Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 106 Alien Weapons

"Are you crazy! Why did you lock the door!" Enzo shouted: "Vescovo, open the door quickly!"

Enzo, who had just escaped, and with some of his men who looked like defeated dogs, banged hard on the door of Umberto's hotel suite.

He had already tried to use "Alajo Cave" to force the door open, but the spell hit the door but did not cause a ripple at all.

This door must have been "anti-Alajo opened".

And other types of lock-picking spells such as "Open Sesame" and "Open Door"...

Guess why this Enzo has a cousin to help him with things, but in the end he only gets a chance to be promoted in the Department of Magical Sports?

Of course, even if he used other older and more violent unlocking spells, he probably wouldn't be able to open the door to this suite.

Because when making this door, in order to pursue style and safety, Don Malo not only chose the steel used by Muggles to make safes as the inner core, but even added some expensive goblin magic silver to it.

The person who made this suggestion to him was the old man who was sitting on the high-backed chair and was responsible for guarding the door of the suite.

His name is Vescovo, he is not only the receptionist at the entrance of the Italian Ministry of Magic, but also Don Malo's "one of his own".

But Don Marlow didn't know that Vescovo, who had worked conscientiously for more than 30 years, not only inherited his father's surname and name, but also inherited a contract and responsibility.

Vescovo was originally just the son of a Muggle farmer. His family conditions were good or bad, and he was a typical rich farmer.

When he was a teenager, in that bad era, he and his father occasionally had to take risks to smuggle agricultural products to support the family's expenses.

Once, due to a report from a colleague, the father and son were blocked halfway up a mountain by the "Romans" of the authorities, and were almost shot to death.

(See Chapter 102)
However, it was precisely because of that thrilling delivery that the father and son met a pure-blood wizard from Britain.

As for why a British wizard came to live in Sicily?

Old Vescovo later speculated: Perhaps every dark-haired Briton has a little bit of Latin in his heart.

Of course, this guess is not important. What is important is that the father and son got a stable job as a blessing in disguise.

The person who gave them this job was naturally the British wizard named "Lukewood". He was a great employer.

Even though Rookwood had to leave Italy because his only son was going back to England to go to school, he still spent money to find some way to introduce them to Don Malo's father.

Only then did Vescovo and his son know that the boss of "Friends of Friends" who was leading black market transactions in Sicily was also a wizard!
In this way, Vescovo and his son have been working in Marlow's house. Young Vescovo also passed the test and proved himself to be a reliable person who could abide by the "Law of Silence".

After that, he even entered the Ministry of Magic in Italy under the arrangement of Marlowe, and became the receptionist at the entrance of the Ministry of Magic.

Anyway, a front desk worker rarely needs to use magic, so whether he is a Muggle or a wizard is not very important - what matters is his loyalty.

But what the Marlowe family didn't know was that as early as 1943, the "loyalty" of Vescovo and his son was entrusted to Luke Wood by an "unbreakable oath." Later, it was inherited as a legacy by August Rookwood.

"I'm sorry, but I have to do this because it involves an oath that cannot be broken." Vescovo said as he methodically added chain after chain to the door outside the suite.

This is what Mr. August Rookwood told him: when Marlowe and others enter the apartment, Vescovo only needs to lock the door firmly, then the "unbreakable oath" will The stipulated obligations can be completely completed in his generation.

Vescovo pulled six chains on the door of the suite. In order to prevent someone from outside from coming to unlock it, he also took a few directional mines from Don Malo's arsenal at the Umberto Hotel, taped them to the outside of the door, and then opened the mine's safety.

As for the windows in the room, it has to be said that Don Marlowe "thought everything into consideration". When building this suite, he replaced all the windows with bulletproof glass that was quite expensive for Muggles at the time.

Moreover, all windows are one piece and have no hinges to open and close.

In short, when Vescovo locked the door, the apartment became an ideal secret room.

