Chapter 198: Actor, Change (2-in-1)
In Northern Europe, not far from Durmstrang, there is a hidden cave under the snowstorm.
The ice crystals in the cave condensed, and it was not so dark under the reflection of the icicles, but it was still gloomy.
In the cave, wisps of mist constantly drifted from all directions, condensing into a six-mangled circle in the center of the cave.
The mist converged like a knit, wandering back and forth through the circle, gradually forming the shape of a giant finger.
……
In the Durmstrang Great Hall, Norlin forcibly suppressed the deep uneasiness in his heart, and his intuition told him that the auditorium was now filled with an eerie atmosphere.
The wand in Professor Norman's hand was glowing, still keeping the flashback spell running. In the auditorium, all kinds of magic spells were released, and countless brilliant and gorgeous magical colors vied with each other, and the scene was very spectacular.
Under the cover of the light from the sky, Norin quietly withdrew to the edge of the crowd, intending to take a closer look at the pillars of light that revealed a strange aura.
However, when he walked not far from the pillar of light, he was greeted by a person.
Giles O'Neill looked surprised, and the wand in his right hand was spewing the light of the cleansing charm, and said to Norin:
"So you're here, I haven't found you since I came in."
"I just arrived."
Norin said casually, pointing to the pillar of light behind him and saying, "Do you know what this is?" ”
Giles O'Neill glanced at it and said with a smile: "This was laid out by Professor Norman early in the morning, and it is said that it will come in handy." ”
"Useful? Let me see. ”
Norlin frowned, the uneasiness in his heart deepened, and he walked straight towards the pillar of light.
Unbeknownst to him, Giles O'Neill's empty left hand was on his shoulder, and he leaned over and said:
"Professor Norman must have made sense to do this, you say?"
Norlin's footsteps stopped. He gave Giles O'Neill a deep look, and finally, nodded slowly.
On the stage, Professor Norman's flashback spell had not stopped, and the light scattered countless points of light in the ceiling of the auditorium, landing on the wands of the students in the audience. The headmaster Karkaroff watched from the sidelines, his eyes were complicated, as if at this moment, Professor Norman was the regular headmaster of this school.
Norin was cold and distant, but he noticed that the students' faces suddenly changed a little, and even Meredith frowned slightly, and his little face was slightly pale.
"Professor, how long? The magic can't hold ......"
Some of the first-year wizards shouted, their voices were already exhausted, they had just entered the school, and the total amount of magic power was pitiful, and they were already a little unsustainable at the moment.
Professor Norman smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Hold on a little longer, and you'll be fine soon......"
Norin's eyes narrowed slightly, wondering why they would expend so much mana with the flashback spell, and closed his eyes. The next moment, a turbulent wave swelled up in his heart.
The magic power in his body quietly passed by a tenth of what he didn't know! You know, this is when he didn't raise his wand and shared Professor Norman's spell!
There seemed to be a flash of lightning in his head, illuminating all the fog he had not seen clearly. He no longer hesitated, and under the horrified gaze of Giles O'Neill, his wand was pointed at the nearest pillar of light, and he shouted coldly:
"Broken bones!"
Giles O'Neill's Adam's apple rolled a little, and at one point the Smashing Charm was so close to the pillar of light that it was missed by another wand fired from a distance, striking a nearby wall and blasting into a deep crater.
The sudden loud noise attracted the attention of everyone in the auditorium, and even Professor Norman on the stage frowned slightly and looked at him from afar.
"O'Neill, it's really useless, it's almost broken."
In the direction where the spell was fired, a man walked over slowly, with a hint of dissatisfaction with Giles O'Neill and a deep fear of Norlin on his face.
"Oliel Sturusson......"
Norin spit out the name with a solemn expression, his heart became colder and colder, and he turned to Giles O'Neill and asked,
"Say, who else?"
"When did you find out?"
Giles O'Neill was stunned, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little complicated.
"Really...... It's too much. ”
Norlin muttered, and the next moment, a flash crossed his eyes, and when Giles O'Neill saw the frightened violence, his wand trembled, and shouted fiercely:
"Broken bones!"
