Homecoming from Hogwarts

The three teams were all tortured in their respective secret realms.

This time, none of them rushed in to seize the opportunity, but instead replenished their warmth and came to rest near the ice.

"Who can tell me what happened to you in there?"

Furong, who got ashore first, looked at the silent crowd with her curiosity overflowing.

"It's hard to put it into words, Furong."

Viktor shook his head. His behavior was very strange. He first glanced at Furong with a flash of hesitation in his eyes, but after a brief thought, he lowered his head again.

Due to some subtle psychological reasons, no one shared the group's experiences in the secret realm. However, they all realized that they were experiencing different challenges and that they would probably not be easily overcome.

Hermione sat on a stone near the ice, her chin supported by her hand, thinking hard about something, and as time passed, a light gradually appeared in her eyes.

"Come on, Harry, let's get going!"

Suddenly, Hermione stood up from her sitting position, ignoring the curious gazes of the others, and pulled Harry into the secret realm again.

After Viktor and Cedric looked at each other, they stood up silently and walked quickly towards the secret realms they had chosen.

It was that ancient Greek-style dueling arena again, shrouded in snow and wind.

"what!"

Harry glanced around the area and exclaimed in surprise.

The ice surface that was riddled with holes by the stone eggs became smooth again, and the ground that was opened up by the stone monster became whole again.

"It seems that as long as the challenger leaves the secret realm, everything here will return to its original state."

Hermione said.

Harry nodded, then asked,

"You've got an idea for how to deal with it, haven't you, Hermione?"

"I do have some ideas, Harry."

Hermione fiddled with her messy hair and said solemnly,

"Based on the challenge we just failed, we can get some information."

Hermione held up a finger.
"First of all, these two stone monsters are probably immovable. I think Professor Brian made this arrangement to reduce the difficulty."

Reducing Difficulty
Harry muttered something in his mind and nodded.

"Secondly, the stone monster will keep attacking whoever attacks it. I guess it will only change its target if someone else causes damage to it."

Hermione raised her second finger, and Harry gathered his chaotic thoughts and nodded with focused eyes.

"And what else, Hermione?"

"The third point is just speculation, Harry."

There was a gleam of wisdom in Hermione's pure brown eyes.

"I think you've noticed, Harry, that the stone monster launched four attacks after it woke up. It fired three stone eggs, and when they didn't have any effect, it started to destroy the ground and hit people with ice."

Harry listened intently.

"What does this mean, Hermione?"

“If the stone monster’s attack patterns are only these two and they always follow a certain pattern.”

Hermione took a deep breath, and the hot air she exhaled turned into curls of white smoke in the extremely cold air.

"That means we can prevent its attacks, right? That way, we have a way to defeat it."

Harry opened his lips slightly and remained silent for a few breaths. Finally, he nodded and said in a dull voice,
"Understanding the opponent's attack method can indeed give us some advantages. I noticed that the interval between each time the stone monster launches the stone eggs is five seconds."

"Also, the stone eggs launched by the stone monster are one-time only and will not chase us. As long as we grasp the timing well, we can avoid its attack!"

Hermione's voice perked up.

"But there is still a problem—"

Harry tapped his toes.
"Although we can now walk normally, this kind of ice still restricts our movements."

"So I have no intention of dealing with it in the duel arena."

Facing Harry's confused look, Hermione's beautiful eyes lit up. She pointed at the surrounding wall that was thirty feet high.

"We can stand on the wall and deal with it!"

Stand on the wall?!
Harry's brows suddenly raised, showing surprise.

"Did you notice, Harry--"

Hermione said, facing the wall behind her.

"This wall is higher than the stone monster, so theoretically, when the stone monster launches stone eggs, we just need to lie down and the stone eggs will not be able to attack us!"

"Oh, that's right!" Harry's head turned, and then his face quickly turned bright.

"You are a genius, Hermione. So what are we waiting for? We must get this key!"

So the two of them took action immediately.

The two stone monsters in the circular duel arena are located on both sides of the central axis of the duel arena.

Harry and Hermione looked for the stone monster on the right again, and they came to the right end point of the central axis.

Climbing the thirty-foot wall was not easy, but they managed to overcome it.

The edge of the wall was about five or six feet away from the stone stepped seats closest to the border. Harry carefully studied the angle at which the stone monster raised its arms to launch the stone eggs, and found that as long as they stayed close to the first step seats, they could perfectly avoid the attack.

