Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 17 The Sage's Stone

They walked forward, downhill along the corridor, surrounded by their own footsteps, and the sound of water dripping slowly along the walls.

"Did you hear anything?" Daphne stopped and listened.The others quietly listened to the sounds around them, and they indeed heard a faint rustling sound coming from the front.

"Let's go, we can find out what's going on in the past." Xie Lin pointed to the front, where the lights were on.They found that at the end of the corridor, there was actually a brightly lit room, and the sound came from above their heads.

On the high, vaulted ceilings, countless small birds fluttered about the room, flapping their wings.

"This is... the second mechanism?" Daphne became very careful after suffering the loss last time, for fear of falling into the trap again. "You said, if we go in directly, will these birds attack us?"

Meredith's observation ability is relatively strong. She pointed to the heavy wooden door on the opposite side and said, "There is a door on the opposite side. I'm afraid we need to pass through this room."

"If all those flying birds rush over at once, we'll chant the Explosion Curse together and blow them all up. Will we be able to pass this level?" Daphne suggested.

Schelling shook his head, "Daphne, your spell application and on-the-spot adaptability are very good, and you also have unyielding courage in the face of difficulties, but you still have to learn a lot from Meredith in terms of observation and reasoning—see clearly, those things above your head are not flying birds."

In the chaotic situation in the future, Xie Lin did not plan to fight alone.

After observing and getting along with each other for a whole semester, he felt that these two girls were very talented and good-natured, and they were objects he could trust, so he also came up with the idea of ​​cultivating the abilities of the two girls as his confidants in the future.Of course, the pleasing looks of the two girls are also one of the factors. Gore and Crabbe, those two stupid big men, have no way to be Schelling's followers.

Daphne took a closer look, only to realize that it turned out to be a group of keys with wings. "Damn it, this level must be set by Professor McGonagall. Did she get the inspiration from your award-winning paper on the magic lamp?"

Xie Lin shook his head, refused to comment, and asked instead: "Have you thought about it? How do you break through this level?"

Daphne frowned, "Don't tell me, we need to find a key among these piles of keys."

"Bingo! You got it right. I guess you need to find a suitable key to open the door." Schelling said calmly, "They obviously can't be just for decoration."

"But there are hundreds of keys on it!" Daphne frowned.

Meredith had already taken the broom and was going to share the broom between Schelling and Daphne.

The flying skills of the three were not bad, but compared to Harry or other Quidditch players, the three also knew that flying was not something they were good at. At this moment, Meredith thought that they should just bite the bullet and go into battle.

Xie Lin said slowly: "Let me teach you another valuable lesson. There is no one-size-fits-all solution in real combat. You must learn to use your own expertise and learn to use all available tools to achieve your goals. The so-called tools are not just magic wands - potions, herbs, and magical animals can be our tools. Of course, many Muggle things are also included. The real power of wizards lies not in magic, but in wisdom. When encountering any problems, first think about relying on magic to solve them. Cowardly performance, I have always thought that this kind of person is nothing more than a barbarian who knows magic. Flexibly use every tool we can have, use our brains, and solve the unsolvable problems we encounter... Instead of simply relying on magic or brute force, this is a truly excellent wizard!"

The two girls seemed to be enlightened when they heard it, and they looked at Xie Lin with brilliant eyes.

Then, Schelling took out a Muggle universal unlocker from his pocket, and after trying several times under the startled eyes of the two women, the door lock was actually opened with a click.The two women stared stiffly at Schelling holding the doorknob with his hands, and said to them with a smile, "The door is open, let's go in." Then, he pushed the door open.

"You...how on earth did you do it?" Meredith stammered.

Schelling explained: "This is the universal unlocker of the Muggle world, which is specially used to pick open the doorknob lock. This door lock casts an anti-alahoo hole opening spell, and the wizard's lockpicking method has no effect on it, but—"

When Schelling said this, he sneered, "Wizards are too arrogant. Even Dumbledore didn't show due attention to Muggle methods, so this kind of loophole was left. Similarly, I dare say that any defense measures in the school, including any teacher's office, can use this tool to pry open the doorknob lock."

The three of them stepped through the door and came to an empty room. The room was pitch black, and nothing could be seen in the field of vision.

The torches on the surrounding walls suddenly ignited flames, giving the impression of fighting a boss in the game, and the illuminated scene is also shocking.

At this moment, they were standing on the edge of a huge chessboard, and in front of them were two rows of black statues that were taller than them.Facing them across the room were two rows of white statues.

"Couldn't this be... Wizard Chess?" Daphne couldn't help muttering. "Now how to do?"

"We may need to play as pawns. Only after we win the opponent can we break into the next level." Schelling said his speculation. He was not sure whether he could win the game with three pawns.

Both Daphne and Meredith frowned. After all, if they really needed to be pawns, it would not be fun to be swept away by the weapons of these pawn statues.

After thinking about it for a while, Schelling came up with a plan. He let Daphne replace the king and Meredith replaced the queen. These two pieces are basically the most difficult to lose in battle, and he replaced a knight.

"What if we are eaten?" Meredith was still worried.

"I will avoid this kind of situation from happening. It's really inevitable. Let's use the explosive spell to break through." After speaking, Schelling has already started to mobilize the chess pieces.

Those are the routines at the beginning, exchanging pieces with each other to free up a bigger battlefield.Schelling found that Professor McGonagall's chess game was not as brilliant as expected.This game of chess went more smoothly than expected.

The number of chess pieces on the field was reduced to a certain extent, and there was no need to consider the issue of exchanging pieces. Schelling began to think about how to defeat the king as soon as possible.

After the White Queen violently knocked the other bishop down on the floor and threw it out of the chessboard like garbage, Schelling immediately stepped forward and happily checkmate the king.When he raised his wand and was about to blow up the White King in front of him, this guy actually took off the crown on his head and threw it at Xie Lin's feet.

