Chapter 57: The Assassin's Hunt

The party lasted until late and ended the next morning, when many of the Gryffindor cubs were not able to get out of bed as usual.

This made Professor Snape very happy, after all, even if the previous day was the first event of the Six-wizard tournament, the next day's Potions class still couldn't be late or missed.

Therefore, it was only natural for Professor Snape to deduct 20 points for each of the 6th grade Gryffindors, and the reasons for the deduction were "being late for class, being undisciplined, and contempt for teachers".

It's a pity that there are too few Gryffindor students in the sixth-grade potions improvement class, and there are only eight people in total.

Otherwise, with this lesson alone, he could have deducted back the points he had added to Harley for a week.

But the little lions didn't care, and didn't even bother to complain or talk back to Professor Snape.

Anyway, the champions of Hogwarts were in Gryffindor, not Slytherin, and it was Gryffindor who brought great glory to Hogwarts.

No matter how Professor Snape deducted points and the Slytherins laughed, the Gryffindor lion cubs thought it was just Professor Snape and the Slytherins' jealousy and incompetent rage.

With the exception of Professor Snape, the other professors expressed understanding and tolerance for the Gryffindor students' tardiness.

After all, the warriors of Hogwarts have won such a big victory, and it is normal for everyone to be so happy.

In Professor McGonagall's words, if she had had held the Triwizard Tournament or the current Six Tournament when she was in school, and the Hogwarts Warriors had achieved such good results.

Then she will definitely celebrate until midnight, and even can't sleep at night.

This atmosphere of constant celebration lasted for a long time, and Hallie became the center of attention.

Every time Harley went to class or the library, there were always little wizards watching and whispering.

And there were often young wizards with parchment and quills coming over to ask for autographs, and some even asked for one when Harley was chosen, and now they are trying to ask for another.

In addition, Krum doesn't know why, but he often runs to the library to read books during this time, and always sits around the three of Harley.

So Hallie was forced to shift her position, borrow a bunch of books at once with the IOU given by Professor Snape, and take them to the Room of Requirement to study.

In addition to these students who did not graduate, the Hogwarts alumni who had already graduated were also happy about this brilliant achievement.

Sirius and Lupin both sent congratulatory letters, but they were still in the Dark Wizard and Werewolf community for the time being, so they couldn't return.

In addition, many of the magic masters who knew Harley well, especially those who had graduated from Gryffindor, also sent letters.

Hedwig has been exhausted these days. Although she wasn't the owl in charge of delivering the letters, there were many times when Harley needed to ask Hedwig to help deliver a reply.

Although Hedwig had completely digested the Sequence 7 Psychiatrist's potion and could drink the Sequence 6 Hypnotist's potion at any time.

However, this does not increase the owl's stamina much.

So when Hedwig came back every night after delivering the letter, she always looked half-dead.

Soon, though, the focus shifted away from celebrating the first event and into a whole new level of fun.

On the first weekend after the race, the Daily Prophet published a detailed report on the first event, accompanied by a video shot using magic.

But it was just an appetizer, and the next day's Daily Prophet became Rita's yin and yang special.

Rita was uncharacteristically not as aggressive with every word as she had in the past when she had attacked Professor Dumbledore as a "old madman with a stiff head".

Instead, Rita also hyped up the fairness of the two referees of the Ministry of Magic, as well as the other headmasters, seemingly with the main goal of licking the headmasters of the Ministry of Magic and other schools of magic.

It wasn't until the middle of the article that Rita showed her fangs - she began to refer to Karkaroff's unfairness from all angles.

And Catherine and Miguel's interview was quoted in a lot of paragraphs.

And in order to ensure that the effect of the news is strong enough, Rita did not completely use the quill rhetoric this time.

She took matters into her own hands, and while making sure that more than ninety percent of the words were spoken by the two warriors interviewed, she slightly modified one percent, or even just a few words.

As one of Miguel's original words is:

"I think most of the time, the referees are fair. Only when grading one's own students will there be a slight tendency towards affection, but it doesn't hurt. ”

And Rita moved her pen when she was writing the press release, turning this sentence into:

"I think most of the judges are fair, but there are also judges who show a tendency to show emotion when grading their students."

And after this sentence came out, it was Rita's turn to show it.

Even Krum's behavior of hating interviews and stepping back while frowning, Rita didn't let go.

