Chapter 24: Chapter 24

As the saying goes, eating people has short mouths and short hands. After Hoffa got the illusion spell, he didn't explore the school immediately. Indo gave him the clue to get the illusion spell. Now he had to go to Hogsmeade, to meet Indor's invitation.

Having just obtained the Disillusionment Charm and completed his first goal in school, he couldn't wait to find a place to try out the newly acquired spells.

And what better place than Hogsmeade?

Own spell shards only collected (2/3)

He still doesn't know the specific use of the system's ability to upgrade spells.

If he was lucky enough or had enough time, he still wanted to complete 50% of the exploration in Hogsmeade and get the last spell fragment.

Good idea, but Hoffa had a problem.

He is lost.

He still remembered that when Harry Potter was in the third grade, he couldn’t go to Hogsmeade village because he couldn’t get the guardian’s signature, but he sneaked into Hogsmeade with the help of the invisibility cloak and the secret passage village.

Now that he has invisibility, he probably remembers the location of the secret path.

That should be a secret passage hidden behind a statue of a one-eyed witch, in the corridor on the fourth floor.

But when Hoffa came to the fourth floor of the school, he was dumbfounded.

In front of you are dozens of stairs going up and down, and eight or nine forks. Several stairs were still moving restlessly.

Harry was able to find the statue because he had the Marauder's Map, but he didn't. Facing the huge and complicated corridor on the fourth floor, Hoffa lost his direction for a while.

Fortunately, there is no such thing as an absolute path.

Just at this time, a pearl-white beauty slowly floated past Hoffa. The posture is proud and elegant. Hoffa recognized her, she was Ravenclaw's ghost. Helena Ravenclaw.

Hoffa rushed in front of her and stopped her with his hand.

"Miss Helena."

Helena floated past Hoffa until she reached the railing on the fourth floor, and then slowly looked back at Hoffa. Hoffa felt as cold as falling into a bucket of ice water.

"Bach..."

The female ghost said softly, blinking her foggy eyes a few times, she actually recognized him. Maybe because he was a student of Ravenclaw House.

Hoffa quickly bent down and asked, "Miss Helena, I'm looking for a statue of a humpbacked witch, do you know where it is?"

Helena looked up for a moment in thought. "Oh, it's the statue with the Honeydukes secret passage behind it..."

"Shhhhh!!"

Hoffa was taken aback, and he quickly put his hand to his lips. Hogwarts is so strict in this day and age, God knows what will happen if someone hears about it.

Helena curled her lips unobtrusively: "Come with me, child."

After speaking, she changed direction and floated over.

Hoffa breathed a sigh of relief, maybe these ghosts have existed for too long, and they don't care so much about some rules.

Helena led Hoffa around seven detours in a row. Sometimes she passed through the wall directly, but Hoffa had to quickly go around several classrooms to barely keep up with her pace.

Finally, Helena stood in front of the hunchbacked witch with the panting Hoffa.

"I won't tell you the spell, I just happened to pass by here." After finishing speaking, the female ghost went straight through a wall and disappeared.

It seems that the ghost is still facing the students of this academy, Hoffa thought.

Although Helena didn't tell Hoffa about the spell, it was hard for him who had read the original book.

Hoffa took out his wand and tapped the statue of the hunchbacked witch lightly.

"Left and right separation."

The statue's hump opened immediately, wide enough for a slightly thinner person to enter. Hoffa took a quick look back and forth to the hallway, and when there was no one around, he slipped in.

boom!

The statue closes. The light disappeared before Hoffa had time to react.

He suddenly slipped, sat on the ground with his whole body bared, and slid forward quickly.

It was quite a long way, and I don't know how long it took before Hoffa came across the cold and wet land. He stood up and looked around. It was pitch black all around. He raised his wand and muttered, "Lumos!"

Silver light shone from Hoffa's wand, illuminating the surrounding darkness.

