Chapter 292 290 Cold Snake

Chapter 292 290. Cold Snake

cold.

This was Jon's only feeling after entering the ice pit.

The biting coldness seemed to have turned into a substantial white mist, lingering around him.

As he continued to fall, he first used a levitation spell to slow down his descent, and then tightened his robe, blocking all exposed skin.

The descent was not long, only about ten seconds passed before his feet touched the solid ice.

After landing, the temperature here was not as cold as it was above. This made Jon, who had already been numb with cold hands and feet, breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't pause or hesitate. The second he landed, he immediately started running along the only passage heading inward.

Although there is still a lot of magic left in the gem, it cannot be consumed endlessly. Jon's entry into this maze under the ice does not mean the end, but the beginning of a fierce battle.

He couldn't waste the precious magic power in the gem on the road, so he didn't use flying, the fastest way of action. He just mobilized his own magic power to reduce the weight of his body, allowing him to run faster. , and save more effort.

"You will encounter a fork in the road ahead. When Gabri and I came here before, we chose the one on the left. But after that, we quickly encountered a three-way fork, and we didn't find anything behind it. No end has been found.”

Nick followed Jon, speaking quickly and recounting to him what he and Gabrielle had discovered in the maze.

Jon said as he ran.

"Then let's try another way this time. Anyway, we don't know where the right way is, so we'll go right this time!"

They kept running forward, and there was no sign of the Death Eaters catching up behind them. However, Jon did not slow down his pace, but instead accelerated his pace.

He was not allowed to enter this maze guarded by so many Death Eaters so smoothly that his sanity was obscured.

Things were progressing a little too far for the better. Jon actually had two alternative plans for this invasion, but no accidents happened.

As expected, most of the Death Eaters were attracted by his Patronus, and none of the Death Eaters guarding the entrance could successfully stop him, allowing him to fire the Exploding Curse and the Crushing Curse. In this way, he burst into the maze.

This kind of success made Jon feel very abnormal. Even if there were mediocre Death Eaters, they would never be so incompetent.

It seemed like they were just pretending, but in fact their real purpose was to let him enter this maze, not to stop him.

This phenomenon made Jon a little more certain.

The main goal of this group of Death Eaters in the North Pole is not to guard the place where Voldemort once visited, they are just for themselves!

If their real purpose is to lure him into this maze, then they must rely on this place to deal with him.

So Jon not only did not relax after entering the maze, but became even more vigilant.

After running for nearly half an hour, he finally came to the first intersection that Nick said he and Gabri met.

Jon didn't hesitate and ran directly towards the road on the left.

Although this road is unknown, it is because of the unknown that there are more possibilities. If he wants to be safer, he can completely follow the path that Nick and the others have taken before, but then he will not be able to enter this maze. It's almost meaningless.

And just as Jon ran across the fork in the road, Bella, who had a cold face on the ice, looked at the Death Eaters who had made all preparations.

"Now that he's here, this is the last chance the master gives you."

Her voice was sharp and cold, and there was no trace of the French Chief Justice Roland. Even when she looked at her husband Rodolphus, her eyes were no different from those of other Death Eaters.

"At the same time, I also relay the promise made by the master. No matter who kills or captures the boy, he will become the next French Minister of Magic and the de facto leader of the French magical world!"

Her words made all the Death Eaters below breathe harder.

Everyone knew that Voldemort himself serving as France's Minister of Magic was only a temporary expedient.

His ambitions must not only stop in Britain and France, nor even in continental Europe.

Once he moves on to the next journey, he will definitely step down as France's Minister of Magic and let a reliable confidant control and manage this land for him.

Unlike Voldemort's lair and headquarters in the UK, France will not be overly influenced and controlled by him, which means that the next Minister of Magic will have great autonomy.

This also represents huge interests, which will not fail to make these Death Eaters excited.

But then Bella's voice changed suddenly, and she looked at everyone fiercely.

"But similarly, if our mission fails this time, you should also know what you will face!"

When she finished saying this, she looked specifically at Rodolphus. There was no sympathy or comfort in her eyes for her husband's loss of his brother, but more of a threat.

Even if the consequences of failure were not stated clearly, everyone present knew it.

What their master hated most was the incompetence of his servants. The Death Eaters led by Rodolphus had already failed once on the sea. If they failed again on the Arctic ice field, no one would be able to get his forgiveness.

So after Bella explained the consequences of success and failure, the Death Eaters began their actions.

They were divided into three groups, led by Rodolphus, Bella and another leader. The group led by Rodolphus directly used the ice pit that Jon had blown up and began to dive on flying broomsticks.

The other Death Eaters, led by Bella and another leader, apparated to another entrance and entered the maze from different directions.

After entering the maze, they also began to go deeper along the maze, and every time they encountered a fork, they would split into a team of three. In the end, all the Death Eaters were divided into pieces and began to spread towards the maze in a network structure!

Jon was of course unaware of this.

After passing the first fork, he soon encountered another four-way road.

He did not hesitate or struggle, and chose a road to continue walking down.

But before leaving, he used the shadowless magic to leave a shallow mark on the ice wall on one side.

