In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

"The Slytherin House common room is in the Black Lake?"

Jon mused, he really hadn't thought about it.

"Yes." Draco spoke more and more fluently, "My father told me that Slytherin's old lounge was underground, but after the headmaster ruled the UK, he canceled the previous sorting standards. Mud , the standards of the three colleges of Mugs, mixed-bloods and pure-bloods have been determined before admission. So after it is determined that the basement is the territory of Mugs, of course there will be no students from other colleges there. Living in it, Slytherin's common room is naturally deserted, and no one has been in it for more than ten years."

Jon looked at Draco again, wanting him to tell more secrets.

"So? That common room was abandoned in the Black Lake, and it became a rumor in the castle because of this?"

Draco could indeed reveal more information.

"That's not the rumor. Someone mentioned that at the location where the Slytherin lounge used to be, you could vaguely hear some weird noises late at night, as if something was beating on the foundation."

Jon frowned at this.

"I remember the curfew policy in the castle is extremely strict. Who can hear it this late at night?"

"No matter how strict the policy is, it's no big deal for pure-bloods to violate it. If the pure-bloods violate the curfew, they will die. The mixed-bloods will be expelled from Hogwarts Castle if they violate the curfew. For pure-bloods, it's just They were asked to submit a review or spend a day in solitary confinement."

Even in front of Jon, Draco couldn't help feeling proud when talking about the privileges belonging to purebloods.

"Pure-blood students cannot be expelled. This is a rule set by the principal. Even if there was a case of suicide of a mixed-race student some time ago, the main participant was a pure-blood, but her graduation was postponed for one year and she was allowed to go home. It’s just a year of reflection.”

Draco was indeed right about this. The privileges of purebloods were obvious not only in Hogwarts Castle, but also in the British wizarding world. No matter how serious the magical laws that purebloods break, they will not be imprisoned in Azkaban, where dementors serve as jailers. Instead, they will be imprisoned in a special wizard "prison" located in the UK.

Jon didn't say anything about Draco's current complacency. He still had the mentality of a young man and had never thought about how many privileges the purebloods had now. When Voldemort was really defeated in the future, they would all have to give more and more. Spit it out.

"You're going off topic. In that case, do you know where Slytherin's former common room is located in the Black Lake?"

Hearing Jon's question, Draco pointed to the northeast.

"That lounge extends from Hogwarts Castle, so it must be in the direction of Hogwarts Castle. You should be able to find something if you go northeast from here."

Jon did what he said, and after getting useful information from Draco, he returned a pearl to Draco as a reward.

"What do you want to know about these?" Although he knew it was better not to ask, Draco couldn't help but ask after getting the pearl.

"Do you believe me when I say I'm preparing to dig up the roots of your principal?" Jon said without looking back.

His answer made Draco shiver all over, and he couldn't help but show an expression of horror on his face, as he watched Jon gradually go away.

After his figure completely disappeared, Draco dared to swim out of the water plants carefully.

But at this time, he realized that he was actually entangled in the water plants, and he couldn't even reach out for the wand!

"Come back! Green! Mr. Green! Come back quickly! I'll pay you a pearl! Help me!"

However, sound cannot travel very far underwater, and Jon has already gone far away, so no matter how much he calls, he gets no response.

Jon soon arrived at the northeast corner of the entire Black Lake.

To be honest, he didn't really have much hope for this trip, he just wanted to try his luck.

After seeing the tragic situation of those mermaids, it is very likely that the giant squid, which has more profound significance to the entire Hogwarts Castle, has also encountered something unexpected.

Jon continued to follow the clues given by Draco to come here just to give Dumbledore some relief when he returned.

Along the edge of the northeast corner, Jon quickly patrolled, and when he swam to a deeply concave rock wall, he actually made some discoveries!

It was a huge gap. It could be clearly seen that the gap should have been a wall before, but now the wall was opened, and the lake water poured into the lounge, turning the originally sealed lounge into a part of the black lake.

Jon swam along the gap and entered the space that was obviously the former Slytherin lounge.

There are some furniture inhabited by water plants and underwater creatures. There are green and silver strips of cloth on the walls that are still fluttering with the flow of the lake. Some broken portraits can be vaguely seen on the surrounding walls. Those are Distinguished house representatives who formerly hung in the Slytherin common room.

Looking at the messy and dilapidated scene around him, Jon felt an inexplicable sarcasm.

He has not forgotten that this was once the place where Voldemort himself lived for seven years, but now it has become like this. Obviously, it is impossible for him not to know that it is even possible deliberately.

After carefully checking the surroundings, Jon could clearly see some traces that looked like they had been whipped by a huge whip, leaving extremely deep ravines on the ground and walls.

It can be seen from these signs that, among other things, the giant squid must have stayed here before!

Jon felt a little more excited, and he went deeper. This common room was not the end point. There was also a gap in the wall facing the lounge, but the gap was obviously pointing upward. He expected to go further. If you walk a little higher, you will be able to escape from the water level of the Black Lake. Originally, this part of the lake is not very deep.

Sure enough, as Jon expected, he continued to swim upstream for about three or four meters, when the top of his head was blocked by an equally thick layer of ice.

Without hesitation, he immediately raised the wand in his hand and used the blasting spell underwater to explode the ice.

