Chapter 558 Avalon Island
Chapter 558 Avalon Island
It was the first day of the Easter holidays, and Hermione, as usual, spent most of the day drawing up revision schedules for the three of them. Harry and Ron followed her lead, which was much easier than arguing with her, and besides, maybe the schedules would come in handy.
Ron was quite surprised to find that there were only six weeks until the exam.
"What's so surprising about that?" Hermione asked, tapping each of the little squares on Ron's timetable with her wand, causing them to flash different colours depending on the subject.
"I don't know," Ron said. "A lot has been going on lately."
"Okay, here you go," Hermione said, handing Ron the timetable. "Just follow it and you should be fine."
Ron looked down at the schedule with a sad face, and suddenly he smiled.
"You let me have one night off every week!"
"That's Quidditch practice," said Hermione.
Ron's smile disappeared.
……
The same scene was playing out in the Slytherin common room.
"Smart guy!" Draco looked at the review schedule that was packed with things that Xie Lin had arranged, and couldn't help but roared, "Don't forget, I'm your brother."
"Tsk, we are twins—" Sherin sneered, "Besides, as the future head of the Malfoy family, if your grades are too poor, it will bring disgrace to our family's reputation."
"But, but..." Draco blushed, "I think my achievements are not just academic, don't forget - I'm also the captain of the Quidditch team!"
"Yes," Sherin nodded coldly in agreement, "Look, don't I reserve a Quidditch practice time for you every week?"
"But……"
"No buts!" Finally, Sherin pulled out his trump card and stuffed a two-way mirror into Draco's hand. "Talk to your parents yourself - what kind of score do you plan to get in this exam?"
Lucius's stern face and Narcissa's expectant eyes appeared in Draco's mind at the same time, and he forced a smile that was uglier than crying.
……
Although Xie Ling has been busy with various plans of the Sleeping Dragon Society and participated in many extracurricular activities in the past few months, such as the International Animagus Seminar, the Cairo Alchemy Conference, the Diagon Alley Business Alliance Meeting, etc., he has not neglected his studies.
He just learns more effectively than others.
Of course, compared to other students, he already had clear life goals, so a mere transcript could not determine his future at all.
Just like the Weasley twins in the original novel, Shaylin has thought about graduating early, but before that, he needs to make sure that the Sleeping Dragon Society can continue to operate without him.
That day, after reviewing his lessons with Daphne, Murray and Susan, Sherin returned to his dormitory, only to see Dobby, who looked nervous.
"My young master, Dobby has urgent intelligence from Reverse Scale - someone saw Morgan le Fay appearing in the wilderness of Great Britain, and this news has been confirmed by the people from Silver Spear. Morgan and the dark wizards under her have left North America, and seem to have obtained what they wanted." Seeing Sherin, Dobby quickly told him the information he had brought.
A sharp light flashed in Sherin's eyes. This was exactly the result he had been waiting for. He had traveled back in time during Gryffindor's illusion test and witnessed the cause and effect of the Avalon School. He also got some clues about the island of Avalon. He knew that Morgan's trip to North America was to get the "key" to unlock the seal of King Arthur on the island of Avalon.
Now that she is back, she will definitely go to the island of Avalon as soon as possible, where there are things that can help her recover to her peak strength.
"Dobby, the war is about to begin. Tell Scrimgeour, Giruffin, the Silver Spears, and the Night Owls to gather their forces as soon as possible and assemble here." Sherin conjured up a map of Britain and drew a cross at a certain location in the southeastern waters. He said coldly, "This time, we must catch them all in one fell swoop."
……
On the sea surface shrouded in fog in the southeast waters of England.
In the seemingly endless gray-white sea of fog, a giant dragon-headed ship emerged from the fog. The ship seemed to have its own consciousness, circling in the fog, with a strange and tortuous route. After circling for nearly an hour, it slowly approached a reef standing alone on the sea.
A few low shouts were heard from the deck, and several crew members wearing black wizard robes with scarlet dragons embroidered on the corners walked out of the cabin, pointing at the reef with vigilant eyes and whispering.
A moment later, Morgan Le Fay, surrounded by several of her confidants, stepped out of the cabin and slowly boarded the deck. She was stunningly beautiful and had an imposing presence, her scarlet cape fluttering in the sea breeze. She stared at the reef and said, "Nimoe, is this the place?"
The long-lost Hogwarts librarian, Ms. Pince, who should be called Nimue now, stepped forward and said in a cold voice, "This is it. When your dragon body was sealed by Merlin, Arthur used the magic circle left by Merlin and gathered the power of the ten Knights of the Round Table to completely seal off our hometown. No one can enter it again."
She sneered and said, "Although a thousand years have passed, magic always leaves traces. With my persistent pursuit over the past thousand years, I finally found the center of the magic circle. It is this inconspicuous reef in front of us - Merlin's boundary monument."
"Very good." Morgan chuckled, her eyes deep and abyssal. She slowly raised her right hand, and an ancient iron sword silently emerged in her palm - it was King Arthur's sword, and it was also the "key" she obtained during this trip to North America.
"As long as we return to our hometown, we will be able to regain our former strength—" She whispered softly. Perhaps influenced by the other soul in her body, Morgan couldn't help but think of Shaylin Malfoy. "This time, I will never let him off easily!"
"Ex——"
"Calibur!"
As she called out, the long-silent holy sword suddenly burst into a fiery red glow, like a thunder and fire in blood, illuminating the entire foggy sea. This was the style of the famous sword that accompanied King Arthur in conquering the world!
With a gentle movement of Morgan's jade hand, the holy sword was inserted into the boundary monument up to the end of the handle.
The holy sword returns.
The next moment, the fog surged violently and spread out in all directions like a tide.
A broken and ancient magic barrier collapsed, and an isolated island floating between reality and illusion slowly emerged on the sea - Avalon, the legendary long-lost magical holy land, finally returned to the world.
However, before they could cheer for their victory, a horrifying scene suddenly emerged as the fog dissipated.
On the sea in all directions, dense warships were approaching like a tide. Each ship was hoisted with a blood-stained crow flag, and the decks were filled with fierce-looking armored warriors - they were the North Sea Viking War Group, known as the guardians of the North Sea!
"North Sea Vikings? Why are they here?" Morgan's eyes suddenly turned cold, and her brows were furrowed. With her strength as a quasi-magician, although she was not afraid of them, she felt a little uneasy.
Although the fog here was thick, providing good conditions for their hiding, it was obviously unusual for her, as a quasi-mage, to be surrounded and unaware of it.
"This is not accidental." She whispered, with murderous intent in her eyes, "Someone has been waiting for us here."
