The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Soon, Scott spotted an exceptionally tall and robust figure in the thinning fog.

With a height of approximately five meters or more, he was indeed no less than a giant.

As Edgar continued forward, the gray fog receded, allowing Scott to see more clearly.

Of course, he would rather he didn't see it so clearly.

Although he was mentally prepared by Helena's account, he was still disgusted when he actually saw it.

The corpse before them reeked of decay, its entire body covered in an irregular layer of ice armor, beneath which lay clumps of rotting skin, a mixture of black, green, and blue.

The corpse had been sleeping with its eyes closed, but as Edgar's flames brought light and heat, it slowly awoke and opened its pale eyes.

Scott watched as it slowly opened its mouth and let out a deafening roar.

As it roared, green gas spewed from its mouth, causing Scott to involuntarily take several steps back.

Edgar quickly flapped his wings and flew higher, dodging the green gas while spitting out a white line of fire.

The ice corpse seemed to want to dodge, but its movements were extremely stiff and slow, and the scorching fire line undoubtedly struck its head.

The ice corpse staggered back two steps but did not fall.

His face, which was not protected by the ice armor, was charred black by Edgar's fire, but he still did not lose his ability to move. Instead, he slowly reached out his hand, as if trying to grab Edgar.

The agile Edgar was not caught by it. While dodging, the fire in his mouth never stopped, and he avoided the ice armor on the ice corpse, constantly burning its face.

But after a while, the ice corpse did not fall down. Instead, it continued to walk forward despite Edgar's attacks.

Scott did not act rashly, but took a few steps back and turned to look at the picture frame floating to the side.

In the painting, Ravenclaw says, "The best way to deal with this is with fire. If that doesn't work, increase the temperature of the fire."

Scott nodded and waved his wand.

"The flames are raging."

This time, he increased the amount of magic he used, while adjusting the temperature of the flames. The newly appeared fireballs in front of him were blue, representing high temperatures.

Scott's hands moved without stopping. Before he could swing his wand, the blue fireball suddenly began to transform, elongating from a sphere into a long, sharp flaming spear.

With a forceful swing of his wand, the flaming spear shot forward at incredible speed.

At the same time, Edgar skillfully stepped aside.

In an instant, the blue flame spear struck the ice corpse's face, then pierced through its massive head and the layer of ice armor behind it.

With its head completely pierced, the ice corpse finally stopped moving and fell straight to the ground.

After it fell, the body quickly burst into flames, and even the thick layer of ice armor covering its entire body could not stop it.

But as the flames burned brighter and brighter, strange gases of various colors, such as blue, green, and black, emanated directly from the burning corpse and then spread rapidly.

"Watch out!" Helena exclaimed.

"Armor protects you!"

Scott pointed his wand forward, and a silver beam of light connected with the magical barrier surrounding him, beginning to amplify the barrier's strength to the maximum extent.

Such actions were not in vain. When the gas emanating from the corpses came into contact with the magic barrier, Scott clearly sensed that the magic barrier was being rapidly damaged by the unknown gas.

If he hadn't filled it in time, this protective shield might not have been able to hold.

“This is too dangerous,” Helena said, frowning. “It must be some kind of deadly poison.”

“Luckily, I was prepared,” Scott said.

"We need to be extra careful from now on," Helena warned him. "The number of monsters ahead will gradually increase."

Scott wasn't too surprised by this.

However, he wasn't too worried.

"Fortunately, these ice corpses are also countered by high-temperature flames, so they can be defeated from a distance."

As he spoke, he continued to replenish the magic barrier while moving forward.

A few minutes later, after passing the corpse, in the now wider passage, two more frozen corpses blocked the way.

Having learned from past experience, Scott didn't wait for them to fully awaken this time, and used two flaming spears to pierce their skulls in one go.

As Helena had predicted, the number of corpses blocking their path steadily increased along the way.

But these things didn't really bother Scott.

Even while fighting all the way, his magic power remained abundant, and he could easily create a dozen flaming spears and fire a volley without any difficulty.

Of course, the two golden acorns that Savannah gave him also played a part in enabling such powerful endurance.

Scott was quite pleased with the increased mana regeneration speed that the two golden acorns contained within, even though he rarely used them.

Furthermore, as Scott spent more and more time manipulating flames with magic, his movements became more skillful, and he became more adept at transforming flames, a form of pure energy that is not matter.

His movements against the ice corpses became increasingly fluent, and he did not slow down his advance despite the increase in the number of ice corpses.

After passing through a "checkpoint" blocked by seven ice corpses, he finally saw two tightly closed giant doors on the mountain wall ahead.

They seemed to have arrived at a hollow inside the mountain, a space several times larger than the Great Hall of Hogwarts.

Scott walked straight to the mountain wall, looked up at the two huge stone doors, and carefully examined the somewhat blurry inscriptions carved on them.

These are also the initial runes.

With the combined efforts of Scott and Ravenclaw, the meaning of these runes was quickly deciphered.

The general meaning is—

Welcome to Niflheim, newcomer.

The obstacles ahead are merely to prove that you are truly qualified to inherit the ideals of "Asgard".

As you might expect, behind the door lies the place where we store our knowledge.

But these two doors cannot be pushed open.

You must use "Yuktrahiel"!

Use the power of space to break through the barrier of the door!

Only by fully mastering that magic can you get what you want.

Chapter 516 Scott's Harvest

"Is it only possible to break through the gate using spatial magic?"

Helena floated straight forward.

"If I could just go in..."

She was halfway through her sentence when her forehead silently bumped against the door.

Helena stepped back and covered her forehead with her hand.

Her expression was somewhat strange.

“This feeling…” she murmured, “Although I still can’t feel pain, I have the experience of ‘touching’ again…”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but reach out, as if she had received a new and interesting toy, and kept touching the door.

After a long while, she came to her senses and realized that Scott and Ravenclaw were looking at her.

"I...I'm..."

Seemingly feeling ashamed of her behavior, she began to stammer.

"It's alright, Helena."

In the painting, Ravenclaw looks at her with a loving expression.

"It was a good thing you were able to leave Hogwarts Castle, wasn't it?"

Scott laughed and said, "At least it was a novel experience."

"me……"

Helena, who has always been very image-conscious, still seems unable to accept it.

Scott quickly changed the subject, "Now let me try it, with 'Yuktrasil'."

As he spoke, he raised his hand, pointed his wand at the door, and chanted a spell.

"Askr Yggdrasills!"

A hazy light shone from the tip of the wand.

The light was not bright; rather, it had a somewhat dim and unclear quality.

The light shone on the heavy stone gate, outlining one strangely shaped rune after another.

The runes were small, with connected strokes forming a clear tree-like pattern.

Then, the root part of the pattern changed again.

The three largest tree roots spread outwards, forming a fist-sized circle on the stone gate.

Within that circular area, the stone gate disappeared.

Scott maintained his magic as he approached, peering through the circular hole into the stone doorway.

Unfortunately, the inside of the door was pitch black.

“The stone gate does indeed react with Yggdrasil,” Ravenclaw said. “But if you want to get in, you have to carve out a space that is at least big enough for yourself to pass through.”

Rimbaud suggested, "We can also turn Edgar back to his original size; he can fit through this hole!"

Scott shook his head.

"That doesn't make any sense."

The precious knowledge that Asgard deliberately hid here must not be so easy to obtain.

not to mention……

"I still have plenty of time. This is a great place to practice spatial magic."

The stone gate before us can keenly react to the spatial super-magic "Yuktrasil," making it the perfect practice tool.