The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 416: Mermaid in the Black Lagoon
We have only one hour to find and recover what we have taken...

The mermaids’ singing is as unforgettable as their appearance. Their voices are melodious and inexplicably soothing.

Calming herself down, Ada swam again, this time even faster. Ada couldn't wait to find the mermaid, find the one who needed her rescue, and then return to shore as soon as possible.

The lake water was stirred up by Ada's stirring, and the mermaid's singing became clearer and clearer. In the turbid lake water, a large rock appeared, on which many mermaids were painted. It was probably a scene of mermaids hunting or expelling enemies.

...delay no longer, for half the time is past, lest what you seek rot here...The mermaid's song continued, becoming clearer and clearer.

There were many rough stone dwellings, speckled with algae. Some mermaids poked their heads out of the dark windows, and some were waiting outside with spears in their hands.

Seeing Ada appear, these mermaids suddenly became agitated. One by one, they raised their spears, slapped the lake water with their thick and powerful tails, and swam quickly towards Ada.

They had malicious smiles on their faces and high fighting spirit in their yellow eyes. They seemed to have mistaken Aida for one of their own kind, one who had come all the way from the Caribbean.

When a friend comes from afar, he must be punished even though he is far away...

If Ada became exactly like the mermaid in the Black Lake, she could probably sneak into the mermaid village, but she looks like she's here to cause trouble.

The mermaids in the Black Lake have iron-gray skin, long, unkempt dark green hair, yellow incomplete teeth, and pebbles strung together with thick ropes around their necks.

Their looks don't match their singing very well.

And what about Ada? Her skin was smooth and delicate, as if it could be blown away, her long golden hair fluttered in the water, and the scales on her body also reflected the light.

It forms a sharp contrast with the mermaids here, one is in heaven, the other is underground.

The vicious mermaid was about to kill her, but Ada hesitated to raise her wand. She was wondering if she would be considered murder if she killed the mermaid, after all, mermaids were officially certified.

The mermaid in the front raised his spear and was about to stab, but Ada suddenly raised her hand and a strong stream of water hit the mermaid's chest, knocking him away. The mermaid tumbled in the lake and flew out, flying a long way before stopping.

The remaining mermaids stopped rushing forward. They were stunned. The extremely beautiful mermaid in front of them didn’t seem to be of the same species. She was holding a magic wand in her hand. Was she a human?

Mermaids emerged from all directions, and more and more mermaids gathered in front of the village. They pointed at Ada and whispered with their hands covering their mouths.

Ada was also thinking about countermeasures, whether to negotiate with these mermaids and ask them to release the hostages, or to fight her way out and snatch the hostages herself.

Aida vaguely remembered that there was an anti-terrorist unit that seemed to do this. It was called something, but she couldn't remember it for a moment.

Just as Ada was about to shout, a seven-foot-tall mermaid swam over. He had a long green beard and a short necklace made of shark teeth.

The newly appeared mermaid seemed to be the leader of the village, and the mermaids surrounding the entrance of the village made way for her.

The seven-foot-tall mermaid did not negotiate with Ada. He just motioned for Ada to follow him, and then returned to the village first. Without hesitation, Ada also swam over, but she did not put away her wand.

The mermen around did not attack Ada again. They carried their spears on their shoulders and still looked curiously at the beautiful "kind" passing by them.

As you get closer to the center of the village, you'll see more and more stone dwellings. Some of these dwellings have gardens around them, and a small grindyrow is tied to a door.

Led by the tall mermaid, Ada came to what seemed to be a small village square, surrounded by houses and a large group of mermaids floating in front of the houses.

Some mermaids in the middle of the square were singing in unison, the same song that Ida had heard in the lake outside the village. Behind the group of mermaids stood a crude statue: a large mermaid carved from a huge stone. Four people were tied tightly to the tail of the mermaid.

Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and a little girl who looked no older than eight. That was Fleur's younger sister, Gabrielle, who had long silver hair like her sister.

