Chapter Seventy-Five: Violent Breakthrough
The sad Ron and Dudley are the same, and they also hit the ground first.
Harry hurriedly stepped forward and helped Ron up, "It's okay. ”
"I'm okay," Ron breathed a sigh of relief as he looked up at the huge hole in the devil's net above, "I'm thankfully relaxed." ”
Dudley: "(⊙?⊙)"
He glanced at Hermione silently, there was no extra weight, and the pain of the fall was much less.
"You should be glad to have Hermione and Dudley here," Harry patted Ron on the shoulder with a wry gesture, "and since it's okay, let's move on." He pointed to the stone hallway to the side.
This corridor is the only path that can be taken under the devil's web.
The miserable Dudley was still in pain in his back and buttocks, but he had to walk in front with his shiny wand.
In addition to the sound of their footsteps, there was the sound of water slowly falling down the walls.
Dudley was uncomfortable now, and he didn't dare to look back at Hermione's cannibalistic eyes, if it weren't for the more important things now, Hermione might have pulled out her wand and brushed a few spells.
"Did you hear anything?" asked Ron quietly.
They stopped, listening attentively, as if there was a slight movement. The sound came from the front, with a soft rustle and clanging sound.
"Could it be a ghost?" Ron his voice trembled, and he was a little embarrassed by the speechless eyes of Harry, Dudley, and Hermione, "Hehe... We've seen a lot of ghosts. ”
"It seems to be the voice of wings stirring. ”
They came to the end of the hallway, went down a few flights of stairs and pushed open a wooden door, which contained a brightly lit room with a high vaulted ceiling.
Countless small birds, as brilliant as jewels, flapped their wings and flew around the room.
"Strange," Hermione said suspiciously, looking up at the shiny birds flying overhead, "I've never seen a bird like this." ”
"It's not a bird," Dudley explained, "it's a key, a key with wings. ”
"There's a door over there," Ron scurried over and pulled the doorknob, but unfortunately the door was locked. He didn't believe in this evil, so he grabbed the handle and pulled and pulled, but the wooden door still didn't move, "Alaho cave open." ”
It turned out to be to no avail, Ron pouted and looked at the crowd, "I just want to try more." ”
"What are we going to do?" Hermione said frustratedly, the door not opening, and how to talk about guarding the Philosopher's Stone behind it, "There are almost hundreds of keys here. ”
"Over there," Harry said, pointing to a corner of the room, "there's a broomstick, which seems to be for us to grab the key to open the door." ”
Ron examined the lock of the door as he suddenly said, "We're going to find a large antique key in this group of keys, probably silvery-white, shaped like a doorknob." ”
"I've found it," Harry shouted excitedly, as he prepared to get on his broomstick and grab the key.
"Wait!" Dudley stopped Harry, and he looked around the room again.
The winged key and broom are intact, and it seems that Voldemort did not pass this level by grabbing the key with a broomstick, and if he did so, he would definitely leave a trace, and Voldemort must have passed this level by some other means.
Dudley suddenly had an idea, if he used this way, he should be able to open this wooden door easily without touching the mechanism of this level, he carefully studied the big key for a long time, and slowly carved it out in his mind, without sparing a single detail.
"You don't have to have an original key to unlock a lock. ”
He swiped his wand sideways through the air, and suddenly a key floated in the air, almost identical to the one Harry had found, except that the key had no wings.
"That's a good idea," Hermione admired, and then asked questioningly, "But is it possible?"
"Try it and you'll know. ”
Dudley grabbed the key and walked to the door, shoved it into the keyhole, and twisted it hard. "Click!" he smiled as he looked at the crowd.
Professor Flitwick's level is not very powerful, and if there were more restrictions on the wooden door, they might just be able to ride a broom and grab the key.
"Ready to go in," Dudley twisted and pushed the doorknob as the door opened.
The second room was pitch black, and nothing could be seen. But as soon as they stepped inside, the room suddenly became brightly lit, illuminating a shocking scene.
This room is a huge chessboard, and they are standing on top of it.
All around were black chess pieces, all taller than them, seemingly carved out of black stone or something. At the other end of the room, facing them, were white chess pieces.
"Isn't this asking us to play chess?" said Harry, not quite believing his guesses, half-jokingly.
"The door is over there, you take a few steps forward and try. Dudley said, pointing to a door behind the white chess piece.
Harry looked at Dudley and then at the door, and as he tentatively walked forward, approaching the white pieces at the front of the row, their fangs baring and their sharp knives raised.
He stepped back in a panic and retreated to Dudley's side, patting his chest and panting, "You." ”
"In my opinion," Ron said, "we have to act as pawns." ”
He walked up to a black knight and reached out and touched his horse. Immediately, the stone came to life, the horse scraped the earth with its hooves, and the knight turned his helmeted head and looked at Ron.
"Are we... I have to come with you to get there?"
The Black Knight nodded. Ron turned to look at Dudley, Harry, and Hermione.
"What are you anxious about!" Dudley looked at Ron helplessly, Professor McGonagall didn't have to win a game of chess to pass, "you come down first." ”
Ron was stunned for a moment, then slid off the piece with a smile on his face. Although he played chess the best among the people, he couldn't help but panic when playing chess in this environment, and it was best to not play chess now.
That's when it happened.
The black and white chess pieces tilted their heads in unison to look at them, and then drew their stone knives and approached them little by little. Things are complicated, I didn't expect this chess piece to only let up and not let go.
The four of them were already standing in the middle, and there was no way out.
"Stop!" Dudley quickly aimed his wand at the ground.
White fluctuations emanated, something was wrong, and he sensed that the magic power in his body was rapidly draining, "Don't be stunned, hurry up together." ”
Harry, Ron, and Hermione reacted and cast the spell together.