Take control of thunder and lightning from Hogwarts

Chapter 720 Amulet
"Burning flames!"

Seeing that Ron was in critical condition at this time, Hermione didn't dare to delay, and quickly cast a blazing curse, but because she was afraid of hurting Ron, she cast the spell directly on the trunk of the dead tree.

"Ow!!"

The flames unleashed by the enraged Hermione were extremely violent, instantly enveloping the ghost tree. The grimace on the tree trunk let out a scream after being scorched by the flames. The scream was so sharp that it hurt the eardrums of the surrounding people.

But when Hermione saw this, she insisted on maintaining the spell. After struggling for a while, Neville and Harry also shot decisively, shooting a petrification spell and a crushing spell respectively, and bombarded the dead tree one after another.

"boom!"

After writhing in pain for a while, the dead tree finally couldn't hold on anymore, but before it died completely, it didn't forget to throw Ron out of its claws, hitting him hard on the muddy ground next to it, and then gradually lost With a sound, it turned into a scorched dead tree.

"Ron!"

After Hermione saw that the crisis was finally resolved, she rushed to Ron's side eagerly. In this unfinished high-risk dungeon, no one knew what would happen. If something happened to Ron, Hermione could Can't forgive myself.

"Ahem! It hurts..."

Ron was supported by Hermione to sit up, with a look of shock on his face, but he looked more energetic, but his whole body was covered with dust.

However, after a simple inspection, everyone found that although his body was scratched and pulled by those dead branches, there were no serious injuries to his body.

"Thank goodness!" Hermione breathed a sigh of relief holding Ron's head.

"Let me take a breath!" Ron's neck was hurt by Hermione, and he couldn't help struggling, and then stood up with Hermione's help.

"Fortunately, there are no stones on the ground, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. The sudden appearance of this ghost tree is so safe that I didn't scare me to death!" Ron groped himself again, and complained after making sure that there was nothing serious.

"This strange tree has always been normal before, but it was suddenly possessed just now!" Harry glanced at the dead tree that had been scorched by them, and said with lingering fear, "This ghost town is really evil, that so-called Demons are so pervasive, I guess besides trees, other things can also be possessed by demons."

"Then what is the so-called demon? There is no one else around. How did it get close to us? Could it be that the other party will be invisible?" Ron couldn't help guessing after he caught his breath.

"No, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Hermione shook her head slightly, "If the other party just hides his body, he should also reveal his body after possessing the dead tree. I don't believe that demon has been dealt with. "

"Is this demon invisible? Otherwise, we can't explain what happened to us at all!" Neville's idea was very simple, since he couldn't see the shape, it was invisible.

"How could there be such a thing?" Ron curled his lips in disbelief.

"No!" Harry interrupted Ron's rebuttal at this moment, "Perhaps Neville's guess is right, and I have a similar hunch."

"Isn't that the end? How could we defeat the invisible and intangible enemy?" Ron hugged his head in despair. He already regretted entering this dungeon. Everything here has subverted his previous cognition.

Seeing that Ron became that cowardly again, Hermione slapped him on the back of the head in dissatisfaction, "It's impossible for the professor to make such an enemy that is completely invincible! The opponent must have some weakness, or some kind of limitation." .”

"Can you stop hitting people in the back all the time?" Ron muttered to Hermione angrily, and then he was puzzled, "Then what do you say are the weaknesses and limitations of this demon?"

"I don't know, but our biggest problem now is to find the revelation document and reduce the fear value!" Neville pointed at his goggles.

After he reminded them, everyone checked their fear values, and then they found that after the ghost tree sneak attack, the fear values ​​of several people had increased significantly.

Among them, Neville's value was already high, and it has risen to 38% at this time, while Harry and Hermione have risen to 24% and 26% respectively.

But Ron was miserable. Originally, he was startled by Hermione who was just doing the experiment, and then he was attacked by the grimace tree. At this time, his fear value had exceeded half, reaching 57%.

"Damn it, the fear value really increases according to the degree of fright. I'm afraid the more frightened you are, the more the fear value will increase." Hermione stared at the attribute bar with an ugly expression.

Then Hermione glanced at Ron angrily, "Couldn't you be more courageous? If this goes on, you're probably the first person to reach full value."

"This is beyond my control." Ron rolled his eyes speechlessly, and then frowned involuntarily, "Everyone, you'd better be careful, after the fear value exceeds 50 points, I will appear an inexplicable Heart palpitations, that feeling is very real, not like a psychological effect."

"Yes, I have a similar feeling." Neville next to him nodded and said, "It's like feeling someone behind you staring at you all the time, very uncomfortable."

"That is to say, in addition to 70%, will there be side effects if the fear value exceeds 30% and 50%?" Harry couldn't help but worry after a brief summary, "And the trouble is, the situation you mentioned, maybe It will cause the fear value to grow faster, we have to find a way to get rid of these fear values ​​first."

"But we are already outside the quarry!" Ron said unwillingly, "I can still fight in my current state, I think we should find the first revelation document first, otherwise it will be too procrastinating. "

"What Ron said is also reasonable, I suggest to go and find out the truth first." Hermione also agreed at this time, "We already have information about the behavior pattern of the monster called [Devil Servant]. It will be much easier to solve in time.”

"Okay!" Harry also knew that if he turned around and ran to the bonfire to eliminate the fear value, he would definitely waste a lot of time. The best choice now is to explore the truth in the advanced mining field. If there are not many enemies, he may be able to fight quickly. quick decision.

The few people who made up their minds tidied up and then readjusted their formation and walked in.

The mining field in front of us is actually equivalent to a small residential area, including 1 office building, 3 staff dormitories, 1 shop, 1 workshop, and 1 bar. On the side of the mountain, there is also a mine pit on the side of the stone mountain, but it has been sealed by an iron gate at this time.

