Hogwarts in a parallel world

Chapter 17 The Rock Behemoth and Two-Face Man

Time seems to pass faster and faster as the temperature rises. The chirping of insects tells people that midsummer is here, and exams are coming at the same time.

They still have some free time after the exam.Winters used this time to give himself a holiday in advance. As for the magic of "Purgatory Arrival", he only spared half an hour a day to practice it. As for the magic aggregate and ancient spells, he had made no progress.Since Aurora was no longer on a training mission, she had time to watch him cast the spell. In Aurora's own words, it was to prevent Winters from blowing up the entire Hogwarts.

"What do you think of me, blowing up Hogwarts...Am I that scary?"

"Yes, you did knock down the mountain monster last year, but that corridor was completely destroyed," Aurora said.

"As far as I know, Dumbledore fixed it himself." Elena also came to the training room, and Elsa and Karai also came.

"Why don't you go and give yourself a holiday in advance to come here? I only have half an hour to practice every day."

"We just want to see how much the powerful black magic of Purgatory can reflect the soul of the caster." Elena said and the other two nodded.

"Are your roommates coming too?"

Kalai said: "We discussed it, and in order to avoid making you angry, we came first."

Winters: "You guys are really sacrificial."

"Of course, a true Slytherin should think carefully about it," Kale said proudly.

"...Forget it, if you make a fool of yourself, make a fool of yourself...

"Hell comes," Winters yelled, pointing his wand at the target dummy. An orange flame with black lightning rushed out from between his wand, first toward a thunderbird, and then into a What he looked like before, a warrior.

The warrior, composed of fire and lightning, rushed straight towards the dummy, turning the dummy into a beam of incandescent fluid.

"I have to say, it's very powerful, but not even close..." Elena said.

Winters "I felt it too. It was constantly changing before, but in the end it turned directly from black flames to white flames, and then disappeared directly."

Elena: "He also turned into a warrior and finally disappeared?"

Winters: "Yes. At that time, the flame also transformed into dragons and other animals. There were many types, but they were all short-lived. Finally, it turned into a white flame warrior and disappeared."

Elsa: "That means you still need to practice. In this ideal state, powerful black magic will theoretically appear in a fixed form immediately after casting the spell."

"But you're pretty good too. From the first time you cast this spell to now, there's never been a backlash," Karai said excitedly.

Winters: "I'm not afraid of backlash. I've mastered the solution to the curse of "The End of All Curses."

Half an hour later, Winters suggested that he go to the lake at Hogwarts and take a look. He heard that a very friendly giant squid could be seen there.

Aurora said, "The squid does exist, but you have to try your luck. If you are lucky, you will encounter it every day. If you are not lucky, you will not encounter it once in 7 years. And won't you demonstrate that magic polymer for me?"

Winters: "Let's wait until night. I have a hunch that we will encounter that big squid today."

"I think you are lazy," Aurora said dissatisfied.

Winters and the others walked through the playground covered with green grass, and when they arrived at the lake, they were told that the squid had appeared just now, but then swam away, probably looking for food.

"It's too late," Kale said disappointedly.

"But it's not bad to catch those small fish and shrimps by the lake...and...Elena...you look so weird now," Winters said while suppressing a smile.

"My appearance...?" Elena looked confused.

"It's okay, as long as you don't stand in the sun when we look at you," Elsa said, covering her mouth.

"Because the sun shines so brightly on your face that we can no longer see your head, we can only see a ball of light." Kale's serious look made people laugh even more.

"What's so funny about this...Although...Elena, you look like...go to a shady place." Aurora dragged Elena to a shady place.

"When I recover, I will have plenty of ways to deal with you." Elena laughed angrily.

"Of course you can recover, but I don't think you can defeat me in a wizard fight." Winters stretched.

"You are quite confident." Aurora glared at him.

"Anyway, it seems that I am indeed better than her at the moment." Winters lay in the shade of the tree, squinting his eyes.

"It's not whether you can defeat Elena, it's whether Elena can recover. Can you solve the problem that Dumbledore hasn't solved for several years?"

"Of course it can't be solved, but I can help Dumbledore"

"But you didn't show me the magic aggregate. I want evidence." Aurora's stubborn temper rose again.

"What's the matter? After dinner today, I will give you a surprise. The time is set at 8 o'clock in the evening," Winters said with a yawn.

When Winters, Aurora, Elena, Elsa, and Karai walked back, they all heard a few words. It seemed that Harry had a headache, and someone said that it was a pain from his scar.After Winters asked Harry, Harry told him that the lightning-shaped scar had been hurting all afternoon and was getting more and more painful.

