Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"Gruul, we meet again." Just before Gruul made a decision, Dean's figure sounded from behind the tree.

"Mr. White, it's my honor." Gruul raised his head. He should have thought that Dean was nearby.

"I want to make a deal with you, what do you think?" Dean said straight to the point.

Gruul frowned: "Just give me whatever you need."

"I know you can obey my words for some reason, but I still want to handle the relationship between us equally." Dean shook his head.

"I'm afraid I don't have any suitable chips to trade with you - you think too highly of me." Gruul smiled bitterly.

"The reason why I proposed to trade with you on an equal footing is because I am sure that you have what I need." Dean was confident.

"What do you want me to do? Protect Serent and return to the New World safely?" Gruul asked.

"That's just one of the contents of the deal." Dean shook his finger, "To be honest, you don't know much about the complicated relationship between me and Serent. In fact, I don't care about his life or death at all."

"Because of Miss Aesop?" Gruul asked.

Dean raised his eyebrows in surprise: "It seems that the church's intelligence system is indeed pervasive. You even know about Aesop."

"To be fair, Serent just didn't want Aesop to come into the church's sight, so he deliberately..."

"You don't have to explain it to him. There are some things that can't be revealed by just talking." Dean waved his hand.

"Okay." Gruul shrugged nonchalantly.

Dean drew a few phantom strokes in the air with his wand, and a faint golden shadow appeared in the air.

Gruul narrowed his eyes slightly and recognized that what he drew was the imprisonment rune.

"You are already very familiar with the imprisonment rune." Dean continued to draw with the wand in his hand, and a shadow of a rune that was very similar to the imprisonment rune but completely different in details also appeared in the air.

"Do you know what this rune is?" Dean asked after finishing drawing.

"Is it the unlocking rune?" Gruul studied the confining rune very deeply, and after a little thought, he understood the meaning of the following rune.

"Gruul, this is my bargaining chip." Dean smiled.

"Did you deduce this based on the imprisonment runes?"

After receiving Dean's affirmative answer, Gruul's breathing became heavier, "What do you want to trade?"

No one knows better than him the power of the combination of confinement runes and unlocking runes. The big shot suddenly changed his mind and let him only obtain the confinement runes, which became a regret that he could not let go of.

Unexpectedly, Dean could actually deduce it... Gruul truly realized that the aura he sensed from Dean's body would never be fake, and he became more and more convinced that Dean's identity was correct - only those who are truly favored by the Lord Only people can deduce the corresponding release runes from the confinement runes as if with divine help, and still in such a short period of time!

"Gruul, I need you to provide other runes in this rune system." Dean said, "I believe this is an ancient rune passed down by the church, and I currently have no way to obtain it."

"This...I'm not sure if it can be done." Gruul hesitated for a moment and chose to tell the truth, "This kind of rune should only be accessible to high-level people in the church."

"You said that my status may be unusual in the church. If I ask for it...can the church make it easier?" Dean asked.

"I'm afraid it will only be possible if you agree to return to the church." Gruul thought for a moment and said.

"Do I have to join the church?" Dean was slightly disappointed. He had no intention of doing so.

After all, one day he will return to his own time. In that time and space, the church has declined to the point of having a very low sense of existence. Although the wizarding world has been impacted by the second wizarding war initiated by Voldemort, it is undeniable that it is in a relatively strong period.

Of course, Dean would not abandon the wizarding world to join the church.

"This is just my personal judgment. The specific details need to be decided by the church's senior people." Gruul did not dare to take this responsibility.

"Let's do this. After you return to Europa, contact the people who can make the decision and tell them that I want to get all the runes in the rune system and see what conditions they are prepared to offer." Dean thought for a moment and said. , "As for your reward for bringing me a message, it's this unblocking rune. What do you think?"

Gruul smiled bitterly. Dean's request was not harsh, and was even very generous to him, but in this way he had to return to Europa as soon as possible - the gap in rank made it impossible for him to refuse Dean's request. .

"I'm willing to help you pass on the message." Gruul bowed deeply, "but I can't guarantee that the church's higher-ups will make any commitments."

"How they choose is their business. You just need to bring my request." After Dean finished speaking, the wand shook slightly, and the release rune that was still in the air condensed into a solid body and landed on it. into Gruul's hands.

"I believe you know better than me how to use this unlocking rune. In theory, it should be similar to the imprisonment rune." Dean said.

"Did you leave it to me so easily?" Gruul was a little surprised.

"I have full trust in you. - In addition, I have to ask for Serente's safety on the way back." Dean thought for a while, but reminded: "If it is convenient, it is best to not come to the boat on the way back. time course.”

"Why?" Gruul asked puzzled.

Dean raised his head and glanced at the sky: "I heard that there has been a thick layer of dark clouds covering the sea recently. It's hard to say whether there is any danger hidden there."

"I have enough holy balm to ensure that our ship will not encounter a storm." Gruul obviously did not understand Dean's hint.

"The danger I'm talking about is not a storm. If I guess correctly, that layer of dark clouds will never be dispersed by the holy balm. Instead, it will become more dangerous because of the holy balm." Dean suspected that there was an Obsidian Island hidden in the dark clouds. It's hard to say what Vivian's attitude was towards the church.

"You mean the black witch and her floating island?" Gruul's expression changed slightly.

Dean once again realized the power of the church in this era.

Vivian and Obsidian Island are theoretically very secretive existences, but Gruul actually knows!

If I had known better, I wouldn't have played charades with him.

"In fact, we have already encountered Obsidian Island once on the way here. Although there was no danger, I feel that it has been following us." Dean said with concern.

Vivian left an extremely deep impression on him. With his current strength, he still felt powerless and did not want to be hostile to her.

Dean's eagerness to obtain all the runes of the unknown rune system through Gruul is actually related to the threat posed by Vivian.

Dean had a hunch that only by relying on the power of that rune could he truly defeat Vivian.

"We will keep a low profile." Gruel said that he understood. "If nothing happens, the Pulsatilla will sail from Cape Cod Pier in three days. I will bring your transaction request back to the church as soon as possible."

"Please. Be careful all the way!"