Chapter 17 Philosopher's Stone

They walked forward and down the slope of the corridor. In addition to their own footsteps, there was also the sound of water drops slowly dripping along the walls.

"Did you hear anything?" Daphne stopped and listened. Several other people listened quietly to the sounds around them, and indeed vaguely heard a gentle rustling sound coming from the front.

"Let's go, we can go there and find out what's going on." Xie Lin pointed to the front, where the lights were on. They discovered that at the end of the corridor was a brightly lit room, and the sound came from above their heads.

On the high vaulted ceiling, there are countless little birds flapping their wings and flying around the room.

"This is...the second mechanism?" Daphne suffered the loss last time and became very cautious, fearing that she would fall into the trap again. "Do you think, if we go in directly, will these birds attack us?"

Meredith was more observant. She pointed to the heavy-looking wooden door opposite and said, "There is a door opposite. I'm afraid we need to go through this room."

"If all those birds rush over at once, let's recite the explosive spell together and blow them all up. Can we pass this level?" Daphne suggested.

Xie Lin shook his head, "Daphne, your ability to use magic spells and adapt to situations is very good, and you also have unyielding courage in the face of difficulties, but you still need to learn more from Meredith in terms of observation and reasoning - see clearly , Those things above your head are not birds.”

In the chaotic situation ahead, Schelling has no intention of fighting alone.

After observing and getting along with each other for a whole semester, he felt that these two girls had good talents and personalities, and they were people he could trust, so he also came up with the idea of ​​cultivating the abilities of these two girls to serve as his confidants in the future. Of course, the pleasing looks of the two girls are also one of the factors. Goyle and Crabbe, the two stupid guys, have no way of trying to be Xellin's followers.

Daphne took a closer look and realized that they were a group of keys with wings. "Damn, this level must be a level set by Professor McGonagall. Did she get it from the paper about magic lamps that you won the prize for?" inspiration?”

Xie Lin shook his head, refused to comment, and asked: "Have you thought about it? How to break through this level?"

Daphne frowned, "Don't tell me, we need to find a key among these keys."

"Bingo! You got the answer right. You probably need to find the right key to open the door." Schelling said calmly, "They obviously can't just be used for decoration."

"But there are hundreds of keys on it!" Daphne frowned.

Meredith had already taken the broom and was about to give the broomstick to Shailene and Daphne.

The flying skills of the three of them are not bad, but compared to Harry or other Quidditch players, the three of them also know that flying is not what they are good at. At this moment, Meredith thought that they should just force it. Go into battle with your scalp open.

Xie Lin said slowly: "I will teach you another valuable lesson. There is no cookie-cutter solution in real combat. You must learn to use your own expertise and learn to use all available tools at hand to achieve your goals. The so-called Our tools are not just wands - potions, herbs, magical animals, and of course many Muggle things. The real power of wizards lies not in magic, but in wisdom. It is a sign of cowardice to first rely on magic to solve any problem. I have always felt that such people are nothing more than magic barbarians who use every tool we have and use our brains to solve the problem. The unsolvable problems we encounter... rather than relying solely on magic or brute force, this is what makes a truly outstanding wizard!"

The two girls seemed to understand after hearing this, and their eyes suddenly brightened when they looked at Xie Lin.

Then, Xie Lin took out a Muggle universal unlocker from his pocket, and after trying it several times under the astonished eyes of the two women, there was a click, and the door lock was opened. The two women looked stiffly at Xie Lin holding the door handle with his hand, and said to them with a smile, "The door is open, let's go in." As he said that, he pushed the door open.

"How...how did you do that?" Meredith asked stuttering.

Schelling explained: "This is a universal unlocker in the Muggle world, specially used to pick door handle locks. This door lock has an anti-Alajo Cave opening spell cast on it, and the wizard's unlocking method has no effect on it, but -"

When Xie Lin said this, he sneered, "Wizards are too arrogant. Even Dumbledore did not show due attention to Muggle methods, so this kind of loophole was left. Similarly, I I dare say any defense in the school, including any faculty office, can use this tool to pick the door handle lock. "

The three of them stepped through the door and came to an empty room. The room was dark and nothing could be seen in their field of vision.

The torches on the surrounding walls suddenly burst into flames, giving a sense of déjà vu when fighting a boss in a game, and the illuminated scene was equally shocking.

At this moment, they were standing next to a huge chessboard. In front of them were two rows of black statues that were taller than them. Facing them at the other end of the room were two rows of white statues.

"This can't be... wizard chess, right?" Daphne couldn't help but muttered. "Now how to do?"

"We may need to play as chess pieces. Only after we defeat the opponent can we enter the next level." Schelling said his speculation. He was not sure whether he could win the game with three chess pieces.

Daphne and Meredith could not help but frown. After all, if they really needed to act as chess pieces, it would not be fun to be swept by the weapons of these chess statues.

After thinking about it, Schelling made a plan. He asked Daphne to replace the king and Meredith to replace the queen. These two chess pieces were basically the most difficult to be damaged in the battle, and he replaced a knight.

"What if we are eaten?" Meredith was still worried about all kinds of things.

"I will avoid this situation. If it is really unavoidable, we will use the explosion spell to force it." After saying that, Schelling has begun to mobilize the chess pieces.

The routines at the beginning were those, exchanging pieces with each other to free up a larger battlefield. Schelling found that Professor McGonagall's chess game was not as clever as he imagined. This game of chess went more smoothly than expected.

When the number of chess pieces on the field is reduced to a certain extent, there is no need to consider the exchange of pieces. Schelling began to think about how to defeat the king as soon as possible.

