Hogwarts Survival Sim

"So you are saying that we are now transported to a virtual world just like you were in the Forbidden Forest?" Lockhart questioned with some disbelief, "But there is no difference between this place and the real world."

"This is just my guess," Ethan waved his hand, signaling Lockhart to calm down. "We still need to explore the specific situation before we can make a conclusion. So before that, let's not use apparation. , I am worried that it will cause a very serious separation accident."

"As for now," he stood up holding on to the big tree and patted the dust on his body, "we'd better go to the village ahead to investigate."

So the three people organized themselves and walked towards the looming village in the distance.

Although it didn't look too far, it actually took a lot of time to get there.Ethan wanted to fly there with Hermione, but she refused because she was afraid that he would be distracted and easily miss the dangers that might be lurking around him.

After walking for about an hour, the three finally realized that something was wrong.Since the village was within their sight, it wouldn't be too far away, and besides, they weren't walking too slowly, and they could get there in an hour anyway.

"Ghost hitting the wall?"

Lockhart suddenly stopped and spoke a word from his mouth, which made both Ethan and Hermione stare at him in astonishment.

Ethan had no idea that Lockhart could actually know ghost stories like ghosts breaking walls, while Hermione didn't understand what Lockhart was talking about.

"Ghost...hit the wall?" Hermione asked with a puzzled look on her face, "What is that?"

"I once met a Chinese wizard," Lockhart began to explain mysteriously. "He told me about a magical magic in their hometown."

"It is said that this kind of magic can trap a person in an infinite loop environment, such as stairs that can never be exited. The Muggles over there think this is a ghost at work, so they call this kind of magic a ghost attack. wall."

"How could a ghost have such magic?" Hermione still looked incomprehensible. "And we are always moving forward. We are not stuck in a loop like you said?"

"Maybe you just didn't pay attention," Lockhart retorted. "Can you remember what every tree we passed looked like? Maybe we were caught in a loop and didn't realize it. Or maybe we were caught in a loop and didn't realize it. Can you explain why it took us so long to reach that village?”

Seeing the two arguing, Ethan couldn't help but chuckle to himself.The idea of ​​ghosts hitting the wall is indeed a bit outrageous, at least at this moment they are unlikely to encounter it.

And given Lockhart's past misdeeds, he might have met a liar who also knew how to tell a story.As for why they never reached their destination, Ethan had his own opinions.

Thinking of this, he looked towards the village ahead again, but the sight in front of him made his eyes widen.

"Ethan!" Hermione pouted aggrievedly, ready to let him administer justice, "You come to the final analysis..."

She stopped mid-sentence and froze in place, as did Lockhart.The three of them just watched the village that was supposed to be far away suddenly appear less than a few dozen meters away from them, without saying a word.

After an unknown amount of time, Lockhart broke the silence.

"So close to the end of the world, this is so close to the end of the world..."

Although he muttered in a low voice, his voice still reached the ears of the other two people clearly.

"Ahem," Ethan cleared his throat, "Anyway, let's go to the village first and have a look. I think we should be able to find the answer there."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked forward. He really couldn't bear to look at Lockhart's weird ideas, so it was better to ignore them.

The three of them walked into the village and took a closer look, only to find that the village had long been abandoned and there was no one in it.Although the village doesn't look big, it has quite a lot of houses, and it doesn't leave many traces of time.

Seeing this scene, Ethan felt that his previous thoughts were a little closer to the truth.

They walked along the outermost side, and there were some thatched houses and some short brick houses everywhere.Then he saw a road leading to the center of the village.Walking along the road, you can gradually see some taller and more imposing houses.

They didn't know how long they walked, it could be an hour or several hours, but they finally arrived at the center of the village.There are two distinctive buildings standing here. They are much more luxurious than what a few people saw along the way, but they are also the two most severely damaged.

"I think this must be man-made." Lockhart licked his lips, feeling a little thirsty. "You see there seem to be burnt marks there, and the windows are also broken."

"Yes," Ethan nodded. He noticed that Lockhart's voice was a little hoarse, so he took out a few water bottles from his pocket and handed them over, "Drink some water, let's take a rest first."

After everyone had finished drinking the water, he continued:

"I think there must be a lot of information hidden in these two houses. It seems that one of them is probably the village chief's home, and the other... it should be a church."

"A Muggle church?"

"Would a church be set up in such a small village?" Hermione felt something was wrong, "And it's such a church."

Although there are many damages, from the remaining buildings, decorations and its area, it can be seen that this church was definitely very grand and luxurious before, and it does not look like something that should exist in a small village.

"Every irrational existence has its own reason. Doesn't this just mean that we are in the right place?" Ethan narrowed his eyes and observed carefully, "But I do have some guesses."

"One possibility is that this village is not as small as we feel. Do you remember what happened before? No matter how hard we walk, we can't reach the destination, or it appears in front of us in an instant, this shows that For some reason, spatial distance may not be real here."

"I guess it's this kind of thing." Lockhart expressed support. Apparently he hadn't forgotten what his Chinese wizard friend told him about 'the world is so close'.

"What about the other one?" Hermione asked quickly.

"The other one is very simple," Ethan continued, "This is indeed a small village, and the church is obviously for a special, even ulterior purpose."

"As for which one it is, or the third possibility that I didn't expect, we need to go and find the answer."