Chapter 44: Good News and Bad News
Hermione took the key and slipped it into the keyhole, twisted it hard, and with a click, the lock popped open.
They pushed the door open, and the 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.
They stood on the edge of a huge wizard's chessboard, with black pieces in front of them, 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.
"Do you need us to play chess?" George frowned.
"It should be, probably as soon as you win, the door to the opposite room will open." Fred nodded.
Cedric and William looked at each other, raised an eyebrow, and smiled, "There's no doubt Professor McGonagall's handiwork." ”
William shrugged, "Professor McGonagall, there's always something new to come up with. ”
"Who's going to do it?" Autumn asked.
"I'll do it anyway." William said.
Several of them could play wizard chess, and the best one used to be Cedric.
However, since William spent two years in the time loop, he had a period of idleness and had nothing to do, specifically looking for someone to play wizarding chess.
Cedric has not been William's match since.
What's more, William also studied for two weeks at St. Mungo's Hospital of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and his skills were unbeatable among his peers.
Willian knows a lot of tricks, and he is best at the Scottish opening and the French defence.
However, here he is still ready to choose Scotland to start the game, and the French defense sounds unlucky, giving people a feeling of tofu scum engineering.
William and his men took the place of six chess pieces and stood on the chessboard. The six departing pieces turned around, turned their backs to the white pieces, stepped out of the chessboard, and stood in the distance to watch the game.
The rules of chess are that white moves first, and soon a white piece moves forward two squares.
William began to direct the black chess battle, and the others silently obeyed him.
William constantly uses the Black Queen to capture the opponent's pawns.
Each time, the black queen would ferociously knock the white pieces on the floor, then drag them out of the board with the opponent's feet, walk towards the corner, and only return after a while.
I don't know why, every time I see this situation, William feels weird, as if the king's head is green.
After playing for a while, William basically mastered the opponent's chess strength, which is not particularly high, as long as the level is slightly stronger, he can be defeated.
Also, if the opponent is an artificial intelligence at the level of Alpha Dog, William will also tremble and say weakly: "I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't win, I really can't win." ”
When William commanded the knights to stand in front of the White King, the White King took off the crown from his head and threw it at William's feet.
They won, and the white pieces bowed and retreated, making way for them.
But William did not leave immediately, but continued to observe the pieces.
"What's wrong?" Cedric walked over to William and asked.
"I'm thinking about these pieces...... It must be more than Professor McGonagall using Transfiguration. ”
William pointed to the chessboard.
"Transfiguration transforms an object, and it requires a wizard to manipulate it in order to move.
At this point, Professor McGonagall was already asleep, and such a huge chess piece was not only able to move on its own, but also played chess with us on its own initiative...... This alone is not something that Transfiguration can do. ”
"What do you mean......"
"These pieces are supposed to be the product of Transfiguration and Alchemy.
Not to mention the Transfiguration, the alchemy used in it works makes me curious. William touched the White King.
Always curious about what you don't know, that's what a Ravenclaw is.
In this regard, William is undoubtedly qualified.
If he also learns this alchemy technique, he can make a batch of similar dolls and fight in his place.
The wizarding world is undoubtedly dangerous, and it's always right to add a little more combat power.
Just like the Gringotts incident, William couldn't have waited for Nick Lemay and Dumbledore to help every time.
A wizard is really strong when he is strong himself, and alchemy is also one of them.
"I remember." Hermione said suddenly, "In Hogwarts, a piece of history, there are a lot of statues and armor in this ancient castle.
These things have been silent in the corners, and when the ancient castle of Hogwarts is attacked, they will wake up and take orders from the Headmaster to defend the castle, defend the students, and do their part for the school! ”
William nodded and smiled, "That's right, it's a guardian magic called 'Stone Strike', and I think Professor McGonagall should have made some gadgets based on those things." ”
"So...... What do you mean? ”
William laughed, and not just him, but Fred, George, and Cedric all laughed.
They come here to take risks, naturally they want to get some benefits, they can't just come away, right?
"After researching it, we can make a batch of powerful dolls, and we can all sell them." George laughed.
"What if Professor McGonagall finds out?" Hermione looked worried.
"Hermione, Professor Dumbledore does everything with a deep meaning.
Since he has set up these levels, it is definitely not simply fun and interesting.
I guess he wanted to train the little wizards so that we could learn more. We're learning, these pieces are. ”
"That's right, move them all!" Qiu said seriously.
Hermione was speechless, she always thought that these were Gryffindors.
Several people hurriedly put the stunned chess pieces in the pockets of the Traceless Stretching Spell.
When William was leaving, he also put the white king who had taken off his crown in it.
Without the White King, probably no one would have been able to pass through this chessboard and enter the door of the room.
The pieces were all standing in place, and they were instructed to let the winning player pass, but they didn't say that they couldn't let the winning player move the pieces.
The Black Queen stood alone in place, with an expressionless face, watching William and the others leave.
What a miserable queen!
Soon, they walked into the next room, but there was nothing inside.
As William said, this is a level that has not yet been fully arranged, and there is a lack of tools to catch the key at the previous key.
Dumbledore seemed to be still considering.
A few of them opened the next door, and there was nothing terrible here, except a table with seven bottles of different shapes lined up.
William and the others had just crossed the threshold when a flame rose from behind them and sealed the doorway.
The flame was unusual and purple. At the same time, black flames burst out from the doorway leading to the front, and they were trapped in the middle.
"Oh, there's good news and bad news, which one are you going to hear first?" William stared at the black fire.
"I've always liked bitter before sweet, bad news!" Fred said.
"The bad news is ...... It's devilish flames, it's a kind of black magic, it's extremely dangerous, and it's going to kill you if you touch it. ”
"The good news?"
"This flame is very well controlled, there is no tendency to get out of control at the moment, we are still safe."
George shrugged, "That's good news, I thought you'd say you could control the flames." ”
William rolled his eyes.
"Do you think I'm a dark arts student?"
"Yes!"
William suddenly smiled, he was too accurate to see people!
Although he has not studied it now, he will definitely study it in the future.
Every master of magic is also a master of the dark arts, including Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick.
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