Chapter 643: The Raven’s Heralding Death
In the light of the refraction of water and some fluorescent plants at the bottom of the lake, the whole Merpeople village was surrounded by a faint green light.
"Lumos!" Evan waved his wand and gave out a stronger light.
The Merpeople looked curiously at him and the shining wand, but they didn't come up. They were still singing and dancing.
When Evan got closer, he found the gap between the tail fin and the waist of the Merperson statue.
It was covered with thick algae and moss, looming in the light of the wand.
Evan examined carefully the gap, which turned out to be formed after a scale disappeared from the statue.
He dived his wand into it and poked his head in. Inside the gap was a narrow stone corridor, which could allow only one person to crawl through.
According to the terrain trend, this corridor continued directly under the Merperson statue, which was a naturally formed crack. There was no trace of man-work inside, and the rock walls on both sides looked very rough and winding.
There seemed to be something inside, but because of the angle, he couldn’t see it clearly from the outside.
Evan spit out a few bubbles, the wand across his chest, forward into the gap, swimming down the tilt.
In the light of his wand, he looked closely at the gray rocks on both sides. The texture was not as hard as he had expected. These rocks were easy to be damaged by external forces, and the natural cracks inside were very narrow.
This meant that without using the right magic to open it, it was almost impossible to rely on brute force to enter.
With destructive force that’s too small, the stone gate on the outside of the statue would not be opened. A little too much force however would make the cracks on the ground collapse completely and annihilate the narrow corridor.
It was difficult to gauge the amount of force needed. The original designer must have made very careful calculations before they built the Merperson statue on it.
In the gap, Evan swam ten feet down the slope and landed on the ground.
The corridor formed by the gap disappeared, and the space in front of him became bright and spacious.
The surrounding cold water of the lake and the water pressure quickly disappeared, and the air became dry again.
Evan turned around and reached out his left hand to feel it. In front of him, there was an invisible magic barrier, which isolated all the lake water.
The Merpeople outside could not use magic. How did this magic barrier appear here?!
The magic barrier that appeared here was very powerful. It must have been left by a powerful wizard. Would it be Rowena Ravenclaw?!
In such a place, it seemed that it could be no one but her!
No wonder those Merpeople were not willing to come in. They must have known that they would come out of the water at the point.
Evan quickly evaporated the water on his body and continued to move forward, feeling more and more curious in his heart.
He just stopped after two steps. The Merpeople song from above did not disappear, but became clearer…
It sounded very ethereal and beautiful, just like a sound of nature. The singing echoed in the corridor, making everything in front of him unreal, like a dream.
"There seems to be something wrong with this sound." Evan froze for a moment, and his thoughts gradually became lost in the song of the Merpeople.
The song ringing in his ears had the charm of magic. He couldn’t help but immerse himself in it, and didn’t want to do anything else.
Listening the wonderful music, Evan was getting more and more tired, more and more unable to rise his spirit. He just wanted to lie down and sleep.
"Muffliato!" He just used this spell on himself, and his ears were filled with an unidentifiable buzzing. It was like the whole school in the Great Hall talking together, or whispering in class.
The singing of the Merpeople was back to normal, and the power of the charm that had suddenly emerged disappeared.
Evan continued to move forward and was increasingly curious about the magic left here.
This magic depended on the Merpeople without any power to launch, fusing and influencing each other. The design was very ingenious.
At Evan’s current level, not to mention the involvement, there were a lot of things that he didn’t quite understand.
Along the passage, he whirled down to a stone door. There was no handle or key hole on the door. There was only a light brown board with an eagle shaped bronze door ring and a dark blue Raven at the top.
The raven's eyes were eerie red, staring at Evan. He pointed his wand at the Raven above and blinked to see that its eyes were two rubies.
Shining in the light of the wand, it looked uncomfortable.
Evan didn’t know what material it was made of. It looked very realistic.
In front of the door, Evan had a feeling of being watched, but abnormally, there was no magic around him.
He lowered his head and looked away from the raven and moved to the main body of the gate.
Looking at the familiar eagle door knocker, Evan thought of the door of the Common Room of Ravenclaw House.
It was said that the current Ravenclaw Tower was once the laboratory of Rowena Ravenclaw. That’s why she left such a unique door there to test the wisdom of the visitors and whether they were qualified to enter
Unlike the other three Houses that required passwords, only the wizard who gave the correct answer can enter Ravenclaw.
Even Ravenclaw students could only stay outside if they couldn’t work out the answer.
If students from the other Houses were transferred to Ravenclaw, there would probably be many people sleeping in the corridor outside every night!
However, the students of Ravenclaw House were delighted and thought the test was very good.
Since there was such a door here, there was no doubt that Ravenclaw left it.
Perhaps the key to her secret treasure was inside. Evan hadn’t expected it to be so simple.
Next, all what he had to do was to answer the question raised by the door to unlock it. Apart from the Merpeople’s song with seductive power, he did not encounter any obstacles along the way.
Evan did not let down his guard. Since Gryffindor left a test, there was no reason Ravenclaw would do nothing.
He walked to the door with his wand in one hand and knocked lightly on the door with the other. In the silence, Evan felt that the sound was like a shell.
The beak of the eagle opened at once. It did not make a bird call, but said in an indifferent, gloomy voice, "Strange visitor… you will be judged here, and death will be your only destination."
Its voice just fell, and te powerful strange magic instantly swallowed magic into a an ethereal space.
He immediately issued a Patronus Charm, but it didn't work.
The sudden power of the surrounding space was too strong, and Evan found himself under the Full Body-Bind Curse and lost control of his body.
Just then, the raven above the gate flew up like in a dream.
It was over Evan’s head, its blood-red eyes staring at him.
This time, Evan could clearly feel the death from this raven!
