Chapter 640
Ambush
Chapter 640 Ambush
The area is covered with aquatic plants, and the dark green algae resemble countless giant pythons, forming a dark underwater forest where small fish can be seen swimming around from time to time.
Wade returned to the spot at lightning speed, looking at the dark water beneath the seaweed, and silently exhaled.
With a flick of his tail, he parted the dense algae and swam downwards through the gaps between them. Five or six orbs of light emerged from the tip of his wand, illuminating the surroundings as bright as day.
After diving nearly 100 meters, the remains of several stone statues finally came into view. Most of their bodies were buried in the mud and sand, and their surfaces were covered with moss and aquatic plants, making it difficult to discern their original appearance.
Wade continued downhill until he got close enough to discover that the statues were even larger than he had expected, and what appeared to be on the ground was only a small part of them.
When he descended to the bottom of the lake and observed it closely, he overturned his previous conjecture once again.
This is not "several stone statues", but rather several parts of a single stone statue. It is not the stone tortoise mentioned by Jabari, but rather resembles the legendary Hydra.
This enormous creature is buried in the pale mud and sand, with only three heads and half of its arched spine showing. The erosion of time has left large and small holes on the surface of the stone statue, and the patterns of the scales have become blurred. However, the snake's mouth is wide open, and you can see the sharp fangs arranged inside.
Judging from the size that Wade saw, if this statue were still intact, it would probably take the entire Great Hall of Hogwarts to fit it.
He suppressed the urge to observe and study it closely, and circled the stone statue twice. The fluorescent light illuminated the cracks and holes inside and outside the Hydra.
Suddenly, Wade paused slightly.
A silver-gray short sword lay quietly in the crevice between the two vertebrae of the Hydra, only five or six inches long, with not a trace of rust on its blade.
He swam over, stretched out his arm, took out the short sword, examined it for a moment, and put it into the pouch at his waist.
Almost as soon as he stuffed it in, Wade heard a "click" and the leather bag shook violently a few times, as if a large rat had been stuffed inside.
After a short while, the bag quieted down again. Vidra opened the bag, took a look inside, and then took out the contents.
The disc, the short sword, and the ruby cylinder together form a compass, which, when combined, shrinks to the size of a palm and can be held in one hand.
The silver pointer trembled gently before finally settling on the disc, pointing to the constellation Taurus. According to its current position, it was actually pointing towards Hogwarts Castle.
Wade smiled, stuffed the compass back into the bag, and quickly swam upstream—once he returned to shore, this round of the race would be temporarily over.
The algae spread out to both sides, and the light sphere accompanied Vade to the left and right. The lake shore had already appeared in his field of vision, and he could even vaguely see the light reflected by the mirror.
"Wow!"
A sharp stream of water suddenly came from the side. Vader instinctively dodged to the side, then twisted his body sharply. A long spear gleaming with cold light grazed the fish's tail, leaving a shallow mark on its scales.
His gray pupils dilated instantly, and Vader rapidly changed direction. All the sounds around him seemed to be filtered into a blurry buzz, but the attacker's appearance was exceptionally clear.
It turned out to be a knight statue that had been sleeping on the seabed, its armor covered with dark green moss, and a rusted greatsword slashing through the water toward him!
With a sudden flick of his tail, Vader lunged forward, brandishing his wand—
"Thunderbolt explosion!"
The knight's breastplate and head suddenly exploded, but the longsword only paused for a moment before still sweeping towards Vader!
The fish tail stirred up turbulence, and the mermaid was so agile that it seemed as if she could teleport underwater.
Compared to the immense pressure deep beneath the lake, at this moment, Wade truly felt incredibly light.
"Shattered into pieces!" He smashed through the algae, circled behind the knight, and the light of the spell struck the knight from his back. The statue suddenly split in the middle, sending shards flying and the stone sword flying out of his hand, plummeting straight to the bottom of the lake.
Before Vader could come to a complete stop, the surrounding lake water suddenly surged, and several more stone statues surrounded him—
The three-headed dog, its mouth wide open, suddenly burst out of the darkness and lunged at Wade.
An exceptionally large stone tortoise rapidly approached from below, opening its mouth to bite the mermaid's swaying tail;
A gargoyle lunged out from the upper left, its sharp claws seemingly about to tear his body apart.
At the same time, the light of the spell shone in the darkness, and two red beams intertwined and shot towards the mermaid in the middle!
In a flash, Vader abruptly flipped his wand, pointing it at himself:
"Wadi Vasi!"
In an instant, he shot out like a bullet, smashing his way through the water plants.
The three stone statues that suddenly attacked him did not react so quickly. The stone tortoise and the three-headed dog collided heavily, their limbs shattered, and one of their heads rolled away.
The gargoyle was a step too slow; its claws smashed the third dog's other head, and it was also struck by the spell, its arm and the wings on its back exploding instantly!
Without pausing, Vader waved his wand again.
—The Curse of Adding Ink!
This is a spell often used when making quill pens. At this moment, it was like a giant squid suddenly squirting out all its ink. The black liquid spread instantly, turning the entire lake into a pitch-black expanse.
As the light was swallowed by darkness, a figure hiding in the seaweed reacted quickly, casting a catapulting spell and rapidly approaching the lake shore.
Another dark figure was unfortunately hit by a flying dog's head. He sank a short distance in the water before quickly swimming back to the surface.
The third figure paused for a moment, then hurriedly retreated to create distance, while waving his wand to bring several broken stone statues closer to him.
Suddenly, a whirlpool of water surged forth, and the man quickly sent the gargoyle to meet it. The two collided instantly.
Before she could even catch her breath, the algae behind her suddenly twisted and swung violently, wrapping her up from head to toe. Immediately afterward, a tremendous force came from her wand, catching her off guard and causing her to let go. She watched as the wand was snatched away by a hand.
The remaining two stone statues suddenly seemed to rust, their movements became stiff, and they were tightly entangled by the surrounding algae, dragging them directly into the depths of the lake.
It was Kitajima Tachibana from the Magic Institute who brought the lake-bottom stone statues to life. Unable to break free of the algae, she peered through the gaps and saw a figure rapidly surging through the water in the darkness.
The girl's black hair spread out in the lake. She looked up and saw Adam Cagni [Iphamoni Warrior], who was almost at the surface of the lake, being dragged into the water by a rope that appeared out of nowhere, which wrapped around his ankle.
Immediately following, countless seaweed and algae, as if reaching out from hell, haphazardly grabbed Adam's hands, feet, thighs, arms, head, neck, abdomen...
The figure struggled desperately, but could only be dragged down, deeper and deeper, until it hung in the lake with Kitajima Tachibana.
His wand was also snatched away by Vader, and the two stared at each other, their eyes filled with despair and helplessness.
Who would have thought?
In the last match, he relied mainly on the puppet, and he was surprisingly good at ambushing several people underwater.
They looked up, and in the dappled light and shadow, Wade was still swimming swiftly toward the shore like an arrow!
Clementine Durand, soaking wet, was the first to escape. She had just climbed ashore and was now lying on the ground, panting heavily, her wet hair clinging to her face and dripping water.
Hearing the sound of water breaking, the girl turned her head, panting as she looked at Wade emerging from the lake, suddenly gave him a thumbs up and smiled.
(End of this chapter)