Chapter 49: The Dementor Statue
Rove, Shirley, and Nellis, step up the porch steps and step through a tall bronze door to the Tower of Babel.
Rove looked at the magnificent rotunda in front of him, and his first impression was ...... Big.
Even the Great Hall of Hogwarts pales in comparison to this place.
Then, the first thing that caught his eye was the floor of this hall.
I saw that the pure white marble floor was full of lifelike and colorful murals:
Phoenix, unicorn, griffin, manticore, minotaur, three-headed dog of hell, chicken snake......
The painting is full of all kinds of magical animals, some of which Rove knows, some of whom he has only seen in books, and some of whom he has never even heard of.
They were densely packed all over the floor of the hall, and there were so many of them that Rove couldn't help but wonder if it included all the magical creatures in the world from ancient times to the present!
Shirley also stared intently at the mural at her feet, her eyes full of amazement, she took her camera out of her purse, ready to take pictures of these, and turn back to Hermione to see.
Nellis, too, was amazed, and she saw a scorpion-tailed scorpion-tailed with two black gems set in its eyes.
She couldn't help but squat down and buckle the gem, but it was a pity that she ...... Motionless.
Rove slowly raised his head, his gaze following the intricate pattern until it stopped in the middle of the hall.
Then, he saw a burning ...... Icicle.
It would be more accurate to say that a flame hangs above a long, thick icicle.
The whole hall was lit by a single flame, whose light was reflected and reflected through the gems embedded in the walls......
The entire Tower of Babel, from bottom to top, is dazzling and bright as day!
Rove stared at the flame and noticed that it had a strange color:
The outermost layer is as white as snowflakes, the second layer is yellow as molten gold, the middle is red as red copper, and the innermost layer is as black as ink.
At this moment, a gust of wind passed through the bronze gate, blowing Rove's golden hair, but the flames floating on the icicles did not move at all, without any flicker.
Shirley stood beside the boy, noticing the abnormality of the flames as well, and muttered, "This is ...... Gubrai Immortal Fire? ”
"Yes." Rove nodded, affirming her inquiry.
Nelishi, who had already given up on taking the gem again, looked at the two of them and asked with a blank expression, "Gubrai Immortal Fire...... What is that? ”
"A powerful demonic fire that can burn forever and will not be extinguished." The ponytailed maiden explained, "Therefore, the Gublai Immortal Fire is also called the Eternal Flame. ”
"Burn forever?" Nellis' expression of surprise remained. "It's incredible, so what does it burn?"
"By thermal radiation." Rove picked up on Shirley's words and replied:
"Unlike ordinary flames, the Gubrai Flame does not emit heat, but instead absorbs the heat of the air and uses it to maintain its brightness.
Therefore, icicles will appear under the Gublai fairy fire, which is a phenomenon formed by the freezing of water vapor in the air after heat absorption. ”
Rove paused and continued: "If you are burned by this flame, you will not be scalded to death by high temperature, but will be frozen to death by low temperature. ”
When Nelishi heard that the Gublai Immortal Fire would freeze to death, she was shocked. "This kind of magic fire must be difficult to make, right?"
"It's difficult, only wizards with extremely high mana power can create this kind of magic." Rove said.
Rove had seen the Gublae Fairy Fire in Nicol's manor, according to him:
The Gublai Immortal Fire comes from the ancient wizarding realm, and its casting and control are much more difficult than the Fierce Fire Spell.
Therefore, the Goublé Immortal Fire was extremely precious, and Dumbledore asked Hagrid to go to Europe to find the giant, and the gifts he brought were all from it.
However, ancient wizards invented this flame, not just to use it for lighting, but through magic, the eye could see through the flames, through mountains, oceans, and deserts, and see far away.
Sitting in front of this flame, they can also display visions from a distance, or exchange information halfway around the world.
It's just that with the advent of the apocalypse and the destruction of the kingdom of ancient wizards, although the current wizards can still create this kind of flame, there is no one who can use it to use it for real purposes.
Rove secretly said that it was a pity, and his gaze turned slightly downward, looking at the statue holding the Gublai Immortal Fire in his hand.
It was a giant, humbly kneeling on the ground with a flame in its hand, and beside it stood a centaur holding a chart of stars, with a look of awe on his face.
On the left is a sorcerer, holding a wand and holding his hands out, as if to perform a sacrifice.
On the far right is a goblin, holding a large piece of gold, also with a reverent face.
Wizards, giants, centaurs, and elves, in the direction of worship, is an even taller statue.
The statue was three meters tall and looked like a wizard, but it was so handsome that Rove couldn't decide for a moment whether it was a man or a woman.
The statue's hair was also embellished with a deep silver gold, and its skin was crystal clear and radiant, like a jewel.
On the creature's body, there was also a long robe, and countless words were engraved on the surface, and between the lines, it was like a golden river, exuding an aura of holiness.
Rove looked at the statue and was a little stunned for a moment.
He traveled to Azkaban last year, and in the lake where the Dementors were born, he saw a creature that surfaced.
After the creature broke away from the lake, its body quickly rotted and decayed, and it soon became a Dementor that Rove knew well.
And the statue in front of me is exactly the same as when the Dementor came out of the water!
Shirley glanced at the statue, a look of doubt flashed in her beautiful eyes, she looked at the young man, and said softly:
"Brother, don't you think this statue resembles the Fountain of the Magic Brothers?"
The Fountain of the Magical Brothers, a fountain located in the main hall of the Ministry of Magic, is topped with a set of solid gold statues:
The tallest is a personable wizard who holds his wand high and points to the sky, surrounded by a witch, a centaur, a goblin, and a house-elf.
Centaurs, elves, and house-elves all looked up at witches and wizards in infinite adoration.
After Shirley said this, Rove also felt that the subject matter of the statue in front of him was very similar to the magic fountain.
It's just that the revered existence has changed from a wizard to a "dementor", and a wizard has taken the place of a house-elf.
Could it be that the magic fountain of the Ministry of Magic is a mimic of the statue in front of you?
Before Rove could say something, the black leather box in his hand snapped open.
A magical creature emerged from the chest, with silver-gray scales and nine whiskers at the end of its belly, like a fish.
The silverfish that Ravenclaw kept took a deep breath, and its face was full of intoxication, as if it were ...... It's the same back home.
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