Chapter 643: The Raven’s Heralding Death
In the light of the refraction of water and some fluorescent plants at the bottom of the lake, the whole Merpeople village was surrounded by a faint green light.
"Lumos!" Evan waved his wand and gave out a stronger light.
The Merpeople looked curiously at him and the shining wand, but they didn't come up. They were still singing and dancing.
When Evan got closer, he found the gap between the tail fin and the waist of the Merperson statue.
It was covered with thick algae and moss, looming in the light of the wand.
Evan examined carefully the gap, which turned out to be formed after a scale disappeared from the statue.
He dived his wand into it and poked his head in. Inside the gap was a narrow stone corridor, which could allow only one person to crawl through.
According to the terrain trend, this corridor continued directly under the Merperson statue, which was a naturally formed crack. There was no trace of man-work inside, and the rock walls on both sides looked very rough and winding.
There seemed to be something inside, but because of the angle, he couldn’t see it clearly from the outside.
Evan spit out a few bubbles, the wand across his chest, forward into the gap, swimming down the tilt.
In the light of his wand, he looked closely at the gray rocks on both sides. The texture was not as hard as he had expected. These rocks were easy to be damaged by external forces, and the natural cracks inside were very narrow.
This meant that without using the right magic to open it, it was almost impossible to rely on brute force to enter.
With destructive force that’s too small, the stone gate on the outside of the statue would not be opened. A little too much force however would make the cracks on the ground collapse completely and annihilate the narrow corridor.
It was difficult to gauge the amount of force needed. The original designer must have made very careful calculations before they built the Merperson statue on it.
In the gap, Evan swam ten feet down the slope and landed on the ground.
The corridor formed by the gap disappeared, and the space in front of him became bright and spacious.
The surrounding cold water of the lake and the water pressure quickly disappeared, and the air became dry again.
Evan turned around and reached out his left hand to feel it. In front of him, there was an invisible magic barrier, which isolated all the lake water.
The Merpeople outside could not use magic. How did this magic barrier appear here?!
The magic barrier that appeared here was very powerful. It must have been left by a powerful wizard. Would it be Rowena Ravenclaw?!
In such a place, it seemed that it could be no one but her!
No wonder those Merpeople were not willing to come in. They must have known that they would come out of the water at the point.
Evan quickly evaporated the water on his body and continued to move forward, feeling more and more curious in his heart.
He just stopped after two steps. The Merpeople song from above did not disappear, but became clearer…
It sounded very ethereal and beautiful, just like a sound of nature. The singing echoed in the corridor, making everything in front of him unreal, like a dream.
"There seems to be something wrong with this sound." Evan froze for a moment, and his thoughts gradually became lost in the song of the Merpeople.
The song ringing in his ears had the charm of magic. He couldn’t help but immerse himself in it, and didn’t want to do anything else.
Listening the wonderful music, Evan was getting more and more tired, more and more unable to rise his spirit. He just wanted to lie down and sleep.
"Muffliato!" He just used this spell on himself, and his ears were filled with an unidentifiable buzzing. It was like the whole school in the Great Hall talking together, or whispering in class.
The singing of the Merpeople was back to normal, and the power of the charm that had suddenly emerged disappeared.
Evan continued to move forward and was increasingly curious about the magic left here.
This magic depended on the Merpeople without any power to launch, fusing and influencing each other. The design was very ingenious.
At Evan’s current level, not to mention the involvement, there were a lot of things that he didn’t quite understand.
Along the passage, he whirled down to a stone door. There was no handle or key hole on the door. There was only a light brown board with an eagle shaped bronze door ring and a dark blue Raven at the top.
The raven's eyes were eerie red, staring at Evan. He pointed his wand at the Raven above and blinked to see that its eyes were two rubies.
Shining in the light of the wand, it looked uncomfortable.
Evan didn’t know what material it was made of. It looked very realistic.
In front of the door, Evan had a feeling of being watched, but abnormally, there was no magic around him.
He lowered his head and looked away from the raven and moved to the main body of the gate.
Looking at the familiar eagle door knocker, Evan thought of the door of the Common Room of Ravenclaw House.
It was said that the current Ravenclaw Tower was once the laboratory of Rowena Ravenclaw. That’s why she left such a unique door there to test the wisdom of the visitors and whether they were qualified to enter
Unlike the other three Houses that required passwords, only the wizard who gave the correct answer can enter Ravenclaw.
Even Ravenclaw students could only stay outside if they couldn’t work out the answer.
If students from the other Houses were transferred to Ravenclaw, there would probably be many people sleeping in the corridor outside every night!
However, the students of Ravenclaw House were delighted and thought the test was very good.
Since there was such a door here, there was no doubt that Ravenclaw left it.
Perhaps the key to her secret treasure was inside. Evan hadn’t expected it to be so simple.
Next, all what he had to do was to answer the question raised by the door to unlock it. Apart from the Merpeople’s song with seductive power, he did not encounter any obstacles along the way.
Evan did not let down his guard. Since Gryffindor left a test, there was no reason Ravenclaw would do nothing.
He walked to the door with his wand in one hand and knocked lightly on the door with the other. In the silence, Evan felt that the sound was like a shell.
The beak of the eagle opened at once. It did not make a bird call, but said in an indifferent, gloomy voice, "Strange visitor… you will be judged here, and death will be your only destination."
Its voice just fell, and te powerful strange magic instantly swallowed magic into a an ethereal space.
He immediately issued a Patronus Charm, but it didn't work.
The sudden power of the surrounding space was too strong, and Evan found himself under the Full Body-Bind Curse and lost control of his body.
Just then, the raven above the gate flew up like in a dream.
It was over Evan’s head, its blood-red eyes staring at him.
This time, Evan could clearly feel the death from this raven!
