Chapter 12 12 Destroy Your Home, Kill Your Dog, and Even Tear Your Hat Into Pieces

Chapter 12 12. Destroy your home, kill your dog, even tear your hat to pieces

After solving the trouble caused by Ms. McGonagall, the rest of the journey went smoothly. In the evening, dancing with the sunset, the magic train finally arrived at the station.

As the whistle sounded, the four people, led by Old K, left the train and entered the deserted Hodmod Station. This station is located in a village, so this group of people naturally received a "warm" welcome from the zombie villagers.

There are not only humans, but also wizards, house elves, halflings, and strange species like goblins.

Maybe they had such characteristics in life, but turning into zombies after death is just as dangerous. However, for the three people who have been "suffering" along the way, these ordinary zombies can no longer threaten them.

Old K didn't even take action, and the three Masons used explosives and bullets to clear the station and the village.

It is worth mentioning that Bomb Girl performed very well in this process.

She no longer looked carefree and became much more silent. After she became serious, her ability to make anything she touched explode was indeed very suitable for such a large-scale cleanup battle.

From the edge of Hodmode Village, you can see a large lake in the distance in the sunset. According to the movie's description, from here you can already see the main castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the center of the lake.

However, when Mason, who was holding a gun, looked in that direction, he saw nothing.

There is no castle and no academy.

Under a miserable moonlight, all that was left on the island in the middle of the lake was a dark ruin, like King's Cross Station that had been opened by a bomb, and the damage to Hogwarts was obvious. more serious.

The entire building was almost completely flattened by invisible hands.

From this distance, only an endless black forbidden forest could be seen spreading beyond the ruins, like a black scar on the earth.

"Is that the destination?"

The kite man next to Mason asked a little vainly.

He was standing on the edge of the hillside now, with the big kite popping out of his backpack and holding a high-speed camera in his hand. Old K told him to go to the island where Hogwarts is located for high-altitude reconnaissance, and he must come back before it gets completely dark.

This is not difficult for kiteers.

He also played a detective role in the Clown Gang before.

But after opening so many "eyes" along the way, Kite Man felt very guilty now. He was afraid that he would fly over but not fly back. There are magical creatures in this world!

What if a zombie fire-breathing dragon emerges from the black forest?

"There are certainly a lot of things with wings, but not as many as you think. Go ahead."

Mason no longer maintained his mute character, looked away from the ruins of Hogwarts and patted Kite Man on the shoulder, then took out an engineering gun and handed it to him.

In this way, having two modified pistols to protect his body would at least allow the Kite Man to die with dignity.

"My kite was damaged before and I have to repair it when I get back."

The villain-comedian in a green tights curled his lips and glanced at the expressionless Mason. While making preparations for takeoff, he rubbed his hands and whispered:

"You seem to be very familiar with these mechanical creations. How about you help me?"

"OK."

The young man nodded and said quietly:

"We'll wait until you come back alive."

These words made Kite Man's face look even more ugly.

A few seconds later, the kite man jumped up against the hillside, quickly lifted into the air with the help of the headwind, and then changed direction and drifted towards the island in the middle of the lake.

Mason retracted his gaze and turned towards the meeting point. Old K was a cautious guy and did not camp in the bloody village. Instead, he followed the mountain road all the way down to a flat grassland by the lake. When Mason came back, it had been set up there. A bonfire makes people feel comfortable and warm.

There was also a pot set up on the bonfire, in which fragrant potato stew was cooking.

Old K sat by the campfire and polished two swords with a whetstone, while Bomb Girl crossed her legs on the other side and looked at the dancing flames in front of her with a melancholy expression.

Mason sat down in front of the fire and took off his backpack to use as a table, and deftly dismantled the engineering bomb at hand.

"Are there enough bullets?"

Old K asked, and Mason shook his head.

The intense fighting left only one-fifth of the bullets he carried. The old hunter laughed and took it out while Mason watched. The heavy bullet box hit the ground with a thud.

This made the young man raise his eyebrows and said:

"Storage pocket?"

"Well, the official name is a travel backpack. It can hold a small warehouse of supplies without any problem. You will have the opportunity to get it after you officially join the company."

Old K said casually:

“Of course if you want good things, you have to find a way to get them yourself.

For newcomers, internal trading once every three months is a good choice, provided that you have something that can interest veterans. "

Mason nodded as he collected the bullets.

He is actually very interested in these inside information, but he doesn't want Lao K to see this emotion now.

"What happened to this disaster?"

After the two fell silent, Bomb Girl, who was hiding something in her heart, finally couldn't help but asked Old K:

"You said stars would travel between worlds. Seeing how skillfully you deal with these troubles, have you seen such a zombie crisis before?"

