Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 131 Wuhu~Take off!

"Meow meow meow meow!"

Just when Bourne was using "Passepartout" to clear the way, and was about to open the maze of file cabinet corridors and run out of the hall of the French Ministry of Magic, Ryan, who was lying on his shoulder, suddenly let out a series of "roars" in his ears.

Not only that, it also stretched out its little claws and kept patting the helmet of Bourne Fire Dragon Armor.

The meaning was obviously telling him: You are going in the wrong direction.

"Isn't the exit this way?"

Bourne looked at the revolving door less than ten meters away from him, and then looked at the place pointed by Ryan with his chin raised. There was no door, just a life-size brass chariot sculpture.

Ryan nodded humanely.

Although magical animals generally cannot learn and master a wide variety of spells like human wizards.

However, they are highly specialized in aspects related to their magical talents.

In many cases, magical animals are more sensitive to this kind of magic than most human wizards.

Ryan has the dual bloodline of Mao Lizi and the mythical beast Zouwu. The former makes it smarter than ordinary cats, while the latter makes it have a strong affinity for space-related magic.

So when it was pointed out that the real "way out" was not a revolving door but a brass sculpture, Byrne immediately took it seriously.

"That does make sense," Bourne thought to himself.

Because, since such a complicated labyrinth of filing cabinets can be arranged in the foyer, and only 'Passepartout' can be used to break this defense mechanism, it is indeed a bit underestimating the foundation of the French Ministry of Magic.

What's more, when it comes to things like magic, what you hear with your ears is not necessarily true, and what you see with your eyes may not always be true.

Many times, wizards have to learn to follow their inner feelings and follow their intuition. And his intuition told Bourne that the "way out" pointed out by Ryan was most likely true.

So, he immediately turned around - because the change of direction was a bit fast, the Madago cat bumped into his heel - and quickly rushed towards the golden brass chariot.

"How do you open this door?" Bourne tried touching the sculpture twice, but it had no response, so he asked Lane again.

"Meow meow meow! Oooh~~"

Ryan stood upright on his hind legs, making dancing gestures with his two front paws while making some sounds with his mouth.

Still suffering from the disadvantage of not being able to speak, unlike Bourne's half-blood Sniff who could only speak well, it took Ryan a long time to explain his intentions clearly.

"You mean, let me stand on this chariot?" Bourne asked, tilting his head.

Ryan just nodded desperately, but his eyes were a little evasive, as if he didn't want to look into the dark yellow eyes behind Bourne's armor.

And Byrne soon learned why. He jumped up and onto the brass chariot set in front of him on a marble base.

Because this is a work of art that is imaginary from ancient Greek mythology, the actual size is much larger than the chariots that actually existed in history. Four or five ordinary people can stand on it without looking too crowded.

Standing on the chariot in Primaris Astartes form, Byrne looked exactly like the man who built it imagined his driver to be, the sun god Apollo.

"Then what……"

Bourne patted the railings of the chariot. After he stood on the chariot, he discovered that although the sculpture contained vague magic fluctuations, it still did not change much.

Before he could finish speaking, Ryan jumped from his shoulder to the railing of the chariot, with sharp nails popping out of his outstretched claws.

"Shuashuashua——"

Its nails scratched the reins made of gold wire, making a harsh scraping sound and causing a series of sparks.

Along with the sparks, streaks of "beep" lightning appeared on the sculptures of four winged silver horses in front of the brass chariot.

These lightning bolts seemed to turn on a certain switch, and the silver rune horses made of copper alloy suddenly came to life, and the rune-like spots on their bodies also became shiny under the baptism of electric light.

The four huge bronze horse sculptures swing their necks left and right and spread the wings on their backs, as if they are warming up for the next activity.

"Herod-"

As one of the silver rune horses neighed, the other three giant horses responded with the same neigh.

"Isn't this supposed to be..."

Bourne seemed to understand something and looked down at Ryan. At this time, the little kitten was jumping left and right excitedly on the railing a hand wide.

