Chapter 280: Zoya (5)
In the east of the Far East, on a small island, a wizard apparition appeared on the beach, this wizard was wearing black dragon leather boots, the leather coat on his upper body had just been oiled, and it was still tightly wrapped around the man's somewhat fat body in the wind. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info in the wind and rain of the East China Sea, relying on the protection of magic, the middle-aged man has a slightly bald head, but he still keeps dry. Constantly consuming one's mana for a little comfort, this may not be what a true wizard warrior should do, but he is not a warrior in the first place, at most he can only be regarded as an experienced Auror who catches Death Eaters, and he doesn't care about this little bit of mana consumption at all.
"Is this it, are you sure?" Several more wizards appeared after the wizards, these wizards looked dusty and tired, and among them, the Death Eater hunters Charlie and Channai, who had not been seen for a long time, were actually there. The two of them looked at the blue-black mountains under the dark clouds in the distance, and they were both a little uneasy.
"It should be here, there is no problem on the map, and it looks like there is only this small island nearby. Another middle-aged wizard said.
"But this place is deserted, and there is no sign of wizarding activity, is the Ministry of Magic going to arrange a game here?"
The leading wizard was also a little puzzled, they came here from the European continent, through the Ottoman Empire, the country of Bodhi, and finally from the detour to the casino city, one of the Seven Sons, but this place is deserted, although it seems that this small island is not small, but there is absolutely no trace of wizard activities on it. "Anyway, that's what the map says, so I thought we'd better look it up first. ”
More than a dozen wizards divided into two groups and began to walk along the low reef towards the island, the wind and waves in the East China Sea were not small at all, and the rainy weather made several older Aurors couldn't help but curse.
The waves were blown up by the five-level winds, white foam rolled between the reefs from time to time, and the lead clouds in the sky did not have the slightest gap, although it was not yet the season of typhoons, and the rainy weather at this time had made the fishermen afraid to leave the port.
The Ryukyu Islands have long been the eastern gateway to the Far East, and historically, there have been powerful people who failed to compete with the Taoist system, and they lived in seclusion here, trying to rely on their geographical advantages to hinder the influence of the Taoist system.
In addition to the huge islands of the Ryukyu Islands, which are the gateway to the East China Sea, there are countless small islands scattered throughout the waters of the East China Sea, which has been one of the four great seas of the Far East since ancient times.
Among the various mysterious legends of the Far East, there are also many about the East China Sea, the green dragon in ancient times managed the sea in the East, the legend of the merman in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Qin Shi Huang ordered Xu Fu to find the elixir of life, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ordered Zheng He to go to the West, a series of geographical explorations and cultural exchanges, and finally gave birth to the Vermilion Bird Magic School.
At this time, in addition to the traditional three powerhouses, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Bubbaston School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the northwest corner of Europe, Ilvermorny in the Americas, the Saman Shamanic School in Africa, and the Vermilion Bird School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Far East were also invited. These six schools basically cover the birth schools of wizards above the sixth level in the world, and the six magic schools represent the pinnacle of the world's magic inheritance.
In order to be able to determine the final champion among these six schools and get eternal honors, Wizarding Britain can be said to have worked hard, Minister Fudge on the one hand to ensure fairness, made the greatest concessions, and at the same time hoped that Wizarding Britain could dominate the upcoming International Wizarding Federation, and very much wanted Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to win the championship.
In this competition, each school designed its own assessment questions, and decided the order of the assessment by drawing lots. Zeeman Wizard's potion configuration happens to be the first level, although it is a great challenge for the warriors, but compared to the subsequent tasks, it is actually quite easy.
At this time, the cold wind mixed with this rain kept pouring on the Aurors, and if it weren't for the protection of some magic, I am afraid that they would have been extremely uncomfortable at this time. The reef was slippery, and everyone held hands and walked up step by step.
"Hey, what is this?" said a wizard who suddenly stopped and pointed to a huge reef.
This reef looks like a hill, it looks blue and black, and there are some algae growing on it, although the wind and waves are strong at this time, but the location of this reef is relatively special, just at a high place, except for some splashing seawater, it has not been directly attacked by the waves.
There seem to be some lines on this blue-black reef, and the lines look quite complicated, definitely not natural lines.
"It's like petroglyphs. "Petroglyphs are drawings carved in stone. In ancient times, human beings wanted to preserve some information about sacrifices or wars, but could not find any suitable paper and pen, so they generally used charcoal or sharp stones to paint directly on the rocks. This kind of rock art made by the ancient ancestors, generally existing on the rock, will basically be eroded by feng shui, and eventually disappear, but a small part of it is in a very special environment, preserved, sighing the passage of time, the changes of the sea.
These petroglyphs generally appeared 5,000 years ago, and some even exceeded 10,000 years, and the things recorded in them are also different, and there are different opinions. In the wizarding world, because the history of the ancient demon gods has been blurred, the recent changes in this calamity are no longer verifiable, and even many things within 10,000 years can no longer be traced, so it is generally the beginning of the ancient era with the Animagus dynasty in the Nile River Valley, in fact, the Animagus is only an extremely short period in this tribulation, but compared to the current wizards, the brilliant magical achievements made by the Animagus are enough to be proud of.
Generally, the petroglyphs are older than the Animagus Dynasty, but those preserved petroglyphs are basically found in the dry inland areas and coastal areas, and they have hardly been found.
The crowd didn't think about it at all, and several wizards surrounded them and stared at them for a while, but found nothing.
"What the hell is this, it looks like it was carved with a tool, I don't know how long. The seaweed did not submerge the nicks, and they are still clearly visible. ”
"Seaweed lichen grows slowly, only a few centimeters long in a hundred years, these notches don't look long, they just don't know what to do, from this point of view, it seems to be a kind of text, but it is hooked together, it is difficult to read. ”
When the other Aurors heard the indiscernible conclusion, they all absentmindedly continued on their way. There are so many secrets that the Ministry of Magic needs to unravel, and the Department of Mysteries is running out of secrets.
