Rampo, who was perched on Scott’s shoulder, flew up and looked around, then asked, “What should I do next?”
Just then, Scott suddenly felt the change in gravity, and the whole person fell upwards and landed on the surface above the magic barrier.
He lay on the magic barrier, looking at the black forest growing upside down above through the water ball.
“It seems that the most dangerous thing in this space is the sudden change in gravity.”
Rampo was also caught off guard by the sudden change in gravity, and fluttered several times before resuming flight.
But now it looks like it is flying belly up.
Scott said: “That is to say, if you enter this space without any preparation, you will fall into the forest above under the influence of the sudden change in gravity, and those trees…”
Rampo continued: “Those trees are too dense, and the branches look sharp.”
Scott nodded.
Rampo turned his head to look at Edgar outside the water ball, “Oh, although it turned into a ball of fire to wrap itself, it must have turned over! Oh, this is too weird…”
It was not used to flying in the opposite direction visually, so it fell on Scott again.
Scott took a look at it.
Rambo immediately said: “Hey, the most important thing now is to find the [Heart of the Holy Tree] on this level. If not, look for the entrance to the next level!”
“I know.”
Scott said helplessly.
“I can’t risk unlocking the magic barrier to let you and Horus out, so now only Edgar can help with the search.”
“You can summon crows.” Rambo said, “Can I summon them here?”
“I’ll try.”
Scott took out his wand and concentrated.
To set the summoning point farther away from the wand, he needs to be more focused when casting the spell, and it also requires more magic power.
As he waved his wand, countless black crows suddenly flew out from somewhere outside the water ball.
“Caw… Caw…”
The reversal of vision and gravity made the crows that suddenly appeared here a little panicked.
“Caw! Caw!”
Rambo called a few times, and the crows settled down.
After that, under the orders of Scott and Rambo, Edgar and the crows dispersed and began to search everywhere.
When Edgar began to accelerate, he extinguished the flames around him and took away the light source.
“Fluorescent flicker.”
In the darkness, Scott lit his wand and waited for the results of the search with Rimbaud.
In addition to looking for the [Heart of the Sacred Tree] and the entrance to the next level, Scott also wanted to see if the so-called curse really existed.
Previously, only the products of Transfiguration had contacted the outside world. This time he summoned the crows to test the curse.
At this moment, he felt the vibration of the [Magic Mirror].
“It’s Dumbledore’s communication.”
Scott tapped the mirror and saw Dumbledore and Savannah.
At the same time, there was Savannah’s joyful voice.
“Great, it’s finally connected!”
“Professor, Savannah.”
Scott waved his hand.
“Couldn’t you connect to my [Magic Mirror] just now?”
“Yes, Professor Dumbledore has tried many times.” Savannah said.
“Scott, are you okay?” Dumbledore asked.
Scott replied, “So far, so good, Professor. Although I have gone through some trials, I have not encountered any real danger.”
“That’s good.”
Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief.
“I’m sorry, the fog blocked my magic and I couldn’t complete the rescue in time.”
“Everything happened too suddenly.” Scott said, “and the fog can block my magical perception.”
Dumbledore added, “After you disappear, Fawkes can’t find you.”
Then he raised the [magic phone] to show Scott the surroundings.
“In addition, the fog has dissipated.”
Scott looked at the clearly visible Stenness standing stone in the picture with some surprise.
“In other words, as long as someone enters, the entrance will be closed?”
Dumbledore said, “Yes, I think the seven wizards recorded in the story must have entered at the same time. Sorry, I should have acted with you.”
Scott shook his head, “Professor, this is my adventure.”
Then, under the questioning of Dumbledore and Savannah, he described his experience in detail.
After listening to his story, Dumbledore said with relief: “You did a good job and were very cautious, Scott. Fortunately, it was you. If it was another wizard who went in, I’m afraid there would be casualties.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Scott accepted his compliment.
“After all, I made a lot of preparations before this.”
“By the way, Scott!” Savannah came to the “camera, “Do you carry it with you, the gift I gave you?”