After feeling that his breathing had begun to become rapid, Jon stopped running. Only when he really entered could he feel that this maze was really too big. If he just ran blindly like this, he would probably be exhausted before he reached the end.

"Actually, I am very curious, who has the ability and energy to build such a place in the Arctic."

Nick expressed his doubts on the way.

Jon was actually thinking about this problem.

This maze is at the point where Grindelwald saw Voldemort, which means that this place would not be dug by himself.

And with such a large project, Jon did not think that Voldemort had the ability and mood to create such a place after only disappearing for a month at that time.

This place is likely to be left by some wizard who came to the Arctic before, and the purpose of making this maze is probably the reason why Voldemort came here in the first place.

If a wizard can carve out such a huge maze on these permafrost that has not melted for millions of years, he must be an unknown person.

And among the famous wizards in history, no one has ever been to the Arctic.

"Maybe it's like Axtis who created Azkaban Island. If no one finds this place, no one in the magic world will know the power of the creator of this maze."

Jon said as he walked forward, but the next second, he suddenly stopped, and the whole person suddenly stopped moving as if he was petrified.

Nick and Gabrielle, who followed him, also froze in place, but before they could ask, Jon made a gesture to silence them.

As all their movements stopped, they faintly heard a rustling sound.

The sound was not loud, very small. If Jon hadn't asked them to stop talking, basically no one would notice such a strange sound.

Nick and Gabriel both held their breath, and the sound became louder and louder, getting closer and closer to them.

Then, a thick and long creature crawled out from a corner not far in front of them!

After seeing the emerald green skin and the body as thick as a bucket, Jon suddenly remembered an extremely dangerous magical creature he had seen before!

He couldn't react so quickly at the first time, so he could only close his eyes instantly, then his hands went forward to cover Gabriel's eyes, and at the same time, he shouted to Nick.

"Don't look into its eyes! Nick!"

However, he did not receive a response from Nick. The sound transmitted was only a burst of "rustling" made by the huge creature's movement, like the sound of hard stones falling to the ground!

Jon's heart sank to the bottom of the valley immediately. This sound not only confirmed his guess, but also made him know that his reminder was too late.

Gabrielle, who was covered with her eyes, was at a loss.

"What's wrong, Jon? What happened to Nick?"

"Don't be nervous, Nick is fine, but don't open your eyes! Remember, no matter what noise you hear, don't open them, and then float up. You should remember how high we are now. Just float one meter above the ceiling and wait in the ice. When I ask you to open your eyes, you can open them again!"

Jon quickly told Gabrielle all his instructions.

Gabrielle was also very obedient. After Jon released her eyes, she did not open her eyes. Instead, she closed her eyes nervously as Jon asked, and kept floating up until she floated into the ice.

After letting Gabrielle hide in a safe place, Jon closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He tore off a piece of black cloth from his robe with force, and then calmly covered his eyes completely.

After seeing the body that he remembered so vividly and knowing that Nick had no way to answer his questions, Jon knew exactly what he was facing.

Basilisk!

He had once killed one of his kind with a rooster in Hogwarts Castle!

A basilisk that can actually live in the Arctic!

This is something Jon could never have imagined. Even magical creatures generally follow the habits of nature.

No matter how powerful a basilisk is, and it is called the king of all snakes, it is still a snake.

As long as it is a snake, it will inevitably have the characteristic of hibernating in a cold environment. In nature, the only snake that lives in the Arctic is called the viper, but even if it lives, it will have a hibernation period of up to eight months a year. This is in the Scandinavian Peninsula, which is not as cold as the North Pole.

In such a cold environment as the Underglacial Maze, there is actually a basilisk that can move freely. No one could have guessed in advance.

But although such an accident caught Jon off guard, he was not panicked yet.

It's not like he hasn't seen or killed a basilisk before. Now even if there is no rooster, the best killer against this creature, Jon will not have any fear.

The rooster is gone, but he is no longer the same person he was more than a year ago.

"Thunder Explosion!"

Without any scruples, whether it was Nick who was suspected to be petrified or Gabriel who was hiding in the ice, the blasting spell would not cause any harm to them.

"Boom!"

The sealed space of the maze made the blasting spell emit a huge roar that was not heard outside!

Jon couldn't see the target, he was just casting the spell in front of him, and he didn't care whether he could hit the target accurately or cause damage to the target.

Because the goal of this blasting spell itself was not to kill!

The basilisk reacted quickly, or the reaction speed of all snakes could be said to be top-notch.

After seeing the only target that could threaten it, it raised the small wooden stick in its hand, and then it nimbly squirmed its body and entangled itself on a protruding ice block above the maze!

After the earthquake caused by the blasting spell, there was no other record except for shattering a piece of solid ice and creating fine ice chips all over the ground.

This made the basilisk wrapped around the ceiling stare at Jon with its cold eyes, and at the same time it shrank its body like a spring.

Just as it was planning to complete the distance dash at the fastest speed and swallow Jon directly into its mouth.

Jon waved his wand again, and a spell that he could apply no matter what the situation was sounded from his mouth.

"Wingardium Leviosa!"