The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 604: Blazing Flames

The lawless place, as the name suggests: this village hidden in the woods is not subject to any law. Whether you are a wizard or a Muggle, as long as you come here, you must follow the rules here.

Savagery and violence are the eternal melodies here. As long as you are strong enough, you can have everything here.

Killings happen almost every day. If you want to live here, you can't even get hurt or sick. Your weakness will be your death warrant. Even when you sleep at night, you have to keep your eyes open, otherwise others will secretly cut your throat and take away everything you have.

At this moment, vicious people surrounded them. They regarded Ada, who had strayed here, as a fresh and delicious fat sheep, a rare and precious treasure, and the best proof of their own strength.

As the encirclement gradually narrowed, the beastly guys quickened their pace. The people in the front row actually ran, with their huge axes and sharp blades raised above their heads.

It looked like they were going to knock Ada unconscious, or even kill her. The prey had lost its ability to resist, so they could do whatever they wanted.

It takes another evil to deal with another evil. The evil people in the lawless land have chosen the wrong prey. Tonight is indeed suitable for hunting, but they are the prey.

Just as a group of people were rushing towards Ada howling, a man holding a huge axe suddenly paused, and then he started to kill the people around him like crazy.

The man was dark-skinned and strong, swinging his axe up and down, and no one could stop him. The axe man was not the only one who went crazy, and several people in the crowd raised their swords and axes to the people around them, chopping mercilessly.

In just a short while, people were lying down all around, blood gushing into the dark red ground. The ground had already been soaked in blood.

Even though there were a few madmen wielding sharp blades, it still failed to extinguish the beasts' passion for hunting. Gunshots rang out everywhere, and the light of the spell also illuminated the night in the forest.

Soon, those mad men were beaten into pieces. Before the evil men could close the encirclement again, the fallen bodies stood up one after another and pounced on them like zombies, biting and beating them madly.

Ida ignored the chaotic crowd and walked straight through the place until she appeared in front of the wooden houses in the center of the village. She chose the largest one and pushed the door open and walked in.

The room looked like a tavern, with more than a dozen people drinking and playing cards here. They were all well-dressed, forming a great contrast with the half-dressed people outside.

Even the female and male companions standing beside them are much better than those outside.

The screams outside were sharp and piercing, accompanied by bursts of gunfire, but the people in the house turned a deaf ear and enjoyed themselves to the fullest. They didn't put down their glasses until Ada pushed the door open.

"Welcome, welcome to the lawless place!" said the man behind the counter, opening his arms as if to embrace every evil person who walked into the tavern.

He looked to be in his forties or fifties, neither tall nor short, a little fat, and more like a cook than a desperado.

"According to the rules here, if you want to have a place in the tavern, you must be able to kick someone out." The man continued, "My suggestion is to just kill him and put an end to it."

As soon as the words fell, a strong man in his thirties stood up and walked quickly towards Ada.

He was the last seat in the tavern, always sitting in the most uncomfortable corner. According to the rules, the person who came later had to be kicked out. In other words, either he or the later came later would die.

"I have no intention of challenging anyone. I have no interest in doing so." Ada said coldly, "I am only here to ask a few questions and then leave."

"I'm afraid not," said the fat cook behind the counter. "Everyone who comes to the lawless land must abide by the rules here, even if you are such a beautiful lady. Rules are rules."

At this time, the strong man had already pulled out his wand. He was also a dark wizard who killed someone and fled here.

But before he could raise his wand, a green light hit him, and his eyes, which had lost their luster, opened wide, as if he died with his eyes open wide.

Applause broke out in the pub, and the person who applauded was the slightly fat cook-like man. He continued, "You have proven yourself. You can continue to challenge, or you can choose to ask the questions you want."

Under everyone's gaze, Ada walked straight to the counter. She did not touch the glass of brandy that Fatty had prepared specially for her, but took out three photos and placed them on the table.

"Have you seen these three people?" Ada asked. The three photos were Chirrell, Foley, and Bertha Jorkins.

"No, beautiful lady." The fat man just glanced casually and said, "By the way, my name is Jim, but I prefer people to call me 'Sir'. There are many Jims here, but there is only one 'Sir'."

