Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

"Are all the people here?" Rosier counted the number of his Fire Snakes and nodded after confirming again and again, "Only seven left... That's enough, let's go."

"Gris, you go to the front and scout the way. Everyone else, follow behind him and be on guard around." Rozier commanded them to form a V-shaped formation and put himself at the end of the team.

Gris was the yellow-haired man who had suffered two defeats before. He walked to the front of the team reluctantly, took out his wand and began to move forward while being alert.

Rozier then said to Ethan and the other man, "As for the two of you, just stay by my side and don't think you can do anything."

"Don't worry, Mr. Rozier, I will be very honest." Ethan dragged out his voice and said sarcastically, "Please be merciful and don't embarrass us."

"Oh, you'd better." Rozier reached out and pushed Ethan forward, "Let's go!"

Cassandra immediately stepped forward to support the staggering Ethan, turned around and glared at Rozier, then supported Ethan and began to move forward slowly without saying a word, following the team in front.

Not long after they walked, Gris, who was in the front, suddenly stopped, and the group stopped walking.

"Why did you stop?" Rozier asked dissatisfiedly to Gris who was exploring the way in front.

"There's a thornback spider's nest ahead." Gris turned around and reported, "The spider web is blocking the way, and there are many thornback spiders in the nest. Should we go around to the other side?"

"No need, let me do it." Rozier pushed through the crowd and walked to the front, with a red light flashing in his eyes.

The spider webs that blocked the way were instantly burned clean by the dark red flames, and also alarmed more than a dozen thornback spiders in the nest. They turned their car-sized bodies, clicked their fangs, and quickly crawled towards Rosier.

A scarlet lightning-like energy was released from Rozier's hand, spreading out and hitting all the thornback spiders in the nest. The thornback spiders hit by the lightning were instantly blown into pieces, and body fluids splattered everywhere.

"Let's keep going." Rozier said, and a red light flashed in his eyes again. The spider web at the other end of the nest was instantly engulfed by flames.

"See? I am now completely different from before, full of power." Rosier returned to the back of the team and whispered to Cassandra, his eyes full of pride, "If you can become my partner, I will have a reason to introduce you to that lord. Your qualifications are not worse than mine, and you will definitely be able to obtain this power."

"I don't need it!" Cassandra turned her head away impatiently, "Can you please leave me alone for a while!"

"Don't be so quick to refuse, Miss Volley." Rosier shook his head indifferently, "When you meet that gentleman, you will definitely change your mind."

"But I would really like to meet and have a chat with the adult you mentioned." Ethan suddenly interrupted.

Chapter 133 The plan to destroy Hogwarts was made by that adult

"But I would really like to meet and have a chat with the adult you mentioned." Ethan said suddenly.

"Why, you feel you can't beat them so you want to join us?" Rozier seemed to be in a good mood, looking at Ethan jokingly, "Or are you beginning to feel attracted by the power I have? Do you really want to have it for yourself?"

"Sorry, I have no interest in your so-called powerful strength." Ethan sneered as if he had heard an awkward joke, "I'm just a little curious."

"What are you curious about?"

"I'm curious why he would choose someone like you. What are his criteria for selecting people?" Ethan glanced at Rozier and looked up at the dome of the cave. "Besides, a loser like you can be reborn to this extent after being given power by him, so what level can he reach?"

"Heh, you're jealous of me being chosen by that master and given power, right?" Rosier released a small stream of magical energy from his fingertips and played with it in his palm. "It can't be helped. This kind of thing depends on talent and opportunity. And I just happen to be the lucky chosen one."

"That's all you're calling the Chosen One?" Ethan laughed disdainfully. "Then this title is really worthless."

"Then you are totally wrong. You have to know that I am still just a beginner." Rozier's voice suddenly became louder, emphasizing the word "beginner". "Although the power I have now is only a fraction of that master's, aren't you helpless against me?"

“This is the first time I’ve seen someone talk about his own cooking so confidently.” Ethan turned his eyes to the side and chuckled.

High emotional intelligence: a promising future.

Low emotional intelligence: very unskilled.

"Whatever you say. But I am stronger than you now, that is unquestionable, isn't it?" Rozier shrugged, not caring about Ethan's sarcasm. After all, in his opinion, this was just the reluctance of a prisoner, and he was a magnanimous person, so there was no need to bother with him.

