Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 338 Hostage: Little Mermaid
At this point the situation is a bit complicated.

Everyone had originally estimated that this rescue operation would be extremely difficult.

Because it seems like the judges are trying to force the warriors to join forces.

But no one expected it to be so difficult!

More than a hundred mermaids and murlocs!
What the f*ck is this, are you kidding me?
Mermaids are called humans, and their status in the Ministry of Magic is higher than that of centaurs.But because he lives in the water, his sense of existence is not that strong.

The centaurs have their own unique magic system, herbology and astrology, which is why they can occupy a place in the magical world.

After all, it's unrealistic to expect others' kindness to survive.

No matter whether it is the centaurs, giants or mermen, they have survived to this day and are recognized by wizards because of their strong strength.

Mermaids have their own magic, and they often use it in water. They are much more powerful than wizards.

Otherwise, why do you think there is a mermaid tribe in the black lake in front of the castle?
How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

According to the information Ted got from the elves and the four portrait professors, there is at least one professor-level elder in this mermaid tribe!
In other words, levels 14 to 16!
There must be at least ten mermaids above level 10.

What a powerful fighting force!
Even if all the warrior teams from various schools were added together, they might not be able to defeat us.

However, the mermaid elder would definitely not take action. After all, it was a pre-agreed level of the competition, not a life-and-death battle.

But even so, it won’t work!

There are more than a hundred fishmen!
The levels of these things range from level 2 to level 6, and there are also a few level 7 and 8. Ted also discovered a bluefin sage at level 12, which should be the highest level among the fishmen.

There are seven or eight spellcasters among the fishmen. Although their levels are not high, they all have a magic similar to the Ice Shield. They should be good at water or ice magic. This is a great advantage underwater.

How to play against this lineup?
Besides, who are we going to save? Where are the hostages?
A group of warriors, about twenty or thirty of them, were hiding far away on the outskirts of the mermaid tribe, and they had roughly discovered each other.

But I didn't dare to do it.

Under the current circumstances, I don’t know if I can eliminate other warriors, but if I take action and attract the murloc patrol, that would be fun.

Ron's head exploded, and the underwater armor's iron finger knocked a small grindylow unconscious. A dull voice rang out in the water: "Not only are there these mermaids and mermen, there are also grindylows! Aren't there too many of these things?!"

Hermione said through the communication network: "I read in a book that many mermen tribes, especially those in cold waters, like to raise Grindelwald as peripheral guards and food."

"Ha! So, not only do we have to fight a bunch of fishmen, but we also have to fight countless Grindelwalds?" Harley was thinking, just float to the surface, jump in front of the judges, and slam her diving hat on the table: I'm done with this! Who are we going to play with?!
Jerry poked his head out from the shadow of a patch of waterweed. "Where do all these fishmen come from? What do they eat? Are there any fish left in this lake?"

Since he began to comprehend the power of shadow, his stealth ability has been a breakthrough. He often hides in the shadows, and even his friends will be startled.

Hearing Jerry mention food, Ted also thought about it.

It would be difficult to catch such a large number of fishmen.

Besides, even if the organizers caught a group of them and put them in the lake, would they listen to the mermaids?

Even if it is domesticated, it will take time, right?

So, this is not something that happened in a short period of time, it may have existed before.

Never heard of it!
If the mermaids had quietly recruited these mermaids...

So, Dumbledore placed this level at the Black Lake, could it be that he wanted to kill two birds with one stone?

Want to give these mermen a rap?
But considering the Warriors' strength, isn't this just a waste of time?
etc!Is this Lao Deng plotting against me and trying to get me to stand out?

…Not that it’s impossible. Anyway, it’s too late to keep a low profile now that it’s like this.

In that case, let's go big, shall we?

"Furong, shall we join forces?"

"Good~"

"Krum, what about you?"

"No connection!"

"Then we'll have no choice but to eliminate you first. You only have five of us now, and we have so many. Don't you think about your teammates?"

