Mastering Thunder from Hogwarts

More than half a month passed in a blink of an eye, in a snow-covered pine forest in central Sweden.

Anduin took out a map of Northern Europe from his body, carefully found his current location on it, and marked it.

At the same time, on this map, in addition to the marks just clicked, there are many scattered punctuation points.

Obviously, Anduin's gains during this period of time are not small. These landmarks should be the footprints where Slytherin stayed.

However, despite having obtained many clues, Anduin now looked extremely confused.

The reason lies in Shemu's awkward sense of direction and time...

During Anduin's search, he would mark every place Snakewood remembered where Slytherin had stayed on the map.

And after this period of carpet tracking, he did get a lot of information, which can be seen from the dense dots on the map.

Logically speaking, this is indeed a great progress, at least it can prove that Slytherin did stay in Northern Europe for a long time.

And through these punctuation points, Slytherin's action trajectory can be roughly sketched.

But the problem is that these marking points have no temporal sequence at all.

In other words, Anduin simply couldn't tell where Slytherin had arrived first and in which direction he was moving.

It is not even clear whether these marking points were left by Slytherin when he arrived in Northern Europe several times.

Therefore, the more we search, the more clues there are, and the greater the interference to Anduin.

Now from the map, he could only roughly judge that Slytherin had stayed in Norway and Sweden for a period of time.

The opponent seemed to have landed on the south coast of Norway, and then moved up the coastline. When he reached central Norway, he suddenly turned right and wandered back in central Sweden for a while, but then went straight up to where he was at this time.

North Shore.

But this is just Anduin's guess based on experience. It may also be the opposite route in terms of sequence. Of course, this route was wrong from the beginning. This may also be the result of the opponent's multiple trips in and out of Northern Europe.

"If viewed from normal logic, Slytherin's destination may be in two directions. One is from the north coast towards Finland, and then either southward into the hinterland of Finland or eastward into Russia."

Anduin stared at the map in his hand and muttered to himself.

"But the other party may also go north into the Arctic Ocean, and then either head to Greenland or directly enter the Arctic."

"Of course, it's possible that all this is wrong. Maybe they landed in northern Norway and then headed south."

Considering all the possibilities, Anduin couldn't help but shake his head, "It seems that there is no way to track Slytherin's final whereabouts in the short term, but what can be concluded is that, at least during this period in Northern Europe, Slytherin

Trin did not encounter any accidents, at least judging from the information given by Shemu."

"In other words, the place where Slytherin encounters Herbo is either in the east or north. Of course, there is a small probability that it is in the south, but that area has entered the heart of Europe, so it is unlikely."

Anduin sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and then sighed, "It seems that it is impossible to lock down the scope of Haierbo's activities in the short term. Let's go back to Hogwarts first. What's next?

Searching still relies on snake wood and magic net, a two-pronged approach is more efficient."

At this time, it had been more than two weeks since he returned to Europe, which meant that the Christmas vacation at Hogwarts had long ended, and he had even attended classes for several days.

If Anduin continues to stay in Northern Europe, the school will definitely have objections, and he still has a lot of experiments to continue at the school.

However, Anduin did not intend to give up on tracking Halbo. He planned to advance the laying of the magic network in Northern Europe as soon as possible. After all the communicators with detection backdoors were released, he would use local wizards to conduct investigations.

Even if the information cannot be collected from the locals, it doesn't matter, because it is important to confirm that Herbo is not in Northern Europe, so this is equivalent to asking them to help troubleshoot.

At the same time, when time is available, Anduin will continue to follow the footsteps of Slytherin based on the clues provided by Snakewood.

Thinking of this, Anduin carefully put the map away and took out the snakewood wand.

"The search for fear is coming to an end for now, what are your plans?"

For this wand that once belonged to Slytherin, Anduin has no intention of taking it for himself. His shadow is his most tacit companion, so no matter how they work together, he will not let Snakewood follow him. Now both of them

At best it can only be considered a cooperative relationship.

And after all, it was a relic of the founder of Hogwarts. As a wizard born in Slytherin College, Anduin believed that he had an obligation to find a new home for it.

However, this also depends on Snakewood's wishes. If the other party is not willing to cooperate with other wizards, then it can also be allowed to stay with Anduin and accept his support, or maintenance.

Of course, if the snake tree is willing, it can stay in Hogwarts to be admired by everyone, or it can be replanted into a tree.

"Fellow traveler!" Snakewood seemed to enjoy the feeling of working with Anduin, so he answered without thinking.

"Sorry, I have my own wand. You can follow me all the time, but I can't use you to cast spells often." Anduin said honestly to Snakewood.

"Heir!" After understanding what Anduin meant, Snakewood didn't get too entangled. After all, it wasn't particularly emotionally rich.

Want to follow the heir?

Anduin nodded secretly, but soon became entangled again, because as far as he knew, the only direct descendant of Slytherin seemed to be Voldemort.

But it was impossible for him to entrust Snakewood to that lunatic. What if the other party used Snakewood to deal with him?

So after thinking about it, Anduin could only reply, "I understand. When I find a suitable heir, I will introduce him to you, but until you get rid of your fear, you should stay with me.

"

"No problem!" Snakewood's expression was very straightforward, and there was even a feeling of indifference. After all, it had not existed as a wizard's wand for hundreds of years, so it was not anxious at all.

After understanding Snakewood's wishes, Anduin carefully put it away and returned to England through the portkey.

It was already night when he returned to Hogwarts, but what surprised Anduin was that he didn't see many people in the corridors. It was still early enough to enter the curfew.

After grabbing a few young wizards and asking them, I found out that a notice for the opening of a duel club was posted in the school today, and most of the young wizards are now concentrated in the auditorium.

