The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Seeing Cedric's confused look, a satisfied smile broke out on Dumbledore's face.

Karkaroff and Madam Maxime were a little confused. They couldn't figure out what Dumbledore was doing.

This test was indeed what Cedric thought. The three floors corresponded to three schools, and the levels of each school were designed by the principal of that school. In other words, Madame Maxime is responsible for designing Beauxbatons’ characteristic levels, and Karkaroff is responsible for designing Durmstrang’s characteristic levels. The levels with Hogwarts characteristics were naturally designed by Dumbledore himself.

This also makes the three levels each have the personal characteristics of the principals. For example, Krum is currently fighting hard against various mechanisms in the level designed by Mrs. Maxim. The entire level highlights the word "reckless", which can be said to defeat all methods with one force. Fleur, on the other hand, was very annoyed by Karkaroff's various tricks.

Although Dumbledore's level does not require hard fighting or dealing with various insidious mechanisms, the name "Dumbledore" alone is enough to make it the most difficult level among the three levels.

Even the principals of other magic schools cannot understand the magic involved.

As for whether the principal's design of levels will lead to leaks, the principals and the judging panel are actually not too worried - if one secret is leaked, there are two more! You can't expect a warrior to extract information from the other two principals, right?

However, unlike what everyone expected, the content of the second project was not leaked by the principals! Dumbledore didn't bother to take the initiative to speak, Madame Maxime said it was useless, and Karkaroff couldn't speak because he was controlled by the Imperius Curse.

Therefore, these three principals actually managed to remain tight-lipped!

Just when Dumbledore was in a better mood, Madam Maxime spoke: "Krum's kid is about to pass the level I set up. Will he meet Cedric by then?"

Madame Maxime was a little worried. She didn't want to see Cedric and Krum solving puzzles together.

"Don't worry," Dumbledore adjusted his glasses, "I made three identical third levels to ensure that each warrior can compete independently."

Karkaroff, Maxim:...

You are really leisurely and relaxed!

Doing the same level three times was really simple beyond the imagination of the two principals. Karkaroff's level has three different entrances. Madame Maxime's various magical mechanisms can be restored after being destroyed, but Dumbledore used the most unpretentious method...

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Cedric was at his breaking point.

He has been stuck in the third level for nearly half an hour, but no matter how hard he tries, he will eventually return to the starting point.

During this time, he tried various methods - he even tried to destroy the wall with an explosive spell, but failed.

"So what is going on? It's like being stuck in a time loop!" Cedric sat dejectedly in the courtyard at the beginning, feeling helpless.

"Wait, time loop? Time..." He vaguely caught a certain light in his mind, and he began to associate everything he saw with this light. Finally, his eyes fell on the one under the pine tree. On the sundial.

A sundial is a timekeeping tool!

He immediately came to the sundial and carefully studied this neglected device.

Now Cedric felt that the assessment should start from this courtyard.

He looked at the scale on the sundial and reached out to fiddle with it. The pointer could not reach the rightmost side because the roots of the pine tree got stuck on it.

"Perhaps this is the key to completing the level." Cedric muttered under his breath.

Since the roots of the pine tree have stuck the pointer, what should we do?

Cedric chose a very simple solution.

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

Wood chips were flying, and the tree roots blocking the way of the pointer were blown to pieces. The pointer can be adjusted to the far right!

Dumbledore on the referee's bench sighed.

He felt that he was still inexperienced and allowed these contestants to find such obvious loopholes.

"He used an unexpected way to clear the level again?" Mrs. Maxim almost laughed when she heard the sigh.

"I will definitely reinforce all the props next time." Dumbledore reflected deeply on his mistake.

"So how should we solve your mystery? I mean the right way." Although Mrs. Maxim has become the head of a school, her attitude towards magic exploration has never changed. So she chose to continue discussing the issue with Dumbledore.

"Each scale on the sundial will have a corresponding season. If you adjust it to spring, the pine tree will be smaller, so naturally you can move the pointer to the far right." Dumbledore told Mrs. Maxim about the mystery of the mechanism he designed. .

"Is that so..." Mrs. Maxim paused.

After solving the trap set by Dumbledore, Cedric easily passed the last level and came to the edge of the Black Lake.

The next step was much simpler. After carefully studying the scuba instructions for a moment on the edge of the black lake, Cedric put on this Muggle diving prop with some hesitation. After entering the water, scuba really helped him breathe underwater!

Muggles can be very reliable sometimes! Cedric marveled at the wisdom of Muggles as he swam towards the bottom of the lake.

The various magical animals in the lake were not as careless as Dumbledore, so Cedric made extremely fast progress, and other than getting lost for a while along the way, he did not encounter any decent obstacles. By the time he reached the bottom of the lake, only half of the time stipulated in the competition had passed.

The world under the lake was also revealed to the students by Cedric.

Before this, almost every student at Hogwarts had heard the legend of the giant squid and mermaid in the Black Lake, but no one had ever actually seen them.

Today, in the vision of the warriors, they were able to catch a glimpse.

But after seeing the mermaid, everyone was disappointed. Because instead of calling them mermaids, it would be better to call them fish-men.

Unlike those beautiful images in fantasy, mermaids are very ugly: their skin is iron-grey, their hair is dark green and disheveled, and their mouths have yellowed and incomplete teeth.

In the prefect's bathroom at Hogwarts, there was also a portrait of a mermaid, but after Cedric compared the real mermaid with the mermaid he had seen, he really couldn't compare the two images. Combined.

Elegant and rude, clean and dirty, the contrast between the two images is really strong.

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