Harry Potter: The Age of Magic

Chapter 2 Hogwarts

"Miss in front, please wait a moment!" This female player, who is obviously a ghost, said in a lively tone.

"Huh? She's calling me?"

Rosie looked around to make sure there were no other women around, then turned her attention to the female ghost whose feet were floating above the ground and was quickly approaching her.

The curled eyelashes blinked slightly, and Rossil asked the other party with some confusion: "What's the matter?"

Seeing Rossi stop, the ghost female player, who was wearing an exquisite long skirt and carrying a light blue bag next to the wand bag on her left waist, also slowed down her pace.

She asked in a clear voice: "Hello, little sister, my name is Eileen and I am a therapist. Is your profession an agent?"

Irene's sweet appearance and clean voice immediately made Rosie feel a little fond of her, so she smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm just a trainee agent now, what's the matter with calling me?"

"Trainee agent?" After hearing the answer, Irene couldn't help showing a bit of disappointment on her face, "Miss, please wait a moment."

After saying that, Irene turned to look at her companions behind her.

Because the distance between them was not too far, her companions also heard the conversation between her and Rosie.

Almost at the same time that Irene turned around, the explorer had already stepped forward and said without any expectations:

"Then have you learned the skill of showing footprints to level three?"

In this game, in addition to the magic learned through spell skill points, there are also identity skills designed for different identity professions that need to be learned using identity skill points, and "footprint appearance" is the identity skill unique to the agent's identity.

one.

Rossi looked at the other party in surprise, and while guessing the purpose of asking this question, he asked with a little hesitation:

"Is there a problem?"

At this time, I heard the hunter player say impatiently:

"When the skill level is reached, we will take you to the dungeon. If you haven't learned it, forget it. There is nothing to hesitate about!"

"Lao Ke!" The explorer glared at the hunter Lao Ke, then turned to explain to Rosie, "Miss, don't be offended, we found a small copy, and now we only need an explorer who has learned the third level of footprint manifestation or above.

The player can drive smoothly. I wonder if the young lady is interested in playing a dungeon with us?"

After a pause, the explorer who was worried about Rossi's overthinking continued to explain:

"Don't worry, our output is enough, and we don't need you to resist damage, so it won't have much impact if your level is lower. It's also because the agents in our fixed team are not online today, so I asked you if you can form a temporary team.

?”

After listening to his words, Rossi already knew that the explorer had used the advanced detection professional skill to find out his level information.

Glancing at Hogwarts, which was just around the corner, Rossi shook his head and refused with an indifferent expression:

"Sorry, I don't have time to download the dungeon now, and I've only learned the first level of the skill of showing footprints."

"Oh, it's a waste of time." Hearing this, the hunter named Lao Ke muttered impatiently, then turned around and summoned the owl messenger from the messenger space, and let it fly out with all his strength.

Hearing Lao Ke's complaints, the explorer glanced at him helplessly. Instead of looking at the owl that flew away in an instant, he turned to Rossi and asked:

"Is there something wrong with going to Hogwarts, young lady? Could it be that you have received a mission about Hogwarts? Do you need to share a map with you?"

As we all know, although Hogwarts has a good reputation in the game "Harry Potter: Age of Wizardry", since the launch of the game, no player has been heard of receiving a mission about Hogwarts.

For this reason, most players in the game generally believe that Hogwarts either only exists as a background for the game, or that its missions or plots have not been updated yet.

"No, I'm just going there to try my luck. After all, Hogwarts is also a famous landmark in the world. I think there should be some kind of mission." Rossi politely refused the other party's sharing.

Although he was rejected, the explorer did not show any displeasure. He just laughed a few times and then explained enthusiastically:

"Actually, except for a few NPCs with repetitive dialogues, there is nothing worth exploring in this map. Miss, if you have free time, you might as well read the book and level up."

"The fun of playing games is not limited to playing dungeons and leveling up. And even if you come here, you always have to go in and look for it." Rosie pursed her lips, and there was an expectation in her words that only she could understand.

and confused.

