Chapter 319: Surprises Abound

Mike's smile did not last long. This maze made of hedges was very complicated. Mike had just advanced a few dozen meters when he encountered several 90-degree corners. Frequent corners and the fact that it was completely dark forced Mike to slow down.

However, even though he could not see the road clearly, Mike did not use the Lumos charm to illuminate it.

This was not because Mike was inflated and began to pretend, but because Mike was in the state of the Disillusionment Charm at the moment. This invisible state could allow him to avoid many dangers, and using Lumos would undoubtedly expose his position.

This was something Mike did not want to see.

After running a few dozen meters forward, Mike came to the first fork in the road he had encountered since entering the maze.

Looking at the two roads that separated to the left and right in front of him, Mike's face did not show any entanglement.

Just like the second project, the considerate Minister Fudge had already placed a special magic mark on the trophy. He only needed to use the Guiding Charm to easily distinguish the roads.

MacTo raised his wand, and as MacTo chanted the Guiding Charm, the wand in his hand suddenly floated and spun.

This situation did not last long. After spinning for a while, the wand finally stopped, and its tip was now pointing to the left.

Seeing this, MacTo smiled. With this backdoor, it was easy for him to win the championship.

In the original book, Barty Crouch Jr. turned the trophy of the Triwizard Tournament into a door key leading to Tom's cemetery, and the weak Voldemort was in the cemetery, waiting for Harry to fall into the trap and become the sacrifice for his rebirth.

Unfortunately, it seems that Voldemort's rebirth plan is doomed to fail, because MacTo will definitely be the first to get the trophy. That

's right!

MacTo is ready to take the risk and touch the trophy first!

If the trophy has not been tampered with, then he will win the Triwizard Tournament!

And if the trophy is really turned into a door key, MacTo will face Voldemort, one of the strongest dark wizards in the world, alone!

To be honest, this is very dangerous, but danger and opportunity always coexist.

Voldemort at this moment is not the terrifying demon he once was. If nothing unexpected happens, Voldemort, who has fallen into a weak state, should not be much stronger than a baby, and there should be only a few helpers around him.     In

this case, Mike is confident that he can capture Voldemort alive! And once he captures the famous Voldemort alive!     Then the wizards of the entire Ying country will regard him as a hero, and his status will even surpass Harry, becoming the new generation of savior of the wizarding society!     Thinking of this, Mike licked his lips, and even began to hope that little Barty had really tampered with the trophy.     With excitement, Mike once again quickened his pace.     After running a long way, Mike was forced to stop again, because he suddenly found that there was a figure standing in the darkness in front of him.     Mike walked forward cautiously, trying to rely on the Disillusionment Charm to pass without alarming the man.     But as soon as he approached, Mike was frightened and screamed.     It turned out that the person standing in the darkness was a beautiful woman in a bikini with a curvy figure.     If it was just that, Mike would not have such an exaggerated reaction. What really scared Mike was the face of the beautiful woman in the swimsuit.     That face was Mike's own face!     In the darkness, Mike's eyes were twitching constantly. After the initial shock, he soon realized that the thing in front of him was a Boggart, the kind of monster that was designed to scare people!     Mike had already known that what he was most afraid of was women's clothing, but what the Boggart in front of him did was beyond Mike's tolerance limit. It even put on a bikini for him? !     Isn't this too much?     The bikini Mike on the opposite side seemed very happy to see that he was scared. He smiled and twisted his waist, and even threw a wink at Mike.     Mike couldn't stand it anymore. He raised his wand with his shaking hands and shouted angrily:     "Flame!"     A large ball of flame suddenly appeared from the blackthorn wand and hit the Boggart in front of him almost instantly.     With a deafening explosion, the blazing flames shot up into the sky, and the Boggart who liked women's clothing disappeared forever from this world.     At the fork in the road before, Krum, who was the second to start, looked at the flames and smoke that shot up into the sky on the left and spit out a mouthful of saliva.     He looked at the two forks in front of him, one on the left and one on the right, and silently stepped forward and walked to the right.     At the same time, Mike, who finally vented his anger     , set out on the road to find the trophy again. Unfortunately, God seemed to be deliberately targeting Mike today. He stopped again not long after he moved forward, and this time, a mythical monster was standing in front of him!     The Sphinx!     Mike had seen this kind of monster in ancient Egyptian mythology in Gringotts. The goblins used this kind of magic beast to guard the vault.     But in fact, the lethality of the Sphinx is not strong. It is a very principled magic beast. After encountering prey, it will not eat the opponent immediately, but will ask the opponent a question. If the opponent answers the question correctly, it will let the opponent go.     But if the prey answers incorrectly or remains silent (this is for creatures without wisdom), then it will eat the opponent.     At this moment, the Sphinx was lying on the ground with its two front paws as a pillow like a cat, and did not notice Mike in the invisible state at all.     If it were usual, Mike might have tried to answer the Sphinx's questions, but now he really didn't feel like playing with it.     I saw that Mike in the invisible state had no intention of slowing down at all. He raised his wand without even reciting a spell, and directly blasted it with an explosion spell.     There was another loud bang, and the Sphinx's body exploded.     The blood and rotten meat dyed the place where it was originally lying and the surrounding hedges all blood red!     As for Mike, he passed through this bloody area early.

