Hogwarts and the Holy Grail War

Cassandra's voice suddenly became quieter, as if she had suddenly thought of something.

"…and I also believe that you will not ignore me."

"What did you say?" Ethan frowned.

"Nothing!" Cassandra suddenly raised her voice to cover up her guilty conscience. She quickly changed the subject before Ethan noticed anything unusual. "Let's not talk about this for now. You should explain to me what that strange magic you just cast was, right? You promised me that before!"

"Don't worry, Miss Cassandra, I will explain it to you." Ethan smiled and turned to walk into the square hall. "But before that, there is one last thing to do."

"What's the matter? Do you need my help?" Cassandra followed Ethan and asked, turning her head.

"You really can't help with this." Ethan stopped in the middle of the square hall, turned around and looked at Cassandra with a serious face, "But you'd better retreat outside the door and wait for a while. What I'm going to do may be a little dangerous for you, so it's better to stay away from it."

Chapter 139: Clear the soldiers to show respect

"Is this distance okay?!"

Cassandra hid on the stone platform outside the door and leaned her head out of the door and shouted to Ethan.

"Okay, remember, no matter what happens, don't act rashly before I let you in!"

Ethan made an OK gesture to Cassandra, took a deep breath, and clenched the wand in his hand.

He had seen it before. In the center of the square hall, there was a vortex-shaped trail formed by ancient magical energy. It was basically the same as the trails he had seen in various places before, except that the color was no longer the previous light blue, but the same silver-white color as the ancient magical energy.

For some reason, Rozier did not notice this trace. As expected, a fake is a fake, and the authentic ancient magic that he possessed is unique.

Although according to his own experience, after this trace is awakened, there should be a hidden passage or portal. However, the armored statues standing solemnly in the square hall have not made any movement so far. Previously, Rozier flew around in the square hall but failed to trigger the automatic defense mechanism of the armored statues. It really makes people be on guard.

Because she didn't know what would happen, she decided to keep Cassandra away. If the statues suddenly attacked her, Cassandra's current offensive methods might not be able to effectively damage the statues, and she might even get hurt by them.

But if you are alone, you can just use a large-scale AOE to clear the field, and you don’t have to worry about accidentally hurting friendly forces. Isn’t that great?

After making up his mind, Ethan began to wave his wand from bottom to top. The silver-white light gathered at the tip of the wand, and the silver-white vortex under his feet seemed to be summoned by something, and like some kind of viscous liquid, it turned into several streams under the floor and spread around, sinking into the several armored statues standing solemnly beside the wall of the square hall.

Click——

A bright white light shone from the gaps in the armor, and the statue instantly came to life, moving its body stiffly like an old, dilapidated mechanical part, then picked up its sword, axe, and hammer and rushed towards Ethan in the center of the room.

"Ahaha, that's true."

Ethan curled his lips at this expected result and raised the wand above his head. A silver-white light flashed at the tip of the wand.

Although we were indoors, the air suddenly became as heavy as before a storm, making it hard to breathe.

A few white lightning flashes appeared and disappeared on the dome of the square hall, and the surging ancient magic energy was quickly transmitted from Ethan's body to the surrounding air through the magic wand.

Ethan swung his wand downwards violently, and several thick lightning bolts fell from the dome, striking the statues around him that were brandishing swords and sabers to kill Ethan. The powerful energy instantly blasted them into pieces.

Cassandra, who had half of her head sticking out of the doorway, silently retracted her extended wand and felt a slight sense of loss.

I thought he was in a rare predicament, and I thought I would save him and do him a favor, but it turned out that I was just being sentimental. Excuse me, goodbye.

The shattered statue fragments turned into light spots that quickly gathered together on the ground, forming a huge energy vortex. A giant armored statue more than two people tall slowly rose from it, holding a stone giant sword in the style of a Scottish broadsword, and walked towards Ethan with heavy steps.

