Volume 5: The Burning Golden Flame Chapter 407 Lestrange
Because he didn't know in advance that the third project would be carried out in the castle, Jon did not bring the Marauder's Map with him.
Otherwise, he would have actually discovered the whole process of Diane's elimination.
But then again, even if he knew it in advance, it would be a problem for him to use the Marauder's Map to avoid the screening before the game started.
After searching the entire second floor, Jon stopped in a Charms classroom and began to calmly rethink the puzzle left on the candle with the Sorting Hat.
"If this essentially refers to the classroom, then the scope is too wide. It's already three o'clock now, and we've just finished searching the second floor. If we want to search the entire castle, it will take at least a day and a night. If the warriors meet each other halfway and something happens, it will delay the time even further. The game will take such a long time, and the students in the castle will have to stay outside the whole time. Moreover, they can't guarantee that the classroom is where the trophy is hidden. There's no telling when the game will end."
After a serious analysis, Jon continued.
“So, I think the answer should not be the classroom, but a specific place.”
The Sorting Hat mused.
"[Schools should be based on their essence], what else is the essence of this school besides teaching and educating people?"
Jon thought for a moment, then he spoke.
"It may not be wrong in essence, but teaching is mainly for imparting knowledge. Normally, a classroom is a place for imparting knowledge. But now there are no professors or students in this school, so the classroom is just an empty room. Think about it another way. In addition to getting knowledge from professors in school, there is actually another way -"
"library."
Jon stood up from his chair.
"Compared to the concept of classrooms, the concept of a library is much more clear. There is no other library in the entire Hogwarts."
The Sorting Hat agrees with this.
"Maybe your feeling is right. We can go and take a look."
Then Jon did not continue searching from classroom to classroom, but went straight down the stairs to the Hogwarts library.
The gate here is closed, but there are two armored guards on both sides of the door.
After seeing the two sets of armor, Jon couldn't help but feel refreshed.
"I remember that these two suits of armor didn't seem to be in the library before."
The Sorting Hat simply said this cautiously.
"Before I lost consciousness, I was sure there was no armor here, but I'm not sure if there was any added after that."
"I came here once two years ago. The armor was not here at that time. As for whether they were specially arranged by the referee, we will know if we give it a try."
As Jon spoke, he stared at the two suits of armor approaching the library door. When he was less than a meter away from the door, the motionless suits of armor suddenly raised their knight swords and blocked Jon's way.
Jon was not scared off by their sudden movement. Instead, he raised his wand with a smile on his face.
"I remember that when Mr. Graves read out the rules, he said that there are no restrictions on any place in this castle as long as you can enter. In other words, these two things are actually a test. If you can defeat them, it proves that the library is open. If you can't defeat them, then this is a restricted area."
As soon as he finished speaking, he began to wave the wand in his hand and a spell came out of his mouth.
"Thunder explosion!"
At the same time, on the seventh floor of the castle, Emil and the wizard who had ambushed Diane and eliminated her walked out of the principal's office with gloomy faces.
"Why can't we get such crucial information as the location of the Triple Cup?" Emil couldn't help but ask.
The wizard shook his head.
"Graves was also on guard against people within the Federation. When arranging the location of the trophy, he was in charge of it personally and did not tell anyone else. Besides, it doesn't matter if we don't know where the Triwizard Cup is. As long as we can find Jon Green and get rid of him, the Triwizard Cup will be in our hands sooner or later."
Emil then asked.
"So how do we find Jon Green? The castle is so big, it's not easy to find him. What's more, what kind of clues did he find? How much faster than us is also a question. Maybe before we find him, he has already got the trophy and finished the game."
Just as the wizard was lost in thought over Emil's question, a sudden explosion instantly caught the attention of both of them!
"You have lived in the castle for almost a year. Do you know where this sound comes from?" The wizard's voice was slightly excited.
Amir also showed a look of joy on his face.
"It's in the direction of the library!"
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It didn't take Jon much effort to deal with these two suits of armor.
They didn't look like they would fight to the death with the players. Jon just used an ordinary blast to test the strength of their armor, and they automatically gave up their duty of guarding the library. The swords that were originally blocking the door were retracted, and they returned to their lifeless appearance.
This time, Jon did not encounter any obstacles when he tried to push open the door of the library. He easily pushed the door open and entered.
And just after he entered, the door closed by itself, and then candles were automatically lit, illuminating the room which was as wide as the auditorium.
Various books were neatly arranged on the bookshelves, and the chairs and benches were all neatly arranged. It seemed that before the students and faculty were taken away from the castle, someone had already cleaned all the venues.
Jon did not stop at the outer bookshelves. He walked along the corridor after entering the door into the depths of the library and finally came to a red line.
Going further ahead is the restricted book area. However, there is not a single banned book left in the Hogwarts library now. Most of them have been recorded in John's ring, and a small part has been transferred to the British Ministry of Magic by Voldemort.
Jon crossed the red line and continued to move forward. Before he reached the end, a creature with a lion's body and a woman's head blocked his way.
This is a sphinx.
A magical animal from Egypt, it has always been used by wizards to guard their precious objects and secret places. It is a very smart animal that likes riddles and word puzzles. It usually becomes dangerous only when the things it guards are threatened. Anyone who wants to pass by it will be forced to guess the riddle, otherwise they will be attacked and eaten directly.
