Rimbaud, who was perched on Scott's shoulder, flew up and looked around, then asked, "What's next?" ”

At this moment, Scott suddenly felt a change in gravity, and the whole person fell upwards and landed on the face above the magic barrier.

He lay on top of the barrier of mana, looking through the water balls at the black forest growing upside down above.

"It seems that the most dangerous thing in this space is the sudden change in gravity."

Rimbaud was also caught off guard by the sudden change in gravity, and flapped several times before resuming flight.

But it now looks like it's belly up.

"That is, if you enter this space unsuspectingly, you will fall into the forest above under the effect of a sudden change in gravity, and those trees ......"

Rimbaud continued: "The trees are too dense and the branches look sharp. ”

Scott nodded.

Rimbaud turned his head to look at Edgar outside the water balloon, "Oh, even though it conjured up a ball of fire to envelop itself, it must have turned over as well!" Oh, that's weird......"

It wasn't used to flying in the opposite direction visually, so it landed on Scott again.

Scott glanced at it.

Rimbaud immediately said, "Hey, the most important thing now is to find [Heart of the Sacred Tree] on this level, and if not, look for the entrance to the next level!" ”

"I know."

Scott said helplessly.

"I can't risk unlocking the magic barrier to let you and Horus out, so Edgar is the only one who can help with the search now."

"You can summon crows." Rimbaud said, "Can I summon here?" ”

"I'll try."

Scott pulled out his wand and stared.

Targeting the summon farther away from the wand requires more concentration and more mana when casting spells.

As he waved his wand, countless black crows suddenly flew out of the air outside the water balloon.

"Gaga...... Quack ......"

The reversal of vision and gravity made the crows that suddenly appeared here a little panicked.

"Gah! Rattle! ”

Rimbaud chirped a few times, and the crows settled down.

Later, under the orders of Scott and Rimbaud, Edgar and the crows dispersed and began to search everywhere.

When Edgar began to speed up, he extinguished the flames around him, taking the light source with him.

"Fluorescent flickering."

In the darkness, Scott flashed his wand and waited with Rimbaud for the results of the search.

In addition to searching for [Heart of the Sacred Tree] and the entrance to the next level, Scott also wants to see if the so-called curse exists.

The only product of Transfiguration had been in contact with the outside world before, but this time he summoned a flock of crows, which also meant to test the curse.

At that moment, he felt the vibration of the [Magic Mirror].

"It's Dumbledore's comms."

Scott spotted the mirror and saw Dumbledore and Sawanna.

At the same time, there was Sawanna's delighted voice.

"Great, finally connected!"

"Professor, Sawanna."

Scott waved his hand.

"Can't connect to my [Magic Mirror] just now?"

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore has tried many times." Sawanna said.

"Scott, are you okay?" Dumbledore asked.

Scott replied, "For now, good, Professor. Although it has gone through some trials, it has not yet encountered real dangers. ”

"That's good."

Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm sorry, the fog cut off my magic, and I didn't make it in time."

"It all happened so suddenly." Scott said, "And that fog can block out my magical senses."

Dumbledore said, "Fawkes can't find you after you're gone. ”

Then he held up [Magic Phone] and showed Scott around.

"Besides, the fog has lifted."

Scott looked at the Sternes Standing Stone clearly visible in the picture with some surprise.

"That is, the entrance closes as soon as someone enters?"

Dumbledore said, "Yes, I think the seven wizards in the past must have entered at the same time. I'm sorry, I should have acted with you. ”

Scott shook his head, "Professor, this is my adventure."

Then, under the questioning of Dumbledore and Savanna, he recounted his experience in detail.

After listening to his story, Dumbledore was relieved and said, "You did a good job, and you were very careful, Scott. Fortunately, it's you, if it's another wizard who enters, I'm afraid there will already be casualties. ”

"Thanks for the compliment."

Scott took his compliment.

"After all, I did a lot of preparation before that."

"By the way, Scott!" Sawanna leaned over to the camera, "Do you have it with you, a gift I gave you?" ”

"Golden acorns?"

