Hogwarts Summoning Manual

Chapter 167 News from Antarctica

With the arrangement of the dance party, the whole Hogwarts was shrouded in thick hormones, and every student—whether it was the seventh grade or the first grade—had spent the day after day in a state of excitement, male and female students could be seen everywhere Confessions and rendezvous with each other made Bai Lin wonder if Valentine's Day was brought forward. By Christmas Eve, children without a dance partner are destined to receive [-] real damage points and the honorary title of "Single Dog".

At noon on the third day, hundreds of big owls flew into the lively banquet hall, and each owl brought one or two exquisite gift boxes. Every Hufflepuff student in the banquet hall received Arrived as a present.

"Is this the apparition of Santa Claus?!" The twins were stunned and shouted strangely.

There was joy at the Hufflepuff table, as if they had won the House Quidditch Cup.The children couldn't wait to open the gift box, and inside was a brand-new formal dress, made of wool fabric, complete accessories, and armbands from famous London stores. The Hufflepuff logo was embroidered on the chest of the dress, and the gold thread shone brightly in the firelight. Brighten.

Slytherin scoffed at the fuss of the Hufflepuff students, who were generally better off, but who really wouldn't say no to a nice dress for Christmas?But the students of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw were not so fake. Many people came to watch the excitement, and were amazed at the treatment of Hufflepuff.

Harry also received a custom-made dress from Sirius Black. Although it looked old, it seemed to be Black's childhood clothes, but Harry liked it so much that even silly Neville received a new dress from his grandma , In contrast, the most miserable one is of course Ron alone.He was biting the turkey vigorously, as if venting his dissatisfaction.

Bai Lin has no sympathy for him, this guy is the man who finally kidnapped the heroine, he can be called the most successful male number two in history, pitying him is a waste of emotion.

Time passed day by day, and it was the 22nd in a blink of an eye. At this time last year, Catherine was still too busy in the clothing store to accompany him to London. This year, Catherine seemed to have given herself a long vacation and stayed with Beauxbaton all the time. The younger brothers and sisters.

Yuqian and Bai Lin are already inseparable, but Bai Lin not only brought her with him, but Zhuobi and Qiqi also followed him to London. If there is any big discovery, Bai Lin needs to bring a few helpers by his side,

This year's party was not in the small open-air square last year, but next to a small church by the sea. At first glance, it looked like a venue for young people to hold weddings. The scenery was beautiful and the wind was gentle, and there was no winter cold at all.

The whole venue was surrounded by a layer of mist, which should have opened up a temporary space enchantment, but there was no need to worry about Muggles breaking in by mistake.

The sky had just darkened, and dozens of glazed lamps floated into the air, illuminating the venue very brightly. More than a dozen long tables formed a circle, and there was a small stage in the middle. There were already gentlemen and ladies who loved dancing dancing to the music. .

Yuxi and the others couldn't enter the meeting place, so they could only wait in the hotel. Bai Lin walked in alone, looked around, but didn't see any acquaintances, Fudge, Moritz, Elder Ross and others hadn't arrived yet.

"It seems to be a little early." Bai Lin murmured, took a glass of champagne from the tray of the house elf waiter, took a sip, and the fragrance was left on his lips and teeth, quite mellow and elegant, it should be the work of a famous village , Bai Lin felt that this wine was not in vain.

He started strolling around the venue, and the family members who had arrived first were in groups of three or four, and they were all chatting enthusiastically, like close friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

At the table far away from the dance floor in the middle, the topics of several middle-aged people attracted many people to form a circle, and Bai Lin also approached curiously.

"The Barris, it's sunk." A man with a beard seemed to be suppressing some emotion, and said forcefully.

"Have you entered the Antarctic Circle?" A middle-aged man on the side asked.

The bearded man closed his eyes in pain, shook his head and said, "I don't know, all the positioning devices failed at that time, and the teleportation magic also failed."

