Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 44 Demigod Trap

Harry quickly returned to the position where he turned out of the castle, and entered the castle with the help of the spider thread.

The curse previously released continued to position Harley, guiding the direction of the unknown demigod.

Harley stalked quietly. It was now past two o'clock in the morning, and even Filch, the administrator in charge of night patrol, had returned to his office.

The further forward Harry felt, the more he felt that the direction was wrong. The demigod's location seems to be on the fourth floor.

If Harry remembered correctly, there seemed to be a restricted area in that direction, a restricted area that Professor Dumbledore had explicitly prohibited students from going to during the opening dinner.

Of course, this seems to have inspired a rebellious mentality among the students.Many students in Gryffindor once encouraged Harry to go on an adventure together.

Especially the Weasley twins mentioned this matter repeatedly, as if not breaking school rules was not enough to prove their courage.

Even many students from other colleges are curious about what is in the restricted area.

Hannah once discussed with Harley whether there were precious spells hidden in the restricted area, and speculated that there was mysterious magic recorded there, which could be used to conjure a sumptuous meal.

Harry could only complain about this, as he was worthy of being a Hufflepuff whose dormitory was next to the kitchen.

But Harley wasn't too interested in the restricted area. She doesn't like people who break the rules very much. Harley will only break the rules when she is sure that there will be a big enough gain.

Now, it's clear that the rewards could be huge, so Halle is willing to take the risk of breaking the rules.

But Harley now also had a hint of curiosity. The seriously injured demigod most likely became a parasite on someone else and lurked in Hogwarts in order to steal something.

Harry was also a little excited about the treasure that could allow even a demigod to spy on it.

But it was just a hint of excitement, because Harry would have to stay at Hogwarts for a long time until he regained his strength.

Under such circumstances, taking away the treasures hidden by the principal was obviously an irrational act.

Harley quickly arrived outside the corridor on the fourth floor, and met Peeves on the way.

Speaking of which, this famous ghost that has tortured generations of young wizards seems to have never caused trouble to Harley.

Not only that, sometimes it will be very frightened when it sees Harley and run away quickly.

And this is obviously abnormal. Peeves seems to be only afraid of Slytherin's house ghost - Bloody Balor.

Harley was obviously not familiar with the Bloody Baron, so it was unlikely that Baron had warned Peeves.

However, Harley had no desire to find out. Peeves would not take the initiative to trouble her anyway.

When we arrived outside the corridor on the fourth floor, the door was already open.

There is a three-headed dog inside the door, holding its three heads, motionless, as if asleep.

But its sleeping position is very strange, tightly pressed against the side of the wall. Under its body, there is a trap door, most of which is now exposed.

Harley drew out her wand vigilantly, her hair constantly fluttering behind her head, always on guard against attacks from the three-headed dog.

But when she stepped forward to take a closer look, she discovered that the three-headed dog was dead.

"Quite a neat method. The three-headed dog shows no signs of struggling, so it should be a one-hit kill.

The fur of this three-headed dog is intact, unlike a unicorn with smooth cuts. Is it a soul attack or some other attack? "

Harry didn't rush to open the trapdoor, but carefully studied the death of the three-headed dog, collecting useful information,

"That demigod has the ability to kill with one strike? It's not easy. This three-headed dog's fur is so thick, and it probably has a strong defense against magic."

Harley secretly memorized this information, reminding herself to beware of the demigod's instant death attack.

She didn't think she had as strong a defense as a three-headed dog. If hit by that kind of instant death attack, Harley can only consume the magic mirror or wand.

Harley glanced at the three-headed dog and resisted the urge to dissect it. Such a powerful three-headed dog still has some residual spirituality in it, so it can be used to make good sealed objects or magical items.

But this is a restricted area that Professor Dumbledore said, and this three-headed dog must also be his pet.

So it’s better for Harley to avoid unnecessary complications.

Harley released a curse on the trap door, and the black flame burned the trap door accurately, turning it into nothingness.

Then Harry looked at the deep hole and waved casually.

The door to the room was directly closed by flexible silk threads, and the room was also covered with silk threads.

A magic mirror was glued to the thread as Harley's last line of defense.

Harley then slowly slid down the thread and looked around with dark vision.

There was a pool of black dust on the ground, which was obviously the trace left after something was burned.

Harry found one or two vines curled up and shaking in the corner, which seemed to be the devil's vine that Professor Sprout had mentioned in class.

It seemed that the mysterious demigod was so violent that he burned the Devil's Vine to ashes. The remaining vines were also frightened, and he probably left an eternal psychological shadow.

Harley didn't stop and quickly moved forward along the only stone corridor.

This stone corridor was extremely quiet. You could even hear the sound of water dripping slowly along the wall and the rustle of wings flapping at the end of the corridor.

At the end of the corridor is a brightly lit room with a high vaulted ceiling.

There are many birds in the sky that are as dazzling as gems, flying around with their wings flapping. There are several brooms standing on the wall of the room.

It seems that this room probably hopes that the intruder can use a broom to catch some birds and use the magic on the birds to open the door on the opposite side.

But now, Harley doesn't need to go to such trouble. The door was cut into pieces, and the cuts were extremely smooth.

As a result, Harley enjoyed the benefits left by the Pathfinder and passed through one level after another——

The ruined wizard's chess and the lifeless troll.

It wasn't until the last level that he barely blocked Harley for a few minutes.

I don’t know who set up that level. There is a table in the room with various bottles on it, as well as a word puzzle.

The two doors at the front and back of the room were lit with flames of different colors.

According to the content of the charade, the intruder probably needs to guess the magic potion that can pass through these flames after being taken in order to continue the invasion.

But Harley didn't waste that time speculating. After all, the black flames in front and the purple flames in the rear are just color transformations of ordinary flames.

Essentially, they are just ordinary flames. Therefore, Harley, who has the blessing of black flames, only needs to cover the surface of her body with black flames to pass.

The reason why Harley stopped was because she thought about the levels she had just experienced.

Except that the three-headed giant dog in the first level looks a bit intimidating, the second level is the devil's net that first-year students have learned, the third level is probably about flying up to catch birdies, and the fourth level is playing chess...

How come these levels can either be cracked by first-year students, or why do they leave obvious clues for intruders to pass the levels?

One is simply more outrageous than the other! Is this really a restricted area?

Harry had a vague guess in his mind - Professor Dumbledore had obtained a treasure and knew that someone wanted to steal it.

So he deliberately set a trap that even first-year students could pass through, thereby trapping the unknown demigod.

So this restricted area is just a demigod trap.

Thinking of this, Harley looked at the black flames and felt a little intimidated, not wanting to move forward.

Although she has many outstanding qualities, they can all be explained by her genius. But if it shows too much strength, it will be difficult to explain.

But then I thought about it, since I was already here, it was very likely that Professor Dumbledore was watching me.

So Harley decided to keep going, at least to get the benefits first.

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