Hogwarts Ordnance Manual

The giant stone circle on the mountain is a teleportation circle left over from the ancient times. At that time, magic was far less concise. It was like writing computer code. It was verbose, smelly and long. The same was true for the magic circle. It required careful site selection and then large-scale construction. , the final effect may be similar to a handful of Floo powder, but this retro transmission method has its advantages. For example, it can perfectly bypass the magical boundaries of national borders and is not subject to the control of the magical traffic management departments of various countries.

After releasing the owl that delivered the message, Diana has been waiting here for Dudley for two days. There are still many evil enemies in this world. Information related to the witcher cannot be leaked out at will. Diana can only use this to This cryptic way of conveying information finally made Dudley understand and he came in time.

On the way down, Diana explained the situation to Dudley.

They are located in Scandinavia, in the Navia Mountains between Norway and Sweden. It is literally thousands of miles of ice and snow, with an average altitude of more than 1000 meters. Not far away is Norway. Garkh Peak.

Nearly 2000 years ago, the ancestors of the demon hunters were a tribe of ancient Vikings. Due to their primitive production tools, the Vikings at that time had not yet become North Sea pirates that frightened the whole of Europe (the first Viking attack on Europe) (recorded in 789 AD), but they were still martial, barbaric, and fighting endlessly. While competing for living space with various natural environments, wild beasts, and monsters, wars often broke out between different tribes. The ancestors of the demon hunters were defeated because of the defeat. Exiled to this barren land.

The severe cold and food shortage brought this tribe to the brink of collapse. More than 70% of the tribesmen froze to death on the road, starved to death, or were killed by various monsters. Just when they were about to despair, they found a mysterious road to come. Arriving at a ruins valley.

The huge humanoid stone sculptures frightened the tribesmen. At first they thought it was Odin's temple, but they soon discovered that this place belonged to the country of the frost giants, the enemies of the gods.

For the Vikings who believed in the Nordic gods, using the legacy of the frost giants was obviously against their loyalty to the gods. However, in the face of the genocide of the royal family, these ancient Vikings chose to bow to survival and formed a team of warriors. After experiencing many tests and paying a heavy price, they finally found a unique artifact - the "Coffin of Frost" deep in the ruins. However, they did not have the ability to take away this artifact and could only take away some mysterious things from it. of potions.

The warriors who returned outside the valley found that their tribesmen were attacked by a group of monsters. They were filled with grief and anger. They took the magic potion and some of them died on the spot. However, a few strong ones managed to survive and gained strength far beyond that of humans.

After a great battle, the warriors killed the monsters, but the tribesmen were already dead and wounded. Even though they tried their best, they could not save their families who died tragically.

Although they took the frost giant's potion, they were still loyal to Odin. In order that their dead tribesmen could still go to Odin's Hall of Valor, the warriors immediately swore to God that they would never participate in the battles between humans again. For generations, it has been their duty to kill monsters and fight to the death.

This is the origin of the witchers. They took the remaining potions and built a witcher fortress where they trained new witchers.

Over the long years, the magic potion obtained from the ruins valley has been diluted hundreds of times by witchers with herbs for each witcher apprentice to take. Of course, the effect is not the same as the original effect, but it is also It is much safer and the apprentices will not die in large numbers, so the demon hunter can continue.

But in modern times, witchers had to continue to dilute the small amount of potions they had, and the strength of witchers was getting worse from generation to generation. And in Diana's generation, there was no potion available anymore.

"The legendary demon hunter, without the help of firearms and crossbows, can break into the Dragon Pond and Tiger's Den alone and kill all the monsters in the entire valley." Diana said with some nostalgia: "As long as we find the Frost Coffin , we can regain the glory of the demon hunter!"

Dudley looked at Diana's firm eyes and knew that she was really willing to risk her life to take the potion. He felt a little sad. Compared to himself, Diana was born in a more difficult and lonely era.

But having said that, Dudley still had some doubts about the existence of "frost giants". Such a powerful race, a being that could fight against the gods, why was the legend only spread in this small part of Northern Europe and never heard of in other parts of the world? Have you told their stories?And except for this "Valley of Ruins", not even a finger bone of the frost giant has been handed down.

"Any clear clues?" Dudley asked.

"In the cemetery of the Demon Hunting Fortress, we found the route map of our ancestors who were exiled to the Northland. Following our ancestors' footprints, we discovered many ancient relics, such as the teleportation platform on the top of the mountain. I believe that along this route, we will definitely be able to find From the Valley of Ruins!" Diana said very confidently.

"Um... I don't want to pour cold water on him. Since there is a map, why didn't the previous demon hunters come to look for the potion?" Dudley asked with some confusion.

"Many demon hunters have come to search...including Van Helsing...they all failed..." Diana said with a somewhat gloomy expression: "In order to defeat Dracula, Van Helsing was poisoned by the werewolf's blood, and he also wanted to find it. He got the magic potion to give himself stronger strength to resist the werewolf's blood poison, but he never returned..."

Dudley also sighed slightly. The road down the mountain was almost completely covered with heavy snow and was extremely steep and steep. However, it was not too difficult for the skilled demon hunter and the battle-experienced Dudley. And the tall Tyr carried Shirley on his back very gently, without saying a word from the beginning to the end, but Ackerman was still very unhappy with Dudley and Diana being so close, and looked at Dudley with disgust.

After walking along the mountain road for more than two hours, they arrived at the foothold of the Demon Hunter team. They found a large cave on the cliff. Although it was not particularly deep, it was able to shelter from the wind and snow.The wind and snow here were really strong, and Dudley felt that the branches of the flying broom would be frozen.

Only when they reached the bottom of the mountain did Dudley realize why they had to find him. Diana didn't care. Tyr and Ackerman were willing to wait in the cold wind on the top of the mountain for a few days.

Diana lifted up a canvas that blocked the heavy snow, revealing a mountain jeep that had been almost turned into scrap metal, as well as many damaged weapons.

"We were attacked by a large number of snow monsters. Although everyone is fine, the damage to the materials is too serious and we can no longer move forward." Diana said a little embarrassed.

"Well, you really treat me as free labor..." Dudley couldn't help but cursed, but for Diana's sake, he still had to do the work!