The Death Knell

Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a magical school that accepts young wizards and witches. It is located in the Pyrenees Mountains in southern France. It has a magnificent garden that astonishes visitors, surrounded by vast lawns and mountain views conjured by magic. .

If Hogwarts' castle looks like it can really be used for fighting, Beauxbatons' school building can't be completely regarded as a castle, but more like it has been equipped with magical defense measures, towers and walls. The king's palace complex.

Its wall is a circle of ice and snow sculptures tens of meters high. It should depict the struggle experience of French wizards over the past hundreds of years. They reflect dazzling light in the sun, as if there is a large crystal mine in the valley. Same.

This is not a seasonal landscape, it is a creation of magic. Even in summer, these ice sculpture walls will not disappear, but coexist with the gurgling streams in the valley and the large green forests.

After passing through the gate guarded by the two Pegasus sculptures on the wall, you enter the Beauxbatons courtyard. Unlike the ice and snow outside, it is always warm as spring under the influence of magic. The large lawns and sea of ​​flowers are perfectly manicured. A perfect flowered hedge, and as far as the eye can see, there are gardens on both sides of the road.

It's amazingly beautiful here, even the sunlight seems to be golden. There are statues of Nico Flamel and his wife in the square in front of the palace, surrounded by a huge fountain, and the clear water columns are driven by magic to rush into the sky.

This statue is also a treasure of Beauxbatons Academy. It is attached with a series of various magics, which can maintain the temperature and humidity in a large range, block the perception of Muggles, and also provide protective shields and other effects.

Now Beauxbatons is also preparing for Christmas. There are basically no classes. Some students are playing in the garden or reading, but without exception they all look very elegant.

The school uniform was also very beautiful, with blue silk and a beautiful little hat. Hermione lowered her head and glanced at the dark robe on her body, and suddenly she felt that it didn't smell good.

From a distance, you can see the tall female principal and some female teachers waiting for the two of them in front of the palace gate, with warm smiles on their faces. Behind them are flying many palm-sized, winged and clad leaves. forest fairy holding a small trumpet and a small harp playing welcoming music.

In short, it is a sense of ritual in life.

"Why Beauxbatons? It doesn't feel like I'm going to a magic academy, but like I'm on a diplomatic trip."

Hermione pulled off her scarf. The campus was too hot, as if winter had suddenly entered warm spring.

"Because this school has the closest relationship with Hogwarts, and it recruits students from all over Europe. You can learn languages ​​faster here." Su Ming walked around the fountain. The tinkling sound of the spring water was very pleasant, and some water drops splashed. When it came to his body, there was still some coolness: "Do you want to learn Russian first? It's not impossible to go to Kodos Doriz Academy over there in the Bear. The strength there is fighting, and they still have people who fly on big trees. Wizarding Tradition.”

This is not a joke, it is a fact.

Before the broomstick was invented, wizards flew on uprooted trees. Later, some people thought that trees were inconvenient to store. Anyway, as long as they were made of magic wood, they could fly, so they might as well try a broom.

So flying broomsticks were born. Wizards found that they were lighter and could even be carried in their hands. So in most places on the earth, they gradually accepted this method of riding broomsticks.

It’s not like no one is trying to fly on a wand. After all, theoretically, wands can fly.

Then the wizard fell to his death.

But as I said before, most places have switched to broomsticks. This does not include the tough fighting people. For them, broomsticks are too girly. They still enjoy playing Quidditch on big trees.

According to the rules of Quidditch, direct physical contact between the two parties is prohibited, but broom contact is inevitable. In this case, what broom can hit a tree?

Hermione shook her head quickly. She had no interest in Quidditch or broom flying. She turned her little head, looked around, and whispered:

"Why are all the girls I see? Are the principals and teachers also female? Is this really a coeducational school?"

Su Ming glanced at the students playing on the grass. Their long hair was flying as they chased, and they laughed like silver bells from time to time. Their blue robes bloomed like flowers as they marched, looking very beautiful.

He withdrew his gaze and answered his apprentice's question with profound meaning:

"There are boys, but you didn't recognize them."

"?!"

Little Hermione looked like her jaw was about to drop. She couldn't stop staring at the 'girls'.