She quietly captured the image with a tiny magic camera and placed it in a very prominent place in the newspaper.

In Rita's words, it's Krum who "realizes his headmaster's despicable behavior and is ashamed of it, so he has no shame in facing the interview with the Justice Reporter."

The rhetoric of this report was blushing and thick-necked, and he was openly angry in the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

But there was nothing he could do, and the other two principals were also very protective of the calves and didn't bother with Karkaroff at all.

And this is the United Kingdom, and he has no ability to interfere with the "freedom of speech" of the British newspapers, so he can only be incompetent and angry.

But fortunately, this report is just yin and yang, satirizing itself.

And he didn't violate the specific rules of the game or the laws set by the British Ministry of Magic.

As long as Karkarov himself is shameless enough, he is not at all afraid of such useless article attacks.

And, of course, he had to endure the daily letters sent by angry wizards across England via owls, as well as the occasional roaring letter and malicious letter containing a curse or a dangerous plant solution.

After all, these are also within the scope of legality, and they are legal for the whole magical world, and Karkaroff can only bear it.

In the days that followed, Rita pulled the matter out and whipped the corpse every other week, as if trying to keep it hot.

This behavior seemed useless, but it still gave Karkarov some foreboding.

Hallie didn't pay attention to Rita's behavior, after all, professional things still have to be done by professional people.

At this point, most of Hallie's attention was focused on something else—the warning that Ollivander had given about Hallie's wand.

On the night after the race, Harley took a look through the Magic Mirror and took a look at the memories of Ollivander's grandfather.

It is unknown why, though Ollivander told Harley that the memory includes the process and location of Ollivander's grandfather obtaining the rod core.

But that memory was eroded and destroyed by an unknown force.

Harley only got one coordinate from it, one in the spirit realm.

Although Ollivander's grandfather was not very strong, it seemed very strange to be able to obtain this coordinate.

But this kind of extremely peculiar coordinates can only be found in the spiritual realm, which is not divided into upper and lower levels, and gathers the past, present, and future.

As for the part of this memory that is left to record the specific process of making the wand, it is still very well preserved.

However, probably because this is just an ordinary memory, although Harley has seen the form of her own rod core, she has not been able to feel the extraordinary nature of this rod core.

After thinking about it for a long time and making a series of plans, Harley finally decided on the time to solve the problem.

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On Saturday night, the second weekend after finishing her first project, Hallie quietly left Hogwarts Castle.

However, at this time, in the Gryffindor Tower of Hogwarts Castle, on the bed of a certain girl's dormitory, there was a girl with the same face as Harley falling into a sweet dream with a quiet smile on her face.

Hallie wasn't sure how long she would have to go, or even if she would be able to make it back.

That's where that painstakingly crafted wand came in handy.

Harley used it to construct a clone, a clone with the strength of the six pinnacles of the sequence, to replace herself.

At the same time, if Hallie's body accidentally falls during this uncertain operation, then Harley can also use this substitute wand to resurrect directly in Hogwarts and quickly regain all her strength.

Of course, the power of Sequence 3 that is still in the seal cannot be retrieved, and will even be lost permanently.

So Harley's action should still be cautious.

After entering the Forbidden Forest, Harley quickly infiltrated the spirit realm.

The last time Harley came there was not a close look at the spirit world, but this time, she took a good look at it.

The spiritual world at this time, like the spiritual world after endless years, is still so mysterious and full of charm.

The brilliance of all colors is flowing and exudes a spiritual luster, which makes people want to immerse themselves in it.

However, perhaps because of the initial recovery, a large amount of power was drained from it and used for the deepest slumber before awakening.

Therefore, there are not at all so many strange and powerful spirit creatures in the spirit world like the original spirit world of the North Continent and the South Continent.

The spirit realm here is empty, except for the occasional ghost-like existence flying by.

And they look hollow-eyed, as if they don't remember who they are.

The seven lights of the spirit realm were still hanging high in the sky, and this time they did not take the initiative to come to Harry.

Of course, Harley didn't think about contacting the Seven Lights of the Spirit Realm. She didn't hesitate and acted quickly according to the coordinates in her memory.

However, Harley also dropped several mirrors at several suitable locations along the way, and set up a concealment ritual to serve as a backhand to escape in case of an accident.

