Chapter 348: A War Buried in History
"Aftermath?!" He couldn't help but exclaimed: "How is it possible?"
The scene just now that shook the earth and was like a natural disaster was just the aftermath of the battle?
Cedric felt that Professor Hufflepuff might have used exaggerated rhetoric, because he couldn't imagine the scene when the two sides really fought.
"You don't believe it?" Helga saw through Cedric's heart.
Cedric smiled awkwardly: You can't blame me for not believing it...
This kind of thing happening in the magic world is a bit too magical.
"Alas." Helga sighed softly. She didn't intend to show Cedric the war that year, because she felt that these things that had been buried deep in the long river of history were unnecessary to dig out. They would only increase the children's fear and cause them to think wildly.
But now it seems that it is not possible not to let students see something real. He actually regarded the scene just now as the ultimate magic, and told people about it and made people laugh!
Hufflepuffs could imagine that one day in the future Cedric would find the old viper or their successor and tell them that he had reached the pinnacle of magic, but the result was only to make the earth crickets pupa.
He would definitely die! I hope I will be buried by then, otherwise...
Considering the necessity of broadening students' horizons, Helga changed her mind.
She clapped her hands again, and the surrounding environment began to change slowly again.
The cold rain and the familiar Black Lake of Hogwarts disappeared, and Cedric found himself standing on a piece of grass dotted with flowers. When he was wondering why Professor Hufflepuff brought him to such a place, Helga also appeared beside him and asked him to turn back.
Cedric turned around and shuddered: he was standing on the edge of a cliff at this moment, and there was a turbulent sea under his feet!
He immediately took two steps back. After retreating to a position he thought was safe, Cedric breathed a sigh of relief and carefully observed the surrounding environment.
"Don't worry, this is the embodiment of my memory, you won't be hurt here." Helga's voice sounded in Cedric's ears.
Cedric ignored the teacher, and at this time he was staring at the sea not far away. He saw something wrong: he didn't seem to be on a cliff, but on a floating island?
"Professor, this is--" Cedric was stunned before he finished asking the question, because there was a person standing on each side of his body.
The person on the left was Professor Hufflepuff who brought him in here, and on the right was a middle-aged woman, whose facial features were quite similar to Professor Hufflepuff. Referring to the information just revealed by the professor, Cedric understood that this was Professor Hufflepuff who was several decades younger.
"This is Sky Island, the gate of Asgard, and the sea under your feet is the North Sea."
"Asgard?!" Cedric also knew something about ancient mythology, and knew that Asgard was the Aesir domain in mythology, where the gods of Northern Europe lived.
But isn't this a myth of Muggles? How could this place really exist?
Cedric heard from his father that before the Statute of Secrecy was enacted, Muggles and wizards actually lived together, so there are many creatures and characters in the magic world that exist in Muggle mythology - such as the famous unicorns and fire dragons. Those gods in myths and legends are most likely ancient wizards whose abilities have been exaggerated.
But looking at the floating island floating nearly a thousand meters above his feet, Cedric suddenly wavered in this conjecture: Can magic make such a large island float in the air?
Suddenly, a thunder sounded in Cedric's ears. He looked up and found that the whole sky suddenly became gloomy - it is not accurate to say that the whole sky has always been sunny over the island, just like a round white spot appeared on a piece of gray paper.
"The weather here is changed by magic." Hufflepuff's voice came over.
Cedric: !!!
Do you mean the clear sky above your head, or the endless dark clouds covering the entire sea? It must be the clear sky above your head, right?
Hufflepuff: Both.
Soon, lightning and thunder rolled in the dark clouds, but then something strange happened: a faint red appeared above the dark clouds, as if something was burning on it.
Cedric squinted his eyes for a while, and felt that he must be dazzled, because he seemed to really see flames in the dark clouds?
This is ridiculous. If this is true, how vast is this sea of fire?
"Spectacular, right?" Helga spoke again: "How many times can a person see the beautiful scenery of burning clouds in his life?"
Cedric: Huh?
"You mean, there is really a sea of fire burning above the clouds?" He felt that he asked a stupid question.
"That's right, otherwise why would the dark clouds turn into a burning cloud?"
"How vast is this sea of fire..." Cedric glanced at the horizon in the distance that was also dyed red.
He didn't expect to get a reply, but Helga still answered his question.
"I don't know, but it is said that changes in celestial phenomena can also be observed in Constantinople."
Cedric was silent. He now understood a little bit what the ultimate magic was.
"Look down." Helga pointed to the sea not far away, and then Cedric saw the largest snake he had ever seen in his life. People were like small flies in front of it.
He had no doubt that the snake could wrap around the entire Hogwarts Castle and turn it into a pile of rocks.
Soon, the giant snake went crazy, and the waves it rolled up almost touched the clouds in the sky.
"Godric is fighting in the sky, and Salazar is fighting on the sea."
"What about you?" Cedric asked subconsciously, and then immediately felt that this question was not very polite: because he saw the young Hufflepuff professor standing on the edge of the Sky Island, watching the battle in front of him with great interest.
It was as if the two people fighting in the sky and on the sea were pure strangers.
"You will know my mission soon." Hufflepuff kept it a secret.
[Mortal, don't overstep your authority]
A grand voice sounded in the air, but Cedric didn't understand a word. Fortunately, Hufflepuff cast a spell on him in time, allowing him to understand the "plot" happening here.
The youth version of Hufflepuff, who had been on standby, spoke: [Don't go to help Jörmungandr and Thor? If they don't get support, they will die.]
[I have been ordered to guard the entrance to Asgard. You are not allowed to leave without permission.]
The voice actually replied to Hufflepuff.
[Okay, I will send you to see them.]
Hufflepuff didn't waste any words and said straightforwardly.
As soon as she said this, the light on the island suddenly became stronger. Cedric felt that everything was white in front of him and he couldn't see anything.
He quickly closed his eyes.