It seems that the huge body also brought some side effects, making it not as flexible as those statues that are only one person tall.

However, it is obvious to the naked eye that it must be much more durable than those small statues.

"The divine edge has no shadow."

In order to show his respect for it, Ethan first fired a sharp arrow at it, intending to test the sturdiness of the statue.

The hard armor was pierced by several large holes as if by an invisible blade, but because the statue was not a living thing, this level of damage was not enough to stop it from moving. The statue paused for a moment and continued to walk towards Ethan, with light spots constantly emerging from the cracks on its body.

But this effect was enough for Ethan. He used this trick just for testing and never expected to really stun the statue.

Some of you may ask: Can't you just use your ultimate to kill it? Since you have plenty of mana, why bother to test its defense limit?

This is just a habit that Ethan has developed. It is necessary for him to test some simple attributes of the enemy in actual combat. Because you don't know whether the opponent will be specially defensive or immune to a certain attack, it is his conditioned reflex to test it with some simple spells before formally attacking. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if you hit the opponent with a thunderbolt and the opponent is grounded and immune to the thunderbolt damage.

(I don’t need to say more about who to @ here, right?)

But it is enough to try it out. Once you know the type of attack that can cause damage, you can just defeat it directly using this method.

Ethan turned into a stream of light and quickly dodged the statue's chopping motion. Then, while the statue was pulling out the stone sword that was stuck in the floor, he gently slashed the statue from bottom to top with his magic wand.

A crescent-shaped blade of light was naturally generated along the trajectory of the wand. As if afraid that the power was not enough, Ethan immediately added another horizontal blade of light. The two blades of light, one horizontal and one vertical, were intertwined in a cross shape. The misty white light slowly escaping from them told of its terrifying power.

Ethan gently moved his wand forward:

"go."

The crossed blades of light flew straight towards the statue. The statue turned around and raised its stone sword to block the imminent danger, but it was too late.

The first vertical light blade collided with the stone sword and instantly broke into pieces along with the stone sword. The second horizontal light blade that followed directly cut the statue in half.

The statue that was broken into two pieces turned into a point of light in mid-air and sank into the ground. The next second, an empty metal door frame with a pointed top slowly emerged from the place where the statue had just appeared. The finely carved patterns on the door frame flashed a silvery-white light.

hum-

The door frame emitted a light blue light, and a translucent light curtain slowly emerged from it, rippling with waves.

You can vaguely see an upward staircase on the other side of the light curtain, but due to the observation angle, you can't see what is at the end of the stairs.

Ethan breathed a sigh of relief, put away his wand, turned around and waved to Cassandra who was clinging to the door frame:

"It's safe now, come on over."

Chapter 140 Sorry, it’s amazing to have a cheat

"This story begins before the school started. That day, Professor Figo and I..."

As Ethan slowly climbed up the stairs, he told Cassandra everything he had learned about ancient magic starting from Gringotts.

Anyway, she already knew most of it, so I might as well go for it and tell her the true story all at once, to prevent her from making unnecessary misunderstandings on her own.

I just don't know how Professor Figo would react if he knew that I had leaked all these things. After all, this is an emergency situation, and I can't hide it even if I want to. He should understand.

You shouldn't be angry...right?

Even so, the impact of this incident was not something that Cassandra, a student, could react to in a short time. Her face gradually became distorted and shocked, which gave us a rough idea.

It's like your good brother who calls you father and son always tells you that he is actually Ultraman who came to Earth from the M78 Nebula to perform a mission, but you just laugh it off as a joke and think he is having a second-year syndrome. Until one day, he really takes out an authentic Bandai toy and turns into a 50-meter-tall Giant of Light in front of you. The shocking scene is enough to make you doubt your life for the rest of your life.

"...That's just the way it is."

After Ethan finished explaining everything, he stopped and waited quietly for Cassandra's reaction.

I have said everything I need to say. I wonder what she will think about this?

