Outside the gate at the bottom is a stone corridor hanging on the cliff of the river.
At the end of the corridor is the library annex building and part of the main castle of Hogwarts.
The slightly higher second floor leads to the marble staircase.
The marble staircase is the center of Hogwarts and connects various areas of Hogwarts.
However, there is a pattern in the appearance of stairs. If you can't find the pattern, you may have one foot on the ground and the next foot on the ground.
Therefore, marble stairs are not the first choice for little wizards on their way!
After entering the passage leading to the marble staircase, Xifa took the time to look back.
There is a magic painting hanging alone on the wall next to the stairs.
Usually there is an old woman in a blue dress sitting on the sofa petting two house elves.
But these are not normal times.
Due to the accident, black spider-like veins crawled onto the photo frame.
The old woman in the portrait opened her mouth in horror, not knowing what she was shouting.
The two house elves kept releasing magic spells with their fingers.
But obviously, this is a desperate struggle.
In just one glance, the magic painting was contaminated with black, and blood-threaded spider webs covered the bottom of the magic painting.
Opposite the magic painting, the young man who was caressing and sniffing screamed in horror, opened the door and disappeared from the painting.
Sandwiched between the two paintings is a statue of a barefoot witch wearing a linen hat and robe, holding a wand in one hand and touching the roses on her chest with the other.
But darkness spread to her from downstairs.
The tip of the stone wand emitted a milky white fluorescence, and the soles of the witch's feet came into contact with the darkness, making a sizzling sound as fat fell on the red-hot iron plate.
It looks like it won’t last long!
"Walk!"
I was so anxious that I didn't have time to recite the mantra.
Xifa flew up and kicked open the wooden door, breaking into the public rest area of the corridor with a dark green pattern.
This rest area is for little wizards who are tired from climbing stairs to rest.
But obviously, Xifa and Ivern will not stay here to rest!
"Hey! Little Ivern! Stay up late at night! Be careful, I'll tell you the dean!"
Such irritable movement is no less than lighting a firecracker in your ear before going to bed in a quiet night.
The portraits in the public rest area could not pretend to be asleep.
They opened their eyes one after another, laughing and teasing Ivern.
As for Xifa, who is he? I don’t know him!
"Sorry! Darkness is coming!"
Without any time to explain, Ivern only left a word before being dragged away mercilessly by Xifa.
"Darkness... Guys, it's time to burn our lives to defend..."
In the magic painting in the circular picture frame, a round-headed knight wearing a fat armor spoke first.
A middle-aged man wearing an elegant salute, a smiling woman wearing a scarf, several old wizards holding books, several musicians playing violins, organs and other musical instruments, and a tall man who disappeared and reappeared.
The thin armored knights all shouted in unison and vowed not to retreat.
Only the boy who was trampled under the feet of the tall and thin knight and the Xiu Xiu in his hand struggled desperately, seemingly unwilling to die like this...
Passing through the rest area, there is an empty long, wide and high corridor with four arches and eleven bright dome lights to dispel the darkness.
Xifer and Ivern were running among them.
The sound of footsteps echoed in my ears.
Just after running through the second arch, angry roars and torturous screams came from the rest area behind him.
From being very energetic at the beginning to gradually being undetectable.
Xifa saw that Ivern had a hint of wanting to stop and help.
He was cruel and pulled the girl's hand hard, causing the girl to stagger and follow his steps.
Wait until the lights behind you start to flicker on and off.
Sifa and Ivern finally rushed to the Marble Tower.
The top of the marble tower is now an exhibition room, so all the magic paintings that cannot be put away are pasted on the walls here.
Looking around, it's densely packed.
Since the founding of Hogwarts, there have been too many people and creatures willing to leave their portraits and witness the growth of batches of little wizards.
"The situation is not optimistic!"
Facing me was an old woman with a kind smile on her face.
She held a magic wand in her hand and asked in an old and hoarse voice.
"I'm sorry, Grandma Olan, I don't know where I left a flaw..."
Ivern Qiang said this sentence in one breath, and then he leaned on Xifa's back and gasped.
"No one is perfect. You have to endure it alone for so long. It's a big thank you to you."
After Grandma Oran comforted Ivern with her doting eyes, she looked at Xifa with sharp eyes.
"Is this young man your chosen helper?"
"Yes..." Ivern seemed to want to say something else.
Grandma Oran interrupted her.
"It's too late. He is a good boy. I leave the hope to you!"
The light at the door behind him also began to flicker on and off, and darkness seemed to be pouring in.
"Meow--"
Xifa was startled. He looked up quickly and saw a portrait of a black cat hanging on the door. The black cat was fidgeting in the portrait.
"Let's go! We promise you that no matter what, the darkness will not jump from here to catch up with you!"
Next to the old woman, a fluffy blue sniffer raised his hand to cheer them up.
"I won't let you down!"
Ivern shouted loudly, then lowered his head and pulled Xifa, running down the corridor. Up above was the exhibition hall, and they couldn't stay here all night.
"Be careful!" Xifa pulled Ivern hard. It turned out that the darkness above had already fought with the portraits.
The battle between magics caused problems with the operation of the stairs here.
Before Xifa and Ivern could gain a firm foothold.
Xifa suddenly noticed that the steps under his feet began to loosen.
Not good! Subconsciously, or intuitively, I found the best choice.
He pulled Ivern into his arms without hesitation and fell backward.
Ivern is no vase.
She instantly understood what Xifa meant.
A barrier spell fell on Xifa's back.
To be honest, the taste is not unpleasant.
