Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"I heard Hagrid mentioning you, Ivan!" the centaur said softly, "My name is Firenze!"

Ivan suddenly realized that it was him.

Like most of the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest, Firenze is also very awed by the destiny, and feels the uncertainty of life, full of wisdom but good at watching.

But compared to other centaurs who dislike and disdain wizards, Firenze is not so repulsive towards humans, and does not hesitate to lend a helping hand.This makes Firenze an anomaly for Bain and Ronan, who think that the centaur's responsibility lies in being a neutral bystander.

Ivan still remembers that when Harry was in fifth grade, Firenze even accepted Dumbledore's invitation to replace the expelled Professor Trelawney as a professor of divination.He accepted this position and was exiled by his tribe, and the other centaurs called him a captive slave of humans.

"Although I don't know why you came here, for a little wizard of your age, the Forbidden Forest is not safe tonight." Firenze looked at Ivan, "These acromantids have all become manic , more aggressive than usual, I must send you back..."

"No, I can't leave, I have to catch Peter Pettigrew."

"Peter Pettigrew?!" Firenze repeated slowly.

"Yes, he is an evil dark wizard, he is..."

Before Ivan could finish his words, he heard Firenze say, "I know him, Peter Pettigrew, he and James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin came to the place 20 years ago. Our tribe came a few times, I was a little pony at the time, and every time they came, they brought me magic items, food, and very interesting stories made by your humans."

Firenze seemed to be recalling, and Ivan looked at him in surprise.It turns out that there is such a thing. No wonder Firenze has a good impression of human beings. Now it seems that it is very likely that he was influenced by Harry's father and the four of them when he was young.

"The relationship between the four of them was very good at that time, because the ancestors of the centaur had an agreement with the founder of the castle. They were recognized by the centaur, and they came to the tribe for the final trial to determine whether any of them had They are qualified to get that thing." Firenze said lightly, "But they all failed in the end, obviously, they are not the ones chosen by fate."

"That thing?!" Ivan was stunned for a moment, and his heart suddenly beat rapidly. Could it be that Firenze was referring to Gryffindor's secret treasure key, and he couldn't help asking, "What is that thing?"

"I don't know." Firenze shook his head and said slowly, "No one knows its specific shape. For more than 1000 years, according to the ancient agreement, it has been stored in the temple in the center of the tribe. It will emit the same light as the stars at night, and only those who really get it can know its true colors."

Chapter 177 The Split Treasure Key

"Temples, starlight..." Ivan still wanted to ask about that thing, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by Firenze.

"I don't think it is suitable to continue discussing this matter now. There are more urgent matters waiting for us to do." Firenze looked at the distant fire light worriedly, and the clicks of acromantulas could be heard from time to time in the bushes. Noisy, he said softly, "Evan, you just mentioned Pettigrew Peter, if I remember correctly, he should be dead?"

"He didn't die, everything was a conspiracy." Ivan hurriedly explained what happened in the castle 12 years ago and just now.

Firenze listened quietly, not even much surprise could be seen on his face.

What Ivan said, about the surprising truth about the relationship between James Potter, Pettigrew Peter and Sirius Black, Firenze seemed to believe it in an instant, as if he knew the truth in the first place.

"So, everything was done by Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius was just wronged." Ivan said hurriedly, "We must catch him and not let him escape. This is very critical, and it is related to the fate of many people. "

"Everyone's fate has already been doomed, such as Peter Pettigrew, the omen from the sky told me this unfortunate thing 20 years ago." Firenze took a light step forward, "I once reminded James and Sirius, but they don't believe me."

Omen from the sky, or 20 years ago? !

Ivan is not unwilling to believe in Firenze, and he doesn't know if he can really see some future things, but he seems to be the same as Professor Trelawney who has not entered the state of real prophecy, and he is not trustworthy at all.

"Where is Peter Pettigrew now?"

"He should be near Aragog's lair, and he has suffered extremely serious injuries, but he is coming soon, and there are many acromantulas chasing him." Ivan came back to his senses, and he continued pointing forward , "Let's go in that direction, in an open space, he will pass there in about half an hour."

"Time is urgent!" Firenze didn't ask Ivan why he knew such a thing, he bent his front legs and lowered his body, "We must hurry up, you can sit up, so it can be faster. "

As Firenze said, he let Ivan climb on his back.

Ivan has never had such an experience before. Riding a horseman feels similar to riding a horse, but it is a little different. He doesn't even feel any bumps.Firenze is like a sensitive reindeer, walking through the jungle at an extremely fast speed. It took the two of them less than 5 minutes to get to Ivan in Mr. Weasley's old car The place.

The dark woods are quiet, and what is happening in Aragog's lair in the distance seems to have nothing to do with this place. Through the sparse trees, you can see the bright starry sky.

"Okay, we'll just wait here, thank you for helping me, Firenze!" Ivan slid off his back, "I just met Ronan and Bain, and they refused to help me ..."

"It's not surprising. The centaurs usually don't help humans. We must not disobey God's will. If the trajectory of the planets has predicted your death, then even if you die beside them, they will not help you."

