As soon as Cedric left the bottom of the water with Autumn in his arms, he saw a group of at least twenty mermaids rushing towards them in panic.
"What's going on?" he asked as he stopped one of the mermaids, a large bubble coming out of his mouth.
The mermaid let out a shrill, ear-piercing sound and gesticulated wildly, as if in a hurry.
Cedric could not understand a word. This mermaid could not speak the human language, nor could he understand it.
The mermaid shook his green-haired head and kept pointing downwards, indicating for Cedric to follow him down.
"The warrior who turned his head into a shark attacked us with magic. He has become very abnormal." A particularly fierce and ugly female mermaid floated up and said in a strange voice, "He is going to take away a hostage that does not belong to him. We are going to inform Dumbledore!"
"What? Krum attacked you!" Cedric was stunned for a moment, feeling a bad premonition.
He hesitated for a moment and handed Autumn to the female mermaid in front of him. He followed another mermaid warrior back to see what had happened.
To be honest, he had a good impression of Krum.
Although he was not very talkative, the few times they had met were relatively pleasant.
Krum had a calm personality and did not have the airs of a world-famous Quidditch seeker. He had a lot of knowledge, and the two of them could find many common topics to talk about.
What was wrong with this guy? Why did he attack the mermaids and take away the target of the other warriors?!
There must be some misunderstanding. This was what Cedric thought.
They were a beat too late, and Krum had already smashed the tail of the mermaid statue.
As soon as they returned to the mermaid village, Cedric saw Krum swimming in another direction with Harry and Gabri.
As for his own hostage, the boy named Poliaco, he was casually thrown to the ground.
Cedric and the mermaid warriors hurriedly followed, but Krum swam very fast.
Elwyn and Harry were tightly tied together with a rope, and were dragged forward roughly by Krum.
After more than a minute, a large rough rock suddenly appeared in the muddy lake in front of them.
There were many mermaids with spears in their hands, chasing something that looked like a giant squid.
This was what the mermaids had drawn on it. Elwyn had seen many similar rocks at the bottom of the lake!
Could this be the key to the door? Did Barty Crouch Jr. hide it here?
It was really a bold idea. This rock was close enough to the mermaid village, and it was also very confusing, so it was not easy to be discovered.
Krum put Elwyn and Harry on the huge rock. They didn't leave immediately, it wasn't time yet.
He seemed to want to separate Elwyn and Harry, and began to tear the rope between them.
Krum used a lot of strength, causing Elwyn to feel a lot of pain. This couldn't go on!
Just as he was about to do something, Cedric and a group of merpeople caught up to him.
Krum stopped, turned around and looked at them fiercely, holding out his wand.
"Krum, what's going on?" Cedric shouted, looking at him in disbelief. "Why did you bring Harry and the others to this place? They should have stayed in the mermaid village, waiting for their own warriors to rescue them! "
In the next second, he hurriedly ducked to avoid the magic spell that sprayed at him, looking at his opponent in disbelief. Krum was actually attacking him.
Cedric and Krum fought together, the two shooting spells at each other.
Krum's movements were a little sluggish. Perhaps because he was being controlled, his reactions were always a little slow.
Not to mention, there was a large group of mermaid warriors helping Cedric, and they didn't choose to run this time.
Although the mermaids couldn't use magic, they had their own way of fighting, and rushed forward with spears.
Under these circumstances, the battle quickly ended. Krum retreated as he fought, trying to escape with Harry.
But Cedric didn't give him the chance. A beautiful Stun Curse hit him, and Krum fainted.
"Unbelievable, this guy is definitely crazy!" Cedric said, swimming over with the mermaids.
His body was still trembling from the battle just now. They looked at Krum lying at the bottom of the lake.
A mermaid took out a rope made of seaweed and tied him up, while Cedric came over to find Elwyn and Harry.
With this unexpected situation, it was difficult to continue the competition.
He was going to take them both back and report to the judges what had happened at the bottom of the lake.
"Don't come over, get out of here!" Elwyn suddenly shouted, spitting a bunch of bubbles at Cedric.
He no longer cared about being exposed. As Cedric approached, he felt the boulder beneath him begin to react with magic.
It was the time Barty Crouch Jr set, and the key was about to activate.
Seeing Elwyn suddenly open his eyes and speak to him, Cedric froze for a moment and landed on the boulder.
Why did this silver-haired girl wake up?
Just as this thought appeared in his mind, he felt a tug at the back of his navel.
In the lake, Elwyn and Harry floated together, with Cedric beside them.
Floating with the three of them was the boulder, and they spun rapidly in the lake. Now, no one could leave the boulder, and let it drag them forward in the midst of the whistling wind and swirling colors.
His vision blurred, and Elwyn felt himself landing heavily on the ground.
"Where are we?" Cedric asked, crying out in pain. "What the hell is going on?!"
Beside Elwyn, Harry also opened his eyes, and in a daze, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of lake water, breathing hard.
"Cedric, Gabry, you," he gasped. "What happened?"
"I want to know, too. No one told me that there would be a key during the second round of the competition!" Cedric clenched his wand and stood up to look around. Then he lowered his head and said, "Harry, perhaps the girl beside you can explain it to us. She seems to know something."
Now, they were completely out of the Hogwarts' domain, and no longer under the lake.
The lush water plants, the merfolk, and Krum on the ground had all disappeared, and only the wet boulder full of merfolk hunting patterns remained as proof that they had indeed existed. The fog around them obscured everything, and they could only vaguely make out the silhouette of a hill in the distance!
"Gabry, do you know something?!" Harry said in surprise.
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