Chapter 1001

They were chattering, but Darren couldn't understand.

Actually, only Dumbledore could understand their words here.

But now it was competition time, and he couldn't participate at all, and could only watch with his beard constantly shaking.

He didn't even have the intention to explain, just watching those merpeople make fools of themselves. Ludo Bagman commented on Darren again.

Just now he had commented on Krum and the others.

Now he was talking about Darren again.

This made him very happy.

Because Darren had the most viewers, and he also liked watching Darren show off... oh, begging the merpeople to point the way, and if they didn't, catching them.

He had almost memorized Darren's routine.

He always found a merperson, and then politely asked if that merperson knew where the hostages were.

And said that as long as they told him, he would definitely be grateful afterwards.

But those merpeople were all chattering in an overbearing manner.

This made the anxiety on Darren's face even more apparent.

Almost with a wave of his wand, those merpeople were tied up.

Then he begged those merpeople again to tell him, to tell him where his friends were.

He looked like he was about to cry.

A pair of eyes were red, looking extremely pitiful.

He even turned his back and secretly rubbed his eyes.

He must have been crying! This was the feeling of many people.

They cast angry gazes at the merpeople.

They thought that so many merpeople were just looking down on Darren.

Clearly Darren had already told them, yet they were still stubbornly refusing to say.

"Dumbledore, don't you think it's a bit too much to have the merpeople participate in this competition?

They didn't keep their promise to you at all, and they didn't tell the champions where the hostages were at all.

You know, the Black Lake is so big, how could these children find those hostages within an hour?"

Madame Maxime said unhappily.

She wasn't worried about Darren.

How could she possibly worry about Darren's combat power?

She was just worried about Fleur.

Those merpeople didn't even listen to Darren, how could they listen to Fleur and the others?

Of course, Fleur hadn't encountered the merpeople yet.

She was entangled by a clump of water weeds.

Oh, Darren discovered her.

And even cast a healing spell on her, allowing her to continue the competition.

Karkaroff was, of course, also very angry.

He looked at Dumbledore and said: "Dumbledore, I hope you give me an explanation. Is this how the merpeople you chose treat the champions?

Don't they tell the champions where the hostages are at all?

I think this competition can be voided, I think the champions should all be brought back!"

Karkaroff said insidiously.

Because the Durmstrang champion, Krum, was being beaten up by the merpeople.

Krum couldn't compare to Darren at all.

Although he had known this when he was at the dragon site before, here, he saw it even more clearly.

He especially hoped now that this competition could end.

However, Dumbledore had already shaken his head.

He sneered and used Karkaroff's own words: "I think once the competition starts, it's impossible to stop it, Karkaroff, I think you understand what I mean, right?"

Karkaroff's face turned livid.

For a moment, he seemed to want to hit Dumbledore.

But he still sat back down.

Then Dumbledore started to smile normally.

He said happily, as if he had just told a cold joke: "Oh, there is no problem with the merpeople. I think if Mr. Crouch were here, he would tell you.

These merpeople aren't just chattering randomly; they are actually telling the champions the route to the hostages."

"But, but the champions can't understand at all!"

Madame Maxime said with difficulty.

Dumbledore smiled again.

"Yes, yes.

So they actually have another way to tell these champions where to find the hostages, and that is their arms...

It's a pity, Darren is too anxious, he has lost his judgment now, he tied all those merpeople up.

He tied them too tightly... I hope that child realizes this as soon as possible!"

Dumbledore chuckled.

He seemed to think this was a very interesting thing.

This left Madame Maxime extremely puzzled.

She could only look back at the scene in the sky, hoping that Fleur could quickly find the hostages and find the direction the merpeople were pointing.

But.

She thought too much.

Fleur indeed wanted to find her sister as soon as possible.

But she placed her hope on Darren.

She looked at Darren pleadingly, hoping that Darren could help her find her sister.

For this, she was willing to do anything.

When she said this, her face was red.

This left Madame Maxime extremely helpless.

She really wanted to grab Fleur out and scold her for being a big silly girl.

This is a competition!

Not an opportunity for you to offer yourself!

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