Fear? Disgust? People always have an instinctive aversion to things they don't understand. Maybe she will see me as an alien, right?

But I don’t care.

Cassandra came back to her senses from her trance, looked at Ethan carefully from head to toe, opened her mouth to speak but stopped, and finally just sighed:

"...So that's it."

"...That's all?" Ethan pulled the corner of his mouth, "I said so much, and this is all you said?"

No, sister, you just accepted it so casually? It makes me look like a fool for having imagined so much.

"What else? Are you expecting some other reaction from me?" Cassandra rolled her eyes at Ethan, turned her head away, squeezed past Ethan and continued to go up the stairs.

"No, no, that's good." Ethan denied it immediately and took a few quick steps to catch up with Cassandra. "It's just that I thought you would be scared or something, but I didn't expect you to accept it so calmly."

"It did scare me at first, but I finally reacted. It's just some kind of special ability that I was born with, there's nothing to be nervous about. And it's completely under your control, which is better than the uncontrollable Obscurus, right?" Cassandra turned her head to look at Ethan, pretending to be calm.

Obscurus is a kind of extremely unstable and uncontrollable black magic that parasitizes wizards. It moves very quickly and will break away from the host and attack others. When a wizard child is forced to suppress their magic due to physical or psychological abuse, they will experience extreme emotional pain, thus creating a dark magical force. However, due to lack of guidance, they have not learned to harness and control their power, thus deriving the parasite "Obscurus".

The host that is possessed by the dark magic power of the Obscurus is called the Obscurus. Once the Obscurus is greatly emotionally affected, the Obscurus in the body will explode, and the Obscurus will turn into a black, intangible mass of black mist, with extremely powerful destructive power. And if they do not use magic, the Obscurus will backfire on the host, eventually taking over the host's body and being out of any possible control, thus bringing disaster.

To put it simply, it is a humanoid self-propelled nuclear bomb that is not controlled by anyone and will explode on the spot once it can no longer hold on.

In this comparison, Ethan's situation is still acceptable. It's just that his firepower is a little bit stronger... that's all. He doesn't have any bad intentions... right?

What should I do? I suddenly feel uneasy.

"Yes, I am a little hypocritical." Ethan laughed at himself, lowered his eyelids and said softly, "Thank you for thinking so, Miss Cassandra."

"You're welcome." Cassandra turned her head back and said faintly, "It's just that I always feel like I just really got to know you today."

"Look at what you're saying. Apart from hiding this one thing from everyone, I haven't disguised myself in any other way." Ethan rolled his eyes. "What kind of image did I have in your eyes before?"

"Well, he's frivolous, likes to show off, has a bad temper, and doesn't follow martial ethics when dueling..." Cassandra counted Ethan's sins on her fingers seriously, "...Oh, and he's also a scumbag who likes to play with girls' feelings."

"Can this matter be let go?" Ethan's originally bright and sunny face suddenly darkened. "I have explained it so many times, it was a misunderstanding!"

"Yes, yes, I understand. I'm really sorry for having such a deep misunderstanding of you before." Cassandra flashed a sly smile and asked, "But you haven't told Alanna about this, right?"

"That's right. I have no plans to tell her yet." Ethan sighed and said, "You saw today that there are still many people who are secretly trying to make a move. What good will it do if I tell her now? It will only make her worry for no reason."

"Are you going to keep this secret from her?"

"Not really. Anyway, Rozier has leaked all the information. I'll take some time out during the Christmas holiday to catch those bastards." Ethan shrugged. "It's just that I didn't know where their lair was before, otherwise how could they survive until now?"

"Don't say such terrible things in such a carefree tone!" Cassandra glanced back at Ethan speechlessly, and sighed, "You're even taking the blame. Who do you think you are? The Ministry of Magic won't just let you do whatever you want."

