Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 731 The Dark Lord and the Ring of Naga (VII)

Once the deal between the old craftsman and the female Auror was reached, the female Auror Saphira immediately activated her communication magic.

A lavender rune flashed in the air, emitting a faint cold light, and the instruction to pass the message was quickly and secretly transmitted to the interior of Serpentis College.

Under her orders, the old craftsman Satis's subsequent arrangements were almost a natural process.

As a core member of the Kelasel family, Saphira's orders were the "green light" of the academy, and her journey was smooth. Any obstacles and doubts collapsed under her Auror bloodline.

As the transaction was completed, Saphira carefully put her wand into a hidden pocket on the lining of her robes. As soon as the transaction was completed, her true colors were revealed, revealing the arrogance that was typical of an Auror.

She glanced at the old craftsman with her sharp eyes and said with a slight smile:
"This is a perfect arrangement."

She shrugged her shoulders and smiled in a condescending tone:

“There just so happens to be a vacant position for a fourth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in the academy.

It’s a coincidence that this course has had problems every year and we haven’t been able to get a stable teacher in recent years. Last year’s professor had a conflict with my Kailasel family and messed with the wrong people, so he ended up in the Naivagh class and his position has been vacant ever since.

The fourth-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class can only rely on teachers from other courses to make up for the missed lessons, and the students are complaining a lot. "

"It's your luck that I can fill this gap."

After the old craftsman Satis finished the transaction, he looked indifferently at the arrogant female Auror standing in front of him.

He did not show much disgust at her transformation, but nodded silently to show his obedience.

The female Auror snorted with satisfaction and threw the badge symbolizing her professorship to Satis. After watching him put on the badge, she immediately put on a domineering attitude.

She raised her hand and said coldly to the old craftsman:
"Since you are now the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at the academy, you should fulfill your duties conscientiously, especially when dealing with these 'supporters of the prophecy'."

Having said that, she raised her eyebrows deliberately and glanced coldly at the students from the Deer Academy present, her gaze finally stopping at the Emerald Guardian leader, Eldris Velorion, who was standing next to them.

She pointed at Eldris impatiently and continued to say to Satis:
"Look at these people. The 'big shots' from the 98th layer of the Hundred Layers World, the Realm of Okrum, actually came to the Ring of Naga in person, and brought these students from the Deer Academy of Terra to run around the world, just to analyze the prophecy of the 'Dark Lord'. It's absolutely ridiculous!

For this nonsense, they even used the qualifications of the members of the 'Sky Guardian' Council and let a member of the noble Kailasel family lead the way.

This kind of supernatural event is nothing but prejudice and nonsense! If it weren't for the so-called alliance, do you think I would be willing to lead these mudbloods and heretics from the barbaric land? It's ridiculous!"

Hearing this, the leader of the Emerald Guardians, Eldris Velorion, slowly stood up, exuding a cold majesty, with a hint of displeasure between her eyebrows, and said coldly:
"You can be disdainful, but please don't underestimate any prophecy."

"The unusual movement of the celestial phenomena and the abnormality of the crystal wall system last night are not coincidences. We should all face up to this prophecy, not only for the Naga Ring, but also for the safety of the entire Hundred Layer World."

Eldris's tone was calm and firm, and obviously left no room for doubt.

However, the female Auror sneered with disdain:

"A celestial phenomenon? Anomalies in the crystal wall system?"

"How ridiculous. I am a high-level wizard in the academy, and I can tell you, the so-called prophecy supporters, that the academy's defense system is protected by five layers of powerful magic barriers.

Not to mention that during the rumors about the Dark Lord, the academy has already activated teleportation restriction measures such as the Spirit Snake Key and Spirit Snake Powder, combined with the layers of protection of the Crystal Wall System and the Snake Spirit Contract Array, even if the rumored Dark Lord really appears and dares to step into the academy, he will be completely blocked by the anti-teleportation barrier of the Crystal Wall, let alone approaching. "

She looked proudly at the students of the Deer Academy and Eldris, her tone full of sarcasm and pride:
"The Kailasel Family Academy is one of the symbols of the Naga Ring. It is supervised by the powerful sage who controls the crystal wall system and the Sage's Book. It is wishful thinking for the Dark Lord to break through these layers of defense. Moreover, without the approval of the academy, he can't even bypass the outermost crystal wall."

