Chapter 925 Under the Black Lake
At noon on Sunday, the weather is clear and the sun is high, making it a suitable place to visit the lake.
After Albert was ready, he took Fred, George and Lee Jordan out of the castle, walked through the damp field, and walked towards the Black Lake.
Several people avoided the docking place of Durmstrang's large ship and came to the pre-determined location to get off the lake.
According to the original plan, Albert planned to go deep into the Black Lake to conduct reconnaissance checkpoints today, and test the plan prepared a while ago to prevent unnecessary accidents during the second project.
A gust of cold wind blew from the lake, making the four people who had just arrived at the lake shiver.
"Are you really planning to go to the lake in this horrible weather?" Li Jordan turned his head stiffly and said to Albert, who was beginning to take off his robe: "Otherwise, forget it this time and wait until the temperature gets warmer. lake."
"We have to go to the lake after all, at least I can't escape." Albert stared at the black lake ahead. He knew that Lee Jordan didn't want to go, so he didn't force him. "It's a good thing to be able to investigate in advance, and you can test me by the way." Make preparations to avoid any surprises during the game.”
With that said, Albert turned to Lee Jordan and said: "If you don't want to go down, just stay on the shore and help take care of things. Anyway, we will definitely need someone to take care of us when we come back."
"Okay, I'll prepare hot drinks for you." Lee Jordan seemed to be waiting for this, looking like he was being pardoned, causing Fred and George next to him to cast contemptuous glances at him.
This guy finally gave in.
Isn’t it just that you can’t swim?
Have you got a bubble head charm but still need to worry about swimming?
"Really cold."
Albert took off his robe, leaving only his underwear, which was very similar to a Muggle diving suit and had a good thermal insulation effect, but in such weather, it still felt not very reliable.
Fred, George and Lee Jordan all whistled, stretched out their hands to pinch Albert's shoulders and said, "If any girl sees you like this, she will scream in obsession, you have such an enviable figure. .”
Albert's figure is indeed well-proportioned and looks very strong, which is related to his previous training.
"Exercise yourself well, and you don't have to envy me." Albert began to stretch his body to avoid cramps after entering the water.
“I feel silly running like that,” muttered Fred.
"So, you can only envy me." Albert shrugged, brought the question back to the topic and said, "You also go and prepare. I will go down to test whether the first plan is feasible. If not, I can only use the backup plan. ”
“Why not just use the second solution?” Lee Jordan felt that using underwater breathing agents was more reliable.
"Most warriors use the first option. I think we need to test the feasibility of this option first." Albert waved his wand and applied magic to keep himself warm. This is a variant of the drying spell, which can make clothes Continuously keeping warm and dry, combined with the water and fire protection spell, can achieve a very good thermal insulation effect.
After putting the bubble spell on himself, Albert walked directly into the lake stepping on the sand and smooth, sticky stones. There was a deep chill on the skin that touched the lake water, and this was even after the warmth spell was cast.
It’s really terrible, the temperature of this lake is horribly low.
Albert admired Krum very much now. The guy actually jumped into the lake and swam in a pair of swimming trunks, and it was still in January, the coldest month of winter.
What a warrior!
To be honest, Albert was curious, except for Harry Potter, the guy who used gilly bladderwort, how on earth did the other warriors resist the coldness of the lake water?
This low temperature is really no joke.
Perhaps, the miraculous healing effect of magic makes wizards have a much higher tolerance limit in some aspects than Muggles, but it does not mean that wizards' physical fitness and various physical data are better than Muggles.
Albert threw away other thoughts and plunged into the bottom of the lake. He did not rush towards the lake, but opened his eyes wide to observe the surroundings and began to look for the whereabouts of Moaning Myrtle. They agreed to meet here.
“Are you looking for me?”
Moaning Myrtle appeared in front of Albert at some point, and looked at Albert's current somewhat funny outfit with a smile.
“I’ll ask you to lead the way next.”
Albert emerged from the lake and said to Moaning Myrtle with a smile, but his smile looked very funny due to the bubble spell.
“Shall we go now?” Moaning Myrtle came closer.
"You stay here and wait for a while. I'll ask them to come down and change the Bubble Curse!" Albert swam back to the shore, lifted the Bubble Curse and greeted a few people: "I found Myrtle, you guys?" Get ready to come down too!”