It's not that the collision with the curse hurt him, but Ivern's sudden stop seemed to have broken one of his ribs.
Seeing Xifa holding his chest and grinning.
Ivern hurriedly but quickly took out two bottles of magic potion, poured one into Xifa's mouth, and smeared the other on his chest.
It was very refreshing. Xifa felt that his chest was cold and itchy, but there was no pain at all.
"I'm fine! Let's go!"
In a hurry, Ivern was able to cast spells silently even though he couldn't recite the spell himself.
The Secret Passage of the One-Eyed Witch…
Pass through and you will be near the Gryffindor Common Room.
It's said to be a secret passage, but it's actually a main road.
Why is it called this name?
Probably as soon as he entered the door, he saw a statue of a one-eyed witch with a stooped body, holding a life-size wand, wearing a wizard hat similar to the Sorting Hat, and wearing a cloak.
Although she looks like an old witch in a dark fairy tale, Xifa is sure that she must be an old-timer with rich experience in fighting dark creatures!
With her suppressing it, there is nothing unusual here.
Pass through the secret passage and come to an empty indoor hall.
At the end is the spiral staircase, and going up is the Gryffindor lounge.
Obviously, Xifa and the others will not go up, after all, the destination is wrong.
And the location of the Room of Requirement.
Looking through the window sill, it's like looking at the people on the opposite floor.
but!
Just a few hundred and eighty steps away in a straight line, Xifa and the others needed to make a long detour!
Run to the end and go down the spiral staircase.
"Armor protection!"
Western magic does not release magic without any target.
While running, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the steel armor holding a giant ax behind the door making some strange movements.
Sure enough, when they passed by him, the armor that was supposed to protect Hogwarts and the little wizard swung his giant ax at the two of them without hesitation.
The iron armor spell of Western France is very strong, and the giant ax collides with the barrier of the spell, making a clanging sound like the clash of gold and steel.
"It's time to test our tacit understanding!"
There are no portraits in this corridor, only headless statues, but precisely because there is no soul guarding this place, all the statues and armor are controlled by darkness.
"I attack and you defend!"
"...Without any tacit understanding, we can't defend it! We have to fight out!"
Xifa was still in the mood to joke, and it seemed that these statues would not put a lot of pressure on him.
It is true that it is a puppet controlled by force after all.
From the perspective of a Souls game, the forward swing and intention of these guys' attacks should not be too obvious.
"help me!"
Ivern issued several milky white spells.
But when the spell fell on the armor, it only made a sound like a sledgehammer hitting it.
The armored stone statue only froze for a moment and did not appear to be hurt.
There are more than a dozen statues and armors vaguely visible ahead.
If it is not solved, no matter how stiff the movements of these puppets are and the number increases, Xifa and the others will eventually be stopped!
Ordinary magic obviously doesn't work on them.
Xifa even suspected that the Patronus Curse released by overclocking would not affect the dark matter in the armor.
So, thank you for the almighty transformation spell!
After calming down his breathing, Xifa's mouth was like a machine gun, spitting out the transformation spell and the ejection spell.
The decorations on the roof walls were constantly knocked down by Xifa's magic spells, and then turned into ropes, crowbars, and guillotines...
Trip the stone armor to the ground, and then use various means to take it apart.
Without the protection of the outer layer of material, the black liquid substance inside quickly dissipated under Ivern's spell, like snowflakes under the scorching sun.
"Don't be obsessed with fighting, leave quickly!"
It seems that Ivern took out his resentment for losing his old friend in the portrait on these stone armors.
Even if it's inside an empty armor, she will fire two more spells.
But Xifa always remained vigilant and watched his surroundings.
He noticed that black mist began to gather outside the window.
If you don’t leave now, when will you wait?
After being scolded by Xifa, Ivern's eyes turned red and he finally regained consciousness.
She reluctantly came to Xifa and allowed Xifa to pull her along, while she was passing by the armored stone statue.
I still cast a magic spell conveniently.
"go back!"
Just walk down, through the lobby, through the hallway, and up the stairs to the Room of Requirement.
However, the lobby in front of him has been filled with black matter.
At the end of the lobby, black air flowed in continuously from the main door.
Because this place has been lost.
Therefore, the flow of black matter is not blocked at all.
Seeing that they can't outrun the air current.
Xifa was heartbroken and gave up the idea of using a magic wand to deal with danger.
"Protect us!"
Leaving the safety of the two of them in the hands of the emotional Ivern.
Xifa waved his wand and chanted the transformation spell, and the torn carpet turned into a bolas with chains.
Under the influence of the ejection spell, the meteor hammer flew forward quickly.
Xifa grabbed the tail of the meteor hammer with quick eyes and hands, and put one hand around Ivern's waist.
“The slide is mediocre!”
It feels like surfing on a motorboat...
It took less than half a minute to arrive and less than ten seconds to return.
The two rolled on the ground and finally stopped at the end of the one-eyed witch's secret passage.
At this time, the slender wand in the hand of the one-eyed witch statue bloomed with a dark green light.
The black substance following them was blocked by a green barrier.
"Here! I know there is a secret passage leading directly to the other side!"
The two of them struggled to get up, and Ivern shook his head. While arranging his messy hair, she thought of a secret passage.
"lead the way!"
With the statue of the one-eyed witch blocking them, the darkness will not be able to catch up with them for a while.
But there's no telling when new enemies will appear.
"Open the Alajo Cave!"
The iron fence next to the secret passage opened in response.
"We will go to the top of the bell tower from here, but the entrance to the secret passage is at the bottom of the bell tower!"