"But you helped me. You are different from other centaurs."

"Everyone's understanding of omens from planets is different, and their practices are also different. I once said that if necessary, I will stand with humans." Firenze looked up at the sky, "I have to Admit it, I'm an outlier in my group."

The atmosphere suddenly fell silent, and neither of them spoke.

In the dark, Aiwen thought of the thing that was kept in the centaur tribe.

The magical item said to have great power, the key to the secret treasure left by Gryffindor.

"Ferenze, what should I do if I want to get the thing kept in your tribe?" Aiwen suddenly asked, "I heard that I need to get the approval of the centaur. What is the specific content?"

"For those chosen by fate, the planets will give clear omens, and the elders will make specific requests, asking you to do something for us." Firenze replied softly, still watching Sky.

"Omens from planets?"

Aiwen was a little speechless, and it was another omen of the planet.

To be recognized, the horse people put forward specific requirements for this, which he can understand, as long as those requirements can be fulfilled.

But what are the definite omens given by the planets?

He couldn't see any connection between his own destiny and the planets. These mysterious and mysterious things were indeed a headache.

Firenze didn't answer Ivan's question. He pointed to the brightest star in the sky and said calmly, "Mars is extremely bright tonight."

"I know, Ronan and Bain just said, what does this mean?" Ivan sighed, why are all the horsemen like this? He originally thought that Firenze would be normal, but now it seems Also normally limited.

"This is an omen." Firenze said simply, "It represents the omen of disaster, the worst omen. It is not a coincidence that you appear here tonight, Aiwen, maybe you are the one chosen by fate, But I must warn you..."

Ivan didn't speak, he waited for Firenze to continue.

"No matter what your purpose is, you want to get that powerful magic item." Firenze looked down at Ivan, his sapphire eyes shining brightly under the night sky, "but I must remind you, that Something completely different from what you imagined."

"completely different?!"

Regarding the Gryffindor secret treasure key, Ivan did have a few conjectures, but Firenze did say that it was completely different from what he imagined. Why did he say that?He didn't even listen to his own conjecture, dare to draw such a conclusion?

"That's right, completely different! In fact, it's not even complete, it's split as the centaurs have split, and we haven't kept our vows. The elders of the tribe have been feeling overwhelmed by this for centuries. Worry."

"What are you talking about, it's not complete?" Ivan was taken aback for a moment.

"It's a very long story, a dark history about the Centaurs."

Firenze turned around and avoided answering Ivan's question.

He just said vaguely that the key to the secret treasure left by Gryffindor was split due to the internal division of the centaur tribe, and he obviously didn't want to explain the reason in detail.

It can be seen from his expression that for the centaur, this does not seem to be a very glorious thing.

Chapter 178 Four ways to increase magic power

"The elders of the tribe said that the sky once gave us a sign. The split of that thing is what is destined to happen. It's the same for the horse people. If you pass this test, both parties will get satisfactory rewards."

Firenze didn't continue talking, and Ivan didn't ask further.

He didn't know what the test and the satisfactory reward meant, and he didn't know what Firenze repeatedly mentioned: the omen from the sky and the person chosen by fate.

Until now, Ivan is still immersed in this shocking news.

Although it looks calm on the surface, deep inside it is turbulent.

Gryffindor's treasure key was actually split? !

This is really terrible news. I don't know how many pieces it has been split into, but can it still be assembled completely? !

If they can't get it all together, what about the secret treasure left by the Big Four? !

Ai Wen suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart. It seemed that it was not a simple matter for him to open the secret treasure of the Big Four.What should I do if the other three keys are split or lost like the one left by Gryffindor? !

What was left of the Big Four, at the very beginning, must have been around the school.

The main purpose of them leaving this treasure is to protect the school from black wizards; and the four people each passed a key to test whether their respective teaching concepts have been well implemented while protecting the school. go down.

The four keys correspond to the four tests. Only students who pass the test can obtain the corresponding keys. Entrusting them to the intelligent creatures living around the school at that time can prevent other people who are not Hogwarts students from obtaining the treasure to the greatest extent. .

They don't have to break up the keys into pieces and have students go around collecting them.

But more than 1000 years have passed, and anything can happen.

There must have been countless changes within the intelligent populations they each entrusted to keep the treasure key.

No one can guarantee that these intelligent creatures will always live around Hogwarts. Even if they are still there, the treasure keys left by the Big Four may not necessarily be there, or they will be split into several pieces, or lost, or...

Thinking that he might run around the world to find the key to the secret treasure left by the four founders of the school, Aiwen had a headache.

After such a long time, the traces left behind must be very vague.

It may be easier to defeat Voldemort directly than to collect all four treasure keys.

Ai Wen shook his head vigorously, now is not the time to think about these things.

In any case, he must get the treasure key fragment that Gryffindor left in the centaur tribe.He had heard from Professor Lupine, Sirius Black, and Pettigrew that that thing had quite powerful magical powers.

Even if the complete key cannot be assembled in the end, this fragment alone, judging from the current known information, will be of great help to him.

