Chapter 420: Seen in the Castle

Schelling and Kakarov walked side by side on Demstrong's magic meadow, listening to Kakarov carefully explaining the anti-freeze magic of green plants arranged on the grass, so that the grass can remain the same all year round. green.

Of course, Schelling also saw Kakarov giving a color to the assistant or professor who followed him all the way. The assistant or professor took Kritov and his followers away from the team. It seemed that they were This time there is a lot of punishment.

Schelling smiled, knowing that this was Kakaloft's attitude to show him, but pretended to continue chatting with him about everything about Demstrong.

This grass is the Quidditch Arena in Demstrong—Every summer, students, including Krum, fly around the field, ride a broom, cross the lake, and fly across the grassland every summer. , traveling through the woods and valleys.

Crossing the wet and cold stone steps, the group entered Demstrang Castle. This four-story castle has a large foyer and a tall and wide oak gate. I don’t know how many centuries it has stood here, at least Kakalo My husband knew that this door existed before he came here.

On both sides of the gate are two statues made of obsidian.

The statue on the left is a young-looking witch with a pointed wizard hat; she knelt on one knee and looked up at the sky.

A line of small words is written under the statue: Nalida Fkanova (1013-1060), the first president of the Demstrong School of Magic, and one of the greatest witches in Balkan history. Born in Bulgaria in 1013 AD, Demstrong founded in 1042.

This witch actually died at the age of 47, which is quite rare in the wizarding world. Generally speaking, male and female wizards with powerful magic will live much longer than Muggles, and many powerful wizards can live to more than one hundred years old. , Dumbledore is an example.

Shelin knew that there were many strange things about her death, and this was also one of the purposes of Shelin's visit.

Schelling turned his gaze to another statue, a young witch who held up his wand, facing forward, with a strange smile on his lips.

There is also a line of small words written under the statue: Halfon Monte (1024-1139), the second president of the Demstrong Magic Academy, a famous duel and war magic master, born in Constantinople in Byzantine in 1024 AD .

It was this wizard who set the forefront of Demstrong's opening of the Black Magic course. He attached great importance to various combat magic, which made Demstrong famous. To this day, these contents remain an important part of the Demstrong course.

Kakarov stepped forward and pushed open the door. As a green light flashed through the ring in his hand, the door opened with a sound. It seemed that the door was like Hogwarts, with considerable intelligence and ability to identify visits. .

The other students did not follow Schelling and Kakarov's footsteps, and they entered the castle from the small door that was convenient to enter and exit on the other side.

Demstrong's auditorium is completely different from the scene full of warmth and magical glory of Hogwarts. The space here is tall and gloomy, and the ceiling is like an frozen dome, flashing with cold light, as if the cold air of the entire northern part is sealed in the auditorium.

The four walls are made of dark gray stones, with the mottled and cold touch of time, without any unnecessary decoration, only some ancient carvings appear faintly, telling the long history and battles of Demstrang inheritance. There were several huge iron pillars standing in the corner of the wall, with rough iron chains wrapped around it, occasionally reflecting cold light, which made people shudder like a sleeping beast.

In the center of the auditorium is a long stone dining table with ancient runes carved on the edges, and the seats are made of solid black wood. Each handful reveals a rough sense of power without any luxurious decoration. There is no flame or warm candlelight, and here it relies entirely on the faint blue cold light that sprinkles from the ceiling, emitting a disturbing chill.

Although the entire auditorium has no flames, it makes people feel a deep sense of oppression, as if silently reminding everyone that this is the northern territory of the wizard and the stage for the strong, and only the most tenacious soul can be here. Get a firm foothold on the cold land.

In addition, the most conspicuous thing in the auditorium is the combat power list on the wall, which publishes the ranking of the strength of duels among students, which shows how the trend determined by the school is prevalent, and according to Kakarov As mentioned, the Duel Club is also the largest and most popular club among students in Demstrong.

There is also such a wall in the Hogwarts Auditorium, but it is used to announce the points of each college and compete for the Academy Cup issued at the end of the academic year.

This shows the difference in concepts between the two schools - Demstrong pays more attention to the cultivation of students' personal strength, and Hogwarts pays more attention to senior leadership and students' collective cohesion.

Shelin even noticed that the number one on the combat power list was not Wickor Crum or Eleanor, but a student he had never heard of - Sefiris Lu Dechia.

Kakarov noticed Schelling's gaze and immediately explained that the first consideration of the combat power list is the winning rate of students participating in duels, and then the number of duels, not determined by the principal or professor's rating.

