The years of welding at Hogwarts

His body floated high into the sky under the support of magic. As the altitude increased, Noah's vision gradually became wider.

At this moment, a dilapidated city complex in the distance, which had been half buried by sand, appeared in Noah's field of vision.

"A planet where civilization has been destroyed and no life exists anymore?"

Although the spreading magic power sensed the existence of water, the air of this planet was suitable for human breathing and survival like the Earth, but the temperature was a bit extreme due to the climate.

But Noah just couldn't sense the breath of any living creature.

Not even some insignificant plants were there.

Noah gathered the magic power around him and lowered his altitude. The magic power wrapped around his body was like a ground-skimming cannonball, shooting rapidly towards the distant city cluster.

Chapter 333 The World of Nirvana

Looking down at the dilapidated urban area from a high altitude, it doesn't seem that far away.

But in fact, Noah flew close to the ground at an extremely fast speed for nearly twenty minutes before the city rising little by little on the horizon gradually enlarged in his eyes.

Although most of it had been buried by the wind and sand for thousands of years, Noah could still see some branches among the buildings that had collapsed due to age.

The broken viaduct bridge.

Those collapsed sections of road were as wide as eight lanes, but now only bridge piers are left sticking out of the sand. Occasionally, a few relatively well-preserved broken lanes can be seen standing on the piers, like isolated islands in the sea of ​​sand.

Noah restrained his emotions and suppressed his presence to the minimum, then walked slowly in the sandstorm.

His eyes swept across the vehicles on the road covered with a thick layer of dust, from those vehicles that were more technologically advanced than modern cars, and the skyscrapers that had stood here for hundreds of years, it was clear that the level of civilization of this city before it was destroyed was no less than that of the Earth in the 21st century.

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Apart from the whistling sound of dust blowing through the buildings in the strong wind, the only sound in this completely silent city was Noah's footsteps.

Noah walked slowly to one of the cars parked on the road, stretched out his hand, brushed away the dust covering it, and what instantly caught his eyes were three skeletons in the car.

Two adults and one child, it's obvious that they are a family.

It is extremely well preserved and its posture is not distorted.

Judging from the current state of the car, the family of three in the car must have been killed instantly by some extremely powerful existence, causing the vehicle to lose control and hit the guardrail on the side of the road.

It's not just this car. All the vehicles on this road, which is about a hundred meters long, are in the same situation. All the vehicles on the entire road are in a mess, like a large car accident scene.

The skeleton inside the car...

Noah's gaze lingered for a moment on some distinctive features of the three skeletons.

With the partial knowledge of anatomy that he had learned when studying Transfiguration, he was able to tell at the moment of seeing the skulls that the three skeletons in the car were all pure human beings.

Combining the design of the car, the architectural style not far away, and most importantly, the atmospheric environment, it is not difficult to infer that the planet where this dilapidated city is located is still the Earth.

However, this is not the Earth that Noah is familiar with, but a special existence in Marvel's infinite multiverse.

A big question facing Noah now is whether the world has completely become as dead as the city Noah is in now, or is this city just an isolated example?

Glancing into the distance, Noah saw a building that had been cut in half, with the upper part leaning against another building next to it.

It was obvious that the appearance was not gradually changed by the natural erosion of time, but was the result of some extremely powerful existence fighting here.

Plus the satellite in the sky that had a corner shattered...

Noah's guess is more inclined towards the latter, that is - the whole world is as dead silent as this city, and there is no living creature other than this city.

Perhaps there are a few survivors who have managed to survive in this lost world, but judging from the thickness of the sand layer covering the city, one can infer how much time has passed since the crisis that destroyed the world broke out.

Even if there were a few lucky ones who managed to survive, they would have been extinct within at least a thousand years.

Or after losing the protection of civilization, they gradually lost the memory of their past glory in the inheritance from generation to generation, and slowly degenerated into a primitive era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, or a barbaric and cruel slave society.

Noah stared at the sand on his palms in a daze, and it took a long time for him to come back to his senses.

When Noah was reduced to ashes by the combined power of the six Infinity Stones, and then reborn under the power of the six Infinity Stones, he immediately stepped onto the battlefield of the final battle and experienced that cruel and magnificent war.

He thought that after going through so much, there would be nothing else in this world that could shake his soul so much.

But when such a completely deserted planet appeared so directly before his eyes, Noah couldn't help but feel dazed.

Everywhere he looked was desolate. Walking on the surface of this lonely planet, he was already the last living creature in the entire world. The boundless feeling of desolation almost swallowed Noah whole.

