Chapter 493 "Under the Water"

In the lake water, Sean still hadn't calmed down from what happened just now.

There are terrifying magical animals at the bottom of the Lake—or maybe that thing isn't a magical beast?

With Sean's affinity for magical animals, other animals will definitely hesitate for a long time before attacking him. Even the magical animals that only know how to kill wouldn't stretch out their claws to Sean immediately.

But the strange sea monster just now launched an attack almost the moment it noticed Sean, and that creature's attack was completely unblockable. If his reaction was a little slower, and he stayed in that sound wave for a few more seconds, he would probably faint.

At that time, things will be bad.

Sean frowned. He had never seen this kind of magical animal, and he could tell from the momentary encounter just now that the danger level of this thing was at least XXXXX level.

But why is there such a creature in the Lake that he encountered during the competition? Did the organizers plan this or overlook it?

He barely escaped with the teleport. How do other students who don't have their tricks deal with this thing? This is almost an impossible task.

Frowning, Sean called out the sign of the Golden Dawn and wanted to remind Stephanie. After confirming that she was not approaching the monster, Sean turned around and swam towards the gathering point.

On the stand by the Lake, Dumbledore suddenly paused and turned to the surface of the Black Lake in doubt.

As a powerful wizard who can speak the mermaid language and as the principal of Hogwarts, he can easily establish a good relationship with the mermaids.

"What's the matter?" Grindelwald was sitting leisurely in the main seat, noticed Dumbledore's abnormality, and asked.

"Something happened under the Black Lake." After speaking, Dumbledore walked quickly towards the shore.

On the referee's seat, Karkaroff narrowed his eyes.

After a while, Dumbledore came back, and Karkaroff frowned while straightening his cuffs and asked, "What happened in the Black Lake, Albus? I don't want our Durmstrang students to have unforeseen things happening outside the game."

Dumbledore said lightly, "There were some unexpected situations. A student fainted at the bottom of the Lake, and the mermen brought him up."

Hearing this, the other principals all looked over, wanting to know who the fainted student was.

Dumbledore looked at Rosier, "It's Mr. Hugo Barbarossa."

Rosier frowned all of a sudden, and she subconsciously looked at Grindelwald in the main seat.

Grindelwald raised his eyebrows and didn't express any other opinions but said to her, "It seems that the education of the students has fallen behind."

She immediately lowered her head, "I'm sorry."

However, the elimination of one student did not mean the end of the school's entire team. After that, everyone returned to their positions and continued to wait.

At this time, in the deep water of the Lake, Sean didn't know what was happening outside. He had just met Stephanie. Stephanie also took some gillyweed and talked to Sean. She had just met students from other schools on her way here.

"Did they attack you?" Sean asked.

Stephanie shook her head, took out a lens, and handed it over. Obviously, this was the item she got before the start of the game. Sean took out his own piece. The two round lenses were indistinguishable from the left and right, but it seemed that all three people's items needed to be put together to see it.

After putting it away, Sean took out his wand and released a Bombardment Spell Curse. The Kelpie is sensitive to water waves, and it should already be on the way with Daisy. While waiting, several batches of aquatic animals besieged them. This time, Sean and Stephanie quickly dealt with them.

However, this time, all the animals in the Black Lake seemed to be dispatched. Sean and Stephanie were attacked one after another nonstop.

Just when Sean and Stephanie frowned and prepared to deal with a group of Grindylows who rushed forward, the group suddenly froze. They showed terrified expressions and fled in all directions, desperately heading towards the deep grass area.

In the distance, a huge black shadow was approaching rapidly. In the pitch-black water, the white front teeth were still so obvious. The Kelpie arrived with Daisy. At the same time, a Grindylow rushed into Sean's arms, but Kelpie knocked it out.

With a smile, he rubbed his chest and praised the Kelpie. While the Kelpie was happily doing somersaults in the water, Sean looked at Daisy.

Daisy's eyes widened, and her face was a little pale.

"I think I will definitely get seasick in the future…"

The Kelpie was swimming too fast.

Sean shook his head and asked, "Did you meet someone who attacked you?"

To his surprise, Daisy nodded, "I can't see the figure clearly, but it doesn't seem to be using the Bubble Head Charm."

Sean frowned. Those who don't use that spell are the only ones from Durmstrang.

Daisy gestured, "When I was standing by with the Kelpie at the bottom, someone hid in the plant area and attacked me with a spell. But the Kelpie blocked them, and then that person disappeared quickly."

The Kelpie let out a series of proud noises and raised its neck. While stroking it, Sean gestured to the two of them. Although slightly puzzled, both Stephanie and Daisy nodded.

