At first, Jon didn't think that Harry would act so quickly.
The test that Professor Mag left behind should be Wizard's Chess. However, Wizard's Chess shouldn't be a problem for Ron.
According to Jon's memory, Ron should have sacrificed himself now, so Harry and Hermione should be on their way to the next stage now.
"Alright, stop playing around."
Jon waved his hand in the air, indicating for the two to end this "game" quickly.
But Stephen didn't think so.
"We're not playing. This key is really slippery. It's as if it's angered, and actually attacked us."
Stephen's voice came from mid-air. Jon took a closer look. He was right. That key was hovering in the air now, like a little bird that had its fighting spirit activated.
It seemed that the two overly violent attempts to capture the key had angered the little bird that the key had turned into.
"This is really a headache."
Jon looked up at the birds flying all over the sky, and felt that there was nothing he could do.
"Why don't we try the termination spell?"
Scully suggested from the side.
"No, the termination spell will disrupt the environment here, and then our existence will be exposed to Hermione. That little witch is very smart."
"Then what should we do?"
Jon lowered his head in silence for a while, and finally came up with a solution.
He raised his magic wand, and the force field around him was activated to the maximum. Layers of water vapor were separated from the air, and surrounded that flying bird key that had gone berserk.
"Magic Freeze!"
Jon shouted softly, and froze that key in his water ball. Then, he signaled for Stephen and Farren to grab that key quickly.
"Hurry up. My Freeze spell won't last long against Professor Flick's active magic."
Stephen, who was holding that key, became even more nervous when he heard that. He quickly flew to the door with a broom, and then stuffed the key into the door with Jon's cooperation.
It opened smoothly.
It was a mess behind the door.
The huge black and white chessboard was already in ruins. The white king had thrown away his crown, and made a path.
Professor Mag's magic ended here.
"Speaking of which, if the magic doesn't automatically recover, how did Professor Quirrell get there?"
"Apparition Transfiguration. No matter how strong the school's ban is, as a teacher, if he is determined to use Apparition Transfiguration, it won't be difficult for him to go over."
Scully casually said. His gaze was focused on the black knight not far away, where there was a little boy who had fainted.
"It might not necessarily be Phantom Transfiguration. Although this place isn't within the range of the castle, the difficulty of Phantom Transfiguration is still relatively high. It's possible that Quirrell used his authority as a teacher to do something. Don't forget that we still haven't seen the checkpoint that Quirrell designed. It's very possible that his checkpoint is right behind us. If he wants to reach his own checkpoint, he might not necessarily need to clear the obstacles set by other professors first."
Jon explained, and then he shifted the focus of the conversation to other issues.
"Fran, Scully, the two of you stay behind and protect Ron. I reckon that Hermione might come back later. I'll trouble the two of you to protect them. Stephen and I will go over."
"Alright, the two of you be careful."
Fran and Scully knew that they wouldn't be of much help in the face of such an important matter as Voldemort, so staying behind to protect Hermione and Ron was the best choice.
Although they didn't know why Jon was so sure that Hermione would definitely come back, there had to be a reason. There was no need to pursue this issue at this time.
The two of them waved their wands and used the Apparition Spell to hide themselves, and then stood to the side.
They didn't choose to wake Ron up, as there was no point. At this time, it was far more advantageous to let Ron be unconscious than to wake him up.
The two of them prepared themselves, and Jon and Stephen also used the Apparition Spell to hide themselves, and then walked through the passage that the white king gave way to them.
This passage wasn't very long.
The two of them walked into the next room, and a disgusting stench hit them in the face.
Quirrell's trap was a huge troll, but now the troll was lying motionless on the floor in front of them, unconscious. There was a large bloody lump on its head, which was obviously knocked out by Quirrell's magic. Jon even suspected that the lump, as long as it was slightly touched, would explode together with the troll's head. If Harry really accidentally touched it, he would probably be trapped here for a while.
"This professor is really … crafty. But it's the Black Wizard, I can understand."
Stephen clicked his tongue in wonder. He felt that Quirrell's idea of this level was very interesting, but at the same time, he felt that this kind of thing was very disgusting.
"Let's hurry over, don't touch this thing."
"Don't worry."
Now that the two of them had used the Apparition Spell, they couldn't see each other, but Jon was wearing glasses on his face, and could roughly see the distorted outline formed by the magical elements around Stephen.
"Snape's magic should be very difficult, it will be difficult for Harry and the others to pass through easily." Jon activated the force field of Poseidon, and had a little understanding of the situation on the other side.
"If we rush over to open the door now, it's very likely to alert Harry. When people are highly stressed, they will always notice things that they wouldn't normally notice. Why don't we wait until he removes the restrictions of the level before going over?"
"That works, but I really don't want to stay in this room for a second more, it's just too smelly."
Jon had Stephen's complaints, but he had a stronger tolerance for this kind of environment, and if he wanted to go over, he could actually use [Shapeshifting]. But Stephen couldn't, he didn't know how to use [Shapeshifting], nor did he learn how to go through walls. If he wanted to go over, he had to open the door.
And the most important thing was that behind the closed door in front of them was the forbidden flames that Snape had left behind.
There were a few types of this kind of fire spell. The purple flames wouldn't hurt people, but it couldn't be forced either, as long as one knew the way to pass through. Now, in front of Jon and the others, behind the door was the purple flames. Although Jon didn't know what proper method to pass through, he still had a way.
No matter how special the fire spell was, it was still magic.
But Jon couldn't do anything about the black flames that were blocking the other side.
So he silently retracted his magic, and stopped looking at the situation on the other side.
"Why don't you go back with Hermione when she comes out?"
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