Chapter 509 Inside and outside the castle

The stairs in the Hogwarts castle are quite exquisitely designed. Each staircase will send movement at a specific point in time, or join or separate, leading people upstairs to different floors and locations.

Although sometimes this does cause some troubles, if you are not familiar enough, you may actually get lost because of these constantly moving stairs. But if you have enough understanding of these stone steps that strictly abide by the law of movement, in fact, it will allow everyone to go to the floor and direction they want to reach in a very short time.

However, it was such a set of interesting stone stairs that caused Maca a little trouble.

Because the design of the stairs is to move, in order to allow them to have enough space to change directions and positions, this group of stairs that can reach the top of the main castle is basically suspended. Because of this, if you stand below and look up, you can actually easily see the people on the stairs.

At this moment, Maca was standing on a stone step on the third floor, and the staff in his hand glowed with a faint light. And at the top of his staff, a rune that looked vaguely fuzzy was floating up and down, constantly emitting a kind of magic power invisible to the naked eye.

This kind of magic power fluctuation is different from ordinary spells, as if a spirit has merged into it, with a soft coolness.

Yes, it was the refreshing feeling that many people in the castle felt just now. Although the effect of that fluctuation is still unknown, it is already a fact that it can calm the tension and anxiety of everyone in this range.

He still knew about Draco finding himself. Because he had seen Draco from the very beginning, and even Slughorn, who was jogging past, saw him too.

Honestly, that doesn't bode well, especially since everyone knows there's another him out there.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, he couldn't make a better response.

Just a few days ago, after a lot of research and experience, he finally figured out the preliminary meaning of the rule rune with the help of those ancient characters. And his ultimate goal of going back in time this time is the new rule rune.

Just as the magic theory of spirit and will is the path Dumbledore wants to take, for Maca, matter and rules may be the path of magic that belongs to him.

However, it is not easy to study through any rule rune. Therefore, he has only specialized in one cooling rule so far, but he has always been a little bit of other rule runes.

Only this time, in order to solve the dead end, he finally reached out to the second rule.

In the past, he once did research in front of the Bewitching Monument, and at that time he had discovered traces of soul rules from the evolution of the Black Dead.

And just a few days ago, part of the secrets of the Bewitching Monument was finally gently revealed by him. Although there are still many hidden secrets that are difficult to explain, no matter what, the interpretation of the rules that appeared in the center of the monument has brought him great help.

That's right, Maka held the scroll of truth in his hand, and the soul rule runes were naturally also listed in it. What is difficult for others to obtain, he has from the beginning. So what he wanted was not runes, but empirical methods to analyze and understand the rules.

The soul rule is mostly a secondary rule, and it is far more difficult to analyze than the cooling rule that Maca has mastered. He didn't expect to be able to figure it out in such a short time. In fact, before going back in time this time, he planned to use another method to deal with the mysterious ancient magic mirror.

But he never thought that the Bewitching Monument, which had always only brought him trouble, gave him a big gift in this way, which gave him the opportunity to implement this backup plan that was safer and more rewarding .

However, no matter how sound the plan is, accidents will inevitably happen.

In the final analysis, even if he had made sufficient psychological preparations in advance,

Knowing the difficulty of understanding the soul rules is definitely a huge obstacle. But after he really started to study it, he realized that this thing was simply beyond his imagination. Even though he has a lot of soul magic theories as a basis, and the inscription on the Bewitching Stele is there to help him, the result is still a little bit meaningless.

To put it simply, he can barely use it now, but because his understanding is still insufficient, not only does it need other runes as an aid, but it is not enough to cover the entire Hogwarts castle.

In order not to weaken the effect of stabilizing the soul, and also to take care of everyone in the basement, he had to stay in this position, and he couldn't even move a step or two elsewhere.

If the position was higher, his spellcasting range would not be enough; but if the position was lower... You know, another self is standing outside!

But in this way, it is unavoidable to be seen by others—for example, Draco who has been standing on the stairs, or for example, the bald old man Slugher who followed Draco's sight and looked up. kindness.

