Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 297 Chapter 296: Dumbledore Inside the Door
The moonlight condensed into pale frost above the forbidden forest.

Penetrating the dark clouds.

Shining into the dark depths of the Forbidden Forest. In the open space in front of the bronze door, a storm of magic raged wildly, and two figures collided with each other at a speed beyond the limits of human beings.

The air smelled of fire and decay.

Every magical clash caused tiny cracks in space.

"Kneel down! Submit to me! Then let me take your place!"

The words have not yet fallen.

A blinding purple light burst out from the tip of the old wizard's staff. Lyrium dodged it lightly, and the ground where he was standing was instantly corroded into an extremely huge deep pit.

There was also strange black smoke coming out of the edges.

This is obviously an ancient magic that is different from the mainstream spells today. It is unfamiliar to most modern wizards, but "Lyrium", the king of ancient wizards, cannot be unfamiliar with it.

after all.

The person opposite is another version of himself.

Or maybe it wasn't him.

He had never been able to figure it out.

"You used 'Touch of Decay' right at the start?" Lyrium whistled. "It seems that you are indeed me, the me who walked in another direction - this little trick is really cruel."

Lyrium's tone was full of emotion.

The old wizard did not answer, but raised his hands above his head and chanted an obscure spell. The sky suddenly became gloomy, and dark clouds gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lightning can be vaguely seen moving in the clouds.

"Heavenly punishment thunder? Old fashioned." Lyrium curled his lips and drew a perfect circle in front of him with his wand. Countless tiny golden runes appeared in the air, forming a translucent barrier.

Almost at the same time.

Bucket-thick lightning bolts struck down, illuminating the entire forbidden forest and brightening the sky like daylight. However, such horrific lightning bolts were refracted in all directions the moment they touched the golden barrier. The surrounding ancient trees suffered, and hundreds of centuries-old trees were turned into charcoal in the lightning bolts.

a mess.

Lirium was fighting fiercely with the old wizard who called himself "King of All Worlds". Every time they fought, the world was in turmoil. Thunder, flames and space cracks were crisscrossed, uprooting the surrounding trees and tearing deep gullies in the ground. However, all this seemed to be restricted by some mysterious force in this strange area.

The outside world remains safe and sound.

After a battle.

"Is this all you can do?" Lirium had been standing there without moving. He was like a god in the depths of golden light. All attacks from the outside world seemed like mere clouds and smoke to him.

"This is just the beginning, lucky guy, you don't know how powerful I am!" The old wizard suddenly raised his arms and recited an obscure spell.

Suddenly, a line of purple fire condensed in the air and rushed straight towards Lirium. The light carried a destructive force, and the ground cracked wherever it passed.

Everything turned to ashes in an instant.

"Mirror Reverse."

Lirium tapped the ground with his toes, and retreated like a ghost. He made a strange seal with his left hand, drawing three silver arcs, and the surging purple fire line hit the silver arcs and turned back.

The black fog barrier that the old wizard hastily erected was sizzling with the fire from his own flames.

"The strength is good."

The wizard wiped the blood from the burn on his cheek, suddenly turned the scepter into a bone wand, and stabbed it into the ground. The next moment, the soil surged up like a living thing.

Countless thorny vines broke out of the ground, and at the top of each vine bloomed a stinking scarlet flower.

"You even learned the forbidden techniques of the Black Witch Priest. No wonder you are the one who was abandoned." Lyrium was amazed upon seeing this, and light particles as bright as the galaxy burst out from his palms.

"It's my turn."

He chuckled.

Tens of thousands of light points formed a torrent, vaporizing the konjac vines wherever they passed. The remaining light stream hit the bronze door, and the runes on the door suddenly became as bright as day.

However, it failed to cause any damage to the bronze door.

This was also within Lirim's expectations.

"Tear the void!" The old wizard roared, and pushed his palms forward suddenly. A twisted space crack appeared out of thin air, like a beast devouring its prey. Seeing this, Lirium cast teleportation without hesitation, and appeared a hundred meters away in a flash.

"Is this all you have?"

The old wizard sneered with a grin.

Lyrium, floating in mid-air and slowly descending, was not annoyed.

"Falling stars!" He suddenly opened his eyes, raised his palms upwards, and dozens of dazzling balls of light fell from the sky, smashing towards the old wizard with the breath of burning everything.