This is a gesture of canceling the original plan that was discussed in advance. Originally, after the three meet, Stephanie and Daisy will complete the stage together, while Sean will be responsible for attacking students from other schools, mainly Durmstrang and Beauxbatons.

However, Sean encountered a weird and powerful underwater monster. To be on the safe side, it's better to work together to complete the stage quickly. Speaking of which, in this stage, he doesn't know what the beloved thing he wants to get back is.

Daisy took out the item she got, and sure enough, it was a picture frame. Sean and the two looked at each other and nodded. It seems that the real test is to assemble three things together.

After taking the frame, Sean put the two lenses on it. The frame seems to have a magnetic force. Even in the water, the lenses are firmly attached to it. Sean picked up the assembled lens and looked around but didn't get any information.

After thinking about it, Sean put on his glasses in the water. The moment he put it on, he only felt that he saw a picture, and his brain became blank as if it had been shocked. The feeling he had encountered before immediately surged up as if his soul was to be separated from the body.

Sean was startled, he quickly took off his glasses, and his eyes widened in shock.

"Sean?" Daisy shook his sleeve.

Sean waved his wand, "This pair of glasses is a magic item..."

"What's wrong? Daisy and I just saw you suddenly roll your eyes and almost pass out," Stephanie asked with a frown.

Sean said, "Ancient runes are engraved on the lens. The effect is... memory deprivation."

Daisy lost her composure, "Do you remember who we are?"

Sean rubbed his head, "Of course I remember. It's a good thing I learned Occlumency, or I would be in trouble."

Stephanie and Daisy breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

Sean continued, "But I still lost a piece of memory about a week ago, and I can't recall the situation at the beginning of school at all. This is when my Occlumency is activated, and as for the other teams... I estimate that the person with the glasses will directly lose more than a year of memory."

Stephanie frowned, "One year's memory. An instant loss of memory will cause them to be in a daze for a long time, so every person in the team who wears glasses is equivalent to directly losing combat effectiveness."

Daisy suddenly realized, "It turns out that what we love is memory. But where can we find your memory?"

Sean pointed to the distance, "The lost memory will give a certain guide. It is more like using some kind of magic to cover up the existence of this memory. We are going to find it."

"Let's go quickly, then." Daisy said eagerly.

The direction he saw was the ravine in the Lake where he encountered the strange monster before.

However, this also proves that his previous theory is wrong because the organizer will not put an unkillable monster into the game. This shows that the strength of that monster will not exceed the strength of a team.

After telling the two of the situation, Sean rubbed his chin and finally said, "Let's get closer to see the situation first."

The three of them rode on the back of the Kelpie. Under Sean's command, the Kelpie swam towards the ravine. The Kelpie did not show any fear, which also proved that the monster was not there. It was indeed some kind of magical animal.

The kelpie approached, following the direction it came from. Soon, they saw the gully across the bottom of the Lake. Sean patted the Kelpie and signaled it to slow down.

He looked at the other two, "Do you feel something?"

Both shook their heads. Sean was puzzled, but he didn't feel it either. There was no warm feeling in the water and no eerie ripples. Sean looked closer but was surprised to find that the large group of black shadows that had been there had disappeared, replaced by many mermaids holding tridents.

The skin of the mermaid is gray, and their dark green hair is long and unkempt. Their eyes were yellow, their broken teeth were yellow, and around their necks were pebbles strung on strings. They also found Sean and the others, and they moved as fast as possible and smiled maliciously.

"Sean, there!" Daisy tugged on Sean's sleeve and pointed to a place.

Sean looked over. It was the center of the mermaids, a tall pile of bones.

Stephanie saw it right away, "That is a stone marked with ancient runes, usually used for reversing a spell."

Reversing a spell. As he guessed, it was not a memory erasure but some kind of memory blockage. But where is that monster?

Holding such doubts, Sean tried to get closer. Instead of attacking, the mermaid sang a song as they approached the ravine. The song of the mermaid will confuse the oncoming individuals and gradually corrupt their minds.

Sean quietly opened his ring, and then the Loch Ness Monster swam out.

Following Sean's instructions, he shook the whiskers on his head. If the Kelpie can sense the situation in the distance through the fluctuation of the water, then the Loch Ness Monster is the real king of the water. Its whiskers can sense the situation in the entire water area like a radar.

He felt it and shook his head at Sean. It didn't feel the monster Sean described. Sean couldn't figure out why that monster is now gone.

However, it is a good thing that the monster is gone as long as he goes through the mermaid and gets the rune inscription stone.

It is useless to plug your ears against the mermaid's song. This kind of song is transmitted through the fluctuation of the water. As long as you are within the range, you will definitely hear it.

At this time, the referee seated in the stands was also singing the song.

"I think it might be a bit harder for these kids. But if they can think of a solution, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?"