Hogwarts: more magic than magic

Chapter 121 Exploring the Castle
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"Then how did you find this place? When I was chatting with Terry earlier, he told me that you found this place!" Qiz still had some doubts about this place.

"It's a coincidence. Not long after the mutation started, I passed by here by chance. I was flying in the sky looking for you, but suddenly there was a burst of explosions, and then a flash of white light dispelled part of the surrounding black fog, so I discovered this place."

Keiz bit his lip, "It's not difficult to understand. Maybe it's because the loyalty spell or protection spell around the castle collapsed after being corroded by the black mist, which led to your discovery. I found it very difficult to cast a spell in the black mist before, and it's even more difficult to maintain the spell.

It's just that the timing of your discovery here is too coincidental, almost when such a place is needed, he appeared immediately, which makes me a little worried! "

"We thought so at first, but after a careful search, we found nothing abnormal, and the environment outside was getting worse.

I was worried about your safety, and after confirming that there was no danger inside, I started looking for you through the magic map Wald gave me. "

"How many people did you find later? Is there anyone out there now?"

Branca took out the magic map upon hearing this, and pointed to the light spot on it.

"I found some people and brought them here. There are about seven or eight people, and some of them were found by themselves. So now including you and me, there are twelve people in total.

When we came in, there were 18 people in total, 19 people including the little Claire of Mikel's family. The current situation of the others is unknown.

Every time I go out, I make it a priority to look for those moving blips, because that's at least proof they're alive.As for the points of light circled by me on the map, they haven’t been moved for a long time. I picked one or two of them to have a look. Unfortunately, they have already encountered accidents.

After I have a little rest, I will go out and take a turn to see if there is any hope for the remaining positions that have not been moved! "

While talking, Blanca's mood became very depressed.

"Sorry! Blanca! It's none of your business! Don't blame yourself, you've done enough." Chiz comforted in a low voice.

"I know! These people were ready to die before they came in. I just didn't expect this moment to come so soon."

After a few words of consolation, Qiz shifted the topic elsewhere, "I heard from Terry that something happened here later? It seems that monsters have besieged here."

"Yeah! People have been brought back to me one after another, but it would be too inefficient for me to find them all by myself, so we thought of a way - smashed a person's bottle, trying to lure the person I couldn't find.

It was okay at the beginning, indeed two or three people found this place under the guidance of the fluorescent bottle.

But I didn't expect that a group of black mud monsters would surround this place. When I was resting, someone heard the door ring and thought it was my own people who had found this place.

So I opened the door..."

"Okay!" After hearing her story, Qiz finally figured out the cause and effect.

He took more than half of the potion from his bag and gave it to her.

"All these are for you, save yourself some use."

"What about you! This is too much, what do you use if I take it all away?" Seeing the bag full of potions that Keiz handed over, Blanca hastily refused.

"Don't worry! This is just a part, I still have a lot. And have you forgotten that I am a potion master? This time I have brought enough raw materials, just use any potion to reconstitute."

Keiz looked up at her proudly.

Seeing that she couldn't refuse, Blanca put the potion in the bag into her bag with a smile on her face.

"Blanca! I'm not at ease here!"

Although Keiz really wanted to tell Blanca immediately about his strange discovery in the village and the existence of the terrifying monster, in the end he decided to wait.

He is still a little unwilling to just withdraw from the secret realm. The energy collection progress of the simulator has only reached about 1/4 of the position. It is very likely that after going out this time, there will be no way to come back in. It will be very difficult to find such a suitable place in the future.

Now there is a safe shelter to hide in, and the supplies in his suitcase are enough for these people to survive here for a long time. If you don't provoke the monsters in the spawn point, it should be no problem to stick to it until the end of the week.

With his speed of killing monsters and Branca's help, he should be able to complete the energy collection before the evacuation signal is sent from the gate.

After making a decision, Qiz must first determine whether it is safe here. If there is also a big monster like the one that appeared in the village hiding here, it is better to evacuate immediately!
"I want to check carefully whether there is any problem with this castle. I don't feel so good here. I need you to gather these people and close your eyes. The method I will use later may be a little dangerous."

"Magic?" Blanca looked at him with interest.

"Yes! Very dangerous magic!"

"Okay! I don't know much about magic, so it's good to check it again, just do it if you want!" Blanca cast an encouraging look, and then roared loudly. "Everyone come and assemble!"

"Thank you!"

Everyone came to the hall after hearing Branca's call, and those who were resting upstairs also came down quickly.

"Do you need my help?"

"No, you can just stay here! Following me will have some unnecessary influence." Qiz quickly refused.

He faced the crowd and explained loudly to them, "Stay in the hall for a while and don't move around. You'd better close your eyes too. I'm going to use a special magic to check if there is any problem with this castle! By the way, purify the air in the castle."

Everyone was a little surprised, and started whispering again, and Qiz stared at him even more when he saw Claire.

He didn't care about people's reactions, and his voice became a bit cold, "This magic may cause some damage to your eyes, and those who open their eyes may go blind! And remember not to run around, if you run around, you may even be killed by the magic power of the riot!"

Maybe it was because the impression Qiz had left on these people when he treated Abby was too scary. No one questioned his words, and they all closed their eyes obediently and sat down in the middle of the hall.

"Then be careful! Call me immediately if you find any unsolvable problems!" Blanca reminded again.

Keiz nodded, and walked towards the door. He wanted to search inside from the position of the door and re-scan the entire castle.

The most time-saving and labor-saving way to search here is to directly become the Obscure, and scan all corners inside through his powerful vision.

