Chapter 510 Sneaking Into the Ship

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The Durmstrang ship docked at the pier is connected to the shore with a deck. However, during this period, except for necessary activities such as eating, students have not had many opportunities to step onto the deck.

The bruised and swollen Strong Hartman boarded the ship with an ugly face, and the deck beneath his feet made a clanging sound - if possible, he didn't want to make any noise, it was best to be alone and quietly. Returning to his small dormitory, however, this was not realistic.

Karkaroff had given strict instructions when he left school. In order to prevent unnecessary trouble, every Durmstrang student will be tested by magic when they return to the ship.

Especially after the conflict between Reinhardt and Wallop, Durmstrang students were occasionally beaten up by Hogwarts students, and Professor Karkaroff paid more attention to this aspect. .

Logically, he would need to report and undergo additional testing, which is embarrassing, but there is no good solution.

When passing through the corridor in the cabin, Strong Hartman had already been seen by many people in his miserable state, but there was little sympathy.

On the one hand, the friendship between Durmstrang's students is not very strong, especially the pure-blood wizards, who are somewhat disdainful of other mixed-blood and hemp wizards; on the other hand, everyone knows that Strong · Hartmann and Reinhard Knott had a good relationship, and Reinhardt was the source of these troubles in their eyes.

Strong Hartman actually wanted to say that his relationship with Reinhardt was only average. The other party usually didn't think highly of him. If he hadn't had good grades, Reinhardt might not have used the correct method. Look at him.

And in order to have a strong small group in the school, he behaved a bit groveling - this made him even more dissatisfied now.

However, he didn't have time to think about these things now. He had to go to the testing room. If he didn't go there on his own initiative and was discovered afterwards, more severe accountability would be waiting for him.

When I arrived at the door of the testing room, the door was open and there was already a person inside.

Strong Hartman glanced inside and saw that it was Insama Treto, a member of their small group. Like Reinhardt, he had a bad personality and often made trouble in the school by virtue of his pure-blood status. He is domineering and very unpopular.

People hated him, but they were also afraid of him.

However, Insama Treto looked no better than Strong at this time. Half of his hair seemed to be singed, and his left calf was swollen into a pillar.

"Those bastards have the guts to challenge me to a fight——" Insama Treto's voice was full of rage.

The wizard in charge of the detection had a stiff face. I don’t know when this professor was recruited by Professor Karkaroff, and he is currently responsible for various magic detections.

He ignored the cursing Insama Treto and just waved his wand calmly.

After a while, he waved his hand, indicating that the other party could leave for treatment.

Insama Treto saw Strong when he went out. He said hello cursorily, showed a gloating smile when he saw his injury, and then left quickly.

Sterling endured the dissatisfaction in his heart and walked into the testing room.

"What happened?" the testing professor asked indifferently.

"I was tricked..." Strong looked ugly.

"Whether there was a coma spell or a hypnotic spell or something like that."

"Not sure, but I did lose consciousness for a while." Strong replied.

The other party nodded, then raised his wand and started testing.

Strong didn't know if it was because the original test took so long or if something happened to him. He even felt like his memory was being peeked into.

It wasn't until half an hour later that he got permission to leave.

Strong endured the pain in his body. He was not going to go to the infirmary and lose someone again. He went back to the dormitory and used the healing potion he bought to treat him casually.

When the other party left, the wizard responsible for the detection narrowed his eyes.

He closed the door of the testing room. After a moment, the wooden frame in the room moved, and a figure wearing a black hood walked out of it.

"The student named Strong Hartman just now has some problems. He seems to have lost a short period of memory. However, considering that he has been in a coma once, it is normal for him to have a short-term memory loss. Of course, masters of memory magic cannot be ruled out. His memory was tampered with."

The man in the black hood nodded and replied with a dry voice: "Don't rule out any possibility, send someone to keep an eye on him - ha, that kid is a person who is keen on exploring secrets. When he faced Reinhardt, When he took action, it showed that he had already suspected this."

The detection wizard nodded to indicate that he understood, and then asked: "How to deal with it specifically?"

Black Hood said: "Just wait until he takes the bait. If there is indeed a problem with the student named Strong Hartman, then use the trick-"

He licked his lips excitedly: "I'm a little curious now, what the magic power of [Arrogance] tastes like."

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At night, Strong lay in bed alone, tossing and turning, not only because of the pain that still existed in his body, but also because of what he had experienced during this period of time.

If I had known I wouldn't have come to Durmstrang to go to school...

He had such an idea for no reason.

The experience of studying at Durmstrang was really not a pleasant one. This school did have a long history of magic, and the professors were excellent enough, but this school did not have much human touch.

Under Principal Karkaroff's "leading by example", the situation in Durmstrang was not easy for the losers. Of course, except for the proud ones like Reinhardt and Krum, Karkaroff simply Hold the other person in your hand as if you were holding a treasure.

He joined Reinhardt's small group just to have a backer in school. Otherwise, a loner like him would still be squeezed out by other students even if he had excellent grades - even though his status in the small group was not high. .

And what about Hogwarts? They are obviously more united than Durmstrang.

After their classmates were bullied, they dared to take action. They were beaten because of the passion of young people, and they used various methods to avenge their classmates.

Although he was the one who was beaten, Strong suddenly felt envious - if he had experienced what the other party had experienced, Reinhardt and the others would have taken action, but that would have been for the sake of the small group, not for the so-called friendship between classmates. .

Afterwards, they may even laugh at themselves internally for their incompetence.

What a big difference...

Of course, these thoughts just came out of nowhere. If Strong were really asked to transfer to Hogwarts or another school now, he would definitely not be happy - he had just been beaten, okay?

