Hogwarts Summoning Guide

"What do I have to be afraid of?" Bai Lin drew his longsword with a righteous air, put his left hand behind his back, adopting the posture of a medieval gentleman dueling, indicating that he would not use magic.

The Viking giant was overjoyed. He leaped out, axe in hand, his steps heavy yet swift as he charged toward Bai Lin. His eyes were filled with the excitement of a successful scheme, mixed with a hint of lewdness, for Little Barty had promised him that if he succeeded in killing Bai Lin, the beauty bound to the stone pillar would be his.

However, Bai Lin was not a stubborn paladin. Although he would not go back on his word and use magic on the Viking giant, in the meantime, the Thunderbird had already circled behind the Viking giant and was circling in the air far away, gathering its strength.

When the Viking giant was less than ten meters away from Bai Lin, he was completely exposed to the Thunderbird's attack range. Without Bai Lin's command, a bolt of lightning as thick as an arm descended from the sky, giving the Viking giant no time to react, and struck him directly on the back.

The destructive power of the lightning, which reached tens of thousands of volts, was too strong. Bai Lin only felt a blinding white light before his eyes. After a deafening roar, countless fragments of rock and sand were scattered all around like rain. When Bai Lin opened his eyes again, a shallow hole five or six meters in diameter had been blasted into the ground not far away. The Viking man had been knocked to the ground by the lightning.

His body was charred black, his black cloth armor was still sparkling, and smoke was rising from his head. The smell of burnt flesh filled the air, but he was still alive. Instead, he was trembling all over, raising his head to glare fiercely at Bai Lin, but he could no longer speak.

He must have been enchanted with powerful defensive magic, or he must have been wearing a powerful magic defense item, otherwise the Thunderbird's attack would have been enough to turn him into a roasted pig.

"You can't blame me for this, my pet is just being protective of its master!" Bai Lin spread his hands, looking innocent. However, he wouldn't be soft-hearted towards these Death Eaters who would use the Killing Curse on sight. With a wave of his hand, the Thunderbird flew over, grabbed the Viking man's body, and threw him into the lake. He believed that the group of black fish, having lost the flesh and blood of the sea serpent, wouldn't find the Viking man's flesh too old.

Bai Lin watched the Viking giant fall into the water, shrugged, and to be honest, even without the Thunderbird, he was confident enough to defeat him. However, he was wasting time, and with his arms injured, if the opponent had a powerful melee spell, he might be caught off guard and lose.

The summoning guide keeps flashing:

Successfully sealed the Rune-Striped Sea Serpent mutant. Pokédex calculation power increased by 021. This mutant was induced by dark magic and does not meet the requirements for summoning spells. After system evaluation, reward: 3 high-quality pet cookies.

Premium Pet Cookies: When used on summoned beasts of level 6 or lower, they directly increase the summoned beast's level by 1. Each summoned beast can only use this once.

Successfully defeated the Death Eater Bloodaxe Erikson, no loot dropped. (As expected, there are no more rewards for defeating Death Eaters.)

Having dealt with the troublesome fellow, Bai Lin recalled the Thunderbird and jogged over to Catherine's side. He tenderly brushed aside her hair, revealing her beautiful face, though she appeared to be under a stun spell, her breathing shallow and her body completely unconscious.

Catherine was wearing Beauxbatons' staff uniform, presumably recruited by Maxim. Although her waist and arms were tied to a stone pillar with a large hemp rope, her light blue dress was still quite neat. A quick glance showed that she didn't seem to have any external injuries, which reassured Bai Lin somewhat.

"Recover quickly!" Bai Lin helped Catherine up. Although his white magic wasn't particularly advanced, his basic healing spells were still quite effective.

Bai Lin stared intently into Catherine's eyes. Finally, Catherine's long eyelashes twitched slightly, and her shoulders swayed, as if the healing spell had taken effect.

Bai Lin felt a mix of emotions. To say that he had no feelings for Catherine would be nonsense. He knew that when the Ministry of Magic found Catherine, they probably didn't just kidnap her. They must have obtained Catherine's consent. Since Catherine agreed to be a hostage in the second match, did that mean she was still thinking about him?

