Chapter 492 "A Lake Monster"

There was a burst of cheers from the audience in the stands, and the contestants immediately started their actions as soon as they heard the whistle.

Fleur, Cedric, and Hugo all raised their wands and cast a Bubble Head Charm on themselves, and huge transparent bubbles appeared on their necks. Hugo turned his head, and Sean saw his mouth shape through the transparent bubble.

"We can talk." He said while shaking his hand.

Sean smiled and waved his hands. Except for Daniels, all the contestants in Nurmengard this time were from the Golden Dawn. They still had the mark of the Golden Dawn on their palms. Whether it's strong light or magic induction, the members of the Golden Dawn could easily find the location of their teammates.

Fleur, Cedric, and Hugo all went into the water, leaving only Reinhardt and Sean. Reinhard was moving his body. He was muscular and looked much thicker than Sean.

Sean was not in a hurry to get into the water; he was used to observing everyone around him, and he always remembered one thing. Durmstrang has a weird relationship with the Returners, and he has something to do with the Sloth.

Although Sean didn't know why the Tournament was still held as usual, everyone in Durmstrang deserved to be put on a watch list. Reinhardt was also very provocative to Sean from the very beginning.

Reinhard finished warming up and glanced at Sean provocatively. Sean never knew why this guy was so confident. He picked up his wand and cast a spell. His upper body began to squirm, and then he turned.

Reinhardt's upper body turned into a huge fish head, but it didn't look like a fish head. In various places, the characteristics of a lizard were incorporated. He stretched out his body and jumped into the water at once, and his figure disappeared quickly.

Partial body Transfiguration is Durmstrang's specialty.

Sean shrugged. At this time, he was the only one left who hadn't set off, and the others were a little puzzled. They were full of expectations, and they always expected Sean to do something big.

However, this time, Sean let them down. A simple human body partial transfiguration turned his cheeks into shark gills, and after casting himself a waterproof spell, heat preservation spell, and night vision spell, Sean also jumped in the water.

In today's weather, the water in Black Lake is still cold. Even with the spell, Sean still feels the biting chill. He opens his eyes wide and observes the situation at the bottom of the water first.

The aquatic plants were gently swaying along the current, but they only left the shore for a while, and the water below was so deep that the bottom could not be seen.

Black Lake is probably one of Hogwarts' unsolved mysteries. This area seems to be connected to a certain waterway leading to the ocean. In addition to many strange magical animals, many creatures live in the ocean.

There was a piercing shout, and when Sean looked back, several creatures with claws were rushing towards him. It was a little monster with horns on its head, and its long nails were aimed at Sean's ankle.

It was a Grindylow, a horned, pale green water creature that lives in lakes across Britain and Ireland. They feed on small fish and attack both Muggles and wizards. These little guys have a certain amount of intelligence, which is why they are friends with the mermaids. Obviously, the Grindylows in front of them were sent by the mermaids to hinder the contestants.

Sean ignored Grindylows and closed his eyes for a moment. Sean's figure disappeared directly, and several Grindylows stretched out their long claws, looking puzzled.

When he knew that the second game would be held in Black Lake, Sean had already made preparations in advance.

At present, he has released Shadow Worms in advance in various places on Black Lake. With the help of these worms, he can freely teleport into the Black Lake. However, these worms can't stay in the water forever. This kind of creature can only handle a certain amount of pressure and duration, and powerful magical animals will directly crush some.

But having a way to teleport is enough for Sean.

He teleported to somewhere else. The waters here are deeper, and the surface can no longer be seen when he looks up. Sean looks ahead and sees a piece of green grass.

A series of blisters rose from not far away, and a huge tentacle flashed past.

Sean scratched his head. That tentacle belonged to only one creature, a giant squid who liked to bask in the sun by the lake. 

There are rumors that this giant squid is Godric Gryffindor's Animagus, who has become like this and continues guarding Hogwarts and will return to human form on the night of the full moon to come to take a walk.

But Sean doesn't believe this much.

Sean is not worried about the giant squid. This guy has never shown any aggressiveness. According to the Weasley twins, they like to play with the tentacles but would do nothing.

Sean stretched out his hand, his palm lit up with a dazzling light, and the mark where Stephanie and Daisy belonged could be felt at once. After judging the location, Stephanie was closer to him, and Sean decided to meet her first and go to Daisy together.

Sensing the Worm closest to Stephanie's position, Sean raised his wand again, and his figure disappeared again. On the other side of the Black Lake, Daisy, with gills on her face and webbed hands and feet, was holding her wand carefully.

When they discussed this event, they considered the possibility of separating, and they had already made a plan to deal with it. Just now, her Golden Dawn mark heated up, which meant that Sean had already set off, and she felt where he and Stephanie were.

According to the plan, she now needs to find a safe place to stay and call others to come over. Finding a place with no shelter around, she stood on the rock and raised her wand according to Sean's instructions.

