Chapter 283 281 Arctic Journey (Two in One)

Chapter 283 281. Arctic Journey (Two-in-One)

This sea voyage was not so stormy.

After playing the "pirate game" with Gabrielle for a few days, the Hogwarts, which was manually controlled by John, had already entered the waters of the Arctic Ocean.

As the temperature dropped further, they could occasionally see some scattered floating ice on the sea.

As ghosts, Nick and Gabrielle were certainly not afraid of the cold. After seeing the floating ice, the two ghosts began to get excited.

Even though Nick had lived for so long, he had not seen all the scenery in the world. The Arctic Circle was the first place he had arrived in nearly a thousand years.

After entering the sea with floating ice, the sailing speed of the Hogwarts also slowed down. After all, although this old wooden ship was protected by magic, it was not a professional icebreaker. It was necessary to pay attention to avoid those hard ice.

Taking advantage of this time, Nick took Gabrielle to wander around the sea area around Hogwarts. Poor Jon was the only one left on the ship, wearing a thick robe and a bearskin coat, watching them fly back and forth in the cold wind.

It's not that he can't fly, but it's really unbearable to fly in the air without any warming measures in the temperature of minus ten or twenty degrees.

Jon didn't mean to let himself suffer this kind of torture just to see the scenery.

Besides, even if he went out, he had a lot of things to do.

During the time he studied with Grindelwald in Durmstrang, he had basically mastered the three unforgivable curses, and at the same time consolidated the two commonly used "curses", the blasting curse and the invisible strike.

Before leaving, he also learned from Grindelwald his unique secret skill "fire shield protection". However, it can only be used to form a circle of fire around him. Not to mention that it is far from Grindelwald's overwhelming fire that can burn a city, even if it is used in actual combat, it is still far away.

So Jon did not waste this time on the ship. In addition to being familiar with the black magic he learned from Grindelwald, he has been studying the various forbidden books in the second gem of the ring. This trip is not only what Grindelwald said, but he himself always feels that it will not be so safe. It is definitely not wrong to master more methods.

This voyage lasted for about a week. With more and more large pieces of floating ice around, the Hogwarts finally reached a point where there was no way to go.

There was a group of floating ice in front of them that blocked their way. If they wanted to continue forward, they had to get off the ship and rely on other means to get off.

As for disembarking, this was something that Jon had expected at the very beginning of leaving Durmstrang. The Hogwarts could not directly send them to the final destination. Whether it was in August and September when there were fewer floating ice and the temperature was the highest, or now in mid-March when it was the end of the cold winter, floating ice would become their biggest obstacle.

Fortunately, he had already made preparations when he was in Durmstrang. To be precise, it was Grindelwald who helped him prepare.

When disembarking, Jon did not seem to bring much with him. When he first sneaked into Hogwarts Castle in the second year, Dumbledore prepared a robe with a traceless extension spell for him. Jon had kept it all the time. Some necessary supplies, such as food and fresh water, could be stored in the pockets of this robe.

In addition, the biggest thing he brought was the brand new flying broom in his hand.

Firebolt - a special broom used in various official Quidditch competitions, representing the highest level of craftsmanship. Its broom handle is made of ash wood, streamlined, exquisite, and treated with a polish as hard as diamond.

It is said that every broomstick at the tail of this broom has been selected to make its streamlined shape perfect, so it is unparalleled in balance and precision. In terms of speed, it can accelerate to 150 miles per hour within ten seconds, and its braking device is infinitely charming, which is the dream choice of any Quidditch player.

Such a perfect broom made by goblins, including pedals, frames and branch hoops, is a travel gift given to Jon by Grindelwald before he went out.

With it, Jon can safely cross these unsafe floating ice in the cold air currents and severe wind and snow in the Arctic Ocean and reach the ice field where people can stand and walk.

As for the Hogwarts, which is no longer driven, it can return to the lake behind Durmstrang Castle by itself, and when Jon and his friends want to go back, they naturally don’t need to take this boat anymore.

Standing on an ice floe as big as a football field, Jon watched the Hogwarts ship that brought them from Britain to Norway and from Norway to the Arctic Ocean return, and he couldn't help but feel an indescribable emotion in his heart.

But although this ship, which is equivalent to the home of all Hogwarts students, has returned, Jon's journey is far from over.

After watching the Hogwarts ship disappear from sight, Jon brought Nick Gabriel to the center of the ice floe. He uncovered the protective cover on the Firebolt and finally checked the status of this top broom.

Gabriel took advantage of this time to fly high, looking at this magnificent group of ice floes under the cloudless sky.

"Look! There is a white whale over there!"

From a distance, Nick Jon heard her exclamation above his head.

They looked in the direction Gabriel pointed, and indeed saw a whale with a protruding and smooth forehead, a short beak, and a very light body color, almost white, jumping out of the sea with its head and tail tilted up.

This whale was very beautiful and not afraid of people at all. It was wandering on the edge of the ice floe where Jon and his friends were.

Gabriel decisively floated down from mid-air and flew towards the whale.

Jon had already prepared the Firebolt, and before riding on the flying broom, he had to keep wrapping his scarf around his neck and head.

Even if the Firebolt had a powerful windproof magic attached to it, it would not be possible to completely allow the wizard riding it to avoid the temperature and wind and snow. Jon had to add multiple layers of protection to himself to avoid being frozen in the sky.

"Little White, Little White, if you want to go with me, just nod your head, and I beg Jon to take you with me."

When Jon had wrapped himself tightly, he heard Gabriel whispering to the white whale.

Jon took the broom, walked to Gabrielle, and rolled his eyes.

