Chapter 408 406 The First Person to Be Eliminated

Chapter 408 406. The first person out

Understanding these is not the main thing, because Jon still hasn't figured out the most critical issue.

"Do you know why the Dark Lord wants to take Hogwarts Castle into his own hands so much?"

But obviously, even the Sorting Hat itself can't explain this problem.

"I don't know about this. Logically speaking, he shouldn't care so much about this castle, because even if the castle is really owned by him, it won't bring him any benefit or improvement. At most, it will only make him He can stay in the castle for a long time."

This problem not only troubled Jon, but also the principals including Dumbledore, who were all wizards who once owned the castle. Everyone had not figured out what Voldemort's purpose was in acquiring the castle.

But even if he doesn't think clearly, it doesn't actually hinder what Jon is doing now. The more the enemy wants to do something, the more difficult it is for him to do it.

As long as we can win the championship of this game, it doesn't matter whether we know the answer to this question or not.

So Jon no longer thought about Voldemort, but completely focused on how to find the Triwizard Cup.

After he walked into the auditorium, he didn't find any obvious difference from when he came before.

The flames on the candles were beating, illuminating the dark places where sunlight could not reach. The tables and chairs around were all clean, with nothing placed on them. Only the ceiling that reflected the sky outside could feel the sunlight. deflection.

It is now almost 11 o'clock at noon, and there is still more than an hour before Emil and the others enter the castle to start the game. If Jon does not find more clues within this hour, it will be equal to what he has discovered before. The advantage gained in two games was all in vain.

Jon first checked the hall along the perimeter of the auditorium. After finding nothing, he walked up to the long table on the high platform where only professors were usually allowed to sit, and saw the Only Voldemort himself had the right to sit there.

There seemed to be nothing wrong here, but Jon noticed keenly that there was a lit candle suspended just behind the long table.

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with having a candle here. There were many similar candles floating in other places in the auditorium, but Jon realized that this candle was suspended in the sunlight.

Other candles are used to illuminate places where the sun cannot reach, to enhance brightness.

Of course, it is also possible that the candle flew to the wrong place, but Jon is more inclined to believe that it is actually a clue deliberately left by Matthew and the others.

Observing the candle, and finding nothing on the surface, Jon raised the wand in his hand and lightly tapped the wick of the candle.

The next moment, the candle flame suddenly swelled, and the flame rose to a height of more than half a meter. However, in the end, the flame quickly faded, and the entire candle was shortened by half.

It was at this time that he discovered the real strangeness of this candle.

Although the wax on the surface of the candle was half burned, the wick inside was not burned at all. It was on this standing wick that Jon saw a vertical line of small words.

[The school belongs to the nature of the school]

Just after Jon read this vertical line of words, the entire candle suddenly lit up, and then the candle was completely burned out, leaving only an extinguished wick that fell to the ground, and on the wick, the line of small words also All disappeared.

Jon picked up the wick and found nothing more special about it, and then he softly asked the Sorting Hat.

"So what is the nature of school?"

With the Sorting Hat following him, Jon would certainly not be so stupid that he would not use this help and solve the puzzle by himself. The Sorting Hat must know much more about this castle than he does.

"It depends on whether the school mentioned here refers to Hogwarts in a narrow sense, or all schools in a broad sense."

"What if it just refers to Hogwarts?"

"If it just refers to Hogwarts, then the castle itself was actually created by the four wizards at that time, just to allow the young wizards to escape the oppression of Muggles and allow them to control the magic in their bodies."

Jon held his chin as he continued.

"So, if it refers to the scope of school, then the essence of school is to teach and educate people and impart knowledge? One is to avoid oppression, and the other is to impart knowledge. If this clue is to guide the place where the Three Strong Cups are located "

Jon looked down at the ground.

"Would Graves and the others really create a riddle in such a way that satirizes the Dark Lord?"

The Sorting Hat did not respond to this question.

If this puzzle refers to Hogwarts, then the castle under Voldemort's rule has actually violated its essence, because the place where the oppressors were liberated became a slave field for oppression, and it was used to enslave the hemps. The key place to grow students is underground.

But it’s still the same problem. Jon can actually understand Matthew’s position as the referee. Judging from the attitude he showed from the beginning of the game to the present, it can indeed be said to be impartial, so at the end of the game, During the game, will the project designed by him be presented in an attitude that is more biased towards Dumbledore's side?

But if this school refers to the whole of the term "school", then the concept of teaching and educating people is too broad. All the classrooms in the entire castle meet the concept of the essence of this school. If you want to search every classroom, it is basically impossible without two or three days, and it is not certain that you can find the clues accurately during the search.

Jon felt that it would be better not to leave this clue for such a broad concept, because it would take little more effort to search the entire castle than just looking for classrooms.

In the end, he decided to go to the underground where the puffed people lived on a daily basis. Maybe Matthew really loves Dumbledore, but it is difficult to express it clearly because of the position of the Magic Congress itself?

He quickly found the stairs to the basement. This is located at the corner of the entire castle, but it is the place Jon is most familiar with.

Two years ago, he spent more than half a year here, so it is impossible for him to feel unfamiliar.