“…Just this once!”

"Good~"

……

On the other side, the results from the puppet Ted are also about to come out.

This puppet Ted does have advanced artificial intelligence, which is "calculated" from countless mental powers.

He also knew that since he had finally come out, he must extend the time as much as possible.

It’s like I have to do my homework after playing this game, so I will definitely drag it out and not finish it.

But the four warriors on the opposite side could no longer bear the humiliation.

They were tortured to a point where they couldn't stand it anymore.

Puppet Ted had no choice but to watch the other party come up and fight desperately, and he couldn't delay any longer.

After leisurely and oddly dodging the chain spells of four warriors, he instantly attacked and eliminated the four warriors on the verge of collapse within five seconds.

Puppet: I move quickly, and you disappear in an instant~
When the competition officials came to rescue the four warriors who had fainted, Ted the puppet took off his hat and bowed in a gentlemanly manner. Well, he looked like a great British gentleman.
Although it doesn't even have a single hair on its head, let alone a hat.

It also realized the embarrassing situation and said to itself: "Maybe I should apply for a hair transplant! I want a one-meter-long one!"

The four rescuers looked at the puppet talking to itself with great curiosity. A young wizard who was not even 20 years old could not help but ask, "Excuse me, do you have self-awareness?"

Ted the puppet was very happy: "Oh, of course. You see, I can realize that I am myself. I think, therefore I am, so I have self-awareness, right?"

This statement confused the young wizard. After all, when it comes to philosophical thinking, this young wizard probably hasn't really thought about it, and it can't compare to the artificial consciousness calculated from these thousands of data.

"Oh, hello then, Mr. Golem?"

"You can call me... Jax. I just gave myself that name, what do you think?!" The puppet was very excited and danced with joy.

"Oh, oh, that sounds good!" The young wizard wanted to say something, but the older wizard patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's time to go back."

The old wizard felt a little taboo in his heart. This kind of magical creation that seemed to be able to think like a real person made people feel a chill when they thought about it carefully.

"Oh, okay. Goodbye, Mr. Jax." The young wizard was just curious.

"Goodbye." The puppet watched the rescuers take the four warriors away.

The subsequent scenes were not seen because the camera thief was following the warrior.

A flash of blue light appeared on the puppet, and then it disappeared - as long as it was within the school, it could be teleported at will.

Well, a place like the principal's office definitely won't do. I don't have enough authority.

If Ted knew that the puppet named himself Jax, he would have equipped it with many kinds of weapons, especially a street lamp!
But at this moment, he had no time to pay attention to the puppet Jax.

He was discussing plans with Fleur, Krum and others.

If I rush over alone and kill more than a hundred fishmen and dozens of mermaids, catching them all in one net like salted fish, that would be a bit too much.

After all, this is a world-class event, and we need to provide a stage for other warriors to show their talents.

This isn’t a domineering president story.

Now Ted understands Dumbledore more and more - although power is important, in an ordered society, power alone is not enough. That is Voldemort's path.It is already obvious what consequences he has.

Therefore, in addition to having your own strength, you must also unite all the forces you can and make as many friends as possible.

"I said, I can find a way to go to the center of the mermaid village to check what the so-called hostages are. But you have to cover for me and attract the attention of these chopped pepper fish heads!"

"Pfft~" Furong was amused and couldn't help laughing out loud. Fish head with chopped pepper is a dish recently launched by the elves. It is very popular, but for those Europeans who can't eat spicy food, it is really painful and happy.

Some even made a bet with their friends that if they lost, they would eat a whole plate of chopped pepper fish head! Every time, a group of people would watch and cheer, it was very lively!
Hermione frowned slightly and looked at Fleur: You laugh at everything, why is your sense of humor so low? !
However, Furong at this moment was so beautiful that it was impossible to look directly at her.

With the characteristics of a nymph and the blessing of her veela bloodline, Hibiscus at this moment is like a glowing goddess.

