Chapter 2777 Lament of the Moon (10)

In 1976, Britain ushered in the hottest and driest heat wave in more than 200 years. Many places reached record-breaking levels, and people had to flock to the swimming pool to cool down.

The weather is not so hot now. After entering from the entrance of the waterfall, they first encountered a promenade with ferns growing on the walls, which was very shady. There is a pool at the end of the corridor. On the other side of the pool there was a step, and at the top of the step was a large mirror framed in gold, almost like a door.

Such a large mirror was extremely rare in the Middle Ages. Even the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles was made up of small pieces of mirrors. The kind of Venetian mirror made of glass and amalgam has been expensive since it came out 300 years ago. Even a Venetian mirror with a fine silver frame sells for three times as much as a Raphael painting. Elevation played a role in fueling the flames.

But the French were not just content to act as buyers. In the 17th century, Louis XIV smuggled four Venetian craftsmen to France. The first factory in Normandy, France, produced Venetian mirrors.

But a year later, one of the best craftsmen died, and three weeks later another died, and the remaining two tried to escape, but failed, and they became mad and shouted in the street, but All this is meaningless, because the French already have all the secrets.

By the 19th century, the Germans had invented silver-plated mirrors, in which silver was deposited on the surface of the glass to form a protective varnish. According to legend, the sword of Gryffindor was forged by the goblin king, and the blade was made of magic iron. But this is only limited to legends, because goblins will now use this set of arguments to deceive buyers, saying that they use the sterling silver provided by buyers to make things like magic iron, and the weight of the finished product is different from sterling silver.

They're actually just plated with silver, and when worn you can see what's inside. But most people buy fairy items, mainly as decorations. In the era of Godric Gryffindor, it was very common for wizards to hold a sword and dagger in one hand and a wand in the other. Now wizards basically use wands, even in duels Every time, I will raise my wand and salute like a sword. That's why armor sells better than swords, and no wizard walks down the street wearing armor, so the goblin's lies are not exposed.

Pomona has found many grapevines on the rock wall by the pool. They are close relatives of poison ivy, but they are not poisonous, they just look alike.

"What is this place?" Alice asked.

"The other side of the mirror," said Pomona. "We found a similar mirror at Hogwarts."

"Can that go in?" Frank asked.

Pomona shook his head, "I don't know, the secret passage at Hogwarts only opens once every three months."

"So it's over when the butterfly brought us here?" Frank asked.

"Or let's go and have a look," said Alice.

"I'll go, it's cold," Frank said.

Pomona watched the couple coldly, silently planning to swim across the pool. But as soon as she walked to the shore, she found that the crab claw orchid was blooming under the clear spring water.

"Lumos," Pomona said.

With the dazzling white light from the tip of the stick, "Crab Claw Orchid" retreated back to the water outlet.

"What's that?" Frank asked.

"Devil's web," Pomona said. "It's the first time I've seen a real thing."

In fact, many carnivorous plants have become extinct because they pose a threat to humans.

"No, I said what was depicted on the bottom of the pool?" Frank asked.

Pomona pointed his wand at the water.

"It's the signs of the zodiac," Pomona said.

"There seems to be a pedestal in the middle. What is that for?" Alice asked.

"Maybe put it in and the door will open," said Frank, "but it doesn't look like a key."

It was a disk-shaped groove, obviously made of gold, if it were copper, it would have developed a patina long ago.

"I guess it's an astrolabe," Pomona said. "Ancient people would use gold to make things related to astrology."

"Any chart? Or a specific chart?" Alice asked.

"I don't have any astrolabe, do you have any?" Pomona asked.

The two shook their heads together.

"Give it a try with Polymorph," Pomona said.

Frank provided the brass telescope, which Pomona turned into an astrolabe, set in its recess.

They looked up together, and the mirror actually moved to the left, revealing the entrance of the black hole behind.

"So easy?" Alice said in surprise.

"No, it's not that easy." Frank frowned. "It's probably a trap."

"My friend said there was a bone in there," Pomona said. "We shouldn't have gone in there."

"Leave one out," said Frank. "Come on, honey."

"No, I'm the one to go in. I'm a botanist," Pomona said. "Alice looks outside, and if she finds something unexpected, let us know immediately."

