Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 101 Horntail Hall and Living Metal

Demand determines supply.

More than nine hundred years ago, the Normans built many castles on the hills near Palermo in order to intimidate local villages.

Now, most of these castles have been reduced to ruins, crawling with lizards that are indifferent to the world, and occasionally there are a few stray goats hiding.

There was such a Norman fortress built on the hill where Don Malo and his friends met August Rookwood.

It was built on a steep hillside and the main body collapsed to the point of collapse.

There are some carefully carved narrow terraces at the foot of the mountain, but the terrain dictates that they cannot be connected together and can only be used as small vegetable patches.

There are countless white boulders on the hill, most of which are covered with moss. Under the moonlight, they look like a large barren tomb from a distance.

This is not a place for Tibetans.

As the Shadow Minister of Magic who monopolizes almost all the "lost" Portkeys in this land, Don Marlowe only knows that this ruin is actually a node of Portkeys, which is not surprising.

However, he didn't know much about history.

Historically, this ancient Norman fortress was once resold, and the surname of the person who bought it was "Rookwood".

Its ground-level buildings really cannot hide people.

However, there is actually a secret dungeon hidden under the ruins. Not to mention hiding a bunch of people, even hiding a few Horntail Dragons wouldn't be a problem.

"This is...'Hall of the Horntails'?"

Nick Flamel woke up, opened his eyes and looked at the surrounding situation, and finally his eyes fell on a bronze brazier placed on the ground.

This brazier contained some whale blubber-like substance, with a layer of slightly bluish flame floating on it, providing some light to the surroundings.

Although there is a thick layer of putty on the brazier, if you look carefully, you can still see decorative patterns engraved on it——

The head of a fire dragon trapped in chains.

"... Wasn't this place already destroyed in the middle of the 19th century? At that time, newspapers from all over the world published headlines..."

"Mr. Flamel, are you okay?" Bourne's voice interrupted Flamel's thinking. At the same time, it also made him realize what was more important.

He quickly asked: "Bourne, are you injured? How do you feel?"

At this time, both he and Bourne were tied up with a metal chain shining with dim silver light. The chain is connected to a stone pillar inserted into the ground. There is an iron ring made of cast iron above the stone pillar. One end of the metal chain is passed through it, and the other end hangs down to tie Bourne and Flamel together.

An old man and a young man were tied to the same stone pillar back to back.

"I'm fine," Bourne replied. He wasn't trying to be brave, he really had nothing wrong with him. Bourne was more worried about Nick Flamel than himself.

That "iron ribs"-like alchemy dummy is actually a trap. When the two touched its body, they instantly activated a door key hidden in its body.

Moreover, there is something wrong with this door key.

In other words, its designer definitely did it on purpose, just to trick someone when the teleportation was initiated.

Generally speaking, the travel experience of wizards using portkeys is actually much better than using Apparition themselves.

However, when the door key was activated, Bourne even had the illusion that he was riding a "Storm Claw".

One can imagine what would happen to a normal person who does not wear a pressure-resistant suit and experiences this kind of teleportation.

Even though Nick Flamel is a wizard, he is still an old man over 600 years old. So at the beginning of this violent transmission, the great alchemist fainted.

The only thing worth celebrating is that that "overload feeling" is just a physiological experience caused by magic, not overload in the physical sense.

Otherwise, Nick Flamel's old arms and legs would have been broken after such a hard time.

Originally, when the transmission ended, Bourne wanted to give that "iron chops" a bit of an Astartes shock.

But what he didn't expect was that there was another design hidden on the door key: the alchemy dummy did not appear in the same place as them.

As soon as the transmission ended, he and Nick Flamel appeared in this place that looked like a dungeon, and the chain instantly tied the two of them tightly to the stone pillar.

If Byrne was the only one being tied up, he would have tried to transform into a Primaris Astartes to break the seemingly ordinary chain, and then go and chat with the "Iron Spare Rib" in person.

However, Nick Flamel was tied to him. By forcefully breaking the chains, Bourne would definitely be fine, but conservatively it would be estimated that ten or eight of the bones in the great alchemist's body would be broken.

Therefore, Byrne could only attempt partial "Primaris Astartesization", hoping to use the corrosive venom secreted by Bechers' glands to escape.

Unfortunately, after trying it, Byrne discovered that this iron chain, which looked like it had been plated with silver and didn't look very strong, was actually very corrosion-resistant!

Only then did he understand: why the wand was still in his hand, and why the deformed lizard wallet containing many things was still hanging on his belt instead of being taken away - presumably the same was the case with Nick Flamel - The guy who kidnapped them was obviously very confident in his restraint methods.

"Mr. Flamel, since you are also awake, I would like to use a wandless method to unlock this chain. Do you think it is possible?"

Unlike some followers of Slaanesh, Byrne doesn't like being tied up at all.

