Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"I have never doubted your commitment, Dean." Dumbledore clarified, "I was just worried that you would inadvertently affect Harry. This is not what I want to see - your growth rate is too amazing. , far beyond my imagination.”

"Professor, this is not my fault."

"Of course, that's why I specifically reminded you. - Besides, it seems that you didn't go to see Hagrid as a Mysterious Walker today."

"I can't help it. Who made Hagrid go to the Pig's Head Bar?" Dean said helplessly. "The boss there is very smart. No matter who I pretend to be, he will find out. I don't want to expose the identity of the Mysterious Walker."

"It seems you are very familiar with him."

"Didn't he tell you?"

"I'm afraid there are many things he doesn't want to share with me. - Of course, there are some things you do well, such as reminding centaurs to protect unicorns. I give Gryffindor 50 points for that."

"Thank you very much." Dean said with some disappointment.

To be honest, he didn't quite understand what Dumbledore did tonight, and it didn't fit his inner image of a tall man at all.

Dean even suspected that Dumbledore in front of him was controlled by someone using the Imperius Curse, or someone was pretending to be.

Unfortunately, Dean knew this was absolutely impossible.

"Of course, you must know that the centaurs' protection is not foolproof, so you still need to pay more attention to the unicorns." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Then that's it for today. Thank you again for what you did tonight. everything."

"By the way, Professor. I received a pair of thick wool socks not long ago. I suspected there was some secret, but unfortunately I couldn't find the key." Dean asked in a playful manner.

Dean felt a little suffocated by Dumbledore's treatment tonight, so he was ready to give him some trouble.

Dean knew that Dumbledore must have understood the hint.

"Ah~wool socks, those are really a good thing." Dumbledore was not affected at all and said cheerfully, "I usually put them on my feet immediately - of course, I had a bad one when I was young. I have a habit of sticking my magic wand in my socks. I hope you don’t imitate me~”

Put it on his feet... stick the wand in... Dean felt as if he had grasped the key.

When he looked up again, he noticed Dumbledore's long gone figure - Dean keenly noticed that there was a flash of gold around Dumbledore's neck, like a slender gold chain.

He had never noticed before that Dumbledore also liked to wear pendants around his neck.

Dumbledore came to the door of the principal's office. He knocked on the statue of the gargoyle stone beast at the door with his wand. The stone beast immediately came to life and jumped to the side. After the wall behind it cracked, another Dumbledore emerged from inside. Walked out.

The two nodded in agreement. Dumbledore, who was outside the door, gently pulled out the gold chain around his neck. There was a small shiny gold timer hanging underneath. He turned the timer a few times, and his figure suddenly appeared. Become blurred and then disappear.

What Dean saw earlier was a time-turner.

……

Considering that Dumbledore had just returned to the principal's office, Dean did not rush to the Room of Requirement. Instead, he went to the restricted area on the fourth floor, outside the room guarded by Lu Wei - this was the least crowded place in the castle except the Room of Requirement.

Dean is going to try the correct way to open woolen socks revealed by Dumbledore here.

Seeing that there was no one around, Dean quickly took off his shoes, took out a pair of wool socks from the dragonskin bag, put them on his feet, and then inserted the blackthorn wand into the socks.

A magical scene happened, and Dean felt his consciousness being pulled into a mysterious space, where Grindelwald was standing there smiling and watching him.

"It seems you found the key easily~" Grindelwald couldn't hide his admiration.

"That's thanks to your old friend knowing you too well." Dean muttered and immediately realized that it was not so much that Dumbledore knew Grindelwald, but that Grindelwald deliberately followed Dumbledore's instructions. Lido's habits set up the puzzle.

They are really two guys who love each other.

Grindelwald didn't seem to hear Dean's complaints, but raised the blackthorn wand in his hand: "There is not much time, let's start right away."

Dean looked at the wand that was also in his hand and concluded that Grindelwald's consciousness was not here. This was just an illusion-like space that he had arranged in advance.

Next, Grindelwald fully showed Dean the style of the first generation Dark Lord - he forced Dean to start a magical duel with him in the illusion.

In the illusion, the magic power of the two people seemed to be endless, and it eventually turned into a battle between the speed and skill of casting spells - it is obvious that Dean is far from the experienced Grindelwald's opponent in this regard.

At first, Dean was able to compete with him with his flexible skills and could barely escape Grindelwald's curse. However, when Grindelwald showed a killing move, Dean was completely stumped.

Dean later learned that the name of this killer move was "Multiple Casting", which as the name suggests means that multiple spells can be cast at the same time.

During the duel, Dean was caught off guard by Grindelwald's hand. He was hit by several different spells at the same time almost instantly, completely losing his ability to move.

Only then did Dean realize deeply that Grindelwald had indeed let off steam in Nurmengard, otherwise he would not have been able to snatch the wand back from Grindelwald with just his skill; at the same time, he also realized that he had been attracting The martial arts skills that I am proud of seem to have very limited effect in front of a truly powerful wizard...

In the environment, after Grindelwald subdued Dean, he immediately started the teaching mode and taught him the secret of "multiple casting".

Dean soon woke up to the sound of a system prompt. The system prompted that "Part 2: The Significant Wool Socks" of "Mission Chain: The Heirs of Grindelwald" had been completed, and he had obtained 3 skill points and a Grimm. DeVoe inherits "Passive Skill: Multicasting".

Multicasting: You can cast multiple spells at the same time. The number of spells is related to your magic power and spell control. (Grindelwald’s original skills are only used by very few in the wizarding world.)

Dean quietly tested it and found that he could probably use 4 "Expelliarmus" level spells at the same time. If he was casting without a wand, he could only use 2 at most at the same time.

Dean once again deeply realized the huge gap between him and Grindelwald - you must know that he had just been defeated by more than 10 magic spells at the same time, and this did not include several magic spells that he had avoided. curse!

But Dean was satisfied.

With the system's endorsement, Dean believes that there are only a few wizards in the entire wizarding world who can use this skill. If there is another wizard duel, he will definitely be able to give his opponent a huge surprise.

At the same time, "Quest Continuous: The Heirs of Grindelwald" also started the next round of quests:

"Session 3: Past Ambition

Grindelwald has been dormant for many years due to his last failure. Please find a way to find out whether the fire of his ambition has been extinguished.

Reward: 3 skill points. Randomly select one of Grindelwald's skills to start the next mission. "

Well, this mission solved Dean's recent obsession and he already knew what to do next time he saw Grindelwald.