Movement in the spirit realm has always been very fast, and in less than fifteen minutes, Harley was near that coordinate.

And this was the result of Harley deliberately controlling her speed, otherwise she could have been faster.

Before approaching the coordinates, Harley quickly stopped.

At the location marked by this coordinate, there is a large mountain made of stones from the ordinary world.

The stones seemed to have been infested, exuding a misty aura of spirituality.

Harley wasn't surprised to see these ordinary materials in the spirit realm.

As she traveled through the spiritual realm of the Northern Continent, she had even seen many well-made stone castles.

In one of the stone castles that impressed Harley the most, there was a beautiful aristocratic lady.

But the noble lady had no head, but carried four heads in her hands.

It was this peculiar shape, coupled with the faintly perceived terrifying personality of the angelic level, that made Harley, who was still a desperate witch at the time, afraid to approach, and still can't forget him.

Although she was a little curious about where these ordinary materials came from and why they were brought into the spirit world, Harley also had the ability and did not have time to explore.

On this rocky mountain, there is an inexplicable black cavern, which happens to be located at the center point of that precise coordinate.

When she saw the cave, Harley instantly felt her whole body cheer with spirit, as if urging herself to enter the cave and explore the mysteries contained in it.

However, as an ageless witch who killed all the way up from the low sequence alone, Harley would definitely not be too reckless and plunge headlong into this unknown location.

Harry's figure swayed slightly, hiding behind an inanimate object suspended in the spirit realm, concealing her presence.

Harley then began to move around the large circle around the hill, dropping mirrors and wands.

Finally, she casually brought gold-rimmed glasses, and layers of suggestion and hypnosis were constantly superimposed, and they could take effect at any time.

These advances allow Hallie to display her mythical creatures at will for a certain amount of time.

Unless Hallie's spirituality is on the verge of depletion, she won't get out of control.

The invisible aura of disease also quietly spread, quietly enveloping the past towards that coordinate.

This ability can be said to be the most commonly used ability of the Witch of Pain in Sequence 5, but it is rarely used in Harry's hands.

After all, it was just a small fight in Hogwarts, and Harley couldn't throw a sickness aura backhand while training for a duel with Professor Flitwick.

But this is no longer the case, and in the face of such an unknown enemy, Harley naturally does not need to deliberately control her power as she did when she was training with the professors at Hogwarts in pure magic.

After completing the preliminary preparations, Harley directly entered a state of stealth and continued to move slowly.

Counting that the time was almost up, Harley suddenly broke through her invisibility state, and a black flame rose behind her.

The black flames erupted instantly, pouring into the black hole, as if they were not afraid that the mystery contained in it would be damaged.

"Stone Mountain" instantly let out a terrible wail and exploded.

Those spiritual stones rushed outward under the impetus of great force, and they were extremely fast and powerful.

A spirit that flew here by accident was pierced by a certain stone, and it seemed that it could no longer maintain its form, and dissipated directly into the spirit world.

Harley also had to build a wall of iron armor in front of her, covering it with a thick layer of ice, to completely block the rocks flying in her direction.

At the same time, Harley also spied the true face of that "Stone Mountain"-

It wasn't a rocky mountain at all, but a serpentine creature that covered everything around its body with gravel and coiled its body.

And the black hole before was the mouth of this serpentine creature!

When she saw this scene, Harley was not surprised in the slightest.

The first half of Ollivander's grandfather's memories seem to have been eroded by unknown forces, but only the most important coordinates remained.

And this coordinate is still a unique coordinate in the spirit world, this matter is unreasonable no matter how you look at it, and it reveals an atmosphere of weirdness and conspiracy everywhere.

"Is it similar to the state of convergence of similar domain traits like some extraordinary creatures?"

Harley stood in mid-air, staring calmly at the serpentine creature below.

This creature of snakes was much larger than dragons and basilisks, and it was pitch black, exuding demigod-level powers associated with death, dreams, and night.

This is very similar to some of the creatures that Harley has seen in the Southern Continent, those creatures also have the ability to use multiple paths, and the materials on their bodies can also be added to potions in different ways.

Harley remembered a certain snake-bodied dog-headed creature with wings and four claws she had hunted.

That strange creature has the extraordinary characteristics of the Warrior Path, the Hunter Path, and the Cultivator Path, but only has the extraordinary ability of these pathways to strengthen the body.