Throwing away the distracting thoughts in his mind, Strong closed his eyes. It was too late, he had to sleep, otherwise the injuries on his body would be delayed in healing.

After a lot of effort, he frowned and fell asleep.

The night got a little darker, and the waves of the Black Lake hit the hull of the boat, making a soft sound. Strong, who had been sleeping, suddenly got up.

His eyes seemed to have lost their luster, and he moved slowly towards the door of the dormitory like a zombie.

In the darkness, a pair of eyes flashed past.

"There is indeed something wrong with Strong Hartman. He has been tampered with." In a secret room in the cabin, a dark figure was reporting the situation to the black hood that day.

The black hood let out a sharp laugh: "I can't help it, that boy named Wallop - ha, I didn't expect that he is also a master of memory spells, and he can actually weave such a brand-new memory with hints. , it has achieved the effect of the Soul Imperius Curse from another level, it’s really amazing——”

"Strong Hartman was walking toward the deck, not knowing what Wallop was trying to do with him."

The black hood proudly poked his head, revealing half of his twisted, ugly face: "Don't worry, let's see what he is going to do -"

At this time, Strong, who had lost consciousness and was only acting by weaving memories in his mind, had slowly walked to the deck. His eyes were blank, his head and body were turning mechanically, and the wand in his hand was slowly raised.

The starry night was bright, and Durmstrang's ship was as motionless as a huge rock on the black lake under the starlight, with only a small black spot on it moving slowly.

In the secret room of the cabin, Strong's movement trajectory was also reported in real time.

"Hartmann seemed to be observing the situation on the entire deck, and his eyes were mainly on the sails and sides of the ship."

After hearing the report from his men, Black Hood licked his lips excitedly: "Are you going to set fire? It's a good choice. If the hull is on fire, everyone will wake up. Even if he is very cautious, he wants to sneak into the chaotic scene. The chance of the big ship suddenly became higher - go and let Karkaroff weaken part of the magic barrier on the side of the ship near the water, but don't be impatient, you have to wait until the fire gets stronger before weakening it. It is still on full alert now. Condition, I guess that kid is already in the water waiting for an opportunity."

"I see."

The hunter in the darkness raised his wand and waited for the fish to jump into the big net he had woven.

The only thing that puzzled them was that Strong's movements were too slow, perhaps because he couldn't control it with just the hints in his memory. The opponent had been standing on the deck for almost twenty minutes without moving.

"He has been silent, but the wand has been raised in his hand. It looks like the magic is blocked." Black Shadow Hui reported.

"Tsk, it looks like tonight will still be a protracted battle, but it doesn't matter. You don't have to show up, and the magic barrier is still in a state of full alert-" Black Hood said unhurriedly, "For me, the least important thing is The most valuable thing is time, even if he is just a test tonight, I still have plenty of time to play with him slowly."

His eyes widened with excitement: "Just thinking about the magic power of [arrogance] that I have never seen before, I tremble with excitement - but impatientness often leads to unexpected failure. The boy is very cautious, we don't have to rush, take it slow. ~”

While all this was going on on the deck, in the corridor of the secret room at the bottom of the cabin, the air fluctuated slightly. In the dark environment, no one noticed that anything was wrong here.

In this restricted area that Durmstrang students are prohibited from entering, there are six secret rooms with tightly locked doors. The students didn't know what exactly existed here. Of course, they had guessed that it might contain magic props carefully collected by Professor Karkaroff, or it might be some kind of magical sealed item left by Durmstrang. Of course, it could also be some evil dark magic spell book.

Which magic school doesn't have such a place where students are not allowed to enter?

This is normal.

Of course, the transportation to Hogwarts after leaving school also has this kind of place, which is a little strange.

At the entrance and exit of the restricted area, there is no one else except a professor who is responsible for guarding it. This place is located inside Durmstrang's ship and is surrounded by multiple magic barriers. The only person who can cross the barrier is Durmstrang. People who are recognized by Long, and students never come here.

The wizard responsible for guarding did not relax at all just because it was dark. He raised his wand and widened his eyes, paying attention to every corner nearby like an eagle.

He had just received a message from Black Hood. If the ship caught fire, he would pretend to go up to check and deliberately leave a loophole in the entrance.

He didn't understand the purpose of this, but he knew that he just had to obey the order.

He glanced at the corridor in the direction of the secret room, and when he didn't find anything out of the ordinary, he shifted his gaze.

At this time, the air above the corridor fluctuated, but this subtle change was not noticed by the guarding wizard. His attention was mainly focused on the entrance and exit of the corridor.

A ring was quietly attached to the wall of one of the secret rooms.

If someone has the ability to see through the master-level illusion spell, they will find that at this time, Durmstrang's student Insama Treto is disappearing and pressing one side of the ring tightly against the wall. above.

Of course, this is not Insama Treto, but Sean Wallop who took Polyjuice Potion.

The black hood never expected that Sean Wallop, whom he was prepared to take every precaution and even prepared to catch, would quietly appear at the bottom of the cabin.

Sean has never been a person who only makes one-sided plans. Strong Hartman is certainly a part of his plan. He is not sure whether the woven memories can completely escape the other party's attention. In this case, he only bets. One portion, that naturally doesn’t fit with his style of doing things.

Insama Treto had been knocked unconscious and imprisoned by Sean without anyone knowing. He transformed into a student of Durmstrang and sneaked into the ship.

Sure enough, just as Insama Treto explained, the Great Ship Barrier only recognizes people from Durmstrang, but Polyjuice Potion is not within the barrier's recognition range-especially Strong Hart. After Man attracts all the attention.

Sean quietly placed the ring on the wall, and among them, one of his "spies" had quietly entered the secret room.

After a moment, he felt the ring tremble, and then completely disappeared again, and left calmly under the eyes of the guarding wizard.