You know, so far, Aiwen has obtained a lot of magic theory knowledge from the restricted area of ​​the library and Lihen Bookstore, but because of the limitation of magic power, most of the magic can't be used by him at all.

Otherwise, the duel with Snape just now would not have been defeated so easily.

There are very limited ways to increase magic power. Apart from relying on the natural increase of the wizard's age, there are mainly three remaining methods:

The first is various potions and potions, such as potions for enhancing magic. These potions are relatively easy to obtain, but the magic power increased by this method is very unstable and the duration is very short.

The second is to rely on the help of legendary magic items, such as the Elder Wand in Dumbledore's hand, the Gryffindor key fragment kept in the centaur tribe, etc. As long as these items are equipped on the body, the magic power will be A corresponding improvement can be obtained.This kind of magic power increase is relatively long-lasting and stable, but the number of legendary magic items is very rare, and it is very difficult to obtain. Many wizards have never even seen one in their entire lives.

As for the last one, Aiwen is still in the research stage and is not very sure.

He used to study the source of Voldemort's powerful power. In addition to being evil enough to use the extremely profound black magic and the Horcrux that guarantees immortality, his power may also come from the black magic that researches and transforms the body itself. test.Last year, Ivan met Tom Riddle. As Voldemort in his student days, he looked very handsome, and he was not at all the same as the dark lord who later became famous.

Something must have happened to him. In order to obtain powerful power, he must have transformed his body, such as accepting the baptism of the purest dark power or merging the blood of powerful magical creatures, etc.

These evil black magic transformations eventually led to changes in his appearance.

Compared with the second method, the magic power increase obtained by this method is more stable, and the increase speed is very fast, and it is easy to obtain powerful power, but it is indeed very dangerous. During the process of transforming one's body, there will be any accidents can happen.

Voldemort is the most obvious example. Ivan is not even sure whether he is still purely human.

The last method is naturally not advisable, the only feasible way to quickly increase magic power is the second method.

Ivan sighed, although he desperately wanted to improve his own magic power, although he said these things to Firenze, the treasure key left by Gryffindor, and the part that even Firenze didn't want to mention The dark history of the centaur is very mindful, but he has not yet been recognized by the centaur, nor has he obtained the thing preserved in the centaur tribe.

It is still too early to study these.

He was going to think about it after capturing Peter Pettigrew and helping Sirius Black clear his grievances.

"Ferenze, do you know about Time Converter?" Ivan said suddenly, he was going to tell the other party about the Time Converter, otherwise it would be bad if he saw two of himself in a while, and there would be some accident.

"Time-Turner?!" Firenze blinked, a little confusion appeared on his calm face for the first time, and it was obviously the first time he had heard of this thing.

"It's a magic prop that can help users travel in time." Ivan explained, "With its help, I returned from the future time to the present, so I know that Pettigrew Peter is going to pass by here. Because I was there too. In fact, I also started the fire in the acromantula's lair."

Chapter 179 Catch Pettigrew

"It's amazing to appear in two places at the same time!" Firenze looked at Ivan in disbelief, his blue eyes shining.

Ivan nodded, and he briefly explained what happened to him in Aragog's lair, and Firenze seemed more interested.

"The elders often warn us to pay attention to human magic. Although you waste too much time on many meaningless things, you have indeed achieved many remarkable magical achievements. I have never I thought, there will be something that can make people travel in time."

Listening to Aiwen's introduction about Time Converter, Firenze sighed with emotion.

For the centaur, time magic is too esoteric.

It can be seen that he was very interested in the Time Converter, and after asking for many details, Ivan told him everything he knew.

Aiwen also told Firenze that according to the rules of using the Time Converter, he must not be seen by his past self. This is very critical, otherwise it will have an irreparable impact.Firenze agreed to his request, and was going to wait for Ivan to leave before grabbing Peter Pettigrew.

Facing the unknown magic field, he seemed very cautious and careful.

Time passed, and about 15 minutes later, Ivan saw himself appearing in the open space holding his wand, followed by Peter Pettigrew.

"Knox!" He said hastily, it was the "Luminescence" counter-curse, and the light at the end of the wand in his hand disappeared instantly.

Darkness has returned, and now only the stars in the sky are still shining.

Aiwen's heart began to beat wildly, and he saw himself panting heavily in the center of the field, leaning helplessly on the huge oak tree, the faint light at the end of the wand flickered and faded away.

Ivan knew that this was because he had no magic power. When his magic power was completely exhausted, Pettigrew Peter, who had been floating beside him, fell heavily to the ground.

Peter Pettigrew struggled to move, and hugged the tree trunk in front of him tightly.

Behind the two of them came the Acantara, with countless pairs of small black eyes shining on the terrifying forehead, and the sharp black pincers making a scalp-numbing clicking sound.

Seeing the two people in the middle of the open space, the acromantulas obviously hesitated.Maybe it was the fire that Ivan set in the depression just now, which impressed them too deeply. Instead of rushing directly to Ivan, they rushed straight to Peter Pettigrew.

Peter Pettigrew's legs were bitten by an acromantula. He struggled violently, as if looking back, his screams and cries became louder and louder.

"Help me, save me, please..."