Anduin felt very strange when he heard the news. With the atmosphere of everyone being a soldier before Hogwarts and his proficiency in combat magic, someone actually dared to open a dueling club?

Isn't he afraid of causing any trouble?

You know, Anduin only dares to let the little wizards sweat in the dungeon. If these naughty kids are allowed to cast spells randomly in the outside world, especially in the castle, those ignorant students may cause big trouble.

Anduin was suddenly very curious about the professor who advocated starting a club.

Could it be Professor Flitwick? He seems to be the only one who is more interested in dueling.

Thinking of this, Anduin, driven by curiosity, also moved to the auditorium.

After seeing what was going on inside, Anduin suddenly realized that it was Lockhart who had done it, so it wasn't surprising.

At this time, Lockhart, who had changed into a gorgeous dueling uniform, was standing on a tall table dressed as a dueling platform and talking.

However, Lockhart was not introducing any dueling skills, but rather showing off his glorious past during adventures, and at the same time striking a pose that he thought was cool and handsome.

Most of the young wizards in the audience had impatient expressions as they listened to Lockhart's narration, but some of the girls listened with interest.

Anduin looked around, and then spotted Snape hiding outside. Upon seeing this, he immediately quietly approached him.

Snape also noticed him at this time, and immediately complained after he approached, "You guys still know how to come back? It's been several days since the second half of the school year!"

"Hehe..." Anduin lowered his voice and sneered twice, "Don't worry, I have arranged all the courses in the school, and the students will not slow down their progress even if I am not here."

"What you call an arrangement is to hand over tactical training to a dog, right?" Snape rolled his eyes, "I have received reports more than once in the past few days that Hogg was verbally insulting during the lesson.

I filed a complaint, I really don’t know what you think.”

"No way, someone has to keep an eye on the class." Anduin said casually, then looked at Lockhart in the middle of the auditorium, "What's going on with him? Why did he create a dueling club?"

"It's not because of you!" Snape lowered his voice when he said this, "The matter of the secret room has been spread in the school."

"In addition, in the past two days, a young wizard was also attacked and turned to stone. Coupled with McGonagall's overt and covert propaganda during this period, students are now not only convinced of this, but also panicked."

"At this time, Lockhart, who was careless, naturally jumped out to join in the fun. Let me tell you, he started the so-called duel club just to get the limelight. He is probably jealous that your copy is so popular."

Snape eloquently recounted what had happened recently.

"But with the current strength of the students, it would be too dangerous for them to use self-defense spells in school. You must know that they are not wearing tactical uniforms at this time!"

Anduin looked at Snape hesitantly, "How could you agree to such a thing?"

"Hmph, let these brats suffer!" Snape curled his lips indifferently, "I will watch from the scene and won't let anything big happen to them, and this has also gone through Dumbledore and Michael

Professor Ge’s consent.”

"Professor McGonagall, are you sure?"

It is understandable that Dumbledore can agree with Anduin, after all, the old guy does nothing all day long, but is the strictly conservative Professor McGonagall willing to take such a risk?

"Hehe." Snape seemed to find this matter very interesting and couldn't help laughing, "I found that since the incident of the Chamber of Secrets came out, Professor McGonagall has become a different person, and his mentality is much worse than before.

Already."

"It seems that you have had very interesting experiences in the past half month..."

Anduin also noticed that Snape and McGonagall seemed to be having a little fun, one was thinking of playing pranks, and the other was thinking of teaching the little wizard a lesson. Sure enough, no matter what age group, there is no shortage of bad fun.

Just as the two of them were chatting, Lockhart on the long table called out to Snape. It turned out that he was preparing for actual combat training. The little wizards who turned around also discovered that they were returning to school.

Anduin.

"Ah... Anduin, you are back." Lockhart greeted Anduin diligently, "Would you like to join me and show everyone how to conduct a wizard duel? Of course, if you haven't tried it,

If you have experienced this sport, I will also be willing to demonstrate it for you again."

"Professor Wilson is the recent champion of the National Wizarding Duel Competition, don't you know?"

Ginny in the audience rolled her eyes at Lockhart. She now felt more and more that the new professor was incompetent, both in terms of knowledge and practical skills.

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"Uh...haha, I just saw Anduin returning to school and was joking with him. Of course I know his dueling abilities."

Lockhart laughed awkwardly when he heard this, then skipped Anduin and invited Snape to the stage again to cooperate with him in the demonstration.

But with Lockhart's level, there was no way he could be Snape's opponent. Almost as soon as the two of them had finished saluting, Lockhart was knocked away by a shock spell.

However, he made a big fool of himself and didn't care about it at all. He just said a few nice words casually to get over it.

Lockhart then began recruiting volunteers for further demonstrations.

Soon, Harry and Ron, who were selected as volunteers, stood on the duel stage, while Lockhart was still telling everyone about the precautions in the duel with great interest.

But when Harry and Ron began to officially fight, he saw what was outrageous.

As soon as the three countdowns ended, Ron's wand was shaken, two ice blades appeared in front of him, and he sped away towards Harry.

Facing the incoming Cold Blade Unsheathing Curse, Harry reacted very quickly and directly shot a recently learned [Arc Lightning] to scatter the ice blade.

Then the two men showed everyone what a battle between wizards was, with all kinds of lightning, flames, and impact bombs flying everywhere in the air.

At the same time, their parries and dodges were also extremely timely. It only took less than ten seconds for the two sides to fight each other for several rounds.

The real trouble is that although they fought happily, the spells that failed to escape and the spells that were parried and spread became the real trouble in the auditorium.