Between Ron and Ginny, Ada had no hesitation at all, and between her stupid brother and little sister, there was no need to hesitate at all. But Ada did not expect Ginny to appear at the bottom of the lake. She even thought of Hector, but she forgot about Ginny.

Looking at the four hostages in front of her, Ada suddenly found it a little funny.

Gabrielle was Fleur's sister, so she was the one Fleur wanted to rescue. Of the four hostages, Krum was only familiar with Hermione, so he was the one she wanted to rescue. As for Ron and Ginny, Ada really wanted to let them switch, so that she could rescue Ron's stupid brother and leave Ginny to Harry.

Among the four warriors, Krum saved his sweetheart, Ada and Fleur saved their sisters, and only Harry saved his best friend. Ada didn't know how to complain.

At this time, Harry happened to swim to the mermaid village and appeared in the central square of the village under the gaze of the mermaids.

Ada didn't expect to see Harry so soon. She thought the second person to appear here would be Krum. What Ada didn't know was that the reason Harry was able to swim over so quickly was because of the help of Myrtle.

Moaning Myrtle also appeared in the Black Lake, and she pointed Harry in the direction of the mermaid village. Harry's charm is really beyond words, and he can attract both humans and ghosts.

Harry also saw Ada who arrived first, and the two nodded to each other, which was considered a greeting. Under Ada's speechless gaze, Harry rushed straight to Ron, and looked at Hermione beside Ron, but did not look at Ginny on the other side.

Fortunately, Ginny was still sleeping at this moment. If she saw this scene, how sad the little girl would be!
Ada, worried like an old mother, swam towards Ginny. She found that the rope tied up the hostage was made of seaweed. It was thick, slippery and very strong.

Ada tapped the diving watch on her wrist to Harry, signaling him to pay attention to the time. Harry, who was untying the rope, nodded to indicate that he understood.

Unlike Harry, who tried to untie the rope, Ada smashed the rope with her wand and caught Ginny who was floating up. Ada took a last look at the busy Harry and the remaining three hostages, then swam upstream with Ginny without looking back.

Ada, who was floating up, had no idea that Harry not only failed to seize the time, but was the last warrior to leave the village. She also didn't know that Harry actually went to the mermaid to borrow weapons in order to untie the rope, and that Harry had forgotten that he was a wizard.

Swimming with a person is a very tiring thing. Fortunately, Ginny is unconscious and won't move around, otherwise it would be even more tiring. Compared to when she first entered the water, Ada now swings her lower limbs more vigorously, and her tail fin hits the lake water more vigorously, and the two of them keep floating up.

The light in the lake was getting brighter and brighter, and it was getting closer and closer to the lake surface, but a group of Grindylows appeared out of nowhere. These dark creatures rushed over like sharks that had smelled blood.

Grindylow stretched out his long nails to grab Ginny, with sharp long teeth in his mouth, as if he wanted to drag Ginny and Ada back to the bottom of the lake and let them sleep forever.

"The strength is relaxed and the strength is released!"

Ada's silent spell continued to hit the Grindylows around her, but these Grindylows suddenly became very brave and were not afraid of Ada's attack at all. Instead, they became even crazier!
We can't go on like this. It's not a solution to drag it on like this. No one knows what will pop up in the near future. After repelling Grindylow again, Ada let go of Ginny's hand.

The audience in the stands on the shore waited anxiously. They only saw how the warrior entered the water and Furong withdrew halfway, but they didn't see anything else. The live broadcast was just a waste of time.

The audience did not know that Ada and Ginny in the lake were in trouble. They just habitually looked at the calm lake surface, waiting for the first warrior to jump out of the water.

"Look at that!" someone in the stands shouted in surprise.

The quiet and waveless lake surface suddenly began to ripple, and then a small figure was seen flying out of the water and landing softly on the lakeshore not far from the stands.

Finally, after waiting for so long, someone finally came out!

(End of this chapter)