The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 345 Labyrinth
When it was dinner time, Ryan and Harry returned to the auditorium.Ludo Bagman and Cornelius Fudge sat down at the staff table.Bagman looked very happy, but Cornelius Fudge, who was sitting next to Madame Maxime, was sullen and said nothing.

Because of Crouch's accident before, the judge of the last game was replaced by the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge.It's just that the relationship between him and Dumbledore has reached an impasse because of recent events. Ryan can see that although the two are sitting side by side, they only talk to other people.

Dinner was richer than usual, and both Ryan and Harry ate a lot.As the enchanted ceiling turned from blue to a dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up at the staff table and the crowd fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes, I'm going to invite you all to the Quidditch pitch for the last event of the Triwizard Tournament. Now, the warriors and Mr. Bagman are invited to the stadium."

Ryan and Harry stood up, the Gryffindors applauded them, and the Weasleys and Hermione wished them both good luck.Six contestants from three schools walked out of the auditorium together amid applause.

In the middle, Bagman also pulled Harry to say a few words, but now it seems that his gambling is not very likely to make money.

They entered the Quidditch pitch, which had become completely unrecognizable.A twenty-foot hedge bordered the edge of the field.There is a gap in front of them, and that is the entrance to this great labyrinth.The passage inside is dark and a bit scary.

Five minutes later, people began to enter the stands.Hundreds of students filed into their seats, and the air was filled with excited voices and chaotic footsteps.The sky is now a clear dark blue and stars are beginning to appear.Hagrid, Professor Moody, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick walked into the stadium, walking towards Bagman and the warriors.They all had big red stars shining on their hats, except Hagrid, whose red star was on the back of his terry vest.

"We will patrol outside the maze," Professor McGonagall said to the warriors. "If you encounter difficulties and want to be rescued, just shoot red sparks into the sky, and we will have someone to help you, understand?"

The warriors nodded together.

"Okay, let's go!" Bagman said happily to the four patrol members.

Six people walked away in different directions, scattered around the maze.Then Bagman pointed his wand to his throat and said "loud voice", and his magically amplified voice echoed in the stands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the last match of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin! Let me tell you about the order of appearance, based on their previous points. The order of entering the venue is Harry Potter, Ryan Liang, Fleur De Lacourt, Wickerdockum, Diane Dupont, Gustave Anderson."

"Now . . . Harry, listen to my whistle!" said Bagman. "Three-two--"

With a short whistle, Harry hurried into the maze. Five minutes later, the second whistle sounded.Ryan also plunged into the maze.

The tall hedges cast black shadows on the path, and whether it was because of the height and density of the hedges or because of magic, the voices of the audience fell silent as soon as Lane entered the maze.

Ryan drew a few runes in the air with his wand-holding hand before injecting magic.Soon, a golden symbol like an eye floated above Ryan's head and emitted infrared light to the surroundings.At the same time, Ryan also activated the eagle eye in his left eye, looking at everything in the surrounding darkness through the reflection of infrared light from surrounding objects.

This spell is a trick that is analyzed after studying fluorescent flashes combined with alchemy. The principle is equivalent to the first generation of active infrared night vision devices.When walking in the dark, it is at least more concealed than fluorescent flashes. It can be regarded as a work that combines magic and Muggle technology research results.

"We don't know what kind of magic Ryan used, but it's clear he can see in the dark now," Bagman explained.Before departure, special monitoring magic was placed on each player, and at the same time, a huge light screen was formed on the periphery of the competition field facing the auditorium so that the audience could see what the players were doing.

This is a lesson learned from the last game. Because they didn't think of this aspect in the last game, everyone could only stare at the lake and the forest in a daze in the bitter cold wind.Therefore, in this game, the sponsor adopted the method of screen and tracking shooting to make up for the previous shortcomings.

The next step was to recognize the way. Ryan held the wand flat on the palm of his hand and said softly to it, "Show me the way." The wand pointed one end to the north.Ryan knew that the end point was his southeast direction, so he turned right in the general direction.

As soon as he turned to the right passage, Ryan saw a group of Cornish elves chattering on the road.These little guys are mild but extremely annoying.Seeing them, Lane pointed his wand at a patch of the hedge and said, "Grow fast."

Soon the flying branches formed a large net, and Ryan directed the large net to suddenly jump out of the hedge and cover most of the Cornish elves inside.Then he turned the net into a cage and completely trapped the Cornish elves on the road.

In this way, the remaining few fish that slipped through the net also fled in fear, and Ryan passed the road smoothly.At the same time, the sixth whistle sounded, indicating that all the players had entered the maze.

After using the stun spell to get rid of the two red hats blocking the way, Ryan heard the sound of fighting ahead.He first walked around the corner next to the hedge, and then quietly conjured a reflective mirror on the other side of the road.Through the mirror, he saw two people on the road casting spells on each other.

From the clothes and hair color, it could be seen that the silver-haired girl was Fleur from Beauxbatons, and the other was Miss Dupont from his same school.After watching for a while, Ryan found that there was still a big difference between the backup candidate and the real product.DuPont was completely suppressed by Furong at this time, especially Furong also mastered some kind of mind control spells, which caused Gustav to be delayed or confused from time to time during the battle.

Although the time for each problem is very short and can be corrected quickly, these problems are enough to make DuPont lose all resistance in a short time when the overall strength is not as good.

After a blocking spell from Fleur, Miss Dupont was dulled again.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Furong seized the opportunity and released a soft leg spell, hitting her leg from a place she hadn't had time to defend.DuPont fell to his knees in an instant.

This turn of events also caused DuPont to panic, and Fu Rong took advantage of the situation and launched the control again.In the chaos, DuPont was directly hit, and stood there blankly.

"Pa-ta." After receiving a stun spell from Fu Rong with his face, Du Pont fell to the ground and was honorably eliminated.For the sake of being a classmate, Fu Rong gave her a red spark to prevent her from being eaten by monsters in the maze.

At this moment, a red light shot out from another direction, and a flame shield popped out of Fu Rong's body to block the blow.

"Krum." Ryan recognized the person coming from a distance this time. He should have wanted to take the opportunity to sneak attack just now, but he didn't expect that Furong used a trigger-type protective spell to block this sure-to-get blow.

But judging from Furong's face, this defense method should not be easy to come up with, and it can even be said that this is her trump card.

"Hurry up and fight." Ryan thought silently, but at this moment Krum suddenly turned his head to look at the small mirror that Ryan conjured up.

(End of this chapter)