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Chapter 348 Marauder's Map Completed
Professor Luke initially looked confused, but quickly recalled what had happened, his expression turning terrified, and his voice trembled as he said:
"Gandalf, Professor Gandalf, I saw the man in the shadows! He is not a man! He is an evil and powerful ghost!"

I was patrolling the castle when I found two unconscious students on the second floor. One of them ambushed me from behind and used a petrification spell to immobilize me! Then... then a white ghost emerged from the student's body, entered my body, and took control of me!
I was no match for him at all. He suppressed me in an instant. I could only watch helplessly as he manipulated my body, pretended to be me, and left with the two students and you, and then came to the school clinic.

Taking advantage of Mrs. Amanda's momentary lapse in attention, it controlled my body, attacked her, then left my body, entered Mrs. Amanda's body, and disappeared!

Upon hearing Professor Luke's series of words, Gandalf's expression also turned serious.

What exactly is Saruman trying to do?
First it possessed Professor Luke, then it possessed Mrs. Amanda, going around in circles as if it were playing with them.

But Saruman was willing to risk being caught, and such a large-scale operation could not have been without a target.

Soon after, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the school clinic.

Gandalf turned his head and saw Professor Edward using the Levitation Charm to float a person into the infirmary.

Gandalf's eyes narrowed, and he saw that the floating person was none other than Lady Amanda, whom they were looking for.

However, at this moment, Mrs. Amanda was in a coma and her face was deathly pale.

“Edward, where did you find Amanda?” Gandalf asked.

Edward's face was grave, and he said in a deep voice:
“We found her in an empty room, and she was unconscious when we found her. And according to the portrait, Amanda seemed to be looking for something, and even broke into the principal’s private tower, trying to leave through the fireplace there.”

But all the fireplaces in the castle had long been turned off by the headmaster, so after her failed attempt, she quickly left the tower and finally found her unconscious in a room on the fifth floor.

"Mrs. Galadriel said that the ghost was no longer in Amanda's body, and according to the portrait, Mrs. Amanda had been in contact with many students during the time she left the school infirmary, and those students had all returned to their dormitories and been in contact with other students."

So now, every student is potentially possessed, and even professors aren't safe!

Upon hearing this, Gandalf immediately guessed: "He's looking for the fireplace? That means he's sensed danger and is preparing to escape via the Floo Network?"

After all, there is a magical barrier outside the castle, erected by Lady Galadriel using the Water Ring.

Even in his ghost form, Saruman had no chance of escaping.

If Saruman is caught, he will be doomed, possibly even dying completely with no chance of resurrection.

After all, the castle now houses three owners of the Elven Rings, plus Dui, their mortal enemy.

If Saruman doesn't find a way out, he will only face certain death.

Since the opening of the magic school, Dui has shut down the Floo Network on the public fireplaces in the castle, allowing access only to the fireplaces in his private tower.

Therefore, one of Saruman's objectives in this operation was clearly to escape the castle through Dui's private fireplace.

He just didn't expect that after Galadriel set up a magical barrier outside the castle, blocking any possibility of escape, Dui also shut down all the fireplaces, preparing to trap Saruman and prevent him from escaping again.

However, besides the fireplace, Gandalf also remembered that there was a Vanishing Cabinet in the castle.

He hurriedly asked Edward, "That vanishing cabinet that can lead to other places must be kept safe and not given the enemy a chance to escape!"

Edward nodded and assured him, "Professor Gandalf, rest assured, the Headmaster has already given instructions on this matter, so those Vanishing Cabinets have all been placed in the underground vault and entrusted to the dragon Smaug for protection. They are absolutely safe!"

"That's good! This time we must catch the person hiding in the shadows and not give him a chance to escape!"

Gandalf, Galadriel, and the other professors conducted another investigation, carefully examining all the students who had been in contact with Lady Amanda. They discovered that several students showed signs of possession and had been subjected to an amnesiac spell, leaving them with no memory of being possessed.

Moreover, these students include people from all four houses, so everyone in each house could potentially be possessed by Saruman.

Faced with such a cunning Saruman, everyone was completely clueless.

While Gandalf and his companions continued their investigation...

In the undisturbed office,
Thanks to the tireless efforts of Dui and Elrond over three days and three nights, the Marauder's Map is finally complete!

The Marauder's Map is made from a single dragon skin and includes not only Hogwarts Castle, but also Hogsmeade, Brie, and a map that stretches from the Last Bridge in the east to Southhill Ridge in the south, Old Tomb Ridge in the west, and Northhill Ridge in the north, encompassing almost the entire central region of Elriador.

The map is very detailed and complete. Except for Hogwarts Castle, Hogsmeade, and Brie, the maps of other places were drawn by Elrond.

If time were not a constraint, Elrond's wisdom and erudition would have made it possible to draw even a larger map.

On this map of Eliado, all the names of people within the area drawn on the map will appear on it, and the names will move as the characters move.

Furthermore, thanks to the collaboration between Dui and Elrond, the map possesses extraordinary magical properties.

Not only can it be enlarged or shrunk, but it can also present a three-dimensional map. People's names can be turned into three-dimensional figures by tapping them with a magic wand, allowing people to clearly see all of their movements on the map.

It looks like a miniature version of central Eliador, presented on the dragon skin map, and it's incredibly realistic.

The map can even automatically mark the names of people with or without malicious intent. The names of ordinary, harmless people are marked in emerald green, while those of malicious people are marked in red.

This map is on a completely different level from the Marauder's Map that Dui remembered.

After completing the Marauder's Map, Dui's first action was to check for Saruman's whereabouts in the castle.

He spread the Marauder's Map on the table and tapped the map a few times with his wand at the location of Hogwarts Castle.

The Hogwarts Castle on the map zoomed in rapidly, becoming clearer and more detailed.

"Saruman, Saruman, where are you?" Dui murmured as he searched.

There are over two hundred names in the castle, and it will take some time to find them.

However, both Dui and Elrond immediately spotted Saruman's name.

Because only Saruman's name stands out in a striking scarlet red among all the emerald green names, as if written in blood.

Furthermore, there is another name that shares the same name as Saruman.

Upon seeing the overlapping name, Dui's pupils contracted, and his expression instantly turned ugly.

"How could it be him!"

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(End of this chapter)