Chapter 816 Is there really a clue?

Chapter 816 Is there really a clue?
"no problem!"

Everyone present nodded their heads. They had been annoyed by Lockhart for a long time, and now they were filled with righteous indignation after learning that the other party was a liar.

And as soon as Anduin left, Hermione in the crowd pulled Ron and Harry and ran out.

"Let's go, we have to seize the opportunity and investigate the scene!" Hermione reminded several people in a low voice while running, "The monster hasn't left for too long. If you chase closely, you might be able to catch it!"

"Do you want to be in such a hurry?" Ron was staggered by Hermione and almost fell down on the spot.

"It's not your fault!" Hermione rolled his eyes at him, "You dared to use that kind of large-scale and high-risk spell during a duel, I was almost injured by you."

"Isn't this just learning something new, do you want to show it to everyone?" Ron curled his lips and quibbled.

"I think you are showing how to get one hundred points deducted at once!" Hermione's tone showed the essence of a poisonous snake, and at the same time she kept urging, "Hurry up, don't let that guy get away."

"But I can feel that the other party is not on this floor anymore, I can't hear its voice anymore!" Harry also felt that Hermione was too eager, so he quickly persuaded.

"What?" Hermione stopped suddenly when she heard the words, "Can you hear the voice of that monster?"

At this time, Harry also realized that he seemed to have slipped his mouth just now, but he didn't want to deceive a few people because of it, so he admitted in a low voice, "Well, I could hear the whisper of the monster before, but it's too far away. , can't hear what it's saying."

"But now the voice has completely disappeared, which means that the other party should be far away from us."

"what?"

At this time, not only Hermione, but even Ron and Neville looked at him in surprise.

"You mean, you can understand the language of that monster, what are you kidding?"

"No!" Hermione woke up suddenly. "It is indeed possible. I know that some wizards have certain special talents and can communicate with certain creatures, such as Parseltongue!"

"You also know Parseltongue?" Harry was overjoyed when he heard that, he didn't expect that other than Anduin, anyone else could recognize his ability.

"You can speak Parseltongue?" Ron looked at him in shock, "This is a special ability that only dark wizards have!"

Apparently Ron knew Parseltongue too, but he wasn't as quick-witted as Hermione, so it wasn't until Harry turned to admit it.

"That's just prejudice!" Harry quickly argued, "Uncle Wilson said that Parseltongue is just a talent, and a wizard's character cannot be judged based on it."

"You really know Parseltongue? And Uncle Wilson knows?" At this moment, even Neville's eyes widened in surprise.

The children of the wizard family, since they were young, heard their parents talk about the terrible wizards who were proficient in Parseltongue, so they had an instinctive fear of this ability.

On the contrary, Hermione, who was born as a Muggle, didn't feel anything about it. She just asked excitedly, "Since you can speak Parseltongue and still hear the monster's voice, does it mean that the other party is also a snake creature?"

Hermione's idea suddenly woke up several people, even Harry suddenly realized, "That's right! I didn't realize it, but I could only hear some faint murmurs before, so I can't be sure that it must be A snake creature?"

"No, my brother Bill mentioned before that Parseltongue can only respond to the sounds of snake creatures." Ron, who has a wealth of wizard knowledge, stood up and said.

"That means that the monster is basically a snake? Then let's follow this clue and get the result soon?" Neville raised his voice excitedly.

"Shh, don't let other people hear it!" Hermione gave Neville a sharp look, "But there are many magical snake-like animals, we have to search the information carefully to confirm its identity."

"I'll leave this kind of professional question to you!" Ron smiled and waved his hand, "The three of us are still in charge of investigating the scene, and find a way to track its trajectory. After all, it is useless to know the identity of the other party. You have to lock the position of the monster."

"Remember to choose the tracking spell first. If you find traces left by monsters on the scene, such as hair, scales, saliva, etc., remember to collect them. This is the best medium for tracking magic." Hermione also suggested at this time.

"It's a pity that we don't have tracking equipment. It would be great if we could have the [tracking glasses] used by Aurors!" Ron shook his head regretfully.

"It's okay, we have other ways." Harry added, "We can investigate more in the school, and I'll see if I can hear it again."

"It's a pity that this is the first time I've heard the other party's voice, otherwise I should have realized the identity of the monster long ago."

"The professor didn't offer a reward before, did he?" Neville shrugged nonchalantly. "Besides, earlier, we were all scared by the rumors of the secret room and didn't dare to act casually. How dare you look for the monster so blatantly this morning?"

"Indeed." Ron nodded in agreement, then looked at Harry as if thinking of something, and suddenly asked with wide eyes, "By the way, you can speak Parseltongue, so we will lose the first Battlefield dungeon, Is it also because of this?"

A few people had focused on the monster in the Chamber of Secrets before, and they didn't struggle with Harry's Parseltongue for long. After a while, they gradually realized it.

"Uh, this..." Harry scratched his head in embarrassment when he saw that his little secret had been discovered, and replied hesitantly, "I didn't expect those exploding snakes to understand Parseltongue."

"Okay, so it turns out that we lost because of you!" Ron laughed and cursed and strangled Harry's neck, while Hermione who was on the side also gave him a bad look.

Afterwards, the group of four began their investigation by fighting each other like this. At the same time, Harry didn't expect that his Parseltongue would end up being used for search.

Anduin, carrying Lockhart at this time, directly broke into the opponent's Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

Anduin had to interrogate Lockhart before handing him over to Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic.

In the heroic deeds this guy heard from others, there are a lot of details about dealing with black magic creatures during his adventures. This is not something he can remember from memory. Lockhart must have kept the research materials of those wizards here.

