Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 498. Chapter 498. The Way Through the Third Floor
Rimbaud, who was on Scott's shoulder, flew up, looked around, and asked, "What should I do next?"

At this moment, Scott suddenly felt the change of gravity, and the whole person fell upwards and landed on the surface above the magic barrier.

He lay on top of the magic barrier, looking at the black forest growing upside down through the water polo.

"It seems that the most dangerous thing in this space is the sudden change of gravity."

Rimbaud was also caught off guard by the sudden change in gravity, and he bounced a few times before returning to flight.

But it now appears to be flying belly up.

Scott said: "That is to say, if you enter this space unsuspectingly, you will fall into the forest above under the action of the sudden change of gravity, and those trees..."

Rimbaud went on: "Those trees are so dense and the branches look sharp."

Scott nodded.

Rimbaud turned his head to look at Edgar outside the water polo, "Oh, although it created a ball of fire to envelop itself, it must have turned itself over! Oh, this is so weird..."

It was not used to flying backwards visually, so it landed on Scott again.

Scott glanced at it.

Rimbaud immediately said: "Hey, the most important thing now is to find the [Heart of the Sacred Tree] on this floor, if not, look for the entrance to the next floor!"

"I know."

Scott said with some helplessness.

"I can't take the risk of unlocking the magic barrier to let you and Horus go out, so the only one who can help search now is Edgar."

"You can summon crows," said Rimbaud. "Can you summon crows here?"

"let me try."

Scott drew out his wand, concentrating.

To set the point of summoning at a place farther away from the wand, this requires him to be more focused when casting spells, and it also needs to consume more magic power.

As he waved his wand, countless black crows suddenly flew out from somewhere in the air outside the water polo.

"Quack...quack..."

The inversion of vision and gravity made the group of crows who suddenly appeared here a little panicked.

"Quack! Quack!"

Rimbaud chirped a few times, and the crows settled down.

Afterwards, under the orders of Scott and Rimbaud, Edgar and the crows dispersed separately and began to search around.

When Edgar started to accelerate his flight, he extinguished the flames around him and took away the light source at the same time.

"Fluorescent flashes."

In the darkness, Scott lit up his wand, and waited for the result of the search together with Rimbaud.

In addition to looking for the [Heart of the Sacred Tree] and the entrance to the next level, Scott also wanted to see if the so-called curse existed.

The only ones who had been in contact with the outside world before were the products of Transfiguration. This time, he summoned a group of crows with the intention of testing the curse.

At this moment, he felt the vibration of [Magic Mirror].

"It's a communication from Dumbledore."

Scott pointed the mirror and saw Dumbledore and Savannah.

At the same time, there was Savannah's joyful voice.

"Great, finally connected!"

"Professor, Savannah."

Scott waved.

"Can't connect to my [magic mirror] just now?"

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore has tried many times," Savannah said.

"Scott, are you all right?" Dumbledore asked.

Scott replied, "So far so good, Professor. Although I have experienced some trials, I have not encountered real danger yet."

"That's good."

Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry, the fog blocked my magic, and I couldn't complete the rescue in time."

"Everything happened so suddenly." Scott said, "And, the fog can block my magical perception."

Dumbledore added: "Fawkes can't find you after you disappear."

Then he held up the [magic phone] and showed Scott around.

"Plus, the fog has cleared."

Scott looked at the standing stone of Stenness clearly visible in the picture with some surprise.

"In other words, as long as someone enters, will the entrance be closed?"

Dumbledore said: "Yes, I think the seven wizards recorded in the past stories must have entered at the same time. Sorry, I should have acted with you."

Scott shook his head, "Professor, this is my adventure."

Then, under the inquiry of Dumbledore and Savannah, he described in detail what he had just experienced.

After listening to his story, Dumbledore said with relief: "You have done a good job and are very cautious, Scott. Fortunately, it was you. If other wizards went in, I am afraid that there have been casualties."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Scott took his compliments.

"After all, I did a lot of preparation before this."

