Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 107 The Prophet and the Fire Dragon

Austria, the town of Nurmengard.

The town is a few kilometers down the mountain, and as night falls, lights are revealed in every house. Standing on the mountain, you can hear the music playing from the big speakers in the town square. Before dinner, the town's loudspeakers always relay the serenade played on Vienna Radio to people walking on the street.

In this relaxed atmosphere, people in the town rarely look up at the small hill not far away and the ancient fortress built on it.

"There's nothing interesting to see in that place. It's just a pile of ruins and a dilapidated tower."

The adults in the town always say this to their children, and at the same time, this is also what their parents tell them.

However, neither these adults nor the older people seem to know where this impression comes from.

Anyway, just ignore the hill and the buildings on it.

As for those who could notice what the townsfolk described as a "shabby" tower, something else would stop them.

The blue flame formed a smoldering ring of fire outside the Nurmengard Tower, first blocking the little bugs who tried to enter the tower for "pilgrimage" or do other strange things.

This kind of flame is a variant of the powerful black magic Fire Curse. Even if you master the counter-curse of the Fire Curse, you cannot suppress it.

As long as an ordinary wizard is exposed to a trace of this kind of flame, he will experience a bone-piercing burning sensation; if the wizard still persists in trying to cross the circle of fire, he will be quickly reduced to ashes by the flames.

Even if some wizards manage to cross this barrier, there are still more deadly magic traps waiting for them behind.

Nurmengard Tower is such a "dragon pool and tiger's den".

Moreover, unlike "Ekostagg Prison", this magical prison that has long been claimed to be abandoned by the German Ministry of Magic is actually still "providing those poor criminals with free daily meals and terrifying "The manticore calls for service" - Although Nurmengard Castle (Tower) is still a magical prison in theory, there is only one prisoner in it.

"Gettler, Merry Christmas."

Dumbledore, with all white hair and beard, stood outside the tower, chanting a person's name and adding his own holiday blessings.

The last time he was here was the last time.

At this time, there was no other living creature around him except for a Thestral which was eating beef ribs carefully prepared by Hagrid.

"It seems that you are indeed still abiding by the agreement, so I feel relieved." He carefully checked the flame barrier that was in good condition and confirmed that his old friend had not broken his promise and was still in a state of self-imprisonment.

"I'm glad that your followers are still dormant and not participating in the farce this Christmas - whether they are actually still strictly obeying your orders, or simply because they also I'm already old - in short, the world is changing fast enough, I really..."

Just when Dumbledore was standing on the cold wind-swept mountain, chattering away like a fireside chat, a gap suddenly opened in the flame barrier in front of him.

"What are you doing?" The old wizard couldn't help but frowned.

As he said, for an old man like him, the world has changed fast enough recently, and he doesn't want to see anything new. However, there are always some things that will not change based on his personal will.

For example, the choice of Gertler Grindelwald. Dumbledore, once an old friend, lover and enemy, would always be caught off guard by many of the extremely important choices he made in his life. Because, although Dumbledore has great magic power, he is not a prophet.

But Grindelwald is!
Just now, Grindelwald, who was imprisoned in Nurmengard, sent the hookah skull that had been accompanying him in prison out of the tower.

"You must know, you shall know."

On the hookah skull, there is this sentence written in German. The engraving marks are very new and appear to have been newly added by Grindelwald.

"Smoking is harmful to your health. If you have nothing to do, smoke less. I advise you to take care of yourself."

Accompanied by the howling cold wind, Dumbledore, who was not good at telling jokes, told a cold joke, but in the end he reached out to catch the hookah skull floating in the air.

Although he advised Grindelwald to stop smoking, he picked up the hookah pipe and prepared to put it in his mouth - this is a very advanced magical item. A prophet like Grindelwald who has the "Third Eye" can use it to share himself A glimpse of the future.

Since he was imprisoned in the Nurmengard Tower, Grindelwald had occasionally responded to Dumbledore's greetings in the past few decades. Tonight, for the first time, he took the initiative to share the future he saw. Dumbledore had to give his old friend some face.

