blank. He began to wonder if the air he breathed just now was an illusion.
But before he had time to think about it, he immediately started to move his limbs again, but his weakness still failed to make him float upward.
Seeing this, Kewen sighed secretly, chanted the 'Phantom Spell' silently, and sent an illusory voice to Harry: Rapid ascent!
After hearing the phantom sound, Harry was still not stupid at all. He was taken aback and quickly took out his wand, pointing the wand upwards with difficulty, and at the same time recited the spell with difficulty: "Rapid... Ascent!"
The next moment, Harry's body turned into a rocket that lifted into the sky, dragging a white line of water and rushing out towards the lake above.
Seeing this, Kewen's 'protection work' was considered complete, so he stopped staying, and after silently reciting the spell, his figure also jumped out rapidly.
Crash!
Amidst the violent sound of water breaking, the figures of Harry and Ke Wen rushed out of the water one after the other.
Because Harry's control over the spell was too poor, his figure couldn't help jumping high into the air, then drew a parabola, and finally hit a wooden platform.
A scream could not be restrained from being uttered.
After jumping out of the water, Kewen landed lightly on the lake, then stepped on the lake, and returned to the contestants assembly platform with ease.
Harry was surrounded by his roommates at this time, completely unaware that Cowen rushed out of the lake at the same time as him.
If he paid attention to this important point, he might be able to figure out what happened to the series of 'coincidences' underwater.
It's a pity he doesn't know.
Harry, surrounded by his classmates and friends, had no energy to focus on other things at this time.
This made him unable to think about what happened to the series of "divine assistance" underwater in a short time.
Clang—clang—
The timing bell rang at the right time, and the one-hour game time ended.
As the last bell fell, the audience who had been stunned for a moment suddenly came to their senses.
Cheers and applause sounded in an instant, and the audience ignored Harry, who was in a state of embarrassment, and dedicated their applause and cheers to Cowen, who was still wet.
Standing on the contestant assembly platform, Ke Wen turned his body to face the audience stands, smiled and raised his arms and waved a few times in response to the applause given to him by the audience.
Before waving a few times, Dumbledore briefly checked Harry's injuries, then left Harry and came to Kewen's side.
"Thank you boy!"
Dumbledore leaned close to Cowen's ear and thanked him in a low voice.
Obviously, it only took Kewen more than ten minutes to successfully send Penello out of the water, so for the next forty minutes or so, the reason why he stayed underwater must be to protect Harry.
There is no need to thank too much, everyone tacitly.
Therefore, Dumbledore didn't say much, and turned around to greet the judges to start scoring the warriors.
Fleur's performance in this match was a complete failure, so only five '5' consolation points were awarded.
Bloom used the proficient 'Transformation Curse', and because he was the second to successfully rescue the 'hostage', he got four '8' points from five referees, and his principal Kakalo Husband's a '10' points.
Cowen's performance this time was still amazing, so he got four '10' points and principal Karkaroff's '7' points.
Karkaroff's reason for this is that although Cowen rescued the 'hostage' first, he returned to the surface of the water at the last moment together with Harry.
This earned him yet another booing and death stares from the other referees.
But Headmaster Karkaroff didn't take it seriously, stalking his neck and pretending not to see it.
Because the reasons given by Karkaroff were not broadcast on the radio, Harry still didn't know when Cowen came out of the water.
The only one left to be graded was Harry.
The judges discussed Harry's score for a while.
In the end, Harry impresses the judges with his moral performance as he additionally saves Gabriel, resulting in two '10' points and two '9' points.
Karkaroff, of course, showed his irresponsibility as always, and unexpectedly only gave a '4' point like never before.
This got him booed again, with many of the Gryffindors swearing at him as viciously as possible.
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Now, after the two games, Ke Wen scored a total of '95' points, ranking first in total points.
Krum's overall score of '82' was the same as Harry's and tied for second.
The last one is Furong, she got '35' points in the first game, but only '25' points in the second game, so the total score of '60' came last.
When the score was announced by Director Crouch, the students of the 'Hogwarts' college burst into applause.
Cowen was far ahead, and even Harry had the same score as Bloom, so 'Hogwarts' had already won most of the trophy.
How can this not excite the students of 'Hogwarts'...
My daughter has eczema on her body, and she feels a little distressed. The content of this chapter is out of standard, please forgive me...
The HP world will end within a week, and a new world will begin soon.
(end of this chapter)