Bai Lin suddenly remembered that at last year's gathering, some family members (unfortunately, Bai Lin couldn't remember which country's distant relatives) said that Muggles had discovered suspected ancient magic relics in Antarctica, and they wanted to find out. Going to Antarctica is not about going downstairs to buy vegetables. It must have been a long time of preparation. A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and I didn't expect to hear from them again, and it turned out to be a shipwreck.

"How did it sink? The Barris is a ghost ship!" On the other side, a young lady with Slavic features asked in amazement. The newcomer to the rally——Polina, but she seems to have lost weight successfully, and now she only looks plump, not fat anymore.

But what Polina said is very reasonable. Bai Lin thought of Durmstrang's ghost ship. It can carry hundreds of people under the water for teleportation. How could it sink?

The bearded man seemed to be recalling something, his eyes were wide open, and his face was flushed red, as if some extremely frightening images were echoing in his mind.

"Zemeus...appeared!" The bearded man seemed to grunt from his throat.

However, most of the family members watching had never heard of this name, and they looked at each other wondering why the bearded man behaved so abnormally.

The bearded man shook his head, unwilling to continue talking, and just kept drinking.

"Zemeus is a monster of the deep sea..." A familiar voice suddenly sounded in Bai Lin's ear. When he turned his head, the black-haired Lulu was already standing behind him, and she put her mouth close to Bai Lin's ear and whispered softly. Said, the air she breathed made Bai Lin's ears itchy.

Lulu naturally took Bai Lin's arm and led him to the table of Rose's house. Several subordinates separated them from other family members, so Lulu could chat with Bai Lin about some new information in private.

"The ancient magic relic in Antarctica should be the place you mentioned." Lulu whispered.

"Lalayeh?" Bai Lin also lowered his voice.

Lulu nodded, and said worriedly between her brows, "Gracua hasn't moved much lately. I suspect he doesn't have the ability to enter La'lye alone."

Gu "Why does he want to enter R'lyeh? As far as I know, R'lyeh is the cage that seals the old ruler Cthulhu, and Cthulhu and Hastur are old enemies." Bai Lin asked.

Lulu frowned slightly, and approached a little: "Is the news accurate? If so, it may have a great impact on the entire battle situation."

Bai Lin stepped aside unobtrusively. It was precisely because he liked Lulu very much in his heart that he couldn't stand Lulu's intimate actions every time. After all, his real girlfriend was Youqian now.

"Don't worry about the source of the news... Anyway, there is a high probability that it is true... Hasta's order to Grakua should be to open the portal to the earth as soon as possible, but Grakua wants to go to the South Pole. There are two possibilities here, the first is that the key to the portal is in R'lyeh, and the second is that Grakua betrayed Hastur! Which possibility do you think is higher?"

Lulu put her finger on her lovely chin and said, "I guess it's the latter. If what you said is true, the gods sealed an old ruler on the earth. The transmission facility where other minions of the old rulers entered the earth!"

"That's right, since the trial instructor said that Gracua is just Hasta's weakest minion, if a stronger guy is summoned, Gracua is likely to be reduced to a younger brother. In this case, he may not Actively promote the construction of the portal, and even have the ambition to dominate the earth." Bai Lin analyzed.

"I've been looking for something similar to the old sun tablet in Asatel during this period of time. Sure enough, that thing is not very rare... The ancient Mayans and Egyptians called them obsidian, Hastur The believers infused obsidian with special magical energy to form the boundary stones for them to transmit. I analyzed that as long as Gracua collected enough boundary stones, he would be able to open the portal of Hastur and attract more The monster..." Lulu said a little closer, basically confirming Bai Lin's conjecture.

"Either he wants to surrender to Cthulhu who is already on Earth, or he wants to gain some kind of power...By the way, what is the Zemmeus you mentioned just now?" Bai Lin asked.

Lulu said: "Maybe you've heard of its other name...Kraken, the giant monster of the North Sea. Because it appeared in the seas around Northern Europe, it was called the Kraken. In fact, this super-large squid monster Living in the Antarctic, guarding the sunken ancient city of R'lyeh.

