Reborn at Hogwarts - Chapter 92

c92 country of the dead

When the darkness in front of him filled his entire field of vision, and then quickly faded away, Ivan found himself in a strange place.

He stood on a wide stone bridge, and the light black snowflakes fell obliquely from the dark and deep sky, passed through his body lightly, and printed on the pale ground.

In the curtain made of ice and snow, Ivan struggled to open his eyes wide and looked into the distance. However, as far as the eye can see, there are black snowflakes and light mist, and the stone bridge stretches straight forward, submerged in nothingness.

And at the end of nothingness, at the end of the mist, there is a huge shadow standing there.

It is vague and distorted, and it seems that there is no concept of reality, but Ivan instinctively believes that as long as he looks at it carefully, it will show its original appearance.

look at me… look at me…

A voice that seemed to come from deep inside whispered in his ear.

Ivan was in a trance for a while, and under the call of this voice, he slowly raised his head and looked towards the endless distance.

However, the next second, the moment his gaze was raised, an irresistible tremor spread throughout his body, his reason resisted, forcing him to lower his head.

The wind became louder, and the whispering voice had disappeared unconsciously, but there was another chill that seemed to come from the abyss behind.

can’t see… can’t see…

Ivan lowered his head, staring intently at his feet, the snowflakes passed through his translucent body and fell to the ground. This weird visual effect made him feel fresh and at the same time a little scared.

near.

The chill was getting closer and closer. Different from the raging cold wind, this slowly approaching chill was more like a real entity. The chill that touched his skin made Ivan start to tremble uncontrollably.

Closer, closer.

Ivan tried his best to control himself, lowering his head and not looking at anything.

After a while, the chill subsided, but Ivan was terrified to see that a black figure was gradually merging with himself.

No, it’s not merging into one, but… passing through my body.

Ivan saw that his translucent body was slowly filled with a thick black color, and then it was slowly peeled away from himself.

After the black completely disappeared, Ivan raised his head slightly and glanced forward.

Right in front of him, a black shadow was hunched over, walking with difficulty towards the depths of the stone bridge.

In a hurry, Ivan couldn’t find the right words to describe it.

The black shadow that passed through his body was thin and slender, with twisted limbs strangely, two black arms intertwined and hugged in front of his chest, hunched over, like a prisoner suffering pain and torture, While walking forward step by step, it raised its head and stared at the sky, staring at the shadow standing at the end of nothingness.

The moment he raised his head, the whisper that lingered in his ear just now sounded again, this time it was stronger than before, and Ivan felt as if someone was pressing his head firmly, trying to turn him around. Let him take a good look at the huge shadow.

But this time, Ivan, who had been prepared for a long time, controlled himself very well. He tried his best to clear his mind and keep the lingering whispers away from him.

It’s time to leave…but how…

Ivan was thinking like this, but suddenly a deep chill came from behind him.

Ivan gritted his teeth, and his perception immediately spread out like a spider web, with tentacles desperately extending outward.

Soon, there was a response from somewhere.

Ivan’s perspective changed again. His body seemed to become lighter, and an inexplicable force dragged him, leading him to float towards the sky.

The field of vision gradually zoomed out, and Ivan finally saw the source of the chill.

Where he was standing before, black shadows were slowly walking towards the end of the stone bridge. Their figures were intertwined together, forming a black torrent.

dead…

This thought flashed in Ivan’s mind, and the next second, he suddenly felt that he lost control, and his whole body fell rapidly. At the same time when his eyes suddenly went dark, the stone bridge disappeared, replaced by a magic wand with a faint light, And a fat rat scurrying around the corner.

A gust of chilly wind blew in through the crack of the door, and Ivan shivered, seeing a ray of white light on the ring quickly going out.

came back!

After confirming that he had returned to the air-ventilated room of the Leaky Cauldron, Ivan was stunned for a moment, ignoring the scene he had seen earlier, and immediately pounced on the deformed lizard skin bag he had placed beside the bed.

His hands were still trembling, and he failed to untie the tether twice. The third time, he finally managed to unlock the pocket, reached out and groped inside for a while, and finally took out a notebook.

Ivan quickly spread out the notebook and placed it on the bedside table, and took out a quill and a bottle of ink.

After hastily dipping in the ink bottle, Ivan picked up the quill and wrote a line on the blank paper.

“The Land of the Dead.”

He drew an arrow under the line and wrote:

“The Philosopher’s Stone.”

Ivan frowned and thought for a while, then drew two lines next to the “Philosopher’s Stone”, one was “Avatar” and the other was “Paracelsus”.

In the end, he connected the “incarnation” and “the kingdom of the dead” with a big question mark.

“The place just now should be the kingdom of the dead…Grindelwald guessed right, the experiment to find the god of death and the underworld was at least half successful. Paracelsus’ soul did enter the kingdom of the dead. He should I got something there, and after returning, I successfully researched the incarnation technique…

“Perhaps because of that experiment, his sage’s stone has the function of connecting with the kingdom of the dead… But it is likely only temporarily, the human soul cannot adapt to that environment, not to mention the terrifying shadow …

“However, these are just speculations for the time being, and I can’t arbitrarily determine the connection between the incarnation technique, the god of death, and the kingdom of the dead…

“However, if you can use the incarnation technique in the future, don’t use it. If the guess is true, then the side effects of this magic are likely to be more terrifying than known…”

Ivan put down the quill and twirled the ring in his hand. After his soul returned to the real world, the radiance emitted by the ring quickly faded, and it returned to its original ugly appearance.

And no matter how much he mobilized the magic power, the ring no longer had any abnormalities.

When he met the enemy in Knockturn Alley before, the ring made of Philosopher’s Stone helped him strengthen the incarnation technique, allowing him to easily defeat two adult wizards whose true strength far surpassed his own.

And just now, it brought Ivan’s soul into the suspected country of the dead.

Ivan knew that the magic power of this ring had been exhausted.

Although the magic power is exhausted, the essence will not change.

Strictly speaking, it is still a “Sage’s Stone”.

The miniature kind.

The kingdom of the dead that appears in this chapter can refer to God of War released in 2018. The bridge in Helheim and the eagle are my favorite scenes when I play. PS: For the study of Nurmengard, I felt that it was not easy to describe Jumping Le, so I still need to write more about it now, otherwise it will not be easy to understand later. In the next chapter, I will sort out Ivan’s learning results, so that everyone can watch the follow-up plot.