Chapter 281 279. The last point (two in one)
The North Pole is not like Antarctica, where there is a continent covered with ice and snow at the pole.
The closer you get to the ninety-degree pole, the more vast the ocean will be here.
But that was only in the summer of August and September. In January, the temperature between minus 20 degrees and 40 degrees every day made most of the Arctic Ocean freeze over, turning it into a huge "continent" of glaciers.
And in this frozen ocean, there are some glaciers that show no sign of melting in any season, especially in this area near the pole.
Rodolphus is on such a huge glacier.
He was wearing a thick fur coat and a hat made of bearskin on his head. His face was completely haggard and pale instead of the wildness and arrogance of the past.
The wet and salty cold wind drove the ice and snow to wander on the ice field, and the broken ice constantly slapped on his fur coat and face, covering his stubble-covered face with a layer of icy frost.
"Leader, how long are we going to stay here?" Opposite him, a Death Eater with his hands and necks tucked into his thick robe asked with trembling teeth, "My wife gave birth in December, and I haven't It’s time to go back and see if it’s my seed.”
Rodolphs's face was full of indifference. He pointed his wand at the weaker and weaker flame in front of him. After the tiny flame suddenly exploded, he replied in a hoarse voice without emotion.
"When the master feels that it is completely meaningless to stay here."
The Death Eater, who barely stopped shaking after the bonfire was burning, couldn't help but continue to ask.
"Then when will the master feel that this place is meaningless?"
Rodolphs raised his numb face that seemed to have been blown by the wind and snow, and looked at him with those terrifyingly empty eyes.
"If you think you really need this answer, I can help you contact the master, how about asking him in person?"
Looking into those eyes, the Death Eater didn't know why, but his already warm body couldn't help shivering. He shook his head quickly and said.
"No, no, head, I shouldn't ask more"
On this cold glacier, the tranquility has been restored again, only the howling wind and snow cover up all the traces here.
Suddenly, under a layer of ice not far from Rodolphs and the others, a human head emerged from it.
He rode his broomstick as if flying out of a huge cave, and at the same time shouted loudly to Rodolphus.
"We found a strange blue gem! Head! You better come and see! It's embedded in the ice!"
It has been more than a month since Hogwarts students came to Durmstrang.
During these days, Hogwarts students have basically gotten used to studying and living in this castle.
Professors in Durmstrang treat everyone equally. Even if they teach individually, they do not distinguish them from the school's own students. Even if some teachers don't know English, they try their best to let them take all the courses.
Including the Muggle Studies class taught by a real Muggle, as well as Durmstrang's own characteristic "martial arts magic" class.
Many Hogwarts students had contact with that Muggle professor.
This teacher is very enthusiastic, especially knowing that most of the students at Hogwarts are from pure Muggle families, so they have a lot of common language.
During mutual yearning, they knew the name of this professor—"Derrick Smith", a British who was originally a teaching assistant at the University of Munich in Germany.
Many Hogwarts students are curious about why he came to teach in a school of magic and magic like Durmstrang, but Professor Smith has always been hesitant about this question. There is no positive answer.
It was just a perfunctory statement that President Bagshot invited him from the University of Munich in good faith and paid him a very high salary.
He is only in his thirties, and his parents are still alive. But according to what he said, his family still doesn't know that he has changed his job and came to the magic school as a professor, and they think he is still teaching Muggle knowledge at the University of Munich.
However, from the words, the students of Hogwarts did not feel that the Muggle professor was dissatisfied with his job now. Instead, he was very grateful to Grindelwald, and at the same time felt that he had no way to learn. And use magic with regret and regret.
As for "martial arts magic", most of them are poisonous spells or curses that are forbidden in Hogwarts.
These can actually be called black magic. As a category of magic, black magic actually includes all spells with hurting intentions in a broad sense.
Among them, they can be divided into three categories according to the degree of severity: "curses, curses, and curses."
The three unforgivable curses, the Killing Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and the Imperius Curse, belong to the most dangerous and evil "curse". The three effects of the Unforgivable Curse have also become the most prominent representatives of the "curse"— It can cause extreme pain, complete control, and even death to the target of the operation.
Therefore, the blasting curse and monster curse commonly used in wizard duels, as well as the magic front Wuying that Jon learned later also belong to the scope of "curse".
Compared with the "curse", the effect of the second-class "poison curse" is much worse. These can be learned in the lower and middle grades of ordinary magic schools, similar to "fire roasting hot", "front teeth Magic that can cause no damage or lethal damage to the human body, such as plugging a big stick" and bat essence spells, are all "poison spells".
"Demons" is the lowest grade. In the first-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class of Hogwarts students, the obstacle spells and repelling spells they learned may have an impact on people, but they have no effect. Anything that is destroyed falls under the scope of the "curse".
So, not all black magic is illegal, "jinxes", "poison curses" and even many "curses" are legal black magic, even in the classrooms of Hogwarts.
But the reason why Durmstrang's reputation in the outside world has always been relatively dark is because the courses he taught on "Martial Arts and Magic" have obvious side-stepping behaviors. Magic, there will also be taught here, but these magics are not banned by the Ministry of Magic in this part of Northern Europe.
Learning these magics, except for a small number of people, like Neville, who were a little worried, the other students didn't have any resistance, and they were very active in class.
As for Jon, during this period of time, he didn't have lessons with Hermione and their third-year students in the classroom.
