Chapter 1003

"Where exactly are they... tell me!"

After forty minutes had passed, Darren finally seemed unable to endure it anymore; he held his wand and approached those merpeople.

"You tell me quickly, I'll only give you three seconds... If our friends die, I will kill you, and then kill myself; I mean what I say!"

【Ding, Saintly Value +100】

【Ding, Saintly Value +100】

【Ding, Saintly Value +100】

【Ding...】

Darren wore a threatening expression.

His voice harvested a large amount of Saintly Value.

This was the grandest harvest of Saintly Value accumulated from the very beginning until now.

After all, from this moment on, everyone's emotions were stirred up by him; even the Slytherins could empathize with his pain at this moment.

Although whether it was specifically painful or not was another matter! Anyway, he harvested Saintly Value.

Then Darren showed a look of despair. He walked near those merpeople. The merpeople all closed their eyes in despair. They had encountered this stubborn fool.

What could they do? The countdown was over.

Darren raised his wand with red eyes. Madame Maxime looked at Dumbledore.

Terror flashed in her eyes.

"Dumbledore, he..."

Karkaroff was extremely excited.

He seemed to be hoping that Darren would commit murder, so that all the merpeople would want to kill Darren.

Ludo Bagman next to him started to raise his voice, constantly promoting the friendship between merpeople and wizards, trying to remind Darren not to do this.

Percy even stood up.

His face was extremely pale.

He seemed to have already thought about what kind of punishment Darren would face if he killed a merperson at such a time.

Azkaban? Or something even more terrifying?

Dumbledore raised his wand.

But his eyes weren't very nervous, because he didn't believe Darren would do such a thing.

Even if he were about to lose his mind, he would only hurt himself.

Whether it was schadenfreude or genuine worry, everyone was nervous to the extreme.

And Darren, who was in the water, had already pointed his wand at those merpeople: "Relashio."

Darren's mournful voice came from the air.

This left many people unable to react.

They thought Darren had really cast a killing curse.

Until.

When the ropes on those merpeople all fell to the ground, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Dumbledore laughed.

"This child, always so kind."

It must be said that he also breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Tch!"

Karkaroff sat back down.

"That's great, Darren didn't do that; he didn't kill those merpeople; he must have just been scaring them."

Ludo Bagman shouted excitedly.

"Let's see what other methods Darren has to find those hostages. You know, there are only nineteen minutes left!"

Ludo's voice was clearly also heard by Darren.

He looked at those merpeople with red eyes and said: "You go! I caught so many of you merpeople, and you didn't say where they were.

Then it must be my own mistake, it's my own error... I will still go find them, and if I can't find them, I will stay here with them forever!"

Darren's face was pale.

He rubbed his face hard...

Then he cheered himself up and said: "Let's go, we can't give up, they are still waiting for us!

Even if we can't find them in an hour, I will persist in searching; if they... I will accompany them!"

【Ding, Saintly Value +100】

【Ding, Saintly Value +100】

【Ding, Saintly Value +100】

【Ding...】

He said tenaciously.

No breakdown, no crying, but it made people unable to help but have tears in their eyes.

He was always so brave.

He was reckless, but he was always righteous.

"Eh?"

Just as Darren was leading people away, a group of merpeople blocked them.

Krum and Fleur thought they were here to mock them.

They even raised their wands.

But Darren stopped them.

He asked gently: "Is there anything you need our help with?"

Those merpeople looked at him helplessly.

They kept pointing in one direction.

And some were pulling Darren to swim in that direction.

"Are they there?"

Darren showed a look of hope.

The merpeople showed an expression of relief.

Good heavens, finally this child realized what they meant.

If he still couldn't understand, they would really collapse.

As they led Darren and the others toward the location of the hostages in a grand manner, it suddenly felt a bit like opening the city gates for the enemy.

Although they didn't have city gates, it just felt like that. But looking at their own clansmen, they could only sigh.

Even if it was opening the city gates, there was no other way.

This child had captured all the merpeople at the bottom of the Black Lake; what could they do?

Nothing.

Lead the way!

That place seemed to be the square of the merpeople village, with some houses located around it.

A few merpeople were floating in front of the houses.

When they saw their companions leading the champions straight into their square, their faces showed an expression of "how could you betray us?"

No, it should be, "Village Chief, you actually betrayed everyone!"

Everyone was still here guarding the tribe, and you actually brought the champions over! The most important thing is, you are still so enthusiastic.

The ministers are still defending to the death, why did Your Majesty betray us?

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