"In short, Chang'an Taixue is the greatest magic academy in the world!"

Zhang Xiaolin raised her head slightly, pursed her lips lightly, and her face was full of pride.

Her boasting drew the disgust of the other wizards.

Mr. Basil smiled wryly.

Mr. Winston's expression was also a little playful.

As for Sirius - he didn't bother to argue with the little girl.

Most of the wizards present had graduated from the three major schools of magic in Europe.

As a globally renowned school of magic.

The eleven institutes registered in the federation seem to be safe and sound, and some even have no contact with each other.

But the competition is not small.

For example: the International Wizard's Potions Tournament, the World Alchemy Masters, etc., which are held every four years.

It's just that in recent years, the world has become more and more chaotic, and these competitions have been postponed.

In the past, it was not uncommon for major magic academies to fight each other in competitions.

Even big fights happen from time to time.

Twenty years ago, the Kinoshita Gakuya had a fight with the Japanese Magic Institute (Ryukyu), because in the Potions Master Tournament, the potion formula used by the contestants of the Magic Institute was an ancient recipe improved from the Kishita Gakumiya, so the two sides fought over it, one side felt that the improvement was considered original, and the other side thought that the change-you-mom, and replaced the several herbs that were unique in the Ming Dynasty with yours - this - is also called improvement.

And then they fought.

By the way, the Hogwarts team brought by Professor Dumbledore also participated in the competition that year, and the old professor met Chang'an Taixue at that time, or although they knew each other before, the two became acquainted after that time.

After all, the old master at that time was able to overwhelm several professors of the magic institute and the other person who was killed by the sacrificial wine of the Jixia School Palace, and the old man who was more than two hundred years old could still have a red face, a mouth full of swearing, and a critical attack on the enemy on his hands and mouth at the same time, such a headmaster naturally attracted the attention of Dumbledore, and it was very much to his liking.

"If you have the chance, you should really go to Taixue to see it, you will definitely fall in love with her." Miss Zhang swore solemnly.

The others nodded their heads with strange expressions.

I have to say that Miss Zhang's speech of stepping on other schools is very hateful, but in this dangerous environment, in this abyss that cannot see the light of day, her words actually made everyone's tense nerves relax a little, at least the tense string will not be broken at this time.

The ghostly reality has become a little more alive.

"Goddess Diana, sounds really intimidating." Mr. Basil immediately spoke, diverting the subject.

Lynn, she's a straight person, she can go whatever she wants, and she never cares if her words will cause trouble to others.

He knows this very well.

"Anyway, I think I've heard of this name somewhere." Winston suddenly frowned, his face contemplative.

"Didn't you just say she's the Muggle god?" Mr. Basil said.

"No—somewhere else." "I'd like to hear that Miss Rozier, or Mr. Grindelwald, mentioned Diana's name, probably by some former member of the Umno Party," said Winston. ”

"Legend has it that the goddess Diana can heal all wounds in the world, even if there is only one breath left, as long as he is alive, the goddess can make him heal.

There is a temple in Oceania, which seems to be in what is now New Zealand, and that temple is dedicated to the goddess. ”

"New Zealand?" Miss Zhang blinked, "Our previous location is not far from New Zealand. ”

"Could it be that we're in New Zealand now?" Mr. Basil said.

"Wait—"

Suddenly, a low roar in silence interrupted the conversation between the three of them.

"New Zealand? Goddess? Diana? ”

In the next second, Sirius immediately raised his head and stared at Zhang Xiaolin with his eyes.

He remembered.

Stewart Island, Potions Tournament, Shati, Selwyn, Diana.

It was the poor woman.

So-Zhang Xiaolin in front of her, is she actually the baby girl in Lily's arms back then?

A hint of surprise flashed in Sirius' gray eyes.

He had almost forgotten that memory.

Especially during his years in Azkaban, his memories of the past were a little blurry.

And - Diana at that time looked completely different from the Zhang in front of her, that Diana was very standard Western-looking, and at that time she was thin and sallow.

And Zhang is more like a Ming person, and she is full of energy and confidence, and it is difficult for people to associate her with that Diana.

"It turns out that I have already brushed shoulders with the outer gods?"

Sirius was shocked.

I can't believe that I have been in contact with the outer gods so early.

All mysteries are solved.

The so-called inheritance power of the goddess Diana is actually the magic of the outer gods.

When the Divine Tower in Australia collapsed, the magic of the gods was lost, and it was inherited by a lucky wizard or Muggle.

Since then, her children and grandchildren have passed on this power.

The unknown Muggles treated them like gods.

"Wait—no—no!"

Suddenly, Sirius rubbed his forehead again.

That Diana was long dead.

But what about the so-called sacred tree of Diana in front of you?

Was it created by a previous inheritor?

Or is it just a coincidental namesake of the same name?

Or is there some other reason?

Faintly, a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his brain.

In the face of the great unknown, the more he knew, the more fearful he became.

"What's wrong? Sirius? Winston looked at him.