Crum spent all his energy on Quidditch competitions and was not keen on duels; and Eleanor was even more so, immersed in the study of alchemy without distraction, and had hardly participated in any duels.

At the same time, Schelling even noticed that the unsightly Kritov, who had offended him on the ghost ship earlier, turned out to be not weak in duel strength and was able to rank third in the combat power list.

The students lined up quietly to enter the foyer from the auditorium side door, and then from there to the rotating stairs and return to their dormitory.

Shelin and Kakarov walked in the teacher's special passage, a giant hanging stone slab. After the two stood up, the giant stone seemed to know their destination and automatically slowly rose.

The principal's office is on the fourth floor, and Kakarov plans to take Schelling to the office to discuss the itinerary for the next few days.

After the rock rose to the height of the fourth floor, the two of them came down from the floating rock. Kakarov reached out and signaled that Schelling followed him to the principal's office. The corridor leading to the principal's office is gloomy and mysterious, just like the impression that Demstrong gave outsiders, every step is chilling.

There are no torches in Demstrong, and the lighting tool used by the castle is a magic crystal that emits green light. They are embedded on the walls on both sides of the dim corridor, emitting a faint green light, illuminating the surroundings. The light was not uniform, sometimes strong and dazzling, sometimes weak and almost extinguished, as if these crystals were living creatures breathing the cold air.

From time to time, you can encounter terrifying statues of different shapes in the corridor, some are evil dragons with fangs and claws, some are distorted wizards, some are hideous dark creatures - giants, two-headed wolfs, and even one with bat wings stretched out. A creature similar to the legendary demon of Muggle. The eye sockets of each statue are also inlaid with crystal stones, like pairs of pedestrian eyes, turning with the footsteps of the pedestrian, emitting uneasy pressure.

A few ghosts floated across the corridor from time to time. Compared to the somewhat noisy ghosts of Hogwarts, each ghost here has a cold and stiff face, wearing an ancient Demstrong uniform and decorated with vague runes. Some ghosts would stop and stare at Xie Lin, with a faint green light flashing in their empty eyes, and a strange expression made people unable to help but stand on their hair.

"The atmosphere here is in line with your style, Kakarov." Schellin stopped in front of a stone arch full of magic runes, looked back at Kakarov, and the corner of his mouth rose slightly.

Kakarov chuckled, waved his wand and gently tapped the rune. The stone door slid silently, revealing the hovering staircase behind him.

Well, it seems that this castle also has hidden space like Hogwarts. The two of them have clearly reached the fourth floor, but they still need to climb the other stairs.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Shelin stepped up the stone steps, and the steps under her feet were glowing with a dim green light, as if lighting up the road for his arrival. However, there were no guardrails on both sides of the stairs, and replaced by a row of stone statues with big mouths, which seemed to pounce on them at any time to swallow people who were approaching accidentally.

Halfway through the walk, there was a hidden secret door on the left side of the stairs, and a groan filled with pain came from inside.

"This is the correctional room used by our Dermstrong administrator Mr. Bass to punish students. The punishment inside is the ones who offended you on the ghost ship." Kaka Love said respectfully.

Xie Lin looked in through a small iron lattice window on the thick stone door and saw a few figures hanging high from the ceiling with iron chains, and his feet were about one foot off the ground.

Judging from the situation where the figure lowered his head weakly and weakly, it seemed that he was punished quite miserably.

Sherling was not surprised - before Dumbledore took over as principal of Hogwarts, Hogwarts also adopted equally severe school rules and regulations - the former administrator, Mr. Apollion Plinger, would often violate school rules. The student was hung up and whipped, and Mr. Wesley was one of his victims.

Schelling nodded to Kakarov and said softly: "It is enough to teach a lesson. Don't do it too much. There is no need to really hurt them. They are always your students and your important connections in the future. ”

No wonder Kakarov in the original book wanted to escape when he heard Voldemort return. The harsh school spirit he implemented was very unpopular. Few students would fight to the death to protect him. This was like the widely loved Dumbledore. A sharp contrast.

Kakarov nodded quickly and claimed that he would send them to the school hospital for treatment later.

The two climbed all the way to the end of the stairs and finally came to a huge ebony door. The door frame is carved with complex runes and the two confronting dragons, and the dragon's eyes are inlaid with bright rubies, which form a strong contrast with the coldness of the surrounding green light.

"Master Malfoy, please." Kakarov whispered, pushing open the door, gestured respectfully and carefully.

Schellin glanced at Kakarov's expression and showed a meaningful smile. Then he walked into the principal's office with his head held high. The green light behind him reflected his figure, like a king in the darkness.