Chapter 41: First Exploration of the Secret Chamber

Harry later heard from Ron that this was all caused by the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart. This teacher was also extremely strange, because he asked them to take an exam on the first day of school, and the content of the exam was actually about his series of books. It is said that no one passed except Hermione. Afterwards, this teacher released a cage of mischievous elves and asked them to catch them back, so all the students became what they are now.

Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff happened to have Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration classes in the afternoon, but I don't know whether Professor Lockhart will learn from the lessons of the morning and find some stable teaching methods.

As it turned out, he did learn a lesson. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class in the afternoon was very stable, very stable, and Harry wanted to hit someone.

After entering the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Harry and his friends really received the test paper, which was said to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts pre-test, or rather a backup test for Gilderoy Lockhart.

Question 1, where is Gilderoy Lockhart from? Harry had never read those books that were more like novels than textbooks. He thought for a moment and wrote British.

Question 2: What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color? Harry looked up at the portrait of Gilderoy Lockhart hanging next to the blackboard. The character in the portrait was smiling perfectly, exuding masculine charm to everyone who looked at him. Harry shuddered and wrote white, because he had just seen the teeth of the person in the portrait, which were so white that they seemed to reflect light.

Question 3: Gilderoy Lockhart's secret...

Harry scribbled the answers and quickly finished the entire test paper. However, he looked up quietly and found that everyone was still answering questions, so he didn't say anything, but quietly tried to review the knowledge about spells below. Although the structure of a first-level spell is much more complicated than a trick, it has a lot of analogy. Once you learn one, you don't have to spend the same amount of time learning the remaining first-level spells. The reason why magic missile is called a classic spell, in addition to its own lethality, is that it is the most representative spell structure among the first-level spells. You can find similar spell structure circuits in many first-level spells.

In the first month of summer vacation, after consolidating his achievements in magic missile, Sherry began to teach Harry the second first-level spell - holy light ray. There is a reason for choosing this sacred category of spells. The biggest reason is naturally because Sherry discovered the powerful damage of positive energy spells to Voldemort. If the Chamber of Secrets is opened again, it means that Lucius Malfoy made the same choice as the plot, then this spell will be very useful.

Everyone finished answering the test papers, and they were quickly collected by Lockhart, who slowly flipped through them. The test paper was not long, and he quickly read it through. He said to the students in a disappointed tone: "I didn't expect that everyone didn't go back to prepare the textbook seriously. Miss Hermione Granger from Gryffindor College answered all the questions correctly this morning. But I didn't expect that Ravenclaw, known for its wisdom, and Hufflepuff, known for its diligence, could not get full marks."

Harry could imagine that if he was not a professor and could deduct points from the college at will, most people in this classroom would roll their eyes at him.

Gilderoy Lockhart took out a book, "Now please take out the book "Walking with Ghouls". I will discuss with you how to deal with evil creatures like ghouls." After that, he began to read the book aloud with emotion. When he read the climax, he even asked a student to come forward and recreate the dangerous situation with him. Simply put, it is to play the ghoul that he defeated with his extraordinary wisdom and powerful magic. Fortunately, this opportunity was given to the most famous student in the class, the famous savior, Mr. Harry Potter.

As Harry walked forward with a smile, Vincent and the Feynman brothers were laughing quietly behind him. Looking at Lockhart's handsome face with a bright smile, Harry imagined himself spraying acid directly on it. It must be very bloody and unbearable to watch. Thinking of this, Harry's mood strangely improved a lot.

After finishing this Defense Against the Dark Arts class, which was a farce, Harry and his friends came to the Transfiguration class. To be honest, Harry had never felt that Professor McGonagall was so amiable, although she was neither human nor serious.

The first day of the new school year ended quickly. After Harry and Vincent finished their heavy homework in the common room, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. The four of them hurriedly parted and went back to their dormitories to sleep. Harry just washed up casually and fell asleep on the bed.