Harry rubbed the scar "It must mean something"

"You'd better go to the school doctor's office or ask Dumbledore to take a look," Winters suggested.

Hermione said, "Many doctors, including Madam Pomfrey, have seen it, and they don't understand why. And Dumbledore went to Londinium."

"Winters, are you free today?" Ron asked suddenly.

Winters: "I don't have time. My sister insists on seeing that magic aggregate. I have to demonstrate it to her, otherwise she will say that I only know how to talk about Qi. Why are you asking?"

"I want to grab the Philosopher's Stone before Snape gets it, or drag it until Dumbledore comes back," Harry said softly.

"You're crazy. Let's not talk about whether you can get the Philosopher's Stone first. I bet that the agencies protecting the Philosopher's Stone will kill you," Winters growled.

"But I can't just watch the Philosopher's Stone fall into the hands of the mysterious man," Harry said stubbornly.

"Why do you care so much when Dumbledore is here?" Winters was a little angry.

"Have you ever thought about what to do if Dumbledore comes back late?" Hermione was a little anxious.

"I don't think the greatest wizard of all time could make such a mistake," Winters said bluntly.

"I wish you good luck with your move." Winters ended the conversation with some mockery.

"Why did you offend your roommate?" Aurora said curiously.

"How do I know? Why are Harry and the three of them thinking about inexplicable things... protecting the Sorcerer's Stone..." Winter said helplessly.

When Aurora and Winters arrived at the door of the training room, they found that Elena, Elsa, and Karai had brought a bunch of people, including Elena's brothers, and Elena's roommate, Elsa. ,, Carle, and Slaer also brought their roommates over.

"There's no way... they really want to take a look... and then more and more rumors spread." Carle said looking at Winters' surprised expression.

"Purgatory is coming!" Winters shouted as before, but this time there were some changes, the color of the flames became lighter.There was a burst of exclamation from the people around.

"Then magic aggregate," Aurora said, with a proud look on her face.

Winters emptied his mind, then concentrated on feeling the pulse of magic, and then a pure white shimmering substance appeared at the tip of his wand.

Winters ignored the exclamations around him and began to quickly recall those ancient spells, life, soul, fire, earth, wind, water, stars, sun and moon. . . .The light emitted by the magic aggregate kept changing, and finally, just as he expected, a burst of fairy music came to mind, like the cry of a phoenix before its nirvana.

Everyone was stunned, especially Elena's brothers. They ran over and held Winters's hand and almost cried with excitement.Until Ernie yelled.

"Why didn't that aggregate disappear? I remember it disappeared as soon as I lost my concentration. And that "Fire Warrior"... what was he doing?" Ernie yelled.

Only then did Winters realize that the light golden magic aggregate had not disappeared, and the flame warrior raised the sword in his hand and pointed at the magic aggregate, with a golden thread faintly connected between the two.

"What is that... figure?" Elena seemed to see something. There were indeed several figures appearing and disappearing between them and the magic aggregate. It seemed that one of them had a pair of green eyes. Those green eyes He seemed to have seen it on Harry's face.

For a moment, everyone was too angry to speak out.Winters subconsciously looked at his wand and found that a light golden flame was wrapping his wand.He slowly walked towards the blurry figures. Two of those figures seemed a bit familiar to him.

"Dad, mom?" Winters said subconsciously.Everyone else gasped.

"Son, you have grown up" a young woman's voice.

"You are excellent. You are much better than me and your mother." A young man's voice said.

"Will you hate us?" Winters' mother seemed to be talking to him from a distant place.

"I... I'm just confused... You could have..." Winters said what he wanted to say most.

Leah Renault: "Child, we didn't want to do that at first, but if we had run away, many innocent and kind-hearted people like Aurora's parents would have been killed. At least our sacrifice prevented more casualties”.

Tom Reno: "Son, be afraid. It's not shameful to run away. It's not shameful to give up halfway. It takes courage to admit your cowardice. The most shameful thing is to give up halfway and then harm your comrades in the past."

"Who are they?" Winters spotted more than two figures.

Leah Renault asked: "Lily, James, don't you say a few words? Especially you, Lily, you made my son sleepless" with a somewhat dissatisfied tone.

"I didn't mean it, Leah..." Lily's voice came from a distant place, and Winters could see clearly this time, a pair of emerald green eyes.

Lily: "Help my son, Winters, you can do it"

"But...Dumbledore..."

