The lake water was now above Ron's knees. His two rapidly numbed feet kept slipping on the mud and slippery, sticky stones. He quickly chewed on the gill sac grass. It did not feel good. It was tough and slippery, like the tentacles of an octopus.
Then, he stopped in the waist-deep water, swallowed the gill sac grass, and waited for a miracle to happen.
Ron heard the laughter from the audience and knew that he must have looked stupid, walking into the lake without showing any magical abilities.
He could not help but worry. What if the gill sac grass did not work?!
In the past two months, he had learned many spells that he had not mastered before, such as Crushing Spells, Stun Spells, Barrier Spells, and so on.
But none of them could allow him to breathe underwater. He nervously gripped his wand tightly.
The lower half of Ron's body was submerged in the bone-chilling lake water. A cold wind blew mercilessly at his hair.
He shivered violently. The parts of his body that were not wet were covered in goosebumps.
He purposely did not look at the audience, but the laughter grew louder, mixed with the jeers and jeers of the Slytherin crowd …
"How stupid …" He looked around helplessly.
Then, very suddenly, Ron felt as if an invisible pillow was pressed against his mouth and nose.
When he took a deep breath, he felt his head spinning.
Ron's lungs were empty. Suddenly, there was a sharp pain on both sides of his neck …
He grabbed his throat with both hands and felt two long slits under his ears, opening and closing in the cold air.
These are gills, Ron realized!
He hurriedly dived into the water and subconsciously took in his first breath of the cold lake water. It was as if he had obtained the oxygen he needed to live.
His head stopped spinning and he took in another deep breath of the lake water. He felt the water flow smoothly through his gills, sending oxygen to his brain.
He held his hands out in front of him and looked at them carefully.
They looked a little green under the water and looked scary. His fingers were webbed together. He turned to look at his bare feet. His feet had grown longer, and his toes were webbed together. It was as if his feet had suddenly become webbed ducks.
The water was no longer piercingly cold. On the contrary, Ron felt very cool and comfortable. His body had also become very light …
He was overjoyed. Although he had heard Elwyn describe it before, this was truly amazing.
Ron continued to paddle forward. His webbed feet allowed him to move far and fast in the water.
He also discovered that he didn't even need to blink to see everything clearly.
Soon, he swam far away and could no longer see the bottom of the lake. He turned around and dove into the depths of the lake.
Before his eyes was a strange, dark, hazy scene, and his ears were filled with silence.
Ron could now see for ten feet around him, and every time he swam through the water, a new scene suddenly emerged from the darkness ahead.
There was a forest of undulating, tangled black water plants, and a wide, flat silt with sparkling pebbles scattered about.
The Gill Sac Grass was working. Ron was ecstatic. All he had to do now was to go to the Merfolk Village and bring Harry back.
Everything was too simple. Just as he had expected, he would be the first warrior to complete the event.
Ron swam forward for a while, then suddenly stopped. His eyes widened, and his gaze pierced through the gray, treacherous water to see a dark shadow in the distance. The lake was dark and hazy, and there seemed to be something hidden in the darkness.
"It's probably a fish!" He thought, and gripped his wand tightly. "Could it be a giant squid?!"
Ron did not dare to move. It was as if he could see something big moving in front of him, getting closer and closer …
The next second, a huge creature emerged from the shadows and appeared in front of Ron. It was a shark!
How could there be a shark in the lake? This was ridiculous!
Ron was terrified. He raised his wand, and then he saw that it was Krum.
Below him was a human body, wearing swimming trunks, and above him was the head of a shark …
It seemed that he wanted to transform himself, but it was not very successful.
Ron relaxed, put down his wand, and swam towards the half-human, half-shark Krum to greet him.
Perhaps they could go to the Merfolk Village together. The dark surroundings made Ron a little worried.
"Follow me!" Krum made a gesture, and his voice sounded very strange in the water.
It turned out that he could speak even after turning into a shark, but the pronunciation was not quite the same as a normal person, and it sounded very strange.
His big head swayed uncoordinated in the water, and it was a sharp contrast to his body.
To be honest, seeing Krum's funny look made Ron want to laugh.
The shark head of the internationally famous Quidditch ball seeker. Unfortunately, he could not take a picture of this scene …
They swam above a patch of green water plants, which were two feet deep, like a very dense lawn.
Ron remembered that Elwyn said that this was the territory of the Grindylow, a kind of water monster with horns on its head.
This kind of water monster did not have very high attack power. He had learned how to deal with them from Professor Lupin last year, but this was after all different from what he had encountered in class. Ron wanted to remind Krum to be careful, and pay attention to swim higher and away from the water plants, so that he would not be ambushed by the Grindylow.
In front of them, Krum suddenly stopped. He turned around and looked at Ron, and his huge shark mouth was full of sharp teeth.
"Heart Gouge!" Krum's voice sounded abruptly, and his wand was aimed at Ron.
The next second, before Ron could understand what was going on, a boiling water column hit him.
An excruciating pain rose in Ron's body. He opened his mouth wide, and felt that every nerve in his body was on fire.
His body was tightly curled up, and his limbs were twisted in a weird way, swinging around aimlessly.
Because of the excruciating pain, he wanted to scream, but he could not make a sound. Bubbles kept coming out of his mouth.
"Unforgivable Curse, why did Krum do this, he …"
But soon, Ron could not think anymore. The pain spread throughout his body, making him lose the ability to think.
Perhaps, fainting was a relief, but Ron was still conscious.
This was the scary part of the Heart Gouge black magic, it could torture people to the point of insanity.
If he had a choice, a quick death was better than the Heart Gouge.
Ron's wand fell, and fear rose in the shadows. A terrible crime was happening in the darkness.
Krum looked coldly at Ron, who had lost the ability to fight, and cast another Stun Curse.
Ron lost consciousness, and fell down into the dense water plants …
A green Grindylow quickly reached out and grabbed Ron's ankle, and pulled him into the depths of the water plants.
Delicious food, it squeaked excitedly.
After a few seconds, the surroundings returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
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