Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Chapter 273: Meeting Aragog and Absorbing Endless Knowledge

Hermione frowned, "I noticed this problem too, but I think we were lucky to have chosen the professor's patrol break."

They had participated in night patrols and knew that they could rest during patrols.

If she went out with Ron and didn't meet the professor, she could still explain it as good luck.

But the common room where Draco was was not in the same place as Gryffindor, and he didn't meet the professor when he came out, which was a bit abnormal.

Draco said solemnly: "Let's catch up with Harry quickly. I always have a bad feeling in my heart, and I don't know what went wrong."

On the other side, in the restricted books area.

In the magic form, Lin Xia read the banned book about basic knowledge at a very fast speed.

It seemed like only a few dozen seconds had passed in the blink of an eye, and she had already finished reading the three banned books.

Lin Xia had a strange feeling that the flow rate in the space where she was should be much faster than that in the outside world.

Maybe she read for several days in this space, while only a few minutes passed in the outside world.

She was determined in her mind and seized the opportunity keenly, picking up three banned books related to basic knowledge to read.

During the book selection process, these banned books behaved very well.

She just waved her hand lightly, and the banned books jumped into her hands impatiently. If she rubbed the spines of the books gently, the banned books would tremble slightly, showing comfort in a very human way.

The most important thing is that in the magic form, Lin Xia discovered that even if she did not take the Leaf of Awakening orally, she could not hear any evil god's mumbling.

I casually glanced at the scene outside the window in my spare time. Everything was the same as before, and there was no sense of distortion at all.

This is very different from the previous times I read banned books.

She secretly recorded this phenomenon.

I don't know whether it is because she is more resistant to the evil god's whispers in the magic form, or whether in this form, the evil god's whispers are afraid of her and dare not approach her.

Lin Xia had a vague premonition.

If she could find out the real reason, it would be very helpful for her future practice.

While Lin Xia was frantically reading banned books, Mikel and Grace, who were also in the banned book area, took different paths.

When Mikel walked into an area, the golden finger in his mind gave him crazy reminders and even shocked him in return!

This made Mikel, who had lost his mind, regain some consciousness.

When he saw the surrounding scene clearly, Mikel broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead. There were so many sticky tentacles!

What kind of place had he come to? Was it the mouth of some evil god, or the body of some strange beast?

Just when he didn't know what to do, Mikel suddenly remembered the reminder when he first entered the forbidden book area.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and kept repeating: "These are all fake, all illusions, they can't deceive me..."

He said as he stumbled forward, feeling his hand forward.

After a while, he felt a wet touch on his hand, and something slippery was held in his hand, shaking wildly.

Mikel suppressed the nausea in his heart and did not throw it away, but instead held it tightly!
The next moment, he came to a small room and placed a banned book in front of him - "Harare's Space Travel Diary".

Mikel felt relieved and started reading without distraction.

The scene that Gries encountered was completely different from that encountered by Mikel.

With the help of the black iron ring, he was not bewitched by the evil god's whispers. After taking a few steps, he found the target he was looking for.

That is also an item that is very similar to the Black Iron Ring.

The black iron ring he was wearing was passed down in their family from ancient times to the present.

It was also because of this ring that their family was able to come into contact with the Dark Lord's organization.

Before coming to school, his father told him that after completing the mission, if he found anything related to the black iron ring, he could collect it.

At that time, Gries didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but now he understands it.

When Gries grasped the black iron ring in the forbidden book, he suddenly felt dizzy and came to a special area.

There are many books in this area, but Gress was attracted by a book on the table.

Soul Tempering Method (Incomplete)

Gries sat down as if possessed. The book turned pages automatically. He was completely unable to resist and was forced to record the words on it.

On the other side, Harry here.

With the help of the magic car, he has arrived in the Forbidden Forest.

Harry said he wanted to find Aragog, but when he really arrived in the Forbidden Forest, he didn't know how to find him, and subconsciously followed the direction of the little spiders in the forest.