"No—" Sirius shook his head, "I just remembered something unrelated. ”

He didn't intend to tell Zhang the truth, if the master didn't say anything, then he naturally had a point.

Perhaps, the master wanted Zhang to be separated from his cursed fate, so he didn't tell him the truth.

But—Sirius remembered the joint Relic Protection Committee again, and Dumbledore sent a request for assistance to Chang'an Taixue.

The master chose Zhang among the crowds.

The two principals must have a deep meaning, perhaps—they had already guessed the connection between Miss Zhang and the outer gods.

So you got her here?

In a marble courtyard full of fallen leaves and corpses, in front of the stone statue of the god, the bishop prostrated in fear, muttering ancient prayers that only he understood.

The god dressed in sackcloth, without sorrow or joy, opened his arms, as if loving, as if indifferent to everything.

Sirius calmed down.

The arrangement between Dumbledore and his master is no longer known to him, and what is in front of him is more important.

Then he set his eyes on Mr. Bishop.

"Ask your God." He said, "Let her open this limbo at once!" ”

His voice was flat, but with an unmistakable spirit.

And in the face of Sirius's rage.

Mr. Bishop just knelt on the ground and let out a strange laugh with a dry face, "Hehe"

"Limbo?" He said.

On the ground, imperceptible vines slowly climbed up to him like water snakes.

"You want to get out?"

He slowly raised his head, and there were no eyeballs in his eyes, but only gray. "You can't get out."

"The key to the Void is in the hands of my master."

"And you-"

"It is impossible to defeat my lord."

"Mortals can't kill gods, even you, wizards!"

At this moment, a mutation appeared, and a hand stretched out from among the vines on both sides of the 'cliff', and then a sturdy giant, a man with a thorny hood on his head, squeezed out.

Like a beast, he roared and leaped to the platform.

Silent spirit swept in.

Then he rushed straight towards the wizards, and the already vigilant wizards raised their hands to hold up the iron armor spell.

But they still underestimated the beast, and with a single punch, the Thorn Man shattered the iron armor spell supported by several wizards.

Sirius frowned at this, this brute force was not much better than that of a real giant.

The moment the Iron Armor Curse was broken, the others launched an attack on him.

Streams of magical light shot out from the tips of the wizards' wands and struck the man.

Fire, lightning, frost, and all kinds of magic are intertwined in the air into a gorgeous picture.

I have to say that this man's skin may be harder than the dragon's skin, he actually carried so many spells, and continued to swing punches at the wizards continuously, although the attacks were resisted, but such a brave combat power still made the wizards tremble.

Of course, the giant was doomed to fail - no matter how brave he was, he couldn't beat the many wizards on the scene.

But just when everyone thought they were going to win.

The vines squirmed again, and then squeezed out the two giants one after the other.

In addition to that, more hairy creatures with monkey stature and all sorts of strange heads on top of them also appeared.

"It's the Dead!" Sirius let out a low growl.

Then he immediately swung his wand, and several restrictive spells whistled out, striking the dead.

"Lynn—" Mr. Basil roared.

Zhang Xiaolin reacted immediately, "Call the gods to protect you-"

The nimble bird spread its wings and flew high, like a sharp sword beginning to slay the dead.

"Divide into groups and deal with a giant each." Sirius scolded.

Faced with more giants and dead people popping up out of nowhere, the wizards reacted quickly. They followed Sirius's instructions, in pairs of threes, each dealing with a giant.

Winston and Mr. Basil were able to defeat a giant.

Miss Zhang has to concentrate on dealing with those who died.

In the face of the crisis, the wizards could no longer care about the magic laws, and all kinds of black magic began to be released in full force.

Mr. Winston uses the Blighting Technique, an extremely evil form of black magic that instantly brings a living being to the end of its life, and it is a hundred years old, like rotten wood.

The black-green spell struck a giant attracted by Mr. Basil, and then the opponent's muscular body seemed to be deflated, and the muscle tissue disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and when the muscles of his thighs withered, his legs were not enough to support his body for more than a dozen feet.

It is destined to fall with a bang.

Sirius, on the other hand, used the Corrosion Charm that Miss Granger had used, the green spell eroded the giant's limbs, but when he was about to put a corrosion spell on the giant's thorn head, he found that the hideous thorn helmet had a powerful regenerative ability, you must know that the wound caused by the corrosion spell will leave powerful black magic, even if the injured person is sent to St. Mungo's Magical Disability Hospital, let those professional doctors treat, it will take weeks to completely remove those black magic.

The regenerative power of the Thorn Hood was clearly beyond Sirius's imagination.

The last giant was strangled by wizard Craig Yaxley.

The Yaxley family, one of the twenty-eight ancient pure-blood holy families, lived mainly in Denmark and Sweden. There are also branches in the UK, but they are rather sparsely populated.

Craig graduated from Durmstrang College, one of the three major magic schools in Europe, and is an honor student in the academy, and is only twenty-four years old this year.

