Chapter 544 Karkaroff: Tremble, today you will witness the coming of the true God!

Led by Krum, the three entered Durmstrang easily.

The castle's tight defenses were only for the outside world. If someone led the way and opened the door, the whole journey would be smooth.

After entering this magic school with which he had a close relationship, Rice couldn't help but look around. Then he came to a conclusion: the successive headmasters of Durmstrang were obviously not as good at managing finances as the previous headmasters of Hogwarts.

Although it is also a thousand-year-old school, the castle of Durmstrang looks rather shabby and lacks the magnificent grandeur of Hogwarts.

On second thought, it might be related to the fact that Durmstrang is located in a bitterly cold place. There are not many magical families here, so how much money can they squeeze out of the school board?

"The atmosphere here is not right." Rowena whispered.

Les nodded. He had noticed a faint stench the moment he stepped into the Durmstrang campus.

This isn't a metaphor like "the stench of the gods", it really does stink.

"Why didn't we see anyone?" Athena suddenly asked.

"Because today is Christmas, a special day, everyone is gathered in the auditorium." Krum's expression became heavy. "Karkaroff predicted a few days ago that a [Great Being] would come and bless today. It is for this reason that I took the risk of sending a letter for help in Karkaroff's name."

Les and Rowena raised their eyebrows at the same time.

As two people with rich experience in fighting against gods, they knew what was going to happen here today just by hearing a few key words.

Athena also understood what the so-called "blessing" was.

Essentially, it is a blood sacrifice made by beings in the underworld who want to have a physical form in the real world. The Greek gods did the same thing before.

"You haven't accepted the blessing yet, right?" Just as Krum was about to lead the three people to the auditorium, Rice suddenly asked him a question.

"No." Krum shook his head. "I learned something during the previous competition. They benefited me a lot. I think the power gained through learning is much more reliable than the blessing. But today is the deadline. If I still refuse to accept the blessing today, Karkaroff will expel me from the campus."

A smile flashed across Rice's face, indicating that he was fine.

Soon, the three of them arrived outside the auditorium. Here, the stench became quite strong, and it could no longer be described as faint, but Krum did not seem to notice the strangeness of this place, as if he had already gotten used to this smell - living in an abalone shop for a long time, you don't smell the stench anymore.

There was singing in the auditorium, and the melody sounded like a Christmas song, but if you listened carefully to the lyrics, you would be confused because it didn't seem to be the language of any country in the world.

"It feels like the language of the Mesopotamian generation." As an old man older than Les and Rowena, Athena could vaguely recognize the language used in the lyrics.

"Never mind, let's go in first." Les motioned for Krum to go in directly, and the three of them would follow.

After the four of them entered the auditorium, the originally loud singing suddenly stopped, and the students sitting in their seats shut their mouths and focused their eyes on Krum and the three uninvited guests. The entire auditorium fell into a rather strange silence.

Les didn't care about it at all. He was even in the mood to see what the food was like at Durmstrang.

After taking a look at the dishes on the long table, Rice couldn't help but sigh: In the world, only Nordic chefs can lose to British chefs in cooking skills.

What is this: dark and hard bread, various sausages, bacon, smoked fish, vegetable salad and soup that look unappetizing, and various cheeses... Only the barbecue looks tempting. But it's already good. Les was mentally prepared to see rotten delicacies on the long table after entering.

However, it seems that the teachers and students of Durmstrang have not reached that level of insanity. At least their eating habits are normal. But that's just the eating aspect. Their mental and physical conditions are very abnormal.

The auditorium was eerily quiet, with only the sound of their four footsteps.

Just then, Karkaroff's voice rang out.

"Welcome, Viktor. Come here quickly, kid. I've been waiting for you for a long time." He ignored Les and the other two who followed Krum, as if he didn't see them.

Krum walked quickly to the teachers' table and stared up at Karkaroff.

"Today is a great day, because you are about to join our warm family. You are very lucky, and the truly great existence is willing to give us a more powerful blessing - if you miss it today, you will really regret it for the rest of your life!"

Karkaroff's face was full of a look that said: Don't hesitate, you're the only one missing.

It has to be said that he really values Krum, and whenever there is any "good stuff", he wants to give it to his favorite student first.

Krum remained silent, but Karkaroff didn't care. He kept talking to himself: "Viktor, Viktor, what a good boy... a good boy! Not only did he agree to join our big family today, he also brought us gifts!"

Karkaroff's gaze finally fell on Rice and the other two, as if he had just discovered them.

"Oh? It turns out we didn't cast an Disillusionment Charm on ourselves." Les made an unfunny joke, but Karkaroff laughed happily.

As he laughed, the professors sitting next to him also started laughing, followed by the students in the auditorium.

Ten seconds later, the entire auditorium was filled with deafening laughter.

Karkaroff laughed so hard that he fell backwards. He seemed to have laughed so hard that the skin at the corners of his mouth cracked.

After the skin was torn, a foul smell emanated, and Les vaguely saw something wriggling in the cracks of the torn skin.

Krum saw it too, and his eyes widened as big as the Snitch's.

Only then did Karkaroff stop smiling. He rubbed his hands on his face, trying to close the cracks like he was kneading plasticine.

Then he pulled out his wand and slammed it hard on the table in front of him.

Then, he shouted with all his strength: "Tremble, today you will witness the coming of the true God!"

Rice and Rowena watched his performance expressionlessly, with only one thought in their minds: I hope this [True God] is not weaker than Athena, otherwise the behavior of the three of them teaming up together would be really clownish.

After Karkaroff let out that roar, the other students in the hall followed suit, throwing their wands on the tables in front of them. Then, each of their skin bulged.

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The second update is here. Good night everyone.