I am in a very narrow and low passage. This passage is winding and winding, no different from a rabbit's tunnel. Hoffa hurried on because the ground was uneven. Stumbling now and then, all the way he held his wand in front of his face.

The dark atmosphere made Huo Ran a little depressed. This was the second time he walked through the secret passage of the castle. The last time he walked, he followed Miranda.

After a long, long walk, about an hour later, the passage stretched upwards.

Ten minutes later he was at the foot of a broken stone step that stretched out of sight above him.

Above is a floor door. Hoffa slowly pushed open the floor door. He was in a cellar surrounded by wooden chairs and boxes. Climb out the floor door and close it—the door blends in with the dusty floor, it's hard to see a door like this on the floor.

The moment he closed the door.

The system that had been silent for a long time sent a reminder again.

Discover the Witcher's Mystery

[Current wizarding mystery - Hogsmeade]

Complete 50% of the secret exploration - you will get [one-third of spell fragments]

(One-third of spell fragments, containing strange energy, you can upgrade one of your spell abilities after getting three pieces)

Complete 100% of the secret exploration - you will get [Great God's Knowledge]

(The knowledge of the Great God is mysterious and unpredictable. Before you have it, you have no idea of ​​its possible power)

The system was the same as before, and Hoffa wasn't surprised.

It is probably impossible to explore 100% of it. We can only see if we can explore 50% of it. Hoffa remembers that this place is not as big as Diagon Alley. If he can explore 50% before going back, maybe he can get another spell fragment. He doesn't know what will happen when the three spell fragments are put together, but he is very much looking forward to it.

Withdraw from the sea of ​​consciousness.

Upstairs came the laughter and chatter of the crowd.

Just in case, Hoffa first blessed himself with the illusion spell.

"Disler Falcon Mentor"

Suddenly, the feeling of being wrapped in the cold liquid reappeared.

Hoffa knew he had entered a stealth state.

Hoffa climbed slowly toward the wooden stairs that led upstairs. Now he was sure he heard voices of all kinds, not to mention bells ringing and doors opening and closing. Walking to the door at the top of the stairs, slipping out and finding himself behind Honeydukes' counter, he stooped, crawled sideways, and straightened up.

No one has discovered his existence, and the effect of the Disillusionment Charm is exactly the same as that of the Invisibility Cloak, or even better. Cloaks may be trampled off, but spells are not.

Honeydukes is packed with Hogwarts students, and the shop has rack after rack of the most intriguing candy imaginable. Chunks of buttery peanut bonbons, chunks of shimmering pink coconut sorbet, neatly arranged, hundreds of different kinds of chocolate, a vat of multi-flavored beans, a tub of sizzling bees, Sherbet drink.

People choose goods here, laughing from time to time.

A prowling Hoffa slid between them, looking around. On the one hand, he was on guard against meeting those senior students.

Then he saw a very beautiful senior girl standing at the door, she was chatting and laughing with some boys. The playful Hoffa ran his fingers across the waist of the beautiful woman, and then followed a boy who opened the door to turn out Honeydukes.

The pretty girl was so annoyed that she turned around and slapped a passing boy.

The boy who was beaten was startled, aggrieved and puzzled.

A little chaos was born.

Hoffa laughed silently, and his brain immediately made up 10,000 uses of this spell for him.

For example, entering the girls' bathroom, girls' dormitory, girls' bathroom...

This is the real wizard....

hiss!

Suddenly, a slight stabbing pain in the brain interrupted Hoffa's reverie.

He began to feel strange there, as if he was sick. But this feeling quickly disappeared without a trace.

Hoffa began to turn his attention to the problem of improving exploration.

The system in the Sea of ​​Consciousness is rapidly increasing the speed of exploration. Although it is not as exaggerated as King's Cross Station, it is already very fast compared to the snail-like speed of Hogwarts.

After only turning two streets, the exploration rate of the system has increased to 5%.

Zuko is joking, did it happen so early?