It was it that attacked the Barris, the family's expedition to the Antarctic, and killed more than 20 wizards and hundreds of Muggles. The bearded man was named Steele, the navigator on the ship, and the only survivor. He was the first to encounter the attack. One was thrown out, landed on an ice floe, and survived..."

Bai Lin couldn't help saying: "Thinking about it is scary enough, do you have any plans for next year?" He is now at a loss about the Church of Hastur, although the Sun God seems to want him to provoke the old domination But he didn't know how to do it, and Lulu seemed to have a very strong intelligence network and execution ability.

"I must go to Antarctica...but I have to find a ship that is big enough and good enough. You know, Muggle icebreakers are even worse when they encounter Zemmeus...I have to find a ship that is stronger. The ghost ship, preferably with powerful black magic attack power..." Lulu said.

"A ghost ship that is big enough...and capable of attacking black magic...?" Bai Lin suddenly had a picture in his mind: "I think you are talking about Durmstrang's Flying Dutchman!

"What's the number?" Lulu was stunned for a moment, unable to understand Bai Lin's explanation, Bai Lin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about the details...I'll think of a way, maybe I can abduct that ship..."

Lulu nodded and said, "That's just one aspect. By the way, you are from the east. Do you know anything about the art of disgust?"

"Hate (read YA) win?" Bai Lin was stunned for a moment. This is a very old and unorthodox word. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of curse technique, relying on the warlock's disgust for a certain person or monster to produce a A kind of energy that is completely against the will, and curses the target, if it is small, it will take its life, and if it is large, it will spread to the surroundings.

"You should have heard of this, right? Have you noticed that this technique of desperation is surprisingly similar to the Havada Kedavra!" Lulu said.

"Why did you ask this all of a sudden?" Bai Lin frowned.

Lulu took out a newspaper from the magic handbag, handed it to Bai Lin and said, "Since you are going back to the East soon, you might as well find out by the way, and remember to let me know if you have any information." Bai Lin once posted on the team channel I announced with everyone that I am going back to the East.

Bai Lin was rather curious about the contents of the newspaper, but during their chatting, many participants had already come, including the host Nicholas, the fat Sir Ryan, some old wizards and witches he had met last year, and of course There was Barnard who was bigger and bigger, he was more like a bear, he looked at Bai Lin and Lulu with very unfriendly eyes from time to time, of course, the eyes that looked at Lulu seemed to be full of fanaticism.

Fudge was late, and a group of people rushed over as soon as he arrived. It seemed that they were looking for him with many trivial matters, which kept him busy.Bai Lin didn't bother to go there, lest Fudge assign himself some small tasks at this time.

"Isn't Elder Ross planning to attend?" Bai Lin put away the newspaper and asked Lulu.

"Grandpa is planning to retire, so I'll take care of it." Lulu smiled, and Bai Lin looked at her beautiful face and thought, darling, now you are one of the most powerful women in Europe.Anyway, Bai Lin had never heard of any lady who could casually use wizards and Muggle mercenaries at the same time. It was not just a matter of money.

This year's Seeker Family Gathering officially kicks off as the house-elves play the British national anthem "God Save the Queen".

There are no new young wizards joining this year, and there is no dispute over the management of Azkaban last year. Express your opinion.

I thought that Lulu would disclose the Hastur Church on behalf of the Ross family, but Lulu listened with a smile all the way, and didn't mean to show it at the assembly. Bai Lin understood after thinking about it. Talking about this in public is not only about exposing yourself , There is no actual effect. This gathering is actually used by the elders of the seeker family to distribute benefits, not to solve problems. Even the Antarctic expedition was regarded as an accident. The pension is over.

Since no one stood up to provoke conflicts, the whole rally progressed quickly and smoothly, and the second half began with singing and dancing.

"Cousin Carey, let's dance~" Lulu stood up and said to Bai Lin.Bai Lin looked up, and several young wizards seemed to want to invite Lulu, and Lulu sent an invitation to Bai Lin in advance.

Bai Lin couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect that he missed the Hogwarts dance, but he made up for it here. Looking at Lulu's big watery eyes, he felt his brain was a little blank, and stepped forward to hold Lulu's hand. hand.