Bai Lin waited for Yi Ren to wake up with mixed feelings. Although it was only a dozen seconds, it felt like he had been waiting for a very long time. Finally, Catherine's body seemed to regain some strength. She was no longer completely powerless and fixed to the stone pillar. Then, her eyelids twitched and she finally opened her eyes.

Bai Lin breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak when Catherine raised her head. The look in her eyes was not the affectionate one she usually had, nor the gentle yet distant look she had when they last met. Instead, it was a look of bewilderment that Bai Lin had never seen before.

Suddenly, Catherine moved her arm. Before Bai Lin could react, a dagger had already pierced his abdomen. Although Bai Lin was wearing leather armor, the distance was too close. Catherine's strength seemed to have increased a lot. Bai Lin only felt a chill in his abdomen, followed by excruciating pain that made him scream. After stabbing him, Catherine did not forget to twist it hard, turning a bloody hole directly into Bai Lin's abdomen.

Bai Lin quickly pushed Catherine away, enduring the excruciating pain as he staggered back several steps, pressing his hands hard against the wound. However, the gushing blood and fragments of internal organs continued to flow from between his fingers, splattering all over the ground.

Since his debut, apart from being hit by a cursed fire while protected by the Water Source Shield, he had never suffered such a serious injury. He felt his life force rapidly flowing out of his body, and he knew very well that if he did not receive professional treatment within 10 or 20 minutes, he might lose his life.

Bai Lin's legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground. He looked up at Catherine, whose eyes were still blank, yet seemed to be fixed on him. Her right arm was loosely bound; she could easily free it. In her hand, she held a fine silver dagger. Although her body was bound, her right hand was still pointing towards Bai Lin, thrusting forward repeatedly while muttering something.

"Damn it, Barty Crouch, so this was your real trick! You used the Imperishable Curse on Catherine right away!" Bai Lin cursed through gritted teeth. The Viking giant from before was just a pawn of Barty Crouch, cannon fodder. With him dealt with, Bai Lin naturally lowered his guard considerably.

He calmed down a bit and quickly said to the wound on his lower abdomen, "It's healed completely!"

However, when a light green magical energy flowed from his finger to the wound, a strange red power emerged from the wound, directly negating the healing effect.

"Damn it, there's something strange about this dagger!" Bai Lin was furious, but the blood flowing out made him weaker and weaker. He felt sleepy, as if the wound no longer hurt, and he just wanted to get a good night's sleep. But his reason told him that he must not fall asleep, or he would probably be finished.

"Petrify them all!" Bai Lin, clinging to his last shred of consciousness, cast a petrification spell on his abdomen. Strangely enough, the spell did stop the bleeding. His left hand, the leather armor and clothing on his body seemed to have merged with his abdomen, turning into stone.

If it were a petrification spell cast by an ordinary wizard, it would only be a highly effective paralysis spell, unlike the basilisk's gaze which would actually turn a person into stone. However, Bai Lin had a hundred points of magic power, and his petrification spell was much closer to true petrification. It was precisely because of this that even though Catherine's dagger could resist all healing magic, it could not stop the petrification effect.

In his final moments before losing consciousness, Bai Lin disregarded whether he had violated the rules of the Triwizard Tournament and cried out in his heart, "Phineas! Come save me!"

Meanwhile, in a remote town on the outskirts of London, at the foot of a hill in a vineyard, Finnis, who was loosening the soil in preparation for applying fertilizer to the buds under the setting sun, suddenly trembled and dropped the small hoe in fright.

Zhuobi and Youxi, who were building a grape trellis with magic nearby, looked at Finis in surprise. Youxi asked nervously, "What's wrong, Finis? Is there something wrong with Kerry?"

"Master...Master, he...he seems to have suffered a serious injury and is on the verge of death!" Phineas said in horror.

Yuxi was shocked and hurriedly said, "I knew he brought me here because there must be a difficult situation over there. Please take us there to help him!"

Phineas, drenched in sweat and a far cry from his usual calm and collected demeanor, tapped his long fingers on his head and paced back and forth in the vineyard. Finally, he said with utter helplessness, "But I can't find Master's location! He seems to have gone to a very special space; I can't locate him by teleportation!"

It was Zhuo Bi who made the decisive move. He gritted his teeth and said, "Send us to Hogwarts. The captain is participating in a competition; there must be a reason!"

