Chapter 255 Secret Base

To sum up, there are actually a lot of people who know about the existence of the Room of Requirement. Mike is not sure whether there will be other unrelated people who want to enter the Room of Requirement when he and others are using the Room of Requirement.

And this is just one of the shortcomings.

The most fundamental reason that really made Mike decide to build a new base was Dumbledore.

Hogwarts is very different from other buildings, because it is a magical castle, rather than a magic prop that looks like a castle.

And every principal is the owner of this magical item in Hogwarts.

Of course, the principal mentioned here must be handed over through normal procedures and recognized by the old principal. For example, in the original book, the official sent by the Ministry of Magic to replace Dumbledore as principal was not an orthodox principal, so he did not obtain the honor of the old principal. All rights reserved to Gwartz.

The privileges currently known to the principal include:

Set passwords and control magic armor, monster stone statues and other magic puppet guards in the school.

Appoint professors and grant them a certain level of authority.

Command the school's magic devices like the 'flying stairs' to open or close.

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Mike didn't know how much power the headmaster of Hogwarts had and whether he could monitor the Room of Requirement.

But considering Dumbledore's strength, Mike felt that even if Hogwarts could not allow Dumbledore to have this ability, Dumbledore could monitor the Room of Requirement with his own ability alone.

If he wants to.

To be honest, Mike is actually quite scared now because he once used the Death Curse unscrupulously in the Room of Requirement.

I don't know if Dumbledore discovered it.

Presumably not, because if Dumbledore found out about this, he would almost certainly be expelled.

And now the things they discussed after the establishment of the Freemasonry are becoming more and more shameful. Just like his student aid plan, if Dumbledore knew that he was crazy about lending money to his students, it was not to help them, but to control them. Turn them into cheap labor or even cannon fodder.

Mike felt that Dumbledore would definitely twist his head off.

Therefore, the construction of a new base is imminent.

And this secret place is a good place.

First of all, the concealment here is absolutely invincible, because if Dumbledore knew that there was such a place, then the remnant soul of Ravenclaw would have been eliminated by him long ago, or he would have resurrected it long ago, and there would be no way to wait. Mike come here.

Secondly, although this is directly connected to Hogwarts, it is actually not within the territory of Hogwarts.

In other words, you can use shadow transformation here!

This is really great.

Mike is currently lacking a place where he can practice apparation.

After arriving at the secret realm of Ravenclaw, Mike did not immediately start to transform the secret realm.

Just kidding, in Mike's plan, the amount of renovation work for the secret realm is staggeringly large. How could Mike do it all by himself?

Of course, there is another most important reason why Mike doesn't do it himself.

His talent in architecture is so good!

Have you ever played Minecraft, a master-level sandbox construction game?

The house that Mike built is exactly like the simplest matchbox in it!

So, Mike immediately started making door keys.

The Portkey is a widely used magical item that can quickly transport a person from one space to another.

How about it? Does it sound particularly powerful?

People who hear about portkeys for the first time will think that it is a very difficult item to make, but in fact, making portkeys is surprisingly simple.

You only need to cast a Portkey Spell (Mentuosi) on any object (usually a teapot, bucket, boots or other container that can hold liquids. It is said that this can effectively improve the success rate of teleportation).

Precisely because of its extremely low difficulty and super powerful capabilities, Portkeys have been widely used in various illegal activities such as theft, escaping from Aurors, and even terrorist attacks.

Until the Ministry of Magic established the Portkey Office and related laws on the grounds that crudely made portkeys posed a huge security risk.

From now on, everyone must apply to the Ministry of Magic for registration before making a portkey, and the Ministry of Magic will supervise it to ensure that you will not use the portkey to do bad things and turn into a corpse due to quality issues when using the portkey.

Of course, this law, like the Animagus Registration Law, is basically in name only.

People who want to do bad things with door keys won't even register.

The quality problem of the portkeys mentioned by the Ministry of Magic does exist, but it is not as serious as they say.