After the White Queen fiercely knocked another bishop to the floor and threw it out of the chessboard like garbage, Schelling immediately stepped forward and happily killed the king. When he raised his wand and prepared to completely blow up the White King in front of him, this guy actually took off the crown on his head and threw it at Schelling's feet.

This means that Schelling won.

After passing through the wooden door, there was a corridor behind the door, and several people walked forward along the corridor.

Meredith said to himself: "The three-headed dog is Hagrid's level, and the devil's snare should be Professor Sprout's mechanism. The magic that cast those keys must be the work of Professor Flitwick, and Professor McGonagall's giant chessboard array. The three deans are all involved, so... we are very likely to face the mechanism set up by Snape next?"

Schelling smiled, "Did you miss our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?"

As they spoke, several people came to a door. The moment the door was opened, a disgusting stench hit their noses, and they almost subconsciously lifted their clothes to cover their noses. The next moment, the sound of a chain being pulled came from the door, and a deafening roar came from the room.

"It's a troll!" Meredith screamed. Girls usually lose their fighting spirit when they see a troll that is ugly and huge, no matter how strong they are. Daphne did a little better than Meredith in this regard, and did not scream, but her face was also quite ugly.

Xie Lin said lightly: "It's just a troll. You didn't forget that I defeated one on Halloween?" After Xie Lin said this, the two girls seemed to suddenly realize and their faces became less ugly.

Xie Lin continued: "The giant monster has brute force similar to that of a giant, and its skin is also quite resistant to magic. It is not practical to knock it down with a stun spell, but it has a weakness. Do you know what it is?"

Meredith and Daphne said at the same time: "The back of the head! The back of its head is its weakness."

Xie Lin snapped his fingers and smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, knowing its weakness, it is not so scary. I will use the barrier spell to restrict its movement, and you will be responsible for using the levitation spell to control the wooden stick in its hand and hit it hard on the back of its head. Do you understand?"

The two women had been instructed by Xie Lin on the advanced use of the levitation spell, and now they nodded hurriedly to show that they understood.

After opening the door, Sherin took the lead and used the Obstacle Spell to hinder and delay the troll's actions. The two girls cast the Levitation Spell at the wooden stick on the troll at the same time. The tacit understanding that the two girls had cultivated throughout the semester was reflected at this time. The two girls used their minds to control the wooden sticks to the back of the troll's head at the same time, and successfully hit the troll hard and knocked it to the ground.

After the success, the two girls happily hugged each other and high-fived to celebrate. Unconsciously, the little grudges they had against each other disappeared.

Next was Professor Snape's logic puzzle level.

Neither of the two girls was very good at logical reasoning. Sherin patiently pointed out the principles behind their logical reasoning and provided some examples from the Muggle world, asking them to try to solve the problems by their own ability while waiting for him. He drank the antidote alone, passed through the black flames, and came to the last level-the room where the Mirror of Erised was placed.

Sherin was not as ignorant of the Mirror of Erised as Harry in the original book.

The Mirror of Erised is the work of an alchemist from the 14th century. Unfortunately, the manufacturing method of this alchemical product has been lost. This is not an isolated case in the alchemical world. There are many other alchemical products with the same manufacturing method that have been lost at the same time - the vanishing cabinet, the two-sided mirror, the resurrection stone, the death invisibility cloak, etc. This is all caused by the war environment at the time and the wizards' self-love.

The magic engraved on the Mirror of Erised is nothing else but Legilimency.

It uses Legilimency to read the thoughts of the person looking in the mirror, find out what the person most desires in his heart, and project the image in the mirror. Dumbledore did some things with this mirror to make it able to store precious items - anyone who wants to get the Philosopher's Stone can see the illusory scene of himself holding the Philosopher's Stone in the mirror, but only those who don't want to use it can really take the stone out.

But knowing the principle behind this mirror is not necessarily true. After performing brain occlusion, Schelling tried to touch the mirror. He found that the person in the mirror was smiling at him. Then Schelling in the mirror took out a red stone from his pocket. Schelling reached into his pocket and found the legendary Philosopher's Stone.

After getting the Philosopher's Stone, Schelling used Transfiguration to create a fake Philosopher's Stone that looked exactly the same. Then he used brain occlusion to try the Mirror of Erised. After several attempts, he finally found the trick and successfully put the fake Philosopher's Stone into the Mirror of Erised.

Maybe Dumbledore can see that this is a fake Philosopher's Stone, but so what?

There are hundreds of people in the whole college, and it is difficult for Dumbledore to suspect himself, a first-year student. Moreover, his action tonight was carefully prepared. He knew that except for the administrator Filch, all the portraits in the castle were Dumbledore's spies, and the three of them used the Disillusionment Charm and the Silencing Charm to sneak out of the dormitory, so that no one in the portraits in the castle would know that they had left the dormitory.

The only problem left now is that Dumbledore may use the Summoning Charm to summon the Philosopher's Stone away, but this is not without a solution. Hogwarts' anti-Apparition magic has a fatal loophole, that is, the Apparition of non-wizard systems cannot be prohibited, such as phoenixes, Zouwu, and house elves.

Sherin quickly asked Dobby to take the Philosopher's Stone back to Malfoy Manor and put it in the secret room of the family where many protective arrays, concealing arrays and shielding arrays were released.

After doing all this, Sherin hurriedly took Daphne and Meredith and returned to the Slytherin dormitory under the Disillusionment Charm and the Silencing Charm.

At this point, Sherin must be grateful that the entrance to the Slytherin dormitory is a stone wall. As long as the correct code is given, the entrance will appear on the stone wall, instead of a portrait of a fat lady guarding it like Gryffindor - this avoids the risk of being discovered that someone has left the dormitory.

[The Philosopher's Stone is obtained! ]