I, Hogwarts Week Two

Chapter 220 Sphinx Puzzle

All present were Gryffindors.

And Owen, he is more Gryffindor than Gryffindor.

The sudden appearance of the gate of the ruins did not scare them, but aroused their curiosity.

Everyone poked their heads and looked inside, but unfortunately, a hazy curtain was formed at the door, and the mist covered everything, and the inside could not be seen from the outside.

But that didn't stop the Lions.

If Professor McGonagall had followed this time, she might have ordered Harry and the others to turn around and go back - No!

If it were Professor McGonagall, she would never bring the little wizards to a place like this!

Unfortunately, it was Dumbledore who led them this time!

The old headmaster was very interested in the ruins that suddenly appeared. If it weren't for the few young wizards around, he might have gone in a long time ago.

"Follow me." After a while, the most powerful headmaster in the history of Hogwarts finally made up his mind.

He heard many things about ancient magical relics and assessments from the portraits in the principal's office.

In particular, the creators of certain relics hang from the ceiling of the office.

He knew far more than Owen's superficial knowledge from his past life.

If these were really the relics left by those principals and professors, then it would definitely not endanger the little wizard's life.

As for whether this is Tom's trap.

The idea had been thrown out of Dumbledore's mind from the start.

Tom is not the heir to some ancient magic.If he had this talent, he would have shown it long ago.

And just now, he couldn't feel the traces of ancient magic even when he looked at the gate with his own eyes.

Then he would never believe that Tom could detect it!

You could think the old Headmaster was being too pompous, but that's the judgment of one of the most powerful wizards in the wizarding world.If he couldn't do it, there was no way Tom Riddle could either.

Thinking in his mind, the old principal led a group of young wizards and slowly stepped into the ruins that may be the first time that outsiders have entered in thousands of years.

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After passing through the curtain.

What catches the eye is the tall gate and the magnificent marble columns.

Traces of ancient magic are everywhere.

Even wizards like Dumbledore and Sirius who can't feel ancient magic can still see those strange flickering torches and chandeliers with no light source just by naked eyes.

The whole room seemed to be glowing by itself, everywhere was bright.

Even under their feet, engraved on the complex, patterned black obsidian floor that looks like a mirror, there is a faint light emitting.

"Strange, really strange!" Professor Dumbledore sighed.

Then he looked around carefully.

"What's wrong, Professor?"

Harry asked puzzled.

"Our location has changed and we are no longer in a cliff cave in England," he said.

"That gate was a portkey, and it took us elsewhere."

As he spoke, he led everyone down the only corridor in front of them.

"This way~" The old headmaster seemed to know where to go, leading them to find the exact direction.

Then, he began to explain: "Pay attention to the patterns under our feet."

Only then did everyone notice the complicated, graffiti-like patterns.

"It seems to be - ancient runes!" Hermione recognized some of the patterns immediately.

"Yes, Miss Granger, it seems that you are very attentive in class." The old headmaster praised, and then continued, "Follow the guidance of the text, we should go this way."

With that said, they turned into a staircase going up.

The same resplendent.

After a few steps, there was another hall.

Only this time, there was an additional door blocking the upward stairs.

Two huge stone statues appeared in front of the door.

The huge statue of a knight holding a huge sword is about fifteen feet (4.5 meters).

"It seems that this should be the so-called test." Dumbledore looked at the statue calmly, then waved his wand and cast a few spells and galloped away, but the results were like nothing, and the stone statue did not respond.

"Is it ancient magic that can activate them again?"

The principal muttered to himself.

Then look at Owen.

And Owen, the man who opened the door, naturally understood.

He waved his wand, and in an instant, two spells wrapped in ancient magic hit the bodies of the two statues.

"Boom!!!"

A loud figure and a strong wind blew past.

Everyone had to bow their heads and cover their faces.

Then, at this critical moment, the revived statue of the knight, with the speed and agility of others trembling, arrived in front of them in three steps at a time, and then swung the huge stone sword, facing them Come on!

"Nah, sneak attack, isn't it!"

Owen held up his wand.

But someone is faster than him.

A thick bolt of lightning flashed from the tip of the Elder Wand, and the downpour of lightning knocked the statue flying.

it's not finished yet.

In the next moment, lightning came out of nothing, dark and dark, black and blue currents, like a chain, firmly locked the other statue.

"This~~~"

Is this what it feels like to hang up?

Owen's heart was racing.

This is even more refreshing than him opening Fenglingyueying, directly fighting with a real person.And one of the most powerful wizards in the magic world, this feeling is like GSD taking you to brush the sky tower (tears of the times!).

The sense of joy and excitement is indescribable.

"Hoohoho!"

Owen took Dumbledore's attack.

The wand lights up ancient magic.

The majestic gray energy condensed in his palm, and then he pushed it out violently.