Two crushing spells rushed towards Giles O'Neill and Oliel Sturusson at the same time. Giles O'Neill was too close, and was caught off guard and flew directly into the air, spurting out a mouthful of blood foam, and fell to the ground hard, convulsing slightly.
Oliel Sturusson had always been wary of Norin, and the first time he saw Norin's spell attack, he shot a ray of light to try to fend off. However, although he was the president of the Black Magic Society, his magic strength was not at all comparable to Nolin's, and after a second of contact with the light, the shattering spell swelled wildly, directly crushing Oliel Sturusson's spell and hitting him directly into the wall.
Norlin's furious action made the auditorium quiet for a moment, and several professors came quickly, with anger on their faces, and just when they wanted to question Norlin, they saw him take a deep breath, raise his wand high, and shout:
"All curses are over!"
Everyone seemed to see a circle of ripples rippling out of Nolin's staff, and soon spread to every corner of the Great Hall.
On the ceiling, Professor Norman's spell vibrated violently, flickering and disappearing, and finally disappeared as if crushed by a large hand.
All the students lowered their wands at the same time, and some even collapsed to the ground, breathing rapidly.
"Davis! What are you doing! ”
Professor Brown's eyes widened, but after inadvertently catching a glimpse of the current situation in the auditorium, his voice suddenly became smaller, and his face was incredulous.
There are not many students who can stand anymore, and most of them are over-depleted in their mana and begin to experience the painful feeling of mana overdraft. But there are also some people who do not change their faces and do not seem to have received any repercussions. Heimdall's prefect, Cecil Howard, was one of them.
Meredith's face was as pale as paper, she looked around the auditorium, and without hesitation, she came to Nolin's side, and said urgently:
"Something is wrong here. There had been a force that had been preventing me from canceling the spell and absorbing my magic constantly. ”
"I see."
Norin whispered, "It's good that you're not with them, otherwise things would have been worse." ”
"With them? Who are they? ”
Meredith asked with a frown, glancing at Giles O'Neill on the ground and Oliel Sturusson on the wall, a flash of surprise flashed across his face, followed by boundless anger,
"Only them?"
"I'm afraid it's more than that."
Norlin looked up and said, looking squarely at Professor Norman on the stage.
Professor Norman had not said a word since Nolin's curse had finally destroyed the spell in the Great Hall, and only now did he have a grim smile on his face and applaud:
"Worthy of Dumbledore's master, he can react at this time."
"You're being so reckless, Professor."
The cold light in Norin's eyes skyrocketed, and he slowly raised his wand.
In each of the halls, the ice cellar, the conference room, Professor Norman's sadness and anger were vividly interpreted, and the performance was so seamless that he successfully deceived everyone, including Nolin, if he hadn't seen that success was no longer hidden, Nolin would not have noticed.
In contrast, Quirrell's acting skills can only be said to be pediatrics, and this is a powerful actor who is truly worthy of the Oscar.
No matter how sluggish the professors were, they could see some clues at this time, and Professor Mars clenched his wand and asked in a loud voice:
"Norman, what the hell is going on?"
"Mars, don't you see anything right now? I don't blame you, I only know how to study black magic all day long, but I can't even beat a third-year ghost, it's so embarrassing to expect you to be able to see the situation clearly. ”
Riley Norman was no longer a respected professor and vice-chancellor at the moment, but instead pulled out a sneering expression and said to Professor Mars mercilessly.
Professor Mars's face welled up with intense shame, and he shouted angrily:
"So, you killed those students?"
"No, no, no, I didn't do it, how could I bear to do it to those kids?"
Riley Norman waved his hand again and again, flatly denying, "It's some other good boy who did it." ”
Cecil Howard and some of the senior students walked up to Riley Norman, bowed respectfully to him, and turned to face the many professors, with strange expressions but resolute positions.
With a wave of Riley Norman's wand, Giles O'Neill and Oliel Sturusson were grabbed by an invisible hand and flew towards Cecil Howard and the others out of thin air, falling in front of them.
Cecil Howard frowned and crouched down to treat their injuries. Norin was too ruthless, and the scars on their bodies were simply shocking.
