Ch 71-72-73

 "Fluorescence blinking~"

　　 As Ivan chanted the spell, the dazzling light penetrated the darkness and shone on the devil's net. These light-and-heat-fearing plants immediately took back the outstretched vines.

　　 is about four meters high. After Ivan made a simple judgment, he asked Harry, Ron, and Hermione to help him send Norway down with a Levitation Charm.

　　 Harry also hung the music box on the chain around the neck of Norway, lest it wake up midway.

　　 Norway is so big that even if four people use the Levitation Charm at the same time, it almost can't maintain it. Halfway through, Norway almost wakes up.

　　 Fortunately, the music never stopped. After the last toss, everyone successfully sent Norway down, and the devil net that was dispelled before was also closed again during this time.

　　 "But what about this trapdoor? And the emptiness here must arouse Secretary Fudge's suspicion." Hermione worried.

"Do you have any useless things on your body? I'll dress up here with Transfiguration Charm." Ivan sighed helplessly. He felt like he was almost becoming a professional finishing toucher, and Dumbledore didn't pay any more Jin Jialong gave it to him.

　　 After hearing this, the three of them rummaged in the pockets of the wizard robes, but they really found a lot of small objects.

　　 Ron pulled out a bag of cocoa beans from his pocket, Harry followed with some golden Jialong and silver Sico, Hermione found a few small wooden combs and round mirrors.

　　 The total number is still quite large, especially Ron's cocoa beans, there can be hundreds of them in a package.

　　 It might be that the level of the Transformation Curse was too low and it was directly seen that Ivan directly refused their help, released it personally and completed the arrangement.

　　 "Well, it's not bad." After it was done, Ivan looked around and nodded in satisfaction.

　　 "Will this be a bit bad?" Harry looked at the hanging objects on the ceiling, suddenly scared.

　　 "Follow it, I think Professor Dumbledore will have a way to explain it!" Ivan said with deep resentment. He is not the kind of person who doesn't fight back after being cheated.

　　 He was thinking of making Dumbledore more fun...

　　 Ivan was a little disappointed, because they didn't have any big objects on them, and it might be impossible for him to make big news.

　　 Just when Ivan was casting a spell, from a distance, I heard Professor McGonagall's loud voice coming from afar.

　　 "The corridor on the fourth floor is nothing special. Adding a door is just to separate the space."

Now how to do?

　　 Harry did not dare to speak, but hinted with his eyes.

　　 Ivan also didn't expect the people from the Ministry of Magic to come so quickly. He thought that Dumbledore would take Fudge around the school to buy them time.

　　 But fortunately, Professor McGonagall knows to remind them aloud.

　　 "We can jump down. Below is the Devil Net. We just don't resist." Hermione lowered her voice, pointed to the trapdoor, and then jumped down first.

　　 She had already seen the vines of the Devil Net have reclosed. With this as a buffer, there is no need to worry about being thrown to death.

　　 Harry and Ron also gritted their teeth and stomped their feet and jumped down. They could only pray that Norway was still sleeping underneath.

　　 Ivan had no time to stop, and the three of them had already jumped off.

　　 "Actually, I would use the phantom spell..." Ivan murmured silently, using the transformation spell on the trapdoor, and then entered the trapdoor before the transformation spell was completed.

　　 As the trapdoor slowly closed and merged with the floor, the wooden door was pushed open, and Umbridge's disgusting voice was in the corridor.

　　 "I don't think so, maybe there are secrets hidden in it."

　　 Umbridge walked in with a smile on his face, and just turned his head, the empty corridor seemed to be triggered by some mechanism, and the ghost faces hooked by the string on the ceiling fell one after another. It fell in the air and swayed, or smiled or stared at her hollowly, and one of them happened to be suspended in front of Umbridge's eyes.

　　 "Ah!!!" Umbridge sat down on the ground and let out a shrill cry.

　　 McGonagall suddenly became nervous outside the door, and Dumbledore also thought that Umbridge had discovered Norway, and suddenly felt that he was miscalculating the transfer of Norway to a few children.

　　 With a few little wizards, it is indeed impossible to transfer a three-headed dog in such a short period of time.

　　 But after entering, Dumbledore realized that things were a little different from what he had imagined. Rows of ghost faces in the corridor were hung from the ceiling. Dumbledore was a little bit dumbfounded for a while.

　　 McGonagall was also taken aback for a while, and his eyes were inquiring.

　　 Dumbledore shook his head insignificantly, indicating that he did not know it, and it seemed that Ivan would surprise him differently every time.

　　 "Albus, what the **** is going on?" Fudge looked at the hallway like a haunted house~www.mtlnovel.com~ The expression on his face was wonderful, and he looked at Dumbledore with a very strange look.

