Chapter 445: The Island
(Previous chapter has been revised)
That's fire.
is the most powerful fire magic.
The dexterous hounds jumped on the surface of the sea, igniting the blossoming flowers.
In an instant, O those who have passed away! Flames.
In the flames, they didn't have time to say goodbye, they could only wave their hands, like sculptures frozen by time, watching their loved ones drift away from afar.
The crowd of people crying and shouting round after round, they are reluctant, and parting again, is to tear apart the scars that have not healed again, the original vague memories are becoming clearer and clearer, people - always can't remember the ups and downs of life, recall the past, and only have the happy days with their loved ones.
The pain made people cry even more, but the fire didn't give them much time to tell them goodbye.
In the blink of an eye, the sea took on a new look, darkness fell, and the purple light disappeared.
Sirius put away his wand, hung his head, and said nothing.
Mr. Basil took out a handkerchief embroidered with blue lotus from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Xiaolin, who was silent, looking at the sea.
"Hey—" He was a little confused about what to say.
And Miss Zhang, who came back to her senses—she immediately snatched the handkerchief away, and then turned her head, leaving Mr. Basil with a back.
Unable to find a word of comfort, Mr. Basil could only recall the words of a shaman he had met on the South American continent. "They haven't actually left, they've always lived in our memories."
The girl remained silent, and after a moment she spoke angrily, "Do I need your comfort?" ”
"Hmph—" She turned, her face as usual, and she couldn't see the tears on her cheeks.
"You'd better give Winston the comforting words you've prepared, and he'll be blinded by tears!"
With that, the two looked at Winston, whose face was stained with tears.
His current appearance is not at all like the simple and cute appearance he used to be.
Because he doesn't know why he eats a meaty body, Winston has always been chubby, and he seems to have accepted his comedian personality, and he looks happy to see everyone, like now, he is crying with tears in his eyes, and he has never seen it.
"Have you cried enough?" Miss Zhang walked over with a big grin, stretched out her hand and slapped Winston on the back, "Why don't you let Basil find an iron bucket?" ”
"Hey—" Mr. Basil gave a gentle glance at the so comforting girl, "you can't say anything nice. ”
"What's the good word?" Miss Zhang looked back at him.
"For example...... Say something that makes people feel more comfortable. Mr. Basil touched his nose, a little helpless.
Miss Zhang pursed her lips and looked at Winston's red and swollen eyes, and suddenly her heart softened. She walked over and hugged Winston gently, her voice much softer: "I'm going to beat you up if you cry again." ”
“.”
The emotion that Mr. Basil had been brewing dissipated in an instant.
“.” He rubbed his eyes, then dragged a long note and said, "That. Actually, I'm quite uncomfortable, why don't you hug me and comfort me? ”
"Poof—"
His voice had just fallen.
I saw that the girl in front of her had already opened her folding fan, and with a slight wave, a column of water of human height shot away, and Mr. Basil, who was defenseless for a while, was swept down by the current.
The cold flood poured out on him.
After a heart-chilling heart, his whole body trembled.
"Are you better?" Zhang Xiaolin raised her chin and said condescendingly.
"Much better, much better." Mr. Basil casually cast a few spells on himself, and in the blink of an eye his clothes were dry.
And Winston, who witnessed all this.
Finally smiled.
He looked at his two companions.
The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and at this moment, they had never been so closely connected.
On the other side, as the ship continued to sail, the dark sea lit up again with a lilac glow.
The blooming spirit flowers that floated from nowhere, seemed to be endless.
But this time, whether it's Sirius or the trio over there, they're all cleaning up the flowers quickly.
Just leave a small amount and show them the way.
And just like that—on the Camelot, it gradually calmed down.
Although there are also wizards who can't help but want to jump off the boat and pick up a blooming spirit flower, this behavior will be stopped by his companions in an instant.
Everyone began to focus on their own tasks, some were in charge of inspecting the hull of the ship, some were in charge of continuing to use magic to contact the Federation, and some were looking for a way out of this place by opening the "Ways to Deal with a Thousand Magical Traps" published by the Federation.
Anyway, everyone got busy, and they kept themselves busy.
Because only then will the restless thoughts stop.
Camelot continued to drive—and after about an hour, there was a sudden green glow at the end of the sea full of blooming flowers.
As the ships get closer. A small island came into view.
It was an island full of aura, with lush forests and colorful leaves, all of which had veins that glowed blue like veins.
Radiant and magical, you can see at a glance that the land here contains miracles beyond ordinary people's imagination.
On the deck, Zhang Xiaolin frowned slightly.
I was a little worried about the island that suddenly appeared.
Immediately, her gaze was cold, and the folding fan in her hand slowly opened.
I saw that there were two fish traveling on the painting fan with water as the surface and the jade bones.
That's a fan made of water!