Next, as Mike walked further and further, more and more forks appeared in front of him.

Every time Mike would choose a road according to the guidance of the Guiding Spell, but today's Guiding Spell seemed to have a problem. Every time the road chosen by the Guiding Spell would appear, there would be some special obstacles.

Mike had triggered things like swamp traps, flip traps, and bow and arrow traps countless times, and he had also encountered many monsters like Sphinx, Boggart, and even Acromantula.

Interestingly, Mike also encountered a very special monster.

This creature looked like a crab with a snail shell on its back, or a snail with crab legs and a hard shell.

But unlike ordinary snails or crabs, the monster that appeared in front of Mike looked extremely ferocious. It was ten feet tall, and its back and body shells were covered with sharp barbs. There was also a round opening at the tail of the "snail shell" on its back, which looked like it would spray out some disgusting liquid.

At the same time, with its appearance, an extremely strong smell of rotten fish and shrimp appeared in the air.

Mike didn't pay much attention to this creature at first. Just like dealing with the Sphinx, he casually threw an explosive spell over it and prepared to deal with it.

But what surprised Mike was that its barbed shell actually had the ability to use rebound magic, and the explosive spell Mike used was perfectly rebounded by it.

Then, it used its ring-shaped tail to spray flames at Mike. As

a last resort, Mike had to use a more powerful fire spell to deal with this difficult monster.

At this time, Mike also recognized the identity of the monster in front of him.

Hagrid used the human-headed lion-body manticore and fire crab to call out the creature - the exploding-tailed skrewt.

Although Mike did not take the magical creature protection class, he had heard of this creature, but he never expected that this creature would have such a terrifying thing as a magic rebound shell!

It seems that Hagrid is really good at cultivating dangerous creatures!

Thinking of this, Mike continued on his way.

As time went by, Mike, who had not reached his destination for a long time, began to doubt the accuracy of the guidance spell.

After Mike followed the guidance of the Guiding Spell and came to the area painted blood red by the flesh of the Sphinx, Mike finally understood.

The magic mark of the Guiding Spell was tampered with!

With a vicious curse, Mike moved forward at a faster speed.

He had no time to complain. After wasting so much time, other warriors who set out later than him might have found the trophy!

After no longer using the Guiding Spell, Mike's journey really became much smoother. Mike soon discovered many traces of other players' activities through magic perception.

Mike became more anxious because it meant that someone had walked ahead of him.

Just when Mike's attention was distracted by those traces, a red light suddenly shot out from the shadows in the distance.

"Armor Protection!"

Almost instinctively, Mike released the Armor Protection Spell.

"Bang!"

With a slight sound, the red light reflected back at a faster speed than when it came.

Unfortunately, judging from the trajectory of the light and the explosion after landing, this unknown offensive spell did not hit the target.