"Strong? There are always people who are better than you. No matter how strong you are, can you compare to Professor Dumbledore?" Ethan acted like a fanatical fan of Dumbledore and said with admiration, "Professor Dumbledore is the greatest wizard in the world today. He once defeated the most vicious and evil Dark Lord Grindelwald. Even though he is old now, the You-Know-Who was still afraid of him before he disappeared. Do you really think you can beat him?"

"Dumbledore?" Rosier sneered, "In front of our power, Dumbledore is nothing."

"Really? Since Dumbledore is nothing to you, why did you sneak into Hogwarts? Wouldn't it be better to just barge in openly?" Ethan sneered, "I think you are just bragging."

"Because now is not the right time. Once everything is ready, we will wipe out the entire Hogwarts according to the plan, including the Dumbledore you mentioned." Rosier said confidently.

"What's the plan to wipe out Hogwarts?"

"I can tell you that the plan to destroy Hogwarts was made by that adult." Rosier's eyes were filled with longing. "We will follow the plan to kill Headmaster Dumbledore first, and then the deans of each college, McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick and Garrick. Finally, we will raze this castle and the surrounding villages and towns to the ground, and Hogwarts will be completely wiped out from this world! Yes, completely wiped out, including everyone in the castle!"

"Come on, if you really have that ability, you would have done it a long time ago. Why are you still saying things like 'it's not the right time'?" Ethan snorted, "I don't think you can even beat the deans, let alone Professor Dumbledore."

"We are not completely sure at the moment, but we will be sure soon." Rosier smiled sinisterly, "Why do you think we came to Hogwarts?"

"For what?"

"According to an ancient book, there is a secret vault under Hogwarts. Inside is a treasure buried in ancient times. If you get it, you will gain omniscience and omnipotence. And that is what we need."

As Rozier spoke, he shot out a stream of energy in his hand to the side, smashing a giant eight-eyed spider that was hiding at the top of the stone path and watching with eager eyes.

"We had already found the entrance to the passage, but the stone wall was too solid and could not be moved no matter what we did. We were troubled by this. If you hadn't appeared and opened the passage, I'm afraid we would still be outside the stone wall at a loss."

"Damn it, it's actually like this!" Ethan squeezed out two lines of exaggerated tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with mixed regret, "If we hadn't barged in so suddenly, maybe we wouldn't have..."

"That's right. Thanks to you two, we can finally get that power. I want to thank you for that!" Rozier was very pleased with Ethan's regretful look. "You know what, Ethan? I've always wanted to see this expression of yours, the expression of regret for screwing up everything. Hahahahahaha!"

"No." Ethan's eyes suddenly became sharp. He stared at Rozier, as if he had discovered something wrong, and said aggressively, "Since the secret treasure is so important, why didn't the master personally come to preside over this operation, but only sent a beginner like you? Isn't he afraid of complications and accidents?"

"And according to what you said, if you can get it, Hogwarts can be easily destroyed. If the adult comes here directly, can't he get the power earlier and achieve his goal? Isn't it redundant to send someone to take the thing back?"

"You really won't cry until you see the coffin." Rozier laughed strangely, "In a sense, I admire you, Ethan. You are obviously imprisoned and your life is in danger, but you can still think so calmly. Well, I will satisfy your little curiosity. Who can blame me for being kind-hearted?"

"The reason why that gentleman did not come in person is because he had more important things to do - preparing for his own resurrection ceremony!"

"Resurrection? That's impossible!" Ethan's pupils shrank suddenly. "Let's not talk about the iron rule that the dead cannot be resurrected. Since he's already dead, how can he prepare his own resurrection ceremony 'personally'?"

Chapter 134: Still the One Who Answers All Questions

"It's very simple, because that sir is really very strong. Even if he loses his body, he can still survive in the world with just his soul." Rosier's eyes gradually became fanatical, "However, a soul without a body cannot absorb this power. Therefore, he needs a body strong enough to accommodate this power, and for this reason, he prepared this resurrection ceremony."

"A ritual to build a body, huh?" Ethan muttered to himself, remembering what Professor Figo had said in the school hospital two months ago, with a gleam in his eyes.

[The ritual of Teminig was not to summon any demons, but to create a strong enough body for the dark wizard who had lost his original body.]

So that's how it is. Everything can be sorted out.

Although the dark wizard lost his body, his soul survived under some kind of protection and was able to wander the world with his soul alone like Voldemort.

And he certainly would not be satisfied with the way of survival with only soul but no body, so he prepared the ceremony in Terminigo. However, due to Tony's interference, he failed in the end and could only lie dormant and wait for the next opportunity.

