Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 101 The Monster Lockhart

John unfolded his shield and slid through the dark underground pipeline.

He is now in the underground pipes of Hogwarts, and various pipe forks can be seen everywhere on the way to separate in all directions.

However, it is not as thick as the pipeline he is in now, and this should be one of the main roads.

This pipeline is twists and turns, with seven windings and eight windings, and the slope is very steep all the way down.

At this moment, John is already in the deepest part of the ground, perhaps even deeper than the underground classroom.

Eventually, as the slope of the pipe gradually slowed down and became level, John slipped out of the pipe and landed on the wet ground.

This is a dark stone tunnel, which is extremely wide enough for several people to walk side by side.

Because there is no light source, the tunnel is pitch black, but John, who has night vision, can see the tunnel clearly without a light source.

Step forward and walk deep into the tunnel.

The tunnel was as silent as a tomb, and it smelled like a tomb, with some unspeakable stench.

"Crack!"

The crisp sound broke the silence in the tunnel. John lowered his head slightly, and found various bones scattered all over the ground, which seemed to be the bones of some small animals, the bones spit out by the basilisk after eating.

Ignoring the bones under his feet, John stepped forward quickly, and saw a huge snake skin on the ground in front of him, which was green and very bright, lying coiled on the ground of the tunnel.

This is the snake slough of the basilisk, and it is also a rare potion material. John directly put it into the ring.

Moving forward again, I don't know how long I walked and how many corners I turned.

Finally, when John turned another bend, he found a solid wall ahead, carved with two intertwined snakes, with large, shining emeralds in their eyes.

John approached the wall step by step. The two carved snakes looked like they were alive, and the eyes made of emeralds shone slightly in the dark.

"Open it," John said in a low, hoarse hiss.

After receiving the instruction, the eyes of the two snakes flashed. Under the effect of magic, the two snakes came to life, released the entanglement and slid towards the sides.

And following the movement of the two snakes, the stone wall split from the middle, and slowly slid towards the two sides until it disappeared, revealing the dark entrance behind.

Through a long corridor of fine stone, John entered a long, dimly lit room.

The room is extremely spacious, and there are many stone pillars carved with coiled and entangled serpents in it.

The towering ceiling supports the ceiling that melts in the high darkness, casting long and treacherous black shadows on the entire room filled with green and mysterious atmosphere.

Relying on the powerful vision brought by Long Vision, he could see a statue as tall as the room standing at the end of the room, clinging to the dark wall behind.

The statue had an aging, monkey-like face, a long, sparse beard that ran almost to the hem of the stone-carved wizard's robes, and two large gray feet that stood on the smooth floor of the room.

Between those feet, lying face down, was a man in an ornate robe. It was not difficult to see from the carefully styled blond hair that it was Lockhart.

John slowly approached Lockhart's direction, the closer he got, the more his intuition kept beating.

The magic field of vision quietly unfolded. At this moment, apart from the faint magical aura on Lockhart's body, there was also a group of dark green shadows entrenched on his head. At the same time, several silk threads extended from this group of shadows to connect Lockhart. .

John is very familiar with the magical fluctuations of this shadow. It is the fluctuation of the Imperius Curse. It seems that Lockhart is indeed controlled.

As for why Voldemort asked Lockhart to open the Chamber of Secrets to release the basilisk after controlling Lockhart, the reason is also very simple. As long as the basilisk rampages in the school, it will definitely hurt the little wizard.

Perhaps at this time Voldemort has summoned some high-level Death Eaters, and their operation will definitely allow Dumbledore to leave the school temporarily.

As long as Dumbledore is not in the school, then Voldemort must be able to achieve some ulterior purposes. ,

But after John continued to perceive, he found that Lockhart's situation seemed to be more than just being controlled.

Therefore, John did not step forward to check Lockhart's situation, but pulled out the alchemy hand and half sword from the ring, and without any hesitation, he directly slashed at Lockhart who was lying on the ground.

Under John's deliberate actions, the whistling sound of the blade cutting through the air broke the silence in the room.

The blade cut deeply into the stone bricks on the ground, sparks burst out, and Lockhart, who had just been lying on the ground, dodged aside.

John stared at Lockhart coldly, the position where he slashed was not close to Lockhart, and Lockhart, who saw the traces on the ground, naturally realized that this was just John's feint to deceive him.

Lockhart's face was full of resentment, and he stared at John with red eyes, while John slowly pulled the sword out of the ground, raised his hand and pointed the tip of the sword at Lockhart.

If the previous Lockhart might be begging for mercy now, but the current Lockhart obviously won't. He slowly stood up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, and didn't care at all about the point of John's sword pointing at him. .

"You're so cold-blooded, John Williams." Lockhart looked at John and said with a sneer, "You almost beheaded me."

John was unmoved, but there was a look of disdain in his eyes, which stung Lockhart, and his originally sneering face suddenly twisted.