Going down the stairs, it is no different from when Jon left. It is still dark, damp and cold, and there is no one inside.

Of course, the Muggles were moved to other places by Snape and Crouch in advance, and they would not stay here to meet Jon. Snape and his team had been fully prepared for nearly a year. Dumbledore had been here with Jon for so long, but he had never seen a single Muggle student in the castle. Obviously, this was the result of Snape and Crouch's strict defense.

Walking in the dark basement corridor, surrounded by the dormitories of Muggle students, it is estimated that no one among the participating students is more familiar with it than Jon.

He did not stop, and the first place he came to was of course the dormitory where he once lived as "Randy Smith".

Pushing the door and walking in, it was obvious that there was a new owner here. The old and damp bed was neatly folded, and a linen robe was hung on the hanger beside the bed. Jon did not touch the things in this dormitory. In fact, if there was a problem, he could tell it just by standing and taking a look, because there were too few items in it, and there was no place to hide the trophy.

Jon spent half an hour to quickly check the remaining dormitories. Each dormitory had no door locks, so his progress was not slow. However, he did not get any results until he checked all the rooms in the basement.

This did not disappoint Jon much. If things were really going so smoothly, he would have doubts.

After confirming that there would be no more discoveries here, Jon decisively left the basement. He started looking from the classrooms on the first floor, hoping to try his luck in the broad concept of school.

There were not many classrooms on the first floor. It only took him an hour to get to the second floor, and at the same time he walked up the easternmost staircase of the castle to the second floor.

It was 1 p.m.

Outside the castle, Matthew let Diane and Emil in on time and let them enter the castle.

But under the watchful eyes of the crowd, neither Diane nor Emil moved first. They stared at each other in front of the castle gate, obviously on guard.

If the time was staggered, it would be fine. No one would waste time looking for the trophy to wait in front of the door, because if the waiting failed, it would be equivalent to completely wasting all the advantages and efforts of the previous two games. But now that they have the same score, the situation is different when they enter the castle together.

Both Diane and Emil knew that no one could guarantee that the person who entered the castle first would not launch a sneak attack on the other person and eliminate one person on the spot.

In this way, when they were deadlocked in front of the door for a full five minutes, Emil finally gritted his teeth and knew that continuing to drag it on would be the most disadvantageous for him, because every extra second of delay would be equivalent to giving Jon, who was already in the castle, an advantage.

"Let's go in together."

He stared at Diane and said.

Diane didn't want to drag it on here. It's not that she didn't see clearly that holding Emil here was actually indirectly helping Jon, but she kept holding up the wand like this, which made her arm feel sore and numb. In addition, with so many people watching, she couldn't stand it here.

So she nodded and agreed to Emil's proposal.

Such a door is more than enough for two people to enter at the same time. They stared at each other, and did not put down their wands. They slowly stepped into the castle together until they entered the castle completely.

Just after they entered the castle, the open door closed again, isolating the castle from the outside space.

Diane did not relax for a moment, even after entering the castle. She stared at Emil, thinking about how high her success rate would be if she took action immediately after the door was closed.

She did not ask for Emil to be eliminated 100%. Even if the two of them lost their qualifications here at the same time, it would be a victory for her. Only Draco, who could only enter the castle after the sun went down, could not cause any trouble for Jon.

Just when the castle door was completely closed and the hallway began to become dark, Emil, who was also holding his wand facing Diane, suddenly showed a sarcastic smile on his face.

At that moment, Diane's heart suddenly suddenly suddenly felt, and a bad premonition suddenly arose. However, before she could recite the spell, a scarlet beam of light silently hit her back!

"Plop."

Diane, who was hit by the coma spell, fell to the ground, and her smooth forehead was bleeding.

"Leave her here, or throw her out directly?" Emil asked.

The sneak attack wizard was modifying Diane's memory.

"Throw it out. We not only want to win the championship, but also let people know that you eliminated them with your absolute hard power."

Hearing these words, Emil did not show the slightest expression of shame on his face. Instead, he directly grabbed the arm of Diane who had been unconscious and had her memory altered. Then he pushed open the closed castle door and opened the door to the castle half a minute ago. The competitor who walked in with him in public was thrown out of the castle.

When the castle door was reopened from the inside, many people outside noticed this scene.

They saw that the person who opened the door was Emil, and they also saw that he threw out Diane who was unconscious and with bleeding head. Then Emil closed the door again with a smile on his face without saying anything. .

There was a brief silence among the students in the castle, and loud cheers erupted the next second.

Apart from anything else, Emil eliminated an opponent in less than three minutes after entering the castle. This was definitely encouraging for the castle students who had been depressed from the first project to the present.

Of course, the faces of Durmstrang's students were gloomy, but Rozier's face was calm. She walked forward, helped Diane up who was unconscious in front of the castle gate, and at the same time lifted the coma spell on her. .

Diane opened her eyes in confusion, and her pupils gradually began to focus after seeing Rozier.

"I'm sorry, Professor, I didn't fight him in a duel."

Rozier just shook his head.

"You have done what you need to do, and the rest has nothing to do with us."

She helped Diane, who had not fully recovered her strength, back to the audience, and Matthew also announced Diane's elimination at this time.