"We saw some things that Dumbledore might not be able to care about him one day in the future." James Potter seemed to be still in his pajamas.

"But where Harry is now, we have no idea" Ernie shouted

Lily: "You will find him. Remember to tell Harry that we love him."

With the disappearance of the flame warrior, the magic aggregate and all the weird scenes just now disappeared.

Winters stood there stunned for a long time before asking: "Who else is crazy besides me and Ernie?"

"If you and Ernie are crazy, we should all be crazy." Slyer had already taken out his wand. Although the expression on his face clearly expressed fear, he did not flinch.

After being greatly shocked, everyone calmed down and began to analyze the usual information that had been missed.

"I remember Professor Snape was injured around Halloween last year, but what could hurt a Hogwarts professor?" Aurora asked.

"It depends on the location. If it's the Shadow Island in the southwest, there are too many creatures that can kill a Hogwarts professor. But if it's Hogwarts, there are very few. Forbidden There are big spiders in the forest and the Whomping Willow... these are the only two.”

"But the Whomping Willow won't move, and Snape was right behind Dumbledore," Winters dismissed the idea.

"Dumbledore said that no one is allowed to enter at the end of the fourth-floor corridor. There is no permit at all," Ernie said suddenly.

"That means there must be something hidden in that corridor, something very dangerous or very important," Elena said.

"In other words, the goal of the thing hidden at the end of that corridor is to protect a very important item," Aurora said.

"But no matter what, we have to act quickly. It's already nine o'clock in the evening. When will Felqi start patrolling?" Winters asked, he didn't want to make too much noise.

"Don't worry about him, it's best if he doesn't get in the way." Elena seemed to be feeling cold as she spoke.

"Elena is right, there is no need to think too much at this time." Elsa had already drawn out her wand as she spoke.

"Aren't you scared? I mean..."

"This is not a matter of the academy. The Slytherins who died in the last war were not much more than Gryffindor. Moreover, we believe that you can win the next fight, or with our help, you can drag it out until Dumbledore is back." Elsa shook her wand excitedly.

"If I remember correctly, you knocked down a rock-covered mountain monster at least 7 meters tall with one blow on Halloween... I don't believe that such a sneaky thief can be bigger than the mountain monster. Be strong," Slyer encouraged Winters.

Winters decided to go to the end of the corridor on the fourth floor first.As soon as they reached the end, they smelled a stench, which was extremely unpleasant.It was relieved after Les bubbled everyone up.

"There must be some kind of animal inside...I remember, it's a three-headed dog." Winters suddenly realized.

"The three-headed dog can fall asleep when it hears music, which is easy to handle," Slaer said.

"I can conjure a violin, who of you knows this?"

"I'll do it, I've learned it before," said a girl whom Winters didn't know.

"You are...."

"Just call me Marisa"

"Okay, Marissa, you are responsible for calming down this three-headed dog, and I am responsible for ensuring your safety."

"no problem"

They traveled through the three-headed dog amidst Marissa's music and fell into a dark room, but it didn't hurt.But by the light of their wands they saw a mass of vines.

"Fire is raging," Elsa shouted directly, and the vines quickly fled in all directions under the expulsion of the flames. "Those plants are devil's nets, I can tell at a glance." Elsa looked at the plants with disgust.

After passing through the devil's net, they came to a room full of flying keys.

Aurora looked at the ceiling: "We need to grab those keys, and the broom has been passed. Look, the one in the upper right corner has drooped wings. That must be the key."

"Wait a minute, Aurora, what if that key is cursed? I'll take the lead," Winters said.

After Winters flew over, he didn't feel any particularly strong magic, it was just pure transformation. He grabbed the listless key.

They came to a very empty room with a lot of rubble. Winters couldn't be sure what it was due to the lighting problem, but it just looked like fragments of some kind of statue.In front of them was a hill that seemed to be trembling slightly. There seemed to be two figures behind the hill.

"Hermione?..." Winters' voice had turned into a hiss in order not to alarm the rock beast in front of him.But there was no response from the other side.

"What now?" Winters asked the people who came with him. He didn't want to wait any longer.

"We are divided into two teams. One team goes to fight the rock monster in front of us. The other team stares at the opposite side," Les suggested.

"This giant rock monster must be infected by black magic. If we fight, it's not impossible, but we can't guarantee Hermione's safety." Link kept staring at the stone monster.

Winters: "I thought I'd give that dark magic a try"

Les: "No, you will be exposed. The powerful dark curse will not only leave traces but also cause strong magic fluctuations. It's hard to say what will happen to Harry and the others."

