Hogwarts Homecoming

"oh!"

Furong clapped her hands and said excitedly,

"It's much more interesting now. So, can you tell me what you encountered now?"

The situation is like this. There are now four secret realms here, which should be set up for the four teams. After conquering each secret realm, you should be able to obtain something that melts ice.

Therefore, they only need to pick a relatively simple challenge and focus on conquering it.

"So who's going to share first?"

The proposal was accepted by everyone, and Viktor's spirit perked up, and he couldn't wait to speak.

"Let's go first--"

Harry also said urgently that he really wanted to figure out how to deal with the two terrifying stone giants.

Hermione didn't object to Harry, she waved to everyone,

"You can follow us into the secret realm. This will make things clearer."

So, everyone followed Hermione and Harry towards their stone door.

There was a flash of light, and everyone appeared in the duel arena. Even Furong followed in to watch the fun.

"There are two huge stone giants there. Oh, we can take a closer look. As long as we don't attack them, they won't move."

Harry said, leading everyone closer to the stone monster.

The slippery ice surface also made it difficult for Cedric and Luna to move, but Viktor and Fleur seemed to be walking on flat ground.

"Oh, we have this kind of environment most of the year."

Faced with Hermione's doubts, Viktor explained.

"I'm pretty good at skating."

Fleur raised her nose and said with a smile.

When the huge body of the stone monster came into view, several people who saw it for the first time took a breath.

"How do you deal with them?"

Cedric asked in an awed tone.

"This kind of stone monster has two attack methods. It will launch stone eggs at the person who attacks it, three times in total. Then it will lift up the ground, lift up the big ice block and hit the person the same three times. Each attack will be spaced out. Five seconds."

Harry said, pointing to the taller wall,

"Hermione came up with an idea. We climbed up the wall. In this case, the stone pebbles can't attack us and the ice is not difficult to avoid. Just pay attention to its movements."

"Then how did you fail?"

Fleur asked curiously.

"We did defeat a stone monster."

Harry frowned and said inexplicably,

"But the stone monster quickly recovered to its original state and entered a violent state. In this state, it would continuously lift up the ground and hit people with ice cubes without stopping. After recovering, it began to move. Previously it would have stayed where it was."

Everyone imagined the terrifying situation when the stone monster entered a violent state, and they couldn't help but tremble a few times.

"Is there a possibility?"

Victor frowned and said slowly,

"You need to deal with two stone monsters at the same time. I mean, defeat them at the same time?"

Harry's eyes immediately widened with an expression of realization.

"After experiencing the failure just now, I did think of this possibility."

Hermione's expression showed no surprise. She pursed her lips and looked sad.

"Defeat at the same time. This means that Harry and I need to deal with each one. Considering that we still need to avoid stone eggs and ice blocks, the time left for us to attack will be reduced, and the magic power consumption will become larger. I am afraid it will be difficult to replenish it once. Solve them in the warmer hours.”

Everyone nodded, agreeing with Hermione's statement.

On the contrary, Viktor took a careful look at the two stone monsters distributed on the left and right sides of the central axis, with a thoughtful expression.

"So--"

After a while, Viktor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go check out my level."

Everyone wandered to the secret realm chosen by Victor.

The teleportation stone gate sent them to a rugged mountainous area shrouded in wind and snow.

Between a bunch of jagged rocks and tall cedars, there is a circular area about fifty feet in diameter covered with flat stone bricks. There are also several winding and twisting mountain roads that connect to the square on one side and go deep into the snow-filled mountains on the other side. In the haze.

In the center of the area is a circular stone platform, and in the center of the stone is a lighthouse slightly taller than Cedric. There is a lit candlestick on the lighthouse.

"Oh, don't go up!"

Curious, Harry wanted to go up to the stone platform to take a closer look at the lighthouse, but was pulled back by Viktor.

"As long as you get on the stone platform, they will appear!"

"They?" Harry's eyes widened, "What are they?"

"Everything is there!"

Victor said angrily,

"House elves, goblins, centaurs, werewolves. Oh, and some, I'm not sure if they're vampires."

Seeing everyone's shocked looks, Viktor quickly explained,

"Oh, they're not real. I mean, they're all movable ice sculptures made using transformation magic. They will appear from the paths around the square, one after another, more and more!"

"What did they do?"

Fleur asked with interest.

"They'll attack the lighthouse."

Victor's eyes were sinister and his tone was depressed.

"As long as the lighthouse completely collapses, the challenge will be considered failed, and the stone platform will sink into the ground, and you will have to wait five minutes before the next challenge."

"It seems that you are asked to protect the lighthouse?"

Cedric gave his own judgment.

"That's right--"

Victor nodded,

"But as long as you attack those ice sculptures, just wait and see, they will immediately divide a part to deal with you. Their attack methods are various. Believe me, it will definitely not be easy!"

"But, how do you win?"

Hermione asked, frowning.

Viktor shook his head, but then pointed to the half-length candle placed on the candlestick on the lighthouse.

"I didn't succeed but I guess since the challenge started, you just have to hold on until the candle burns out properly."

Viktor described to everyone the endless number of attacking ice sculptures and the frequency of their attacks, which made everyone feel toothache.

There is no doubt that this kind of challenge is absolutely impossible to complete by one person. It requires the cooperation of several people. Unfortunately, Victor is the only one left in Durmstrang. No wonder he will Take the initiative to seek cooperation.

"Well, now it's our turn."

Cedric said with a sigh.

The group of people hurriedly changed the scene again and came to the secret realm where Cedric and Luna were tortured.

After entering the stone gate, a stone pillar carved with lions, badgers, eagles and snakes first appeared in front of everyone. Suspended above the stone pillar was an orange light group the size of a basketball.

"I heard that when Professor Brain gave Professor Lupine a Defense Against the Dark Arts class last year, the professor asked you to use a small boat when he was dealing with Xinkpunk, right?"

Cedric asked Harry and Hermione, and after receiving affirmative answers from them, he sighed and pointed to the boat parked on the shore of the lake behind the stone pillar.

"I guess that's it."

Their current location was by the lake. The sky was as dark as night, and the lake was shrouded in darkness. The illumination was entirely dependent on the cyan light cluster suspended on the surface of the lake with no bounds in front of them.

This cyan light group appears at regular intervals, spreading to a distance beyond the reach of their eyes, like a completely winding luminous path.

"What do you need to do?"

Harry looked at Luna.

"Oh, it's actually quite interesting!"

Luna said in a light voice,

"When we touch the orange light group on this stone pillar, it will float into the lake, and all we have to do is follow it."

"This orange ball of light will move along a fixed route, here -"

Cedric pointed at the cyan light group floating slightly in the air.

"We have to keep up with the orange light group. If we are too far apart, we will fail. I think the distance is about thirty feet."

"What happens if we fail?"

Harry listened with rapt attention.

"The orange light group will return to the stone pillar, and the ship will automatically drive back."

Cedric said, he noticed Harry's hesitant expression and smiled weakly.

"It doesn't sound too difficult, right? It's nothing to spend magic power to move the ship forward, but if you encounter whirlpools, crosswinds, and attacks from underwater creatures that can tip the ship at any time along the way, Believe me, Harry, it's not pleasant to fall into the water in this weather." (End of Chapter)