Chapter 15: A Different Kind of Library
Ling Zifeng frowned and looked at the bottomless hole, scratched his head and asked, "Headmaster, what kind of thing is this snake demon you are talking about?" It feels so powerful. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½β
Dumbledore frowned and explained, "The Basilisk is a legendary creature of the wizarding world, hatched from the egg laid by a rooster by a toad, and legend has it that it was subdued by Salazar Sleiderin, one of the founders of this school, a thousand years ago. β
Later, it became a symbol of Sleizhelin. It is said that when Sleiderin left the school, he left the snake demon in the school, and the snake demon lived in the school's sewers ever since. β
Dumbledore shrugged and continued, "I thought it was a legend, except for Voldemort fifty years ago, no one had ever seen a so-called basilis.
"Today opened my eyes, the legend of the snake demon is true, and he has been alive and has grown so big!" As he spoke, he gestured to the size of the hole.
I'm afraid that the entrance of the cave is only two meters high, so wouldn't this snake demon be more than two meters thick?!
Ling Zifeng nodded and said, "No wonder the castle is full of snakes, they should be the descendants of this snake demon." I finally knew why there were so many fewer rats in the castle, and they must have been eaten by these snakes. β
Dumbledore also nodded and said, "That's right, the basilisk should have been awakened by Voldemort attached to Quirrell's head, after all, he is the descendant of Slejelin." β
Ling Zifeng couldn't help but secretly think that the snake demon should have been in a state of long-term hibernation before, otherwise such a big guy didn't know how much to eat to survive.
Dumbledore's face turned grim and continued: "The mountain monster should have been created by Quirrell, and he released the mountain monster just to confuse his vision, so that he and Voldemort have time to fully awaken the basilisk." When the basilisk comes out and lures me away, he can take the opportunity to enter the third floor of the castle and steal the Philosopher's Stone. It's a perfect plan, but it's a shame you're being held back by your restrictions."
When Ling Zifeng heard this, he immediately said modestly: "Principal, don't talk about me." In fact, even without my restrictions, the Eris Magic Mirror alone would definitely prevent Qi from getting the Luo Sage Stone.
After speaking, he raised his eyebrows and continued helplessly: "We still don't know what color the Philosopher's Stone is. β
The corners of Dumbledore's mouth turned up slightly when he said this, and the playful look in his eyes flashed, it seemed that he was quite confident in this matter.
Ling Zifeng then asked, "Is Headmaster Hagrid okay?" Shall we chase it in? β
Dumbledore nodded, "Hagrid is not in danger of life, just let Professor Snape prepare a potion to de-petrify him later." He continued, "We must both go after this snake demon, and we can't let him lurk in the castle like this." β
When Ling Zifeng heard this, he turned to Harry, Ron, and Hermione and said, "Don't come with me!" Do you hear that!? He knew very well that these three living treasures were the kind of children who were not afraid of heaven and earth, and it would be very troublesome if they were really allowed to follow up secretly.
The three students nodded helplessly, a little disappointed that they couldn't participate in the adventure. Looking at their appearance, there is still a feeling of unfinished feelings about the "rich" experience just now.
The child is really still a child, where is this kind of thing funny.
Ling Zifeng was about to turn around and follow Dumbledore, but he found that the faces of the three students were pale, and their eyes were frightened to the limit, they stared at the hole behind Ling Zifeng, and Hermione shouted first: "Be careful!" β
Hermione reminded quickly enough, but still half a beat slower.
Ling Zifeng only felt a huge force coming from behind him, and at the same time, there was a fishy and unpleasant smell, and a huge figure instantly passed by him.
Seeing a bloody mouth bite Harry Potter and retract instantly, when he hurriedly turned around, he only saw the huge snake head quickly sinking into the darkness of the cave.
Dumbledore was also caught off guard by the snake demon's surprise attack, he was also facing away from the cave just now like Ling Zifeng, he didn't expect that the snake demon who was blinded by him would actually come out to sneak attack again.
"Chase!" He shouted, beckoned to Ling Zifeng to release the illumination magic, and rushed into the cave first.
Ling Zifeng once again instructed Ron and Hermione to stay in the hall and not to follow, and then rushed into the cave and chased Dumbledore. After a while, he caught up with Dumbledore and said angrily, "Harry Potter, will he be eaten by the basilisk!?" β
Dumbledore looked slightly stunned for some reason, and said as he ran: "Probably not, the Philosopher's Stone on his body will produce a magic shield to protect him, and the snake demon will not be able to hurt him for a while." β
"What's more, when the snake demon attacked Harry, he should have felt the breath of the Philosopher's Stone on his body. Voldemort unleashed the Basilisk to rob the Philosopher's Stone, and he would not kill Harry in order to ensure that the Philosopher's Stone would not be damaged."
