Hogwarts Homecoming

"Doesn't seem difficult, does it?"

When Fleur came in front of everyone holding the crimson light and said this with a smile, Hermione's face turned red.

"really--"

Cedric nodded very sincerely,

"It seems that this is the backdoor left by Professor Brain. He has no intention of letting us confront the stone monster head-on."

"We've been teased again."

Harry said a little annoyed.

As the competition progresses, most of the time what is being tested is their wisdom and flexible thinking, rather than their strength.

"let's go!"

Luna took the hand of Hermione who was in self-doubt and said happily

"Let's go get the keys!"

"Finally passed another level."

Harry put his wand back into his sleeve and sighed.

Fleur stopped criticizing Hermione's 'clumsy' approach and followed her out of the secret realm with brisk steps.

"Come on, let's see if it works!"

The group of people trotted under the huge ice-blue ice block. Cedric looked eagerly at the red light ball held by Fleur.

"But, what should I do?"

Fleur looked at the light group and then at the ice cube, hesitant.

"Maybe just let the light touch the ice."

said Viktor, who had just shown off his IQ.

Fleur complied, and under everyone's nervous gaze, she slowly approached the ice cube holding a red ball of light.

Bliss!

The moment the red light group touched the ice, the light group was absorbed by the ice!

hiss.

Under the eyes of many delighted eyes, the indestructible ice cubes began to rise with white smoke, and the thick ice cubes melted at a speed visible to the naked eye!

only.

"What's going on?"

Harry clenched his fist and knocked hard on the smaller ice block, but was unable to shake the ice block at all.

Seeing that the ice cube was no longer melting and was still firmly sealing the key in the center, the joy that had not faded from everyone's faces suddenly stiffened.

"It seems."

Cedric's expression fell;

"The power of one light ball is not enough. I can't be lazy. I have to complete all four levels of the secret realm."

"If we."

Viktor frowned and looked at the 'rock monster secret realm' they had just conquered.

"What do you mean, go brush the stone monsters again and see if you can get another light group like this?"

Harry reacted quickly and immediately understood what Viktor meant.

'But this vulnerability'

Cedric hesitated.

"We should try it anyway."

Viktor stood firm in his statement, and then looked at Fleur.

"I can try with you, Viktor."

Fleur said meaninglessly.

As long as you find the trick, it is easy to deal with the two stone monsters. It only took less than three minutes for them to come out again holding the same red light ball.

However, it is a pity that after sacrificing the crimson light group this time, the ice cube did not change at all.

"Well, it's really useless."

Viktor accepted his fate;

"There is no other way. We only have one choice."

Nearly five hours have passed since the start of the competition. This is a great test of their perseverance. Everyone is very tired.

The warriors also realize that this long schedule itself is also a test for them.

"Then, next."

Harry looked at Viktor and Cedric.

"Go to my previous secret realm."

Victor said,

"Now there are six people. That makes things a little easier."

The warriors all wanted to end all this as soon as possible, and they had not spent much time dealing with the stone monsters before, so the vast group of people quickly rushed into the snow-capped mountains.

Standing in the square under the stone platform, everyone carefully looked at the surrounding environment.

There are three winding paths in total. If the warrior team is complete, one person can guard one.

"--starting with three house elves,"

Victor introduced to everyone,

“Coming out of a path, I solved them pretty easily once I figured out what I was supposed to do.

Then about a few seconds later, in addition to the house elves, goblins appeared on another path. Because they appeared from different directions, it was a bit difficult for me to deal with them and I couldn't eliminate them before they attacked the lighthouse.

Of course, this is not bad. In the third round, centaurs appeared on the last road. They were not close to the lighthouse at all. They stood far away and used ice arrows to attack. I had to get closer to kill them. In my previous attempt , the lighthouse will have been damaged at this time, and it’s the fourth round! "

Victor said angrily,

"House elves, goblins, centaurs, werewolves, vampires, fire dragons, etc. Of course, they are not real. They are all about the size of elves. The number suddenly increased, at least dozens of them. They are running around on the field, and I can't handle it at all. They can destroy the lighthouse with just one attack!"

Harry looked carefully at the paths and the areas where the intersections bordered the square.

On both sides of the pass, there were rock slopes with jagged stone cones. Harry's eyes were fixed on the snow shirts around him.

"If you create obstacles and block several intersections"

"It's no use."

Victor said helplessly,

"I tried, but those ice sculptures would climb up the hillside and rush into the square, which would cause trouble for myself. When the intersection is clear, at least they will gather together and come in from the path, which will make it easier for me to attack. If the intersection is blocked, they will By the way, they will crawl around and dig holes in the ground to create traps. They will avoid them.”

Hibiscus paces around the stone platform,

"It seems like there is no shortcut to this challenge. Hmm. How long do you think it will take to hold on until the candles burn out?"

"It won't take more than ten minutes."

Hermione said firmly.

Seeing everyone looking at her in surprise, Hermione made an understatement.

"It's easy to tell if it is. These red mists that keep our body temperature are only effective for ten minutes."

"Then what are we waiting for?"

Furong is eager to try,

"We'll start right away."

Having said that, we still need to make some tactical arrangements.

At this point, Viktor and Fleur were obviously unable to compare with the few Hogwarts students who had received Professor Brain's tactical and strategic training for more than a year.

After a brief discussion between Hermione and the other four, the battle plan was quickly finalized.

Fleur and Viktor were placed on the stone platform where the lighthouse was located as the last line of defense.

Luna, who was seriously injured, took a back seat and roamed the court, cutting out fish that slipped through the net.

Harry, Hermione and Cedric each guarded an entry path, trying to clear out all the invading monsters and not give them a chance to break through.

Although Victor has made it clear that blocking intersections and setting pothole traps at intersections are not only useless, but are asking for trouble.

But Hermione still found some ways to help.

Boom!

A tall spruce was knocked down, and Hermione released the cutting curse light to break the spruce into sections, and controlled these wooden piles to form a trumpet-shaped fence at the intersection.

"If blocking the intersection will allow those monsters to run around, then we will tighten the intersection. This will not only slow down the speed of the monsters passing through, but also prevent them from falling into chaos because they lose the passage."

"oh!"

Cedric gave Hermione a thumbs up.

"You're so smart, Hermione!"

Hermione smiled reservedly, and then began to help Cedric and Harry build roadblocks.

The preparation process delayed them for a few more minutes.

This resulted in the red mist energy surrounding them being no longer enough to sustain them through the next battle.

However, when all members leave the secret realm, some of their arrangements on the field will be "refreshed."

Hermione came up with an idea for this.

Let one person stay in the secret realm, and the others will go together to replenish the red mist energy. After the 'big army' comes back, let the person who stays behind replenish it.

Although this method did not require much wisdom, the clear thinking still made others praise Hermione's cleverness.

This also allowed Hermione, who had suffered a "heavy blow" before, to regain her confidence.

When Viktor rushed all the way back to the stone platform, Hermione cleared her throat and shouted with great enthusiasm,

"Open the monster!" (End of this chapter)