"Um, can you cast spells without a wand? Does Hogwarts still teach students this kind of metamagic skill? I have to talk to Madame Maxime later. The courses offered at Hogwarts are not available at Beauxbatons. It’s fallen…”

Nick Flamel said in surprise.

However, he immediately realized that now was not a good time to criticize the teaching quality of his alma mater.

Moreover, he immediately rejected the method proposed by Bourne.

"...I'm afraid this won't work." Nick Flamel said: "This chain is a 'dragon lock'.

Did you hear what I said just now?
I think this is most likely the 'Hornbee Hall' that has been banned for more than a hundred years. It was once an illegal place used to hold dragon fighting competitions.

The Dragon Binding Lock, as the name suggests, is a chain used to bind the fire dragon.

Those evil wizards who fight dragons will use dragon locks to tie fire dragons to such stone pillars, and then use magic spells to force different fire dragons to fight to the death on the ground.

Although most fire dragons are very ferocious, they are generally unwilling to kill their own kind at will, let alone die tragically in a fight.

So, naturally, those fire dragons would want to break free from their chains while fighting.

But it is said that they never succeeded. "

Bourne felt a little incredible, so he asked: "Can you control a crazy fire dragon with just such a thin chain?"

"The key is not the chain, but the material of the chain. Do you see the silvery light on its surface?

This is Fairy Silver.

The so-called 'Fairy Silver' is actually a kind of magic metal that can only be smelted and made by fairies.

In the entire goblin race, there are only a few smelting masters who truly know the smelting formula of this magical metal.

I heard Horace say, Bourne, you are a student of Gryffindor House. The sword of Gryffindor, one of the four giants, is made of this kind of fairy magic silver.

Moreover, the material used to make Gryffindor's sword should be the best quality fairy silver.

Because, according to legend, the entire sword is silver, and it can also absorb other magical substances to strengthen itself.

Ordinary quality fairy magic silver is the same as the chain that binds us: the density of the material is similar to that of cast iron, the color is blackish gray, and there are some silver stripes or spots on the surface.

However, it is actually enough to bind a fire dragon or wizard with this quality of fairy magic silver.

Unless you are a great magician like Dumbledore, it is actually difficult for the magic spells cast by ordinary people to have an effect on the goblin magic silver. "

Of course, being able to give live lessons to a young wizard so calmly, Nick Flamel actually has a way out of his predicament. Just when Bourne was about to use his telekinesis to see if he could break the chain, the great alchemist suddenly kicked out the slipper he was wearing on his right foot.

"Wingardim Leviosa!"

Unable to use his wand, Nick Flamel cast a levitating spell on the slippers, causing them to float over the brazier a few meters away.

The blue flames rising from the burning whale oil immediately set the uppers and soles of the silk slippers on fire. The flame was so hot that it burned the slipper to ashes in just a few seconds.

The gold thread pattern that originally seemed to be inlaid on the surface of the slippers was melted by the flames into a ball of golden water, floating above the flames.

Nick Flamel controlled it to fly back and land accurately on the iron ring above the stone pillar behind the old man.

Bourne raised his head as hard as he could, watching the drop of molten gold squirm upward like a small slime, and finally slowly found the cast iron lock that held the chain and the iron ring together.

The drop of gold water seemed to be alive. After finding the right position, it got into the keyhole, and then quickly transformed into a slender key.

It began to twist in the lock cylinder itself.

After a while, with a soft "click" sound, the heavy cast iron lock was opened by the shining golden key.

The head of the lock hit the stone slab on the ground with a muffled sound, and the dragon-binding lock that bound an old man and a young man also fell to the ground.

"How is it, is it great?
It’s true that I don’t know how to smelt goblin magic silver, but when I was as young as your Grandpa Horace, I tried to reverse-decipher the goblins’ secret formulas.

At that time, because some of the goblins started a rebellion, there was a shortage of goblin magic silver on the market.

Although I failed to crack the formula of Fairy Silver, I managed to create such an alchemical living metal by chance after many experiments.

It can change shape and perform some simple activities according to the will of the alchemist who created it. Of course, the premise is that it must first absorb enough energy from the surroundings before it can become sufficiently active. "

Sitting on a crate lying upside down on the ground, Nick Flamel rubbed his arms that were a little sore from being tied up, and explained to the little wizard Bourne who was playing with the reshaped golden living key. .

Bourne thought for a while and said to Nick Flamel with burning eyes: "I want to learn this. In exchange, I can teach you how to fish, catch that kind of big fish, and catch many, many big fish."

Nick Flamel: "(*￣︿￣)"

It is a good thing that children love to study, but they are not very good at chatting.

The old man decided to show off the little guy, so he neither agreed nor refused.

"Let's go back first. It's not safe here after all. Remember, hold my arm and keep your body as still as possible. I will take you to apparate."

