Librarian at Hogwarts

Chapter 117 The Staff of Magnus!

Delicious food can always make people fall into dreamland quickly.

The four of Igno slept until dawn and prepared to continue walking to the ruins.

morning.

Igno compared the locations marked on the map.

"If it's correct, we may soon encounter the strange spirit that the expedition leader said."

Igno pointed to the map.

He taught the magic of expelling spirits to three others.

This surprised all three of them.

They didn't expect that Ignat had mastered the method of exorcising spirits.

In this way, the originally troublesome spirit body will become much easier to deal with.

Basilda and Mag packed all the items into their bags.

Then the four of them continued on their way.

Ignat and Neil walked at the front of the team. They held their wands and carefully observed the surrounding environment, ready to deal with danger at any time.

Along the way, the four of them passed through the hills without incident.

Suddenly, a black figure jumped out from the grass.

This spirit body rushed towards Igno at a very fast speed.

Ignat hurriedly raised his wand and recited a spell.

"flame--"

The fireball in his mouth instantly hit the spirit body's head.

Ignat saw clearly that it was a green beast.

Its mouth was full of sharp fangs, and its whole body exuded the smell of decay.

Looks very disgusting.

However, Igno frowned.

"How can such things be called spirits? Aren't they supposed to be existences similar to ghosts?"

Ignat said to himself.

Although he has now mastered the magic spell to expel strange spirits.

But when he actually faced this weird creature, he actually felt a little frightened for a while.

For some reason, his instinct told him that something dangerous would definitely happen next.

really.

In the next second, the spirit body in front of them suddenly exploded into a ball of black mist, and then quickly wrapped towards them.

Igno quickly used magic to resist.

However, he found that his magic had no effect at all.

The black mist quickly completely enveloped Igno and the others.

"Ah..."

A sharp and piercing scream rang out.

Along with these shrill shouts, a strong sense of dizziness attacked the brains of Igno and his party.

"Occlumency!"

Neal shouted.

He tried to close his mind so that he would not be affected by anything.

The other three people also tried to close their brains and tried their best to get rid of the current situation.

Unfortunately, they did not succeed.

Because the black mist was so weird, like a giant marshmallow, it almost completely covered them.

"...We seem to be trapped in an illusion..."

Mag murmured.

Her expression was painful.

Because she discovered that many strange symbols continued to appear in front of her eyes.

Those symbols were constantly changing, forming hideous and terrifying faces.

"This……"

She was so frightened that she almost fainted.

"Do not be afraid."

Neil shouted: "We must focus and work hard to protect ourselves."

"How can we do it..."

Mag replied with a trembling voice.

At this time, they have no way to concentrate.

They can even hear the buzzing inside their own brains.

"This black mist's spiritual attack is too weird. It is not an illusion, but a real spiritual power. Even the suppression effect of Alsimon's Ring on it is extremely weak."

Nier activated the Ring of Alsimon.

However, the black mist did not dissipate.

Instead, he seemed to be angered and launched an even more violent attack.

Basilida on the side said calmly: "We must stick to our will and cannot give up or retreat."

"Otherwise we may be immersed in this dark and foggy spiritual world forever and never wake up!"

"Stick to your will...Stick to your will..."

"Keep your will..."

The four of them chanted silently and gritted their teeth.

Ignat's brain was spinning rapidly.

It was clear that the spell to exorcise the spirit was effective at the beginning.

However, now this strange spirit has undergone strange changes, which has caused the four people to fall into crisis.

"It seems that we can only try to integrate the expulsion spell into spiritual magic."

Ignat waved his wand.

Launched a counterattack.

This time, the black mist disappeared.

However, at this time, a giant snake slowly wandered down the hillside.

It looks a little unreal.

Its body is translucent, but its tail is somewhat solid.

Seeing this scene, Ignat's eyes suddenly widened.

"That is……"

He shouted in surprise: "The legendary ghost? It turns out that this weird spirit is actually a ghost!"

"ghost?"

Bascida was also surprised: "Are you sure? Isn't this an illusion?"

She saw that beside this giant snake, there were also a group of equally large ghosts.

They are densely packed together and look like waves.

"It's not an illusion, this is real."

Igno shook his head: "This is an evil curse. There are too many of them."

Ghosts are completely different from ghosts.

Ghosts are the product of curses.

It is said that ghosts can absorb the resentment and hatred of others.

Once they entangle a target, they can generate a curse through resentment and hatred, and then control the target's actions.

Even wizards can't escape bad luck.

"Then what should we do now?"

Beads of sweat broke out on Basilda's forehead: "These resentments and hatred are enough to kill all living people."

"In that case..."

Igno narrowed his eyes: "Then, we can only try our best."

He raised his wand.

"We need to join forces to end this curse as soon as possible."

"This curse... is very ancient..."

Neil's tone seemed hesitant.

But Igno no longer cares about that much.

He immediately recited the spell.

Then, the tip of his wand burst into dazzling light.

This is the white gold light that represents holiness.

"Light of Purification!"

He tilted the white-gold light around and landed on the ghosts of the snakes.

However, these lights seemed to have no effect.

These ghosts are still rolling around, and they don't seem to disappear because of the arrival of the holy light.

"What exactly is going on?"

Igno was stunned.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind Igno.

Ignat was stunned. Just as he was about to turn around and attack, he discovered that the black figure actually held a silver-white scepter in his hand.