Fred and George had already put on the same clothes and put a special pill in their mouths. It contained underwater breathing agent. As long as they bit it and swallowed the medicine inside, they would be able to breathe in a short time. Gaining the ability to breathe underwater within a short period of time is a safety guarantee that Albert has prepared for everyone.
After they both cast a set of Albert's same magic on themselves, the two threw the simple underwater booster to Albert at the lake.
This thing is a crude toy designed by Albert himself. It can be easily obtained through the transformation spell. It mainly uses magic to rotate the fan blades to generate thrust. The underwater speed should not be fast, but it is very suitable for providing auxiliary power.
As to whether it is practical or not, you need to use it to know.
“Remember to prepare hot drinks for us.”
After Fred and George said hello to Lee Jordan, they followed Albert into the water. They soon enjoyed the same cold lake water as Albert, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
“Well, lead the way,” Albert said to Moaning Myrtle.
"What is this?"
Crying Myrtle looked at the thing in Albert's hand curiously.
"Underwater propeller, wizards are destined not to swim fast in the lake, so using this thing can move faster." Albert picked up the rope, picked up the wand at the other end of the rope, and gently tapped the underwater propeller, allowing The two blades began to rotate at a constant speed.
"lets go!"
The three of them moved towards the center of the lake under the action of underwater propellers.
They don’t need to swim at all. They only need to slightly adjust the direction of the underwater propeller, and they can easily follow the team towards the bottom of the lake.
After going deep into the bottom of the lake, the surrounding vision became a little worse.
However, Albert had already been prepared. There was a flashlight-like thing placed in front of the underwater propeller, with a blue flame burning inside, which could dispel the darkness ahead and provide partial vision.
“Don’t make trouble, keep up.”
George reached out and patted Fred on the shoulder, motioning for him to follow quickly to avoid being left alone.
"The lake is actually not big, but it's easy to get lost." Weeping Myrtle surrounded Albert and introduced enthusiastically, "If you continue to go deeper, you will encounter a jungle composed of water plants ahead, and there will be some Not a very friendly guy. If you go in directly, you will not only be attacked, but also easily lost. I suggest going around. Although it may take a long way, it will definitely be much faster than entering the aquatic jungle."
“We plan to find the mermaid’s village.”
Albert waved his wand, conjuring a passage of words and making them make sounds to communicate with Moaning Myrtle.
Fred and George were both surprised by Albert's methods. They didn't expect that he could still do this. How on earth was this done?
Albert didn't pay attention to the surprised looks of the Weasley brothers, but was thinking about how to accurately locate the mermaid village so that it would be easier to find the specific location for the second project.
To be honest, Albert suspected that the mermaid's village was hidden in a certain forest of water plants.
With the speed of the underwater booster and a little more time, it is actually not difficult to find the mermaid village, but everyone is not swimming very fast. It will definitely take a lot of effort to swim to the mermaid village, at least half the time. It can be found within an hour, and it certainly won't be too far away, probably around 1,500 feet.
"follow me."
Weeping Myrtle led the three of them to the bottom of the lake, away from the jungle of tangled black water plants. During the process, they also discovered what looked like a giant squid.
After an unknown amount of time, they finally came to a place that looked like a mermaid village. Within their field of vision were many stone houses piled with rough stones, with large amounts of algae on them.
“We are here, this is the mermaid village.”
Crying Myrtle looked around, as if she was afraid of something, and shrank directly behind Albert.
"It seems that we are lucky, and the time is faster than expected." Albert murmured, he narrowed his eyes slightly and noticed something swimming around him.
The arrival of three people and one ghost obviously disturbed the peace of this small mermaid village, and the mermaids also obviously noticed this group of uninvited guests.
Albert signaled Fred and George to move closer to him, because several mermaids holding spears surrounded them. One of them even took out a conch horn and blew it, and the low sound spread in the small village. , and soon received a large number of responses.
"We don't seem to be welcome." Fred looked at the iron-gray mermaid holding a spear and couldn't help but tighten the wand in his hand. He felt that it was definitely not a good idea to have a conflict here. The water was the mermaid's home ground.
“I think we’d better get out of here.” George watched more and more mermaids pouring out of the village, and reached out to touch Albert uneasily, wanting him to leave.