Eldris Valorien frowned slightly and looked at the female Auror with a firm expression and her eyes revealed an uncompromising determination. The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Led by Camille, the students of the Deer Academy quietly stood to the side of the Emerald Guardian leader to show their position.

For them, it is very clear who are the allies and who are the opponents.

When the old craftsman Satis saw this scene, he sighed inwardly.

On the surface, he put on a kind smile, coughed lightly, walked forward, and said in a gentle voice:

"Everyone, everyone, we are all wizards from the Hundred Layer World. As long as our goals are the same, why should we become so tense? The current situation is tense, and cooperation is the wisest choice."

He turned his head slightly and looked intently at the female Auror.

"My lord, leave the affairs of the Deer Academy Student Group and Her Excellency Eldris to me. I will accompany them to the academy to ensure their safety and live up to your trust. After all, we are also contributing to the Naga Ring."

The female Auror glanced at him coldly, snorted with a hint of displeasure on her face, and said sarcastically:
"Humph, you stubborn fellow, I don't want to waste my breath on you."

Then, she gently raised her fingers and whispered a coded rumor, and then handed the contents of the 'Snake Key', 'Snake Powder' and 'Secret Channel' to Satis.

After doing all this, she held her head high, looked proud, turned around and left the store with steady steps.

Satis narrowed his eyes slightly, watching her gradually disappearing figure, but a dark thought flashed through his mind.

He calmly touched the back of his right hand, which was covered with a snakeskin glove, to hide the deep mark on it.

He secretly transmitted the information he had just received to the Dark Lord word for word. To outsiders, these actions were just a casual glance at his gloves.

After doing all this, he still had a warm smile on his face.

He slowly turned around and looked at the Emerald Guardians and the students of the Deer Academy with a warm and friendly expression, and smiled:
"Well, young thaumaturges, come on, since I will be accompanying you on this journey, why not follow me to the Serpent Spirit Academy. This journey will definitely not be boring."

He patted the staff at his waist and spoke in a relaxed tone.

Eldris stared coldly in the direction where the female Auror left, then retracted her gaze and nodded with some helplessness.

She understood that it was not easy to achieve this in the Naga Ring, a wizard territory full of privilege and despotism.

Eldris sighed inwardly. She had hoped to use the Auror's introduction to meet the sages in the academy more quickly and directly discuss the authenticity and threat of the Dark Lord's prophecy. However, it was obvious that such a smooth arrangement became a luxury in the face of the Auror's arrogance and prejudice.

"Let's go, it looks like we have to follow the arrangement for now."

The old craftsman Satis' eyes flickered. He looked deeply at Eldris and said softly:

“Although Saphira is arrogant, she is not exaggerating on one point—it is impossible for the Dark Lord to enter Serpentis Academy easily.

The academy's crystal wall system and the power of the sages are intertwined here to form an indestructible protective barrier. As long as the Dark Lord uses magic that exceeds the threshold of the crystal wall near the academy, he will be immediately detected by the sage who controls the Sage's Book.

Once he is locked by the crystal wall system of the Naga Ring, no matter how powerful he is, his power will be blocked. At that time, the sage only needs to control the sage's book and move the magic network of the entire Naga Ring. The Dark Lord, who is comparable to gods and miracles, will be driven back to the world in an instant."

Eldris lowered her head in thought and sighed softly, with a hint of unresolved worry in her eyes.

"Maybe."

There was a hint of helplessness and depth in her words.

"Don't think too much. I will lead you to Serpentis College. Since I graduated from there, I can only go in once a year when outstanding students come back to visit. This time I go in as a professor and enter with the secret key of the college. This is my first time."