After the spell was repelled, Mike did not stop. He swung his wand and three disarming spells were shot towards the shadow in the shape of a "品".

The red light burst out, and Mike vaguely heard a muffled groan. The attacker was hit!

Mike raised his wand and chased after him. When he got closer, he could see the attacker's face clearly under the moonlight.

"Krum!?"

Mike screamed.

At this moment, Krum was lying on the ground, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Blood was still flowing from the corner of his mouth. He looked like he was unconscious. Mike's three disarming spells should have all hit, otherwise there would not be such a high damage.

What's weird is that even with such a serious injury, Krum's face is still full of happiness, as if he is deeply trapped in the most beautiful dream in the world.

Mike understood instantly that Krum was controlled by someone with the Imperius Curse!

Gnashing his teeth and looking at the still dark passage in the distance, Mike quickly picked up Krum's wand that had fallen to the side, sent a distress signal to the sky, then put Krum's wand into his pocket and resolutely ran towards the passage.

He no longer had time to think about who had cast the Imperius Curse on Krum!

After moving forward for less than ten minutes, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of Mike!

It was the Triwizard Cup!

To be precise, the source of the light was the base of the Triwizard Cup, which was now flashing an alluring light a hundred meters away from Mike!

Mike gritted his teeth and began to speed up again.

He had to do this because there was a figure next to the Triwizard Cup.

And that person was Harry!

Looking at Harry reaching out his hand towards the Triwizard Cup, Mike roared:

"Wait! Harry!"

Harry seemed to be startled by Mike's voice, and immediately retracted his hand, looking towards Mike with a look of doubt.

"Is that Mike?"

"It's me! Wait a minute! Don't touch the Triwizard Cup, it's been tampered with!"

When Harry found out that it was Mike, a smile immediately appeared on his face, but Mike's second half of the sentence froze Harry's smile.

"Are you kidding?"

Harry asked uncertainly, his eyes constantly scanning the Triwizard Cup and Mike who was approaching at a very fast speed, and finally he slowly stepped back a few steps.

Mike breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Harry was still more willing to believe in himself in his subconscious mind. He really was a kind little angel!

Thinking of it for the first time, Mike quickly ran towards the Triwizard Cup. At his current speed, it only took a few seconds to cross the distance of 100 meters.

But at this moment, accompanied by the whistling of the wind, a pale green light shot towards Mike!

Mike's pupils suddenly shrank into a small dot. This attack was too sudden. He didn't have time to cast a spell at all.

Fortunately, Mike never slacked off in his physical training. With his strong physical strength, Mike was able to force himself to turn sideways at the critical moment and brushed past the green light filled with dangerous aura. However, due to his speed, Mike was thrown out by inertia and slid on the ground for a long time before stopping.

"Harry! Don't believe him! He just wants to be the champion!" Hagrid, holding a wand and with a ferocious expression, walked out of the shadows and came to Harry. He was still wearing the flannel vest, "Hurry up and pick up the Triwizard Cup! As long as you pick up the trophy, you will be the champion of the Triwizard Tournament!"

This sudden scene scared Harry. He bit his fingers and looked at this incredible scene with wide eyes.

After hearing Hagrid's words, Harry's face was even more surprised. He waved his arms and shouted at Hagrid:

"You don't have to do this, Hagrid! Mike is my best friend. If he wants the championship, I'll give it to him! Oh my God! Mike must be injured. Let's go help him!"

Harry wanted to run towards Mike, but Hagrid's big hand grabbed him tightly, making him unable to move.

"You hurt me, Hagrid! Let go..."

"He is not Hagrid. Hagrid's wand is hidden in that umbrella, isn't it?" Mike slowly got up from the ground and said expressionlessly, "Besides, he just used the Killing Curse on me. Harry, do you really think that a good guy like Hagrid would attack me with a spell like the Killing Curse?"

Hearing this, Harry instinctively stopped struggling. He stared at Hagrid who was holding his arm at the moment, as if he was trying to distinguish the truth from the falsehood of Mike's words.

Facing Harry's horrified eyes, Hagrid laughed grimly.