　　 He had to wonder if Dumbledore was carrying some dangerous black magic on his back. Even Fudge regretted coming to the fourth floor. Shouldn't he be silenced?

　　 You can take a closer look at these ghost faces, Fudge discovered that these don't seem to be black magic items, just ordinary masks.

　　 Dumbledore pondered for a while. He didn't have any preparation for these arrangements of Ivan, but it was obvious that this little trick could not bother him.

　　 In just a few seconds, Dumbledore had a change of Alzheimer's, often forgetting things, and clapped his hands.

　　 "Ah.. I remember. I asked Severus to buy them. I plan to use them on Halloween. If I didn't come and have a look, I would have forgotten them here."

　　 Dumbledore said that he took a mask and put it on. It was a vampire mask with red paint sprayed on the corners of his mouth, which looked a bit like blood.

　　 "It looks good, doesn't it?" Dumbledore said.

　　 Severus?

　　 Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched. Dumbledore's reason was really casual. She didn't believe Snape would do such a thing.

　　 Fudge picked up a mask for Faith and Suspicion and looked at it. It was an exquisitely crafted goblin mask, which seemed to be made of mahogany, and nothing could be seen on the surface.

　　 Umbridge also got up from the ground at this time. She was a little bit irrational when she was acting out in public. She drew her wand out of anger and chanted spells to the ghost faces around her.

　　 "Appears in a hurry~"

　　 A wave of magical ripples stretched along the top of the wand in all directions, and the ghost face hanging in the air shook and made a slight noise...

 Umbridge's sudden spell was beyond everyone's expectations.

　　Professor McGonagall was even more shocked. She had guessed that these ghost faces were mostly made by Ivan using the Transfiguration Curse. If they were cracked on the spot by the Visibility Curse, it would be over.

　　 However, what neither McGonagall nor Fudge had thought of was that the Manifestation Curse was of no use, and the ghost face remained unchanged.

　　 "It's impossible!" Umbridge yelled out of control.

　　 Dumbledore was not too surprised by this result. Just when he came into contact with these masks, he had a rough estimate of the level of Ivan's transformation spell. It is that these wooden ghost surface structures that have been deformed for some reason are very stable, even beyond the level they should be.

　　 Dumbledore didn't know that Ivan accidentally used magic to analyze a mahogany round table during the second magic burst, and he knew the wooden structure very well, otherwise he would not be so surprised.

　　 On the other hand, although Umbridge is a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Magic, he has been busy consolidating power and intrigue over the years, and his casting level is very average. Even with the use of the Manifestation, it is impossible to quickly dissolve the wooden ghost faces transformed by Ivan.

McGonagall was speechless. She remembered that Ivan's Transfiguration Curse a few days ago was far from reaching this level. If she hadn't known it was the place where the three-headed dog was, she would have almost thought Snape was it. I really bought a bunch of masks and hung them here.

　　 "Impossible, you must have done something!" Umbridge looked at Dumbledore sharply. She thought that the other party had buried some secrets in advance, and she had nothing to gain.

　　 Her judgment is absolutely impossible to go wrong!

　　 "Are you questioning me?" Dumbledore turned his head, the vampire mask still on his face.

But what frightened Umbridge more was Dumbledore's eyes under the mask, as if he could see her thoroughly. Under the gaze, Umbridge's mind could not help but recalled that it was buried deep in memory. Those sordid things she thought she had forgotten...

　　 Umbridge then remembered that the centenarian in front of him was not the small character he usually faced, but the most prestigious and powerful wizard in the magic world today!

　　 Umbridge's legs trembled, and emotions such as fear, resentment, and anxiety surged into his heart, but he did not dare to say any more.

　　 Dumbledore didn't put much effort on a small role like Umbridge, took off the mask on his face, put it in his arms at will, then turned his head and said to Fudge.

　　 "Fudge, you should have seen everything that should be seen? Everything in Hogwarts conforms to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic! There are no dragons and no dangers. The little wizards studying here are extremely safe..."

　　 "Of course, I saw it." Fudge's face was a little uncertain. He was sure that Dumbledore was hiding something from himself, but he had no way of doing it, so he had to pinch his nose to admit it.

　　 "Umbridge, let's go." Fudge threw the ghost face in his hand aside in disappointment, and said to Umbridge, who was trembling on the side.

　　 "Perhaps you can take a stroll at Hogwarts." Dumbledore joked casually.

　　 "No, the Ministry of Magic still has a lot of government affairs to deal with." Fudge opened the door and walked out with a sullen face, Umbridge followed suit, but he could no longer maintain the greasy smile on his face.