The old craftsman looked eager to try. He called all the students of the Deer Academy to gather around him, then he took out the silver wand and the door key given to him by the female Auror.

The Serpent Portkey is a specially made portkey used exclusively by academy members and authorized personnel to enter the academy.

Each Spirit Snake Port Key is bound to the crystal wall system of the Snake Academy, allowing the holder to pass through safely; each port key can only be used for transmission once to prevent malicious use after being stolen.

After each use of teleportation, the portkey must be re-authorized by the academy before it can be used again. The portkey is bound to the identity of the user through magic. Only wizards with qualified permissions can initiate the teleportation. Once anyone else attempts to use it, the portkey will trigger a self-destruct spell.

The fixed location for the door key transmission is the "Snake Forbidden Gate" of the academy, which is the only main entrance of the academy. It is guarded by high-level snake spirit puppets and identity verification is required after entering.

Under the leadership of the old craftsman Satis, the students of Luyuan carefully used the "Snake Key". This thing is called a key, but it has different shapes.

For example, the key that the female Auror gave to Satis - a pair of red women's high heels.

At this moment, everyone gathered around a pair of ladies' high heels, and the scene was quite funny.

"let's go."

The old craftsman raised his silver wand and waved it at the lady's high heels.

hum-

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When the students of the Deer Academy opened their eyes, they had already been teleported through the anti-teleportation barrier to the Forbidden Snake Gate of Serpentis Academy.

This secret gate is hidden deep outside the academy, dimly flickering with a low light and exuding the deep majesty unique to the snake spirit.

"Now let's start with the identification of the Spirit Snake Powder. This thing is related to the flying network of the Fog City magic in the present world. In the past, when the Fog City was ruled by the Saint Twenty-Eight Families, different fireplaces were connected by magical flames, allowing wizards to teleport quickly and safely between different locations.

To use the Floo Network, a wizard would use a special magic powder called Floo Powder, which would be sprinkled into a fireplace flame, which would turn the flame green and allow the user to tell the destination, thereby teleporting to another connected fireplace.

The old craftsman was explaining science to the group of students from the Lu Academy standing nearby, while Camille was listening attentively with a thirst for knowledge in his eyes.

Obviously, this junior head of the Deer Academy was very interested in the Floo Network. She came here just for this mysterious knowledge. If she wanted to graduate early, she had to learn more extraordinary knowledge or complete more academy tasks.

The main reason why she came to the Hundred Layer World was certainly not the Dark Lord's prophecy.

She didn't care much for prophecies either.

During Camille's sophomore year at Luyuan, he needed to add some elective courses to both the secular and mystical groups to enrich their scope of study.

However, deer students usually do not take as many electives as Camille, who takes almost half of the courses.

Anthropology, classics, history, political science, psychology, computer science, mathematics, secular physics...

The mystical group includes alchemy, cryptozoology, memes, numerology, parapsychology, neo-druidism, ritual research, thaumaturgy...

Ushas once asked Kamil how he learned all these in such a short time, and Kamil would always answer mysteriously:

"It's a secret."

However, even Camille Schiffini, who is considered a top student at Luyuan and has the hope of graduating a year early, has courses that he is not good at and even hates.

That is - prophecy.

Camille showed great doubt and dislike for the course of prophecy.

Professor Mansur ibn Samiyazazi of prophecy taught this course in Zaki, but her teaching style and the content of the prophecies made Camille feel that they lacked thaumaturgical basis and worldly logic.

Camille is essentially a person who believes in logic and facts, so he is very disdainful of a discipline like prophecy that relies on intuition and vague symbols.

Professor Mansour of Luyuan likes to attract attention by "predicting" the fate of students in class, such as various alarmist death predictions.

Camille was extremely skeptical and believed that these so-called prophecies were nothing more than a scare tactic.

Moreover, the professor's predictions were always too pessimistic, and most of them could not escape nihilism and compromise, which made Camille dislike him even more.