And this strange creature doesn't have the IQ of these three paths, and it doesn't have the extraordinary ability of long-range but it can't make weapons.

As a result, it was used by Harley to fly a kite, constantly casting curses and black flames from a distance, and finally being ground alive.

So now, although Harley had never seen such a creature, she was not at all unfamiliar with the big snake in front of her.

And this big snake seems to be a little more difficult to hunt than those creatures on the southern continent.

For the creatures in the southern continent that have gathered all kinds of extraordinary characteristics, they all have one thing in common - their brains are not very good.

Those may have a bit of an IQ, but they don't have a high IQ; Some rational, but most of the time still in madness; I have a brain, but I don't like to use it.

But the serpent in front of him was different from them, probably because of the influence of the extraordinary properties of the night path, which had the ability to connect with dreams and reason, its eyes flashed with ferocity and madness, but from time to time there was a flash of reason and cunning.

In addition, it knows how to lure people with wands and set traps through disguise, so it probably has some ability to think.

So Hallie was a little more cautious.

Of course, discretion is limited. After all, for these creatures with hybrid characteristics, their inability to face mental attacks is always their most fatal weakness.

The serpent seemed to expel the black flames that had been poured into its mouth and let out a roar at Harry.

The roar was terrible, like sawing steel concrete with a saw blade that was no longer sharp.

But when it falls on the ears of ordinary creatures, it has a strange charm, trying to pull people into dreams.

Layers of green halo rippled, covering Harry's entire body, forcibly blocking out this terrible wail.

At the same time, Harley has already judged the weakness of the big snake and launched a counterattack.

"Bribe!" "Distorted: Mental endurance weakened!"

"The Law of All Laws, the existence of inhuman creatures is forbidden here!" "Trial: Restricted movement of the guilty!" "Shock!"

Five of the extraordinary abilities from the gloves of both hands were used by Harley in succession, and directly enveloped a large area of the spirit world.

The black flame that had blasted into the serpent's mouth had turned into an item given to it as a bribe, forcibly marking the serpent as having received a bribe, and its power was weakened by several levels.

And the mental oppression and sting caused by the marked crime made the madness of the giant snake gradually rise, and the rationality continues to weaken.

The giant snake's mountain-like body had stretched out at this time, and it kept flicking its tail and twisting its body in an attempt to relieve the pain.

At the same time, it kept roaring wildly, as if calling for the coming of night, or perhaps trying to pull the surrounding creatures into a dream.

It's a pity that this is the spirit world, and it's a spirit world with a very special state that initially drained a lot of power.

With the giant serpent's current state, which is not particularly rational, it is impossible to accurately make the night fall.

In particular, these attacks on the spirit and reason of the giant snake are constantly tearing at the reason and soul of the giant snake.

Although the extraordinary items in Harry's hand are only at the level of Sequence 6 and Sequence 5, the Giant Serpent has the strength to barely approach Sequence 3, so the single attack is very weak.

However, the frequency of these psychic attacks is extremely high, which effectively compensates for this shortcoming.

What's more, for a creature like the Giant Serpent, whose power comes from the convergence of extraordinary characteristics from multiple paths, madness has always been a problem lurking in the psyche, so the resistance of the relevant field is extremely weak.

At this time, the serpent's extraordinary ability to pass through the night was at work, trying to maintain his sanity.

But its resistance is still getting weaker.

Harley didn't make a timely move, but remained hidden, hiding around.

The witch has always been the top assassin, and although it is a long process to wait for the serpent's power to continue to weaken, the witch has no shortage of patience.

Of course, in the process, Harley had to push it again to speed it up.

Seeing that the serpent's protection of her spiritual level was getting lower and lower, Harley snapped her fingers lightly.

"Disease Breakout!" "Spiritual plague!"

Harley had planted the plague seed in the serpent's body before, but the serpent's physical fitness was extremely strong.

Therefore, the disease cannot be fully developed in a short period of time and cause damage to it.

But now, the serpent's resistance is much weaker, and the disease is supposed to play a role.

And the spiritual plague is also a type of disease, so under Harley's control, it was successfully hidden in the aura of disease and planted into the brain of the giant snake.

At this time, two seeds exploded!

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(Thanks to the two bigwigs "Iwtk9" and "Zhuyi" for their tips!) )

(End of chapter)