In fact, when Jon climbed out of the water, he had already seriously violated the competition rules of this event. As long as the participating warriors came ashore, they could not enter the water for the second time. This was what Matthew said before the competition started. It was read out in front of everyone.

But Jon obviously doesn't care about this. Not to mention that no one would know about him even if he landed a hundred times in this wretched place. Even if he was discovered, he would just be ranked on the spot. He wouldn't even calculate the scores. It must be the first to last and the second to last.

After coming out of the water, Jon could see that this should belong to the former Slytherin dormitory.

The reason why I don't say it is a certain room is because the walls around here have been opened up, and the ground is full of gravel and fragments of broken beds, tables and chairs. The space is huge, and only the ceiling is above it.

However, the ceiling of the dormitory originally belonging to Slytherin students is not very low, it is four to five meters high, so even if the space is large, it will not make people feel depressed.

Jon lifted the soaking spell on his body, breathed in the cold and humid air here, turned over the pile of ruins in front of him, and then saw a shocking scene.

The huge squid was spread out on the hard and cold ground, and underneath it was a circle of light green magic words that glowed with a faint silver light.

But only when you walk into these magic words and observe carefully, you will find that the light green thing is not the magic words themselves at all, but the blood slowly flowing from the squid's body!

Jon looked at the giant squid and couldn't help but hold his breath. He found that its tentacles still showed some signs of activity, which meant that even though it was dying, it was not dead yet.

Without any pause, he immediately took out a feather from his body and began to summon Fox.

Soon the golden light appeared next to him. Fox was always reliable. It didn't stop after it appeared and left directly with the giant squid.

But Jon did not leave immediately. He stared at the magic words on the ground and studied them carefully for a while.

When he pretended to be interested in runes in front of Sir Stoker at sea, he had studied the basics of runes. Later this year, every time Hermione copied some runes from the castle, he also He could all see and listen to Dumbledore explain some of the principles to him.

Because even now he is still a dabbler in magic writing, and he is also a dabbler who has been exposed to high-end games. He can't look at these things that look like ghost drawings in the eyes of ordinary people.

After careful study, he could at least determine that these magic words had not been engraved here for a long time. They were probably only engraved within the last year. In other words, the giant squid had almost all its blood drawn. About half a year.

But it has never appeared in the Black Lake before, and it has most likely been imprisoned here for more than ten years.

Jon looked around again and sure enough he saw some scattered broken chains on the ground, and the ceiling directly above where the giant squid had been had obvious signs of being hit hard.

Just as Dumbledore expected, Voldemort had already discovered the unusualness of this squid when he first took over Hogwarts Castle. Although he did not take any precautions against the Black Lake itself, he directly solved the most fundamental problem. The giant squid is imprisoned and used when needed.

And now the various arrangements he made in the castle have been clearly laid out in front of Dumbledore and the others.

The magic text in the secret room is used to kill the will of the castle itself, the magic text in the principal's office is used to fill his own will, and the magic text in this room uses blood transfusion from a giant squid, the meaning of which is unknown for the time being.

The three places were all key to Voldemort's arrangement. He seemed to be very prepared to gain absolute control of the castle, but now he seemed not to care about any of them.

Just when Jon was looking at these magic words, he suddenly discovered that as the giant squid was taken away, not only did the magic words themselves not dim, but they gradually became brighter and brighter!

An extremely bad premonition suddenly surged in Jon's heart. Without any hesitation, he immediately turned around and rushed towards the Black Lake. While running, he used the soaking spell again on himself.

Then he jumped off the blasted ice and dived back into the lake!

And less than a minute after he entered the water, the magic words began to shine brightly.

The curved symbols swam and spread on the ground as if they had come alive. Finally, dark green lines bulged from the ground, and turned into living creatures one by one and rushed into the water!

In less than three minutes, all the space in this area was crowded with these magic script snakes. They seemed to be able to produce endlessly from those magic scripts, constantly appearing and jumping into the lake.

After Jon left the confines of the Slytherin lounge, he kept swimming forward. He had a premonition that something was wrong, and even suspected that the magic text under the lake was actually a trap.

However, even if he was swimming fast enough, he still couldn't compare with those snakes that were like lightning in the water.

Jon knew he couldn't escape. He had to first verify how much trouble these snakes could cause him.

His forward movement remained unchanged, but he held the wand in both hands and turned around to aim at the swarm of snakes that looked like wasps at first glance!

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

The icy water was cut open by the invisible sharp blade in an instant. The resistance of the lake water reduced the power of Shen Feng Wuying a lot, but it was still better than the blasting spell used underwater.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the venomous snakes rushing at the front were silently divided into two pieces, but the sharp blade did not stop there, dividing the entire group of snakes along the middle, like a dark piece. The chocolate is now neatly cut!

But none of the venomous snakes that were cut in half showed signs of death. Instead, they split into two. Dark green liquid continued to spurt out from the fracture and then grew back to their original size, turning the entire group of snakes into It has become even bigger!

And just when Jon turned around to cast the spell, the venomous snakes began to approach Jon. When they were still about one meter away from Jon, they suddenly exploded, causing a violent impact underwater.

Fortunately, Jon's body was always maintained by the Iron Armor Curse, and he was not harmed by it. However, the Soaking Curse used to maintain breathing was destroyed.

This left Jon without the ability to breathe underwater, and he had no way to regain it.