#812 - Active defense module

Familiar yet foreign life energy was frantically pouring into Anduin's body, who was closest to the snake wood. At this moment, he could feel his body slowly changing.

His body was becoming stronger, and even his magic reserves were expanding slightly.

This startled Anduin. So this life energy was different from the Philosopher's Stone?

The energy extracted from the Philosopher's Stone, fused with magic and life force, also had the effect of enhancing physical fitness, but it had its limits.

At least it had no effect on wizards of Anduin's level. That's why the life potions he made with the Philosopher's Stone could only benefit lower-grade wizards.

But the green light spots released by the snake wood at this time had a higher concentration and quality, and could even benefit his body.

Of course, this effect may also be related to the fact that Anduin absorbed the most light spots, after all, he was closest to the snake wood.

After carefully sensing the energy emitted by the snake wood, Anduin gradually distinguished its difference from the Philosopher's Stone.

Both energies were a collection of extremely pure magic and life energy, but the difference between the Philosopher's Stone and the snake wood was that the magic part of the Philosopher's Stone accounted for a much higher proportion than the snake wood.

In contrast, the green light spots released by the snake wood had a higher proportion of life energy.

Just as Anduin was quietly experiencing the benefits of life energy, the change of the snake wood was coming to an end.

The green light spots constantly radiating outward in the air gradually faded away. At this time, the snake wood had gradually returned from a large tree to its former wand appearance.

It was a twelve-inch-long dark wand, with wavy patterns similar to the snake wood tree surrounding the surface. After losing the blessing of green light spots and magic, it looked very ordinary, but the small lines and damage on the wand made it look quite vicissitudes.

Seeing this, Anduin quickly stepped forward to gently hold the wand. Although he was very helpless about the choice of the snake wood, there was no chance to refuse at this point.

"Was the energy just released produced by yourself?" Anduin couldn't help but ask curiously after taking the snake wood.

"Master, Source Rune!"

After restoring to the wand shape, the snake wood's state seemed not as full of energy as when it was a big tree, and the mental fluctuations emitted were also much weaker.

Source Rune?

Anduin frowned. He had never heard of this rune.

It seems that this is probably a new rune invented or discovered by Salazar Slytherin back then. Of course... there is another possibility.

"Did the Source Rune come from Fear?"

From the previous contact, Anduin felt that the energy released by the snake wood was very similar to the Philosopher's Stone, so he thought that there might be a connection between the two. It is very likely that this Source Rune came from the same source as the Philosopher's Stone. Maybe it was obtained by Salazar from Herpo.

But the snake wood's answer was greatly beyond Anduin's expectation, "No, Fear stole Rune."

Huh? That is to say, the Source Rune did come from Salazar? As a result, after encountering Herpo, it was stolen by the other party?

Then Herpo might have had the idea of making the Philosopher's Stone after obtaining this rune.

A large number of clues were slowly connected in Anduin's mind, which made everything that happened back then gradually clear.

It seems that when Salazar encountered Herpo, the Source Rune was taken away by the other party, or the Source Rune was originally unowned at that time. Salazar lost to the other party in the fight, but also obtained the rune structure.

Just as he was daydreaming, a series of crisp sounds of breaking through the air came from a distance. When he looked up, he found that a dozen wizards were driving flying brooms and rushing from a distance.

Seeing this, Anduin couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly. He knew this would happen.

The green light spots emitted by the snake wood were so conspicuous that it was impossible not to attract the attention of the school.

This is also why he wanted to stop the snake wood at the beginning. He didn't intend to take the snake wood away when he came to Ilvermorny. Now things have become complicated.

However, with Anduin's strength, he didn't take these faculty and staff seriously, but he was just here to find answers, not to kill.

So now he was thinking about how to get away.

The first priority is not to let them know his identity. Fortunately, he had put on the costume of the Augurey when he came.

But this is not enough. If there is a conflict later, he can't use those iconic spells, otherwise he will be recognized.

After clarifying these, Anduin waved his hand violently, first quickly taking back the shielding jammers inserted around. These controlled items were too conspicuous, and this level of shielding magic would probably not be able to really stop these wizards.

After taking away the jammers, the wizards patrolling in the sky immediately locked on Anduin's figure, and quickly landed and surrounded Anduin.

"Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want to do?" A wizard in his forties pointed at Anduin with his wand and asked sharply.

As for Anduin, he completely ignored the other party, just silently looked around, and handed the snake wood wand to his right hand. He knew from the beginning that this matter could not be resolved, so it is better to think about how to get away without revealing his identity.

The wizard was annoyed when he saw that Anduin didn't say a word, and he soon noticed that the snake wood that was originally on the square was gone.

Seeing this, he suddenly widened his eyes and shouted repeatedly, "Catch him, this guy stole the snake wood planted by the old principal!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and then they didn't talk nonsense, and shot spells at Anduin in unison.

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Stupefy!"

"Expelliarmus!"

After all, this is a school, and everyone is a professor or faculty member, so they are not used to using fatal magic when fighting. What they are thinking about now is mainly to catch Anduin and recover the stolen snake wood.

"Protego!"

Seeing this, Anduin gently waved the snake wood wand, and a powerful full-body armor covered his whole body.

Although this was his first cooperation with the snake wood, the tacit understanding between the two was very good. The Protego released was extremely strong, and it did not completely break even after eating everyone's spells.

The surrounding wizards were shocked. They didn't expect that this wizard who didn't know where he came from was so fierce.

"Yes!" A very young wizard who looked like a prefect took out a metal amulet from his body and activated it immediately.

Anduin in the distance couldn't help but curl his lips speechlessly when he saw this. This is still the alarm produced by their family. It seems that the relationship between Ilvermorny and Silver Flash Trading Company is not ordinary, then he can't expose it even more.