Perhaps it was out of sympathy for the dead compatriots, or perhaps it was the despair of sensing this lifeless planet floating alone in this dark and cold universe.

A wave of shock and panic hit Noah head-on like an ocean wave. It was not until a long time later that Noah gradually came to his senses and took another step to restart his lonely journey of exploring this dead star.

No longer restraining his magical fluctuations, Noah almost exploded all of his magical power, like a torch rising into the sky in the cold and lonely night.

Although doing so before finding out what this world is like is no less dangerous than lighting a bonfire in a dark forest surrounded by hunters.

But Noah no longer wanted to care about that.

Spread the exploding magic power as far as possible, so as to sense

Noah tried his best to search for any possible signs of life or activity on the ground.

Flying at high speed, Noah was like a living reconnaissance aircraft with extremely strong reconnaissance capabilities. In just over ten minutes, it had explored a large area of ​​this city that was half buried under sand.

But even if Noah's perception range reached five kilometers of light, relying only on the subsonic flight speed, the area explored in just over ten minutes was just the tip of the iceberg compared to the entire city and the surrounding satellite cities.

Slowly landing on a still standing building in the city center, Noah looked at the gradually tilting moon in the night sky and sighed softly.

He also knew that this kind of exploration actually had no real significance. It was just some meaningless actions for him to vent the emotions accumulated in his heart.

His emotions were released, so he should...

A golden spark burst out from the void beside Noah, but the golden spark that was supposed to connect end to end to form a circle just jumped for a moment before going out again.

It was not because the space around Noah was blocked that caused the portal magic to fail, but because the strange vision that appeared on the distant horizon completely attracted his attention, so that the teleportation destination that he had pre-locked in his mind was completely destroyed.

The azure light pierced through the dark night like a sharp sword, and also tore apart the sand floating in the sky, shining on the distant horizon like a pillar of light produced when a planetary engine is turned on at full power.

The mighty energy spreading in the distance suddenly brightened Noah's eyes, who had lost hope of finding survivors. Of course, it also raised his already relaxed vigilance to the highest level at this moment.

There was no need for disguise anymore. When this unknown being no longer concealed himself and sent out such a signal to himself, the two hunters who were originally hiding in the dark knew each other's approximate location.

The blazing Phoenix flames condensed into a pair of gorgeous flaming wings behind Noah. The flapping wings stirred up a whistling gale, pushing Noah's figure into the air like a cannonball.

The extremely fast speed caused the air in front of Noah to be squeezed to the extreme and turned into a round shield-like barrier.

Accompanied by a loud explosion sound caused by some kind of limit being broken, a milky white straight line in the sky extended directly towards the huge pillar of light rising into the sky in the distance.

The sky illuminated by the beam of light was no longer as dark as before, but it still looked gray because of the dust floating in the sky.

In the unclear dust haze, Noah saw the mountains on the distant horizon.

As the distance gradually shortened, Noah could see clearly that among the continuous mountain ranges, on one of the tall hillsides stood a towering castle with a slightly dilapidated appearance.

The beam of light that shot up into the sky emanated from a tower at the highest point of the dilapidated castle.

"This is……"

Familiar mountains, familiar castles.

But where there should have been a large lake, a dry lake bed was now exposed. The soil, which had not been moistened by any drop of water for thousands of years, showed an irregular cracked state.

The continuous output of magic power was cut off, and the Phoenix Fire Wings behind Noah, due to lack of magic power supply, broke into tiny flames that floated all over the sky and gradually went out in the air.

Landing on a flat land outside the main gate of the castle, Noah walked closer to the castle that was so familiar to him, and there was an inexplicable color in his eyes as he looked at it.

Despite the protection of magic, after so many years of erosion, the magic that kept the castle bright and beautiful had long lost its effectiveness due to lack of proper maintenance.

The entire Hogwarts Castle no longer has its original luxury and grandeur.

Only a dark hole remained of the castle's main entrance. The two heavy oak doors had long since turned to ashes. The ground was covered with a thick layer of dirt mixed with mud and dust, completely covering the original floor of the foyer.

In addition to the ground, every corner of the foyer is unexpectedly...

Perhaps it cannot be described as "clean", but there are no spider webs or mosses or other signs of biological activity.

Anything related to life has nothing to do with this place. There are only various cold and dead inorganic substances.

The grand staircase in the center of the castle's foyer had completely collapsed.

Standing at the door of the auditorium and looking inside, you can see that the huge windows that were originally inlaid with beautiful colored glass have been shattered beyond recognition, turning into a whole row of huge holes that leak air.