Scott pulls out two golden acorns from the shapeshifting lizard's leather pouch.

"Oh, great, you take it with you."

Sawana said happily.

"You know, [the heart of the sacred tree] is a piece of wood like a golden gem."

"But I forgot to remind you that when you approach its vicinity with the Sacred Tree Fruits, their power resonates."

"If it's you, you can completely sense the magic fluctuations of the Sacred Tree Fruit, and [the Heart of the Sacred Tree] will emit a golden light to remind you."

"Thank you." Scott shook his hand holding the acorn, "If that's the case, it's much more convenient."

Sawanna said, "No thanks, and besides, try to carry the Sacred Tree Fruit close to you, it contains the power of the Sacred Tree, which can resist the curse to a certain extent. ”

"I see."

Scott put down [Magic Mirror] and prepared to find a rope to tie the two golden acorns tightly and hang them around his neck.

But while he was picking up something from the shapeshifting lizard's pouch, he suddenly came across something hot and took it out.

"This ......"

What he retrieved was the skull of the alpaca that Luna had given him.

At this point, the skull is not just slightly hot.

Around the eye sockets of the skull-inlaid acacia beans, several red cracks appeared that seemed to spread around.

These cracks look small, but they are very brightly colored.

"Maybe there's a curse." Scott muttered, "And it's a curse that neither the water balls nor the magic barrier can withstand." ”

"Let me see."

Dumbledore asked Scott to show him the skull.

Scott held up his glowing wand, allowing Dumbledore to see his skull more clearly.

"Oh, this is supposed to be the work of a Peruvian wizard."

The well-informed Dumbledore could see the origin of the skull at a glance.

Scott nodded, revealing the origin of the skull.

"This skull isn't completely resistant to the curse."

Sawanna said in a hurry.

"But with it and the Sacred Tree Fruit, the curse will undoubtedly be partially offset, and when you come out, I will perform a purification ritual for you, and the curse will be completely removed!"

"I think Miss Doherty is right." Dumbledore said, "But you still can't stay in the tower for long. ”

"Eight hours, from now on, eight hours should be the limit, you must come out of it before then, or the curse will not be cleared!" ”

Scott asked, "So, the wizard who escaped here and still died because of the curse was because he stayed in the tower for too long?" ”

"I guess that's it." Sawanna nodded, "Of course, the absence of a druid priest to perform a purification ritual for him may have been the reason why he died of the curse. ”

"Okay...... Oh, Edgar is back. ”

Scott turned his head to look out of the water polo.

Edgar flew back and lit the flames around him, and the scorching flames lit up the entire area.

"Gaga...... Quack ......"

It screamed several times.

"It said it didn't find the golden wood."

Although it was not necessary, Rimbaud offered to act as an interpreter.

"It also says that the entrance to the next level should be in the black forest above, in the center of the forest, where the trees are most dense, where there is a fog."

"Well, let's go around there first." Scott said, "Edgar, lead the way, Sirein, keep up with it." ”

"Gah!"

Edgar screamed, finding a direction and flying forward, Sirein maneuvering the water balloon to follow behind it.

"It's strange that none of the crows have returned." Rimbaud couldn't help but say, "Did something happen to them?" ”

"Gaga...... Quack ......"

Edgar in front of him screamed a few more times.

"Oh my!" Rimbaud shouted in surprise, "Edgar said the trees would attack the crows, but they didn't!" We have to be careful, Scott! ”

Scott frowned slightly and nodded.

"Oh Scott, it's too dangerous, please be careful......"

Sawanna's worried voice could be heard from [the Magic Mirror], but soon, her voice became muffled and vanished.

Scott picked up [Magic Mirror] and looked at it.

"Communication is down."

He looked at the denser and denser trees above.

"Is it because you're close to the center of the forest?" Rimbaud asked.

"Maybe." Scott puts away [Magic Mirror].

At this moment, several crows flew over and chirped loudly around the water balloon.

"Oh, my people, they're alive!"

Rimbaud was a little happy and still acted as a translator.