In the original Triwizard Tournament, such a magical creature also appeared in the final match, and one was also arranged to participate in the Triwizard Tournament in this world.
But before the Sphinx could speak, Jon had already raised his wand and pointed it at it.
Without chanting any spell, a pale green light began to glow from the tip of the staff.
The Sphinx clearly felt the dead silence in the green light, and its mouth, which was about to open, subconsciously closed again.
Jon had no mood to play guessing game with it. If the problem could be solved with the simplest and most brutal method, then naturally there was no need to use his brain.
"Get out of the way or die."
To be honest, the library is a very unfavorable place for the Sphinx. It is quite large in size, and it is almost impossible for it to dodge spells deftly in such a narrow space.
If it was an ordinary spell like Stunning Spell or Petrification Spell, it wouldn't have to be afraid of John's threat at all. All high-level magical animals generally have a thick skin that gives them strong immunity to magic.
But as for the Killing Curse, no magical beast could withstand it, unless its skin was as thick as a dragon.
The Sphinx is very smart, otherwise it wouldn't like to guess riddles. When it saw the green light on the tip of Jon's staff, it dodged to the side and stared at Jon without saying a word.
Jon did not let his guard down. The wand in his hand was always pointed at the Sphinx as he slowly passed by it. Just when Jon was about to pass it completely, a loud bang came from the door of the library!
That was obviously also a blasting spell, and compared to John's previous spell with restrained effects, this spell was much more powerful!
Even the door of the library was shaken by the violent shock wave, and a lot of dust fell from the ceiling.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Sphinx suddenly jumped back from the narrow forbidden book area to the spacious study area of the library. The fierce female face was staring at Jon hungrily.
The door of the library was also opened at this time, and two figures of roughly the same height walked in from a cloud of smoke.
Jon clenched the wand in his hand and squinted his eyes as he looked at the two figures.
Eventually the smoke cleared and the people who walked into the library revealed their true faces, one of whom was naturally Emil Lestrange.
But the other person standing next to him made Jon reveal a sneer on his face.
"So your final method is such blatant cheating?"
Emile's father, Brandon Lestrange, who became the new head of Lestrange after John killed Rabastan, Rodolphus and Bella, stood directly in front of John.
Brandon seemed unconcerned about John's question. He did not put down the wand in his hand, and he and his son pointed it at John.
"Cheating is never shameful in the Triwizard Tournament. Instead, it is a tradition."
Jon looked at the father and son coldly. Neither of them took action at the first moment. It was not that Jon was afraid of anything. He just felt that things were not that simple.
It can be said that the original Lestrange family was wiped out by John alone. It is precisely because of this that Brandon now has the opportunity to take the throne with his son.
This father and son should know better than anyone what kind of threat he poses. Then how can they be sure that they, a person who is only unknown among the Death Eaters and a seventh-grade student, are stronger than Bella and Rodolphus, two long-established dark wizards in the wizarding world?
Brandon certainly had his own support. He stared at Jon and thought of the time when Voldemort personally visited the Lestrange family before the Triwizard Tournament officially began. In addition to attending the funerals of Rodolphus and Bella, he also personally told him the ultimate goal of the father and son in this game.
Kill Jon Green and claim the Triwizard Cup.
As a participating warrior, Emil certainly cannot use the killing curse to kill people, so the only person who can do it is Brandon.
As for how to get Brandon involved in this final game, Voldemort certainly has his own arrangements.
Now this arrangement has worked, and Brandon has reached the critical moment of facing John. At this time, he did not hesitate or delay at all, and waved the wand in the next second.
"Avada Kedavra!"
The pale green light instantly illuminated the entire library, and the killing curse came straight towards where John was standing!
At the same time that Brandon was casting the spell , Emil also cooperated perfectly with his father. He also raised his wand and without chanting any spell, he silently released a stun spell directly above Jon.
They had all studied the magic that Jon had always relied on and knew that he could fly, so their spells were mainly aimed at blocking the space above him!
Jon is not stubborn and will always use the levitation spell when he encounters a problem.
Although the banned books in the restricted area were no longer there, the surrounding bookshelves were still neatly placed there. He dodged behind the bookshelf and avoided the joint attack of Lestrange and his son.
Animagus did not successfully transform him into a magical animal, but it enhanced his physique and reaction speed as a human.
Because of this, Jon's movements have become more agile compared to before.
After successfully dodging the killing curse and the stunning curse, he did not fight back immediately. Instead, he turned his head and looked at the end of the restricted book area that was originally blocked by the Sphinx. There were no trophies placed there, only a wooden door that looked very ordinary.
After realizing that the game could not be ended in a short time, John focused all his attention on the Lestrange father and son.
He hid behind the bookshelves and pointed his wand at Brandon through the gaps between the many bookshelves.
"God's sword has no shadow!"
The invisible blade instantly cut through a desk in front of Brandon, and at the same time, a light blue light shield appeared twenty centimeters in front of him.
After the Armor Spell narrowly blocked John's spell, Brandon did not hold back at all. He immediately took out a ring inlaid with a black gem.
The next second, countless black mists gushed out from the ring!
