Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 383 Mermaid Village
It was still February, and the water in the Black Lake was icy cold, a fact he had known since the first time he saw the horse-shaped lake monster.

But a week ago, with the help of a giant squid, he successfully put a bridle on the kelp monster, and then the situation changed again.

The lake water was no longer icy cold, but rather a bit cool. Xilun tried to take a breath, and not a drop of water got into his mouth. It was exactly the same as when he was on the ground.

Is this the talent of the Lake Horse Monster? It feels so amazing!

Xilun reached out again, trying to catch a fish that swam past him.

He didn't catch it, but his fingers had just touched the scales; they were cold and slightly slippery.

Actually, this wasn't Siren's first time visiting Black Lake. He was often taken to the depths of the lake when he was fighting with the horse-shaped water monster.

But at that time his attention was focused on the horse-shaped lake monster, and he had no time to pay attention to what was happening in the Black Lake.

Only now did Xilun realize that the Black Lake was so big, much bigger than it appeared from the outside.

Moreover, the Black Lake seemed to have no bottom at all, stretching downwards. Xilun gently moved the reins, and the horse-shaped lake monster immediately swam a great distance away.

The closer you get to the depths of the lake, the dimmer the light becomes, eventually turning into a completely dark landscape with only a few scattered lights emanating from unknown sources, barely enough to indicate direction.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was a plant resembling a sea anemone, using this method to attract food.

Strange, why are there sea anemones in the lake?
Before Xilun could figure out what was going on, the horse-shaped water monster led him through the glowing area and continued swimming towards the center of the lake.

"Slow down, no rush." ​​Xilun tried to communicate with the horse-shaped water monster.
Having rarely ventured to the depths of the lake, he wanted to explore this place, which was almost untouched by most, and especially to see the unique and wondrous aquatic creatures that inhabited it.

For example, Xilun wanted to take some of those glowing anemones back with him to see if he could make them into a staff core, or perhaps the staff body as well.

Ollivander made a coral wand hundreds of years ago, but later abandoned it for various reasons.

In addition, Celen also saw Pomlock (a relative of Hinkpunk, but much larger) who would never appear on land, and Selki who looked like a seal.

In his view, this place was simply another forbidden forest, an underwater forbidden forest.

The abundant and brand-new resources here are enough for him to create a whole new batch of wands.

Unfortunately, the horse-shaped water monster ignored his words and instead of stopping, it sped up, just like a Muggle taxi driver in a hurry to get Xilun to his destination and then go home.

It's clear that it doesn't really like its current job. It's just that for some reasons that are inconvenient to disclose, but which make its tail ache just thinking about them, it has to temporarily cease hostilities with that annoying human wizard.

It's good enough that they're willing to help; why would they make demands? Dream on!

The horse-shaped water monster accelerated again, speeding through the water like a bullet.

Although the second project was to find the stolen items, it was not that simple. The judges set up many challenges and minor troubles along the way.

For example, near the center of the lake, there are a large number of Grindelwald and Kaba.

If we were on the ground, dealing with these little things wouldn't be difficult; a single spell might suffice.

But it's different in the water.

First, how to chant the spell is a major problem. Second, they are much faster in water than on land. Sometimes you'll see a Grindylow, and before you can even raise your wand, it'll have vanished in the next second. Therefore, even though the Triwizard Tournament champions are the best students from their respective magic schools, passing by them smoothly is no easy task.

But all of this was completely useless in Xilun.

The Grindylo and Kaba were no match for the speed of the horse-shaped water monster. Xilun had just seen a Grindylo crouching next to a clump of water plants, waiting to ambush it, when it was eaten by a passing horse-shaped water monster.

However, it probably didn't taste very good. The horse-shaped water monster only chewed it twice before spitting it out, then turned its head and stared at Xilun, drooling.

Strangely enough, Xilun was able to see the horse-shaped water monster drooling in the water.

"Behave yourself!" He casually took out his wand and poked the horse-shaped water monster in the neck. A burst of sparks shot out from the tip of the wand, severing two seaweed-like manes.

In pain, the horse-shaped water monster's originally empty eyes began to turn red, and Xilun also felt a suffocating feeling that made his heart race.

However, at that moment, a large shadow was cast from above, as if some enormous creature was passing by.

The next second, the horse-shaped water monster's eyes were no longer red, and Xilun's suffocating feeling disappeared, as if everything just now was just Xilun's illusion.

Let's just consider it an illusion.

Xilun looked at the two unusual hairs in his hand and casually stuffed them into the pocket of his robe.

Xilun wasn't sure if opening the shapeshifting lizard skin bag here would cause it to leak, as there were quite a few good things inside. To be on the safe side, he decided to wait until they were back on shore.

A few minutes later, he noticed large patches of black mud beneath the horse-shaped water monster, indicating that they had reached a less deep area.

After a while, he finally heard the same singing voice as the one inside the golden egg.

"You have one hour to find and take back what we took..."

The horse-shaped water monster seemed to dislike the singing, snorted irritably, and two streams of bubbles floated to the surface of the water.

The terrain rose higher and higher, and before they knew it, they had returned to a place where they could see the sunlight. Every time the horse-shaped water monster swam forward, it would stir up large amounts of silt, muddying the lake water.

After passing through a dense area of ​​aquatic plants, Xilun saw a huge rock in the murky lake ahead, painted with many mermaids chasing their prey.

Behind this huge rock are many rough stone dwellings with pointed roofs and only a small oval door at the bottom, looking like hermit crabs magnified ten times.

And beneath each 'crab shell', you can see some special faces.

This is the village where the mermaids live, but unlike what most people imagine, these creatures don't look very appealing.

His skin was iron-gray, his dark green hair was messy, and beneath his yellow eyes were broken yellow teeth. Around his neck was a string of pebbles strung together with a thick rope...

It wasn't a pearl, nor was it any colorful seashell; it was just the kind of pebble that's most common on the riverbank.

They should have a lot in common with Luna on this point.

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(End of this chapter)