Professor McGonagall walked at the end and closed the opened wooden door. He vaguely saw that the ghost face thrown by Fudge in the corner turned into a small wooden comb in a twist, and the others turned into various small objects, more than a hundred. The flavored beans crashed down.

　　 McGonagall smiled and closed the door with his backhand.

　　 "Wait, what is that sound?" Fudge, who was walking in the front, seemed to hear something vaguely. He turned his head and glanced suspiciously, but could only see that the wooden door was closed.

　　 "Are you going to look at the corridor again? I think you can pick a mask as a souvenir... what about this one?" Dumbledore gestured with the vampire mask out of his arms.

　　 "Forget it..." As soon as he saw the mask, Fudge couldn't help but burst into flames. He thought he could catch Dumbledore's handle here, but he didn't expect that there would be such an inexplicable thing inside.

　　 Dumbledore nodded and put the mask in his arms again, losing his magical support, the vampire mask was twisted and changed back to its original appearance.

　　 That is a small round mirror...

　　...

　　 On the other side, Ivan who fell from a height did not suffer any harm. Because of the devil net as a buffer, Ivan released a Levitating Charm on himself before falling, and landed in a very stable posture.

But other people are not so lucky. The broken bones are about to fall apart, but they dare not scream because the three-headed Norwegian dog is still here. If you accidentally wake it up , That's it.

　　 "Where is this? Underground secret room? I didn't expect that there is such a place in the castle." Ron looked around, quietly lowered his voice.

　　 "Didn't we guess before? This is the place where Professor Dumbledore placed the Philosopher's Stone. Norway and the Devil's Net should be used to prevent others from invading." Hermione explained softly.

　　No, the Devil.com was specially designed by Professor Sprout. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com was designed to prevent you from falling and falling to death... Ivan was silently complaining.

At the same time, Ivan discovered that it was a long passage. The gray stone walls around it were covered with moss and vines. It should not have been temporarily opened up, but a space in Hogwarts itself. Maybe Dumbledore. Lido just remodeled this place a bit.

　　 In order to avoid a conflict with Norway, which might wake up at any time, Ivan had to continue to move forward.

　　 At the end of the corridor is a room. Through the light, you can see that the wooden door has been blown up, and there are circles of key-shaped objects scattered on the ground.

　　 "Someone came first than us... He cast a flame curse first, and then blasted the wooden door!" Hermione knelt down and picked up a key with traces of being burned by the flames.

"It must be Chino!" Ivan's face sank. No wonder the Norwegian three-headed dog was asleep when they came in. Maybe it was a coma curse, or Chino used a transformation curse to make a flute. What.

　　 But judging from the experience of these flying keys, Ivan guessed that it was mostly the former, because the invader seemed to have no intention of playing these level-breaking games at all. It may be very grumpy and even expended a lot of magic to force the level...

　　 shouldn't be because of him?

　　 Ivan thought with a guilty conscience...

　　 It's just that Ivan doesn't understand. Where did Chino or Voldemort have the courage to enter Hogwarts again? How did you get in again?

　　 "Let's go and tell Professor Dumbledore!" Harry said anxiously.

　　 But after speaking, the four people realized one thing at the same time. Today, Minister of Magic Fudge visited Hogwarts in person. Dumbledore and McGonagall, as the principal and vice principals, must accompany the whole process. They can't get away...

Ivan suddenly realized that Voldemort would choose to steal the Philosopher's Stone today. As long as he knew some of the secret paths of Hogwarts and sneaked in smoothly, he would have nothing to do with Dumbledore. fear.

　　 From the perspective of Voldemort hiding his Horcrux in the responsive room and finding the Slytherin Secret Chamber, he should have explored the school very deeply, knowing that part of the secret path is normal.

　　 "Then what should we do now? Just here waiting for Kino to steal the Philosopher's Stone?" Ron was desperate, because he was in a dilemma now.

"We must not stay here. When Kino gets the Sorcerer's Stone, we will still face us. Norway may wake up at any time!" Hermione was holding her tan hair depressed and letting her go. No matter how the clever head turned, he couldn't think of a solution.

　　 "Then let's stop Kino from getting the Philosopher's Stone. There are four of us here, and he is only one!" Harry said courageously.

　　 "Kino's strength is not as weak as you think, maybe he is related to the mysterious man...that is, Voldemort." Ivan said lightly.

　　 "Voldemort?" Harry asked in surprise.

　　 Ron and Hermione were so shocked that they couldn't speak. They thought that they were big enough to deal with a professor, but they didn't expect that their opponents had upgraded again, and they were still the rumored Dark Lord.