Later, Camille decided to drop out of the prophecy course because she felt that the course was meaningless.

Of course, she was more critical of Professor Mansoor's teaching method - she did not think that the teaching method of holding a crystal ball all day long and advocating that students stay at home and do not step out of the house was the right one.

Two-thirds of Professor Mansour's students have received warnings of expulsion. If they continue to indulge in the illusory infinite future branches and do not return to reality, they will most likely be forcibly dealt with by the school.

A person who only thinks all day long will not get any real feedback other than thinking.

At this moment, Camille asked the old craftsman a lot of questions about the Floo network, and the old craftsman did not get tired of answering the questions of this studious deer student.

While asking and answering questions, they began to carry out authentication according to the instructions of the old craftsman.

They passed the identity authentication one by one, and under the induction of the snake spirit guardian wall, the snake spirit door key emitted a faint blue-green fluorescence, and the faint magic power flowing out enveloped them, as if they were in an unbreakable layer of protection.

A moment later, the spirit snake powder began to flicker in their palms, and their bodies were instantly pulled in, and then in a slight magical fluctuation, they were teleported into the Snake Spirit Hall of the academy.

The Serpent Hall is a magnificent magic palace that exudes an ancient and profound power.

Standing in the hall, it feels like being under a boundless starry sky. Magic crystals twinkling like stars decorate the high-hanging ceiling, giving the entire hall a dreamy glow.

The surrounding walls were engraved with ancient runes of snake spirits. These runes were as dense as snake scales, and emitted dark golden light from time to time.

In the center of the hall is a huge long table, which is carved entirely from snake wood. There is a circle of high-backed chairs made of snake wood around the table.

Above the dome, three layers of transparent crystal walls are like a floating lake, sometimes surging, sometimes transparent, and extremely solemn.

The Serpent Spirit Hall has a strange and cold feeling.

Whenever their eyes touched this crystal wall, they would feel an inexplicable pressure and the deterrent force seeping down from the crystal wall, reminding everyone who entered that this was the territory belonging to wizards and snake spirits.

The students of Luyuan stood quietly in the middle of the hall, feeling the flow of magic here which was completely different from that in Terra.

Camille couldn't help but whisper to his companions beside him:

"The power here...is completely different from what we have on Terra. It's incredible."

The old craftsman turned around and said to the others:
"Follow me. From now on, you will have to answer with Parseltongue spells in other places. People without Parseltongue and secret spells will not be able to take a single step in the academy."

Having said this, he suddenly paused and uttered a strange hissing whisper with deep meaning.

“Hiss, his ...

As he spoke, he reached out and stroked his gloved right hand.

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On a remote street in the city of Arcadia, the edge of the bench was slightly chilly.

Sitting upright on the bench was a slender young man with slightly curly golden hair. His eyes were a stunning golden color, like two golden lakes.

At this moment, Xia Xiu's gaze passed through layers of buildings and looked straight towards the direction of the Serpentis College standing tall in the distance.

He raised his hand slightly, stroked the strands of golden hair on his forehead, and a mocking arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

A low, metallic voice flowed from his lips, thin and hoarse, like the sound of cold wind passing through dead branches, but if you listen carefully, it is not a language that mortals can recognize, but a strange hissing whisper - Parseltongue.

The blond youth looked at him with a hint of sarcasm. His voice rang out slowly. The strange rhythm was filled with an inhuman coldness and deep remoteness, as if he was chanting an ancient and desperate prophecy:

"Mortals are nothing but destined dust. The glory of magic should not be enjoyed by mortals. If you are born of mortal blood, you will bow to the snake spirit forever."

The moment he finished speaking, the air around him seemed to tremble slightly. There were few pedestrians on the street, and no one noticed the otherworldly gaze and whispers of the young man on the bench nearby.

"Portkeys, Floo Networks, Parseltongue spells..."

"Satis Elosak, you did a great job."