He found some problems with the walls of the castle when he was outside. Although the obscurity's vision can penetrate, it is too difficult, and everything he sees inside is blurred. Now he wants to try to see if it is better to see inside the castle.

He asked everyone to close their eyes because he didn't want too many people to know that he could become a silent person. Of course, even if they knew, it would be fine. A bunch of big bastards who can't talk at all in the magic world, who would believe their words!But to be on the safe side, let them close their eyes.

As for why they were gathered together, it was because the concentration of black mist in the castle was low, and it was very likely that he could not maintain Qiz's sanity like the outside world, so he needed to open (Mechanical Heart), and it would be troublesome if he encountered random people on his way.

Playing a full set, before transforming, Keiz took out his wand and shot a lot of super fluorescent flashes in all directions. The group of people in the hall didn't take it seriously at first, but when the surrounding dazzling light illuminated the whole space, they all closed their eyes in a hurry.

Glancing over there, Qiz was very satisfied with everyone's performance, took a deep breath and turned into the Obscure again.

After the transformation was successful, it silently and quickly attracted the surrounding black mist. After a few seconds, the black mist in the entire room was completely sucked away.

His previous guess was correct. After silently drawing away all the black mist, it gradually became agitated, making weird and terrifying noises.

Qiz quickly activated the mechanical heart before he lost control, silently unable to affect his mind, obediently floating above his head, followed him step by step around the castle.

The horrifying sound made goosebumps all over the crowd. Some of them wanted to see but dared not open their eyes. Only Blanca and Claire opened their eyes. They looked at each other and looked at each other. Some couldn't understand what Qiz was doing.

Behind Claire was staring at Qizi mechanically looking around.

Soon, Qiz inspected the entire small castle, and after automatically exiting the state of the mechanical heart, he revoked the state of the silent person as quickly as possible.

"Okay! Everyone can open their eyes now, my inspection is over!", while waving his magic wand to extinguish the super fluorescent flashes in all directions, he reminded everyone to open their eyes.

"Have you found anything?"

"Is it safe here?"

The crowd gathered around at once, chattering around Chiz and asking questions.

"The air is really much better! Look! Even the light from the fluorescent bottle has brightened up a bit!" Some people immediately noticed that the black mist in the room had been cleaned up.

Some even tried to take off the masks on their faces.

"Hey! I haven't breathed such clean air for a long time!"

Many people also took off their masks upon seeing this.

Blanca came over and stared at him with burning eyes, "How is it? Is there any result?"

"Wait a minute! I have to think about it." Chiz was sorting out the information he had collected in his memory just now. He walked to a chair and sat down to study these things carefully.

The information he got this time was indeed much clearer than what he saw from the outside world, and he checked the information inch by inch.

Unfortunately nothing suspicious was found except that all the walls were constructed of the same material.

Just when he thought there was really nothing wrong here, an unexpected discovery made him a little horrified.

"There's something under the ground of the castle!"

"What?" Blanca asked, "Is there any danger?"

"I'm not sure, how about we go and see?"

"Yeah!" Blanca nodded, and told everyone, "Stay alert and get ready for battle!"

"Yes!" Everyone cheered up and took their weapons.

"Leave two people at the door, and the others will follow me!"

Keiz led them across the hall to what looked like a storage room.

"Here it is!" He pointed to the small dark room, and the steps leading down could be seen from the door.

"But we have searched here many times. It is just a storage room with sundries, and there is nothing suspicious."

Qiz took the fluorescent bottle from one person and walked in. This is a semi-basement with only four or five steps. Sure enough, as the person said, there is nothing of value in it, and it is all tattered and dusty.

He retrieved the image he saw in his memory, and asked for an epee from the person behind him. After accumulating power, he wrapped the epee with gang qi and threw the heavy pestle to the ground.

"Boom, boom, boom"

The sound of crashing echoed in the small room.

"Duang!"

A dull murmur suddenly came from the similar impact sound.

"Found it! It's just under this slab! There's an underground space underneath. Come and break this slab open."

The black stone bricks scattered all over the castle are extremely strong, and a few people only left a little scar on them after smashing them for a long time.

Blanca, who was on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and went into battle in person after pushing aside the crowd.

The scarlet ring spread rapidly under her feet, she clenched her fists to gather strength, and finally smashed heavily to the ground.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise accompanied by a shock wave visible to the naked eye. The black stone brick hit by her was shattered badly, and the surrounding stone bricks were also cracked and displaced by the shock wave.

"Move it!"

Several people hurriedly shoveled out all the broken stones with their sword blades, and soon revealed the somewhat damaged trapdoor below.

Wisps of faint black air emerged from the gaps in the wooden boards pierced by the gravel.

Seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They were already aware of the seriousness of this matter. Perhaps there might be a time bomb hidden under the only safe haven for people like themselves that could explode at any time.

Keiz found that there was still a brass lock on the trapdoor, and he drew out his wand and pointed at the brass lock, "Alahoo is open!"

The brass lock snapped open.

"Hey! Wizards are convenient!" Someone behind praised.

After opening the trapdoor, a row of stone stairs leading to the dark underground was revealed.

Moreover, the black air from below became more intense, and soon the whole room returned to the state before the black mist was silently cleared, and everyone had to put on their masks again.

"You guys stay here, I'll go down and have a look first!" Blanca walked to the front and was about to go down.

Chez held her back.

"It's okay, let's go down together! I have confirmed it when I searched just now, and there is no danger below."

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(End of this chapter)