Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures

Chapter 688: Entering the Lake

“Evan, Hermione, you're here!” Ron sat down and grabbed himself a loaf of bread, proud to say, "I've just been surrounded by Lavender and her friends who want to know how I breathe underwater. I can't help it. Girls are like this. I have to make them understand that it's not an easy thing...”

“We don't care about you and Lavender.” Hermione looked at Ron in disgust, "You came too late, and the warriors were to gather in front of the castle before 8: 00, waiting for instructions. ”

“I know, it's too late. I'm counting time!” Ron didn't care to say, put the food in his mouth, "By the way, do you know where Harry went, he didn't come back last night, didn't Sirius look for him...”

“Of course he's in the lake.” Hermione impatiently said.

“Lake?!” Ron asked in surprise, “Why did Harry go there? ”

“Don't you see that in the second race, the warriors are going under the lake to find their most important person, and your most important person is Harry!” Hermione said, dissatisfied with Ron's afterthought, "He's already waiting for you there! ”

“God, I'm going under the lake to save Harry?!” Ron panicked and said, “Nobody told me that. I've heard mermaids sing in golden eggs, and I thought I was going to find something! ”

Thinking about it, Ron couldn't help but start worrying, and Harry was just down the lake waiting to save himself.

He touched the gill bladder in his pocket, what if he can't find Harry in an hour?!

With that lyric in mind, Ron panicked when he lost him forever, not as easily as he had just done.

“How could they do this, and Harry didn't have gill bladder, how could he breathe under the lake?!” Ron said disturbingly, "I can't possibly find him in an hour, Evan. What do I do? ”

“I don't know!” Gabriel said, drinking his milk in a cup.

If she knew what to do, she wouldn't be sitting here worried!

Upon hearing her answer, Ron was stunned and didn't seem to expect Ivan to answer this...

“All you have to do is follow the usual training! Hermione quickly said," Eat the gill bladder by the lake, find Harry in the lake, bring Harry back, it's that simple. ”

Knowing the truth about everything, she knew that Ron could never succeed, as long as he protected himself.

“All right, let's get out of here! ”

Ron swallowed the food in his mouth and followed Hermione and Gabriel out of the castle.

They walked out of the two oak gates to the sunny cold field outside.

Walking down the lawn to the lake, you can see the seats surrounding the fire dragon farm last November, and now the floor is lined up on the other side of the lake, many people are already sitting on it, reflecting in the lake below.

They bypassed the giant lake and walked there.

The referees' table is in front of the audience, close to the lake's edge and covered with golden yellow tablecloths, where Dumbledore, Kakalov, Mrs. Maxim, Foggy and Ludo Bagman are already sitting.

Other teachers and Aurora stood at the referee's table, who would be responsible for maintaining order during the competition.

Ron waved to Lavender in the audience and walked over to the referee table.

Not long ago, he also received a letter from Percy stating that he would replace Mr. Crouch as referee.

Ron thinks it's powerful for him, and no matter how bad he behaves, Percy can't give him a very low score.

But now, because of the time Mr. Crouch disappeared, Percy is under investigation.

Sirius told them that the Ministry did not want to raise the issue of Mr. Crouch's disappearance, but they went to Percy and questioned him about the instructions from Mr. Crouch, as if they did not think they might have been written by Crouch.

Percy was under a lot of pressure, and his just starting career went wrong, which was worse than killing him.

Under the circumstances, he naturally cannot be referee to Hogwarts!

“You're here, Ron!” Ludo Bagman greeted with a smile and took the initiative to replace a proud man, leading Ron to the warrior gathering place, whispering, "Well, you know what you're going to do? ”

“Just found out!” Ron replied, “I can't believe it...”

“Yeah, I can't believe it either!” Bagman said, lowering his voice again, "Listen, I just got the location of the mermaid village from Alastor, and he followed it down there yesterday, just northwest, don't swim anywhere else. ”

“Thank you!” Ron said surprisedly, looking at Ludo Bagman.

He knew where the mermaid village was, but didn't expect Bagman to help himself at this time.

“You don't have to thank me, you know I want to help you win the game!” Bagman said, restoring his normal voice, "Well, you go over there, the other warriors are waiting there! ”

As Ron passed, Cedric, Krum and Furong were lined up on the shore, 10 feet apart.

Ron was last, right next to Krum.

Krum was wearing swimming trousers and had taken out his wand and was ready.

World-class champion, Krum is really strong. He's almost an hour away from the start of the game. He's getting ready. Ron hesitated for a moment and decided to wear his clothes...

After a while, Professor Moody turned around to examine each warrior and give him some precautions.

Then Sirius and the Arrows, Ron didn't understand why they had to check so many times.

Just when he was a little impatient, he saw Bagman standing up from the referee's table, pointing his wand at his throat, like at the World Cup, saying, “The voice is bright! ”

So his voice, like thunder, swept across the dark lake to the dotted stands across the street.

“Listen up, our warriors are in position. As soon as I whistle, the second project begins. They have an entire hour to reclaim what was stolen from them. I'll count to three. One, two, three! ”

A sharp whistle echoed in cold, still air, and a cheer and applause erupted on the stands.

Ron didn't look at what the other warriors were doing, he pulled the gill bladder out of his pocket, stuffed it in his mouth, and went to the water to walk into the lake, as he had previously practiced. It's cold. He feels the skin on his legs hurting like a fire.

The further he walked, the deeper the lake was, and the wet robe fell down heavily.