Since the stone eggs were no longer a threat, the two men did not stand together, but stood about feet apart, forming a fan shape with the stone monster on the right.

"Are you ready, Hermione? I'm going to start a monster attack!"

Harry yelled, and after receiving Hermione's affirmative reply, Harry took a deep breath and held it.

Whoosh.Bang!
This time, Harry started with the object control spell, and the small stone he controlled sank deeply into the stone monster's eye sockets. It would be best if this could prevent the stone monster from accurately launching the stone eggs.

Roar!
The strong wind caused by the deafening roar came as expected, but it did not cause any trouble to the two men. They dodged it by leaning forward slightly.

coming!

After another howl, the stone monster's raised arm glowed with khaki light again. Harry's heart was shocked and he immediately lay down on his side, his back pressed against the cold stone steps, and he slightly swayed his wand towards the dueling field.

To be on the safe side, Harry created a magical barrier for himself.

Pop, pop, pop!

Dozens of powerful stone eggs smashed against the edge of the wall. For a moment, there was a roar of wind and flying rocks. Harry could feel the ground beneath him shaking like an earthquake, but
Be on guard!
call out!
A streak of green firework shot up into the sky amid the smoke that obscured her vision. Hermione was immediately alert; this was the safety signal she and Harry had agreed upon.

Hermione suddenly jumped up from the ground and pointed her wand at the stone monster.
"Shattered to pieces!"

The gray curse light broke through the air and accurately hit the stone monster's one foot. The elliptical stone pillar supporting the stone monster's huge body immediately lost a corner.

It works!

Hermione's mood immediately lifted.

Although the damage caused at one time is not great, this attack method does not consume much energy either. With the accumulation of small amounts, they can knock it down!

Just as Hermione expected, after she attacked the stone monster, it immediately gave up locking onto Harry. It creaked and turned its huge body, pointing its two hands that were glowing bright ochre color at her!

five four three two one!

Hermione was immediately enveloped by smoke and dust, and Harry seized the opportunity to jump up like a spring.

Harry made use of the rubble on the ground in front of him, and in just five seconds, a layer of the stone pillars supporting the stone monster were removed by Harry's Object Control Spell!
The third wave of stone eggs followed. Harry fell to the ground in time and avoided the chaotic rain of stones again, while Hermione took the opportunity to desperately destroy her supporting legs!
Roar!
The stone monster's attack pattern is indeed fixed!

After three waves of stone egg rain, the stone monster roared again, inserted its arms into the ice and lifted up a huge block of ice.

According to the 'rule of hatred', this wave of attacks should be aimed at Hermione.

"Hermione!"

Harry warned loudly, his voice tense.

"I see!"

It is possible that the big ice blocks along the high arc can attack them!

Hermione watched as the stone monster slowly lifted a block of ice and aimed its brightly glowing eyes at her!
call!
Suddenly, a whistling sound more ferocious than the biting cold wind was heard in the duel arena.

Hermione's eyes were fixed on the stone monster's movements. The moment the ice left the stone monster, she suddenly ran quickly to the right!
Rumble!
Like a summer thunder, the entire duel arena shook a few times!

"Hermione!"

Harry shouted, his vision blocked by the diffuse smoothie.

"I'm fine, Harry, hurry up!"

Hermione's sharp scream was heard behind the thick ice fog. Harry's beating heart immediately calmed down and he continued to destroy the supporting legs of the stone crutch!

Boom, boom!
There were two more ice-throwing attacks. The heavy impact caused a corner of the solid wall to collapse. Rubble rained down on all sides, affecting both Harry and Hermione.

However, the result was a safe outcome!
Then, the clumsy stone monster refreshed its attack mode and began to attack them with stone eggs.

Boom. Crash!
In this way, after four rounds of attacks, the stone monster's supporting legs, which had become much thinner and riddled with holes, could no longer support the weight of its body!

The stone monster let out an unwilling roar.

Under the excited gaze of Hermione and Harry, the huge body of the stone monster gradually tilted, and finally, it fell to the ground with a loud bang!

Due to its own heaviness, it completely disintegrated under the influence of gravity and falling force after falling to the ground, turning into large and small pieces of rubble on the ground.

silence
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Harry and Hermione looked at each other and cheered loudly at the same time! (End of this chapter)