The rain continued to wash over the words, and they did not change as if someone had used an eternal spell. After studying for a while and seeing that there was no breakthrough, the Aurors could only continue on their way.
After walking a few hundred meters, more lines appeared on the reef, these lines were difficult to identify, many of them had been submerged by seaweed, but it could be roughly seen that they were definitely not naturally occurring stone lines, but artificially carved.
"There's something strange about this place, and I feel like my magic is being suppressed!
"Me too, everyone get their wands ready, something is wrong. ”
The experienced Aurors quickly entered the combat state, and more than a dozen seemingly loose, but the actual positions were extremely exquisite, and they would not block each other's sight, and they could support each other.
The crowd looked around vigilantly, and after a while, nothing happened.
"I mean, you're too nervous. Principal Dumbledore isn't, just let's make the next step to make sure the Warriors don't encounter unknowable danger. Besides, didn't the Suzaku School of Magic and Wizardry have already made a preliminary exploration of this place before, there should be no problem. Seeing that everyone looked like they were facing a great enemy, Charlie couldn't help but say.
Captain Auror didn't show any relaxation, and the years of wandering between life and death made him feel like he was on the tip of a needle, and even though Charlie shouted loudly, the Auror remained vigilant.
After more than half an hour, seeing that there was indeed nothing unusual around him, Captain Auror slowly put down his wand.
"This should be it. According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Magic, the task of the second level of the tournament was provided by the Suzaku School of Magic, which provided a fantasy secret realm. Legend has it that this secret realm was discovered by accident, but I don't know exactly how it was discovered. Captain Auror took out the map and compared it to the current position, and explained, "This secret realm seems to have been explored by the Suzaku Magic School, so there should be no danger. Our mission is to clear and protect this secret realm, and in a few days, the twelve warriors will be here for a second battle. ”
The dozen or so Aurors had been told what they were doing before they arrived, and they weren't too surprised at this time. Seeing that everyone was very tired, Xia Nai couldn't help but ask, "Captain, what is the secret realm here, is it an illusion?"
"I don't know exactly what the situation is, but it is said that this secret realm is very powerful, and you need a special key from this small island to enter. ”
Xia Nai hurriedly asked curiously: "Special door key, could it be that Principal Deng Liduo gave you the door key?" ”
"Xia Nai, it's not what you think. This is a complicated matter, not simple to explain clearly, you know that our mission is to clean up the danger factor on this island, and after a few days when Dumbledore arrives with the warriors, you yourself go and ask the principal of the Suzaku Magic School. ”
Everyone listened with their ears pricked up, but they were a little disappointed when they heard such nonsense. Seeing that everyone was a little depressed, Captain Auror said, "Let's rest for a while." It's not a big island anyway. I'm going to divide into three teams and clean up the entire island at once, and then the three of us will take turns monitoring the island to make sure there are no other dangers. ”
The Aurors nodded together.
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Xie An calmly entered the classroom, the smell of the potions mixed together made Xie An's nose a little uncomfortable, he looked at the turbid liquid in the crucible, and knew that I was afraid that this potion production was not successful.
"I heard that it's difficult to make potions this time?" Xie An is still very talented in potions, which may have something to do with his doomsday warrior. But since seeing the recipe of the ancient potion, Xie An has a new understanding of potion making.
"Andrew, the production of this potion is not simple and difficult to describe, in the face of dozens of materials that need to be processed separately, we must first determine the order. Failure to do so may result in the loss of all your efforts. Saying this, Vera glared at Paul fiercely, if it weren't for Paul's uneasy order to add materials to the ancient potion, it would have caused the first refining to fail completely.
Fortunately, it seems that because of the lessons of the Black Lagoon incident, the school does not allow students to go to Hogsmeade or the edge of the Black Lake for the time being, and the warriors who have no source of materials have also received support from the school, and the three groups of warriors have raised enough materials, and the school should give each student two materials.
But as mentioned before, the first step is to make potions and get enough materials, and the correct configuration and use of potions is considered potion configuration. What the three teams of warriors lack most at this time is not materials, but time. As it stands, Paul wasted a piece of material, but it didn't matter, because there was only enough time left to try once.
Thinking of this, Vera couldn't help but say: "I know you're very good at potion making, can you help us, of course, for the sake of the rules, you can't make potions directly, but you can guide us, how about it?"
Xie An didn't immediately say that from his appearance outside the window to the current discussion among everyone, that Paul's wizard seemed to be absent-minded, who was he?
Xie An was secretly vigilant, relying on his instinct as a doomsday warrior, after close contact, Xie An finally felt a strange aura.
This kind of breath Xie An is somewhat familiar, after a little recollection, Xie An remembered that he had been in the Tower of London, in Queen Anne felt this kind of breath, and later Xie An thought that this breath belonged to the demigods who had insight into a certain mystery of the world, but after a while, the strange aura on Queen Anne was gone.
Xie An once couldn't help but ask Queen Anne, and the Empress once told Xie An that kind of aura was not the breath of a demigod at all, but the breath of the void unique to the Time Corridor.
This kind of breath is very peculiar, if time is a wide river, every time you pass through the time corridor, it is equivalent to swimming across the river, and it is inevitable to get caught in the river. This strange aura is the breath of the void. Xie An has not yet comprehended the mystery of time, so naturally he can't understand the mystery, but he clearly remembers that Queen Anne said that whether a wizard is from the future or from the past, after crossing the river of time to reach this bank, he may become the enemy of the current wizard!