"Then I can see more, little girl, not every world is as peaceful as yours."

Old K said casually while serving himself a bowl of rice from the pot on the fire:

“In the multiverse, there are almost infinite parallel worlds in the system. The original intention of establishing the Star Society is to explore these worlds and establish a cross-world organization with the goal of coexistence and cooperation.

But unfortunately, the more we explore, the more we find that destruction and doomsday are the keynotes of the parallel world. The world in front of you is just zombies and nuclear war, which is gentle enough in terms of the meaning of doomsday.

I have also seen with my own eyes that the deformed earth was wiped out in an instant.

But let’s talk about these horror stories that disturb our dreams later.

A special manual will be issued after you become an official member of the Club of Stars. Now have something to eat and have a night's rest.

We will land on the island tomorrow morning.

There are still three days left to explore, and I feel like we will definitely come back fully loaded this time. "

This answer obviously did not satisfy Bomb Girl, but seeing that Old K was unwilling to say more, she had no choice but to ask again. Mason kept his ears pricked and kept this information in his heart.

Thirty minutes later, the Kite Man successfully completed the reconnaissance and returned to the camp.

He obediently returned the camera in his hand to Old K. The latter looked at the photos and nodded with satisfaction. He encouraged the Kite Man a few words and then let him rest.

But this guy still remembered Mason's promise, and ran over to ask Mason for help in repairing his beloved kite, holding his own jetpack.

Mason took apart the Kite Man's backpack by the firelight and found that this simple-looking flying device was actually quite interesting.

After the character card included the drawings of the jet backpack, preliminary transformation drawings were quickly provided.

While the young man was looking at the kite man with distress and worry, he dismantled his meal guy into pieces and reassembled it in a way that made him raise his eyebrows.

Mason asked while driving the screws skillfully:

"This thing is so exquisite. Did you design it yourself?"

"Yes! Am I awesome?"

Kite Man held his lunch box and ate potato stew while snoring. He replied with a little satisfaction:

"I used to be an aerodynamics expert in the R&D department of Wayne Industries, but I prefer this simple and magical gadget to those cool aircraft.

Maybe it’s because I was obsessed with kites when I was a kid.

But after my divorce, I

At this point, Kite Man suddenly fell silent.

He shook his head as if to get those bad memories out of his mind. When he noticed Mason looking at him, he forced a smile and said:

"Anyway, this jetpack is my proud work!"

"Indeed, the kite you designed still has a lot of room for deep modification."

Mason lowered his head, tightened the hexagonal screws, and said:

"If there is a chance in the future, we may be able to cooperate. By the way, I have always wanted to ask, do you know Poison Ivy?"

"Poison Ivy?"

The kite man was stunned for a moment, then touched his head and said awkwardly:

"He is one of Gotham's top villains. How could I, a little guy, make friends with a guy like that? The only big guy I'm familiar with is probably my former boss, the Joker.

It's a pity that he is so crazy that it scares me a little.

He brutally killed Batman's Robin. The kid named Jason Todd looked a little older than you, but he died miserably.

I left his gang after that.

I may not be a good person, but taking action against children still exceeds my bottom line. "

"Jason Todd is dead?"

Mason raised his eyebrows and said:

"When did this happen?"

"Um, about a year and a half ago?"

The kite man tilted his head and thought for a while, then said:

"Batman almost killed the Joker. I swear, that was the first time I saw Batman so angry, like a father who had lost his child."

"Um."

Mason nodded.

His expression was as usual. When he stuffed the jetpack into the kite man's arms, a rolled up note was also put into the guy's hand.

Kite Man suddenly raised his eyebrows and saw Mason wink at him under the light of the bonfire. Then the two of them said good night to each other tacitly and turned to leave.

It was a very restless sleep.

Especially at the darkest hour of dawn, Mason clearly heard the weird roar coming from the island in the center of the lake.

The shrill, hoarse and hollow voice sounded like some kind of large creature that was crazy and turned into a zombie. When thinking about the strange things that existed in the black forest, Mason suddenly felt that the future was not good.

"Hagrid has raised an acromantula, a dragon, and a three-headed dog. I hope a zombie dragon won't suddenly pop up during tomorrow's exploration."

That was Mason's last thought before falling asleep.

And at the same time.

Kite Man, who was sleeping wrapped in a warm Hagrid coat on the other side, also took a look and opened the note in his hand. The content inside made him uneasy, but he finally calmly tore the note into pieces and stuffed it inside. In the mouth.

