Chapter 285

The feeling was very strange, the water was cold, Harry knew it, but he didn't feel any discomfort, the cold water made him very comfortable, and there was a new feeling of breathing, Harry had confirmed when he first entered the water, there was something like gills growing on his neck, and he was now breathing in the water by this. Harry's hands and feet were now webbed, allowing Harry, who was not a good swimmer, to move freely in the water.

Among the new sensations after eating the cheek grass, the two hands on his shoulders that made Harry feel the most awkward were those of Solim. He was now swimming in the water with two men, Solim grabbing him by the shoulders and Reina lying on Solim's back, and Harry himself didn't know what it was.

After Solim pointed Harry in the right direction, Harry swam straight to a place. Along the way, Harry only saw Krum, but he then swam in the other direction.

The sight in the Black Lagoon was new even to the students of Hogwarts. Not even the Weasley twins would dive into the Black Lake. Although it was an inner lake, it was still full of life, and Harry could see a lot of fish swimming among the aquatic plants.

Harry struggled to swim with the two of them, while Solim and Reyna were much more relaxed, the Bubble Charm enveloping his whole body under Solim's control, and Reyna only covering his head to ensure his breathing.

As Harry headed for his destination with the two men, the other warriors ran into some trouble.

The Black Lagoon is full of life, and there are not only ordinary fish, but also some other creatures, such as the giant octopus and Grindillo, which are known throughout Hogwarts, and some of the mermaids known to the students. Although these are magical creatures, they have a certain intelligence and social structure, but their magic is not worth mentioning at all, and the only thing that threatens wizards is the forks made of fish bones in their hands and the fangs in their mouths.

Fleur unfortunately goes in the wrong direction and encounters a large group of Grindillowe. Grindillo is a horned, pale green water devil who is no stranger to Hogwarts students, and it turns out that Lupin taught Defence Against the Dark Arts about this magical creature that is widespread throughout Europe. Grindillo had very long fingers that, despite their strength when grasping things, were easily broken.

Grindillo is very easy to deal with on land or in shallow water, but in the Black Lagoon, if there are too many of them, it is not good news for wizards. After all, they are creatures in the water, and people can't swim them, and as long as they are caught, it will be difficult to get out again.

But thankfully, these Grindillo were kept in captivity by merfolk in the Black Lake, and they would not kill the warriors, at most they would suffer a few injuries, and they would not be life-threatening.

Unbeknownst to Solim and the others, Fleur was the first to go out as a Warrior.

However, Solim had made it clear to Harry before: try not to go near the aquatic weeds and pass through the grass at the bottom of the lake, Grindillo likes to lurk in this kind of place, and staying away from the aquatic weeds can reduce the risk of being attacked by Grindillo.

The clear direction, and the fact that Harry could move through the water faster than any other warrior after eating the cheek grass, led them to the hostage location, a small village of merfolk, twenty minutes after the start of the match.

Suddenly a clearing appeared in the jungle of aquatic plants underneath, and there were many stone houses in the clearing, which were stained with algae. Harry saw some faces in the dark windows...... These faces were nothing like the merfolk in the prefect's bathroom......

Harry looked back at Solim, hesitant to go. Solim motioned for Harry to look in one direction.

Following where Solim pointed, Harry saw the "hostages". There are a lot of stone statues underneath the water, and those hostages are now tied to the statues with ropes.

The mermaid's skin is iron-gray, and its dark green hair is long, unkempt. Their eyes are yellow, their mutilated teeth are yellow, and they wear pebbles strung with thick ropes around their necks. They smiled maliciously at Harry as he swam by. One or two ran out of the stone houses to get a better look, spears in their hands, and slapping the lake with their thick and powerful silver tails.

Harry swam cautiously, fearing that the ugly merfolk would attack them, but the merfolk just watched them and didn't make any drastic moves.

As he swam to the hostages, Solim finally got off Harry's body. He swam quickly in front of Sylna and cut the rope from her with his knife. Solim then tossed the knife to Harry.

Harry took the knife, which he thought looked familiar. He immediately thought of the ring that Solim had lent him in his first year that could be turned into a knife, and that Harry had indeed used to cut the rope that had bound Quirrell to them.

At this time, Harry had to say that Solim was well prepared, these ropes were made of water and grass, thick and slippery, and very strong. Harry also had a knife, which Sirius had given him at Christmas, but it was still lying in his chest in the Gryffindor Tower.

It was only then that Harry had time to observe his "hostage", Ron looked like he was asleep now, he didn't have a bubble head charm on his head, but he didn't seem to have to worry about breathing underwater.

When Harry rescued Ron, he found out that Solim and the Beauxbatons girl had released their hostages. Silna Harry knew her, but Harry, the girl Reina was holding, didn't know her, but she knew that she was a student of Beauxbatons.

Just as Solim motioned for Harry to go, Harry pointed to Hermione, who was still tied up—as Hermione's friend, Harry couldn't just leave Hermione here. Of course, Solim thinks that Harry is a drunkard and not drinking, and Cedric's girlfriend - yes, the relationship between him and Cho has been made public, and Solim thinks that Harry mainly wants to get up close and personal with Miss Zhang.

Solim thinks that it is obviously unrealistic to think that a junior brother like Harry still wants to pry into a corner, not to mention anything else, compared to Cedric, Harry is just more of a "savior", and in other respects Harry is not as good as Cedric. Academics, Abilities, Popularity...... Even Harry couldn't compare to his height, and Solim felt that Zhang Qiu would not take a fancy to Harry unless he was blind.

Seeing that Harry was still gesturing there, Solim reluctantly glanced at Reina, who motioned for Reina to go up first, and he would do Harry's ideological work.