Chapter 49 Tracing the Underground Palace (Revised, Typos Have Been Corrected)

Lifting off the tapestry behind the children's bookshelf, Allen raised his wand: "Luminescence flashes."

After throwing the ball of light at the tip of the staff into the tunnel, there was no movement. After waiting for a while, in order to prevent accidents, Allen cast a disillusionment spell that came with the wizard's robe, and then lifted the tapestry behind the children's bookshelf , bowed his body and got into the tunnel.

The four walls of this passage are painted with patterns everywhere, and they are still brilliant after being honed by time.

The floor is also specially equipped with a colorful tile mosaic, and a zigzagging line of red tiles about 2 feet wide runs down the passageway. Some fragments and cracks at the end of the corridor show the traces of the stone surface of the corridor covered with plaster, and the surface of the murals can be seen to have been polished and smooth.

Allen took a rough look at the mural and found that it was a scene where a wizard was doing alchemy. However, the red liquid in the cauldron in the painting made the mural a bit weird and ominous, but now Allen didn't have the time to delve into it, just more Lowering his steps and clutching his wand ready to strike at any moment, he walked down the tunnel's steps, intermittently walking through several gentle passages.

After not walking for a long time, he pushed the cellar door above his head, and Alan, who was shocked by the cold wind that rushed in, saw the light.

This is a small utility shed. The afternoon sun shines straight down from the skylight on the roof, just at the position where Alan climbed out. Alan, who stayed in the dark environment for a while, quickly stretched out his hand to cover his eyes. After a while, Fang got used to the light.

Open the door and go out. This is a deserted garden. The snow is piled thickly on the high and low land. When you leave the garden, the surroundings are desolate and desolate. Farmhouses built of wood, mud, and straw are sparsely scattered in the wilderness. superior.

Allen looked back, not far from the farmhouse, stood a manor surrounded by high walls, here, you can also see a few pieces of snow on the roof of the castle in the manor gathering scattered sunlight, Shining brightly, behind the manor, some towering peaks reach straight into the clouds, looking from a distance, like hidden reefs in the sea.

Allen judged the time, guessing that Emily would wake up in a while according to Emily's habit, he quickly returned the same way, passed by the bathroom and heard the noise inside, knowing that Aunt Josephine was taking a bath, he already had a feeling in his heart made a rough plan.

Restoring the tapestry to its original state, and returning to the door of the bedroom, the little girl in red and raising toads appeared in the portrait on the door again. She glanced at Allen quickly and disappeared instantly.

Alan pushed the door and went in. Fortunately, his sister was still soundly asleep. Alan tiptoed over, climbed onto the bed gently, tucked his sister under the quilt and lay down, closed his eyes and began to rest.

Afterwards, Allen played with Emily for an afternoon in front of his aunt sensibly, and chatted with Aunt Josephine obediently and asked about some interesting things about her in the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures.

At 9 o'clock in the evening, after putting Emily to sleep again, Allen cast a "sleeping spell" on the little girl. According to the Encyclopedia of Charms, this was invented by a wizard who suffered from insomnia and hair loss. The spell—although it was different from his guess that his hair loss was caused by insomnia, at least he solved half of his troubles.

Kissing sleeping Emily on the forehead, Ellen turned and left, waiting for his aunt in front of the bathroom - not for peeping, of course, but because he was going to steal her wand while she was in the shower , Unlike when there are adult wizards around or at home, the Ministry of Magic can allow little wizards like Harry to hide under the quilt in their room to cast fluorescent flashes, or let Hermione practice at home before going to school to recover, as long as they don’t Being seen by Muggles is no problem. But this time the location obviously does not have this condition, and there is a high chance that attack spells will be used. Fortunately, Allen is not as picky about wands as some wizards are.

After getting his aunt's wand, in the farmhouse, Allen used the halo of the master,

The location of Albert was predicted and divined. This kind of magic is beyond Allen's current ability. It is a scrying technique that should only be cast when he is in a higher grade. The better. According to the principle, it should be used with some polished silver mirrors and potions or a hookah-like tool that can emit smoke to show images, but this condition is not available now, so Allen had to use It took more time to continue focusing on casting spells to complete and obtain enough information. Fortunately, the target was a brother he was familiar with. However, even with the bonus of Xueba halo, in the end, he only determined the approximate location of his elder brother Albert. .

To Allen's surprise, the system seemed to release a sudden mission to find moon gems without warning after Allen finished divination. Reliable, now even the rewards are not explained...

But without time to think about it, Allen walked out of the farmhouse again. He pulled out the broomstick Neptune from the storage space, turned over and rode it, and drove away at the fastest speed.

The sky, which still had some moonlight, was slowly getting darker, and the smell of rain in the air became heavier and heavier.

Finally, there was a downpour of rain in the sky, accompanied by the roar of huge thunder sweeping across the ground. The moon was completely hidden behind thick thunderclouds, and a freezing wind was blowing from the north. Lightning flashes through the clouds, and sometimes falls on the ground with a roar. Some falling raindrops are frozen into snowflakes mixed with heavy raindrops due to the winter climate.

The cold sleet in winter blows wildly beside Allen. Fortunately, Allen's physique is far superior to that of his peers, and the robe on his body also has a constant temperature function, otherwise he would not be able to fly for long.

Through the occasional lightning, the farmhouse on the ground seemed to be flattened and then spread out. Allen galloped at an incredible speed. In the dim night, he moved from the village to the wilderness, close to the destination, in front, far away. A huge and towering rocky mountain appeared, its outline reflected on the empty horizon by occasional flashes of lightning.

After getting close enough to Alan, he realized that a clever Muggle expulsion spell had been cast here, and he flew around the stone mountain. After he probably had a complete impression of it in his mind, Alan stepped on the ground with both feet, I found that the touch from the soles of the feet actually has a feeling of stepping on cotton.

This stone mountain is essentially a stone tower dug out of the original natural structure. It looks like a huge rock protruding from the ground. Looking down at the earth. The few narrow ledges offered little protection, but as Allen approached and took a closer look, he discovered an arched entrance about 20 feet high and 10 feet wide that plunged deep into the mountainside through the thick rock.

The ground outside the entrance slopes outwards, directing the rainwater to flow outwards. Considering this fact and the solid nature of the mountain, the place inside the doorway should be dry and safe from lightning, rain and snow. The structure looks solid

In fact, even in such severe weather conditions, the possibility of collapse is extremely small.

Noticing that Alan, who was unguarded, approached the entrance, he cast Cleanup on himself to clean up the rain and snow on his body, and then activated the Illusion Charm that came with the robe, so as to avoid being injured by the body when the invisibility took effect. Falling rain exposed.

Allen didn't enter in a daze, but searched the entrance more carefully. Unlike many little wizards who were born in orphanages or Muggles, they like to think that things other than magic and witchcraft are not useful. His knowledge helped him. Through the history of magic and the knowledge of wizard architecture in leisure books, Alan can determine that the stone part of the door and the stone structure nearby are indeed very strong, and found that there are a lot of stones scattered around the entrance. Remnants of a fragment of a gigantic boulder, which seemed to have blocked the gate from opening, but has now burst into fragments under the spell. The door is very heavy, but it is well stabilized by the magic spell commonly used in wizarding buildings. It can be easily pushed open by wizards with little strength, and it will swing back and close by itself when there is no support.

Put the tip of the wand against the door, and put the tail of the wand in his ear to monitor some movement behind the door. After finding that there was no sound at all for several minutes, Allen pushed the door open a little and squeezed himself in.