He had been a loyal supporter of Vice President Swan Rozier, but now—and he was more supportive of that lord—Grindelwald.

"Blazing—"

Craig twitched his wand and unleashed that terrifying fire magic.

Fire Spell - The most powerful fire magic spell outside of the Gublai Immortal Fire.

In an instant, the fierce fire turned into a hungry wolf and tore at the giant's limbs.

They violently ignited the giants, and even the hungry wolves were not satisfied, and rolled and set fire to the other two giants.

The giant was engulfed in flames and let out a terrible roar that shook the ground.

Immediately after, the flames swelled again, and waves of blazing air began to attack all the surrounding monsters.

The flames illuminate the surroundings.

Sirius's eyes glowed with fire, and in an instant, he raised his wand, "Burn the sky." ”

The monstrous monsters around him, and the monsters that had been silent on the walls, all came back to life at this time.

Begin to attack them, like a purple sea, to devour them all.

Sirius had to cast the same Fire Charm.

Then Winston and Mr. Basil, as well as a few other wizards, all unleashed their fire.

In an instant, the fierce fire that was originally a few hungry wolves gathered, and then a roar spread throughout the canyon.

"Roar!"

The hungry wolf dissipated, and a dragon with a wingspan of more than ten feet re-emerged from the flames.

It flapped its wings and flew high, and everywhere it passed, the monsters spontaneously combusted.

The dragon breathed out, and the gilded flames poured hot on the surrounding rock walls.

As Sirius guessed.

After the flames burned through the vines, the sound of waves suddenly reached the canyon.

The galaxy in the sky is like a painting, slowly unfolding as the flame burns.

"All curses come to an end!!"

"All curses come to an end!!"

"Ten thousand spells—"

The rest of the wizards propped up a golden curtain to make sure the fire didn't burn them.

After all, the Flame Spell becomes more and more difficult for wizards to control as it lasts, and most wizards who use this magic will choose to throw out the Flame and then simply apparition away.

to make sure that you don't become ashes under the fire.

"Introduce the dragon to the bottom of the sea!" Sirius roared.

With the blessing of the magic of several people, this terrifying fire dragon was already on the verge of losing control.

Ordinary water can't quench a fire, unless—it's the sea.

Winston and Mr. Basil glanced at each other, and after nodding at each other, they immediately made a choice, they used magic as bait, and after pulling the fire dragon to burn the surrounding monsters, the wand pointed to the sea.

"Roar—"

The fiery dragon roared over their heads, then swooped straight down towards the water.

"Boom !!"

At the moment of contact with the seawater, a huge roar sounded. It's like a thunderbolt.

Then countless steaming mist floated up, bringing the surroundings into the fairy world.

"Whew—" Sirius gasped.

It was a spell that even he couldn't use freely.

But he'd seen Owen use a similar one.

It was amazing that the blue and white flames could only ignite the enemy and have no effect on their own people at all.

The rest of the people faced the sea and took a deep breath.

The air containing water vapor calmed them down a little.

"Lynn—"

Flames can kill these normal monsters, but they can't kill the dead. Mr. Basil immediately waved his wand and went to help Miss Zhang. He knew that ordinary wizards could not kill such creatures completely, but they could confine and imprison them.

The wizards present were all participants in the war against the dead, and they were familiar with dealing with them. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that the number of dead people in the cave is not very large.

Other wizards cast their spells to limit the movements of the dead. Zhang Xiaolin was in charge of killing them. Although the process is slow, her Patronus is not always able to inflict damage on the Dead, and there is some skill involved in this.

With no one to teach, she had to figure it out on her own, and each attempt brought her closer to the brink of success.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment, and every second was full of tension and anticipation.

It took more than ten minutes for the wizards to kill the last of the dead once and for all. They all had tired but triumphant smiles on their faces, and the sense of accomplishment at this moment made them feel that all the effort was worth it.

In fact, before that, Sirius had already guessed that the enemies were constantly releasing this kind of monster that could not cause them absolute damage, in fact, it was to consume their magic power. The appearance of the dead confirmed his suspicions.

Look at the wizards beside him, all of them are weak and sweating profusely at the moment.

If any more terrible monsters emerge, there may be casualties.

Sirius's heart was full of resignation.

His gaze unconsciously crossed the courtyard and landed on the sacred tree.

The huge tree trunks entrenched together, the intertwined figures.

The woman in her arms was like a flower bud, naked, her hands tightly folded, lying on her side in the torso of the tree.

For a moment, Sirius noticed that the goddess's withered body seemed to have regained some vitality, and she looked as if she was younger than she had just been.

Sirius was startled by the thought of his own, and quickly opened his eyes wide and carefully recognized it.

And at this time, the goddess's eyes blinked vividly.

Those dark green eyes reflected some kind of terrifying aura.

A smile hung over his mossy face.

"Be careful—" Sirius exclaimed.

The nerves of the people, who were originally a little loose, instantly tensed.

Everyone noticed the change in the goddess in the sacred tree.

The goddess named Diana.

(End of chapter)