"Even if it turns into a chicken and pecks rice in the sea today, I can't catch a whale and fly in the sky."

After hearing Jon's criticism, the white whale didn't show any intention of responding to her nod. Gabrielle was disappointed and floated away from the white whale reluctantly.

Jon rode on the Firebolt and skillfully controlled it to rise into the air.

Gabrielle just grabbed one side of his scarf and didn't have to float herself to follow Jon.

It's not that she thinks it's fun, but Jon and Nick specifically asked her to do this. When the Firebolt speeds up, Nick, a ghost who has lived for hundreds of years, can still control it flexibly to keep up, but Gabrielle, a "little ghost", may not be sure.

Jon doesn't have a serious illness to use the Firebolt's highest speed to travel over the Arctic Ocean. He has enough time. This time, as long as he can go back before September this year, there is no time limit for other things.

After trying different speeds and enduring snow and wind, he controlled the speed within 100 kilometers and continued to fly towards the north near the pole.

The ice floes under them were very large. Jon had been flying for an entire afternoon and had not seen a large ice field.

It was not long before March 21, the spring equinox, and at this time, the North Pole would begin to enter polar day, with 24 hours of daylight, and as time went by, the range of polar day would continue to spread to low-latitude areas.

Jon and his team were obviously still on the periphery of the Arctic Ocean, so the sky began to darken around six or seven o'clock in the evening.

Without the intention of rushing overnight, Jon found a suitable place to land, took out a folding tent from his pocket, and built a temporary nest for himself on a huge piece of ice.

After preparing a place to sleep, he started to make a fire and boil some hot water, so that he could eat something hot.

Of course, Nick and Gabrielle didn't need him to help. As soon as Jon landed, they went around to help him explore the situation of the floating ice.

Just when Jon had just boiled the water, Nick and Gabrielle came back together, but they brought a living creature with them.

It was an Arctic walrus, which seemed to be attracted by the fluorescence emitted by Gabrielle and Nick, and left the tribe and came to Jon's tent.

"Look! Jon, this is my new friend, the long-tusked beast!"

Gabrielle floated proudly above the walrus' head.

Jon poured the boiled water from the kettle into the cup, while looking at the walrus' beard with interest.

"Don't give it a random name, this animal is called a walrus."

He fumbled out a bag of raw meat from his pocket, took out a piece from it and threw it to the walrus that was not afraid of ghosts or people.

The walrus saw food and slid over the ice with its hind legs flapping.

"The whale you saw during the day is called a white whale, and the bear you called Little White No. 2 is a polar bear."

In his spare time, Jon did not forget to teach Gabrielle earnestly and popularize some common sense about common animals.

Gabrielle shook her head.

"It's better to call it Little White No. 1, Little White No. 2, or Long-tusked Beast!"

"When people scold you for being a stupid girl in the future, don't mention that you know me, it's too embarrassing."

"No! When I meet people in the future, I will say that I was taught by Jon Green!"

Apart from anything else, at least Gabrielle brought Jonle a lot of fun during the journey.

After teasing the little girl for a while, Gabrielle and Nick went around to look for other novel animals.

Jon held the hot cocoa in the teacup, and seeing that the walrus had not left, he stretched out his hand and waved to it.

I don’t know if it was because Jon had just fed it, or if the walrus itself was not afraid of strangers, but after seeing Jon waving, it moved forward again and came to Jon.

Jon gave it another piece of raw meat, and then wiped its beard while it was chewing the food.

“Aha! Teacher, I actually wanted to touch it for a long time.”

He whispered something that was incomprehensible to outsiders, and the low voice was hidden in the wind and snow.

The walrus did not resist, as if it knew that if it served the person in front of it well, it would definitely have enough food in the future, and let Jon pat its long tusks and thick skin and whisper some irrelevant words.

At dawn the next day, Jon came out of the tent, and while he was re-starting the fire to prepare hot water for washing, he looked around. The walrus that he had been nagging for several hours about being undercover and being careful had long disappeared, and it was estimated that it returned to its tribe in the middle of the night.

Gabrielle and Nick certainly didn't need to sleep. They played the role of night watchmen at night, which just allowed Jon to have a good sleep.

After a simple breakfast, Jon rode on the Firebolt and continued on his way.

In this way, he flew for three or four days and finally came to an extremely wide ice field with almost no end in sight.

After determining their current location, Jon controlled the flying broom to land and re-delineated the next target point.

This time, Jon's goal was not to go directly to the pre-planned destination on the Hogwarts, but Grindelwald marked a new location for him.

According to him, there are still Death Eaters stationed in this area of ​​the Arctic, so Jon had better go to meet up with the people he left in the Arctic first, and then decide on the next plan and strategy after understanding the number and general situation of the enemy.

According to the mark points recorded by Grindelwald for them, Jon put his wand upright on the ice, and then let go and whispered.

"Show me the way."

The next moment, his wand fell to the northwest.

After re-determining the direction, Jon did not hesitate, and rode on the Firebolt again to fly in the direction of the wand with Nick and Gabriel.

This time the voyage time was not as long as before. Jon deliberately flew at a height not far from the ground. After about four or five hours of flying, he finally saw a fortress carved out of ice!

There was a small black flag hanging on the fortress, with the emblem of Durmstrang's double-headed eagle and deer head, which was very conspicuous in the white ice field.

After circling the ice fortress for a week, Jon found the location of its gate and then slowly landed.

After landing on the ground, he finally confirmed the information on the map, and then knocked heavily on the door of the ice fortress.

I finally finished writing at two o'clock, 12,000 words, and I also made up for the leave I took yesterday. It was all calculated as 6,000 words. Give me some monthly tickets as a reward (˙▽˙)