When Kyle returned to the warrior team, the four professors who were responsible for patrolling the maze and ensuring the safety of the warriors had already arrived.

"We will patrol the maze," Professor McGonagall said to the warriors, "If you get into trouble and want help, just shoot red sparks into the sky and we will come to help you. Do you understand?"

Everyone nodded.

After that, she, Hagrid, Professor Moody, and Professor Flitwick walked in different directions and dispersed around the maze.

But what no one noticed was that a tiny Billywig worm flew into the maze along Hagrid's wide robe.

Maybe some people saw it but didn't care... After all, this place has been transformed into a maze full of hedges, so it is normal to have one or two Billywigs or Bowtruckles.

Bagman then pointed his wand at his throat as usual and said "loud voice".

"Ladies and gentlemen, the final competition of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin!" His voice echoed in the stands.

He was responded with thunderous applause and cheers.

Then Bagman loudly announced the current scores... Kyle, with 98 points, was undisputedly in first place, followed by Krum. Fleur had to come in last because she lost too many points in the second event.

But Kyle didn't care about these. He couldn't help but look at where the referee was.

At this time, Dumbledore had disappeared, and his previous position was now taken by Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic who came to watch the game.

The minister looked quite happy and was clapping happily along with everyone else.

At this moment, a short whistle brought Kyle back to his senses.

Realizing that this was the signal to set off, Kyle immediately ran into the maze.

The tall hedges cast dark shadows on the path, and the sky above the maze seemed to be cast under some kind of magic. When Kyle walked in, the voices of the audience disappeared immediately.

When they came to the first fork in the road, Kyle held his wand flat on his palm.

“Show me the way!”

The wand twirled, pointing toward the hedge to his right, but that was not part of the passage.

"Thunder explosion!"

A big hole was blown out in the dense hedge in an instant.

Kyle didn't stop, but continued to run forward quickly after passing through.

Further ahead is a golden mist.

"Whirlwind Sweep!"

A strong gust of wind blew, and the fog was immediately blown away. Several red-hats hiding in the hedge jumped out with wooden sticks.

But before they could make any move, they all fell backwards at an even faster speed.

As Kyle ran, he thought about what had just happened. There was no doubt that Harry had been abducted by Death Eaters.

If they haven't left the castle yet, it would be fine. Dumbledore would definitely be able to find him, but if they are out of the castle...all it would take is a simple Apparition to leave Dumbledore helpless.

Kyle originally thought that since Harry's name did not appear in the Goblet of Fire and Professor Moody was not replaced, everything would be fine. He did not expect that such a mistake would happen in the end.

It goes without saying that the Death Eaters took Harry away in order to resurrect Voldemort, but the problem was that Kyle didn't know where the resurrection ceremony was held.

He had tried to look for him during this period, but old Riddle was just an ordinary person with no sense of existence at all, and there was no information recording his deeds.

Could it be in Little Hangleton, the old Riddle house? Kyle wasn't sure, but now he had no other goal, he had to get out as soon as possible and tell Dumbledore about this place.

And there is something more important.

Someone wanted to bring Harry into the game as a "hostage". This was definitely not a coincidence, nor was it just to make the game more interesting as Ludo Bagman said.

Maybe there was something here that could take Harry away from school... like making a Portkey out of the Goblet of Fire.

It was only because the three referees rejected the proposal to add "hostages" that they were forced to change their approach and choose to take Harry away directly.

If that's the case, then they must have tampered with the Goblet of Fire in advance...

This proposal was rejected before the start of the competition. At that time, the Goblet of Fire had been placed in the middle of the maze and no one could touch it... In other words, the portkey magic on it should still be there.

Although this is just a possibility, Kyle still feels it is necessary to give it a try. This is the fastest and most reliable way to find Harry...

Little Hangleton was just Kyle's guess, just like Professor Moody was not replaced and Harry's name did not appear in the Goblet of Fire. No one knew whether Voldemort was there or not.

