Gellert Grindelwald stood in the center of the hall and looked around at the dilapidated scene. The luxurious scene and the grand scene of people coming and going in the past unconsciously appeared in front of his eyes, and his tone was quite touching.
In his memory, everything seemed to be still forty-six years ago. The phoenix rotated around the bronze carved chandelier on the roof, the ground was engraved with simple and elegant magic lines, and the sunlight reflected from the floor-to-ceiling windows inlaid with stained glass. That
Sometimes, he likes to stand there with his hands behind his hands and chat with the wizards in the hall.
"Now is not the time to lament the past. You know, we have already lost a lot of time."
Elena's voice came from the door, interrupting Grindelwald's memories, "How should you open the castle door? I didn't find the bolt or handle on it. It's locked."
While talking, Elena tried to push the door again, but there was no movement at all, just like a wall bricked tightly.
Castle gate? By the way, I almost forgot about this.
"Nurmengard Castle is a castle built using magic. Of course, the door needs magic to open."
Grindelwald retracted his thoughts, pulled the gray suitcase and walked to Elena, smiled and shook his head, "Although I don't have a wand, it only takes a few minutes for me to open it, but in the meantime, it may take
Please help me maintain the magic..."
"Magic? I understand, don't bother me, just leave your magic power to heal yourself." Elena nodded, raised her wand, and signaled Grindelwald to step back slightly.
"Wait, you can't be..." Grindelwald's expression froze.
"It's not a big problem, just leave it to me." Elena smiled confidently, pointed her wand forward, and said calmly, "Bombarda Maxima [Powerful Explosion]"
boom!
With a loud noise, the closed castle door of Nurmengard Castle exploded, and the door panels that broke into several pieces were thrown high by the huge force and fell into the pile of rocks outside the castle.
Just as Grindelwald and Dumbledore said, there are no guards outside the entire Nurmengard Castle, and all protective spells are external. Even if the main entrance of the castle was blown open, nothing happened.
Magic reaction.
"I suddenly feel that you don't need to learn any lock-picking spells." Grindelwald's mouth twitched.
"Thank you for the compliment, actually I think so too." Elena narrowed her eyes happily.
Facing the vast Alps outside Nurmengard Castle, Elena took a deep breath, turned around and stretched out her hand to Gellert Grindelwald, who had the same complicated expression, "Let's go, let's set off.
"
Austria time, AM9:41.
There are less than eleven hours left before Gellert Grindelwald's magic power is exhausted.
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The most common tree in the Alps is larch.
The forest below Nurmengard Castle is mainly composed of such tall trees. Thick pine needles cover the ground, just like a natural carpet of nature, making it easy for Grindelwald and Elena to hike through.
The difficulty has been reduced a lot.
As time goes by and the altitude decreases, the oxygen concentration in the forest gradually increases, and the temperature gradually begins to warm up. At a temperature of about 17 or 18 degrees Celsius, you can barely hold on even if you walk for an hour or two continuously.
"This kind of pine needles is actually edible. It is rich in vitamin C and carotene, which can regulate blood pressure and increase resistance. It is very suitable to be added to the daily meals of the elderly. I thought about it when I was in the castle.
But, it would be nice if I could collect some when I have time."
After leaving Nurmengard Castle and entering the primitive jungle of the deep forest, Elena was obviously a little uncomfortable, so much so that the girl had to turn her head and say a few words to the old man from time to time to relieve her own pressure.
"Pine needles? Well, I feel like there is nothing in your mouth that cannot be eaten." Grindelwald looked around at the fragrant larches and smiled noncommittally.
After spending the past few days together, he is no longer surprised to ask questions such as "This thing is actually edible?" or "You actually want to eat that thing?"
Grindelwald has no doubt that even if Elena is left alone in the depths of the primitive jungle, she can easily find a way to survive and find a way out. After all...
"Bombarda [Explosion Spell]"
With Elena's increasingly proficient spells, a dead tree blocking the direction of the two men was broken into two pieces, revealing a passage for the two of them to walk through.
"Are you sure this is the place? His Excellency the First Dark Lord."
Elena looked around carefully. The double disadvantages of short legs and being a road warrior made it impossible for her to tell the direction in the dense forest. Even with the traces of the explosive spell as a guide, it was still difficult for her to distinguish the north, south, east, and west. Fortunately, in
She had already found a reliable elder before this.
"Don't put that ridiculous title of Voldemort on my head."
Grindelwald raised his eyebrows and said with some displeasure. While looking around, he took out the particularly abstract "map" that Elena had graffitied from his arms and looked at it carefully, "If you draw on the castle
If the map is correct, we should have walked one-third of the way."
"Have you walked almost a third of the way? It's been much smoother than I thought."
Elena raised her head and looked at the sunlight blocked by the trees, then turned her head and glanced at Grindelwald, who was obviously tired. "It seems that we can arrive in Salzburg quite early. By the way, your magic power should
It can still be sustained for about nine hours, right? How about we take a rest first?"
"magic?"
Grindelwald was stunned for a moment, looked at Elena who was soaked in sweat behind him, thought for a while and replied, "Well, yes, it can last for about seven to nine hours. Let's rest for a while.
"
...If the magic power consumption does not continue to increase, Grindelwald frowned slightly without being noticed - is it because of the increasing blood ketone concentration?
He discovered that his previous estimate might have been a bit wrong. As time went by and his physical strength was exhausted, the amount of magic power he needed to expend in his body was gradually increasing.
Maybe, the time left for him was not eleven hours at all.
Austria time, AM12:09.
There are actually less than seven hours until Gellert Grindelwald's magic power is exhausted.
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"Phew... finally here."
Elena pulled her suitcase and stood on the side of the asphalt road. She looked at the sign on the blue road sign - [Salzburg 300M]. She couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and pointed at the road sign happily.
He turned around and looked at Grindelwald.
"Look, we're here...what's wrong with you!"
Behind the girl, the magical light Grindelwald pressed on her lower abdomen had unknowingly dimmed to the point of being almost invisible. The old face was distorted by pain, and the eyes that were originally full of wisdom seemed to be covered with a layer of gray matter.
"I'm sorry, I may have made a mistake when calculating the magic power...it took five more hours."
Grindelwald raised his head and smiled helplessly, "Thank you, but this is not your fault."
After saying that, the old man's thin body swayed and fell forward.
Austria time, AM16:34.
Gellert Grindelwald's magic power was completely exhausted, but he was still three hundred meters away from downtown Salzburg.