Su Ming stretched out his hand to straighten her head, pinched her face again, and put on a smile: "Although you are not a farm girl from Orleans, it is up to you to save the French magic world. Remember to take an international approach." The road to sustainable development... You study hard here, I have to go back to the UK tonight, don't forget to keep exercising, I will come see you when I have time."

Hermione was about to say something else, but the professor who had already walked in front of the principal started speaking French again, and she couldn't understand it again.

Sure enough, it is necessary to master more foreign languages. Miss Granger looked at the beautiful campus and made up her mind.

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"Master Weaver, Master Elminster, Master Mordenkainen, how is the progress of our plan?"

The core of the spider network does not exist at the center of the real world. It is a huge rotunda with only columns and spider webs. Various spider totems are densely covered with walls and ceilings. A large blue web spreads from the void. , was checked by the weaving master and stuffed back into the void.

Su Ming waved to the masters present and asked about the status of the plan.

"Not yet. If we want to create a magic web in this new world, we need a true god." Elminster held a long pipe in his mouth. He sat on a hammock made of spider webs and wore His red cassock was covered with bags and bags.

Su Ming turned his attention to the master weaver lying on the spider web beside him, pulling the web with both hands.

This half-human, half-spider image is his external manifestation after integrating into the 'web' itself. His essence is not much different from the spokesmen of demon gods in other dimensions, but the appearance of a shirtless upper body and a mechanical spider lower body is really not very impressive. accept.

He also wore a piece of cloth to cover his face and eyes. In this way, he observed every world where spider totems existed, examining the past and future. He could detect the slightest sound on the spider silk, but he couldn't detect it at all. Can't hear what people around me are saying.

He was too focused, completely focused on the net in his hand, which was transformed by his god.

"This net was once one of the ancient gods of the earth. Doesn't it meet the requirements?" Deathstroke sat next to the old mage, and the two began to smoke.

Elminster shook his head. He grabbed his hat and rubbed it in his hands:

"The spider network connects thousands of worlds through totems. The place we are now can be regarded as its divine kingdom, but it cannot leave here, cannot create an incarnation, or is even a 'web'... Although we The world is completely different, but I don’t think this should be a manifestation of the true God.”

"I agree with that."

Mordenkainen, who was playing with the leaves of the snake tree in the water tank, also came over. This bald legendary mage looked sinister and did not look like a good guy at first glance, but in fact his camp was absolutely neutral, at least better than most. Legendary Liches are much easier to communicate with:

"I think it has divine fire but no priesthood. Your Marvel world has not prepared a place for the gods at all. I also took the time to observe your so-called Warner Protoss before. Oh, is that also called a god?"

Su Ming took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled: "In fact, the ancient gods also have a place. Opening up or finding subspace to become a dimensional demon god is one way. But back then, the ancient spider god took a different path and took a similar path to 'taking the body with one's body'. The path of "Hedao" has turned itself into an additional concept such as "net"... Although this allows it to participate in the affairs of countless parallel worlds, it also makes it stuck in a world where it cannot go up or down. In an embarrassing situation, the weaver master, as its spokesperson after being assimilated by it, cannot exist independently without the 'net'."

The so-called additional concepts are Su Ming's own classification, which means less critical world concepts.

Concepts such as life, death, time, and space are all very necessary. No world can function without them.

This is not the case with the concept of 'net'. At least for Marvel, there is not much difference with or without it.

If there were no cobwebs, it would only mean that Su Ming lacked a means of transportation. If he wanted to take people on a trip, he would really have to rely on the 'magic ship' he had originally envisioned.

Elminster swayed in the hammock for a few times, and he scratched his messy hair: "You still have to find a way on your own. If you can see the God of Death in this world and confirm that he is the true God, maybe we can Negotiate a condition with him. But if we break away from the magic network, the old guys and I can only rely on the spells stored in the wand to fight, and we cannot join in too advanced battles."

"I understand that how to solve the universal problem of magic in different universes has always been my goal." Su Ming held a cigarette in his mouth and looked at the master weaver hanging upside down on the Internet not far away moving his hands quickly: "Sure enough, I still have to see this Are you facing the God of Death, or relying on the ghost universe again..."