“Golden acorns?”
Scott took out two golden acorns from the deformed lizard skin bag.
“Oh, great, you carry it with you.”
Savanah said happily.
“You know, [Heart of the Holy Tree] is a piece of wood that looks like a golden gem.”
“But I forgot to remind you that when you bring the Holy Tree fruit close to it, their power will resonate.”
“If it’s you, you can completely sense the magic fluctuations of the Holy Tree fruit, and [Heart of the Holy Tree] will emit a golden light to remind you.”
“Thank you.” Scott shook the hand holding the acorn, “If that’s the case, it would be much more convenient.”
Savanna said: “You’re welcome. Also, try to carry the fruit of the holy tree close to your body. It contains the power of the holy tree and can resist the curse to a certain extent.”
“I see.”
Scott put down the [Magic Mirror] and prepared to find a rope to tie the two golden acorns together, then hang them around his neck.
But when he was taking something out of the deformed lizard skin bag, he suddenly came across a somewhat hot object, so he took it out.
“this……”
What he took out was the little alpaca skull that Luna gave him.
At this point, the skull was more than just slightly hot.
There were several red cracks spreading around the eye sockets of the large acacia inlaid with the skull.
These cracks look very small, but the colors are very bright.
“Maybe there really is a curse.” Scott murmured, “And it’s a curse that neither the water ball nor the magic barrier can resist.”
“let me see.”
Dumbledore asked Scott to show him the skull.
Scott raised the lit wand so that Dumbledore could see the skull more clearly.
“Oh, this should be the work of a Peruvian wizard.”
Dumbledore, who was well-informed, could tell the origin of the skull at a glance.
Scott nodded and told the origin of the skull.
“The skull is not entirely immune to the curse.”
Savannah rushed to say.
“But with it and the fruit of the Holy Tree, the curse will undoubtedly be partially offset. When you come out, I will perform a purification ceremony for you, and the curse will be completely eliminated!”
“I think Miss Doherty is right,” said Dumbledore, “but you still can’t stay in the Tower for too long.”
Savannah said: “Eight hours, from now on, eight hours should be the limit. You must come out before then, otherwise the curse will not be removed!”
Scott asked, “So, the wizard who escaped here but still died due to the curse was because he stayed in the tower for too long?”
“I think that’s it.” Savanna nodded, “Of course, the lack of a Druid priest to perform a purification ceremony for him may also be the reason why he died of the curse.”
“Okay…oh, Edgar is back.”
Scott turned to look outside the water balloon.
Edgar flew back and ignited the flames around him, and the hot flames illuminated the entire area.
“Gah…gah…”
It barked several times.
“It said it found no golden wood.”
Although it was not necessary, Rimbaud volunteered to act as translator.
“It also said that the entrance to the next level should be in the black forest above, in the center of the forest, where the trees are densest, where the fog is shrouded.”
“Then, let’s go to that area first.” Scott said, “Edgar, lead the way, Sirein, follow it.”
“Gah!”
Edgar shouted, found a certain direction and flew forward, while Siraine controlled the water ball to follow behind it.
“It’s strange, the crows haven’t come back.” Rimbaud couldn’t help but said, “Did something happen to them?”
“Gah…gah…”
Edgar in front yelled a few more times.
“Oh my God!” Rimbaud shouted in surprise, “Edgar said those trees would attack the crows, but he didn’t attack it! We have to be careful, Scott!”
Scott frowned slightly and nodded.
“Oh Scott, it’s too dangerous, please be careful…”
Savannah’s worried voice came from the [Magic Mirror], but soon her voice became blurred and then disappeared.
Scott picked up the [Magic Mirror] and looked at it.
“Communication is down.”
He looked up at the increasingly dense forest.
“Is it because it’s close to the center of the forest?” Rimbaud asked.
“Maybe.” Scott put away the [magic mirror].
At this time, several crows flew over and screamed loudly around the water balloon.
“Oh, my people, they are alive!”
Rimbaud was a little happy and still acted as a translator.
