Chapter 180 The Strange Land
Chapter 180 The Strange Land
Professor Kettleburn left Riddle in the shack and wanted to learn from him some questions about the habits of snakes to facilitate his research on fire ash snakes and other magical animals.
Xiven returned to the castle alone, found a secluded place, and prepared to open the dimensional door and return home to spend this Christmas with Sandrine.
However, just before he was about to open the portal, he suddenly got up and felt something shaking violently in the pocket watch space——
It's a double-sided mirror with a phoenix frame carved on it!
With a sudden thought, Xiwen instantly changed the dimension door that was about to lead to his own courtyard to the Albanian forest, and opened it near Newt.
Behind the golden halo of the Dimension Gate is the scene where Newt is.
The moment he saw his surroundings, Xiwen almost screamed in surprise. If the ring positioning hadn't clearly told him that this was the interior of the Albanian forest, he wouldn't have even believed that the environment here could exist on earth!
There are many withered and even almost rotten tree trunks around. The trunks were burnt black, all dry and weak, and there were not a single leaf on the few remaining branches, as if they had been sucked dry of all nutrients.
The ground was also pitch black, like a piece of burned embers, but it had more of an evil aura.
Not only on the ground, but also in the sky, a curtain darker than the night is gradually opening, covering the nearby area.
"Something's not right here, take me away quickly." Newt held his suitcase and walked toward the dimensional door eagerly.
However, the golden aperture of the portal suddenly flickered, and its stability became extremely poor. It even felt like it was almost shutting down due to insufficient energy supply.
Xiven increased his absorption of mana, but was still unable to stabilize the aperture structure on the Albanian side, as if all the mana had become inactive after reaching the other side!
"Hurry! Although I don't know why, the portal seems to be unable to hold up." Xiwen shouted with a drop of cold sweat on his forehead, controlling the trembling aperture.
Fortunately, the location where the dimensional door opened was not far from Newt. At this time, he was already standing next to the aperture. He only needed to take one step forward to enter Hogwarts Castle and escape from that strange area.
However, the next moment, a dark vine suddenly wrapped around Newt's ankle, pulling him to the ground instantly and dragging him deep into the dead wood.
"What?" Newt was startled, but he reacted very quickly. He immediately took out his wand and pointed it at the vine, preparing to cast a cutting spell to break it free.
But the tip of his wand only flickered a faint light, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye, without any magic spell being emitted.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Sivan raised his wand and chanted a spell on the suitcase that Newt was holding tightly -
"The box is flying!"
He used a flying spell on Newt's suitcase, hoping that the suitcase would carry Newt and pull him back into the dimensional portal.
However, this flying spell suddenly lost its activity when it entered the area behind the aperture, and it dissipated before it even reached Newt.
The dark curtain in the sky became wider and wider, the golden halo flashed faster and faster, and Newt was slowly dragged further and further away by the vines...
"Forget it, Sivan. If that doesn't work, just close the portal." Seeing that he couldn't break free from the vines in a short time, Newt said with determination in his eyes. "This place is too evil, you must not come over there!"
"But..." Xiwen hesitated, feeling that Newt's situation was not good.
Even as he was being dragged slowly by the vines, Newt's hand was still tightly holding the suitcase that never left his body.
He pressed a button on the box, and four metal claws popped out from the four narrow sides of the box.
The four metal claws are alchemy products that Flamel modified for Newt. They can help the box automatically keep up with Newt's pace, which is very practical.
But this time, Flamel's alchemical products lost their effectiveness. After the metal claw popped out, it struggled and shook twice, as if it wanted to drive the box to move, but in the end it hung down feebly.
Seeing this, Newt sighed deeply.
"If you have a chance, ask Dumbledore to come to me, but remember to remind him about what's wrong here and tell him to be careful!" He seemed to believe that he was in danger and started to explain all kinds of trivial things. .
"I still have a lot of supplies in my box. The little guys should be able to live in it for about two weeks. Please remember this location. If Dumbledore has the opportunity to come here, be sure to let him Get my box and give it to Bunty.”
As he spoke, Newt silently let go of the suitcase that had always been in his hand and placed it on the ground.
"Also, if you meet Tina and Theseus, don't tell them my news yet." Newt said with a smile. "I'm really afraid that they can't help but come to me and get themselves involved."
After hearing Newt's last words, Xiven finally couldn't control his emotions and shouted with mixed emotions: "Stop talking, you will be fine!"
In the second before the dimension gate collapsed, Xiwen finally took a step forward and stepped on the black evil ashes.
The dark curtain in the sky was completely closed, and the golden halo disappeared. Only Xiwen's figure loomed in the darkness...
When he saw Sivan coming from the other side of the circle, Newt's eyes widened in surprise.
"Xiwen, how can you be so impulsive?!" He shouted with hatred. "If you act like this, our situation will become even worse. Now we don't even have anyone to pass the message to Dumbledore."
Sivan said nothing, but took out his wand and tried to use the cutting spell to free Newt from the vines.
But this time the tip of the wand didn't even emit any light.
Fortunately, this kind of shielding against magic should only target the flow of magic power, and the products of the traceless stretching spell such as the pocket watch space and Newt's box can still be used. This can also be said to be a blessing in misfortune.
Sivan took out a long sword from the pocket watch space, quickly ran to Newt's side, and cut off the vines wrapped around his ankle with one sword.
"Don't worry, the message has been passed on." Sivan said softly to Newt while still swinging the sword.
He silently felt the connection with his soul body and confirmed that he could still feel the situation on the other side in real time, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
Now the ghost Sivan has gone to Flamel's safe house and borrowed the Phoenix relief book to start contacting Dumbledore.
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