However, he probably used some method to create a temporary body. The black-robed man he had seen in Hogsmeade before should be the same person as the adult mentioned by Rosier.

The power that protected his soul might be an inferior version of ancient magic, or something else. But no matter what, he was now bound to the inferior version of ancient magic, and ordinary magic could not hurt him.

As expected, the attack on Gringotts Vault No. 12 was organized by him, just for the ancient magic items left behind by Percival and others.

However, he probably did not expect that there was only a memory for reminder in Vault No. 12, and no inheritance from masters. The truly valuable things were all in the key box that Mr. George gave to Professor Figo.

I just wonder what his expression will be when he breaks in and finds there's nothing inside except a Pensieve.

happy.

If the above inference is correct, then based on the intelligence he overheard in Hogsmeade that day, the ceremony Rosier mentioned should be the big move that the man in black robes said would be made around Christmas.

That is to say, the current state of that adult is not very good. Not only is his temporary body on the verge of breaking and unable to maintain, but the damage to his soul should also be serious, otherwise he would not have moved the ceremony that was supposed to be prepared in the spring of next year forward to Christmas. It is obvious that he cannot hold on for that long, so he is eager to regain his body.

Seeing this, it was even more necessary for me to stop him personally. I had to kill him while he was still sick and absolutely could not let him regain his body and recover to his full strength.

As the saying goes, the law of victory is to kill you before you turn back into your complete form.

Not to mention that now only I who mastered ancient magic could have a chance to defeat him. In a sense, what Rosier said was not wrong. Even someone as strong as Dumbledore would find it difficult to deal an effective blow to him without being able to use ancient magic.

As for the Fire Snake Party, they are probably just peripheral tools that can be easily discarded. The core members of this group of black wizards should only be guys like Rosier who can master inferior ancient magic. From their previous conversation, it can be seen that the relationship between superiors and subordinates is already very obvious.

Finally, I would like to thank Master Rozier for his explanation. He answered all the questions and provided generous portions. The children were so moved that they cried.

So, there is only one last piece of the puzzle left. Let's verify whether our inference is correct.

"However, this ritual shouldn't be simple, right?" Ethan frowned. "Even if black magic is used, it is almost impossible to regrow a broken limb, not to mention building a complete human body from scratch. Is that gentleman so confident that he will not fail?"

"You are right. It is indeed very complicated." Rosier nodded and said, "As far as I know, the adult had already tried it once before I joined them. But because the ceremony was carried out in a hurry and the preparations were not perfect, it was not successful."

"But this time is different. We have made all the necessary preparations. The time and place have been carefully selected and will be absolutely foolproof. That master will definitely return like lightning."

"There was one before? And it was before I joined..." Ethan muttered to himself, and suddenly raised his voice, "Could it be that the rebellion of the dark wizards in Teminig was your ritual?"

"Yes, that's right." Rozier nodded. "You can actually think of this. You have a very quick mind."

Very good, they all matched. It seemed my guess was not wrong.

"It's just the most basic reasoning." Ethan slowed down his pace and looked thoughtful. "And I guess the next ceremony will be held around Christmas, right?"

"Yes, it was Christmas Eve, the day before Christmas. You guessed it right, but what's the point of guessing now?" Rozier said sarcastically, "Even if you figured out everything, what can you do in your current prisoner situation?"

"I just want to confirm my judgment. And I can't guess everything. I still have no idea where you hold the ceremony, right?" Ethan glanced at Rozier and casually asked the last question he needed.

"It's in Red Grave City. It's a good place, right? There are enough spiritual veins and population, and we can draw enough magic to support the operation of the ritual. It is also remote enough. By the time the Ministry of Magic and the Aurors in London react, the ritual will have been completed."

The team suddenly stopped again, and Rozier, who turned around to talk to Ethan, almost bumped into the back of the person in front of him.

"What's wrong again?" Rozier shouted impatiently.

"There's no road ahead!" Gris, who was at the front of the team, turned around and shouted.

In front of everyone was a small stone platform extending from the opposite rock wall. This stone platform was not connected to the stone wall where they were, but was on the other side of the cave.

Three metal gates stood side by side on the stone platform. The stone wall above each gate was inlaid with a metal badge the size of a car tire. The badge was engraved with a symbol of ancient magic made up of three twisted lines. The white flash that Ethan had seen before was emitted by them.