At this time, he discovered the benefits of the super-sensory spell, which could amplify the senses of his eyes.

Harry was flying in the air, but he could see small spiders on the ground.

He unknowingly drove the magic car deep into the forbidden forest.

Because it was so dark around him that he couldn't see his hand in front of him, he turned on the lights of the magic car.

Under the stimulation of the strong light, many birds and crows perched on the trees flew away, cackling loudly.

Several of them even hit the windows of the car!

Fortunately, it did not affect Harry's vision.

Under the light, the little spiders moved much faster, as if they were a little afraid of the light.

Harry continued to track the little spider while dodging the increasingly complex and thick and dense tree trunks.

Suddenly, a dazzling light appeared on his right side, so bright in the darkness that Harry could not help but raise his hand to shield his eyes.

Because of this, he didn't pay attention to the sight ahead, and the car suddenly crashed into a thorn bush. The engine seemed to be entangled and could not start.

Harry had to open the car and jump out.

The car's bright lights were still on, and Harry squinted his eyes, continuing to look for the shadow of the spider on the ground illuminated by the lights.

However, the little spiders all avoided the glaring car lights and ran away.

After a while, he heard a rustling sound behind him, and something was rushing towards him across the grass.

This was followed by a loud clicking sound.

Before he could even look back, his waist was suddenly grabbed by something long and furry.

The world spun around and Harry was hanging face down in the air, struggling and terrified. There were more clicking sounds and he was dragged into the dark bushes.

As he was being dragged away, he vaguely heard someone calling his name.

The dazzling light seemed to become even more dazzling, and Harry closed his eyes again.

After a while, he opened his eyes and could only see darkness and himself being moved towards the center of the forest.

Harry wanted to shout out, but found himself in such terror that he could not utter a single syllable.

He didn't know how long it had passed, but the endless darkness seemed to fade away a little, and he saw densely packed spiders appearing on the ground covered with fallen leaves.

Some were big, some were small, all crowded together.

He couldn't help but twist his neck and saw the most terrifying sight he had ever seen since he was born -

spider.

Not the little spiders that scurried through the leaves below, but each one was as big as a cart horse, with eight eyes, eight legs, and black hairs that looked like stiff thorns.

Each one is a behemoth.

The giant spider holding Harry walked down the steep slope towards a misty hemispherical spider web in the center of the depression.

The other big spiders surrounded Harry, flexing their claws excitedly and making a clicking sound.

The spider finally loosened its grip and Harry fell to the ground.

He felt a pain in his body. He fell to the ground from the air without any cushioning, and some small stones pierced into his knees.

He was bleeding.

The bloody smell made the large spiders surrounding him even more excited.

Just when Harry didn't know what to do, suddenly three more objects fell from the sky and landed beside him.

Harry looked closely and his eyes widened: "Hermione, Ron, Draco, why are you here?"

Ron covered his aching wrist and said, "I saw you sneaking out, and I was afraid you might do something stupid, so I followed you to see, but I didn't expect you to actually do something stupid."

As they communicated, Draco and Hermione both observed their surroundings carefully.

Draco felt a little nervous. There were too many spiders here, surrounding them, especially the big ones. It was difficult to break out.

"Aragog!" a giant spider yelled. "Aragog!"

Everyone saw a spider as big as a small elephant slowly emerge from the middle of the misty hemispherical spider web.

Its body and legs were black with gray, and each of the eyes on its ugly head with large claws was covered with a layer of white film.

It is blind.

The huge spider came over with a clattering sound, its two huge claws moving rapidly.

"What's going on?" it asked.

Without waiting for the spider to answer, Hermione said quickly, "Hello, Aragog, we are friends of Hagrid."

Aragog hesitated. "Hagrid never sent anyone to our hollow before."

Draco responded very quickly: "Because Hagrid is in some trouble."

He and Hermione looked at each other and had already guessed what the other was going to do:

Keep it secret as long as possible, create the illusion that Hagrid is in trouble, and at the same time get some information!