"Young lady is right. In fact, sometimes it's nice to look at the scenery and relax!" Eileen on the side smiled and echoed, "I also wandered around Hogwarts for several days before!"

After hearing what his companion said, the explorer smiled and said:

"Yes, everyone will feel that they are special. When I first discovered this place, I wasted a lot of time here."

Seeing that the two of them had successfully diverted the topic, Rossi chuckled and shook his head. After greeting the two of them for a few words, he said goodbye, then turned around and continued walking upwards.

Following a wide tunnel paved with gravel, she soon arrived at a vast platform in front of the castle, covering an area of ​​nearly 10,000 square meters.

By this time, the wind and snow had stopped, and a group of chickadees were gathering around the platform to look for food, adding some life to the cold ice and snow.

Rossi did not linger on this vast platform. He walked slowly up the last stone steps and soon came to a huge oak door.

Here is the entrance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

From the description of Hogwarts in the game forum, Rossi clearly understood how to open this door.

She made a fist with her right hand and knocked heavily on the circular pattern of the oak door seven times in a row.

As she stopped knocking on the door, there was a creaking sound, and the next second, the heavy oak door opened on its own.

At this time, Rosie, who was standing outside the gate of Hogwarts, couldn't help but feel a little nervous. She was not sure whether she could find the answer she wanted here.

Feeling a little hesitant, she closed her eyes slightly, raised her nose and took a deep breath. As the cool air was breathed into her lungs, the cold feeling instantly dispelled the hesitation in her heart.

After clearing away his racing thoughts, Rosie stepped into the courtyard.

An old man with white hair and a black wizard robe was seen standing quietly behind the door. Seeing Rossi walking in, he said without raising his eyelids: "Welcome to Hogwarts, I am the administrator."

Pringle.”

"Hello, Mr. Pringle, I'm Rosie..."

"Welcome to Hogwarts, I'm Pringle, the caretaker."

"Uh...hello?"

"Welcome to Hogwarts, I'm Pringle, the caretaker."

After receiving several repeated welcome replies, Rossi finally gave up the idea of ​​talking to the other party: "Yes, the NPC here is indeed the same as mentioned in the forum."

She sighed, glanced at the name above the NPC's head that was revealed after the conversation with her, and then walked quickly past him.

After passing the wide entrance hall, Rossi finally entered the interior of Hogwarts Castle.

After gently stepping on the luxurious marble stairs and entering the corridor on the first floor, she arrived first at a wooden door with exquisite carvings, which was the door of the Hogwarts auditorium.

Slowly pushing open the door of the auditorium and just taking a look inside, Rossi stood frozen on the spot.

It wasn't because of the layout in this auditorium that was exactly the same as what she had seen in the "Harry Potter" movie before she traveled through time, but because of the elderly professor who was currently sitting in the guest chair right in front of the auditorium.

"Albus Dumbledore." Rossi couldn't help but whisper. Although he looked much younger, the appearance of this professor was exactly that of the one in the "Harry Potter" movie. The wizarding world

The greatest wizard, Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts.

"How can it be just a coincidence that the appearance of two virtual characters is exactly the same? If this game is made by a fellow countryman from the earth, then why can't there be any trace of him in reality? But if there weren't other time travellers,

So what’s going on with this game?!”

Rossi said to himself in confusion: "No matter what, I must find the connection and the truth here!"

As if he heard her whisper, when she called out his name, the NPC with the name Albus Dumbledore appeared above his head and looked up at Rosie.

Different from other NPCs, his blue eyes were wise and lively, with a ray of silver shining in them. The moment the two looked at each other, Dumbledore suddenly smiled and said slowly: "The truth

, this is a beautiful and terrifying thing that needs to be treated with extreme caution! Only by improving yourself can you avoid being backlashed by the truth when you touch it..."

Um?

Rosie couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard Dumbledore's words. She remembered clearly that in the game forum's sharing thread about Hogwarts, there was no mention of Dumbledore having such lines.