As we all know, when there is a secret room, there is always something to do to bring out the tense atmosphere created by this environment.

Enzo, who led people to smash walls and windows, thought so, so he was very anxious; August Rookwood, who hurriedly transformed into a "human cannon" and flew out of the Horntail Hall, was also very anxious, but he I regret that I deliberately turned this place into a secret room.

Flying out from the door of the Horntail Hall, the pudding-like body of his Dreadbeast was like snow that had been exposed to the scorching sun, quickly turning into a wet liquid on the ground.

August Rookwood, once again transformed into an alchemy dummy.

Although the wand and one arm were crushed by Bourne with a chain sword, this did not actually affect his ability to continue casting spells.

Taking advantage of the panic among the wizard thugs in the suite, he immediately raised his only remaining arm, and a dark red light flashed on the metal frame.

"Thunderbolt explosion!" [Note 1]
He used black magic to summon a fireball with explosive flames, which appeared directly among Enzo and others. With a "bang" explosion, those people were covered in flames and shock waves. Even if they were not killed on the spot, some parts were missing from their bodies.

August Rookwood, in the form of an alchemy dummy, took a deep breath like a living person, and wisps of black and red light spots were sucked into his mouth from these people.

However, he now just looks like an "Iron Spare Rib" - there are no internal organs such as heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and kidneys under his mouth - those black and red light spots are gathered in the middle of his ribs, like a strange and moving mass. flame.

He absorbed the pain and fear of those people and transformed them into the magical energy he needed.

The members of the wizard gang who had absorbed all the pain and fear from him, although seriously injured, seemed to have lost all feeling for a moment.

They collapsed to the ground silently, letting their wounds continue to bleed, as if they had turned into empty bodies without thoughts. Feeling the magical energy bound in the body of this alchemy dummy, August Rookwood said to himself: "Whether it is the Muggle-born witch Morgana or the goblin rebel leader Lanlock, but They are just two thieves. This powerful ancient magic is ultimately the legacy of the [Guardian]. As a descendant of Guardian Rookwood, no one deserves it more than me."

The confidence he had just lost returned as he regained some power.

He touched his broken arm with his intact metal claw, and silently used a magic that was more complicated than "repairing it as before".

With another flash of dark red light, his arm grew back.

Then, this August Rookwood aimed both of his palms at the tent hiding the Horntail Hall.

"Ultimate Blast (Big Blast)!"

This time he recited a spell to enhance the power of the spell.

Unlike the "Thunderbolt Explosion" which is a black magic curse, the function of this spell is not to cause damage to living things, but mainly to cause objects to implode.

But if you use a magic item with the "Invisible Stretch Spell" attached, especially if there is someone inside the item, the damage it can cause is actually more terrifying than the black magic curse.

However, at the critical moment, a psychic staff with an imperial aquila head stretched out from the tent first.

"Armor protection!"

This time Bourne used a new spell that he had learned during his recent training. The professor who taught him this spell was Newt Scamander. After becoming a member of the Forbidden Forest Patrol, as an "entry training", the Professor of Care of Magical Creatures taught him and the Weasley brothers how to better use magic to protect themselves when encountering dangerous magical creatures.

The Iron Armor Curse cast by a powerful wizard can withstand most physical attacks, and it can also have a good damage reduction effect on many kinds of spells except black magic curses.

Therefore, Bourne not only quickly learned this useful spell, but also slowly mastered its silent and rapid casting technique through practice.

The blasting spell hit the magic barrier summoned by Bourne. One attack and one defense. The two magic spells collided with each other and produced a puff of blue smoke.

As we all know, smoke never hurts.

Bourne chased him from the tent.

Seeing this scene, August could only curse in his heart, and he was also cursing in his heart why the hybrid giant in front of him couldn't die obediently?
As the mastermind behind tonight's actions, he knew that the suite had been cordoned off.