The post office, the wizard actually has a post office.

Hoffa was eager to see the Shrieking Shack, a famous Hogsmeade attraction. But he remembered that the Shrieking Shack should have been famous only in the era of Harry Potter's father. The reason is that there are werewolves howling inside.

But now that Remus Lupine hadn't been born, naturally there wasn't any Screaming Shack here.

...

...

Turning to the street behind the post office, Hoffa knew what the post office was for.

It turns out that the wizard's post office also uses owls to deliver letters, or public owls.

As he was watching, a dozen wanted banners were pasted under rows of owl pigeon cages, attracting Hoffa's attention.

【The clash of wizards never ends, kill all German black wizards. 】

It was a row of moving photos, each with a snarling head, and a row of small words underneath.

(500 Galleons for each German Dark Wizard's head.)

There was another slight dizziness in the brain, and Hoffa was stunned in front of this row of leaflets.

Clash of wizards never ends, 500 Galleons per head. Under the notice was the official seal of the British Ministry of Magic. Hoffa seemed to smell the bloody smell hidden in the peace of the village.

He thought about being on the streets of London at that time, and seeing the recruitment advertisements for the Second World War.

And here, he saw the same thing again.

These leaflets are very new, it is estimated that they have only been posted for two days.

Has the shadow of war spread to the world of wizards, or the war among wizards in various countries has never stopped.

After reading the leaflet, Hoffa's frivolous mood calmed down a bit. He thought that Indra had called him here for something very urgent.

I don't know exactly what's important.

Across the street, and a few minutes later, Hoffa entered the Two Broomsticks Hotel after a tall wizard's ass.

It is worth mentioning that later generations here is called the Three Broomsticks.

Of course, that was after Mrs. Rosmerta became boss.

It's crowded and noisy, but it's a lot better than the Leaky Cauldron.

Warm and smoky, it is the mist derived from the drinking pipe, and the light smoke is wrapped around the candle flames on the wall, making the yellow halo even more blurred. On the surrounding walls, there were a few oil paintings of loud quarrels, most of them were stained by wine stains, and the colors on the pictures changed a little.

A burly, bearded man was tending to a rowdy group of wizards at the bar.

The big sign behind the bar displays all kinds of wine.

Wangyou water, canyon water, nettle wine, sherry, mead, elderflower wine, cherry syrup, licorice beer... Of course, the butter beer that Hoffa is most familiar with is also impressive.

It's just that he is in an invisible state now, so he can't stop to drink.

Hoffa weighed his feet carefully and turned around in the crowd.

Suddenly, the feeling of dizziness came up again.

Hoffa felt a little bad, and he accelerated the pace of searching for Indra.

There was laughter from the crowd, and the sound could almost blow the roof off.

"Ha, excuse me, two glasses of Wangyou water. Charge it to my account." A familiar voice said.

"You are the most generous goblin I have ever seen."

"The goblin is not short of money, hurry up and play another game."

Hoffa turned around and saw a crowd of people gathered together, and there was the sound of crackling poker in the middle of the crowd. Hoffa found an empty chair and stood on it.

Sure enough, it was that guy, and that guy started gambling again.

I saw Indo sitting carelessly beside the table, wearing that familiar suit.

There are scattered coins on the table. A few big men next to them were drinking licorice beer, their cheeks were flushed, and their mouths were full of foam.

Hoffa was a little unhappy. Is this the so-called important thing?

Called myself out of Hogwarts, but I am gambling here. What the hell is going on in this guy's head.

He jumped off the stool, and with difficulty passed between several wizard robes with long necks.

But when Hoffa entered the middle of the game, the dizziness became more serious, and he had to hold on to the chair to barely stand still.

Taking a deep breath, he stabilized the inexplicably bad state of his body.

Hoffa hurried forward and grabbed the goblin's ear, and said in a low voice, "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation, or I'll test the curse I learned at Hogwarts on you."