The purple-gray ability is like a small black hole, absorbing the dust on the ground, and the gray one hits the bound statue like a dust storm.

Then purple cracks began to appear around the statue, and gradually more and more cracks appeared, and finally with a bang, the whole statue was blown into fly ash.

"boom!"

The aftermath of the explosion turned Harry and the others who were blowing up again.

And the sound of a huge stone door key from the statue falling on the ground was heavy and thick.

"And you~" He chuckled lightly.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and then he swung his wand violently.

A disarming curse was thrown out. This disarming curse blessed by ancient magic was not just as simple as taking away the great sword in the statue's hand. At the moment of taking it away, it also chopped off its head with the sword.

Then, there was another sound of a Shimen key falling to the ground.

"boom!"

"Is it over?" Hermione's heart was pounding as she looked at the statue that had turned into rubble.

Holding Owen's hand tighter.

"These statues are so amazing!" Harry said with a serious expression.

Just now, he quietly cast another spell, wanting to help.

But he found that his spell had almost no effect on the statue. Apart from knocking it back, there was no damage to the statue at all.

"It's okay! Just two elite monsters!" Owen didn't think highly of this.

For him, these two were too easy to deal with.

"Wait! Oh my god, look."

Just when Owen relaxed, Harry beside him let out an exclamation.

He was so blind that he almost threw the Avatar.

Then he saw that the two keys in front of him were both floating.

Then it was like some kind of gear embedded into the magnificent door.

Then on the gate, patterns like flames flickered, and in the next second, the patterns cracked and the gate opened automatically.

"Scared me." Owen rolled his eyes at Harry. "Don't be so surprised, okay?"

"I'm timid, I can't stand such a fright!"

"." Harry stared at Owen in disgust, and laughed frantically in his heart, you are still worried!

You are afraid that you dare to poke a hole in the sky, you are still timid!

If you and Owen Sanchez are timid, then Voldemort can be said to be gentle and introverted!

"You know, I'm weak, helpless and pitiful." A certain little black man was still defending, and then he glanced at the stairs behind the gate, and then stopped talking.

"Suddenly there is an ominous premonition."

"It always feels like this is the first level, and there are many more levels to follow."

Dumbledore smiled silently.

He knows a little bit of the inside story.

Indeed, this is only the beginning.

Soon the group of them passed through the gate and came behind the gate.

It was a main hall similar to what they had seen before, with a closed door on the right.

The only difference is that this time there are more statues on the sides.

There are eight of them.

In addition to using swords, there are two who use big bows.

A large bow that is more than ten feet long, if it is hit once, it may be broken in half directly.

This time there is no need for him to trigger.

The moment everyone came to the hall, those statues started automatically.

There is no opening remark, "嗖嗖" is two arrows flying.

Sirius had quick eyesight and quick hands, and destroyed one of them with a single spell, while the other one was slapped by the old principal and landed on the sword-holding statue closest to them.

Got it!

This poor gentleman was forced to leave before he even did anything.

"One thing to say, these statues are much stronger than the stone piers at Hogwarts!" Owen fell into battle again.

Say so!

The difficulty of these levels should be set for the most common little wizards in the third and fourth grades. Although it looks scary, the attacks of those statues are all organized.

They will only attack one by one in a turn-based system, and they will never attack at the same time, so it looks like there are seven of them. In fact, in the battle, there is only one of them fighting the little wizard every time.

For Owen, he is already maxed out, and breaking through this kind of level is simply a waste of time.

So what if the eight go up together?

And he also wears Lao Deng’s head.

Simply invincible, breaking through the level is like a vacation, allowing him time to gag.

"Indeed." Professor Dumbledore did not deny it.

Those bodies were shining with silver light, like muscles, both in appearance and strength, far surpassing the stone piers in the castle.

Although it seems that Owen's child is very easy to deal with these statues, in fact it is only because his spell contains the power of ancient magic.

Compare these statues with restraint.

In his recent attempt, the headmaster discovered that the statues' resistance to ordinary spells reached an exaggerated level.

Ordinary spells only have the effect of knocking back statues. If we really want to talk about lethality, we can only use some black magic.

However, these sculptures gave Dumbledore some ideas.

In the second half of the game, perhaps—maybe these statues will come in handy!

Owen didn't know that the old principal had already made plans to remove these statues.

He just felt that the stone carvings in front of him were real dishes.

Harry Potter is estimated to be able to easily pass the level.

Wielding his wand again, enduring his hungry stomach, he calmly killed the last statue.

Same gear key, same door opening, same stairs going up.

Passed another level.

This time it’s finally no longer a sculpture.

But a magical animal.

A giant sphinx.

It's an animal from Egypt.

Part lion, part woman, with long almond-shaped eyes.