Originally, he wanted to turn this place into a secret room suitable for playing torture games with Marlowe's men, so as to collect more pain and fear from these guys to strengthen his own strength.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, this blocked place forced him to face an extremely dangerous enemy. If he wanted to disapparate and escape, he had to at least leave this room.

"no solution anymore."

There was a trace of undetectable hesitation on his face that looked like an alchemy dummy, and then he used his metal claws to grab the fairy magic silver collar around his neck that was painted to hide its true identity.

And with this movement of his, the strange flames burning between his chest and ribs suddenly seemed to have received some kind of instruction, and poured towards the collar, with several health-like runes lighting up on it.

"Lanlock's Dragon Transformation Technique!"

As this goblin secret method was activated, his body also began to transform, just as quickly as it transformed into a fear phagocytosis body before. He quickly changed from an "iron ribs" appearance into a small,... At least an adult Hungarian Horntail.

This kind of fire dragon is one of the most dangerous of all fire dragons. It is naturally territorial and aggressive. They are covered with black scales and look like a lizard with wings.

They have yellow eyes, some bronze horns on their heads, and many bronze-colored spikes on their long tails. The Hungarian Horntail can usually breathe fire up to fifty feet, making it one of the furthest fire dragons.

"You are asking for death!"

August, who transformed into a hornet dragon, stared fiercely at Bourne who crawled out of the tent.

This suite is indeed very big, so big that a fire dragon can almost stand upright (the Hungarian Horntail can only be regarded as a medium-sized fire dragon, of course compared to the large fire dragons with the black and iron belly, it is still the same for humans) It’s a huge thing.)
Although this "Lanlock Dragon Transformation Technique" is not the wizard's human body transformation technique or the Animagus technique, August actually does not want to use this very dangerous technique unless necessary - whether it is against the enemy or the Animagus. Himself - Fairy Mystery.

It was invented two hundred years ago by a rebel goblin leader who coveted the wizard's spellcasting ability. The goblin's name was Lanlock. By using the magical alchemical material of goblin magic silver and studying the notes of the witch Morgana who invented the black magic of "pain extraction", he invented an invention that could make The secret method of turning a fairy into a fire dragon.

Yes, this is the same secret method that he used to transform into the Horror Eater before, a secret method belonging to the elf race, not a magic used by wizards every day.

If used improperly, wizards who attempt to transform into Magus are likely to permanently suffer two side effects:
(1) Cannot change back to its original appearance;
(2) Cause the source of pain and fear energy to rapidly deplete or even be completely extinguished.

To be honest, the reason why the transformation into the Horror Eater went smoothly is because August once stayed in the Department of Mysteries, where he was exposed to this weird product of black magic and conducted a lot of anatomical research on it. He was familiar with it. It has many features.

However, he has never studied fire dragons. In addition to the twelve uses of dragon blood that even young wizards know, he has only seen and understood the appearance of some fire dragons through the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" some of their living habits.

He now has no guarantee that he can transform back smoothly after transforming.

Of course, he also has his own last line of insurance. But activating that kind of safety measure to restore human appearance will undoubtedly be troublesome and time-consuming.

Therefore, at this time, he was full of resentment towards Bourne who forced him to act so recklessly. When he came up, he spurted a blazing flame from his nose, trying to burn the enemy in front of him to ashes.

　Note: The Thunderbolt Explosion Curse is a spell that will burst out explosive fireballs in the original setting. Although everyone knows its power (it's just Harry Potter after all), it is a dark magic. Therefore, "decent" wizards rarely use it, but use the "explosion curse" (translated as "big bang" in the "Hogwarts Legacy" game, it should be the WW translation). This explosion curse does not The fireball one just makes things explode (I think this one seems more cruel). When she rescued Sirius at the end of the Prisoner of Azkaban movie, Hermione used the big blast on the cell door; when Umbridge led the team to blow up the Room of Requirement, she also used this spell, but with an added expression. Root suffix with extreme meaning.

　　
　
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