Link said: "No, it doesn't matter whether the secret is exposed or not. The important thing is that, for whatever reason, the magic power on this stone monster is very monotonous, it is a copy spell. It shows that his creator is very weak."

Kane frowned: "This is illogical"

Aurora: "I understand what Les said. It is undoubtedly dangerous for the thieves of the Philosopher's Stone to steal the Philosopher's Stone under Dumbledore's nose, so the best way is to do it as quickly as possible, and it is best not to He stole the Philosopher's Stone without anyone noticing while alerting other professors, and he had to take action while Dumbledore was away."

"This shows that the thief's true state may be difficult for him to fight with a Hogwarts professor," Kane added.

"Then I'll deal with the monster in front of me. You guys stare at the figure opposite...although it's a bit familiar...but it's better to be careful." Winters pulled out his wand.

"Are you all ready?" Winters kept his voice as low as possible.Everyone else nodded.

"Try to use silent spells," Kane whispered.

After everyone was ready, Slyer nodded to Winters.

Immediately afterwards, the spell Broken Flame jumped into Winters' mind, and a dazzling purple light knocked the rock giant to the ground in an instant.Winters' spell left a huge hole in the rock monster's body.

After the smoke cleared, Les and the others walked over from the opposite side.Winters then discovered that it was not only Hermione, but also Ron.Ron was carried behind him in a daze.Hermione was helped over by Elsa.Clearly frightened.

Hermione trembled and said: "This was originally a chessboard... But when I came back, I found that this place was just..."

"Hermione, where's Harry?" Elena asked.

"He drank the potion and passed through a door shrouded in black flames."

"Do you still have that potion?"

"That potion is a puzzle. I'm not sure how much Harry drank." Hermione was about to cry.

After a short silence, Winters said, "Hermione, please send Ron to the school doctor's office quickly, and then contact Dumbledore as soon as possible. The others follow me."

They came to the puzzle machine Hermione mentioned. After carefully reading the puzzle above, they found the bottle of potion that would allow them to move forward, but the bottle was empty.

"Does Harry think he's drinking iced pumpkin juice?" Aurora said angrily.

Slyer: "Are we just going to wait?"

Winters kept staring at the black flame, and the magical features on it felt extremely familiar to him.

"Is it the curse of the Return of Purgatory?" Elena came over and asked, while everyone else was waiting for Winters.

"It's very similar...I can give it a try"

Winters threw a ball of magic aggregate over, and then focused all his attention on it, and then a miracle happened. The black flame actually left the door, and then turned into a ball of orange light. The flame warrior, then Winters waved his wand and thought in his mind: The curse is over.The flame warrior disappeared instantly.

"We need to make a plan now because we don't know what's behind the door" Elena was worried.

Aurora: "I have an idea, but I don't know if it will work. Why don't we use these bottles and jars? Since the thief likes copying so much, we can also use it."

"You mean to conjure up a lot of weird things and let them withstand possible damage?" Winters asked.

“That’s pretty much what it means.”

"We can also use the Illusion Technique" Link suggested.

After making preparations, they rushed through the door.But instead of seeing Snape, they saw Quirrell.From the Mirror of Erised, they saw that there was a scary white face on the back of Loki's head, with two eyes glowing scarlet.I don't know why one of Rocky's hands was broken.Harry was holding a red stone tightly, and Quirrell was pointing his wand at Harry.

"Get rid of those who are in the way!" A cold and sharp voice said.

Quirrell raised his wand and pointed it at Winters. Winters waved the wand subconsciously, and a spell immediately jumped into his mind: Shattering Flame.The dazzling purple light met the green light emitted by Rocky, and then the green light was bounced away by Winters' spell.

Quirrell immediately stepped aside to avoid the curse. He conjured a blue shield and was shattered by the second purple light from Winters. The shield barely withstood the spell.

"Master...my wand is broken." Quirrell was frightened.

"Then cast without a wand, you idiot," a sharp voice roared.

Just as Quirrell was about to cast a spell without a wand, Harry suddenly jumped up and grabbed Rocky's face hard.Rocky's screams were endless.Then Luo stumbled and fell backwards, and then with a muffled sound, Luo Qi actually shattered like a clod of soil.Immediately afterwards, something like smoke floated up from where Rocky was standing, and flew away with a sharp roar.

Harry looked at the person in front of him, and just as he was about to say something, he fell down.

(End of this chapter)