Chapter 323: The Destination of Death
"This bite mark is not a cloud crocodile! it looks more ferocious and faster. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info," said the team leader, who was quite experienced. A trace of worry flashed in Xia Nai's eyes, you know, the more experienced you are, the more you understand the world, the higher the degree of integration, and in turn, it means that the less likely you are to break away. It's not a good thing to be in the middle of it!
Victor Krum looked at the corpse in a trance, feeling a little disgusted, but his status as a veteran warrior made him ashamed of his reaction. He walked over to the corpse and examined it with the same seriousness: the wound on his neck was fatal, the cut was small, as if it had been cut by something sharp in an instant. The arm is also severed from the middle of the upper arm, and the break is very neat, like a sharp blade spell directly severed. These marks are by no means the handiwork of the cloud crocodile, and they do not appear to be the bite marks of any animal.
"It's a wading spider mantis! Such a neat wound can only be done by a spider mantis, and I'm afraid it's still an adult spider mantis!" The lower body of the elder spider has the upper body of a praying mantis. The eight feet are covered with fine fluff of the elderly, and they can walk freely on water by their strange magic. And the upper body of the praying mantis replicates and kills aquatic animals. This monster is a monster unique to the Cloud Swamp, and its adult body can grow to about three meters in diameter, and with the upper body of the praying mantis, it can reach nearly five meters from head to bit. With a certain amount of natural magic, the sickle-like forelimbs can easily cut fish in half in water. Agile on the water, even the cloud crocodile does not want to provoke such a lone monster.
"Spider mantis usually act alone, will hunt lone prey, this wizard should be part of the caravan and should not be attacked. Unless...", said Shana. "Unless the caravan has been attacked at the same time, the wizard escaped, but was unfortunately killed by the spider mantis. Victor Krum said.
"I remember that their numbers are not less than ours, and they don't seem to be weak, and there shouldn't be such a strong monster on the periphery of the Cloud Swamp that can attack them. Although the cloud crocodile has such strength, its speed is too slow, and the caravan should be able to easily dodge. After discussing for a while, there was no suitable conclusion, and it was obviously impossible to return the same way at this time, and if we continued, we would face unknown dangers. The proper way to do this is naturally to come up with a thoughtful approach, and there is only one life. But most of the people in the team have been controlled, and at this time, according to the situation in this world, in order to make a living, they can only continue to take risks. After some discussion, the leader and Victor Krum agreed to move on.
The team itself had not encountered corpses before, but some traces of blood that had not yet been hidden by the swamp still made people a little panicked. The blood stains had turned a dark red, and it was not possible to tell if they were animal or human. For those who maintain a complete state, any movement may trigger an attack.
By noon, the cloud swamp fog had faded a little, and something could be seen dozens of meters away. Normally, at this time, well-fed cloud crocodiles would wander back and forth in the air, hoping to bask in the sun, but today they did not encounter a single cloud crocodile. "There's something wrong, look there, what's that?"
A withered and tall ash tree, which had never been seen before, the swampy place was not suitable for the growth of trees, and it was difficult to grow tall trees, but the withered tree was like the corpse of a withered giant, in the white fog nearly a hundred meters away, like a ghost composed of dark shadows, standing there hideously.
"It's like a tree. We've never seen it before, should we go over and have a look?" "Let's keep going, we have to get to another camp before dark. "The team leader stopped everyone's curiosity. In the wild, any inopportune movement, or an exuberant curiosity, can be a great danger. These wizards are well aware of this, and no one is against it.
Paul stayed at the back of the line, looking at the tree in the distance with some surprise, "Is there something wrong?" asked Rose. "That tree, I've seen it before. "Paul's precedence refers to the time of the witch of Lefey, King Arthur, which is nearly a thousand years ago.
"Have you seen nature, there are trees everywhere, do you mean this tree?" asked Rose, puzzled. "I remember that feeling, that feeling as if life was being pulled. It's a tree of the underworld!" Paul said in a distracted voice. The strange tree that appeared in the cloud swamp is naturally not an ordinary tree, this tree is an extremely rare shade tree in the world, it is rumored that this tree is gray all over, dry as death, but it can communicate with the underworld, save the soul of the wizard, and is an extremely rare material for ancient sacrifices. But this kind of tree has rarely appeared, and it involves all kinds of secrets of Hades, which is difficult to describe for a while.
The appearance of the shadow tree is extremely bad, and it usually represents the death and the presence of ghosts. "This tree can trap wizards in bizarre hallucinations, and over time, wizards will become less and less able to wake up from their hallucinations," Paul said. Eventually, he was completely lost and became a part of the Shadow Tree. From time to time, on top of the bark, dead faces would appear, struggling in pain. β
"You mean, it's a killing tree?" asked Rose, a little confused. "No, the point of the problem is not where you are talking about, but the environment we are in now, you know, how can there be a shadow wood here, its function is to cause hallucinations. Although Paul was under a curse to say that they were in the illusion now, there was no obstacle to the effect of the shadowy wood. Rose was slightly stunned, entering the illusion in the illusion, wouldn't that be more troublesome?
Contrary to what most people think, there are some wizards who like to live in illusions. If you can live in a hallucination all the time, what is the difference between living in reality and living in reality? As long as you don't wake up from the dream, the dream is real, and the real is not a dream? But what worries Paul is what state they are in right now. What Paul thought he was sober, but things seem to have changed. Could it be that everything here is an illusion?