　　 "Then we have to stop him! Kino wants to get the Sorcerer's Stone, he must be prepared to give it to Voldemort, or resurrect him." After being surprised, Harry quickly said firmly again.

　　 In fact, Ivan's mind is also in the battle between heaven and man,

　　Go or not?

　　If his design is reasonable enough, he may not be able to hit Chino or Voldemort by surprise like before on a dragon-riding rescue, use the protective magic in Harry's body to skip the stage of battle and directly kill Chino.

　　All he had to do was to use the killing spell to grab the head while Kino was caught by Harry and unable to move.

　　 In this way, you can complete the inexplicable promise task, unlock the blood magic, and have more self-protection strength before returning to Knockdown Alley.

　　 But Ivan would not naively think that everything will go as smoothly as he imagined. If something happens in the middle, he will have to face the final boss in the original.

　　 Even Voldemort, who is so weak that only his soul is left, is extremely dangerous!

　　 "If you want to leave, there are just a few broomsticks here." Harry pointed to the broomstick by the door, and when he learned that Chino was related to Voldemort, he decided to stop it.

　　 "Forget it, it's not that we are willing to let Chino go, Chino will let us go, I don't want to watch out for an enemy in the dark all day." Ivan sighed.

Although Ivan knew very well that Voldemort would not be able to get the Sorcerer's Stone without their intervention, this would not solve the problem. When Voldemort realized that he had been tricked by Dumbledore, he would definitely be more cautious and even more angry. They are in danger when they leave school on holiday.

Hermione and Ron also did not plan to leave. For the Gryffindor lion cubs, the danger is acceptable, but the unacceptable is to let their friends face the danger alone. Besides, their impression of Ricino is nothing. What a clever look.

　　They should...probably...maybe...can beat him?

　　 Just when Ivan made a decision, the system prompt sounded in his mind.

　　[Activating new mission...

　　 Mission objective: Loot the Philosopher's Stone!

　　 task reward: related alchemy knowledge

Mission description: This is a series of tests carefully prepared by the principal of Hogwarts, Dumbledore. Although most of them have been devastated, it should be noted that the difficulty of entering the level has not been reduced. Please enter Be prepared for death. ]

　　The sudden task reminder made Ivan feel better, which means that as long as he successfully kills Chino this time, he will be able to complete two tasks at once.

　　 The reward is still very generous.

　　 As for the danger, this is something he already knew...

　　 "Let's go." Ivan cleared up his emotions and continued to walk out of the small room. Because the wooden door had been destroyed, they did not need to ride a broom to find the key.

　　 Moving forward, Ivan thought it was just a small challenge to play wizard chess, but he didn't expect to find that it was more like a fierce battlefield when he approached.

　　 A large number of dismembered chess pieces were scattered on the ground. Under the influence of magic, the body was slowly repaired, and the remaining ten intact chess pieces were all looked over.

These stone chess pieces obviously have no faces, let alone eyes, but Ivan unexpectedly feels that he is being stared at by them. Obviously these chess pieces do not rely on eyes to lock the target~www.mtlnovel.com~Ivan soon Just decided that the phantom curse might lose its effect here...

The moment Ivan stepped in, the stone soldiers drew out their knives one after another, the knight with a broken hand got up from the ground, stepped on the horse and clenched the spear, the king raised the scepter high. ..

　　 "Is this going to play the live-action Wizard Flag Battle?"

　　 Looking at the stone chess pieces two or three meters high in front of him, Ron swallowed. Although his wizard's banner is not bad, the live-action version is forgotten.

　　 It's a pity that when they came in, the attack had already begun. The stone soldiers approached with heavy steps, and the only knight rushed towards them on a horse...

　　 "Split!" Ivan threw a split spell, and the forelegs of the stone horse that ran halfway burst open. The knight above fell to the ground like a gourd, and half of his head was shattered.

　　 But the knight still stood up again, and kept adsorbing the scattered stones around him, slowly repairing his injuries.

　　 "They will fix it automatically, how can I fight this?" Harry said silently.

"Try to attack the legs of these stone men and restrict their movements, then bless the iron armor curse and rush over!" Ivan used his magic wand to counter himself, and an invisible magic barrier enveloped his body, which gave him some safety. sense.

　　 Although the iron armor curse is a magic used by wizards to defend and reflect specific spells, it does not mean that the curse does not have physical defense. Its essence is to build a magical barrier around the body, and it also has a certain resistance to physical damage.

　　 "But we don't know the iron armor curse at all!" Ron tried to attack one of the **** soldiers with the leg-locking curse, but it had no effect at all, and he shouted in despair.