My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 519, Section 516: Raising a Glass Together

The facilities built inside the maze are not simple.

Its focus is not on the maze-like nature of its complex paths.

Once you enter, there are quite a few forks in the maze, but as long as you keep going, you will eventually reach the center where the trophies are placed.

The most challenging aspect of this project for the four school warriors lies in the various difficult obstacles and the free-roaming magical animals.

Although the three-way battle has progressed to this point, the final result is no longer important.

The Triwizard Cup placed in the middle of this maze is not a trophy that brings honor to the champion; rather, it is a deadly poison.

Even so, Lynn did not specifically ask Dumbledore for a map of the maze.

He himself didn't need that thing at all, and he believed that those people had arranged it for so long and wouldn't let anyone else touch the Three Strong Cup, because that thing was prepared for him from beginning to end.

After entering a corner of the maze and walking through a long passage, Lynn encountered the first creature that blocked his way on his journey.

This is a magical creature that looks somewhere between a scorpion and a crab.

It was extremely ugly, had a very violent temper, and its tail, which it waved behind its back, was constantly spewing flames.

Fried whelk.

Lynn certainly recognized this magical creature that Hagrid had been raising at Hogwarts for almost a year.

For an ordinary student, this is no easy creature to deal with.

They move swiftly, and their hard shells can reflect most magic. Their tails can not only breathe fire, but can also explode when they sense danger.

The only weakness of these creatures is their soft bellies.

Of course, for Lynn, they were not that difficult to deal with.

"Thunder Explosion (No Amplification)"

A simple explosive spell blew the aggressive Exploding Tail Snail over, and then he followed up with a Divine Sharpness Without Shadow.

The poor, flaming snail didn't even have time to resist before it was cleaved in two by a sharp, invisible blade.

Lynn didn't stop, stepping over the corpse of the Bombtail and continuing toward the center of the maze.

His luck ran out after that, as he had to deal with some dark magic creatures like Boggarts and Red Hats.

They also passed through a magical mist, circling around before gradually reaching the central area of ​​the maze.

During this time, he heard a scream from afar. He didn't know if it was Fleur or Aniston in danger, but they had emitted red sparks into the sky and been eliminated.

Just as Lynn felt he was about to reach the very center of the maze.

A strange magical creature, with a body like a frighteningly large lion, huge paws, a long yellow tail with a tuft of fur at the tip, but with the head of a woman, stood in front of him.

It is the Sphinx.

A magical creature whose name is mentioned even in Greek mythology. She has a strange appearance and is said in the magical world to have been transformed into this monster by a wizard who had an accident while practicing with Animagus.

She likes to stop passersby and ask them riddles. If the passerby can't answer the riddle, she will pounce on him and eat him.

The sphinx blocked Lynn's path, clearly for this reason.

"You're very close to your goal; the fastest way is to get there from me."

Sphinx stared at him with his large almond-shaped eyes, his voice hoarse and deep.

Lynn shrugged.

"Since it's that easy, I don't think you'll let me go so easily."

"Of course." She continued pacing back and forth. "Unless you can answer my riddle, I'll let you pass if you guess it right the first time, and I'll pounce on you if you don't. If you don't answer, I'll let you go and won't hurt you."

Lynn praised with a smile.

"These are three good options, but I think I would choose the fourth one."

As soon as he finished speaking, his left leg, which was behind him, suddenly exerted force, and he shot out like a cannonball, then kicked the Sphinx, who hadn't even reacted yet!

Gravity sent the Sphinx flying, crashing it into the sturdy hedge behind it.

Even though Lynn deliberately controlled his strength, such immense force still knocked the half-man, half-lion creature unconscious on the spot, preventing it from becoming an obstacle to his progress.

The Sphinx's main method of forcing others to solve riddles is his powerful individual strength.

But with Lynn, the force he relied on was a joke, so he decided to be direct and ruthless; he didn't have time to waste on this.

The Sphinx was right about one thing.

After meeting her, the end of the maze was indeed only a wall away.

Lynn walked along a long, straight path for about 100 meters, then turned right at the end of the path, finally arriving at the very center of the maze.

That is, the place where the final trophy of the Three Kingdoms Tournament, the Triple Crown Cup, is stored.

There was no one around, except for the gleaming trophy placed on the high platform in the center.

Lynn seemed to be the first warrior to arrive here.

But he didn't immediately walk up to the trophy and pick it up.

Instead, he stared at a corner of the hedge with a strange smile.

"Have you been waiting for me here for a long time?"

The surroundings remained quiet, as if he were talking to the air.

Those hiding in the shadows noticed that Lynn's gaze never left their hiding place.

Krum and Aniston then emerged from behind the corner, their faces grim.

Behind them lay the corpse of a giant spider, clearly the magical creature guarding the Triwizard Cup that they had worked together to defeat.

"We were injured. Although we dealt with this spider, we paid a heavy price. You've come at just the right time, Bellok."

Aniston's expression was very sincere; she thought Lynn knew nothing and was the only one kept in the dark.

"We all highly recognize your strength and believe that you are the undisputed champion of this three-way competition, so this trophy should be held by you."

Lynn's smile remained unchanged, as if she believed what she said.

"Your humility truly touches me. Even though you arrived here much faster than me, you willingly gave me the trophy. You are all from the same college, truly good students."

He pronounced the last word, "good student," very heavily, as if he meant something.

Upon hearing this, both Aniston and Krum looked away guiltily, avoiding eye contact with Lynn.

Lynn raised an eyebrow and continued.

"So I have a better suggestion. Since everyone recognizes each other, and this competition doesn't stipulate that there can only be one champion, why can't the three of us lift this trophy together?"

(End of this chapter)