As the three of them walked together into a dense thicket, the wand that Rove had held in the palm of his hand and was pointing them the way suddenly shook violently.

"Is your wand malfunctioning, Rove?" Ginny asked worriedly.

"It's okay, the wand is fine, the positioning charm is fine, and the wand's behavior is a good thing!" Instead of worrying, Rove laughed happily, "That means we've gotten there!"

He gripped his wand and lifted the positioning charm from it.

"Got to the place?" Harry turned his head around a few times, only to see the trees and haystacks so dense that they could barely stand, reflected in the light of the wand lighting spell, countless shadows, inexplicably eerie.

There was no sign of any buildings around, and he thought that the neighborhood was simply a primeval jungle with nothing.

"It's definitely a place." Rove nodded, "There's only one possibility that the Targeting Charm is wrong - it's under the influence of other magic."

"It's weird that our magic isn't like a Muggle compass and can be interfered with by magnetic fields and the like...... Only things on the same magic side can affect this spell!"

"Rov, what do you mean......" Ginny asked as she stood on tiptoe to survey her surroundings, "There are other spells around here that obscure the ruins, but are these trees all illusions caused by magic?"

She touched the trunk of a tree beside her, "But it's a real tree."

"Just because this one is real doesn't mean that all the trees in front of it are real." Rove raised his head and smiled confidently, "Go ahead and watch the ***!"

He picked up his wand again and unleashed another stalking spell.

This time, though, instead of spraying the golden powder from the Stalking Charm onto a large circular area around him, he concentrated the gold dust in one direction and blew them far away.

The golden powder fluttered delicately through the air, silently bypassing one thick tree trunk after another, and landing on a flat or rough ground.

Luna's golden footprints in only one shoe reappeared, but Harry and Ginny looked strange at the sight of these footprints.

"Luna's footprints change the direction of walking here, and the movement becomes ...... Well, isn't that weird?" Harry asked dryly, looking at the scene in front of him.

Ginny nodded as well, agreeing with Harry's judgment, "What is Luna doing here?" It's not going to be dancing in the Forbidden Forest, is it?"

They saw that in the area covered by the golden powder, pairs of footprints were engraved between the trees from side to side, and from time to time there was a long interval between the two pairs of footprints in front and back, as if they had suddenly jumped a few steps forward.

"I don't know what she's doing." Rove shrugged, "But I just know that we don't have enough power to disarm the protective and changeling magic around here, so there's nothing wrong with following in Luna's footsteps."

With that, he stepped on Luna's golden footprints first, following Luna's direction with precision, bouncing at long intervals from time to time. ….

Harry and Ginny looked at each other helplessly, and had to follow Rove's movements and step on Luna's footprints.

"You're a well-versed person, can you recognize what kind of protective magic this is, Rove?" Harry staggered and jumped as he asked Rove curiously.

His pace was nowhere near as swift and skillful as Rove's, and he was so slow that Ginny behind him was about to crash into his back.

"It's supposed to be a hidden labyrinth magic circle." "Only by taking a certain trajectory can you get into the destination protected by the labyrinth."

"And the spell used to trick our vision is probably a variant of the Manifestation Charm, after all, the Illusion Charm that I know of does not last that long, and it cannot disguise an area as something else without a trace."

"I'm a little curious, how did Luna know the specific path to the labyrinth?" gold

Once again, Ni stopped behind Harry, who was stiff, crossed over her waist, and asked a little boredly.

"I want to know this too," Rove's voice came from a distance, and he had already followed the footprints for a long distance, "Luna herself is a very magical little witch, I don't think she can be judged by common sense......

Slowly, Rove's figure grew farther and farther away until he disappeared completely.

Harry was still stiffly stepping on Luna's footprints one by one, staggering forward.

If it weren't for the fact that there was only one line of footprints, and if it weren't for the fear of triggering the other functions of the labyrinth's magic, Ginny would have overtaken Harry and made her way to the ruins where Luna was.

It was completely dark, and not a single starlight shone through the canopy of the dense jungle, only a column of golden footprints and a faint light on the front of the two wands, adding a faint light to the dark Forbidden Forest.