"Stand back!" Mr. Basil raised his voice and shouted.
The wizards immediately left the side of the ship.
All eyes fell on the black-haired girl.
Zhang Xiaolin shook the fan lightly.
The two fish in the water wagged their tails and jumped into the water.
With its landing.
The volume is also expanding rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it's hundreds of feet in size.
"It's Kunpeng!" Winston sighed, "I didn't expect to see you again." ”
"I remember the last time she flooded an African city with Kunpeng." "In a place where there is no water, in the heat and dryness of forty degrees, you can summon a city of 50,000 people with magic. ”
"That sense of impact is just like last year's Miss Granger, who was under the stars."
"You say that and it makes me feel like I'm getting old." Winston shook his head and said, "I have to say that this kind of origin magic is indeed too powerful. ”
"It's people, not magic." Mr. Basil smiled wryly and said, "I've tried to practice a few war magics, and it's my limit to be able to blow up a street." ”
"With the same spell, what lady Rozier can blow a mountain flat."
"The Mentor is a legendary wizard, and she's not even much weaker than Dumbledore or Mr. Grindelwald. You're really ambitious enough for this comparison. Winston winked at Mr. Basil.
"The goal is very ambitious, of course!"
Mr. Basil shook his head and said proudly.
And where the eyes of the two in front of him converged.
The girl was already flying lightly.
The folding fan in his hand is like the conductor's baton. With her right hand quickly raised.
The sea roared.
The terrifying tides visible to the naked eye surged, and on the shore of the island, the sea receded dozens of meters in an instant.
"Prepare for the impact!" Mr. Basil shouted.
In the next second, the folding fan in the girl's hand fell.
I don't know how a huge sea beast of hundreds of feet jumped out of the water. Then slam the seawater.
In an instant, dozens of feet of waves were like an impassable wall of water, a city wall.
With the force of pushing a little, he went straight to the shoreline.
"Bang!" Huge waves also crashed towards the Camelot.
At this moment, another Kunpeng jumped out of the water, its wings with a span of thousands of miles firmly resisting the waves.
The Camelot only swayed slightly, and the impact dissipated.
And on the island side.
The tide instantly submerged it into a flooded country.
The enormous force even enveloped the sea water and threw it into the distance invisible to the naked eye.
Under this attack, all magic traps along the coast and a few hundred meters inland will be destroyed.
And Zhang Xiaolin, with the folding fan in her hand, can clearly perceive all the places where the sea water overflows.
"No problem?" Her face was strange, and then the folding fan waved again, and the sea kunpeng waved its wings, turned into a bird, and returned to her folding fan.
"Strange—"
"It's not surprising, after all, this place can't be inferred by common sense." Winston's eyes were mixed with several complicated gazes on the side, and he spoke.
"It's a bit like the virtual realm where Chang'an Taixue is located." Zhang Xiaolin continued, "But it shouldn't be so perfect – it's like an iron box, there are no gaps at all, it's not normal. No magic is perfect. ”
"The gods have come out, what else is impossible."
He chuckled and waited for the tide to recede on the shoreline.
Ten minutes later, the land was re-exposed.
He was apparitioned and appeared directly on the shore.
After that, many wizards came to the island.
Sirius ordered the few remaining men to keep the Camelot, and the rest went ashore.
"What kind of trees are these?" Basil wondered as he looked at the blue-glowing plants around him.
"I don't know, it looks like some kind of willow tree." Winston said, grasping the hanging branches of the trees with the prosthetic leg of his left arm, snapping a section and studying it carefully.
Xu was his delusion, how could there be faint, almost untraceable traces of ancient magic in this leaf.
"The original form is immediate." He stretched out his left arm, and a golden streamer surged out.
Then everything around lit up with a blue glow in response.
"There's magic everywhere."
"The Prototype Manifestation Spell is no longer useful."
This spell can find traces of magic around it, but now there are traces of magic everywhere around, so naturally it is useless.
"Be smart." Zhang Xiaolin rolled her eyes at him, and then strode towards a tree, "An isolated island, the plants on it can't come from somewhere else, so-"
"So these plants should have ancestors?"
"It's the source." Miss Zhang said proudly.
"The trail is immediate!" Marvelous magic seeped into the earth, as if it had been drilled into an intricate pipe.
And what Miss Zhang is looking for is the thickest and longest of these pipes.
"Trace the source!" Her folding fan burst into golden light, like dominoes, lighting up some of the trees in the forest one after another.
"Mind!" Zhang Xiaolin said, and then swaggered into the forest following the direction of the light.
And the others, after a moment of surprise, followed suit.
Sirius, leading the Aurors of the Federation, scattered and protected the three in the center, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart, and the uncommon things around him reminded him of the caves beneath the city of Ionia, the strange moss plants and crystalline ores.
It's all blue light, it's all never-before-seen, and it's all related to the outer body.
