Magic Journey from Hogwarts

"I seem to understand." Harry watched this scene thoughtfully, "The treasure chest is the key."

"The treasure chest is indeed the key, but..." Krum paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "The dementor hasn't disappeared, it's still wandering in the maze."

After the words fell, the other three looked at each other in blank dismay.

But soon they thought of something, and their faces became unsightly.

Aaron opened a chest and got the 30-second map, but also released a Dementor.

If he opens two boxes, it means that there will be two dementors in the maze, and so on, the number of dementors in the maze will gradually increase as the warrior gets more clues.

What's worse is that there may not be only dementors in the box, Hagrid's snails haven't come out yet!

No wonder Dumbledore said to release the red spark if he wanted to exit, because the maze only gets more and more dangerous as time goes on.

"Would it be possible for me to exit the game by releasing the red sparks right after entering?" Harry asked half-jokingly.

"What did you say?" Moody walked up to him angrily, "I seem to have heard some coward say that he wants to quit the game just now."

"No, I..." Harry stammered, "I was just joking."

"Then don't talk nonsense." Moody pulled him to the entrance of the maze, and said earnestly: "To be honest, I am a little disappointed, Harry Potter, you are a Gryffindor, and the brave Gryffindor actually Will shrink back in the face of difficulties.

If James and Lily knew that his son was of this level, they would not rest in peace after death. "

Hearing this, Harry clenched his fists tightly and his eyes became extra firm, "I won't quit."

"Very good." Moody patted him on the shoulder, lowered his voice and said, "I know you are worried that someone will mess with the third item, but trust me, trust Lupine, and even more trust Dumbledore, We won't give anyone a chance to harm you.

So, promise me, don't give up until you can't hold on. "

Harry nodded seriously, took a deep breath and walked into the maze.

At this moment, Bagman blew his whistle, "Victor Krum can enter."

Krum glanced at the projection screen, and then strode towards the entrance. When passing by Moody, the two exchanged glances indiscriminately.

The maze has completed the second move, and the map in Aaron's hand has completely lost its effect. The only function may be to estimate how far away he is from the trophy.

Aaron made a simple calculation using the Quidditch pitch as a reference, and he was almost 400 meters away from the trophy.

But in the maze, he didn't dare to move rashly, he could only approach the center carefully.

After passing through several forks in the road, the sound of sparks exploding came from not far away, and it was getting closer and closer.

"This is... a snail?" Aaron looked strange, and he was very sure that the source of the sound was the snail, after all Hagrid had kept them for a long time.

Snapped!

Aaron snapped his fingers and used illusion to hide himself.

Then he created another phantom, quickly ran to another fork in the road, and led it in the completely opposite direction after the snail appeared.

The third whistle sounded and Cedric entered the field.

He found a silver treasure chest just after two forks in the road, and opened it with the Unlocking Charm from a distance.

However, there were no strange creatures in the box, only a piece of parchment.

Cedric raised his eyebrows, and when he opened the parchment, it turned out to be a map of the maze: The maze will move again in 1 minute, please hurry up.

In addition to the map of the maze, the parchment also recorded the specific locations of Aaron, Harry, and Krum.

"It seems that I'm lucky." Cedric smiled, and then accelerated his pace according to the guidance of the map.

Seeing this scene, Fu Rong outside the field also understood that not every box is dangerous.

But not long after she breathed a sigh of relief, she saw Harry driving a Boggart, and Krum driving a two-meter-tall acromantula, and she couldn't help feeling a toothache.

The number of dangerous animals was successfully increased by two, but she was still waiting at the entrance, and she was inevitably a little anxious.

Finally, when the final whistle sounded, she immediately felt like hearing the sounds of nature, and rushed into the maze eagerly without waiting for Bagman's explanation.

The sky was getting dark, and the hedge walls of the maze were at least six or seven meters high. Coupled with the thin white mist, the warriors had to use the fluorescent spell to see the road clearly.

As Aaron walked, he drew a precise route map in his mind, trying to get as close to the end as possible before the maze changed again.

After turning a few corners, a silver treasure chest appeared in front of his eyes.

"Araho Cave is open!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Aaron opened the box directly.

The pungent smell immediately spread in all directions, followed by the sound of bubble bursting.

A giant monster about four meters slowly stood up, holding a long wooden stick in its hand.

"I'm obedient."

Aaron held his forehead and shook his head. He didn't expect such a creature to exist in the competition maze.