In the dim environment of the water, she floats gently, her silver-white hair swaying slowly, her graceful body curves make people feel artistic, and her emerald green eyes seem to suck people's souls in.

Many warriors around him looked straight.

Ted secretly checked it out, and found that her charm was 18 points, twice as much as Ted's!
Ted's charm value is 9 points. What does this mean?
The last time I went to France, Ted took some time to see the French Rose - Sophie Marceau. Curious, just out of curiosity~
Sophie Marceau's charm value is only 9 points! This is far higher than the average of 5 points for ordinary people.

And Furong actually has 18 points!
3 more points will produce special effects!
"Gudong~" The sound of swallowing saliva came from Ted and his friends' communicators.

Jerry said: "Ron, you better watch your image!"

Ron quickly denied: "It's not me! Jerry, you know me..."

Before he could finish, Jerry interrupted him: "I'm only telling you your story because I understand you!"

Ron was speechless in front of his best friend who was too familiar to him. He wanted to wipe his mouth, but found that he had an underwater armor on him and couldn't wipe it! Shit~
At this time, Neville whispered: "Well, we are still live!"

Ron thankfully said, "Fortunately they can't hear what we say."

At this time, Harley silently turned off the microphone function.

During Harley’s live broadcast, a large number of comments were floating around: I didn’t hear anything!
Harry felt very guilty at this moment: Damn it, if Ron and Lavender break up, I have an unshirkable responsibility!

Lavender, who was watching the live broadcast with great interest, was concentrating on Ron's live camera and did not hear the sound.

However, the classmates around her were already looking at her with strange eyes...

Ted didn't care that Ron was embarrassed in public, and might even be embarrassed with his girlfriend. He had already discussed it with Fleur and Krum.

They made trouble in two directions to attract attention, while Ted probed for information about the "hostages".

Soon, there were loud noises coming from two directions a few hundred meters away from the mermaid village. On one side, there was a bright light, and on the other side, there was an explosion. Durmstrang's dark magic was really powerful!

At least eighty or ninety fishmen, led by more than twenty mermaids, rushed to both sides to investigate the situation.

Ted and Jerry had disappeared without a trace at this time.

After entering the mermaid village, Ted took out a ball of green jelly from his body, squeezed it twice, and threw it into the mud.

Xiaoruan: I eat eat eat~
Those dozens of fishmen and mermaids in the water, their mobility and fighting power are quite terrifying.

Furong and the others couldn't delay for a few more minutes, so Ted and Jerry split up and headed towards the larger buildings in the village.

Jerry's luck was average. The first big house he entered seemed to be the village chief's or elder's house. There were several protective magics. This magic was very strange and completely different from that of a wizard.

Jerry almost got caught, but fortunately he had mastered the power of shadow. At the critical moment, he turned into a shadow and was not caught by the protective magic.

Ted was luckier. He found a suspected "hostage" in another luxurious long house.

That's a little mermaid.
Why are they all mermaids? Ted could tell at a glance that she was no ordinary person.

Let’s put it this way, the cold-water mermaid from the Black Lake doesn’t look much better than the Deep Diver.

It's similar to The Shape of Water!
Even uglier than that little flounder man!

The mermaid in front of me was a real mermaid, the kind from fairy tales.

She has long golden hair, snow-white skin, and delicate facial features like a doll. Her upper body is covered only by some seaweed and shells, and her lower body is a long fish tail - the scales are shining with colorful light!

They can't be classified as the same species!

Could it be that this Black Lake mermaid is so crazy that she wants to improve her genes?

I, Ted, can't just stand by and watch this kind of thing.
Ted didn’t jump out directly either – Little Mermaid, I’m here to save you!
He wanted to quietly examine the little mermaid's superficial thinking.

Don't be attracted by it just because it looks good, or you may find it's a trap.