"I'm sorry, but knowing ancient magic really allows you to do whatever you want." Ethan spread his hands and smiled nonchalantly, "At least I can run away before being discovered by the Ministry of Magic."

"That's not the point. You just go there without any preparation. What if you fall into a trap?" Cassandra frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with Ethan's contempt for the enemy. "Rosier is so strong even though he is a half-baked man. The person who taught him this ancient magic must be even stronger. You can't handle it alone."

"Didn't I tell you before that I'm extremely strong and those guys can't do anything to me..." Ethan wanted to explain further, but suddenly he heard a slight noise coming from behind him. He turned around, frowned and listened carefully to the sound behind him.

"What's the noise?"

Chapter 141: Water, Water

The sound seemed to become clearer and clearer as it got closer and closer. Ethan finally figured it out. It should be the sound of water hitting the wall.

water?

Ethan lowered his head and looked down, only to see that a layer of water had appeared at the bottom of the stairs at some point, which had already submerged the bottom few steps and was showing a trend of continuing to rise.

This is not right. Where does the water come from in the underground passage?

But there was no time to think about this problem. The water level under the stairs was rising higher and higher, and it was about to spread to their feet.

"excuse me!"

Ethan picked up Cassandra and carried her on his shoulders, then began to run desperately up the stairs.

"What are you doing? Put me down now!"

Cassandra reacted after a brief moment of daze, and continued to struggle on Ethan's shoulders with her hands and feet, punching Ethan's back with her pink fists, just like a good girl who was kidnapped by bandits as a concubine.

"There's no other way. Escaping is more important. Just be patient for a while. I'll put you down when we get to a safe place... Hey, hey, hey, where are you kicking?"

Ethan was quick to grab Cassandra's ankle as she was about to succeed in the attack, and was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly and almost broke my crotch.

Cassandra, can't you just be honest? Don't you see that this is not a place where you can just kick around? What are you going to do to compensate me if I end up ruining my future happiness?

Oh, it seems you really can't see, that's okay.

At the top of the stairs was a stone wall with a blank metal door frame. Ethan stopped in front of the wall and gently put Cassandra down from his shoulders.

"It's over, this is a dead end." Cassandra had been limited in her vision and could only see the scene behind her. Now she finally saw that there was no other way out except a stone wall in front of them. She couldn't help but let out a scream, and her body lost all color.

"Don't worry, I have my own way."

When Ethan saw the familiar symbol on the door frame, he suddenly felt at ease. He drew out his wand and calmly tapped the stone wall.

"Original……"

Before Ethan could finish the spell, the stone wall turned into a smoke screen that flashed white light. The thick smoke completely obscured the scene on the other side, and not even a trace of it could be seen.

Ethan put away his wand embarrassedly, pretended to be calm, as if saying "This is the effect I want", and pulled Cassandra into the smoke screen passage.

Well, I must have mastered the spell so well that it took effect before I even finished saying it. Yes, that must be it.

It's definitely not the case that this thing will automatically sense and open the channel and I'm being self-indulgent and doing useless work. It's definitely not the case.

The two climbed a few more steps at the other end of the passage and came to a luxuriously decorated hall.

This was a hall that was much more spacious than the previous round hall. It was supported by hollow metal pillars on all sides. Outside was a bottomless underground cave. In the depths of the cave, a faint light was flickering.

Although Ethan really wanted to fly over and find out what was going on, his reason was ringing the alarm bell in his head, telling him that now was not the time to waste time, and the most urgent thing was to find out what was in this room.

On the metal wall facing the two of them was a huge four-panel painting, which looked like a panoramic view of Hogwarts Castle.

"This is?"

Ethan took two steps forward, and his body suddenly emitted a faint white light. In response, the four-panel painting on the wall also emitted a blue ripple-like light, gradually covering the entire picture.

The blue light faded, and the content of the four-panel painting changed. It looked like four offices in different locations, and it gave Ethan a vague sense of familiarity.