"Listen to her, Frank," said Alice, looking at Frank.

"Then let's act together." Frank said, "You must not leave my sight."

Pomona nodded, and the two walked into the space behind the mirror together.

Under the light of fluorescent lights, they came to a long corridor again. The difference is that it is very dry here. There are a pair of armors on both sides of the corridor. They stand with swords, as if they are the guardians here.

They walked a little further inside and found an annexe, which contained shields and weapons, but it had collapsed, and the thick rhizomes of the plants had squeezed the ceiling and deformed it.

"What kind of plant is this?" Frank asked, looking at the horrible roots.

"Keep going," Pomona said, thinking of the vines at the door, which didn't necessarily look like "me."

They walked for a while, and encountered a fork in the middle of the road. Because it was agreed in advance that they could not divide into teams, they did not split up. Even if the side road is covered with dry vines, a little fire will catch it.

Going further is the mine tunnel, and the devil's net hangs down from above their heads. They retreated one after another after encountering the fluorescent light, leaving a passage for the two of them, and blocked it again after the two walked away.

For a moment she felt surrounded.

After walking about a dozen steps, they found a hollow with a pair of dead bones lying in it. He looked to be dressed in the 18th and 19th centuries, and there were several wooden boxes around it.

"Is that what your friend mentioned?" Frank asked, pointing to the dead bones.

Pomona didn't dare to nod her head, she used her wand to shine a light into the cave.

"What's wrong?" Frank asked.

"Nothing." Pomona pointed to those boxes and said, "Maybe there are useful information in it."

"Bring your bag here," Frank said.

Pomona took off the messenger bag and handed it to him.

There was a flash of white light on the tip of Frank's staff, and then he forced a wooden box much larger than the bag into it.

It was an illegal use of the Space Expansion Charm, but Pomona had no intention of reminding him.

After Frank put all the wooden boxes in, Pomona heard the movement again.

"It's not your illusion, I heard it too." Frank said, and then he walked in front, walking towards the direction of the sound.

Pomona walked behind Frank.

Through his broad back, she could only see a limited amount of things ahead, but when the wind blew, she smelled a disgusting smell, and a strange sound, like Kettleburn dragging his prosthetic leg issued while walking.

"Fire!" Frank yelled suddenly.

With a burst of flames rushing towards his face, Pomona also saw clearly what was on the other side.

It was a corpse, the one at the front had been ignited by Frank's fire, and the one behind was still rushing forward.

"Fuchsia!" Pomona yelled.

The Yin Corpse actually hung upside down like a living person.

"Fire!" Frank raised his wand again, aiming at the next Inferi.

"Be careful not to light those devil's nets!" Pomona yelled, using Fuchsia again on an Inferi.

"Why?" Frank asked in a hurry.

"I don't know, it's just a feeling." Pomona raised his wand again.

If this place was really a labyrinth designed by Eunon Blackwood, he would have imagined that someone would use fire magic to deal with the Inferi, and the fire would ignite the devil's net.

"It's definitely on purpose," Pomona said.

"Frank!" Alice's voice sounded from a distance, "You two come out!"

"You go first!" Frank said.

"No, you go first, will you hang the Fuchsia?" Pomona asked.

After hesitating for two seconds, Frank retreated first with his fluorescent wand in hand, followed by Pomona.

It took almost the same time as when they went in, and they retreated without any danger before the mirror sealed the entrance.

"How is it so easy?" Frank said, looking in the mirror.

The fragile mirror actually blocked the group of corpses.

"You think that because we have fluorescent light, which was invented in the 18th century, and the ancients didn't know the spell, and you can repel the devil's net without fire," Pomona said.

"What next?" Alice asked.

"I'm going back to school." Pomona patted his bag. "Look what's in there."

"We're continuing to investigate in the Forbidden Forest." Frank said to Pomona. "Do you think this is the 'entrance' the Death Eaters were looking for?"

Pomona isn't sure, but doesn't rule it out.

"Come on, let's get out of here," said Pomona.

Then the three of them returned along the original road together, and after exiting, Pomona blew up the repaired road again.

They didn't officially break up until all these were done, and Pomona returned to Hogwarts, the safest place in the world, as quickly as possible.