"Ah, I'm a little nervous..." Daisy gulped, but all she sucked in was the cold lake water.

"Confringo!"

There was no sound, only a big bubble sprayed out from Daisy's mouth, and a jet of hot water shot into the distance and exploded in the water.

The audience on Daisy's side immediately notices the movement, which is not far from the shore. Many bubbles and small fish are floating on the water's surface.

"What happened to the water in there? An explosion?"

"That's Daisy's place, right? She's only in the fourth grade, so she won't be in any danger, right?"

"I remember that she was around the mermaids, which seems to be normal for things like that to happen. But is there anything in the lake that can cause a huge explosion?"

Just as he was speaking, the surface of the Black Lake shook violently as if suddenly boiling, and people saw a huge black shadow through water bubbles.

"A giant squid?!"

"Will it attack the students?!"

Just as he was speaking, the water exploded, and a dark green figure leaped out of the water, making a loud hiss. It was a huge horse-shaped monster covered in long seaweed and with dark round pupils. 

The crowd exclaimed, "A Kelpie?!"

"What the seniors said is true. There is really a big horse-shaped water monster in Black Lake!"

"It's over. Daisy, be careful!" The students shouted in a hurry.

The students looked over in surprise and found that Daisy was already riding on the Kelpie at that moment. The Kelpie gently wrapped Daisy with the water plants on its body, and after a happy neigh, it plunged into the lake again.

Looking at the bubbles on the water, the students were dumbfounded.

Only the old students said slowly, "Didn't you know? The Kelpie in the Black Lake is Sean's pet in the first grade."

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"My swimming is still a bit slow..." Sean was muttering in the water in his heart at that moment.

To be on the safe side, he had already gone down to the lake to have a good conversation with the Kelpie. When Daisy gave the signal, the Kelpie would rush over to guard her.

The Kelpie is at the top of the food chain in the lake. With its help, Sean doesn't have to worry about Daisy's safety. If she encounters students from other schools with bad intentions, she will be fine. However, she might have some trouble riding the Kelpie later. 

Sensing Stephanie's position again, he swam quickly in one direction. This seemed to be the center of the Black Lake, a jungle of undulating, tangled black weeds.

"Huh?" Sean narrowed his eyes.

The surrounding temperature suddenly rose a little.

A big stream of water bubbles suddenly appeared, which seemed to be a ravine at the bottom of the lake. Sean swam over to take a look. His eyes penetrated the water, looking at the dark shadows in the distance.

"Does it look like a magical animal I've never seen before?" Sean thought.

In the deep ravine, there is a black figure whose figure cannot be seen clearly. The black figure is a huge octopus grouped together. The lake water is dim, and the face of that creature cannot be seen clearly.

Moreover, except for the occasional small fish that swam by, there seemed to be no other living things near the ravine, not even aquatic plants. The entire area was empty, only piles of rocks at the bottom of the lake.

Sean considered it for a while and decided not to provoke them. He turned around, but suddenly, the soles of his feet clicked.

Sean looked down, and under his feet was a shattered white skull. Sean frowned, and a stream of bubbles came out. Thinking of this, he speeded up, preparing to leave this place as fast as he could.

However, that black shadow suddenly moved.

Sean's eyes widened in an instant, and he felt a huge pressure coming from behind. At the same time, the water temperature was rising rapidly. He turned his head and saw a fire starting to shine in the pitch-black lake, and that black shadow was unfolding itself.

A huge, terrifying sea monster appeared in front of Sean. At the top was the head of a woman with a beautiful face, but the whole body was weird. Around the monster's waist was a circle of roaring wolf heads. Those wolf heads opened their mouths, and fire sprayed out from their mouths, which was where the high temperature came from.

The parts below the waist are all densely entangled with snakes, and a few particularly thick snake heads look like an octopus.

"What is this?!" Sean's eyes widened. He had never seen such a creature.

Moreover, a human face. Is this a product of a failed Transfiguration?

Just when Sean was surprised, the monster suddenly moved. There was an ear-piercing scream, and the ripples spread out like sound waves. But even when Sean resisted the sound waves, he felt as if his temple had been hammered hard, and pain and dizziness rushed up all at once.

At the same time, he could also feel a strange feeling, as if his soul and body were separated for a while. Sean looked at the monster in the distance in horror, without any hesitation, and immediately raised his wand again.

His figure disappeared from the spot, and after Sean disappeared, the weird monster also stopped moving. The roaring head at its waist gradually calmed down, and the snake's head retracted and formed into a ball again.

The woman's eyes slowly opened, revealing only dark pupils. She looked in one direction with a weird smile.

"What is that thing?!"

Not far away, Sean gasped heavily while holding a rock. It was the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, and he had never seen it before.

Moreover, he couldn't defend himself against it in this situation.