Because Horace has always been worried about the danger of separation, he refused to teach Bourne this magic and would not take him with him to manifest.

In fact, Bourne has long wanted to try this teleportation magic. So after hearing what Nick Flamel said, he immediately grabbed the old man's arm.

"Let's go."

Nick Flamel waved his hazel wand gently, and his figure immediately turned into a high-speed rotating vortex as if he was stuffed into a drum washing machine.

And Bourne twirled with him.

However, at the same time as the accompanying image appeared, Bourne suddenly felt something was wrong.

Why is this feeling similar to when I was assassinated by the Portkey Trap not long ago?
Wizards are humans too, at best stronger than ordinary Muggles. Although it is said that the experience of using Apparition is not very good, Bourne feels that it is not the same as having a gravity load of more than ten times - in that case, wouldn't most wizards have to faint directly after Apparition?
Realizing that something was wrong, Bourne decisively let go of the hand holding Nick Flamel and released his own follower.

Sure enough, when he stood still and shook his slightly dizzy head, he discovered that Nick Flamel had successfully disembodied.

The result of the great alchemist's apparation was that he returned to the stone pillar and was firmly bound by the same dragon-binding lock.

Moreover, the old wizard fainted again.

The classic is reproduced and belongs to...

"He's just an old man who's good at alchemy."

A voice suddenly came from the shadows of the wall of the Horntail Hall, and along with a series of footsteps, August Rookwood led Marlowe and his brother out of the shadows.

"Even if he could unlock the chain, he still ran into the little trap I set up. Thanks to my working experience in the Department of Mysteries, I have a deeper study of some magic. It was just the anti-phantom mobile phone. Just change the spell, this Nick Flamel has really ruined his huge reputation."

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Don Malo, who was standing next to him, felt that this guy seemed to talk a lot more when he entered the Horntail Hall.

Don Maro looked at his brother without leaving any trace. Father Benjamin nodded slightly and turned out his palm to indicate to his brother that everything was normal with the ball of wool.

Cooperation was "negotiated" in that suite. Due to Don Marlow's power, August Rookwood had to give in and expressed his willingness to show them Nick Flamel, who was imprisoned by him.

In front of the three Marlowe brothers, August took out a tent with a shrinking spell from his pocket, and then restored it to normal in front of the three Marlowe brothers.

The guy explained to the three brothers that the tent was a tent with an "invisible stretch spell" cast on it, a product specially ordered by their family from the "Bloody Journey" travel agency in Diagon Alley, England.

In fact, this is indeed true. It's just that there are some things that he didn't say completely.

Auguste also said that Nick Flamel was hidden inside by him, and then Don Maro came in with him and his brother.

Out of caution, Father Benjamin also took out a roll of magic yarn that could prevent getting lost and serve as a warning, and asked Enzo to hold one end of the yarn and wait outside the tent.

"If nothing else happens, as long as we catch the little wizard, we can better threaten Nick Flamel to make the magic stone for us."

August pointed at Bourne.

"This child seems to be the child of Nick Flamel's friend. The great alchemist must not want to see anything happen to him.

I don't want to do anything to the child because it would damage my reputation, so I will leave him to you. "

After saying this, the guy imitated the behavior of an English butler, turning sideways, reaching out, and bowing slightly to make way for the Don Malo brothers.

"You talk so much nonsense." Don Malo glanced sideways at his partner.

Having already seen Nick Flamel, he suddenly felt that it was quite boring to continue working with this guy, so his words became less pleasant.

"He's just an ordinary little wizard," Don Maro took out his wand and said to Auguste maliciously: "He's not in a hurry. It's okay to talk about it later."

At the same time, without special reminder, his brother Father Benjamin also quietly walked around behind August.

None of the three paid any attention to Bourne.

"An ordinary little wizard," Bourne thought to himself, suddenly feeling a little funny and feeling familiar.

A guy said the same thing about him before.

"Don't worry, I remember you were there at the time." Bourne lowered his head and said to his fighting partner who took out the deformed lizard wallet: "How can a familiar scene be reproduced without a loyal chain sword?"

With his assurance, Bourne could feel that his fighting partner began to become happy.

Then, as usual——

“Praise be to Om Messiah!”

"Praise the Emperor!"

Thanks to the two groups of villains who were about to fall into internal strife, Byrne even had time to take out a piece of parchment with the mark of purity and paste it onto the end of the hilt of the chainsword.

A golden light flashed.

Without Bourne's control at all, the machine spirit's chain sword, which was already extremely excited, began to spin rapidly on its own.

Then, this loyal chain sword, addicted to chopping and eager to find something to chop, no longer cared whether it was driven by "weak" spiritual power. According to Bourne's will, "swish" the third sword. In an instant, he flew into the air towards the three heretics who all turned around.

(End of this chapter)