According to Mike's statistics, even if a beginner's crude unregistered door key is used for transmission, the accident rate will not exceed 2%.

Not to mention those made by masters.

So Mike didn't have any psychological pressure at all, he just took out a teacup and chanted a spell on it.

After reciting the incantation, the tea cup shook slightly and the production of the door key was completed.

Mike looked at the teacup in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

Although the teacup looks completely unchanged to the naked eye, in fact, in Mike's magic perception vision, the teacup has become a completely magical item.

Due to limited abilities, the door key created by Mike has a time limit, and the magic attached to it can only last for about two hours.

So Mike didn't waste time. He used his wand to control the teacup to automatically fly back into the bag of the Seamless Stretch Spell. Then he ran to Ms. Ravenclaw's marble tomb, found the door key that came with the secret realm, and returned to Hogwarts. .

Since Mike did not spend long time in the secret realm, the auditorium was still empty at this moment.

Seeing that no one noticed his actions, Mike breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his dormitory again.

At this moment, in Mike's dormitory, Shuke and Beta were anxiously waiting for Mike.

When the two little guys saw Mike walking in, they rushed to greet him, looking very excited.

But Mike didn't intend to talk nonsense to them. He directly took out a piece of parchment and said:

"Okay, time waits for no one, I will start to tell you about the base's plan."

The parchment was spread out, and Mike pointed at the dense patterns on it and said:

"The first is the indoor square. I plan to use this as the future training ground of the base. Both swordsmanship training and magic training will be conducted here, so you will clean it up first and then transport materials in for reinforcement. Use the best materials, don’t help me save money, what I need is quality, do you understand?”

“In addition, in addition to the training ground, I also need a place for daily life and a laboratory.

For the time being, you have built your daily living place according to Arthur's small building, but the size will be doubled, and there must be a spacious conference room inside!

Finally, the most important thing is the laboratory!

First of all, this laboratory must be hidden, preferably underground. Secondly, the facilities in this laboratory are better!

I will be conducting a lot of potion experiments and alchemy experiments in the future, and you can put in all the equipment I may need.

Again, don’t save me money, do you understand? "

Mike finished the explanation quickly, and after seeing Shuke nod confidently, he stuffed the parchment into his arms, and then carefully took out the teacup that was made into a door key and placed it on the ground.

"Are you ready?"

Shuke took a deep breath after hearing this, and then nodded to Mike again with firm eyes.

Beta on the side is a bit unbearable.

His big ears were drooped, he was biting his fingers and looking at Mike and Shuke with his big watery eyes, looking extremely nervous.

Shuke gritted his teeth when he saw this, and under Beta's horrified eyes, he grabbed his hand and pressed it on the rim of the tea cup.

The next moment, Shuke and Beta felt as if a hook had hooked their stomachs and they were pulled with irresistible force. Then they were sucked into the teacup with their feet off the ground.

To be honest, watching the process of using the portkey from Mike's perspective is a bit disgusting.

Because the process of Shuke and Beta being sucked into the tea cup and then spinning and disappearing completely looked like the working of a toilet.

At the same time, he was extremely grateful that he didn't have to use the portkey.

I heard that the transmission process of the portkey is extremely uncomfortable, even ten thousand times more uncomfortable than the Floo network. I don't know if it is true. You can ask Shuke and Beta when they come back.

After doing all this, the time came to noon. Mike walked out of the dormitory like a normal person, found Franklin and went to the restaurant with him.

And he had just arrived at the hall when he saw an owl flying towards him.

This lovely messenger brought two letters to Mike. One of the envelopes was made of very high-grade materials and had the mark of the Minister of Magic printed on it. It should have been sent by Fudge.

The other envelope was blank, without any words or patterns at all.

After casually sending Franklin off to find something to feed Mr. Messenger, Mike opened the blank envelope on his own.

After opening it, the first thing that caught Mike's eyes was a huge dog footprint. The moment he saw the footprint, Mike realized who the sender of the letter was.