So she asked excitedly:

"Professor Dumbledore? Do you know something?" She did not notice that after Dumbledore said that sentence, the light in Dumbledore's eyes instantly faded.

In response to Rossi's questioning, the NPC named Dumbledore did not respond, but said solemnly:

"The kind of person you want to be can determine your future more than the characteristics you have. I am Dumbledore, an ordinary professor at Hogwarts."

This is a line of dialogue that has been published in the forum.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

"Albus Dumbledore?"

"Please answer me!"

…

Rossi walked to Dumbledore eagerly and asked.

However, Dumbledore just repeated his self-introduction a few times, and then stopped talking.

"'Truth, this is a beautiful and terrible thing, and it needs to be treated with extreme caution! Only by improving yourself can you not be backlashed by the truth when you touch it.' What does this sentence mean? I unlocked a new dialogue

?Or is he prompting me to level up the game first? 'Don't be bitten by the truth'? What is the truth he is referring to?"

Rossi thought incomprehensibly, and after a long while, he came back from his thoughts.

"Maybe, maybe there is some information hidden in Hogwarts."

Thinking like this, her eyes swept across the four long tables in the auditorium, and she saw that except for the long tables filled with silver utensils, there were no other items.

Looking at Dumbledore again, seeing that he still looked the same as before, Rossi sighed and hurriedly walked out of the auditorium.

Although she didn't know what she wanted to find or what she could find, she still couldn't suppress the strong impulse in her heart and explored every corner of Hogwarts inch by inch.

From the underground to the top tower, from indoors to outdoors, from the library to the Forbidden Forest, Rossi spent an entire afternoon checking out almost every place in Hogwarts.

However, except for getting to know the professors and staff of Hogwarts; hearing conversations that were repeated countless times; and seeing the movable stairs that connect different floors under certain circumstances according to certain rules, she learned nothing.

The night was getting darker, and Rossi sat on the battlement at the top of the tower, feeling the snowflakes that were once again drifting between the sky and the earth with the raging cold wind in winter, and sighed helplessly.

"It seems that there is really nothing more to be found in Hogwarts."

"Maybe I just triggered some hidden mechanism in Dumbledore before. If I want to know the meaning of his words, it seems that I can only improve myself first."

Thinking of this, Rossi pointed a finger, took out a can of high-grade Floo powder from his backpack, and prepared to teleport to the fireplace in Godric's Hollow.

Different from ordinary Floo powder, using advanced Floo powder, you can access the Floo network for teleportation anytime and anywhere in a non-combat state. Unlike Floo powder, you need to be at a fireplace to teleport.

Rosie grabbed a handful of powder and was about to sprinkle it when she saw an NPC wrapped in a black robe suddenly pushed open the door of the tower and walked to the battlement wall not far away under her surprised gaze.

"Who is this NPC?" Rossi looked at the mysterious man wrapped in black robes and muttered in his heart, "The forum has never mentioned that there is such an NPC in Hogwarts. Could it be that I triggered it?"

What's the plot..."

"Dumbledore, I... will definitely make you pay for your choice today!" the man in black robe growled in a hoarse voice.

Although the man in black robe was vague when he said his name, the words he said made Rossi suddenly have a guess in his mind.

Slowly approaching the other party, Rossi cautiously initiated a conversation with the NPC:

"Who are you?"

The man in black robe roared mechanically again and repeated: "Dumbledore, I...Reed...will definitely make you pay for your choice today!"

As the man in black robe finished speaking, the name "Mr. Reed" was clearly displayed on the top of his head.

Although the name of this NPC was Mr. Reed, Rossi, who vaguely saw his appearance, did not think that this was his real name.

"Because the name in the conversation was ambiguous, did the system give an incorrect name?" Rossi thought to himself, "I never expected that this game would have such a hidden mechanism."

"Looking at his appearance, if my memory is correct, he should be Voldemort in his youth!"

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