However, the stone path under their feet came to an abrupt end here, with no sign of extending forward. One step further would lead to a bottomless ravine. Moreover, they were not close to the stone platform, so it was difficult to cross this abyss.

Chapter 135 Surprise, motherfucker!

Rozier squeezed to the front of the team, carefully examined the terrain ahead, and his eyes finally fell on the badge above the gate.

"It's just a magical channel, just wake it up."

As Rozier spoke, a scarlet lightning bolt was released from his palm, striking the emblem above the middle gate.

The symbol on the badge lit up with a dark red light and began to rotate slowly in a clockwise direction.

Boom!

A dull sound came from the dark cave under their feet, and three stone pillars slowly rose from the darkness below, stopping when they reached the same height as the stone road under their feet.

Rozier then emitted a dark red beam of light from his palm, hitting the badge on the left. The symbol on the badge flashed a dim red light and trembled slightly.

Click!

Dozens of stone slabs of various shapes descended from the top of the cave and floated above the three stone pillars.

Rozier swung out another ball of light, which hit the badge on the far right. The badge spun rapidly counterclockwise, and the red light on the symbol gradually became brighter.

bass--

All the suspended stone slabs were pieced together to form a complete bridge deck, which landed on the three stone pillars below. A silvery-white light flashed across the surface of the stone bridge like electroplating, and the stone bridge deck was instantly covered with a layer of metal.

hum-

The doors of the three gates across the bridge disappeared quickly, leaving three empty door frames, and the spacious square hall inside the door was visible. The decoration style inside the square hall was similar to the round hall and corridor that Ethan had seen before, and it was designed by Percival and others.

"Ethan, you go first."

Rozier pushed Ethan and drove him onto the bridge.

After watching Ethan walk safely across the bridge and reach the platform on the opposite side, Rozier breathed a sigh of relief and let the others cross the bridge with him.

When the last person stepped onto the stone platform, the stone bridge instantly lost the metal decoration on its surface. The bridge deck was broken into stone slabs of different sizes and flew to the top of the cave. The three load-bearing stone pillars also slowly sank and disappeared into the deep darkness.

The Fire Snake Party member who had just stepped onto the stone platform turned his head to look at the stone bridge that disappeared with his footsteps. With cold sweat on his forehead, he moved away from the edge and took a few quick steps toward the inside of the stone platform.

"Is this the place you're looking for?" Ethan knew it clearly, but he still pretended to be confused as he approached the door and looked at the square hall inside. "It doesn't look like an ancient decoration."

"Don't move." Rozier's expression suddenly changed. Dozens of red light balls flew out from his side and surrounded Ethan. "I'm sorry, Mr. Ethan. Your journey ends here."

"Rosier! What are you doing?" Cassandra immediately drew out her wand, pointed at Rosier and shouted, "Stop it now!"

"Miss Vole, you have nothing to do here. Just watch from the sidelines as a spectator." Rosier waved his hand gently, and a dark red transparent barrier appeared in front of Cassandra, separating himself and Ethan from her.

"It seems like you finally couldn't help it." Ethan looked like he had seen through everything. He turned around and looked at Rosier, sighing, "You are still the same you. You haven't changed at all since you were in Hogsmeade."

"I can't help it. You know too much. It's safer to die here." Rozier sighed with a look of regret. "I have to say, Ethan. After talking with you along the way, I admire you more and more. You are extremely capable, thoughtful, and quick-witted. You can remain calm even when the sky is falling. If our positions can be switched that day, maybe we can become friends."

"Be friends? Don't disgust me! People with different ideals cannot work together. I don't want to be compared with a thing worse than an animal." Ethan sneered with disgust on his face, "Just thinking about what you have done, I wish I could get rid of you as soon as possible!"

"Enough!" Rozier screamed through gritted teeth, "It's ridiculous that you fell into my hands and still have the audacity to talk so shamelessly."

"I must admit that you are indeed very strong among your peers. But you should never have provoked me. You like to be a hero, right? You want to stand up for your mudblood girlfriend, right? In the end, you still became my prisoner! Now, let's go with those satisfactory answers!"

"Heh." Ethan laughed. "You don't really think I can't do anything to you?"

"what?"

Ethan's arms suddenly lit up with a silvery-white light, and with a slight force from his arms, the light ropes that bound him were instantly broken. The elderberry wand slipped from his left sleeve to his palm, and he held it tightly, pointing it at Rosier.