The Second Task Begins!

At seven o'clock in the morning on February 24th.

At this time, there were still two and a half hours before the start of the second task.

Harry was running around in a hurry in the common room, his face showing his panic as he looked around trying to find someone.

"What's going on, where did Neville go? Why is Ron gone too?"

Harry looked frequently at the entrance to the common room, expecting either of the two to suddenly come in from the outside.

It would have been better if it had been Neville Longbottom who arrived.

"Don't worry, Harry, there is still some time before the task starts, hasn't Neville already set off to find Professor Moody?"

Seamus said, trying to reassure Harry, whose leg wouldn't stop jumping up and down in nervousness.

"Yeah, I just hope that everything goes well."

For some reason, Harry had a bad premonition in his heart.

…

Office of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

The fake Moody's real eye and magic eye stared at the boy in front of him at the same time.

"What did you just say?"

"Professor, I just said that I want to study the gillyweed carefully again, can you help me?"

Moody blinked and took a sip of the Polyjuice Potion out of habit.

"Oh, yes, gillyweed!"

He stood up and looked around in bewilderment, it took him a surprisingly long time to find his wand.

Then he gripped his wand tightly, resisting the urge to cast the Cruciatus Curse on Neville Longbottom.

Since Christmas until yesterday, he had asked Snape to go out and talk more than once, and Neville Longbottom was nearby each time.

He even remembers that he winked at him and Neville responded.

But what did he hear now?

Harry Potter hasn't got the gillyweed yet?!

He had seen the relaxed state of Potter talking and laughing with his companions yesterday, and thought that he was ready.

"Professor! Professor Moody?"

"Oh, that's right, gillyweed, you come with me."

Moody came back to his senses and led Neville to the dungeon.

At the same time, Professor Snape frowned at the gillyweed in the cabinet.

He wondered if Potter had found another way, but he hadn't seen the stupid boy go to the library to check materials recently.

Holding the gillyweed in his hand, he thought for a moment and placed it in a more prominent position.

Try to get someone to come to the cabinet and see the bottle with gillyweed at a glance.

Bang bang bang~!

The sudden knock on the door raised his vigilance.

He glanced at his pocket watch.

At this moment, there is only half an hour left before the start of the task at 9:30.

Those who have not gone to the competition venue at this time are most likely to be those who are going to steal the gillyweed.

He opened the door to see the fake Moody appearing outside the door and an unremarkable light flickered in his empty eyes.

"Professor Moody? I'm brewing a potion. If it's not important, we'll talk about it when I have time!"

Seeing the door was about to be closed, Moody stretched out his staff to stop it.

"Snape, Dumbledore asked me to inform you to watch the second task."

"As I said, I'm brewing a potion."

"I just know that you must be within my sight, so now follow me to the venue of the second task."

Fake Moody had a fierce expression, but Snape didn't budge either and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

This made Neville, who was hiding beside him, extremely nervous.

"Okay" Snape finally backed down.

He returned to the office to pack up, then headed down the hall along with Moody.

Neville waited until the two of them were gone before sneaking into the office.

The moment he stepped in, both Moody and Snape breathed a sigh of relief.

…

In the Gryffindor common room, Seamus glanced at his watch.

It was already 9:10 at this moment, and there were only 20 minutes before the start of the task.

"Harry, you can't delay any longer, you go to the task first, we'll help you find Neville and Ron."

Harry put his head in his hands and said in pain, "What if Neville can't get the gillyweed?"

"No, I can't participate in this task, I must get the gillyweed."

Without gillyweed, he wouldn't even want to go to the task venue.

The twins looked at each other tacitly, then stepped forward and pulled Harry up.

"We're sending Harry to the competition first, find Neville as soon as possible!"

Fred gave George a look after he finished speaking and the two trotted out of the Gryffindor common room.

In order to hurry up, both of them went down the stairs several steps at a time. It didn't take long for them to come to the foyer from the third floor.

The two tall oak doors were open, and some young wizards who had just had breakfast were walking out.

Seeing Harry Potter being driven by the twins, they all sent blessings one after another.

"Potter, come on, don't get last place!"

"We'll be rooting for you from the stands!"

These cheers made Harry feel even more miserable.

Just when he was about to break free, he suddenly saw Neville running out of the hall panting.

"Harry, I got it!"

Neville caught up to the twins and thrust the gray-green, gooey mass into Harry's hand.

"Is this the gillyweed?"

In Harry's view, the thing in his hand looked really disgusting, just thinking about having to eat it...

"Yes, just swallow it directly."

Neville's confident expression infected him, and after thanking him, he turned and ran to the docks where he could see the other champions.

At the moment, the stands by the lake were full of people chanting the names of the champions they supported.

Cheer for them, cheer them on!

The appearance of people waving their arms and shouting was reflected on the lake surface, gradually connecting into one piece.

While the five judges were on the opposite side of the stands, sitting behind a table covered with a gold tablecloth.

Lucas and the others stood by the table early and waited.

"Wait, sorry, I'm late!"

Harry gasped and apologized to the judges.

Seeing his tired appearance, Bagman's face turned cloudy.

"It's okay, the time is just right!"

He came to Harry with a smile on his face and asked softly, "You know what to do next, don't you?"

"I know!"

Looking at the boy's confident eyes, the smile on Bagman's face became more conspicuous.

"Sonorus!" He drew out his wand and pointed it at his throat, then turned to look at the opposite stand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second task of the Triwizard Tournament!"

"We can see that the champions are ready. They will have an hour to get back what was taken from them."

"Listen now, when I count to three and the whistle blows, the task starts, one, two, three!"

Accompanied by the sound of the whistle, the five immediately jumped into the lake.

The lake that had just recently become unfrozen was still incredibly cold.

Lucas looked at the surrounding stands before he submerged. Seeing only Hermione and Ginny above, it was immediately clear who was in the water.

Plop~!

The sound of entering the water came from the side.

His eyes followed the sound and noticed that Krum had used transfiguration to transform his head into that of a shark.

Lucas thought he probably wanted to be a whole shark. It's a pity that the transfiguration was unqualified, and only managed to change his head.

As for others, it is the same as the original method they used.

Both Cedric and Fleur chose the Bubble-Head Charm.

Although wrapping the head with an air bubble can achieve underwater breathing, there is no bonus to their swimming speed.

At this time, Harry's gillyweed had already worked and he dived second, followed by Cedric and Fleur.

Only Lucas remained above the lake.

The audience in the stands were also watching him, probably wanting to see what method he would use to dive.

In full view, Lucas began to sink strangely, and disappeared on the surface of the water in the blink of an eye.

The bottom of the lake presents a dark, hazy landscape, black water plants can be seen everywhere.

Lucas stood at the bottom of the lake and looked around, unfortunately he could only see the scenery within three meters at most.

Looking at the aquatic plants as tall as a person around him, he drew out his wand to be careful.

He used the void to advance quickly and it took him only a few moves to arrive at the central area of the Black Lake.

From memory, Cho should be tied up in the center of the lake, guarded by a large number of selkies.

Lucas didn't delay, and prepared to tear the void and move on, but at this moment, a large amount of blood emerged from the waters ahead.

His heart tightened, worried that Cho would be in danger, so he rushed to the center immediately.

But since he wasn't paying attention, he didn't notice that not far behind, a group of green figures were following him closely.