Professor Brown looked at them, his eyes full of disappointment and pain, and said astringently:
"They are all classmates who you get along with day and night, how can you do it......
The victims were all powerful students, and it was not possible to be subdued without making any noise, but they did not expect that the classmates around them would attack them, and the difficulty was greatly reduced.
"For the greater good, Professor. This is what the great forefather, Gellert Grindelwald, taught us. ”
Cecil Howard looked at Professor Brown and said without humility or arrogance.
"So, he told you to do this?"
All the professors pulled out their wands. Professor Martin from the Herbal Medicine class asked coldly.
"He's still locked up in Newmongard, Martin. Besides, Grindelwald is nothing compared to my master. ”
Riley Norman smiled hoarsely, he looked at Norlin, with appreciation in his eyes, and surging killing intent,
"No wonder Cook Alger died in Hogwarts, no wonder Scott broke an arm in your hand...... I always thought they were waste, but now it seems understandable. ”
Norin was silent and didn't say anything. He secretly cursed his stupidity in his heart, how could the Dark Devil Sect let go of Durmstrang, a school where the atmosphere of dark magic was so prevalent? And he didn't even think about it at all.
He thought that the school's defenses were as strong as Hogwarts', but he never expected that the Dark Cult had infiltrated the upper echelons of the school.
Not only the high-level, but two of the three prefects were also Little Dark Devil Cultists, which made Norin feel helpless and ridiculous.
Now it seems that Durmstrang is talking about a strong defense, which is as riddled with holes as a sieve.
"No wonder the person in the glass ball is so familiar with the school, it turns out that you are ...... But your body is ......."
Professor Hunter said with a frown, and Norlin took over softly:
"He's a professor of deformation classes, and this level of human deformation shouldn't be difficult for him."
A true master of transformation can change his body at will, whether it is a tall person who is two or three meters tall or a dwarf who is one meter tall, they can do it at their fingertips.
"Doesn't it seem a little too late to react now?"
Riley Norman spoke, and without warning, a spell was cast in his hand, heading straight for Meredith, who was sneaking into another pillar of light in the distance. Meredith bit her silver teeth, barely blocking the spell, and staggered back.
While Riley Norman was speaking, Norlin had already hinted at her to destroy the pillars of light in those corners. With her ingenuity, she also reacted, there was a big problem in those pillars of light, and she was trying to take advantage of Norlin and them to attract Riley Norman's attention to destroy it, but who knew that he would still find out.
"Meredith, I originally wanted to develop you to our side, but it would be a shame that you couldn't work for us with your abilities. It's just that Cecil and Olier's opposition dispelled me from this idea. ”
Riley Norman shook his head regretfully and said to Meredith.
"Why?"
Meredith barely stood still, and asked fiercely, "Did the school do anything to be sorry for you?" Isn't the position of vice-principal enough? Don't you understand that the headmaster is nothing more than ......"
"That's not the point, Meredith."
Riley Norman interrupted, "The point is, I have a greater goal, and right now, I'm not far from achieving that goal." ”
Norlin was in no mood to listen to what he was talking about, and as soon as he raised his wand, a cold blue light burst out, and the air was frozen from time to time.
"I'll stop him, you go and destroy those pillars of light."
Riley Norman was always vigilant about Nolin's attack that they could send at any time, and he also shot a spell to try to resist, but he was frozen all the way by the law of ice, and the spell became a slender popsicle, and before Riley Norman's eyes were reached, he felt a chill hit his bones.
He immediately stopped the output of the spell and dodged, the beam of the Law of Ice brushed past him, and his hair and beard were stained with a thick layer of frost.
The professors seized the opportunity to go to the six corners of the auditorium and cast their most powerful spells, blasting them towards the pillar of light.
Riley Norman, who had escaped the law of ice, was not in a hurry, and said with a smile:
"It's too late...... Soon, my master will be able to descend into this era! ”
The pillar of light was like a substance, making a sound similar to that of glass breaking. Then, countless black mist burst out of the shattered pillar of light, scrambling through the ceiling of the auditorium and drifting deep into the ice field.
Norin and the professors stood vigilantly in place, and there seemed to be a low roar in the distance, and the ground trembled beneath their feet.