The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Under the dense shade of the trees, even if the monitor lizard raises its head, it cannot see the red dragon in the sky above.

Scott and Savannah simply stepped out of the monitor lizard's mouth and went to the tree roots.

Just then, they heard the roar of a dragon from the sky again.

Perhaps because their target was not there, the dragon's roar seemed very distant to them and had no direct impact on them.

Scott turned to Savannah and asked, "Can you close the passageway?"

Savannah nodded.

"The passage here only appeared because the passage to the outside world was opened. In other words, this is the passage that leads to the other side."

She reached out and gently touched the rough bark of the oak tree.

"However, closing the passage will take time."

Scott thought for a moment, “Block the passage first, then you can shut it off completely.”

Savannah nodded and raised the long wooden staff in her hand.

As the green light flashed, new branches instantly sprouted from the trunks of the oak trees near the passage.

These newly grown branches intertwine into a net, layer upon layer, like a giant, green cocoon, tightly enveloping the black passage.

Then, Savannah's long wooden staff made contact with the oak tree.

The long wooden staff, which originally resembled a withered branch, seemed to resonate with the oak tree and suddenly turned into a shimmering gold.

The warm, gentle gold light flowed like the winter sun, enveloping the oak tree and moving back and forth between the trunk and branches.

Even the cocoon that enveloped the passage was slowly dyed gold.

"Roar……"

Although the sudden flash of gold wasn't particularly eye-catching, it still caught the red dragon's attention.

A shadow suddenly fell over the sky, and the dragon's roar seemed to be right next to us.

Strangely, the oak tree above Scott and Savannah's heads remained unaffected.

A dragon's roar that caused all the moon vines in the thorn forest to fall was like a gentle breeze to the golden oak tree that was now shimmering with light.

The sound waves and storm brought by the dragon's roar disappeared into the rustling of the leaves, and even Scott and Savannah were completely unaffected.

"So this is the safe zone?"

Scott muttered something to himself and glanced at Savannah, who was casting a spell to try and close the passage.

He extended his magical perception to its maximum range, vigilantly guarding her side to prevent a sudden attack from Slytherin.

Before Slytherin could appear, he knelt on one knee and plunged his wand into the ground with his other hand.

The soil ahead began to churn, revealing rocks.

Even the giant lizards that had just "transported" them here have turned back into rolling mud and rocks.

The soil and rocks seemed to have been churned together on their own, dividing into four parts.

Scott raised his left hand and threw four magical gems of different colors into the soil and rocks.

An invisible magic swept through like a storm, stirring the surrounding wildflowers and blades of grass.

When the magical storm subsided, four enormous animal-shaped "summoned beasts" reappeared before him.

Monitor lizard, Golza.

Fire Raven, Edgar.

Sailfish, sirraine.

Golden Eagle, Horus.

Their appearance is more ferocious and rugged than ever before, even carrying an indescribable wildness.

This wildness was one of the things Scott learned from Savannah.

The summoned creatures immediately sprang into action upon their appearance, positioning themselves in four directions around the oak tree to act as a sentinel.

But Scott's actions did not stop.

He summoned Ymir again, and then used whatever materials were available to create nine frost giants, which Ymir led to form a circle around the "summoned beasts".

Immediately afterwards, he began to utilize the four elements that each of the "summoned beasts" was good at to create "Gungnir" with the four elements as its core.

Four spears were made as a set, and four sets were made in total, each suspended around the oak tree.

After finishing all that, he began to rest, panting.

Since leaving the Flower Sea Secret Realm, his magic power has been somewhat depleted.

So he took out the [Magic Crystal] and held it in his left palm, beginning to replenish his magic power in the fastest and most convenient way.

Just then, his ever-present magical perception detected spatial fluctuations emanating from the exit passage above.

Savannah's work to close the passage has reached its most critical moment.

If Slytherin doesn't show up soon, he'll have no chance.

Scott became extremely vigilant.

At that very moment, a burst of black mist erupted at Savannah's feet, and the figure of Slytherin silently emerged from the soil, appearing behind Savannah.

A dazzling red beam shot out from the pale white bone staff in his hand, piercing through Savannah's body from behind without any obstruction.

The beam of light did not stop after passing through Savannah's body; it continued forward, piercing the thick trunk of the oak tree in front of her.

The black mist dissipated, and the red light went out.

Slytherin turned to look at Scott, who had been standing there watching coldly.

He reached out his hand and watched as it passed directly through Savannah's body.

"phantom?"

He frowned.

"No, if it's an illusion, why is my perception wrong? Is it spatial magic?"

He looked up at the cocoon enveloping the passage in mid-air, then looked at Scott again.

"That's really amazing."

He ignored Savannah's phantom and walked directly up to Scott, meeting his gaze.

"By exploiting the slight spatial fluctuations generated when the passage was closed, the inhibitory force on spatial magic was broken, and a perfect spatial spell was set up."

He directly revealed Scott's secret arrangements.

"And it didn't forget to leave behind an illusion containing the fluctuations of its own magical power to deceive my senses."

"As expected of Mr. Slytherin."

Scott laughed and snapped his fingers.

Huge white primordial runes appeared and disappeared in the air, connecting with each other to form a tree-like structure.

The tree-shaped rune pattern almost overlaps the entire oak tree.

As the rune pattern faded completely, the oak tree disappeared, the passage disappeared, and Savannah disappeared as well.

Only Scott and Slytherin remained, surrounded by the "summoned beasts," "Gungnir," and the Frost Giants.

Beneath their feet, a blue, frigid aura flowed, instantly transforming the entire land into incredibly hard frozen soil.

Slytherin glanced at the frozen ground beneath his feet.

Undoubtedly, this land is filled with cold air, which is also the magic of the frost giants, and has become Scott's home ground.

If the cold air cannot be dispelled, Slytherin cannot easily escape from underground, nor can they manipulate the clay to create more ceramic dolls.

Just then, another Scott appeared on the outer edge of the encirclement, standing on Ymir's shoulder.

The Scott body before Slytherin collapsed, its surface turning into a flowing, bright silver.

Swish!

Its hands stretched out and transformed into sharp blades, slicing through Slytherin's body in a crisscross motion.

Slytherin's body dissipated into black mist, only to coalesce again unharmed on the other side.

The moment he reappeared, four spears of different colors fell from the sky, intersected and converged within his body, and then exploded.

The four elements erupted simultaneously, white light dyed the sky and earth white, and the explosive energy formed a hurricane.

When everything dissipated, a large crater appeared on the cold, hard permafrost.

Black smoke appeared out of nowhere, and Slytherin reappeared in another location.

This time he looked rather disheveled, his black robe was tattered, and there were several charred marks on his skin.

"It turns out that it wasn't that girl who was pulled into the other dimension, but you and me."

Slytherin raised his hand and wiped his mouth.

"No wonder that red dragon never attacked us."

"This is the perfect battlefield; no one can disturb us."

Standing on Ymir's shoulders, Scott looked down at Slytherin.

"Only by defeating me can you leave this alternate dimension."

He reluctantly put away the [Magic Crystal], which had shrunk even further.

"I never imagined that a wizard like you would appear a thousand years later."

Slytherin sighed as if in distress, and black flames once again ignited around him.

The surging black flames completely enveloped his body.

Accompanied by a series of shrill screams, one after another, exceptionally ferocious and terrifying faces appeared in the flames.

Those faces were crowded together, constantly enlarging and shrinking, as if they were eager to break free from their restraints.

Scott, watching this scene from the other side, immediately frowned.

He felt that Slytherin's soul was scattered.