"That's all."

The old wizard sneered, crossed his arms over his chest, and chanted a defensive spell.

A thick energy barrier was formed instantly, blocking all the falling light balls. However, at this moment, Lirium's figure had quietly appeared behind him.

"You're too focused on defense." Lyrium whispered, condensing a ball of dark blue magic power in the palm of his right hand and slamming it hard into the opponent's back.

"Do you know what it means to cultivate both magic and martial arts?"

His attacks were extremely powerful.

boom! !

A huge explosion swept around, and the old wizard's body was blown away. He broke several giant trees before he could barely stabilize his body. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes.

"Do you think you can defeat me like this?" The old wizard sneered and raised his hands high. The air around him began to twist violently, and purple-black shields moved around his body.

Makes a crackling sound.

"Then... let me see your limits." The corners of Lirium's mouth rose slightly, with a curious light flashing in his eyes. He obviously wanted to know how far he had come in the fate of being abandoned.

In fact.

Even now.

He only dared to use a small part of his power in this special space. Fortunately, it was in this space, otherwise he would not even dare to use these ordinary magics.

As for the reason.

That was probably something only Lyrium knew. In Ian's guess, Lyrium, or Merlin, had obviously had some special experiences during the years since he returned to Hogwarts.

As a result, he was unable to cast spells like a normal wizard in the normal reality dimension. Even when casting some small magic, he seemed to be extremely cautious and even unable to do it.

There must be something that is fearful or even restricting Merlin. Of course, now in such a world, Lyrium's shackles have been slightly released. This can be seen from the fact that he can cast a spell on Snape and keep the magic going.

"I am the king of all worlds! I have no limits!"

It was not known whether the old wizard had seen Ultraman or not. He really seemed to be stealing other people's lines. As soon as he finished speaking, his shield suddenly transformed into dozens of black snakes that pounced towards Lyrium.

"At least I didn't fall into the quagmire of black magic, King of the Worlds? What a joke." Lyrium snapped his fingers calmly, and all the black snakes instantly froze into ice sculptures, and then shattered into ice crystals on the ground.

"Frost Kiss?"

The old wizard's expression changed slightly.

"You actually mastered the secrets of the Northern Witch" He looked very unbelievable.

"If you could live in a world with ravens, you'd know that it's perfectly fine to sleep with two witches in order to become stronger, but dark magic will only lead to your end."

"Unfortunately, you are not so lucky. There are surprises to come." Lirium suddenly opened his arms, his robe rustling. His eyes turned completely silver-white.

Countless tiny space cracks began to appear all over his body. The land within a radius of 100 meters began to bulge unnaturally, and a thunderous roar came from the ground.

The old wizard finally showed a look of horror: "Are you crazy? Summoning the earth vein tide here? Do you know that this place is not stable, you may also..."

He didn't finish his words.

The whole world seemed to be crumpled by an invisible giant hand. The ground bulged and collapsed, and the trees were thrown into the air like building blocks, and then torn into pieces by an invisible force.

"This is the Four Symbols Seal. I can tell you have never learned proper magic." Lyrium sighed and bit his tongue hard. Blood mist condensed into a complex formation in front of him.

Light pillars rose simultaneously from the four directions of east, south, west and north, forming a pyramid-shaped barrier. Almost at the same time, the ground heaved violently like waves, and dozens of tons of soil gushed into the sky a hundred meters high.

More than two square kilometers of forbidden forest were reduced to ashes in the energy turbulence. However, this was just an illusion. The real power that attacked the old wizard was even more terrifying.

"Are you going to seal me into your power?!"

"hateful!"

"You won't succeed!"

The old wizard took the opportunity to break free from the chains, and a mirror-like reflection condensed on the top of the bone staff.

“Taste your own masterpiece!”

He also wanted to deflect Lyrium's attack.

however.

Lirium suddenly smiled. He did not retreat but moved forward, folding his hands again.

"This is the magic of Raven that you cannot reach - the art of anti-entropy." Then, the forbidden magic that was bounced back faded away like a rewind button.

And at the same time.

The old wizard's rebound magic also began to regress directly.

"Impossible!" The old wizard's eyes were bloodshot and his whole face was full of disbelief. Yes, he could feel the meaning contained in this magic.