The magic candles that had been suspended in the air in the auditorium and burning quietly all fell powerlessly to the ground or on the table, covered with thick dust.

Every corner of the castle reveals a feeling of disrepair and desolation, as if it were an ancient historical relic buried underground for thousands of years.

Going up the grand staircase in the center of the castle's entrance hall, you can see that the moving magic stairs specially set up by Ravenclaw are no longer moving.

It even collapsed to the ground dozens of meters below due to the loss of magical power, and shattered into some strangely shaped building ruins.

Noah walked all the way to the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle and finally stopped in front of the oak door guarded by an ugly stone statue.

The protective magic solidified on the tattered door panel had lost its effectiveness, causing the wooden door to be only ajar but not completely closed.

There was no magical movement. When Noah walked along the stopped spiral staircase to the wooden door leading to the principal's office, the half-closed door swung open silently.

Behind the wooden door, an old figure appeared.

Although they are two different worlds, two different Hogwarts Schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

However, the principals' offices of the two schools have the same layout.

A beam of azure light shot up into the sky from the castle's astronomical tower. The light that escaped from it was so dazzling that it was almost white because of its extremely close distance. It shone through the window of the principal's office and was divided by the window frame into several narrow beams of light of different shapes.

The beam of light illuminated the countless tiny particles suspended in the air, making them look like stars dancing in the air, and also illuminated the figure standing in front of the window.

The light hit the other person, casting a very long shadow behind him.

A voice so low that it was almost like a whisper suddenly rang in Noah's ears, "This is really unexpected."

“I was surprised, too.”

His eyes were fixed on the silver sword hanging from the opponent's waist. Although it was not so clear because of the backlight, Noah could still tell it at a glance -

That is Godric Gryffindor's sword.

"I actually met Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in such a strange world and in such a form."

Chapter 334 Dimensional Demon and the Truth

"Students of Hogwarts? To be more precise, students of Hogwarts in another world?"

The silver-haired old man turned around slowly, and his old body, as stiff as a puppet, made a series of clicking sounds as he moved, as if the muscles or bones might get stuck at any time.

The old man's eyes were fixed on the Slytherin badge on Noah's chest. "From the multiverse?"

In a place where it shouldn't be, meeting a person who shouldn't be there.

This made Noah even more alert, but he still nodded, "Yes, that's true."

The four founders of Hogwarts should have lived a thousand years ago, that is, between the 10th and 11th centuries AD.

Just now, when Noah came to this alien world, he witnessed a destroyed modern city with his own eyes before the Hogwarts Castle. This also means that before this world became the horrible appearance that Noah sees now, the era it was in could not be earlier than the 21st century.

Plus the time that passed after the world became cold and silent...

In other words, the Godric Gryffindor standing in front of Noah now is at least a super old monster who has lived for two thousand years, not to mention that his actual age may be even longer than that.

In the magical world, the lifespan of a wizard is closely related to the magic power in their bodies. The more powerful the magic power, the longer the lifespan.

Some old monsters who are particularly good at surviving can rely on their powerful magic to extend their life by two or three hundred years even without the elixir of immortality brewed from the magic stone.

However, huge magic power does not mean that their combat effectiveness is equally strong.

Of course, no matter how powerful the magic is, the example of Gryffindor who has survived for two thousand years by relying on his own magic is unique in the wizarding world.

Even if Gryffindor possessed some magic that allowed it to hibernate like a turtle, spending a long time sleeping in a state with extremely little energy consumption, two thousand years was still too long.

Moreover, judging from Gryffindor's appearance, it was obvious that he had not just awakened from a deep sleep.

Just like a computer that had not been used for a very long time, after receiving a positive answer from Noah, Gryffindor never spoke another word and remained silent, with a look of extremely solemn thought on his old face.

Gryffindor remained silent for a long time. It was impossible to determine how long this old man, who had lived for at least two thousand years and to whom time was of no value at all, would remain silent.

Noah was the first to break the awkward atmosphere of face-to-face silence in the room.

"Can you tell me why the world has become what it is now?"

As if he was suddenly awakened from a doze, or interrupted in deep thought, Gryffindor suddenly raised his head, which had been lowered. The connection between the head and the body instantly made a series of clicking sounds, as if it was about to break, which was creepy.

However, Gryffindor did not directly answer Noah's question. Instead, he stared at him for a long time with a strange expression that was calm but also a little surprised.

Finally, just as Noah could no longer resist repeating his question,

After a while, Gryffindor finally opened his mouth.

"It looks like..."