Chapter 131 The Promenade
With a "plop", Karan jumped into the [Forbidden Lake], and his ears suddenly became silent.
Under the influence of the bubble head spell, Karan's breathing was not hindered in any way.He steadied himself, turned around and looked at Snape, and found that he was making an "ok" gesture towards him, indicating that there was nothing wrong with him.
Karan slowly waved his hand in the lake, asking him to follow him at any time.The two of them swam deeper into the dark lake. They could no longer see where the female ghost had gone.But Karan did not panic. He raised the ash wood wand in his hand, pointed it in a certain direction at the bottom of the lake, and uttered a spell that no one could hear: "Vomelius."
A dazzling green light suddenly shot out from the tip of the staff, illuminating the surrounding scene along the way. Karan saw that there were jungles of undulating and tangled black water plants, and wide and flat sand scattered with shiny pebbles. , and a small school of fish that happened to swim by.
Snape on the side also followed Karan's method. They continued to cast spark spells in all directions at the bottom of the lake, but the color was only green.
The red spark spell symbolizes a more critical situation, which will be used as a reserved means of seeking help. When Lily sees it, she will not hesitate to return to the castle to find the professors for help.
With the full cooperation of the two, it didn't take long for them to discover that there was something slightly wrong at the bottom of the lake. There was a faint glow there itself, but the light was very shallow. Only when the spark spell reached there To be discovered.
Karan waved his hand again, and the two of them swam towards there little by little.
They swam deeper and deeper, looking through the hazy lake water illuminated by green light. Small fish swam briskly around them, like silver darts.
However, even after swimming for so long, Karan did not find any [Grindylow], or any trace of the fish-man, not even a trace of the giant squid.
It seems that this small lake is not connected with the Black Lake, but exists independently of each other.
But fortunately, it only took them more than ten minutes to dive to the depths of the lake, which was much shallower than the Black Lake.
The two steadied themselves again. On the lake bottom in front of them was an ancient stone door, with strange letters and symbols carved on the edge.
Karan didn't know what these carvings meant, but he understood that they should be related to alchemy.In Gespad's alchemy workshop, he had seen similar symbols many times.
In the lower right corner of the slate door, there is a small piece of stone missing.The gap was smooth and flat, and it didn't look like it had been deliberately damaged, but more like it had been gradually rounded, somewhat similar to the rounded appearance of a drop of water piercing through a stone.
The luminous presence they noticed earlier was this ancient stone door.
There is a layer of silver light faintly emitting from it, like the light of the full moon.
Snape turned to look at Kahlan and gave him a questioning look.
Karan stretched out his hand to signal him to retreat, and the two swam back a short distance.Then Karan pointed his wand at the stone door and said: "Open the Alaho hole."
A magic spell shot out and turned into a boiling water column, hitting the stone door.
As if no protective magic had been cast, the stone door slowly opened automatically.
The scene inside the door was blurry, like a mirror covered with mist, making it difficult to see clearly.But there is also light inside, and the contrasting light shines through the dark lake water and reflects on the faces of the two people with blank expressions.
Snape's eyes widened in surprise. Under the magnification effect of the bubbles, he looked even more funny, like a frog with bulging eyes.
Obviously, this stone door was placed here deliberately by some people, and the female ghost is likely to be inside.
They both thought of this at the same time.
Snape looked at Callan again, wanting to ask him what his next plans were.
But Karan's answer was much simpler than he imagined.
"Let's go in together."
Karan mouthed a reply, then he changed his direction in the water and swam straight into the wide open stone door.
Snape was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and followed Karan closely.
When the two passed through the entrance behind the door, a strange feeling hit them, as if they had forcibly crossed a slender rope.
After the sense of isolation disappeared, they found that they had actually left the lake, stepped on the hard ground with their soles, and came to a deep corridor.
On both sides of the corridor, there were clusters of blazing flames suspended.At the other end of the corridor was a brighter space, where the female ghost's sharp laughter was still faintly heard. It seemed that the effect of the laughter potion had not completely faded away.
After seeing everything in front of him clearly, Karan looked back at the position behind him.
There, a gentle water curtain stood quietly, with ripples rising from time to time, but not a drop of water fell inside.
After Snape discovered this, he subconsciously stamped his feet twice.
"We are tilted 90 degrees to the ground, but we are still standing normally?"
he asked confused, and suddenly he didn't dare to move anymore.
Karan nodded slightly.
"Not only that, judging from where we are standing, we should have fallen directly when we first came in."
He pointed to the space across the corridor.
Apparently, after passing through the stone door, they successfully reached the long corridor behind the door.However, this is not a real corridor, but a vertical tunnel.
But they still stood here safely instead of falling directly.
Karan shook his body casually, but nothing strange appeared in his senses.If it weren't for the water curtain behind him, he wouldn't have been able to discover this at all.
"It seems that this place has been blessed with special magic. This not only forces the direction to change, but also blocks the water from the Forbidden Lake from pouring in."
Compared to Kahlan's calmness, Snape seemed much panicked.
"Then how long can this magic last?" He asked with some alarm: "In a while, we won't suddenly fall, right?"
"Well -" After thinking for a while, Karan actually nodded.
"It's possible." He said: "After all, you have also seen the stone door outside. One corner has been missing. I guess it is for this reason that the female ghost was able to escape from here. .”
"If the stone door is completely damaged, then all the protective magic here should be ineffective."
Snape's throat rolled hard.
"But it's too early to worry about it now."
Karan changed his words and said with a smile: "After all, only one corner of the stone door was damaged. There are still three corners left."
Snape was speechless.
After waiting for a while, he asked again.
"What should we do with the two people in the back?"
While diving deep into the Forbidden Lake to the Stone Gate, he and Karan had already discovered James and Sirius who had jumped in after them.
Karan looked at the two slightly embarrassed figures from a distance through the water curtain.
"I guess it's because I'm not convinced that I followed him."
He said calmly.
"Don't worry about them, just let them continue to follow."
It would be great if you could keep following along.