Ten minutes later, a warm and trembling body suddenly got into his coat, startling the decadent man, and then he felt a pair of hands hugging his waist.

Bomb Girl's voice rang in Kite Man's ears, saying:

"What did you eat just now? Ha, no matter what you two are planning, I want to join! I don't want to die in this hellish place."

"It's not up to me to decide."

The kite man struggled for a moment.

But the next moment, the bomb girl snorted and whispered:

"So, I want to 'pay' in advance, right? Lonely old man, but I have no money. What do you think we should do?"

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Early the next morning, everyone boarded a small boat across the lake to the island in the middle of the lake. The kite man flew in the sky to search and guide the direction.

Under his leadership, the boat soon landed on the island in the middle of the lake.

Old K, fully armed, walked in front, followed by the bomb girl, and Mason was in charge of the rear guard. They soon stepped onto the stairs to the castle.

But there was only a huge base standing there.

There should be no explosion here, but there must be an almost invincible force sweeping over, tearing everything here apart like a storm.

Only half of the towering city wall remained, and three of the four branch towers were destroyed.

And those strange buildings that were usually hidden in the castle with space magic were all "sprinkled" out because the space system was destroyed.

They were thrown around the island in a chaotic manner like a sky-throwing object. Mason also saw a three-story wizard tower that was upside down and inserted diagonally into the ground.

Like a sword inserted into the ground.

The castle gate that should have been solemn and dignified was completely gone, leaving only a headless gargoyle sculpture standing alone on the pedestal.

All the magic miracles were destroyed, so Mason could even see the remains of the school auditorium after walking up the steps. It was the big banquet hall used to welcome new students and annual celebrations.

It was also destroyed, as if it was torn from the sky by the claws of a giant beast.

There were also marks on the ground that went deep into the earth. All the luxury and wonders have gone with the wind, and all that is left here is a dead silence.

"Spread out and explore freely!"

Old K used his special ability to explore a circle. After confirming that there were no dangerous things in the castle ruins, he put away his crossbow and gave an order.

When Mason and the bomber left, Old K reminded them "kindly":

"Bring back everything you find, and let's deal with it together. I think you two sensible young people will not choose to hide anything, right?

Especially you, Mason."

"We don't have a storage bag."

The young man said without looking back:

"Where are you going to hide the things after taking them? In my eyes?"

"Well, a vulgar joke, I like it."

Old K laughed, turned around and disappeared, while the bomber glanced at Mason with a complicated look, then turned around and disappeared on a road leading to the depths of the ruins.

Mason stayed where he was and looked around in the ruins of the auditorium.

"Huh!"

With his sharp eyes, he quickly found something familiar under a brick.

He ran over to pick up the thing buried in the dust and patted it, and found that it must be a gray and tattered wizard's pointed hat.

And anyone who has seen the movie knows what this is.

The magical branch hat.

It already looked shabby, and now it was roughly torn apart, like a piece of rag sack, and only a little shape could be barely seen. When Mason got it, the character card immediately gave it a label:

Name: Godric Gryffindor's Wizard Hat/Magical Branch Hat

Quality: Epic Item·Exquisite Craftsmanship

Features: Spiritualization·Fairy Thinking·Invisible Divination·Danger Premonition·Treasure Storage

Status: Severely damaged (Can try to repair·Full repair requires tailoring Lv7, enchantment Lv6, alchemy Lv8, inscription Lv7)

Use: You can try to talk to the damaged branch hat, but you may not get a response from the other party

Item Description: It may have been a neurotic hat before, but now it is just a psychopath who longs to be sewn up.

"Is this the legendary opening?"

Mason blinked, put the branch hat that was almost completely torn like a rag on his head, patted it with his hand, and said jokingly:

"Hello, are you there?"

No one answered him, and the young man pouted.

He reached out to take the thing off and throw it back into his backpack, but when his fingers touched it, a piercing and shrill scream suddenly came from the tattered school cap:

"You! The one who returned from the dead! You belong. No, no! You belong. Azkaban!"

Mason was startled.

The sound of this thing was really creepy.

It was very similar to the wailing of the half-crazy old man before his death in those horror movies, but it was not over yet.

The tattered school cap screamed like crazy:

"The castle collapsed, the glory disappeared forever, the death howled, and the despair was in turmoil. The noble blood was shed, the mortal blood mourned, miserable and noisy. The storm blew away, the black sun was bright, the swords and guns sounded, and the purgatory cried.

This grudge will not be repaid, this hatred will not be forgiven!

Mason Cooper, you have gone astray! Make a vow and resolve to take revenge! Otherwise I will eat you!"