After reaching the edge of the residential area, the group of four did not rush into it, but carefully investigated the surrounding situation.

After investigation, several people found that in this mining camp, there were a total of 6 [devil servants] of the kind they had encountered, of which 3 were far away from other monsters, and 3 were relatively grouped.

After a brief discussion, they decided to give priority to dealing with the three [Demon Servants] that had fallen apart, and search the bars and workshops where they were guarded.

After confirming the plan, the four rushed towards the monster closest to them.

However, after the previous combat experience, the few people have learned a lot this time. They did not choose to shoot a volley, and no longer arranged for their teammates to come forward to entangle in melee combat, so as not to be affected by the monster's self-destruction.

The four of them fired spells intermittently in twos at the enemy through segmented attacks. Among them, Neville and Harry gave priority to shooting to awaken the enemy, and Hermione and Ron launched an attack after the opponent used flash to approach them.

In this way, without much effort, they successfully eliminated the three [Devil Servants]. At the same time, they also controlled the fear value very well. Even Ron is currently under 60%.

The group of four also discovered at this time that the fear value is most affected by unknown shocks, and the greater the emotional ups and downs, the more the increase.

For example, when they encountered [Devil Servant] and Grimace Tree for the first time, even if they were not attacked by the opponent, their fear value would increase a lot.

But since several people have already seen [Devil Servant], they will not have a particularly big change in mood when they encounter a similar enemy again.

After finishing off the three demon servants, the group of four sneaked into the two-story workshop without stopping to search. After a while, they dug out a box of matches and some usable odds and ends. Min also found some potions, just in time for Ron.

And just as the few people were resting, Neville's voice suddenly came from the bottom of their feet, "Come here quickly, and see what I found!"

Several people looked around, only to find that there was a trap door on the ground on one side. It turned out that there was actually a basement in this room.

After the three of them descended the stairs, they found Neville excitedly pointing at a piece of parchment on the table, "It seems that we are lucky today, the revelation document was found so easily!"

The rest of the people heard the words and took a closer look, and found that this piece of parchment was their target revelation document, but in their goggles, the revelation document had no other introductions other than the mission items. other role.

"Nice job! Neville!" Harry patted Neville's shoulder excitedly, and then carefully put away the pages of the book.

"There's more than one good thing here, look at that!"

Neville smiled and stretched out his hand, and a few people looked in the direction of the finger, and found a treasure chest with a faint blue light in the corner of the room!
"It's a treasure chest!" Ron frowned, but soon he said in distress, "But we don't have a key!"

"The treasure chest in this dungeon doesn't seem to need a key. I've checked it just now, and it can be opened directly with the Unlocking Charm." Neville led a few people to the treasure chest with a chuckle.

Sure enough, after he simply cast a spell, the treasure chest was easily opened, and then several people saw a few props placed inside.

【Blessed Fire Ax】

quality: green

Attack Power: 25-30
Durability: 50/50
Equipment requirements: strength attribute ★★ or above

Additional Trait: This item was once blessed, so damage is doubled when facing tainted enemies.

【amulet】

quality: green

Durability: 100/100
Exorcise Evil: Passive skill, manifests a shield with a strength of 100 on the wearer's body surface, protecting the wearer from the erosion of demon minions, including direct damage and fear effects.

【Nourishing Potion】

An uncontaminated potion that slowly restores the user's stamina and mana.

After seeing these props clearly, everyone's eyes brightened, especially the weapon called [Blessed Fire Ax] and [Amulet], which are obviously two pieces of equipment specifically for Despair Town.

But soon, facing the allocation of equipment, the four of them hesitated again.

It's not that some of them are greedy, for melee equipment like [Blessed Fire Axe], several people unanimously agreed to hand it over to Neville for use.

What made them more hesitant was the amulet, whether to give Neville directly to defend himself in close combat, or to give it to Ron, after all, the amulet can prevent the fear value from increasing.

Although it only avoided the direct impact of fear from the enemy, it couldn't save him from the fright he suffered, but he might be able to save Ron at a critical moment. You must know that his current fear value is hovering around 60%.

"Let's use it for Neville." Ron suggested very calmly, "Next Neville is our main combat power, and the most important thing is to give priority to ensuring that he can output stably. As for being possessed by demons after the fear value is full. It may be too early for us to think about such things.”

"If you insist on not using the amulet, Ron, for the sake of safety, I suggest giving up the search of the remaining rooms. After all, we have already obtained the revelation document." Seeing Ron's insistence, Neville no longer insisted, Just offering my opinion.

"I think it's okay." Hermione nodded, "There's no need for us to stay here any longer. Before we grow up, our best choice is to make fewer mistakes."

Seeing that several people had unified their opinions, Harry didn't raise any objections, and then withdrew from the house after a brief rest, and then headed in the opposite direction of the quarry.

But this place is not a place where you can come and go whenever you want. The four of them have never thought about it until now, why are there so few monsters residing here, and why are the branches so scattered?

"Shhh!!"

Just when the few people were moving to the edge of this residential area, a scarlet space crack suddenly opened in the void in front of them, and then three [devil servants] jumped out of it, which can be said to be a group of four. Hit directly.

Faced with such a change, the expressions of the four of Harry changed greatly. It can be said that they were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the enemy.

What's more terrible is that due to the fright caused by the sudden appearance of these monsters, Ron's fear value finally broke through to more than 70%.

And this immediately produced a chain reaction. Suddenly, there were several high-pitched howls from the quarry behind them. It was obvious that the [Demon Servants] in the camp were also attracted by Ron.

(End of this chapter)