"By the way, Scott!" Savannah leaned in front of the camera, "Do you take it with you, a gift from me? "

"Golden acorn?"

Scott took out two golden oak fruits from the deformed lizard skin bag.

"Oh, great, you take it with you."

Savannah said happily.

"You know, [the heart of the sacred tree] is a piece of wood like a golden gem."

"But I forgot to remind you that when you approach it with the fruit of the holy tree, their power will resonate."

"If it's you, you can completely perceive the magic fluctuations of the fruit of the holy tree, and [the heart of the holy tree] will emit a golden light to remind you."

"Thank you." Scott shook the hand holding the acorn, "If this is the case, it will be much more convenient."

Savannah said: "You're welcome. Also, try to wear the fruit of the holy tree close to your body. It contains the power of the holy tree and can resist the curse to a certain extent."

"I see."

Scott put down the [magic mirror], and was going to find a rope to tie the two golden acorns tightly, and hang them around his neck.

But when he was taking something out of the deformed lizard skin bag, he suddenly came across a somewhat hot item, so he took it out.

"This……"

What he took out was the vicuna skull that Luna had given him.

At this moment, the skull was not just slightly hot.

Around the eye sockets of the big acacia inlaid in the skull, there were also several red cracks spreading around.

These few cracks look very small, but the color is very bright.

"Maybe there really is a curse." Scott murmured, "And it's a curse that neither the water polo nor the magic barrier can resist."

"let me see."

Dumbledore asked Scott to show him the skull.

Scott raised his lit wand so that Dumbledore could see the skull more clearly.

"Oh, this should be the work of a Peruvian wizard."

The well-informed Dumbledore saw the origin of the skull at a glance.

Scott nodded and told the origin of the skull.

"The skull is not completely immune to the curse."

Savannah hurriedly said.

"But with it and the fruit of the holy tree, the curse will undoubtedly be partially offset. When you come out, I will hold a purification ceremony for you, and the curse will be completely eliminated!"

"I think Miss Doherty is right," said Dumbledore, "but you still can't stay in the tower for too long."

Savannah said: "Eight hours, from now on, eight hours should be the limit, you must get out of it before then, otherwise the curse will not be cleared!"

Scott asked, "So, the wizard who escaped here but still died of a curse because he stayed in the tower for too long?"

"I think that's it." Savannah nodded, "Of course, the absence of a druid priest to perform a purification ceremony for him may also be the reason why he died of the curse."

"Okay... oh, Edgar is back."

Scott turned his head to look out of the water polo.

Edgar, who flew back again, ignited the flames around him again, and the hot flames illuminated the entire area.

"Quack...quack..."

It barked several times.

"It said it found no blond wood."

Although it was not necessary, Rimbaud offered to act as an interpreter.

"It also said that the entrance to the next level should be in the black forest above, in the center of the forest, where the trees are densest, where there is a fog."

"Then, let's go to that area first." Scott said, "Edgar, lead the way, Sirene, follow it."

"Gah!"

Edgar yelled, found a direction and flew forward, and Sirene manipulated the water polo to follow behind it.

"Strange, none of the crows came back." Rimbaud couldn't help but said, "Did something happen to them?"

"Quack...quack..."

Edgar in front yelled again.

"Oh my God!" Rimbaud exclaimed in surprise, "Edgar said those trees would attack the crows, but they didn't attack it! We must be careful, Scott!"

Scott frowned slightly and nodded.

"Oh Scott, it's too dangerous, please be careful..."

Savannah's worried voice came from [Magic Mirror], but soon, her voice became blurred and then disappeared.

Scott picked up the [magic mirror] and looked at it.

"Communication lost."

He looked up at the denser and denser trees above.

"Is it because of the proximity to the center of the forest?" asked Rimbaud.

"Maybe." Scott put away the [magic mirror].

At this time, several crows flew over and croaked loudly around the water polo.

"Oh, my people, they are alive!"

Rimbaud was a little happy and still acted as an interpreter.