But soon the expression on his face calmed down again: "This is the attitude again! Williams, you know everything, but you watch me jump up and down like a clown."

"But I still want to thank you, without you, I would not have met the master and gained great power!"

"Soon you will become history, taste the power that the master bestows on me!"

In the next second, a black magic wand in Lockhart's sleeve slipped into his palm.

As swift as a gust of wind, Lockhart raised his wand and uttered the unforgivable spell aloud.

"Avada Kedavra!"

A miserable green light poured out from the tip of the staff, heading straight towards John's face.

If ordinary people face this killing curse that is almost face-to-face, they will inevitably usher in the end of death.

But John, who had already noticed something was wrong and was always vigilant, and the reaction speed of the awakened dragon fighting skill was further surpassed by ordinary people, just turned his head slightly to avoid the killing curse.

All this happened in a blink of an eye. When Lockhart looked at John who was still standing in front of him and looked at him with a mocking look, the expression on his face became a little distorted.

He subconsciously wanted to release the magic again, but it was a pity that John would not give him another chance to do so.

I saw the gleaming sword blade cut across the air soundlessly, accompanied by a shrill scream, and the right arm holding the wand fell to the ground with a dull sound.

"Ah, my hand!!!" Lockhart covered his wound in pain, half kneeling on the ground.

Blood gushed out continuously from the fracture, and soon formed a small pool of bright red puddles on the ground.

When John was about to use magic to stun Lockhart, Lockhart, who was howling in pain, suddenly raised his voice and began to pray to the air.

"Please, great master, don't do this, I haven't failed yet!"

"No! Can't do this! No! Don't!!!"

John suddenly had a bad feeling in his mind.

In the next second, Lockhart's body suddenly began to mutate, his body began to swell and extend, and fine black scales appeared on his skin.

The broken part of his right arm was blocked by a piece of twisted flesh, and then his limbs moved to different positions with the change of his body, appearing twisted and weird.

The originally handsome face has become half human and half snake, and the golden hair is constantly falling off, revealing fine scales at the place where it falls off.

John couldn't help backing away. Under his slightly surprised eyes, Lockhart turned into a half-human, half-snake monster about five meters long.

The split mouth is full of sharp teeth, and the yellow snake pupils are full of murderous intent and wildness.

Lockhart, John knew, was no longer human, but had been turned into a dark magical creature by some malevolent curse.

It's a pity that John originally wanted to capture Lockhart alive, and learned about Voldemort's news from his mind.

With a roar, Lockhart, who had turned into a monster, opened his mouth wide and bit John.

Swinging the long sword in his hand, the glowing red blade sliced ​​through Lockhart's flesh and blood, and the power carried on it also deflected the opponent's head.

Due to inertia, Lockhart slammed into a stone pillar on one side.

The pain caused by the deep scars on his face made Lockhart violent, turned around and rushed towards John again.

John dodged to one side, but at this moment, the wind came, the turquoise light flickered, and Lockhart's tail slammed on the self-expanding shield.

One person and one monster kept colliding and fighting in the room, and the sound of impact, piercing, roaring, and sword cutting into flesh rang out in the room.

But gradually, as the number of wounds on Lockhart's body continued to increase, and John remained unchanged, Lockhart, who was transformed into a monster and driven by wildness, felt something was wrong, and the strong threat of death made him palpitate.

After being hit by John again and leaving a deep wound, Lockhart backed up violently, watching John with the sword vigilantly while paying attention to the escape route.

Looking at Lockhart, who had lost his fighting spirit and wanted to escape, John sighed slightly in his heart.

'what a pity……'

In the battle just now, John never used magic because he deliberately practiced his newly awakened dragon fighting skills. The usual rigid target-cutting training can only play the role of proficient moves, and the means to improve the combat level is always actual combat.

Fighting against the basilisk before had to be done quickly, but now in the battle with Lockhart who turned into a monster, John didn't have as many worries as before.

So when John discovered that Lockhart's fighting power was like that, John used it as a sharpening stone and began to practice his sword skills and body skills.

From the beginning, John's movement was not smooth enough, he would not be able to avoid the attack, so the shield would automatically deploy, and then he dodged the attack in a leisurely manner, waving the long sword in his hand and leaving a scar on Lockhart, which shows that actual combat has a great impact on his own combat ability improvement.

But now that the opponent has noticed his intentions and started to choose to avoid the battle, then this other kind of practice battle can also end.

In an instant, John was exploded at almost twice the speed before, and John approached Lockhart in a blink of an eye.

A touch of red streaked across the air!
John appeared beside Lockhart, swiping the blood off the blade.

Lockhart stagnated in place as if petrified, and soon he saw blood oozing from his neck, and the huge head slowly slipped from the fracture, separated from the body and smashed into the blood on the ground, splashing a spray of blood.

Lockhart's eyes widened, unwilling to end his life trapped by fame and fortune.

(End of this chapter)