That meant Schelling won.

After passing through the wooden door, there is a corridor behind the door, and several people walked along the corridor.

Meredith said self-consciously: "The three-headed dog is Hagrid's checkpoint, and the devil's net should be Professor Sprout's mechanism. The one who cast the magic on those keys must be Professor Flitwick's handwriting, and Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard array. The three deans all participated. So... we are very likely to face the mechanism arranged by Snape next?"

Xie Lin smiled, "Did you miss our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

While talking, several people came to a door.The moment the door was opened, a disgusting stench hit their nostrils, and they almost subconsciously lifted their clothes to cover their noses.The next moment, there was the sound of iron chains being pulled from inside the door, and a deafening roar came from the room.

"It's a troll!" Meredith screamed.Girls are generally scared to death when they see giant monsters that are hideously ugly and huge, no matter how strong they are.Daphne did a little better than Meredith in this point, she didn't scream, but her face was also quite ugly.

Xie Lin said indifferently: "It's just a giant monster. Don't you forget that I only defeated one on Halloween?" After Xie Lin said this, the two girls seemed to have suddenly realized, and their faces became less ugly.

Xie Lin continued: "The troll possesses brute force similar to that of a giant, and its skin is quite resistant to magic. It is not practical to knock it down with a stun spell, but it has a weakness. Do you know what it is?"

Meredith and Daphne said in unison: "The back of the head! Its back is its weak point."

Schelling snapped his fingers and said with a satisfied smile: "That's right, knowing its weakness, it's not that scary anymore. I'll use the Impediment Curse to restrict its movements later, and you will be in charge of using the Levitation Curse to manipulate the wooden stick in its hand and give it a heavy blow on the back of its head, understand?"

The two women had been instructed by Xie Lin on the advanced use of the Levitation Curse, and they nodded hurriedly to express their understanding at this moment.

After opening the door, Schelling took the lead to block and slow down the troll with the Obstacle Curse. The two women simultaneously cast the Levitation Curse on the wooden stick on the troll. The tacit understanding the two women had cultivated during the whole semester was reflected at this moment. The two women simultaneously used their minds to control the wooden stick to the back of the troll's head, and successfully hit the troll with a heavy blow, knocking it unconscious to the ground.

After the completion of the work, the two girls hugged each other happily and clapped their hands in celebration. Unknowingly, the bit of grudge they had towards each other disappeared.

Next is Professor Snape's logic puzzle level.

The two girls are not very good at logical reasoning. Schelling patiently pointed out the principles behind their logical reasoning, and provided some examples from the Muggle world, allowing them to try to solve the problems with their own abilities while waiting for themselves. He drank the antidote alone, passed through the black flames, and came to the last level - the room where the Mirror of Erised was placed.

Schelling is not as ignorant of the Mirror of Erised as Harry is in the original books.

The Mirror of Erised was created by an alchemist in the [-]th century. It is a pity that the manufacturing method of this alchemy product has been lost. This is not an isolated case in the alchemy world. At the same time, there are many alchemy products whose manufacturing method has been lost. Such as the disappearing cabinet, the double-sided mirror, the resurrection stone, the death invisibility cloak, etc., which were all caused by the war-torn environment at that time and the wizard’s self-preservation.

The magic engraved on the Mirror of Erised is none other than Legilimency.

It uses Legilimency to read the mind of the mirror-looker, find out what the mirror-looker desires most, and project the image in the mirror.Dumbledore has done some tricks on this mirror to make it possible to store precious items - anyone who is eager to get the Philosopher's Stone can see the illusory image of holding the Philosopher's Stone in the mirror, but only those who don't want to use it can actually take the stone out.

But knowing the principle behind this mirror is not necessarily true. After performing Occlumency, Xie Lin tried to touch the mirror. He found himself in the mirror smiling at him, and then Xie Lin in the mirror took out a red stone from his pocket. Xie Lin reached into his pocket and found the legendary Philosopher's Stone.

After getting the Philosopher's Stone, Schelling used Transfiguration to conjure a fake Philosopher's Stone that looked exactly the same, and then used Occlumency to try the Mirror of Erised. After several attempts, he finally found the trick and successfully put the fake Philosopher's Stone into the Mirror of Erised.

Maybe Dumbledore could see through that it was a fake Philosopher's Stone, but so what?
There were hundreds of people in the entire college, and it was hard for Dumbledore to doubt himself, a first-year student, not to mention that his actions tonight had been carefully prepared - he knew that all the portraits in the castle were Dumbledore's eyes and ears except for the administrator Filch, and the three of them used the Disillusionment Charm and Silence Charm to sneak out of the dormitory, so that no one in the portraits in the castle would know that they had left the dormitory.

The only remaining problem at the moment is that Dumbledore may use the Summoning Charm to summon the Sorcerer's Stone away, but this is not without a solution - Hogwarts' anti-apparition magic has a fatal loophole, that is, Apparition of non-wizard systems cannot be prohibited, such as phoenixes, Zouwu, and house-elves.

Schelling hurriedly asked Dobby to take the Sorcerer's Stone back to Malfoy Manor, and put it in the family's secret room where protective formations, concealment formations and shielding formations were released.

After finishing all this, Xie Lin hurriedly took Daphne and Meredith, and returned to the Slytherin dormitory under the Disillusionment Curse and the Silence Curse.

Speaking of which, Schelling must be grateful that the entrance to the Slytherin dormitory is a stone wall, as long as the correct signal is spoken, the stone wall will reveal the entrance, instead of a portrait of a fat lady stationed like Gryffindor—this avoids the risk of being found out that someone has left the dormitory.

[The Philosopher's Stone is obtained! 】

(End of this chapter)