Paul couldn't help but look at Rose, and saw that Rose was looking very confused, thinking about something. Paul was a top wizard after all, and after a slight distraction, he said, "We need to get close to the tree, there might be some important clue there." β
"Danger is even more important, and that may be our destination. Paul insisted. "Hey, you two, hurry up. Penelo Criwatt shouted from the front. Rose hurriedly waved her hand. "How sure are you?" asked Rose.
"More than five floors. "With Paul's strength, he alone is enough for such an expedition. But the impact of the shadow wood suddenly gave him a strange suspicion, and at this time he needed a companion to make sure that he had not fallen under any curse. Wizarding curses are endless, such as Murphy's spells, which make people think of things they want to remember, such as Muggle expulsion spells, which always remind Muggles that there are other important things to do. These strange spells are impossible to guard against, and they will sneak directly into the mind of the wizard, putting the wizard in danger without realizing it.
In this case, if a person can't find something, the best thing to do is to ask another smart person to help him see it. Rose is undoubtedly the right person. Victor Krum's men farther and farther away, melting into the fog, and Chanel and Charlie looked at them both suspiciously, and left with the group. Since the two of them decided to explore, they each took out their wands and walked carefully to the big tree not far away.
On the other road, another team of warriors had just happened to something nice: Vera, who was unconscious, woke up. As soon as she woke up, her face turned gloomy, and although the Imperius Charm could control the wizard's movements, it could not stop the wizard from resisting. Vera didn't say a word most of the time, which was actually the result of a struggle of wills within her. Fortunately, she won the final war, and she was able to break free from control. Of course, she knew who was controlling her, but she didn't say a word. She and Paul grew up together and knew each other very well. Paul could not have had the strength to quietly control himself with the Imperius Curse. At this moment, a strange scream sounded in her unprecedentedly awake brain, and her attention immediately collapsed.
After forcing herself to try a few more times, Vera couldn't think about it. Everyone sent their blessings. Cedric Diggory asked briefly in the middle, and Vera said that her head was a blur and she couldn't remember many things.
After Vera woke up, the speed of exploring the MΓΆbius Labyrinth was slightly faster, and everyone experienced more than ten magma storms, and finally found an exit after defending against many magma monsters. This exit is actually under the platform from which they started, and the starting point is also the end point, and this is the weird thing about this kind of labyrinth.
The Magma Burning Man had been waiting on the platform for a long time, and he watched all six of them return successfully, without any look of joy and encouragement on his face, but with a slight contempt and disgust. "Now that you've passed the first level, let's move on to the second level. With a stroke of his hand, a spatial door appeared, and the six merfolk rushed in, arriving at a place full of gold.
"This is the Golden Land, and your second level is here. "It's a very large manor, the hedges are made of gold, the tiles on the ground are gold, the plants and sculptures are covered with a faint golden yellow, the manor is quiet and serene. "You need to find something, a gold coin from the Middle Ages. This coin and these coins are made of gold, but unlike that one, it symbolizes wealth, and there is a passage on the back of the head of the god carved on it, which is the key to the next level. I would like to remind you that there is only one such gold coin, but as you can see, the estate is littered with gold coins, almost everything is decorated or forged in gold, and it is not easy to find it. Although the fire man's facial features were blurred, everyone still saw a hint of sarcastic smile on his face, which only had an outline. After saying this, he left directly.
It was night all around, the sky was neither stars nor moon, and the manor was full of golden lamps that burned the flames. This makes the surroundings more splendid, and the graceful and luxurious temperament comes to the face. Such a manor full of gold is unimaginable. The six witches glanced at each other, and Cedric Diggory took out his wand and said, "The gold is flying." "It didn't work in the slightest.
As expected, the gold is either tightly hidden or partially immune to magic. The flying spell didn't have the slightest effect. The six clearly understood that if things could be solved with a single spell, then Muggles would have been ruled by wizards long ago.
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Halle Black is grateful to Shay Ann for helping Bellatrix Lestrange regain her health, but Bella is still an ordinary declining woman without magic. Halle Black couldn't bear to see her mother like this, and she begged Shayn to restore Bellatrix Lestrange's magic.
Bellatrix Lestrange looked a little confused, her memories had not recovered, but her constant exposure to magic during this time seemed to help her to remember her memories of the past, and she seemed to remember something. At this time, Halle Black wanted to restore Bellatrix Lestrange's magic, but Shayne did not support it.
The main reason is that Bellatrix Lestrange is out of his control. Once Bella regains her memory, she must still be very eager to live as a Death Eater, and may even go straight to Voldemort. Halle Black doesn't have full control over her mother, and when the time comes, if Bella gets out of control and reveals a secret that shouldn't be revealed, Shea doesn't want to kill Bellatrix Lestrange.
Moreover, the conflict between Bellatrix Lestrange and the Longbottom couple has not yet been resolved by Shea. Albus Dumbledore's approach was a bit cruel, but banning memories was the best way to deal with the matter at the moment. The absence of memory almost means rebirth.
So in Xie An's opinion, the current situation is actually good. Although Bella is powerful, she is desperate for Voldemort, and Xie An does not want to risk a complete break with Halle Black, so she has no choice but to kill Bellatrix Lestrange.
"Harley, I'm looking to help you, but it's too complicated. I need more time to read about the new power I want to master. When I have enough strength, I will definitely help you. Xie An said.