Yuxi was initially confused by her concern, but after being reminded by Zhuo Bi, she immediately realized what was happening and called over Kiki, who was practicing swordsmanship in the small garden. The three of them grabbed Finnis's arm and Apparated to Hogwarts at top speed.

The students had all gone to watch the game, and Hogwarts Castle was quite deserted. The four of them went directly to the faculty lounge where Bai Lin often worked.

Yuxi remembered they had a summon encyclopedia interface, so she quickly shouted in the team chat, "Hagrid! Respond! Kerry's in danger! Do you know his location?"

But Hagrid took a long time to finally reply in the team chat: "Harry and the other three champions have returned. Kaelin is definitely not here. He'll probably only get fifth place!"

Hagrid was clearly unaware of the gravity of the situation, so Zhuobi quickly said, "Where is he? He probably needs our help!"

Hagrid seemed somewhat troubled: "But the competition isn't over yet! With his magic, he shouldn't be in any danger in the Black Lake, right? You're not Ministry of Magic staff; entering the competition area without authorization will invalidate his results!"

"What time is it? If we're any later, he might be dead!" Yuxi said anxiously.

Hagrid's spirits lifted, realizing that things weren't so simple. The seemingly omnipotent and all-powerful Karin White, whom he had always admired, might actually be facing a problem he couldn't solve.

"Come to the east shore of Black Lake. I will meet you there. The Ministry of Magic has sent many wizards to patrol around Black Lake. No unauthorized persons are allowed to approach!" Hagrid said.

Phineas automatically became invisible. Since they couldn't pinpoint their destination, they could only sneak out of the castle and carefully made their way to the east shore of the Black Lake. From a distance, they could indeed see many Ministry of Magic guards patrolling the lake on flying broomsticks. It was unclear whether they were protecting the competition or preventing anyone from assisting Bai Lin.

"Here! Here!" Hagrid's voice came from the bushes by the lake. His huge body was curled up in the bushes, but fortunately his dirty coat was similar in color to the bushes, so he was not easily spotted from a distance.

The four of them slipped away from the patrolling wizards and crept up to Hagrid's side.

Hagrid spread his hands at Yuxi, revealing a clump of dried pickled gill grass in his palm. He said, "You have to eat this to move freely in the water. Dobby got it, and I gave half to Harry. He got second place. To be honest, Transfiguration is more useful in the water..."

Yuxi didn't have time to listen to Hagrid's ramblings. She grabbed the cheek grass and glanced at her two teammates.

Qiqi stretched out her hand and said, "Give me half, that should be enough!"

Zhuo Bi shook his head and said, "I have a way, you two can eat it!" Just as a patrolman riding a flying broomstick passed by, he quickly ran to the lakeside. Without any apparent spellcasting, a small, mirror-like patch of water appeared on the lake. Zhuo Bi stepped onto it, and in the blink of an eye, his figure disappeared. You Qian looked closely and realized that the reflection in the water was actually Zhuo Bi himself. He was hanging upside down in the water, stepping on the surface. The scene was both bizarre and comical.

Yuxi and Kiki ate the gill grass and fully experienced the same intense sourness that Harry felt. Then they discovered that layers of gills had grown under their ears and that their hands had grown webbed feet.

Ignoring whether it was aesthetically pleasing, Youxi and Qiqi plunged headfirst into the icy waters of Black Lake.

While submerged in water, they couldn't speak, but they could still type in the team chat using their thoughts.

Hagrid: I need to report to Dumbledore. The Ministry of Magic seems a bit too strict this time; it feels strange... Kaelin was assigned to this area of ​​water, and he's been down there for hours with no movement...

Zhuo Bi: Everyone, spread out and search. If you see anything suspicious, don't approach it without permission. Let's all work together to solve it!

Zhuo Bi stood upside down on the water, as if he were standing on flat ground. He took out a single-barreled telescope and walked around, looking around.

Yuqian and Qiqi were like two beautiful mermaids. However, Qiqi was a little clumsy in the water because one of her legs was a prosthetic. Her hard-earned muscle strength made up for this. The three of them began to search for Bai Lin's whereabouts in different directions.

The aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake are incredibly lush. Despite having just survived a harsh winter, they remain completely unaffected. Dark green, light green, brownish-yellow... all sorts of colors of aquatic plants stretch up from the bottom of the lake like countless ribbons, the longest of which is more than ten meters long.