In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Nick, who was on the ship, soon got the news from Lee.

After learning that Jon needed his help, he didn't stop and immediately floated from the ship to the sea.

For the ghost, the sea water would not be an obstacle, and he dived into the water without any magic assistance.

After entering the sea water, it is like arriving in another world. The sun's rays are refracted by the sea water, forming a dream-like scene in the water.

There are many marine life around the tower, and there are schools of fish swimming around. Nick who went into the water did not cause any fluctuations in the water, so he did not disturb them at all.

Nick floated towards the direction of the tower underwater. From a distance, he saw four or five mermaids, looking like they were hunting in the opposite direction to him.

He didn't want to disturb them. The owner of the tower, the knight, had a very good relationship with the surrounding mermaids. If these mermaids discovered any problem, it was difficult to guarantee whether they would mention it to the knight.

There was no cover for the underwater part of the tower, and Nick could easily see the rough stone surfaces.

From the appearance, these pillars are indeed solid, with no signs of hollowing out in the middle, and are very thick overall, about three times the diameter of the exposed sea surface.

This is understandable, just like building a building on the ground, from narrow to wide from top to bottom.

In order to ensure that his judgment was accurate, Nick tried to pass through the stone surfaces. After a moment, he appeared from the other side of the stone pillar without reaching the space inside.

Such attempts have allowed him to conclude that the underwater part of the tower is indeed solid and there is no place for people to enter.

However, for the sake of insurance, Nick did not return immediately to take the result back. Instead, he continued to float under the sea. The stone pillar was obviously about to take root in the seabed. It must not only be this part hidden under the seawater.

The deeper you go into the sea, the surface of the stone pillars is covered by more and more algae and underwater plants. With only vision, Nick can't see clearly whether this place is the same as the part near the sea surface.

He got close to the algae, and through the exposed part of the stone surface wrapped by the algae, he could see that there seemed to be no difference between this place and the part above.

Just when Nick was about to think about whether he could get some seaweed for further verification, a sudden sound startled him.

"Hi! Are you a ghost?"

Nick looked back and found that at some point, the mermaid who was hunting on the other side had come to him.

The person who spoke was a male mermaid, and his English sounded even less proficient than the female mermaid that Justin had caught before.

Next to this mermaid, there were three of his companions, all holding steel forks in their hands. They seemed to know no English at all, and they just chattered in mermaid language that Nick could not understand.

"Are you new here? Why haven't I seen you before?"

The English-speaking mermaid frowned and looked at Nick suspiciously.

After all, Nick has lived as a ghost for hundreds of years. He did not show any panic expression, but blinked and explained.

"I was the ghost on the ship that came to visit Sir Stoker. Some of the students' belongings fell into the sea, so I was asked to see if I could help retrieve them."

His statement was reasonable and the mermaid did not become suspicious after hearing it. Instead, he spoke enthusiastically.

"You are guests of the Jazz. Do you need our help? No one is more familiar with this sea area than us."

Nick waved his hand and said.

"No, it's not that important. I just looked around and couldn't find it. It should have sunk to the bottom of the sea. It would be too troublesome to go to the bottom of the sea to find it. Thank you for your kindness."

For Sir Stoker's sake, these mermaids were very friendly towards Nick.

After a brief exchange with them, Nick did not stay any longer. He had actually explored almost everything. There was nothing special about the part of the tower hidden under the sea.

After saying goodbye to these mermaids, he returned towards the sea. The mermaids also left, and the surroundings of the stone pillar returned to silence.

But the silence didn't last long, as a small school of fish swam past here.

The water flow they brought shook a piece of algae attached to the tower, and a small piece of necrotic algae was driven by the water flow and slowly fell off the stone pillar.

And the place it originally covered had a metallic luster under the sunlight refracted by the sea.

Nick returned to the ship and told Lee all about his experience under the sea.

"I didn't find any problems with the underwater part of this tower, but it is too long. I only observed a distance of about two to three hundred meters at most. I don't know what the situation is like further down, and there are still things below. They are all covered with some algae. If someone is really using the space inside, it is impossible that they will not be cleaned. I have not found any traces of cleaning there."

After getting the information from Nick, Li quickly took it back and repeated it to Jon.

Jon was not disappointed about this. The things Nick checked were only to help him eliminate a questionable option, but could not eliminate his suspicion about the entire castle.

"Don't do anything else this afternoon. If you still wander around the tower like you did in the morning, it will make people suspicious. Just rest in the living room and wait for news that I am at the top of the tower."

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Sir Stoker found Jon again and came to the top of the tower with him, continuing the work of eliminating the magic of the magic words on the stone slab.

In fact, although Jon needs to gradually absorb the magic power from the magic text, his speed is not slow. In one morning, if he does not pause at all, he can completely eliminate a quarter of the magic power of this stone slab.

In other words, he could complete all the work in two days at the earliest, but he deliberately delayed the process of absorbing magic power.

If you want the blocking magic on the stone slab to be completely ineffective, according to the analysis of the magic text, there is no need for Jon to absorb all the magic power on it.

According to Nick's judgment, he should only need to eliminate more than half of the magical power on the stone slab, and basically destroy the maintenance of the unlocking spell, so that the stone slab can be successfully opened.

So Jon wanted to plan such a time difference. He was betting that Sir Stoke would not be able to be with him all the time. After today passed, there would always be a time when he would not be there.

Strictly speaking, the ownership of the things hidden here should belong to Sir Stoker. He has no reason to ask for or check it.