Sirius Black.

Except he doesn't use dog prints as his signature.

The content of the letter sent by Blake was also very simple. There was very little content in it, just a few lines of words, which read:

I got out of jail and they gave me a clean slate. You've fulfilled your promise, now it's my turn. Since you're still in school and can't leave Hogwarts, you can come here after the summer to get your dues.

Under this sentence, there is a row of words written, which are:

12 Grimmauld Place.

Miraculously, after Mike read the address silently, the address written at the end disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Mike wasn't surprised.

The address Black gave him should be the Black ancestral home that was donated by Black to serve as the base of the Order of the Phoenix in the original work.

The ancestral home of a large family that has been passed down for thousands of years must have top-notch protective capabilities, so Mike was not surprised at all that it was enchanted with the Loyalty Curse.

As for Black, he asked him to collect his reward during the summer vacation.

Mike laughed.

Are you kidding me, is Mike the kind of guy who would patiently wait until summer vacation?

Believe it or not, he will fly to your house tomorrow?

After silently putting away Blake's letter, Mike took out another letter again.

Compared with Blake's letter, this letter contains a lot of content.

I saw that it was densely filled with words, and there were many beautiful patterns printed all over the letter paper. It even smelled of a refreshing aroma.

However, more words does not mean there are more things to tell. Water is the basic artistic skill of every author.

In Mike's opinion, this letter is the master of the water character.

Because although this letter has gorgeous rhetoric, formal etiquette, and neat handwriting, it actually only says one thing.

‘Let me tell you in advance that you owe me a big favor. Because of Black's incident, I helped you obtain a second-level medal of the Order of Merlin. The time of the medal ceremony will be notified to you separately. In addition, Snape also received a medal, and you will conduct the medal ceremony together. ’

After reading it, Mike put the letter away silently, with a calm expression on his face and no joy, and he even wanted to curse in his heart.

The badge of the Order of Merlin exists to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to the wizarding world. It can be said to be the highest honor in the wizarding world.

Most people in the wizarding society think that the Order of Merlin is extremely difficult to obtain and is a symbol of honor, but Mike knows that the Order of Merlin is indeed the highest honor, but it is only limited to the first-level Order of Merlin. As for the second- and third-level ones, . hehe.

The Merlin series of medals were indeed very noble for a long time in the past, but now, the value of the third-level and second-level medals is somewhat unworthy of their reputation due to the excessive number of them issued.

Not much else to say. After the victory in the war with Voldemort, in order to commend meritorious individuals, more than 300 Merlin Second Class Medals were awarded! (Actually, the Ministry of Magic is too poor to issue bonuses and pensions, so it can only use awards as compensation.)

Not to mention the third-level medal, which can only use thousands as a unit.

The truly noble one is the Merlin First Class Medal. Although a large number of them have been awarded over the years, most of them are awarded as honorary honors. (like Peter)

And every person who was awarded the First Class Order of Merlin while alive was a powerful person with unparalleled achievements.

So Mike is actually not very interested in this second-level medal, because although in recent years the Ministry of Magic has begun to consciously increase the difficulty of obtaining the Merlin Order, trying to make the low-level Merlin Order noble again, he can probably only fool him after getting it. For ordinary wizards, gadgets are worthless in the eyes of knowledgeable people.

But Fudge still acted like you owed me a huge favor, which made Mike feel very uncomfortable.

However, Mike suddenly thought of something.

Fooling people?

It seems like it can be fooled!

Although this thing is indeed worthless in the eyes of real nobles, it is still quite old-fashioned in the eyes of ordinary people.

Look at Lockhart, a third-level recipient of the Order of Merlin. Doesn’t he talk about this every day?

Don’t his fans adore him to death?

There is no reason why I can’t do it!

When the time comes, holding the title of Level 2 Badge Winner and recruiting a younger brother, wouldn’t it be a pleasure?

Thinking of this, Mike's mood suddenly improved again.