When the old wizard was about to inhale the smoke stored in the crystal skull for the first time, a "beep" sound suddenly sounded not far behind him, and someone used the Apparition sound to come to Nurmengard.

"Bless Merlin, Dumbledore you are indeed here, you need to come with us to the Ministry of Magic."

Two gray-haired wizards, a man and a woman, appeared behind Dumbledore.
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Bourne took action. He appeared under the Horntail Dragon that August had transformed into at a speed that was like apparating away.

The beast's big head rested awkwardly on its broad shoulders, and its face was full of untamed and cruelty - it looked very unnatural, unlike the fire dragons raised in the fire dragon sanctuary or dragon training farm. The leather armor is smooth and shiny, but not as primitive and powerful as the wild fire dragon.

Its skin color is dark green, but there is a touch of pale underneath, as if to show that it is actually a blunt and terrifying magical product.

Brown fangs protruded from the lips and jaws of this treetop dragon, and the hatred burning in its eyes was so fierce that Bourne could almost feel the emotion condensing into shape.

According to Bourne's past memories, the best way to deal with this kind of monster is to fight it quickly.

The imperial eagle-shaped hammer-headed psychic scepter slammed into its sternum with a banging sound. Each impact exploded its skin and flesh, and dark red and thick blood splashed onto Bourne's extremely majestic body.

However, this fire dragon showed absolutely no fear. Even after being beaten until it bled, it roared, opened its mouth wide, and bit him.

"Cunning guy." Byrne saw through its trick. It can obviously breathe fire, but it has to pretend to fight to the end.

As the monster's mouth approached him, Bourne used the power of his chain sword, stepped on the ground with both feet, and used a neutral jump to slash at the enemy's neck.

As for the fire dragon that August turned into, only at this moment did his eyes reveal a hint of subtle cunning.

It believed Byrne had been fooled.

Then, the two hind legs that supported the body suddenly took two steps back, and the thorny tail swept the big Bohemian sofa in the suite aside. The two front paws with the skin attached were swung forward forcefully. "The flames are blazing!"

You know, August himself is still a wizard. Using the dragon transformation technique of Fairy Lanlock does not mean that he loses his ability to cast spells.

(PS. This setting is from "Hogwarts Legacy". The purpose of Lanlock's excavation of ancient magic ruins is to seize from the wandmen (wizards) the power to cast magic that their fairies have been deprived of.)
A circle of blazing flames instantly spread to its surroundings with the Horntail Dragon as the center of the circle.

If nothing goes wrong, Bourne will soon crash into the ring of fire and be forced to be baptized by high-temperature flames.

But Bourne had already been on guard against it. Even though it is different from the dragon breath fire breathing I just thought about, the result is still the same. Applying psychic power to himself, Bourne dodged the attack and slipped through the gap in the fire ring.

Immediately, he raised his arm diagonally upward, and the chainsaw used the strength of his whole body to twist the chain, the sword's light flashed, and in the blink of an eye, half of the hornet dragon's nose was cut off.

Not only that, because the length of the chain sword was nearly two meters, the sword also tore a wound on the monster's face from the cheekbone to the forehead. Bourne could see clearly that the wound was deep enough to show the bones, with jagged scratches on the bones.

The Horntail Dragon that August transformed into roared again, and it turned its head and opened its mouth to bite Bourne with no less ferocity.

Bourne doesn't take it easy.

He twisted his waist to retract the chainsword, and at the same time, he swung the psychic staff with his other arm and hit it on the head with a "bang" like a sledgehammer.

Although this flesh-and-blood body transformed by ancient magical means shields some of the pain of normal magical animals, it is a combat weapon developed by fairies after all, and it still needs to have the necessary perception abilities during combat.

Therefore, August, who was hit so hard that most of the thorns on his skull were broken off and a large unnatural dent appeared on his skull, felt only a violent spin.

Its two eyeballs cannot open properly due to swollen facial muscles, and its nose has been cut off so that it can no longer spit out fire.

(PS. The skin of the hornet dragon is thick and permeated with magic. Only extremely powerful spells can penetrate it. The eyes are the weakest part of its body; and the older they get, the worse their sense of smell is, because the fire-breathing It does not rely on the mouth but the nostrils. When breathing fire, it will inevitably damage this olfactory organ.)
In fact, to deal with the thick-skinned Horntail dragon (or all fire dragons), professional dragon trainers will use the Eye Spell. Although Bourne has not learned this spell, the "Physical Eye Spell" he used seems to have similar effects.