"They say that their companions have been impaled through the body by a branch! Unfortunately, they weren't able to find anything out of the ordinary. ”

"There's something strange about that."

Scott said with a frown.

"Seven people risked their lives, and a total of six died in the tower. One died in the fire, one in the deep waters, one in the top of the tree......"

"We don't mention the fire, but we haven't been able to see the bodies in the deep water or on the treetops."

Rimbaud said, "However, it has been more than a thousand years, and the corpse has long since ceased to exist." ”

"Maybe." Scott said.

This can only be explained in this way......

"Gah!"

"Edgar reminds us that we have reached our destination."

Hearing Rimbaud's reminder, Scott, who was sitting upside down on the magic barrier, looked down at the black forest above.

The trees here are indeed much denser, and the sharp and straight branches are intertwined, like a black monster covered in spikes.

Sure enough, there was a faint mist drifting around there.

"Get closer, be careful." Scott instructed Sirein to order.

Sirein shook his head and tail, manipulating the water balloon to slowly approach the black forest above.

Edgar followed, even faster.

But something strange happened.

As Edgar approached, the trees didn't react, but when the balloon of water wrapped around Scott approached, the straight branches suddenly stretched out like swords and stabbed straight in his direction.

The branch pierced the water ball, and was blocked by the magic barrier.

Scott looked at Sirein.

There was some trouble, and although Sirein was not stabbed, it was stuck in those branches.

Scott made a quick decision, waved his wand, and turned the four fish holding the metal ball into crows, while causing Sirein to scatter the water ball.

The balloon dispersed, and Scott took out his broomstick and flew away from the woods with the four crows holding the metal balls.

When he left, the branch that was stuck on Sirein's body retracted.

At the same time as he was freed, Sirein also created a current again, and drifted down some distance with him.

"Let's see if we can burn them, Edgar."

Scott commanded directly.

"Gah!"

Edgar let out a scream, retracting the package and spat out a line of fire.

When the scorching fire spewed out on the dense black branches, the intertwined branches all shrank back in an instant, and several trees turned into bare trunks.

The line of fire licked at the trunk, leaving a trail, but it failed to make the trunk burn.

Edgar turned his head and made a few turns around the fireline woods, all the nearby branches retracting into their trunks.

Lost the shade of the branches. Scott finally saw clearly, the bare stone gate erected in the middle of the woods.

"Stop."

Scott commanded again.

Edgar immediately stopped spitting fire.

But as soon as the line of fire disappeared, within a few seconds, all the branches grew out in unison, and the stone gate was once again tightly covered.

"Sirein, try it with [Water Blade]."

Sirein in the water balloon shook the fish's tail, swam to the edge of the water balloon, stabbed his long jaw out of the water balloon, and then opened his mouth to spit out a thin white line of water.

The white waterline made contact with the black branches, making a piercing grinding sound.

Scott couldn't help but cover his ears.

Very slowly, the water blade severed several branches one after another, touching the trunk.

The grinding sound was even harsher.

The water blade, which used to be extremely sharp, is now like a rusty knife that has not been sharpened for a long time, and it seems that it is powerless after cutting a cut in the trunk of the tree.

"Stop."

Sirein obeyed the order and stopped spitting out the water blade.

Under Scott's gaze, soon, the severed branches slowly grew and returned to their original appearance.

"The only way to do this is fire." Rimbaud said, "Let Edgar use it, and we'll take the opportunity to move on to the next level." ”

"That's all there is to it."

Skod's head.

"Edgar, use the line of fire again!"

"Gah!"

The scorching lines of fire cut through the darkness, and in an instant, the branches retracted into the trunks again.

"Let the crows find their way." Scott said to Rimbaud.

"Okay."

Rimbaud barked at the remaining crows.

Although the crows had survived, they did not resist Rimbaud's order and soon flew back into the forest.

Then, they passed through the strange trees with their branches retracted into their trunks.

"It seems that this is the right way to clear the customs."

When Scott saw this, he also rode a broomstick and fell upward.