Ida looked at the fat Mr. Jim and said, "My patience is limited."

Mr. Jim was not angry at Ada's rudeness, but another person in the tavern was annoyed.

It was a sinister-looking man with a hooked nose. He was also a wizard, but his weapon, in addition to his wand, was also a pistol. "How dare you be rude to the gentleman!" the hooked-nosed man shouted angrily, "I will kill you with my own hands, drain every drop of blood from you, and chew all your bones into pieces!"

There was another flash of green light, and the hook-nosed man who had drawn his pistol but had no time to aim was also dead.

His wand fell to the ground, and his pistol was taken away by the female waiter who served him. For weak Muggles, pistols are good self-defense weapons.

"Now please tell me, have you seen these three people?" Ada said, her fingers pointing at the photos on the table, each touch like a poke in Mr. Jim's heart.

Mr. Jim held the photos in front of his eyes and looked at each one carefully.

"Hmm... I remember now." Mr. Jim said slowly, "I have seen these two men before. They were quite capable, so I still remember them. Both of them asked me about the Black Forest, and they never came back. They must have died there!"

"Where is the Black Forest?" Ida continued to ask, "The dark forest outside?"

Mr. Jim put the photo back on the counter. His hands, which had been on the counter, moved under the counter.

He said, "Yes, that's where it is. Legend has it that there is a secret treasure buried there. Many wizards have come here to look for it, but no one has ever come out alive. There are not only dangerous magical animals, but also more dangerous black ghosts."

The vast southern forest is the Black Forest, where Voldemort hid when he was a wandering spirit. Quirrell and Foley also appeared here. Before changing her name to Tarzan Drizzt, Ada finally found it.

"It's dangerous there. I usually persuade them, even these two people." Jim said, "But I don't need to persuade you."

While Mr. Jim was talking to Ada, the people in the pub had already surrounded her and scored twice.

Ada's behavior tonight angered them, and these people wanted to teach her to abide by the rules here, such as how to respect gentlemen.

Ada naturally noticed these people's little moves. She was extremely sensitive to the crisis around her. She smiled and said, "Jim, do you know how to spell the word rules? If not, I can teach you!"

Before she finished her words, Ada took the first step, pointing her wand at Jim and green light shot out.

Jim, who was well prepared, sat down directly and barely avoided the call of death.

Seeing Jim being attacked, the other people in the tavern picked up their weapons and ran towards Ada, casting seven or eight spells at her.

Ada disappeared in front of the counter in a flash, and the failed spell blew the counter into pieces. Jim, who had just stood up, had to fall down again.

Then there was a thud, followed by a dazzling white light, and another person fell down in the tavern. These evil men who usually killed people were no match for Ada, even though they had the advantage in numbers and their weapons were varied and of all kinds.

In just a short while, everyone else in the tavern fell down, leaving only Mr. Jim kneeling on the ground in despair.

Ida walked up to him and said with a smile: "Rules? Wherever I go, I am the rule!"

She raised her leg and kicked Mr. Jim in the heart, knocking the slightly fat man to the ground. Then, Ada dragged him out of the tavern like a dead dog.

Those semi-finished corpses created by Aida had long been destroyed by the evil people in the village, but the fighting and screaming did not stop, but became more and more intense.

The attacks of the unfinished Yin corpses caused many injuries and deaths, and created a large amount of ownerless property, including fallen weapons, torn clothes, food, slaves, etc.

For these ownerless properties, the remaining evil people started a more bloody fight, and more people died.

"Humans are also beasts!" Ada sighed softly, her voice sounding particularly weak amid the shouts and screams.

In the darkness, Ada raised the wand high like a torch. Bright, golden-red flames kept leaping out from the tip of the yew wand and gathered in the sky above her head to form a giant bird flapping its wings, ready to fly.

The raging flames made the village as bright as day. The people who were fighting stopped at once. They looked at the blazing fire in horror and even forgot to run away.

"I hope this fire can cleanse our sins." said Ada.

As it spoke, the bright golden-red bird broke free from the wand, and the village called Lawless Land suddenly fell into a raging sea of ​​fire.

(End of this chapter)