Ling Zifeng nodded and said as he ran: "That thing is so fast that I don't have time to react, with such a terrifying speed, principal, how did you hit it in the eye." β
Dumbledore didn't seem to care about Ling Zifeng's shock at his strength, and replied lightly, "It's just a little trick, you should be careful not to get too close for a while." β
Ling Zifeng continued to ask, "Headmaster, with your ability, why did you just blind it in the eye and let it run?" β
Dumbledore paused, not annoyed by Ling Zifeng's questioning of himself, he explained calmly: "Legend has it that people who stare into the eyes of the snake demon will be petrified, and you can see Hagrid's appearance. I attacked it in the eye as soon as I spotted it, but I let it petrify Hagrid. And it has long been ready to retreat, and it will flee as soon as it is attacked by me. β
Ling Zifeng nodded and didn't ask any more, but the conversation between the two of them kept going, and after a while, beads of sweat on Ling Zifeng's head gradually appeared, and he was already out of breath.
Although he studied magic for a year, his physical strength was still only at the level of ordinary people. Even if he followed Dumbledore's example as soon as he entered the cave and released a "light body technique" for himself, his physical strength was still a little overdrawn after a burst of running.
He turned his head to look at Dumbledore, who was not breathing next to him, and thought to himself that he was so tired enough that he was so young than him, it seemed that this old headmaster was either a special system or his magic was much more subtle than his own, otherwise how could he run so easily.
The two of them turned around the cave several times and didn't know where the snake cave finally led, the smell of the fishy smell in their noses was getting stronger and stronger, and it seemed that the exit should be not far away.
Sure enough, after a few corners, the two saw the light, and Dumbledore waved his wand to disarm the lighting magic and rushed to the exit side by side with Ling Zifeng.
Ling Zifeng rushed out of the cave and found that it was a wide room, looking at the scenery of the surrounding attributes, he felt that he should have been here before.
He turned his head to see that Dumbledore was not beside him, he was standing at the entrance of the cave with an anxious expression, his hands seemed to be pressed against an invisible wall.
Ling Zifeng hurriedly ran back to the entrance of the cave and found that Dumbledore couldn't get through, not even the sound of his voice.
"What? Let me go back first? Watching Dumbledore's gesture, he hurried back.
As soon as he entered the cave, Dumbledore grabbed his shoulder, only to hear the headmaster say anxiously: "There is a mana strength detection magic here, which should be the barrier set up by Shi Laizhelin at the beginning." He didn't want someone with too much mana to threaten the snake demon, I couldn't pass through this barrier, and I couldn't easily break it in a short time.
"It seems that your mana strength is not within the range of the barrier limit, you hurry up and go in first to drag the basilisk down. I'm starting to break down the barrier, don't let the basilisk swallow Harry in his belly!" β
With that, Dumbledore hurried towards the entrance of the cave, ready to begin breaking down the barrier in front of him. He was about to start chanting the incantation, when he suddenly turned around and stopped Ling Zifeng.
"Wait~"
Dumbledore waved his wand and said to the wand in Ling Zifeng's hand, "This is a magic I gave you, it can make the basilisk spit out Harry." β
After speaking, he still didn't seem to be at ease, turned his wand and gently touched it towards the top of Ling Zifeng's head, and a silver stream of water flowed out of his wand, instantly covering Ling Zifeng's whole body.
Dumbledore continued, "This is a buff magic that can greatly improve your physical abilities for a certain period of time, you must hold back the basilisk."
After doing all this, Dumbledore eagerly pushed Ling Zifeng back into the room.
The silver water flow gradually merged into Ling Zifeng's body, and he felt the changes in his body, as if his strength, speed, and reflexes had greatly improved under the effect of this magic.
He held the wand in his hand, which was slightly hot, and ran forward quickly. Sure enough, the silver stream of water did greatly strengthen his system. Before, I could only run about one meter in one step, but now I have taken nearly three meters in one step!
"it~ such a cow! This speed of 100-meter sprint is not 9 seconds, a world record! β
He rushed into the depths of the room like a gust of wind, and gradually, he saw rows of bookshelves looming in front of him. "Hereγγγγγγ Book? β
He looked up at the familiar serpentine coat of arms on the ceiling, and Ling Zifeng suddenly realized that this was actually a library!
He immediately remembered that Hermione had told him that the library was built by Sleiderin himself, and that the basilisk was the symbol of Slejelin, so analyzing the basilish's lair in the library seemed to be in the past.
However, he had been in the library for most of the previous year, not to mention that the snake demon had never even seen the shadow of the snake demon. He couldn't figure out this relationship for a while, but saving people was important, and his task [Obtaining the Philosopher's Stone] was even more important, so he didn't have time to think about continuing to move forward.
"Huh? How do these look like phantoms? β
As he traveled, he noticed that the bookshelves and desks around him looked like phantoms and were not real. Looking at this "different" library, I thought that maybe it was because I was running too fast, and the scenery around me was like some phantoms.
In a matter of moments, he rushed to the end of the library.