If there's no one there, that would be really troublesome.

Of course, the prerequisite is that he can find the right direction as soon as possible. If not, then he can only take a gamble.

As Kyle was thinking, he suddenly heard a buzzing sound. He looked up and saw a Billywig worm shaking up and down to his left.

And this movement seemed to have found the direction, and it was just as Qiu thought, not due north.

Kyle immediately turned around and pointed his wand in the direction of the Billywig worm.

This distance should be about the same... Let's give it a try.

Kyle shook his wrist gently, and strange symbols floated out from the tip of the wand and gathered together.

The temperature around him began to rise rapidly, and little flames appeared on the hedges one after another, dancing around Kyle like elves.

In just a blink of an eye, the flames gathered together to form a golden-red, surging and leaping wave.

As if sensing danger, the magical animals in the maze began to riot. All kinds of sharp cries came one after another from different places, especially in the direction where Kyle's wand was pointing. Almost every hedge was shaking violently.

"The God of Fire leads the way!"

It was as if someone had torn off a piece of the maze. All the hedges and magic traps in front of Kyle disappeared in an instant.

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At the same time, in the audience seats, under the dark blue night sky, the sudden flames in the maze seemed extremely eye-catching... Everyone in the stands looked over at the same time.

Even Bagman, who was about to blow the whistle a second time, was attracted.

He looked a little panicked, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"Impossible... He just went in not long ago... One minute? How could he run so far?!"

In a hurry, Bagman didn't care about anything else and blew the whistle to let Krum set off in advance.

However, his whistle was drowned out by the exclamations from the stands.

In their sight, the flames that were originally coiled together suddenly changed, like a sharp spear thrown by a giant with all his strength, instantly piercing through half of the maze, leaving only a spacious golden-red passage on the ground.

At the end of the passage is the Goblet of Fire that symbolizes honor.

After a brief silence, cheers suddenly came from the stands, which seemed to be able to shake off the dark clouds.

In the referee's seat, Ms. Maxim stood up suddenly.

"This is impossible, you are cheating!" She shouted, "Someone must have helped him!"

In order to increase the difficulty of the competition, the hedges in the maze are fireproof and cut-resistant. Even ordinary blasting spells can only make a small hole.

Now, the hedges were pierced through as easily as a steak under a dinner knife, without any pause.

Maxim couldn't believe that this kind of magic that frightened her could be performed by a student who was only fifteen years old.

"I don't think so, Ms. Maxime." said Fudge next to her.

Although he was so shocked that he couldn't speak just now, when he came to his senses, he immediately put on an expression of indifference.

"Dumbledore and I are very optimistic about this child. He is very talented." Fudge said with a smile, "Perhaps in a few decades, he will succeed Dumbledore and become the headmaster of Hogwarts.

"But I think he is more suitable to work in the Ministry of Magic, and I am confident that I can train him to become the youngest Minister of Magic."

Maxim paid no attention to what Fudge said, and didn't even turn to look at him.

If this is considered talent, then what is Fleur, who is also a warrior, a philoprogenitor caterpillar holding a magic wand? After Maxim's failure, Fudge was a little unhappy, but he was also very proud of Kyle's strong victory in the Triwizard Tournament.

After years of frustration at failing in the Quidditch World Cup, I finally found some solace in other competitions.

He felt the need to show off his presence and let others know that he and Kyle have a good relationship...

It doesn’t matter if Maxim doesn’t talk, there’s still Karkaroff.

As a result, when Fudge turned his head, he saw that the seat on his left was empty. Karkaroff, who had been sitting there just now, suddenly disappeared.

"Where's Igor?" he asked a Durmstrang student behind him.

"The principal just left." The man said, "Maybe he forgot something on the boat."

"Is that so?" said Fudge.

Although he felt it was a bit strange, he just thought that Karkaroff hid himself because he didn't want to see his school fail.

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(End of this chapter)