"Get up, don't pretend to be dizzy with me here." Anduin threw Lockhart to the ground and shouted at him in a cold voice.

Lockhart trembled when he heard the words, he originally wanted to pretend to be confused, to see if there was a chance to sneak away in the chaos, who would have thought that Anduin would have discovered it long ago.

In this regard, he could only get up timidly, and did not continue to pretend. Of course, it was not because he didn't want to, but because he really didn't dare.

"Anduin!" Lockhart begged with a bitter face, "Please let me go, as long as I don't report to the Ministry of Magic, I am willing to do anything, such as a share in the bird snake egg yolk shampoo, or I can give you all the royalties from those books!"

Lockhart is terribly frightened now, if someone finds out his secret, he might try to use his most proficient Oblivion Curse to resist.

But Anduin?

Just because Lockhart was bold, it didn't mean he was a fool. With his previously fooled identity, he had also come into contact with some wizards of high status.

From them, Lockhart had heard many rumors related to Anduin. This young wizard was not just the owner of Silver Flash Trading Company.

The real strength of the opponent and the battles he has experienced are all legendary.

So he racked his brains to find that he had no other solution except to beg for mercy.

But after hearing Lockhart's begging for mercy, Anduin smiled coldly. He had no interest in this kind of guy who had no bottom line, no talent, and only knew about bragging.

Anduin had thought of taking him under his command before, but Lockhart was a pure narcissist, and his mind was all about deceiving people, neither loyalty nor value was guaranteed.

So he just glared at Lockhart coldly, "Whether I let you go or not depends on your performance. Now tell me all the things you have done after graduation, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

"Yes yes yes!" Facing Anduin's eyes ready to kill at any time, Lockhart was almost frightened, how dare he refuse.

Immediately, Lockhart recounted all the things he had done, as well as all the deception experiences, including an old Armenian wizard and a witch with a hairy chin.

Originally, when Lockhart did this for the first time, he still had some uneasy and uneasy emotions, but after gaining wealth and fame, he gradually became addicted to it, and finally turned his life into an illusion woven entirely of lies among.

In fact, when he graduated, he could only be regarded as vain and narcissistic at best, and his own magic level was not bad. After all, he was also a student who graduated from Ravenclaw.

But after getting used to taking shortcuts, Lockhart became more and more fond of using deception for his own benefit, and his spellcasting skills plummeted. Now, except for the Forgetting Curse, he has forgotten all the other spells. up.

After hearing Lockhart's statement, Anduin knew that this guy was hopeless. He had changed from a narcissist to a successful and pure liar.

Then he asked the other party to hand over the information that was cheated from wizards from all over the world, Lockhart naturally did not dare to refuse,
Anduin finally understood how many people Lockhart had harmed after reading the thick stack of materials, letters and personal notes.

I'm afraid this guy has cheated more from other wizards than the books he published, and maybe some of them still belong to the unpublished part.

After a brief review, Anduin was even more convinced of his judgment, and these materials indeed included some of his own manuscripts.

Anduin saw the painstaking efforts of many wizards who spent their entire lives in research. One of the old wizards in Armenia actually developed a magic spell that could transform into a werewolf.

In addition, it also includes a special deworming spell that can expel pests for a long time, a protective spell that can prohibit black magic creatures from getting close, a cold protection spell that can resist extreme cold environments, and so on.

In addition to the spells, these materials also record the lives and experiences of a large number of wizards, including the experiences they have summed up throughout their lives.

For example, how to tell the time without using magic in the wild, how to obtain food and water sources, how to determine the magical animals wandering around the camp when you are outdoors, and so on.

They are all very useful life and adventure experiences, and many of them have benefited Anduin a lot.

It can be said that those wizards who were tragically plagiarized by Lockhart were all genuine high-level scholars or adventurers.

But now, their lifetime accumulation has been stolen by a liar so easily.

Seeing this, Anduin, who is also a scholar, looked at Lockhart more and more unkindly. He understood very well how valuable such knowledge is to a wizard.

"When you were in contact with those wizards, did you hear them mention a place where you would feel fear after staying for a long time?"

Anduin has already made up his mind to clean up Lockhart, and Azkaban will be his final destination.
But before handing over the other party to the Ministry of Magic, Anduin casually asked a question related to Hypor in the spirit of making the best use of everything.

Of course, he didn't have any hope for this. After searching for so long, he couldn't find any clues. What would a liar know.

But Lockhart's next answer surprised Anduin.

"A place that will be scary? I really want to hear a wizard adventurer mention it." Lockhart didn't know why Anduin would ask this, but now he just wants to cooperate with the other party, so that maybe he can Let him let himself go.

"Really?" Anduin was slightly taken aback. He was just asking casually in a formulaic manner. Who would have thought that there would be a clue.

Then Anduin's expression became serious, "Where is it? That wizard mentioned it to you again?"

"Hmm..." Lockhart's own memory is not very strong, and after recalling for a while, he replied uncertainly, "It's a witch with a hairy chin. When I communicated with her, , the other party said that he had a similar feeling when traveling on an ice sheet similar to a small island in the north of Russia."

"At that time, she thought she had encountered a creature like a migrating witch bird, but later found out that it was not. In view of her sensitivity as an adventurer, she did not stay in that area any longer and returned soon."

"During the conversation, she told me that this may also be a hallucination. After all, in that extreme environment, many perceptions are wrong."

Lockhart recounted what the witch said while thinking about it.

Although Lockhart was ambiguous, Anduin immediately became alert when he heard the location described by the other party.

Northern Russia?An island-like ice sheet?
It seems to be the eastern part of Northern Europe, which actually corresponds to the information that Anduin detected before.

Thinking of this, the way Anduin looked at Lockhart suddenly became weird.

(End of this chapter)