"They said their companion had been impaled by a branch! Unfortunately, they couldn't find anything unusual."

"One thing is a little strange."

Scott frowned.

"Seven people took risks, and a total of six people died in the tower. One died in the fire, one died in the deep water, and one died in the top of the tree..."

"I don't mention the fire layer, but we didn't see the bodies in the deep water and treetops."

Rimbaud said: "However, it has been more than 1000 years, and the corpse has long since ceased to exist."

"Maybe," Scott said.

It can only be explained in this way...

"Gah!"

"Edgar reminded us that we have reached our destination."

Hearing Rimbaud's reminder, Scott, who was sitting upside down on the magic barrier, lowered his head and looked at the dark forest above.

The trees here are indeed much denser, and the sharp and straight branches are intertwined, like a black monster covered with spikes.

There was indeed a faint mist floating around there.

"Closer, be careful." Scott told Sirene.

Sirin shook his head and tail, and manipulated the water polo to slowly approach the black forest above.

Edgar also approached, even one step faster.

But something weird happened.

When Edgar approached, those trees did not respond, but when the water polo wrapped around Scott approached, those straight branches suddenly stretched out like sharp swords, stabbing straight in his direction.

The branch pierced the water polo and was blocked by the magic barrier.

Scott looked at Syrain.

Some troubles, although Xilein was not stabbed, but it was stuck by those branches.

Scott made a decisive decision and waved his wand, turning the four fish holding the metal balls into crows, and at the same time asked Sirene to scatter the water balls.

The water ball scattered, Scott took out his broomstick, and flew away from the woods with the four crows holding the metal ball.

After he left, the branch stuck on Sirene's body retracted directly.

While getting out of trouble, Xi Leiyin also created water flow again, and then drifted downward for a certain distance.

"See if you can burn them, Edgar."

Scott ordered directly.

"Gah!"

Edgar uttered a cry, retracted the fire surrounding his body, and then spit out a line of fire.

When the hot line of fire sprayed on the dense black branches, those intertwined branches all shrank back instantly, and several trees turned into bare trunks.

The fire wire licked on the trunk, leaving a trail, but failed to set the trunk ablaze.

Edgar turned his head and let the line of fire circle a few times in the woods, and all nearby branches retracted into the trunk.

The shade of the branches is lost.Scott finally saw clearly the bare stone door standing in the middle of the forest.

"stop."

Scott ordered again.

Edgar immediately stopped breathing fire.

But as soon as the line of fire disappeared, within a few seconds, all those branches grew out again, covering the stone gate tightly again.

"Sirein, try with the [Water Blade]."

Xirein in the water polo shook his tail, swam to the edge of the water polo, thrust his long jaw out of the water polo, and then opened his mouth to spit out a thin white water line.

The white water line touched the black branches, making a piercing friction sound.

Scott couldn't help covering his ears.

Very slowly, the water blade cut off several branches one after another, touching the trunk.

The grinding sound became harsher.

The water blade, which was extremely sharp in the past, is now like a rusty knife that has not been sharpened for a long time. After cutting a hole in the tree trunk, it seems to be powerless.

"stop."

Xirei stopped spitting out the water blade because he obeyed the order.

Under Scott's gaze, soon, the severed branches grew slowly and returned to their original appearance.

"We can only use fire here." Rimbaud said, "Let Edgar use it, and we will take the opportunity to enter the next floor."

"That's all it takes."

Scott nodded.

"Edgar, use FireWire again!"

"Gah!"

The hot line of fire cut through the darkness, and in an instant, those branches retracted into the trunk again.

"Let the crow find the way," Scott said to Rimbaud.

"Ok."

Rimbaud called a few times to the remaining crows.

Although the crows had narrow escapes, they did not resist Rimbaud's order, and quickly flew back into the forest.

Then, they passed the strange trees whose branches retracted to the trunk smoothly.

"It seems that the correct way to clear the customs is this."

Seeing this scene, Scott also rode a broomstick up and down.

(End of this chapter)