However, he didn't expect that he would be discovered - the simple pearl necklace on the little mermaid's chest suddenly emitted a faint light, blocking Ted's mind detection!

"Who? Who is there?" The little mermaid looked around in confusion, without any alertness.

Ted: Careless!

I didn't expect the other party to have this kind of defense. My methods were too straightforward and superficial. Not only did I fail, but I also exposed myself.

At this time, Ted stopped pretending and showed up directly: "Hello, I am a wizard from Hogwarts, Ted Epifani."

The little mermaid looked at Ted with curiosity and surprise: "Why are you here? What do you want to do?" The voice was very pleasant, even intoxicating.

This is not surprising, as mermaids and sirens are known for their singing to confuse sailors. It is a simplified version of the beggar monkey's voice. However, the voice of this little mermaid is obviously better than the average level.

Ted smiled brightly: "It's like this, we wizards are having a competition to rescue the hostages of the mermaid tribe."

Ted's voice wasn't bad either. With just one sentence he made the other party let down their guard and develop some favorable impression of him.

"Hostages? There are no hostages here?" The little mermaid's eyes revealed the clear stupidity of a college... oh no, high school student~
"So why are you here?"

"I, I'm here as a guest. Although I don't know what to do."

Ted: Most likely they were deceived or sold. They are even more innocent than today's college students. Save them! They must be saved!
Ted has released the news that he has found the hostage and is trying to get him out. You guys just hold on for a while!

Fleur and Krum were sweating from the fight.

Fleur and her group of Beauxbatons warriors have average fighting ability.

But Furong was in excellent condition at this time, and her charm was great. She could easily seduce ten or eight fishmen to switch to her side, and raise their spears to fight with their fellow tribesmen behind them.

The warriors from Durmstrang were even more skilled in dark magic. They fought hard with the clanging of a group of people, attracting more murlocs over.

Ted even thought, should he delay it a little longer? Eliminate a few more~
But it was just a thought. After all, seven people were eliminated in one game, and the amount was probably enough now.

Even if he was captured by the mermaid in the end, it was okay. He might even get a higher score because of his tenacious fight!

However, there was a problem on his side. Although the little mermaid's eyes were clear, she refused to follow Ted.

She doesn't feel like a hostage!

What if Ted uses his psychic powers to control him forcibly? Not only will it have a bad impact, but exposing his cards will also be a problem.

I can only try to persuade.

As a result, the innocent little mermaid was stubborn enough and refused to listen.

But it's normal. It's really too pure to listen to the words of a sneaky wizard who you just met. Although Ted is good-looking and speaks well~
Ted had no choice but to explain. He just flashed behind the little mermaid, slashed the back of her neck with one hand, and took the unconscious mermaid with his other hand.

withdraw!
A real man wouldn’t waste time talking to a hostage. If he doesn’t leave, just knock him out and take him away!
At this time, Jerry, who received the news, also started to make trouble within the village.

More than thirty consecutive "super invincible underwater dung eggs" of the Weasley twins' characteristics exploded in the village.

At that moment, the water in the mermaid village changed color, turning yellow-green.

Many viewers who were watching the live broadcast quickly turned their faces away - causing physical discomfort!
Ted held the little mermaid under one arm, and pulled out the wand with one hand - let go of the little mermaid!

Use card: [Promotion (Red)], target small soft~
The entire mermaid village, and even the surrounding area with a diameter of dozens of meters, the mud at the bottom of the lake began to shake and change color~
Even the giant squids several kilometers away seemed to have sensed something and quickly ran towards the lake, burrowing into the mud as they ran.

I drank some happy water today and I feel much better. I started writing earlier and I don’t feel so stressed.

When I checked for the last time, someone in the group sent pictures of jade feet, trying to disturb me!

I could tell at a glance that the foot was big, badly shaped, with deformed joints and roughness, and was very ordinary!
Turns out it was a boy!

There are bad people among the masses. If there are many typos in this chapter, it’s all his fault!

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(End of this chapter)