Don't pretend, it's a showdown!
Before Bourne could speak, the muscles on the four silver rune horses flowed like mercury, and the next second they all jumped into the air. The huge pulling force pulled the chariot, and it was instantly separated from the marble base below.

Wuhu~~take off!

The four silver rune horses flapped their wings, making a roar similar to that of thunderclouds, and flew the chariot directly from the ground to the iconic circular glass dome of the French Ministry of Magic Hall at an elevation angle of nearly 90 degrees.

The last one to get on the chariot was the Madago cat. It hugged the wheels of the chariot with its front paws, and the cat hair all over its body was blown by the strong wind.

However, the violent collision that Bourne expected did not happen. The brass chariot pulled by the silver runes carried him smoothly from the ground to the sky as if passing through a water curtain.

Bourne also had some guesses about this. He suspected that this sculpture, which seemed to have only a decorative function, was probably one of the important means of the "backward strategic advance" reserved by the French Ministry of Magic...

But no matter what, the chariot did take them away from the French Ministry of Magic.

Moreover, after this "four (Silver Talisman) horse power" chariot took off, even Bourne couldn't help but feel a familiar passion.

It may be slower than the "Thunderhawk" gunship dedicated to the Astartes, but it can definitely compete with the "Stormbird" that the Astra Militarum also rides, and it is definitely faster than any flying broomstick. Several times or even ten times.

This is already amazing!

Not only that, when flying at high speed, this brass chariot will also trigger a modified "bubble head spell" - it generates a bubble that can wrap the whole body for each passenger - allowing the passengers to Protection from overload and other negative effects.

It took Bourne a while to figure out how to use the reins to steer the chariot's direction. This kind of control system is not smart or not, the main thing is that it is friendly to novices. "We have the high-speed vehicle, and I also know the general direction." Bourne now only has one question left: "Where is Hogwarts?"

As the oldest magic school, Hogwarts is protected by layers of magic. Its exact location has always been an unsolved mystery.

No map can plot it.

Some people may ask: Isn't Hogwarts adjacent to the village of Hogsmeade? Can't you find Hogwarts when you find Hogsmeade?

But in fact, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is indeed adjacent to the village of Hogsmeade, but Hogsmeade may not actually be adjacent to Hogsmeade.

Because on the map, the village of Hogsmeade, located in Scotland, is not surrounded by mountains, huge black lakes, or the vast Forbidden Forest.

In fact, if you think about it, you can figure it out clearly. How could a large village like Hogsmeade, the only large village in the UK where all residents are wizards (it even has a train station), be built in a remote place in the middle of nowhere?

Although there are several secret passages in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that connect to Hogsmeade, these are not actually the original facilities of the castle. Rather, the collective will of generations of young wizards who "want to sneak out and play" is given to the magic school, and then the secret passage is embodied by the magic school.

Of course, after saying so much, I am actually explaining the problem of "Hogsmeade Village is not adjacent to Hogwarts".

As far as the current situation is concerned, as long as Bourne can find Hogsmeade village, then he can indeed enter the castle through the secret passage.

But the problem is, he actually doesn't know where Hogsmeade is.

On his previous trips to Hogsmeade, he either took the Hogwarts Express or the Knight Bus.

And using the operation methods of these two means of transportation to help locate the specific location of Hogsmeade Village based on their routes is really all help except practical help... useless.

The brass chariot was speeding in the sky, and in less than ten minutes, it flew from Paris to Dunkirk, which is located northwest of Paris.

It won't be long before it can carry Bourne and the others across the narrow strait and reach the skies over the British Isles.

And just when Bourne was thinking about finding a place to land, put the brass chariot on the roadside first, and then summon the knight bus to go to Hogsmeade village. Ryan seemed to predict Bourne's thoughts. The little kitten suddenly raised its head, raised its two paws and waved them firmly.

It seems to be saying: What are you thinking about? Get that thought out of your head!
Then, like an acrobat, it stepped on the reins made of woven metal wires and ran all the way from the railings of the chariot to the back of the silver horse pulling the chariot in front.