Thinking of this, Anduin immediately took action. He first conjured a thick cloud of mist, and then put an invisibility charm on himself, and ran all the way out of the school.

He didn't intend to fight with these guys at the beginning, so it's better not to hurt people if he can. It's a pity that Ilvermorny, like Hogwarts, prohibits the use of Apparition, and using a flying cloak or other alchemy props is too conspicuous, otherwise it wouldn't be so troublesome.

But the wizards of Ilvermorny don't know Anduin's plan, even if they know it, they probably won't appreciate it.

So after seeing the spell released by Anduin, the leading wizard immediately shouted, "That guy wants to escape, quickly notify the castle to turn on the active defense system, don't let him run away!"

A wizard next to him immediately raised his wand and shot a purple-red magic bullet into the sky.

It seems that this kind of magic bullet is a signal agreed upon in Ilvermorny School. After the light bullet rose into the air, a magical wave was immediately activated from the castle and quickly transmitted to every corner of the school.

After this magical wave was activated, a nearly transparent film suddenly rose from the edge of Ilvermorny School.

On the square, the cloud of mist that blocked everyone's sight was almost instantly dispelled, and Anduin's figure, who was running wildly in the distance, reappeared.

"Damn..."

Anduin, who was running away, was so depressed that he couldn't speak at this time. Ilvermorny actually turned on the active defense module just to catch such a small thief?

Don't they know that this is very wasteful of magic power? Do they need to be so exaggerated!

Anduin is too familiar with the active defense module used by the school, because it was originally designed by him.

The development of this active defense system is actually to ensure that large institutions have the ability to resist, counterattack, identify, and eliminate enemies when they encounter foreign enemies or have been invaded.

So the whole module includes tracking, interference, attack, protection and other functions.

Of course, although this defense module has rich and powerful performance, it also consumes a lot. Generally, it is used as a secret weapon for official institutions. Who would have thought that Ilvermorny would use it so decisively when dealing with him.

What makes Anduin feel embarrassed now is that based on his understanding of the active defense module, it is really a bit difficult to get out of here without exposing his identity by using alchemy props.

Because at the beginning of the design, the goal of this module was to resist the attacks and invasions of more than 100 wizards or 20 dragons.

"First, use a wide range of dispelling magic to dispel interference, then use anti-invisibility, anti-transformation, and anti-disguise magic to lock on the enemy, then the next thing that appears..."

Anduin thought about the working mode of the active defense module, and then his body suddenly sank and slowly fell down.

It turned out that the ground under his feet had turned into a quicksand at some point, and was preparing to trap him firmly.

"Then the next thing that appears is the binding magic released to interfere with and restrict the enemy's actions. Don't say it's really useful..."

Anduin curled his lips speechlessly. He really didn't expect that he would be attacked by the security system he invented one day.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, the only good news is that Ilvermorny seems to have only activated the first stage of the active defense module, otherwise the quicksand under my feet should also be attached with a incapacitation curse and electric shock magic."

He shook his head with a wry smile, "In addition, I am not far from the outer protective wall now. As long as I can pass through the protective wall and stay away from Ilvermorny as much as possible, I can escape the interference of the defense system."

"Um..."

After confirming his thoughts, Anduin first looked up at the sky, and then glanced at the wizards who were approaching him.

"It seems that Ilvermorny has not activated the air defense lock, otherwise magic guide wires should be visible in the sky, but you must never go from the air!"

"The thunderclouds above the castle have formed. Once you take off, you will definitely be struck by lightning. Also, I don't know how many magic cannons Ilvermorny has purchased from Silver Flash Trading Company. I don't want to be hit by one of those things."

"Alas, I shouldn't have been so obsessed with research. If I could pay more attention to the company's financial reports, I wouldn't be so passive."

"That is to say, I can only fight hard..." Anduin gritted his teeth unhappily, and then waved his wand and pointed it at the ground.

Then he saw the quicksand under his feet quickly harden, and at the same time, it cracked open with a bang under another impact curse. In order to hide his identity, Anduin didn't even dare to use his brute force, otherwise it would be easy for people to see that his physical fitness far exceeded that of ordinary people.

After removing the interference of the quicksand, Anduin pointed his wand at the ground in front of him, and soon a smooth ice rink was instantly generated.

At the same time, he cast a spell on his feet and turned two ice blades under his shoes, and then Anduin quickly slid out on the ice.

During the process of sliding forward, Anduin kept casting spells on the ground. Due to the dispelling magic of the active defense system, the ice rink he made with the Transfiguration Charm could not last too long, so he could only continue to cast it to maintain the ice surface from disappearing.

The wizards chasing behind were stunned by Anduin's actions. They didn't expect that the other party had this trick. They originally thought that they were sure to catch the other party when they saw Anduin trapped in the quicksand.

As a result, in a short while, Anduin threw them farther and farther away.

Seeing this scene, many wizards were a little anxious, and quickly took out their flying brooms again, preparing to speed up the pursuit.

But what was unexpected was that these wizards who had just taken off immediately ushered in a series of lightning strikes, knocking them down from the sky one by one.

"Oops, that's bad!" The leading professor slapped his thigh, "I didn't know I would encounter enemies when I came out, and I didn't have time to let you wear the [Identification Amulet]. Now the air defense system probably treats all flying creatures as enemies and attacks indiscriminately."

"Then what should we do? This guy is not only powerful in casting spells, but also a skating master. We can't catch up by running..." A companion complained anxiously.

"We have to chase even if we can't catch up!" The leading professor shouted sharply, "Don't worry, the protective shield is ahead. With the strength of that magic wall, this guy definitely won't be able to break it for a while, and our support should be on the way too!"