"This is the law of time."

He also knew about time magic, but this kind of magic should not be used so recklessly and easily. After all, it was magic that touched the essence of this world.

"It's right to study more. Unfortunately, you seem to have stopped learning. You can't even distinguish my strength clearly." Lyrium's body was radiant with a mother-of-pearl luster, and the ends of her hair moved without wind.

"Welcome to my realm... I am in the clouds, mimicking the gods, so you can call me... the King of All Aspects." He was also a little bit childish.

Is such that.

Merlin was a middle school kid. He snapped his fingers lightly, and the old wizard's left arm suddenly broke cleanly at the elbow, the wound was so smooth that it looked like it was cut off by space itself.

The strange thing was that not a drop of blood flowed out. The broken arm was suspended in the air, and suddenly turned into countless glowing butterflies and flew towards the bronze door. The old wizard retreated dozens of meters, and the broken left arm was wriggling with granulation.

He was reborn in the blink of an eye.

It is clear.

He had performed magical transformations on himself that were beyond the reach of Voldemort, biological transfiguration.

"Do you think I don't have a trump card?" The old wizard smiled grimly, and suddenly pulled off a strand of his white hair and threw it into the air. The hair burned into a pale green flame, and the night sky was suddenly illuminated like a ghost town. Before he finished speaking, the whole sky cracked into a hideous crack, and turbid yellow spring water poured down like a waterfall.

Space is distorted wherever it passes.

A few splashing drops of water eroded bottomless holes in the ground.

this moment.

Lirium's brow finally furrowed.

"Styx? I really underestimated you... I underestimated your bottom line... So, are you me, or that... Merlin that I have always imagined?"

Whispering softly.

Lyrium raised his hand to cast a spell.

He summoned this abandoned alter ego.

need.

In fact, it was about breaking through one's own inner demons. The battle continued, and the two ancient beings clashed fiercely in this distorted realm. Every collision of magic would cause a small-scale spatial collapse.

However, in the center of this chaos, the bronze door remained motionless, and the runes on the door flashed with eerie light, as if admiring this unknown battle.

The battle was fierce.

Everything in this strange forbidden forest has disappeared.

however.

The outside world knew nothing about this. Everything was as peaceful as usual in Hogwarts Castle. In the common room of Gryffindor Tower, several junior students were playing wizard chess in front of the fireplace. In the kitchen, the house elves were busy preparing breakfast for tomorrow. Only Professor Trelawney was muttering to herself in the direction of the Forbidden Forest in the Astronomy Tower.

"There is something ominous over there, a very ominous thing." Not to mention that there is no one here, even if there is someone here, no one would choose to believe the words of the divination professor.

Looking towards the Forbidden Forest from this angle.

The Forbidden Forest was peaceful.

It didn't look like anything was happening at all.

No one knew about the horrific battle taking place deep in the Forbidden Forest. The moonlight still gently enveloped the castle, as if nothing unusual had ever happened in this world.

……

The moment he passed through the vortex of the bronze door, time seemed to be stretched into a thread. When Dumbledore's boots stepped on the solid ground, the moist breath of morning dew hit his face.

After entering the gate.

For the old man, not much time had passed. He stared blankly at the valley in front of him, and his blue eyes behind his half-moon glasses were rarely touched.

The rising sun gilded the thatched roof, and the sound of the mill wheel creaked through the mist. This was Godric's Hollow in 1899, and the position of each pebble was exactly the same as I remembered. In front of the house with blue window frames in the distance, a boy was sitting under an apple tree reading.

"It's me, but this is not the past." The old man had a clear judgment, but he still couldn't control his body and unconsciously took a step forward, and then stopped abruptly.

He dug his fingers deep into his palm, but felt no pain. A red-breasted robin landed on his shoulder, and its chirping sound perfectly matched that of a distant morning in his memory.

next moment.

The wild rose bush outside the fence suddenly shook, and a little girl with freckles on her face emerged.

"Albus!"

She held up a dandelion covered in dirt. “Look what I found!”

Dumbledore was struck by lightning. This voice - Ariana's childish voice - was the melody that recurred in every one of his nightmares. In a trance, Dumbledore saw his childhood self raising his wand.

"do not bother me!"

The voice was very cold.

(End of this chapter)