After confirming that the fat man and Harry were asleep, Sherry took it off Harry's hand again. After Harry became a formal wizard, Sherry could no longer leave him casually like before. Because the moment he became a formal wizard, the wizard had the most fundamental connection with the first layer of the magic net. The difference between having a magic net and not having a magic net may not be too obvious for apprentices, but for someone who relies on the magic net to cast spells, it is a fundamental difference.

The Magic Web has its own responsibilities. Its top priority is, of course, to suppress all riotous energy and maintain the stability of the multiverse. The second is the transmission and transformation of magical energy, as well as providing convenience and monitoring for the magicians' spellcasting. Yes, monitoring. In this complex world, the most unpredictable thing is the human heart. Sometimes, the pursuit of power by magicians overwhelms the desire for reason and truth, and they will do whatever it takes to obtain it. Many of the consequences that will cause environmental degradation or even the destruction of the world are caused by magicians' spells. When a spell endangers the world, or even the multiverse itself, the Magic Web will immediately interrupt the transmission of energy, and the God of the Magic Web will deal with the mage who released the spell.

Of course, the monitoring function did not exist when the Magic Web was first born. But when the first God of the Magic Web was destroyed by a twelve-ring spell, the serious consequences brought about. The second God of the Magic Web added such an obligation and responsibility in the depths of the Magic Web.

Harry is the first and only official wizard in this world. Sherry must fulfill his duties as the magic network, facilitate Harry's spellcasting, and monitor every spell released by Harry to ensure that there will be no serious consequences. Therefore, Sherry can only leave secretly when Harry is asleep and ensure that Harry will not wake up halfway. Thinking of this, Sherry cast an "assisted sleep" on Harry. This spell can help people enter a deep sleep and get a better rest. It is usually cast on themselves by wizards in order to get more energy.

Sherry took out Harry's invisibility cloak, covered himself, and quickly went in the direction of the hall. He already knew where Myrtle stayed every day, a female toilet that few people went to. When he passed most of the campus and came to the door of a dilapidated female toilet, a burst of crying came, and he knew he had found the right place.

After crawling under the crack of the door, Sherry had to sigh that Harry's invisibility cloak was of great quality, worthy of being one of the three deathly hallows. Not only was it thin and light, but it was also soft and could easily pass through the gap. Sherry was floating in the air, so he didn't have to worry about being discovered by Myrtle when he was wearing an invisible cloak. He came to the sink in the bathroom and checked the faucets one by one. He soon found the one with a miniature snake relief on it. He didn't need to speak any snake language, and he didn't know how to speak it. He just passed through the leaking hole in the sink and entered a huge underground pipe.

This pipe was really too big, with a diameter of nearly two meters. No wonder it allowed a giant like a basilisk to enter and exit freely. Sherry went straight down the pipe. There was no fork in the road, and he soon came to a cave deep underground. He kept moving forward, but was blocked in front of a round metal door with snake reliefs carved all over it. The door was tightly closed, with no gaps at all, and Sherry could no longer enter as easily as before.

"Open and close spell!" Sherry quickly released a spell to open the door, but the door was still tightly closed. Obviously, this is a magic door, and the spells that can only be used to open ordinary door locks obviously cannot open it. Then, Sherry used all the spells that he could cast at this stage, but none of them worked. He observed the surroundings and found that there were several entrances and exits of pipes not far away. These should be the pipes that the basilisk used to wander around the school. Because he didn't know whether the direction was consistent, Sherry didn't rush in.

Can we only follow the plot step by step, wait for Harry to come down here, and use snake language to open the door? No, Harry's power is still too small, and he is really no match for the basilisk. Sherry shook his head repeatedly. In the original book, Harry was able to defeat the basilisk because there were too many coincidences and luck. If there was no phoenix and the indestructible sword, he might have been swallowed by the basilisk.

Then change the idea and use snake language to open the door, but don't use Harry's place. This idea is feasible. Next, just let Harry say the snake language "open" and then find a way to save it. This method is simple and has strong operability. The illusion of sound in the illusion department can make an illusory sound that does not exist. As long as Harry can say "open" in Parseltongue once in front of Sherry, Sherry can perfectly reproduce it with the illusion of sound. (To be continued)