Chapter 336 Top 3 Cup

Ministry of Magic, Auror Headquarters.

Even though it was already eight o'clock in the evening, the lights were still on. In the headquarters, which was about the same size as the court of inquiry, there were still dozens of Aurors busy with the unfinished work during the day.

Sitting at her workstation, Tonks, who had just finished a summary of the smuggling case, stretched lazily, revealing her curvy figure under the specially trimmed close-fitting robe.

"Oh, God! I really can't figure out why I chose to be an Auror at all costs! There is no exciting spell shooting at all, only organizing data in the office day and night! Organizing data!"

She complained loudly without any consideration, even though her immediate boss was sitting next to her now.

Kingsley certainly wouldn't teach Tonks a lesson for this matter, maybe if Moody was still there, he would do so.

He knew that these words were just complaints from this non-mainstream witch.

"Even after the data is sorted out, you can't leave work, wait here with me." He said calmly.

Suddenly, Tonks' eyes were as big as bull eyes.

This is not a metaphor, she really opened her eyes so wide that her eyeballs seemed to jump out of her eye sockets.

"Why! It's late now! Staying up late will make the skin of beautiful ladies worse!"

Kingsley did not explain the reason, he just raised his eyelids to the still crowded Auror office.

"Didn't you notice that all the Aurors in the department who don't have any missions are here tonight?"

Tonks glanced at the office in confusion, and found that it was already this time, but no one was off work.

Kingsley looked at a piece of information in his hand and spoke in a somewhat inexplicable tone.

"Be prepared in advance, it is possible that this is just an ordinary overtime, or it is possible... the spell shooting you are looking forward to is coming soon."

...

Now that Harry asked such a question, Cedric certainly couldn't continue to walk with him.

If he just relied on him to push all the way, and finally walked to the middle of the maze and saw the trophy, Cedric would definitely not be able to fight with Harry again.

Now separate from here, relying on their own strength to compete again, there is still a possibility of winning.

So after passing through the obstruction of the Sphinx, Cedric and Harry parted ways again.

The night was getting darker and darker, and as they continued to go deeper into the center of the maze, the road began to become very complicated.

After walking forward for about ten or twenty minutes, Harry finally came to an open space from the narrow passage.

In the center of the open space stood a stone pier, and on top of the stone pier was the goal of all the warriors in the Triwizard Tournament - the Triwizard Cup!

The pure gold trophy shone brightly under the moonlight, as if there was a golden stream of light flowing on it. As long as you get it, you will not only become the final winner of this game, but also get the ultimate prize of one thousand Galleons.

But Harry did not show any ecstasy. He stared at the trophy and frowned. Although he did not use his eyes to see it, he carefully explored everything in the open space in some way.

In addition to the ordinary trophy, there was also a big spider hidden in the shadow under the hedge of the maze.

This one is obviously a magical species, otherwise it wouldn't be as big as a car, but it doesn't look like an acromantula, but another species.

It hides in the dark, obviously waiting for someone to rush to the trophy without thinking, and then launch a sneak attack.

A very insidious level, but... that's all?

Harry frowned even more tightly, and this time he looked around, including the sky and the ground, and didn't find anything unusual.

This is just like the end of an ordinary race, and the sneak attack spider is also within a reasonable difficulty range.

But it is precisely because it looks reasonable that it seems even more unreasonable.

Harry took two tentative steps in the direction of the trophy, trying to see if there are any other hidden mechanisms he hasn't discovered.

But except that the spider found that he was moving forward and began to be eager to try, and the mood of sneak attack became more urgent, there was no surprise.

Seeing him take his time, the patience of the spider hiding in the dark finally ran out. It rushed out of the dark shadow and ran towards Harry like a black wind with eight legs stretched out.

Before Harry could fight back, a spell came from behind him.

"Faint to the ground!"

The spell sounded in his blind spot. Normal people could not tell whether the target of the spell was himself or the spider.

However, Harry was unmoved. He seemed to have eyes behind him. He knew without looking that Cedric's spell was aimed at the spider.

The red magic beam hit the belly of the big spider, but only pushed its body back a few meters to the side, preventing it from attacking Harry and preventing it from fainting directly.

"Be careful!" Cedric shouted at Harry, and then he used a petrification spell on the spider.

Harry did not cooperate with Cedric in casting the spell. He seemed to be frightened by the "sudden" attack of the spider and stood there motionless.

But in fact, his attention has always been tense and focused on the surrounding environment.

This spider has a high resistance to magic. Both of Cedric's spells hit it, but neither caused much effective damage to it.

After being attacked, the spider's target of hatred naturally shifted to Cedric. It gave up Harry standing aside and rushed towards Cedric who was fighting bravely.

The two sides experienced a fierce fight, and finally the spider, which had been hit by nearly ten spells from Cedric, finally fell down.

Cedric was panting. He had just been tortured by the Cruciatus Curse, and now he had consumed so much physical strength. If he faced a situation of competing with Harry again, he would definitely lose.

But during the time he was entangled with the spider, Harry had countless opportunities to get the trophy directly, but he did not do so, which made Cedric look at him very strangely.

"You beat Harry, I can no longer be your opponent."

Harry seemed indifferent to what he said, but studied the surrounding plants and trees seriously, as if he could study flowers from them.

"No, you won. This duel was wonderful. You are definitely the best among the sixth and seventh graders at Hogwarts. There is no doubt about that."

Hearing Harry's casual words, Cedric felt absurd.

It was as if the person standing in front of him was not Harry, but a familiar professor at Hogwarts.

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