All Heavens: Transfer Students at Hogwarts

Chapter 29 The Stalker’s Choice

The Khajiit mage Zag moved forward to catch up with Onmund.

The magic equipment provided by Linde can greatly enhance the concealment of the wearer. The darkness seems to be a friend. He did not use magic lighting, and hid in the colorless void. No one could detect it except for the water droplets under his feet. his footprints.

Onmund's words came back from the front. He seemed to have rounded a corner, and his voice became fainter.

Zag quickened his pace slightly, and just as he was crossing a small piece of slippery ice, he suddenly heard the thin ice beside him shatter, making a strange cracking sound.The tiger mage suddenly turned his head to look, but he didn't see anything, it was pitch black there.

Click.

It was the sound of ice cracking again.It is a strange footstep.

The structure of Khajiit's feet allows them to apply pressure to the ground more evenly, so the ice that Zag steps on is intact. But the thing in the dark has no such ability.

Click, click... the footsteps crossed Zag and led to the front.

Who is that? No, what is it?

Zag wanted to ask, but remained silent for the time being.

He squatted down gently, and moved forward in a more stealthy posture.Although I really don't want to admit it, Master Zag, who was born in the tiger caravan, has learned many thieves' skills since he was a child. These things are like bones. Once they grow well, they can't fall off by themselves. get pain.

Zag was taught by a Breton thief who traveled with the caravan that the Shadow was a jealous father.

In a father's world, there is only one child who can be favored, and this father must be on guard at all times, because he does not want successful children to challenge his authority.

In this shadow, there are two stalkers, maybe more, Zag can only hope that he is the most favored child for the time being.

After crossing the ice, the clicking sound stopped, and a deep wind blew from the corridor ahead. It was the sea breeze that blew in from the cracks in the rock formations. After passing through the deep cave system of the Bone Dungeon, it was tainted with the stench of old age and decay.

Zag gently pulled down the hood, letting the long beard on his face stretch out, and carefully felt the shape of the wind. Where the stalker passed by, the airflow would be more disordered and weaker.

From this, he was sure that the man was still ahead of him.At the intersection, the mark Angmond left on the wall was very conspicuous, emitting a slight magical aura. Zag opened his eyes wide. The tiger man has dark vision. He hoped to use this little light to see the form of another stalker clearly. .

But he saw nothing.

Why? Is it invisibility?

Angmond's voice was further away.

Passing through a rotten wooden door at the end of the corridor, there is a flooded cellar ahead. Several corpses are wandering around the pond. The undead flames in their eyes and the shimmering fungi on the walls provide thin illumination. Zag stood on a high place and looked down, staring at the shimmering ripples on the surface of the pond. He saw the stalker walking across the water, and the waves spread in circles.

The ghouls were unaware of the stalker, but when the center point of the water wave passed them, these ancient, dry corpses fell down like straws struck by a sickle, and broke into several pieces. There was no suspicious sound in the whole process, as if these corpses had always been broken. But Zag knew that they were cut into pieces by the stalker.

The moment the attack happened, a group of low shadows above the water surface flashed and disappeared.Vigorous strikes tore through the shield of invisibility, and Zag finally caught a glimpse of the strange stalker.

He, or rather it, was a pitch-black cloak sticking to the ground, with a body as deflated as a beetle.

Zag had never heard of such a creature.

It moves on.When Zag quietly stepped onto the water-soaked floor, the stalker stopped suddenly.Slowly turned around and looked back, his eyes were as green as phosphorus.

Zag's hair exploded.

But the creature only glanced suspiciously for a moment, then turned back again.

Onmond called from the front: "Master Zag?"

Zag did not speak, but the creature made a faint voice: "I...am..."

Angmund responded happily: "Come and see, the scenery here is really good!"

"Wait... I..." The creature stepped up a little bit, and its body was once again shrouded in the barrier of invisibility.

Zag was so panicked that he wanted to scream and tell Onmund to run away, but he calmed down.

What to do? Can't expose myself. We have to go back to find support. Masters Linde and Mayo can deal with this creature.

Zag turned his head and ran towards the way he came. The moment he stepped forward, Angmond's screams came from behind him.

He didn't look back, and continued to run, but the road became long and complicated for some reason, with endless forks, and the original road signs had disappeared.Zag stopped slowly, released the insight technique, the magic wave radiated outwards, and returned to the spell structure after being reflected by the cave wall. Gradually, a cloud of light and mist floated up, depicting the surrounding environment structure, with Zag as the At the origin, a transportation network as complex as the brain groove is presented.

This is no longer the Bone Dungeon. He unknowingly fell into some illusion trap.

Zag stayed where he was and thought hard.

A scream came from the left passage, the voice of Brelena Mayo.

When Zag arrived in a hurry, he found Brylina who was seriously injured and lying on the ground. A magical aura floated above her, dispelling the darkness.

"Who's there?" The dark elf mage was casting a healing spell on himself. He seemed to hear something, and suddenly raised his head. The original pair of scarlet eyes were now only two dark holes.She had her eyes gouged out, "Come out, monster!"

Zag stood outside the lighting range. The Dark Elf wasn't supposed to hear him, so what did she hear?

The darkness would not answer, so Brelina asked hopefully: "Mage Linde? Onmond? Zag? Is that you?"

no answer. He didn't dare to answer.

Brylina was in a very bad condition. The air was filled with the astringent smell of blood. She was losing blood continuously and was on the verge of a mental breakdown. If you delay any longer, you will definitely die.

The dark elf woman began to wail, tears welling from her eyes, and Zag looked away.

At the same time, a sharp and terrifying sound of metal tearing sounded, the magic light source was instantly extinguished, and Brelina's head fell to the ground.

Zag was shaking all over. He could have taken advantage of the situation when the creature launched its attack.

The darkness protected him again. This jealous father seemed to like Zag especially. He always liked cowards.

The sound of footsteps came from the passage in the southeast corner. A young mage arrived holding a magic light source. When he saw Brylina's body, he seemed to be stunned.

It was none other than Linde who rushed over.

"Is not likely to……"

Zag's eyes widened.

That dangerous creature hasn't left yet!

what to do? what to do!

If Master Linde is protected, Zag will undoubtedly die, and Linde may not survive. If he stands idly by, at least one person will be able to escape. Zag can inform the academy of the disaster in the Bone Dungeon and never set foot there again, or flee far away...

The darkness is creeping silently, just like the deep sea at night, with terrifying predators passing by, and those blind fish have no idea of ​​the danger.

Linde just crouched in front of Briarina's body, the magic ball of light illuminated a pair of sickle-like insect limbs that gradually rose behind him.

"Run!" Zag threw an ice pick to shatter the worm's limbs, then flew forward, hugged the creature tightly, and dragged it to the ground with his insignificant weight.His cowardice has caused two companions to die tragically. This time, Zag will sacrifice himself.

Lind turned around and watched Zag, who had been subjected to the illusion, struggling with a ball of deformed algae, and suddenly burst into hearty laughter.