The light emitted by the three wands, insignificant in the endless darkness, consumed them in the middle of the night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

It wasn't until Aven's eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness that he could see the huge black fortress that appeared in front of him.

Known as the Owl Fortress, the tall granite buildings stand quietly on the cliffs above the river valley, looking down on visitors in a majestic posture as if they were crumbling. The original builders of the castle deliberately chose such a steep place, using magic to merge the entire fortress with the cliff.

It was a miracle and everyone who saw it was moved.

Undoubtedly, such a miracle, while shocking, produces inexplicable awe from the depths of the heart.

The huge fortress is reinforced by magic, with a central spire protruding high, strangely windowless.

The walls were covered with strange vines and plants, tightly intertwined and intertwined with huge stones to form the main outline of the castle.

An aura of mystery hung over it, with an ominous aura of evil, and those who gazed at it quickly shifted their gaze.

"This castle has been cast with many protective spells, and only wizards can find it, and it is a very famous magical landscape in Dijon. Elena said, looking at the fortress in the distance, "I've been inside before, and thousands of transparent owl ghosts are quietly watching you, eerie, uncomfortable, as if something bad is about to happen." ”

"Well, go over and have a look!" said Aven, who could clearly feel the magic in it, the unknown power.

The three of them appeared at the gate of the castle in an apparition.

The gate was closed and blocked by boulders, but an irregular opening was rudely opened in the wall next to it for people to enter and exit.

Following this entrance, three uninvited visitors entered the castle.

Inside is a huge square hall, with nothing but all sorts of rubbish piled up on the ground, and the fortress has been visited by countless visitors with various purposes for hundreds of years, and the valuable things inside have long been looted.

"It's more deserted than I thought it would be......" Sirius said, looking around.

"It's like this from top to bottom, it's bare, there's nothing, no one knows what this place is, those greedy guys have long since looted this castle and spared nothing. Elena explained, "They don't care if the contents are cursed or not, as long as they are valuable, and the remaining valuable items are moved by the Ministry of Magic to museums in Paris." ”

In Europe, there are many abandoned castles like this, standing quietly in the fields as a testimony to the past.

If the owner of the castle had the money, they might have been protected as cultural relics, or repurposed as a private resort or inn.

If no one took care of it, then they would be left in ruins, and the Muggle government would allocate some of the funds each year to maintain the castle to ensure that it did not collapse and collapse, but the Ministry of Magic did not say that.

Owning a castle is a big burden, and it's no exception to the declining pure-blood wizard family.

It is said that in addition to that huge manor, the Malfoy family also has such an ancient castle in some part of England, which is managed by dozens of house-elves, but there are only a few pure-blood wizarding families like them.

"Although there is nothing here, the place is huge, and it is really difficult to find the owl monster hiding here, and we are not manpower enough to search the entire ......fortress at the same time," said Elena.

"I believe it will come out and come out and come to us. Evan continued, "What about the owl ghosts?"

"Oh, you'll see them, they don't usually appear near doorways. Elena shook her wand, which glowed brighter at the end, and said in a low voice, "Those owl ghosts are definitely not as simple as they seem, anyway, they are like humans, they follow the trajectory of humans, it's weird, isn't it? ”

They walked straight through the doorway, and instead of going up the stairs, they made their way to the basement in the narrow passage on the first floor.

The feeling reminded Evan of a labyrinth, never figuring out what was waiting for them behind the closed doors.

By the time they reached the kitchen through the dark hallway, Evan finally saw the owls.

Their bodies are transparent milky white, and as Yelena said, they don't fly in the air or look for food or anything like normal owls, but stand quietly on the ground, just like people.

They moved according to the habits and trajectories in front of them, and there was a faint sadness on their tiny faces.

After Aven, Sirius, and Elena entered the kitchen, the owls didn't come closer, but just watched the three of them quietly.

It's a very uncomfortable feeling.

"Look, that's what I don't like about this place, I've seen ghosts, but I've never seen anything like this. Elena whispered, lest she alarm them, "We better be careful, I can feel it, they can understand us." ”

"It's a little strange indeed, I've never seen anything like this, they have magic fluctuations on them, as if they were a type of soul magic, which reminds me of something I saw in an ancient magic book before......" Evan said.

He thought for a moment, and walked over to the nearest owl, ready to test the magic he saw.

"What the hell is going on with this kid?" said Yelena to Sirius, looking at Evan's back, "that's weird, he seems to know a lot of magic." Speaking of which, what the hell are you going to do to run around with such a little wizard......"

Sirius didn't speak, didn't mean to return to the other party's question, didn't even look at Elena.

In his eyes, this woman was definitely not a qualified Auror.

Although her personal strength is not bad, and she is also very beautiful, she is too casual in terms of personality, and she has no brains, and she doesn't understand what it means to be cautious, she said too much along the way, and told almost everything to Aven.

What should be said and what should not be said has been said!

If they were dark wizards like the Death Eaters, this woman would be out of luck!

She had probably forgotten all of what Moody had told her, and she was the Auror?!

Listening to Elena's chattering words, Sirius felt the urge to gag her mouth with something......