The troll walked towards Aaron quickly with a stick in his hand, a ferocious sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Snapped!

Aaron snapped his fingers and didn't take out his wand, but turned around and sped away.

The giant monster immediately launched a chase, and the dull sound of running almost spread throughout the maze.

After the troll ran away, Aaron's figure came out from the shadows.

Giant monsters are relatively aggressive and destructive, but their IQs are low, and they can be easily passed by with illusions, but they are the least threatening to him.

He took out a Marauder's Map of the same model as Cedric's from the silver box, looked at the silver box meaningfully, and said with a smile: "It seems that the treasure boxes are divided into three, six, and nine grades!"

The wooden treasure chest is an ordinary map, with 30 seconds to filter the route, and the silver treasure chest is a Marauder's map including the position of the warrior, and the maze movement time is also doubled accordingly.

There should be a treasure chest, and the movement of the maze is also divided into overall movement and partial movement. Otherwise, if the time for the warriors to get the map is not much different, the frequency of the maze movement will be too high.

Aaron thought to himself, and then followed the Marauder's Map to find the correct route.

......

After more than ten minutes, the map of the maze was covered by several warriors, and everyone approached the center in an orderly manner.

Aaron is the closest, according to his guess, the distance from the trophy is less than 100 meters. Harry and Cedric are tied for second, about 150 meters away from the center, and Krum and Fleur are also less than 200 meters away.

But now they are not as relaxed as they were at the beginning. In addition to the maze moving from time to time, the fried-tailed snails and giant scorpions hidden in it also showed up one after another.

These behemoths are like scavengers, with great lethality and certain magic resistance. They can only walk around when they see them.

Coupled with the fact that they each opened about three treasure chests, releasing a dozen dangerous magical animals made the maze even more dangerous.

Aaron opened a silver treasure chest in a dead end.

No strange creatures were released, only a mirror inside - the Mirror of Erised. (reflection of the deepest desire in the heart)

"Good guy, this old antique can be taken out."

Aaron approached the magic mirror, which reflected his own appearance.

After a while, Aaron in the mirror pointed to his feet, and Aaron bent down to pick up a Marauder's Map instantly.

The map showed he was three corners away from the finish and had a minute to go.

Aaron felt relieved, the distance was less than 50 meters, and 1 minute was enough to walk.

But just in case, he quickened his pace.

However, an accident happened. He passed through several corners, but stopped at the final exit.

He could clearly see a circular open space 20 meters away. The trophy of the Triwizard Tournament was there. Three golden dragons surrounded the trophy, and the crystal blue light was constantly flashing.

But a Sphinx (Sphinx) made of yellow sand blocked the exit. He was huge, his limbs were like stone pillars, and he was as high as the hedges on both sides just lying on the ground.

"Answer my question. If you guess correctly, you can pass. If you guess wrong, you will be eaten by me. If you don't guess, you will have to change your path." Sphinx spoke out, his voice extremely hoarse.

"My time is limited, you'd better hurry up." Aaron said impatiently.

"I didn't exist in the past, but I will always exist, no one has seen my face, and I am the living pursuit of all life, what am I?"

"An abstract answer!

Fortunately, I know a friend who likes riddles very much, and the answer is tomorrow. "

"correct answer."

The Sphinx turned into yellow sand and dissipated, giving way to the last path.

Aaron shrugged and walked to the finish line. The trophy of the Triwizard Tournament was placed on a pedestal, shining seductively.

All the audience outside watched this scene excitedly. Professor Flitwick even raised his baton, ready to play music at any time.

"It seems that the champion of the Triwizard Tournament has been decided." Bagman said excitedly, "After more than a century, we are about to witness history..."

In the middle of speaking, his voice stopped abruptly.

Because Aaron didn't go to get the trophy, but sighed, sat silently beside the base, and waited quietly for the arrival of others.

"Miss Klein, did you arrange this?" Dumbledore smiled meaningfully.

"I just let him touch the trophy last, but there is only one way to win the championship under this premise."

Dumbledore froze for a moment, and said in surprise: "All the warriors touched the trophy together, but this..."

"He has to convince other people." Adrian said as it should, "or convince other people."

"Miss Klein is really... eclectic!" Fudge laughed, "Using a wizard duel as the final ending, most people really can't think of such a good idea, I believe the audience present will feast their eyes today. "

"Maybe!" Adrian said disapprovingly, "I also arranged something else to make this final project more interesting, but I don't know if it will be useful."