Harry and Ron listened in confusion, but gradually they understood and began to help Hermione and Draco.

……

In the forbidden book space.

Lin Xia finished reading three more books, picked up three more books, and started reading without raising her head.

She couldn't count how many books she had read, she just felt that she had read a lot.

The balance in her body that had long been out of control was slowly restored, her inner thoughts became more and more fulfilled, and she became clearer about the origin and nature of magic in the wizarding world.

While exploring this knowledge, Lin Xia constantly compared it with the martial arts system of his previous life to find out if there were any similarities.

Through continuous reading, I compare it with the database in my memory.

Lin Xia discovered that the upgrade system in the wizarding world was even more obscure, and everything originated from ancient magic and ancient magic runes.

Just like the cultivation novels I read in my previous life, some people have spiritual roots in their bodies, so they can practice, and the same is true in the wizarding world.

A wizard who can sense magic is like someone with spiritual roots.

However, the wizard system is not as strict as the immortal cultivation system, and there is no clear division into five spiritual roots, four spiritual roots, etc.

Some young wizards do not perform well in school, but show great potential when they grow up.

Being mediocre when young doesn’t mean you won’t be excellent in the future.

But on the other hand, if one has greater magical power and clearer thinking than his peers when he is young, it will be easier for him to learn magic.

After they reach adulthood, they will generally be more powerful than ordinary wizards.

The probability of growing crooked in the middle of the process is very small.

As he finished reading one basic book after another, Lin Xia mastered more and more theoretical knowledge, and the books he read were no longer limited to the basics, but began to move towards the intermediate level.

She has different feelings about the wizarding world, especially about the various forms of manifestation of the origin of magic, which makes her more curious.

The origin of magic comes from magical creatures, but it is wizards who promote magic.

They gain power from magical creatures and make this power more powerful than the magical creatures themselves.

Unconsciously, Lin Xia had read many books, and the scene outside the window gradually became blurred.

The darkness slowly surrounded her, as if waiting for an opportunity to strike, but it did not dare to take a single step beyond the line due to the magic runes constantly moving across Lin Xia's body.

Lin Xia was completely unaware of this.

She let go of all her thoughts and swam in the ocean of knowledge.

the other side.

Dumbledore here.

He tracked Voldemort's scent and came to a dense forest.

Finally, his eyes fell on a bluish-purple scarf that was already somewhat rotten.

Dumbledore recognized the scarf; it was the same style as the one Professor Quirrell had worn earlier.

He waved his wand, and under the detection magic, the tattered scarf slowly floated up.

Dumbledore chanted an obscure spell with a sonorous and powerful voice, and waved his wand gently: "Go back in time."

As if time had gone back, the scarf went from tattered to clean and shiny as new, and Quirrell's shadow appeared in front of him.

Quirrell was hunting dark animals and encountered a king cobra. He used magic to drive away the snake.

Unexpectedly, the snake suddenly jumped up, landed on his head, and bit Quirrell's head hard.

Dumbledore suddenly stopped fast forward and saw a vague human head pattern on the surface of the snake, which was the blurry face of Voldemort.

Quirrell was bitten by a snake and suddenly let out a scream and fell to the ground.

The snake bit his head and its body kept shaking, as if performing some kind of exchange ritual. Quirrell's body was also shaking unconsciously.

After a while, the snake fell to the ground stiffly, dead.

Quirrell, who was lying on the ground, opened his eyes. The hair on the back of his head fell off automatically, revealing a blurry and distorted human face.

Voldemort possessed Quirrell!
Next, Quirrell left the forest, leaving only the scarf behind.

When the time rewind ended, the scarf suspended in the air broke into pieces and disappeared into a cloud of dust.

Dumbledore glanced around.

He had sensed a scent of Voldemort before, and although it was very similar to the scent remaining on the scarf, there was still a difference between the two.

He decided to patrol the forest.

(End of this chapter)