“They said their companion was pierced by a branch! Unfortunately, they couldn’t find anything unusual.”
“There’s something a little strange.”
Scott frowned.
“Seven people took risks, and a total of six people died in the tower. One died in the fire, one died in the deep water, and one died in the treetop…”
“Not to mention the layer of fire, but we couldn’t see the bodies in the deep water or on the treetops.”
Rimbaud said: “However, it has been more than a thousand years, so the body must have long since disappeared.”
“Maybe,” Scott said.
This is the only way to explain it…
“Gah!”
“Edgar reminds us that we have reached our destination.”
After hearing Rimbaud’s reminder, Scott, who was sitting upside down on the magic barrier, lowered his head and looked at the dark forest above.
The trees here are indeed much denser, and the sharp and straight branches are intertwined together, like a black monster covered with spikes.
There was indeed a faint mist floating around there.
“Get closer, be careful.” Scott told Siren.
Xirein shook his head and tail, and controlled the water ball to slowly approach the black forest above.
Edgar also approached, even one step faster.
But something strange happened.
When Edgar approached, the trees showed no reaction, but when the water ball wrapped around Scott approached, the straight branches suddenly stretched like sharp swords, piercing straight in his direction.
The branch pierced the water ball and was blocked by the magic barrier.
Scott looked at Siraine.
There was some trouble. Although Xirein was not stabbed, it was stuck by those branches.
Scott made a prompt decision and waved his magic wand, turning the four fish holding small metal balls into crows, and at the same time asked Siraine to disperse the water balls.
The water balls dispersed, and Scott took out his broomstick and flew out of the woods with the four crows holding the metal balls.
After he left, the branch stuck on Siraine’s body retracted directly.
While escaping from the trap, Xirein also created water flow again, and then floated downward for a distance.
“See if you can burn them, Edgar.”
Scott gave direct orders.
“Gah!”
Edgar screamed, retracting the fire surrounding his body, and then spit out a line of fire.
When the scorching rays of fire sprayed on the dense black branches, the intertwined branches all shrank back in an instant, and several trees turned into bare trunks.
The line of fire licked the tree trunk, leaving a trail, but it failed to cause the tree trunk to burn.
Edgar turned his head and let the line of fire circle around the woods several times, and all nearby branches retracted into the trunk.
Lost the cover of branches. Scott finally saw clearly the bare stone door standing in the center of the woods.
“stop.”
Scott ordered again.
Edgar immediately stopped breathing fire.
But as soon as the line of fire disappeared, within a few seconds, the branches all grew out again, once again covering the stone door tightly.
“Silayin, try using [Water Blade].”
Xirein in the water ball shook his fish tail, swam to the edge of the water ball, thrust his long jaws out of the water ball, then opened his mouth and spit out a thin white line of water.
The white water line came into contact with the black branches, making a harsh friction sound.
Scott couldn’t help but cover his ears.
Very slowly, the water blade cut off several branches one after another and touched the trunk.
The grinding sound became more harsh.
The water blade that used to be extremely sharp is now like a rusty knife that hasn’t been sharpened for a long time. It seems to be powerless after cutting a hole in the tree trunk.
“stop.”
Xi Leiyin obeyed the order and stopped spitting water blades.
Under Scott’s gaze, soon, the severed branches slowly grew back to their original appearance.
“You can only use fire here.” Rimbaud said, “Let Edgar use it, and we will take the opportunity to enter the next level.”
“That’s all it can do.”
Scott nodded.
“Edgar, use the live wire again!”
“Gah!”
The hot lines of fire cut through the darkness, and in an instant, the branches retracted into the trunk again.
“Let the crow explore the path.” Scott said to Rimbaud.
“OK.”
Rimbaud called several times to the remaining crows.
Although the crows had experienced a narrow escape from death, they did not resist Rimbaud’s orders and soon flew back to the forest.
Then, they successfully passed those strange trees with branches retracted from their trunks.
“It seems that the correct way to clear the level is this.”
When Scott saw this scene, he also rode his broomstick and fell upwards.