It didn't take long for Harry and Ginny to finally reach the end of Luna's golden footprints.

"And that's the end?" Harry looked at a huge tree trunk in front of him that could not be hugged by two people, and there was a look of confusion in his eyes, "How can I not see any ruins at all."

"And...... Where's Rove?"

His voice echoed in the silence of the Forbidden Forest, but it seemed that there was an eerie atmosphere flowing through the Forbidden Forest.

There seemed to be dark eyes in the many haystacks and bushes around them, and a monster could poke its head out of the dense jungle at any moment and drag the two young wizards into the bottomless abyss.

Ginny was still a little girl after all, and there was a look of fear on her face, and she shivered all over.

"Don't be afraid, we'll be fine, Ginny." Harry turned and patted Ginny on the back and whispered.

In fact, he was also a little scared of this unknown darkness.

But when there are girls around, boys will always give birth to an inexplicable courage out of thin air, which is enough to make a person who is very timid suddenly become courageous.

What's more, Harry has lived in a dark cupboard since he was a child, with spiders and bugs as his companions, and he has a high tolerance for this darkness.

He took a deep breath and raised his wand high——....

"LusMaxi!"

Harry shouted.

The illumination spell on the tip of the wand shone brightly, completely illuminating the dark and deep surroundings and dispelling some of the fear in the hearts of the two of them.

At that moment, as if Harry was hearing the sound of a mantra, another voice rang out from behind the thick trunk.

"Harry, you're finally here!" Harry and Ginny heard that it was Rove's voice and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "Come in and help me, there's a big snake here, my snake fork can't handle it!"

"But how do we get in?" Harry asked.

He carefully examined the trunk of the large tree in front of him again, and found nothing resembling a hole or crevice, leaving no room for people to cross over.

"Just jump over here, hurry up, the snake has found me again!" Rove's voice was a little urgent.

"Jump? Jump over this tree?" Harry glanced up and saw the tall canopy of trees with no end in sight, "Are you serious, Rove?" Or can I just walk around Luna's footprints without caring about her footprints?"

"No, you don't think the exit from the labyrinth is a real tree, do you?" Rove's tone was a little helpless, "Didn't we just discuss it? Some of the trees here are real and some are fake."

"This is the biggest fake tree, you don't have to worry about it, just hit it!"

Harry nodded in realization.

But to be on the safe side, he reached out to the edge of the big tree and stroked the rough bark of the big tree.

The rough texture was transmitted to Harry's brain through the skin on his fingers

He also felt the particles on the bark of quite a few pimples, which felt exactly the same as real trees, without any difference.

"Rove, isn't that right?" Harry asked, "I touched it, this tree is indeed a real tree, shouldn't you be different from the labyrinth exit we came here?"

"It's all in Luna's footsteps, how can it be different?" Rove was about to vomit blood from Harry's sluggishness, and said in an impatient tone, "Do you know King's Cross Station? It's the same principle, you have to reach a certain speed and strength to break through the confines of the station wall and enter platform nine and three-quarters."

"Otherwise, there are so many Muggle passengers, and there are people who love to lean against the wall at any time, so the probability of the wizarding world being discovered is too high...... Don't talk so much, I'll go and hide first, and be careful when you come in!"

Rove's voice was getting farther and farther away, and he was supposed to be running away from the snake that was chasing him.

Then the sound of a snake scraping against the ground came from behind the trunk of a tree, presumably a serpent chasing Rove.

Harry learned of Rove's critical state, and his expression was also tense.

He closed his eyes and thought back to each time he hit the wall between platforms 9 and 10 at King's Cross Station, and jumped forward.

The next moment, he felt himself fall on a hard piece of ground.

Harry opened his eyes and saw a complex of buildings that had reached the point of magnificence. He couldn't help but open his mouth wide——....

It was a huge palace, perched high on a seven-story stone staircase.

Basically, the entire complex is made of marble, without any superfluous flashy stone, but with red tiles and white walls to create a sense of simplicity and solidity in harmony with nature.

The paint on the exterior wall of the building has been painted layer by layer, over and over again, and the color is deeply precipitated on the wall. After a long time, it is still extremely white and has a profound meaning.