It was about tens of feet high, with its head reaching to the ceiling.

It seemed to be dozing when the wizards entered.

After hearing someone coming, he woke up leisurely.

"Oh! Someone is here again." She said, her voice was quite sweet, like a 16-year-old girl.

"Is there someone else?" Hearing the sound, Sirius frowned, and then asked, "Has anyone come in before? Is it a boy, about eighteen or nineteen years old. He has black hair, and the clothes on his body have the symbol of a hound. "

"Yes." The sphinx admitted directly, "He sneaked in with some magical props."

"But his props can't let him leave here, and he also suffered serious trauma. I can feel that his external wounds contain a kind of magic. That magic is preventing his wounds from healing."

"And then? Where did he go?" Sirius asked anxiously with his eyes widened.

"He answered my question correctly, and naturally went to the next level." Sphinx said loudly.

"Answer question?"

"Yes, this level, as long as you can answer my question, you can pass. On the contrary, if you answer wrong, you will be eaten by me."

eat?

Hearing the sound, Owen raised his eyebrows.

You are never afraid of chipping your teeth.

"Ask you!" He felt no psychological burden at all, but Harry and Hermione were a little afraid of this behemoth that suddenly appeared.

After Owen said casually, Hermione quickly grabbed his sleeve and said, "We should be more cautious."

"Why be cautious? A sphinx, do you think it can beat Dumbledore? You haven't seen the old headmaster holding the Gryffindor sword and slashing the basilisk. It's a small problem, sprinkle water !"

he said quietly.

The Sphinx spoke slowly, "Since there are so many of you, you must answer five questions correctly."

“Now for the first question: some try to hide, some try to deceive;

But time will tell, we always meet.

Guess my name as best you can;

When I do have you, I promise you will know - what is this thing, please? "

"Forehead"

Is the first question so abstract?

Owen thought he would ask that classic animal which has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening.

Luna should really be called, she can definitely answer it.

Owen was silent, but Professor Dumbledore on the side quickly relaxed his brows. He looked at the delicate face of the Sphinx and said, "It's death."

"Correct answer." Sphinx nodded.

"Then please listen to the second question, what is always old and sometimes new;

never sad, but sometimes melancholy;

never empty, but sometimes full;

Never move away, but always draw closer? "

"???" Owen was taken aback again.

What the hell are these problems!

Don't play it so abstractly, okay?

It is better to ask directly: When doing plasma physics experiments, if the polar coordinate of the third energy is adjusted to the negative direction by three alpha units, how much impact will it have on the final result?

At least the answer to this question is fixed and less abstract.

"It's the moon!"

This time the person who answered the question turned out to be Sirius, whom Owen had always considered reckless.

He looked at Sirius in shock, why!why do you know!

"correct answer!"

"Then the third question, what can bring people back from the dead;

Make you cry, make you laugh, make you young;

Born in an instant, but lasting a lifetime? "

"Knock! What kind of stupid question is this?" Owen shouted angrily, "I don't believe anyone knows the answer!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from the side, "It's a memory!"

Hearing the sound, Owen glanced sideways, and it turned out to be Harry!

Do not!

This is impossible!

Could it be that Harry's IQ is two taels higher than mine on the scale?

"Yes, it is a memory."

"Then the fourth question is, this thing starts out beautiful, is sweet in the middle, is painful later, and is relieved in the end.

It is stronger than steel and looser than grains of sand. Some people can worry about it for a lifetime just after getting it for a moment. "

The Sphinx's questions are over.

Owen turned to stare at Hermione.

"According to the principle of one person, one question, you don't know the answer exactly!" he asked.

There is a trace of luck in my heart.

And the result was indeed cruel, Hermione nodded, then glanced at Owen's eyes to look at the Sphinx, and replied in a low voice: "It's love!"

"Correct answer." Sphinx nodded with satisfaction.

"Then the last question, this thing devours everything: birds; beasts; trees; flowers; gnaws steel; grinds hard stones and eats them; kills kings; destroys walls; and knocks down mountains."

"Okay! Is it time for me to play the last question?" Owen looked around.

He must not be the stupidest one!

"I seriously doubt whether you know Legilimency. Every question you ask just hits the most important thing in our hearts."

Owen looked up at the Sphinx, "If I guess correctly, the answer to this question is, time."

"Congratulations, the answer is correct." Sphinx lowered his high head and watched Owen silently. "This is the sixth question."

"You got it right too."

Its almond eyes seem to be able to see through people, and the blue beads allude to the stars.

"Every question is related to what you think in your heart at this moment. This is the ultimate test. We must confirm whether the heir has enough compassion and compassion to discover the most delicate thoughts of his companions." It explain.

Then he stood up slowly and opened the door behind him.

Once again, the upward stairs were exposed to everyone's sight.