When he found that the old man was also looking towards him, Maca subconsciously reached out and pulled the hood on the cloak to better cover up his figure and appearance. But he also knew that the long-handled staff in his hand was enough to be recognized.

If I knew it earlier, I would have brought Helen Schoen here... At least it could help me attract my attention. He frowned secretly.

Right now, he needs to maintain the power of the soul rules that are still unfamiliar, and this alone makes him feel very difficult. Originally, his magic power had always been felt to be insufficient, and this time, a part of the extra magic power could not be used after a long period of retrospective time. Don't talk about the illusion spell right now, even using the most basic spell would bring him a lot of burden.

But now, being seen by those two guys from a distance, it's a bit terrible.

Is it dangerous? No, this cannot be said to be dangerous for the time being. After all, being discovered by an acquaintance during time travel does not necessarily violate the rules of time. What he was worried about was actually being aware of his existence by himself at this point in time.

If the past self discovers the future self, there will be a great chance of causing a paradox. What exactly happens when a paradox arises? He didn't know, and didn't want to know at all.

Therefore, it must not be dangerous yet, but if he doesn't do something, the danger will come soon.

After thinking for a while, Maca stopped reaching for the Xianyin potion, then simply pulled off the hood and waved to the two guys below.

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McLean...you know? Albus once told me that he admired you very much. He even thought that you are a real wizard.

Outside the Hogwarts castle, by the frozen lake, Greenwald was facing away from Maca at that time, staring blankly at the ice coffin in front of him. And in the crystal-clear ice coffin, the old man who still left was gently covered by a purple velvet blanket, but his old face was still vivid.

Greenwald was looking at him, looking at this former best friend of his, feeling filled with emotion for a moment.

Dumbledore and him have always been friends and rivals. They all have magical talents that dominate the world, and they all once had ambitions that ordinary people dare not touch.

It's just that everyone's wisdom is different, no matter how like-minded they are, there will be differences after a long time. The dispute that year led to the death of Dumbledore's sister and the breakup of the two close friends.

But now, when Greenwald looked at Dumbledore in the ice coffin, and recalled the time when the two talked about ancient and modern magic and the whole world together, his already old heart was rarely excited.

It was the excitement that he was about to meet his old friend, the excitement that he was sure to join hands with Dumbledore again to touch the truth in the world.

While thinking about it, Greenwald had a casual conversation with Maca behind him. He could feel some hostility in Maca's words, obviously he didn't welcome him very much.

Heh... I know, you must be troubled by some of my behaviors. Greenwald was very relaxed at the moment, smiled slightly, and said softly, Don't worry, I can tell you directly——I will tell you from the beginning to the end. , just to meet Albus again.

His old friend and rival had always been very optimistic about this young man named Maca McClain, but he didn't know what was so good about it. Now that he has left the Nurmengard Tower, he has personally experienced the outstanding talent of this young man, and he finally understands that Dumbledore's praise is not excessive.

And this further confirms his current view of Greenwald.

Greenwald never felt that his views in the past were completely wrong, he just understood a truth through Dumbledore's victory - it was indeed okay for him to value powerful wizards in the past, it's just that he set the standard too low That's all.

Except for geniuses like myself and Dumbledore, there is no need for other wizards to care, let alone Muggles and magical animals. In the past, because his vision was not high enough, he was dragged down by those stupid desires, trying to use power to change the world.

Thinking about it now, it was as ridiculous as an immature child messing around.

Gellert Greenwald! Didn't we agree? Why haven't we started yet?

From the opposite side of the ice coffin came Voldemort's questioning voice, which was cold and harsh, but how could Greenwald not hear the anxiety mixed in it?

It's like the same self back then, but not even as good as the old self. A wizard's ability is not limited to fighting and life and death, wisdom is the foundation of a wizard's achievements.

Greenwald moved slightly, and an inexplicable smile appeared on Taimu's face.