The dome-style roof of the palace is supported by several stout round stone pillars, all of which are entwined with the floating withering of snakes, and it is only from the foot of the pillar to the bottom of the dome that the triangular snake head pokes out, and the snake child exudes a cold and vicious look that is not like that of a statue.

There are also many buildings at the back of the palace, most of which take the form of courtyards, which were used by the former palace owners to raise various magical creatures and conduct dark magic experiments.

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Holding the long snake's fork and pincers, he ran around the ruined courtyards, and a giant python almost a dozen feet long meandered behind him, baring its teeth and drooling, as if trying to swallow it in one gulp.

This python is not the usual green, but a very ordinary gray-white, like a stone.

From time to time, Rove turned his head and took the snake fork in his hand and turned back and poked the snake seven inches a few times.

However, due to the snake's too thick body and too strong skin, his attack had no effect at all, and even slowed down his escape. ….

"Come on, Harry, it's up to you!" Rove shouted.

Harry took a deep breath, nodded lightly to Ginny, and stepped forward.

"Okay, Rove, I'm not sure if I can control it." He walked to the side of a courtyard at the front of Rove's route, and while the snake had not yet come, he was the first to explain, "Aside from the inadvertent one at the Dueling Club, this is the first time I've fought with the snake's old voice today."

"It's okay, let's ...... first Try it first." Rov ran to Harry's side out of breath and said breathlessly, "You can try to get rid of this snake first, or we'll have to find another way."

Harry nodded, looking at the gray-white python.

"Stop." He stared into the python's eyes and said loudly.

However, the giant python ignored him and crawled to the edge of the courtyard where the two of them were, with a fierce look in his eyes.

"I really can't seem to control it." Harry gave Rove an apologetic look and said.

"Nonsense, of course you can't control it!" Rove jumped to his feet and shouted, "What you just said is clearly in English, it's strange that this python can understand it!"

"Forehead...... Harry scratched his head in embarrassment, then looked into the python's eyes again, "It's my fault, wait for me......

"Stop!" This time blurted out a version that no one could understand.

He turned to look at Rove.

"It's a language I don't understand." Rove looked at this scene and bowed his head slightly.

Looking at the gray-white python again, it did stop in place, its huge mouth wide open, almost in front of Harry's face.

The whole snake did not move, and even stopped breathing, like a big stone that had not changed for 10,000 years.

"Why didn't the snake move?" Harry leaned over to Rove and whispered.

"Do you want to ask this question again...... Didn't you just tell it 'Stop?' Rove rolled his eyes helplessly.

He didn't understand the snake's old voice, but Rov did hear Harry's previous phrase "stop", so he knew the meaning of the second one.

"The Snake Tongue can be counted as a kind of magic that specializes in snakes, and can make almost all snakes do what you say." Rove explained, then said with some excitement, "Now that you're sure you really know how to use the snake tongue, then it's easy to do next!"

He dragged Harry to the seven tall stone steps of the largest palace.

"Don't go up all seven stone steps at once, get ready, come one by one." "I've tried it this morning, and every time you go up the stairs, a bigger swarm of snakes will come and attack you, and I don't want to see you bitten to death by a snake before you can use your old snake cavity."

Harry nodded cautiously, and under the gaze of Rove and Ginny, he stepped up the first stone staircase first.

"Boom—"

As Harry stepped up the first stone staircase, a heavy grinding sound suddenly sounded.

On the ornate railings around the stone steps, a small stone snake is entwined around the pole of each guardrail.

Now, the stone snakes crawled down from the guardrail, winding towards Harry's place.

With his first experience, Harry moved very quickly this time, and as soon as he walked up the first stone steps, he was ready to recite the serpent's old voice-

"Go back to where you belong!

He said in a serpentine voice.

After hearing the command, each of the stone snakes that was originally imposing and covered the ground instantly turned around as if they had heard the master's order, and returned to the guardrail support where they were located.

Harry looked back at Rove and Ginny and gave a thumbs up.

"That's cool, Harry!" Rove shook his fist excitedly.

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