Chapter 415: Centaur Ruins and Destroyers
Aven's body was cold, and all his blood seemed to turn into ice water. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
His heart was beating so hard that the Banshee was a sign of death, and it suddenly appeared under his window, which meant that he was ......
Distraught, he took out his wand, and before he could cast the spell, the banshee downstairs screamed and fled in the direction of the woods, with an astonishing speed.
Soon, it disappeared into the thick fog.
All that was left was the red, swollen, frightening eyes, which lingered in Aven's mind for a long time.
Affected by the sudden appearance of the evil god in the dream and the banshee crying under the window in the morning, Evan was in a bad mood and could not be interested.
By the time he set off, he had not fully recovered.
After breakfast, Sirius took Aven's apparition into the woods.
Nearby was the edge where they had found the Centaur Ruins, and under the influence of the ancient magic of the Ruins, no one could apparition, only walk in.
Along the way, looking at the unfamiliar scene in the woods, Evan was cautious.
Sirius couldn't help but persuade him to relax, there was no need to be so nervous.
"Look at the tiny yellow flowers on those low bushes!" he pointed to a strangely shaped plant, trying to distract Evan from thinking about the mess, "You haven't seen it before, this plant is a specialty here, they only grow in countries near the Mediterranean, and their scientific name is ......"
"Cochineal oak!" Evan continued, glancing up, "I used this plant in the production of advanced interpretation potions, and the market price per kilogram of weight was three gold galleons, and the processed was five gold galleons. ”
The appearance of the cochineal oak resembles a shrub or a small tree.
Its bark is grayish-white with spikes and is the national flower of Albania.
The rhizomes of this flower are essential for the manufacture of high-grade potions, and they are very acidic and difficult to handle, so they can only be used in potions classes from the fifth year onwards.
"It seems that you did have a good preview of the Potions class textbook in advance, and the snot spirit would be happy to have a student like you!" Sirius said slightly embarrassed.
"He's generally ignoring me and Hermione right now!" said Aven, "as long as it doesn't bother him to bully the other Gryffindors, he'll treat us as if we don't exist." ”
"Since I'm no longer a professor, I don't have to follow Hogwarts rules. Sirius said angrily, "If the snot spirit dares to bully you again, sooner or later I will find an opportunity to teach him a hard lesson." ”
Evan was skeptical about Sirius' compliance with school rules.
And from the perspective of comprehensive strength, his current strength is far from Snape's opponent.
Thirteen years in prison for Azkaban had too much of an impact on him, and until now, his face has not fully recovered from his original decline.
Speaking of Snape again, there was a moment of silence between the two men.
"I know what you're thinking right now!" Sirius took a deep breath, "Actually, many people have seen banshees, and they don't do anything to hurt anyone other than their voices are a little unpleasant. As for the omen of death, I've seen too much, you don't really believe that deceptive trick, do you?!"
"Of course, I didn't take that banshee to heart!" replied Evan absentmindedly, "I was just thinking about something else......"
There are many signs and signs that their trip will not be too smooth.
Dumbledore who lost contact, Lord Voldemort lurking in the shadows, the evil god who slowly regained his strength, and vampires and banshees who suddenly appeared......
Faced with this, Evan was prepared for the worst.
But unexpectedly, waiting for them to enter the centaur ruins, nothing happened.
The journey through the woods went well, and after climbing a hillside, the ruins of the city left behind by the Fallen Centaurs eight hundred years ago appeared in front of them.
Unlike the Centaur tribe of the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, this ancient relic is nestled between two towering peaks, with clusters of stone buildings lined up one after the other.
The narrow entrance to the ruins is a curving alley paved with grass-green cobblestones.
The alleys follow the rugged and steep hills and are built into natural defenses by the terrain.
Every few steps up, you'll see a sturdy fortress or the remains of a level.
As you can imagine, even ferocious giants would have had a hard time rushing through the Fallen Horses as long as they hid behind these fortifications and used their bows and arrows to attack the intruders.
On the upside, there is a huge circular platform, and the terrain is not so steep.
The living conditions here are much better than below, with fewer houses and many temples and decorative obsidian statues.
These statues are a variety of centaur figures with different shapes.
Not surprisingly, they are all ancestors of the centaurs, and it seems that even though they believe in evil gods, the Fallen Centaurs still retain their reverence for their ancestors.
At the top of the ruins is a huge and imposing temple.
It is also the only intact structure in the entire centaur ruins, made entirely of the hardest obsidian stone with exaggerated carvings, and looks exactly like the Moon Temple in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, but on a much larger scale.
Aven's gaze went up from the entrance to the ruins, finally locked onto the towering terraces that flanked the central temple.
Everything in front of him could correspond to his dream last night.
However, the ruins of the centaur in front of him were not the beautiful, golden-glowing beautiful city he had seen in his dreams, and time had ruthlessly destroyed everything.
The recently arrived wizard adventurers, in order to find valuable items, even destroyed the remaining ruins and smashed, leaving only a mess.
The river next to the cobblestone alley has long since dried up, replaced by a barren and overgrown channel.
The stone huts built by the horses with beautiful red roofs are gone, and the elaborate wall tiles are scattered all over the ground, silently telling of the glory of the past.
In order to obtain the gold and gems set on the statues, the intruders destroyed all the centaur statues they could find, regardless of their artistic value.
As for the central temple, it is also the place where all adventurers are concentrated, although there is no change from the appearance, but when Evan and Sirius enter the ruins, they can still faintly hear a loud rumbling sound from time to time in the temple.
Needless to say, the vast majority of intruders are unaware of the Centaurs' mechanism based on astrological changes.
But they have another way to get into the core area, and that's sabotage.
No matter what the mechanism, if you destroy all the gates with a powerful spell, sooner or later you will enter the deepest part of the temple.
It's a simple and crude method, but it's very useful.
The Fallen Centaurs, who suddenly vanished, don't seem to have left behind any cursing or other defenses to protect their sacred temple.
Not to mention wizards, even Muggles can easily break in.
That's why Sirius and Evan didn't stay in the bar and wait for Dumbledore, but decided to come here first. (To be continued.) )