Then, just like the "throwing tiles.JPG" emoticon, Ryan's two front paws opened to the maximum arc.

"Shoot-"

A series of sparks spread along its open front paws to the silver rune horse underneath it. Then, these sparks spread from the silver rune horse to the other three silver rune horses and the chariot pulled by them.

In an instant, the Brass Chariot seemed to have entered another dimension. This little kitten with Zuowu's blood actually took the vehicle and all the passengers directly with it, and used its talent "Apparition" in an instant.

However, this time the "Apparition" did not arrive directly at Hogwarts Castle. Looking down from the dark night sky, Bourne saw a city with bright lights, a winding river, and the iconic large clock tower on the river bank. Ryan took them from Dunkirk to the skies over London.

"Papa~~"

It patted the silver rune horse under it proudly.

During the "Apparition" process just now, in order to ensure the safety of passengers, the flight speed of this alchemy vehicle automatically slowed down a bit.

And when Ryan patted the silver rune horse twice, the golden chariot seemed to have received new instructions, and its speed increased again to the same level as before.

now it's right!

When the chariot reached a certain speed again, Ryan was so excited that he roared into the wind and repeated the previous action of stretching his arms.

Disapparation was activated again.

"Shoot-"

A familiar spark, a familiar feeling.

It took less than a second for Bourne's eyes to adjust to the change in environment. This time, there was no brightly lit city under the chariot. There was only a large calm lake with sparkling waves under the moonlight. An ancient castle stood not far away, and behind him was The vast forest...

Ok?
While seeing the Forbidden Forest, Bourne inevitably noticed bursts of fire rising from the Forbidden Forest, as well as bursts of shouts coming from inside.

"Work harder!"

"Tear down the burning tree!"

"You guys, stop watching and dig the ground quickly!"

As the fire in the Forbidden Forest was discovered, Professor Kettleburn, who was wearing a prosthetic leg and an artificial hand, and the Hogwarts "Ranger Team" all ran into the Forbidden Forest. Hagrid was busy leading the mountain trolls who had just been restrained by the castle's magic. While he was working hard to cut down the burning trees, he was digging trenches in the direction of the wind and trying to build fireproof isolation belts. Those shouts were made by Hagrid when he was instructing the trolls to work.

I don’t know if it’s because of their size, but the trolls have a natural affinity for Hagrid, who is only slightly smaller than them (but limited).

Moreover, the second person in Hogwarts who learned and could speak the language of trolls proficiently was neither the talented wizard Dumbledore nor Professor Kettleburn, who had spent his entire life dealing with magical animals. It was Hagrid, a student who had been expelled.

After just over two months of studying with substitute Professor Newt, Hagrid mastered some of the unique techniques of Trollese and was able to use the pitch of his voice to express what he wanted to express.

In addition to Hagrid and Professor Kettleburn, George and Fred also ran into the Forbidden Forest to help do what they could - although Professor McGonagall disagreed, they They have indeed signed a magical contract with Hogwarts - when the Forbidden Forest is destroyed, as "rangers" they have the obligation to protect this vast forest.

"How could there be a fire in the Forbidden Forest? It's not autumn or winter?"

George held a Moon Crazy Beast cub that had lost a piece of its hair due to the flames, and carefully carried it to a temporarily opened forest clearing used for emergency first aid for magical animals after disasters. This area was originally the habitat of the Thestrals, but Professor Kettleburn's intervention made them agree to set aside an open space to treat animals injured in the fire.

And Professor Kettleburn stayed here, working tirelessly to treat the wounds of each injured magical animal.

He brought several sacks of dried fresh vegetables.

These things were originally going to be sent to Professor Sprout to be made into white essential oil, and then sent to Madam Pomfrey to prepare for the little wizards.

However, due to urgency, Professor Kettleburn could only temporarily use this batch of raw materials produced by Hogwarts for emergency purposes.

He planned to spend his own money to buy some white fresh essential oil from the market afterwards, and then send it to Madam Pomfrey to apologize.

(End of this chapter)