Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Harry's mind was in a mess.

Although he knew very well that he couldn't act rashly now, he couldn't help but think about all those messy things.

It was dark around him and he could hardly see anything, but the merman who was holding him seemed to be very familiar with the dark environment underwater. He didn't run around like a headless fly, but was looking for something with a purpose.

The uncomfortable feeling of breathing with gills and the pain in the back of his neck made Harry sober up quickly.

Now he had no time to guess who was the one who attacked him. Even if he guessed it, he would be a ghost at most, which would have no meaning for the ending.

He had to find a way to escape and return to the surface from the bottom of the lake.

Harry didn't know why the merman didn't kill him directly while he was unconscious, but took him underwater, but he knew clearly that the time for the gill grass was coming!

It was uncomfortable to breathe with his gills now, but if the gill grass failed, he would drown in the water directly without anyone else doing anything.

As for whether to compete or not, he was of course in no mood to think so much.

Harry tried to calm down and not be too nervous, then slowly retracted his other arm that could still move into his sleeve.

I don't know if this merman was too careless and thought that Harry would never wake up in the middle of the journey, or if he forgot to collect the wand. As long as he still had the wand in his hand, Harry would not have no chance to fight back.

He quietly clenched the wand hidden in his sleeve, and then did not act rashly, but waited silently.

The merman dragged his arm forward along the mud on the ground, and Harry was behind him. At the same time, because he was looking for something, his attention was not on Harry behind him.

This created a perfect environment for Harry to sneak attack.

About thirty seconds later, the merman named Leach seemed to have found his target. His figure paused slightly in the water, and then began to swim forward faster.

And this is what Harry was waiting for!

He suddenly stretched out the hand that had been secretly holding the wand, aimed at the merman in front of him, and waved the wand while reciting the spell!

"Faint!"

Harry opened his mouth, but only a few bubbles came out of his mouth. Even if he could use his gills to breathe underwater, he couldn't speak normally.

But even if no sound came out, the Stunning Spell still worked.

The red light flickered at the tip of his wand, but as soon as the spell shot out from the tip of his wand, Leach quickly released the hand that was holding Harry's arm. The half-fish, half-human body twisted and accelerated forward to avoid the Stunning Spell.

The water flow driven by waving the wand in the water made Leach, who had been living underwater, aware of the abnormality in advance. With such foresight, he was able to successfully avoid the Stunning Spell at such a close distance.

Harry was still young after all. After the attack failed, he was a little panicked. His body subconsciously swung and wanted to float to the surface of the water to seek the professor's help.

But Leach obviously wouldn't let him do as he wished.

After successfully dodging Harry's first spell, he immediately used his flexibility in the water, which was far superior to Harry's, to get close to Harry again and try to grab the wand in his hand.

Although mermaids are magical creatures, their uniqueness is only reflected in their ability to live in water and their singing has some magic power. Other than that, they are no different from normal humans and cannot learn orthodox magic. In this regard, they are even worse than house elves and goblins.

But in the water, their natural advantages are unmatched by other races.

Harry also discovered his mistake at this time. Trying to escape directly underwater in front of a mermaid is undoubtedly the worst choice. Now that Leach is close to him, Harry has even lost the opportunity to cast a spell.

The two fought for the wand in Harry's hand.

Not only was Harry at a disadvantage underwater, but he was only fifteen years old and still growing up, and he did not compete with an adult mermaid like Leach in terms of strength.

The entanglement between the two lasted less than two minutes, and Harry's wand was successfully taken away by Leach, and he was controlled again.

Harry, trapped in a desperate situation, was almost in despair.

And throughout the whole process, Leach looked at him expressionlessly, as if he was looking at a dead body.

The mermaid raised the fork in his hand high again, trying to knock Harry out with the handle again.

He didn't seem to want to kill Harry, otherwise Harry would have had several more holes in his body in the fight just now.

And at this moment, a huge black shadow suddenly blocked the few rays of sunlight that could originally penetrate the dark lake surface.

Leach and Harry, both subconsciously looked up.

At the same time, they saw countless thick tentacles covered with suction cups hanging down!

The giant squid that had been living in the black lake stretched out its tentacles, wrapped around the two people at a very fast speed, and then forced them to separate and swim directly to the surface of the water.

After seeing this squid, Harry's heart, which had been dead, was now completely relieved.

Every student at Hogwarts knows that the giant squid that lives underwater is a gentle and friendly creature. One of George and Fred's favorite things to do is to come to the Black Lake to feed... This squid feeds bread.

If a new student falls into the water while crossing the lake, it will enthusiastically use its tentacles to straighten the boat, and then rescue the new student back on the boat.

This seemingly terrifying creature gave Harry a great sense of security at this time.

The gill grass gradually lost its effect on him. Judging from the current time, if the other three people competed smoothly, they should have rescued the hostages.

Harry could only secretly hope in his heart that either Fleur or Cedric would be kind and rescue Ron as well. As for the results of the competition, he had no time to think about it.

Just when the gills on both sides of his face completely disappeared and his nose regained the ability to breathe, the squid also brought him and the mermaid Leach to the surface, allowing Harry to breathe the fresh air on land!

From a distance in the lake, he could see a crowd of people on the shore. The scene looked very chaotic. As the squids continued to approach the lake shore, Harry shouted and waved, and someone finally discovered them. he.