Only when they were eating, they could see Jon a few times, and these few times, although Jon didn't change in appearance and communication, it just gave people a feeling that he was a little different from before.
This kind of difference is unspeakable, more like a difference in temperament and mentality.
And after entering March, Jon appeared less and less in front of them. There were many times when Hermione and the others didn't know whether Jon was still in the castle of Durmstrang.
In the suburbs of Paris, Grindelwald, who was much younger than now, stood alone in the middle of the terraced stands. Black flames waved and fluttered around him (Note). The young man asked softly in a sarcastic tone.
"Scamander, do you think Dumbledore will mourn for you?"
The black flame suddenly exploded! It was like a rising wall of fire in all directions, covering everything around it!
The wizards around the stands felt a deadly threat, and they kept retreating. Among these people, only two were incompatible with the current wizards.
Jon and Grindelwald didn't intend to move at all. The distorted high temperature that had baked the air seemed to have no way of affecting them, and the fleeing people around them couldn't see them at all.
The flames raged around the young Grindelwald. He looked disgusted, but said in an extremely clear and calm voice.
"I hate Paris."
"Boom!"
The wall of fire exploded, and the scene was almost exactly the same as the way he saved Jon on the sea before, but in this memory, the power was even more unrivaled.
The raging black flames have enveloped the nearest Jon and Grindelwald. The towering fire rushed to the sky and turned into a dragon and a winged demon at high altitude, intending to move towards the nearby like a beast. The city is wreaking havoc.
"Wizards are idealistic creatures from the beginning to the end." Grindelwald beside Jon said lightly, "The more intense, clear, and powerful your inner emotions are, the stronger the magic you use will be. .”
"At this time, as I said in my mouth, I am extremely tired of the city of Paris. Therefore, anger can be expressed by the most appropriate magic, flame. Fire shield is a very useful magic, it Not only can there be unlimited diffusion space, but it can also accurately distinguish between friends and foes, and will only attack enemies who disagree with my thoughts. Emotional maximization."
Jon was listening to the lecture very seriously, but he couldn't help but whisper in his heart.
Are you sure your anger and disgust are purely Paris? So what did you mean when you said that to that young man called Scamander?
Of course, he dared to think about this in his heart, and he definitely didn't dare to say it.
And just when the black flames began to spread to the defense line of the city of Paris, and countless orange-red fires suddenly lit up around, Grindelwald's memory came to an abrupt end.
They retreated from the Pensieve, but Grindelwald's teaching was far from over.
"Those who can only use the death curse in the wizard duel are basically fools without brains."
He didn't know if he was mocking someone, or just mentioned it casually.
"Human emotions are diverse, and magic is also diverse. The death curse is indeed the most straightforward and simplest form of expression of negative emotions, but it does not mean that it is a universal spell that can be used no matter what the situation is. .”
"You can specialize in a certain kind of magic, but you can't just limit your learning to it. The more magic you can learn to use, the more you will be able to deal with various situations."
Jon's face showed anticipation.
"Can I learn your fire shield?"
Grindelwald said indifferently.
"Don't think that it's the power of the magic itself. You must have seen the basic magic of this spell—Fiendfire."
Jon blinked his eyes. He did know Fiendfyre and the horror of this black magic. There were records about Fiendfyre in the forbidden books in his ring jewel.
However, the fire shields used by Fiendfire and Grindelwald can be clearly seen as two completely different spells, not only in the form of magic, but most importantly, the fire shield is controllable, while Lian When something like fire is summoned, even its owner can be burned to death.
"Fire Shield. Is it a variant of Fiendfire?"
"You can understand them as the relationship between Iron Armor Protection and All Protection. It's just that these two spells have been changed more by me, and even their essence has changed, but you should still be able to see them. something in common.”
Grindelwald tapped the tabletop, and he looked at Jon.
"Of course I can teach you, but Jon, it's time for you to do the second thing I asked you to do."
Jon, who had become excited after hearing Grindelwald's affirmation, looked at Grindelwald suspiciously.
"What do you want me to do?"
Grindelwald leaned back in his chair, looking at Jon with an inexplicable expression on his face.
"Continue the original journey that Albus entrusted to you, and go in the direction of the North Pole to find the point where Voldemort left the last thing."
Jon looked at Grindelwald in astonishment, and it took him a while to recover.
"Didn't you say that there is nothing of value there?"
"For the rest of us, there really isn't much worth going there anymore, but it seems a little different to you."
Rarely, this time he did not state it in a positive tone.
"But I won't force you to do it this time. You have the right to choose and decide whether to go or not. Of course, even if you decide to go, your classmates will definitely not go on board with you. They will remain in Durmstrang for their safety."
Jon just thought for a few seconds, and he could think of why Grindelwald said such things for no reason.
"Sir, you mean to say that the last place in the North Pole may not be important to the Dark Lord, but it can provide some help to me personally?"
Grindelwald didn't say anything more, he just said calmly.
"Albus should have mentioned to you that I can always see scenes that other people can't see."
Four thousand, making up for yesterday plus today is a total of 12,000. I will divide it into three two-in-one four-thousand-word postings. In the morning (12 o'clock is also counted as morning), one chapter will be given first, another chapter in the afternoon, and finally in the evening. One chapter, just the sauce
Note: Regarding the black fire, I did some research and found that in the script of Where are the Fantastic Beasts, the fire is indeed black, but in the movie, the color of the fire should be changed to light blue in order to distinguish it from the dark tone scene color, and the description in the game is also black, so write it in black
(end of this chapter)