He was really afraid that an invisible godskin messenger would suddenly rush out of the forest.
That's why he's been directing the Aurors around him, in pairs and twos, to cast the Manifestation Charm every minute to prevent any stealth monsters from hiding in the shade.
In the middle of the night, there is no light coming from the sea, but the surrounding trees glow brighter blue, replacing torches and street lamps to illuminate the surroundings.
After half an hour's walk, the forest gradually receded, but there was still the sea water that had been rushed up.
Some farmland began to appear around, and although it was flooded, you could still vaguely see that the fields were full of all kinds of crops, and there were cattle and sheep standing in knee-deep water, sticking their mouths into the sea, and grazing leisurely.
Not far away, a small town appeared.
It is located in front of the mountains in the distance. The overall area is not large, only less than 100 households, but only half a mile in diameter.
The town is located on the high ground, and the sea has reached its limit when the sea floods this endless farmland.
"Alert!" Sirius gave the command.
The surrounding Aurors all came together.
"Suddenly a small town popped up—" Zhang Xiaolin said, "I guess it's really the undead who live here!" ”
“.” Winston shook his head noncommittally, "If only the undead." ”
He said, "I'm afraid it's creatures like demons that create the undead." It's not like we've never met. ”
"Say no more!" Zhang Xiaolin roared angrily, "I don't want to remember that experience at all!" ”
The wizards around them responded with silence.
For a moment, everyone sincerely hoped that their loved ones would appear on the island in the distance, so that they could leave each other for a short time.
Although this possibility is not big, after all, after the explanation of the Great Ming wizard Zhang Xiaolin, they all know that those undead are actually the blooming spirit flowers for them to see, and if there is no wizard approaching, just like Boggart, they will not change in any way.
"Thomas, you take someone here." Sirius muttered, "I allow you to use any spells, remember to protect your own lives as the highest rule, and don't care if your enemies are capable of attacking you. ”
"Understood!"
"Okay!"
"Hmm." Everyone nodded.
Sirius was on the verge of saying unlimited killings. But he couldn't help it, after all, in this strange and dangerous place, all accidents could happen, just like the dead who had just appeared - he had to plan most carefully.
"Be vigilant—we'll see." Sirius commanded two-thirds of the men to stay where they were, and then led the trio along the artificially hewn stone path that appeared beneath their feet, and began to slowly make their way towards the eerie town.
Quiet –
It's so quiet all around.
There seems to be no wind on the island, and the surrounding trees are overgrown with weeds, but you can't hear any rustle of the wind blowing the leaves.
There are no insects in the fields, and birds and beasts see all kinds of shadows.
The cattle and sheep in those fields had been burying their heads in grazing, and the four people passed by them, and they did not respond in the slightest, and they were very numb.
It's as if the purpose of their existence is to eat grass, and other than that, they don't care about anything.
In the team, Zhang Xiaolin's eyes suddenly fell on the stones on the ridges.
The stone seemed to be an ornament, and it was found everywhere on the road, and almost every few steps they walked took, and they could see one.
There was moss growing on every stone, and it was clear that these things had been here for a while.
Looking at it, it seems to be a very ordinary granite, with uneven and stacked surfaces, and graffiti on the rock wall using simple limestone paintings - a strange painting of a man with his arms outstretched, innocent, like a portrait of an evil spirit.
So what exactly is it?
She didn't know, but she suddenly had a headache.
It was like a pinprick – but it was only for a moment that feeling was gone.
Shaking her head, Zhang Xiaolin's brows furrowed slightly, she didn't make a sound, but continued to move forward.
Less than half a mile from the town, there was a faint sound of soothing singing.
As they got closer, the voices grew louder and louder.
It was a chorus of many people, and the sound came from the building in the center of the town.
All four of them pulled out their wands and held them tightly in their hands.
"Once there is a battle, you don't want to be entangled and just apparition away, you know!" Sirius said as he stared at the three of them solemnly.
"Hey - I think you kind of look down on us." Miss Zhang's demeanor was calm on the surface, and her tone was more arrogant, but her black eyes kept staring at the center of the town in the distance.
"It's none of your business."
The girl's attitude reminded Sirius of a person, and that kid always had this attitude. "You don't have the experience of facing the outer gods, and you don't know the proper way to kill the creations of the gods, and most of the creations of the gods can't even kill them directly with the killing curse."
He explained, "Many of these methods have been summed up by previous battles over and over again. ”
"Alright, alright, we'll pay attention to the uncle!" Zhang Xiaolin shrugged, not taking Sirius's words to heart at all, but the look in her eyes became more cautious.
Seeing this, Sirius did not continue to persuade him, the little ones are always not afraid of heaven and earth, and they will not change their mentality until they have suffered setbacks themselves.
"Be careful, then."
Immediately—he said no more.
(End of chapter)