The scepter was inlaid with gems and emitted a soft light, but it shone with an icy cold light, pointing directly at Igno.

The shadow's eyes were pure blood red, filled with violence and madness.

It stared at Igno and waved the scepter in its hand without hesitation.

"careful!"

Neil yelled immediately.

"Pfft!"

Neil quickly blocked it.

Blood splattered.

The clothes on Neil's chest were broken and blood flowed out.

"This……"

Ignat looked at the scars on Neil's chest blankly.

There, blood spurted out, Neil's expression was painful, and severe pain surged from deep within his body.

"I am fine."

Neil took two breaths and forced out a smile: "It's just a flesh wound."

Basilida and Mag on the side quickly cast recovery spells to heal Neil's body.

And Ignat raised his wand.

The white-gold brilliance appeared again.

He discovered that this light could resist the footsteps of ghosts.

However, more and more ghosts appear.

The forest had gradually turned into darkness, and a thick black mist shrouded them, surrounding them.

"We should get out of here quickly or wait for rescue."

Basilda frowned and said.

She looked at the ghost in front of her, feeling uneasy.

One or two of these ghosts may not be scary, and the spell released by Igno can be completely resisted.

However, there are simply too many of them.

Moreover, what if a dangerous existence different from the ghost in front of Neil emerges from these ghosts again?

If this continues.

Even the four of them might not be able to last long!

"Wait... these things seem a bit strange..."

Igno suddenly thought.

He observed it carefully and finally discovered the problem.

"I understand."

Igno suddenly realized it and said: "These ghosts are a group of forgotten people..."

"The Forgotten..." Bascida looked at Igno.

"Yes, that's right."

Ignat nodded and said, "These ghosts were sealed here."

"seal?"

Basilda was stunned for a moment.

"Yes."

Ignat sighed: "Do you remember the information you and Mag collected? This place used to be the ruins of a city..."

As soon as Bascida and Mag heard Ignat mentioned the information about the ruins.

The two of them immediately brightened up.

"Yes! This is the ruins of an ancient city!"

Ignat speculated: "The ghost comes from a curse. There should be a powerful wizard who used an evil magic weapon to seal this ancient city."

"These ghosts are the people who were sealed back then."

"They are extremely powerful, but they are sealed here."

"They no longer remember their past, but they still have a strong obsession and anger."

"They transform into various shapes, the appearance of various creatures."

"But whether it's a snake or a black mist, they are all the same, they are all ghosts!"

At this time, Igno had figured out the origin of the ghost.

Right now, how to escape from here is the key question.

Because it is impossible for them to deal with these ghosts.

Unless the curse is solved at its root.

The small dressing mirror that Igno was carrying in his arms was revealed.

Igno was a little curious, and he had an inexplicable feeling.

He felt that this dressing mirror might be able to take them out of this place.

Ignat opened the mirror.

Ignat's face was not reflected inside.

But a strange place.

This is a mirror that can travel back and forth!

Igno suddenly thought of this magical magic.

He quickly shouted in surprise.

"Bassy, ​​magnify the mirror!"

"We can walk through the mirror and get out of here!"

After saying that, Basilda glanced at the mirror and immediately became excited.

She waved her wand and the mirror immediately grew as tall as a person.

The four people immediately passed through the mirror and escaped from this dangerous and strange area.

After successfully escaping, the four of them collapsed on the ground.

The four of them looked at each other, feeling like they were reborn after a disaster.

"Just now, it was really terrible."

Mag murmured.

The existence of the ghost left a deep enough impression on her.

Neil's injuries were now stitched up.

Although his face was a little pale, it was nothing serious.

"When I find a way to deal with this ghost, I must come back and take care of them!"

Ignat patted Neil on the shoulder.

"Then you might be awarded the Order of Merlin directly by the Ministry of Magic."

"These ghosts, if I predict correctly, they should be something like a barrier."

"That is, they will only appear in that fixed place to protect the ruins from people entering."

Basilda nodded in agreement.

"No wonder, the first march has not been able to enter the ruins. It turns out to be this reason."

"Then where are we now?" Mag suddenly asked.

Igno took out the map and laughed in surprise.

"We are almost at the ruins location!"

Ignat pointed on the map.

If according to Igno's speculation, the ghosts are a barrier, then they are most likely to surround the entire ruins in the form of a circle.

At this time, Igno and his group had already entered the inside of the circle.

"By the way, did you pay attention to the ghost holding a silver-white scepter that was transformed by the black mist?"

Neil said from the side.

"That silver-white scepter...I always feel something is wrong..."

Listening to Neil's words, Ignat fell into memories.

That silver-white scepter, and the ghost holding the silver-white scepter.

They are sealed here.

Then, maybe there is a certain connection between the transformed shapes.

So this means that in this ruins, there may really be this silver-white scepter.

"Let's move on."

Ignat stood up.

He looked around.

In front of them is a wide road.

And some skeletons and abandoned old objects began to appear on this road.

However, these items were severely damaged.

"There should have been a fierce battle here."

Bascida whispered: "According to the information collected, this is probably an ancient battlefield."

"Moreover, that silver-white scepter you are talking about is real!"

Bascida said, looking at Ignatius.

"How did you know?"

Ignat was stunned and asked.

"On the last page of the information, it was a page that had not been cracked yet. So I was the only one who saw it first, and I saw the silver-white scepter."

"If I remember correctly, its name should be, Staff of Magnus!"