“They don’t like strangers approaching their village.” Moaning Myrtle poked her head out from behind Albert and said, “Last time I accidentally approached, they drove me away with a spear.”
Fortunately, the mermaids did not attack the three people. Instead, they pointed around a few people and seemed to be discussing their appearance and dress. It was not clear what they were whispering.
"They shouldn't be malicious, otherwise they must have thrown spears at us." Albert looked at the group of mermaids in front of him and stepped forward to try to negotiate with them. He knew that the mermaids could understand human speech and could speak in the water. Human words.
"I am the warrior of Hogwarts, and the golden egg guided me here." Albert waved his wand to form a text and let it make a sound.
The mermaids were briefly confused, probably because they were curious about how these people could talk in the water.
“We have no ill intentions towards you, and we will leave here immediately.”
The mermaids must know about the Triwizard Tournament, at least Dumbledore will have mentioned it to the mermaids. After all, the mermaids under the Black Lake were also part of the second project, and the golden eggs used by the warriors were completed with the help of the mermaids.
"Leaving the warriors of Hogwarts here, the second project has not yet begun." A mermaid with a long green beard, green hair, and wearing a short necklace made of shark teeth swam out from among the many mermaids and said in a hoarse and low voice. , "We won't hurt you, come with me, I will take you out of here."
Yes, Albert could feel that the mermaids had no ill intentions toward them. The fact that so many mermaids surrounded them was more out of curiosity.
The three of them were watched, like monkeys in a zoo, being pointed at by a group of mermaids who had barely seen the wizard.
After the mermaid stood up, the group of mermaids made way for them to leave.
“I thought they would warmly invite us in as guests.” Fred muttered, not expecting to be driven away as soon as he found the mermaid village.
"That's how they are. They are very repulsive to outsiders, just like the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest." Albert waved his wand and conjured a line of words.
“The mermaid actually keeps Grindylow.” George reached out to touch Albert and pointed to a small Grindylow tied in front of a door not far away.
"Don't worry, we won't hurt the students of Hogwarts at will. This is an ancient agreement." Seeing that Albert and others didn't move, the mermaid said, "But it's really surprising. I didn't expect there would be The Warriors came here early, but Dumbledore never mentioned this to me."
“I’m just here to check out the place first.”
Albert called the others to leave, not forgetting to guard against the mermaid's sneak attack before leaving. Although they felt that the mermaid would probably not attack him, it was always right to be cautious.
Several people were led by the mermaid through the square of the small village. There was a rough statue standing in the square: it was a large mermaid carved from a huge stone.
A large group of mermaids followed a few people. Even if the whole village sent them away together, the battle was quite scary.
They left from the direction of the aquatic jungle. I don’t know if it was because of the mermaid’s malice, or if that was the entrance to the village.
Well, actually Albert guessed right, that was indeed the entrance to the mermaid village, and Moaning Myrtle led Albert from behind the mermaid village.
Staying under the black lake, the mermaids basically had no natural enemies, but suddenly three wizards came to the village quietly, which really shocked them, and the mermaid blew the conch horn.
Albert suspected that the aquatic plants in front of him were planted by fish people to cultivate seedlings or serve as food. Anyway, this large area of aquatic plants was too prosperous and lush enough to block their vision and trap them in it.
He had no doubt that Grindylow was hiding here.
To be honest, Albert didn’t want to go through this forest of water plants at all, so after they were taken out of the mermaid village, they moved straight to the lake.
As for the specific location of the mermaid village, Albert had already thrown down the previously specially made locator before leaving. It was an enchanted stone that could lock the location through tracking magic. In order to ensure the accuracy of the location, he set up a locator in the mermaid village. Three of these were thrown nearby.
As for cheating?
Can this be considered cheating?
No, this is the invisible benefit given after unlocking the golden egg.
Just when they were about to leave the jungle of water plants ahead, a large group of Grindylows emerged from the water plants and chased the three ghosts who were about to leave, as if they wanted to drag them into the bottom of the lake.
The mermaids who just watched them leave witnessed this scene, but had no intention of helping to remind them. They obviously wanted to see how deflated they were.
It is a mermaid, not a fish-man. There are a few places where it is written as a fish-man, and I still can’t change it. I’m depressed.
(End of this chapter)