HP: Wizards at Hogwarts

Without any hesitation, the four people present chose to turn around and run away.

Of course, Elaine could have used the same trick again, like last time, to dodge with the Disillusionment Charm and the Confusion Charm, but he felt that using that method tonight would spoil the atmosphere.

Harry led the way, with Ron close behind. Hermione surged ahead of Neville, while Elaine, being the least likely to be caught, deliberately stayed at the back, casting a few spells to disrupt Filch's pace.

The group of five rushed to the fourth floor like a train, only to bump into a locked door.

Hermione reacted the fastest, immediately casting the "Unlock Charm" to open the door and leading the others in one after another.

Upon entering the room, the group remained vigilant, pressing their ears against the door to listen for any sounds outside.

"Strange, there's no sound. Could it be that Filch didn't follow?"

"Of course he didn't follow, because I lured him away with magic from behind."

The group was taken aback upon hearing this, and then all looked at Elivin with resentful eyes.

"Why didn't you say so sooner?!"

Elaine chuckled and said, "I found your chaotic running around quite amusing, so I didn't tell you to stop."

"Um... do you find this interesting too?"

Neville's voice came from behind.

Turning my head, I saw him slumped on the ground, trembling violently, his eyes staring blankly at the ceiling.

So everyone followed Neville's gaze and looked up together.

They then realized that this was not a room, but a corridor, specifically the one that Dumbledore had explicitly forbidden them to enter—the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor.

At this moment, they also knew why entry was prohibited.

Because a huge three-headed dog guards this place!

The dog was so big that it filled the entire space from the ceiling to the floor.

It lowered its three heads, its six eyes glaring fiercely at the uninvited guests who had invaded its territory. Saliva dripped from its yellowed teeth like sticky ropes, and it let out suppressed growls from its throat.

"Of course, that's also very interesting!"

Elaine, far from being afraid, was delighted and pushed through the crowd to stride forward.

This action left the people behind him dumbfounded.

"Elevin?!"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

"Come back quickly!!"

"Waaaaah..."

Elivin ignored the shouts from the people behind him, his eyes fixed on the large dog in front of him, not daring to relax for a moment.

Before entering Hogwarts, he had indeed killed quite a few dark wizards in Knockturn Alley and had some combat experience, but this was his first time facing magical creatures.

The magical creatures of this world possess magical resistance far exceeding that of humans. When native magic strikes them, it sometimes has only a minor effect. If you want to test the damage of another type of magic to magical creatures, this three-headed dog in front of you is the perfect test subject.

"roar--!!"

The three-headed dog let out a deafening roar, then opened its massive jaws and lunged at Elaine.

Since the start of the school year, it has been instructed to guard this place and expel anyone who enters this corridor.

Although the group had stumbled upon this place by mistake, they did not leave immediately. In fact, Elaine deliberately stepped forward, looking ready for battle, which Elaine naturally took as a provocation.

Elaine remained calm and raised his right hand.

Ice Demon Slayer Magic: Silver World!!

"Eleven, watch out..."

Harry and the others had barely uttered their exclamations when they heard a soft "whoosh" sound.

The next moment, the cold air was bone-chilling.

The group felt as if countless needles were piercing their souls.

Harry and the others couldn't help but shudder, and upon closer inspection, they were instantly stunned by what they saw—

The ceiling above, the walls on both sides, the floor underfoot, and the unseen depths of the corridor in the distance were all covered with a layer of pink ice.

The ice surface was smooth and neat, without a single gap. There were no protrusions or depressions on the walls and floor, and no icicles hanging from the ceiling formed by melting ice that had frozen again.

The entire corridor looks like an igloo painstakingly built by a professional engineering team over a whole month!

What shocked everyone the most was the large dog with three heads that was right next to them.

It was even frozen inside the ice!

From head, teeth, saliva, body to toes, his entire body was completely sealed in pink ice, with not a single hair showing.

The three heads and six eyes that had terrified everyone were now motionless in the ice.

Harry and the others couldn't hear a single breath or heartbeat, as if what lay before them was not a Cerberus from the very beginning, but a lifeless ice sculpture!

The only ones not frozen in the entire corridor were the five young wizards present.

"This...this is...what...magic...??!"

Hermione was completely dumbfounded.

Neville was so shocked that he fell to the ground, completely unaware of the chill that spread through his body from his buttocks.

Only Harry and Ron remained relatively calm.

It wasn't because they were more composed than the other two, but because they had already witnessed a similar scene once before.

On the very day of enrollment, the new students were crossing Black Lake by boat.

They witnessed Elaine freeze Black Lake into an ice lake!

Under the watchful eyes of the four, Elaine walked up to the frozen Cerberus, clenched his fist, and gently tapped it.

The fist slammed into the ice sculpture, producing a clear, ringing sound.

"Hmm...it looks pretty sturdy."

Seeing the satisfied smile on Elaine's face, Hermione immediately realized what was going on.

"Eleven, did you do this?!"

"So, if that's the case, then the Black Lake freezing over when we were crossing it by boat was also your doing?!"

Elaine immediately turned around: "Hey~ don't you dare slander me!"

"You're accusing me of slander?!"

Hermione instinctively raised her voice, pointing to the icy corridor before her, and said, "It's the same magic that instantly freezes a large area, and it's the same pink, ridiculously hard ice. You're still saying you didn't do it?"

"Are you insulting my intelligence?!"

"The ice on the Black Lake outside the castle hasn't melted yet. Should I go and fetch Professor Dumbledore to come and find the differences?"

Elivin was taken aback by what he heard.

"What did you say? The ice on Black Lake hasn't thawed yet?!"

"Oh no, I've been so busy these past few days, I completely forgot about it!"

The ice created by the Ice Exorcism Magic is different from ordinary ice, possessing extraordinary hardness and heat resistance.

It cannot be dispelled unless guided by magic of the same nature.

Hermione's eyes widened again: "You admitted it! You admitted that you froze the Black Lake!!"

Now that things have come to this, Elaine stopped pretending.

"I did it, so what?!"

"Go ahead and have Dumbledore come and arrest me!"