Take advantage of its illness and kill it. Even the "good guys" Salamander Chapter would choose this tactic when dealing with the ferocious aliens.

No mercy at all.

This time, he didn't even use his psychic powers to adjust his body shape. With the action of slamming the Horntail Dragon's head just now, like a climber using a mountaineering pickaxe, he suddenly pulled and pulled himself onto the Horntail Dragon's back.

Fire dragons are magical creatures that can fly. They may be very strong, but they are definitely much lighter than creatures of their size.

Moreover, the Horntail Dragon was only a medium-sized fire dragon. When a large Primaris Space Marine like Bourne, weighing more than half a ton, suddenly hit it hard, its body couldn't help but lurch forward.

Its bat-like wings, which were also oversized fingers, poked two holes in the marble floor of the suite, and at the same time, it made a crisp sound like a "click" of bones breaking.

"Alien! Still not decapitated——"

Bourne's roar shook the ceiling of the suite, and the chain sword in his hand buzzed even more loudly. The sharp saw teeth penetrated directly into the back of the Horntail Dragon's neck, constantly tearing at the neck muscles of the monster shaped by magic, and at the same time gnawing at its spine.

In the past, there were cooks who decapitated cows, but tonight, with just a few more seconds of waiting, Bourne would be able to achieve the feat of decapitating a tree wasp.

August Rookwood, who used goblin secrets and ancient magic to complete the "Lanlock Dragon Transformation", was full of confidence just now, but now he regrets it. "I'm so stupid, really. Why am I messing with this monster?" It turned into a monster and now regarded Bourne as a real monster.

It kept struggling, even if its neck was cut and bloody, it tried its best not to let the bones be severed by the chain sword.

If the flesh is injured, magic can heal it.

If the head falls off, there is no chance of treatment.

After all, the goblin who invented the "dragon transformation technique" never tried this method of death, right?

"Let me go, and I will tell you a huge secret that will allow you to rival the gods as a mortal, or even make you a god!"

While begging for mercy, August Rookwood attempts to seduce Bourne with the idea of ​​"becoming a god".

As everyone knows, the more it says this, the more Bourne has two more reasons to kill it.

First, Bourne knows much better than him about what a god is - whether it is the Star God of the material universe or the evil god of the subspace, in the eyes of the loyal Asat, they are enemies that must be destroyed.

Second, wizards in this world are against superstition. Even if they have faith, they still believe in the "animism" theory of druids and the like. How can the serious Astartes in the Warhammer universe be superstitious? I have to mention the "Word Bearers" - damn aliens, who are you looking down on?
As a result, Byrne became even more ruthless.

The chain sword in his right hand almost penetrated the hilt into the neck of the fire dragon transformed by August Rookwood. He pulled it diagonally and opened a huge tear, and then the sword in his left hand shone with electricity. The psychic scepter was also inserted into it.

lol...

The fire dragon's spine is a bit hard. Although this chain sword is loyal and full of power, it does not have single-molecule serrations, so it is still a bit difficult to chew.

Therefore, without stopping to do anything, Bourne wanted to simply use psychic lightning to completely roast the alien.

If a normal fire dragon encountered this situation, it would probably have died a long time ago, but the Horntail dragon that August transformed into was conjured by magical means after all, and its vitality was indeed stronger than that of ordinary fire dragons.

While struggling, it desperately crawled towards the window of the suite. It suddenly figured out: it was now a fire dragon, and it had to fight hand-to-hand with a strong monster in a room. Wasn't that a great injustice?

I want to go out!

It's full of thoughts now.

The door is impassable. The key is that this is the idea it came up with before. Only the windows can go through. And as long as the windows can be broken open, it can climb out of the hotel through those huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and then spread its wings to escape from this terrible monster.

As for how many "Secrecy Laws" this will violate and whether it will attract the attention of wizards around the world, it can no longer care about that much.

(End of this chapter)