Under the guidance of the ghost, Ivan walked deep into the castle.
Marcus introduced the history here to Ivan as he walked, continuing the exterior decoration style, and the interior structure and decoration of Ravenclaw Castle were quite complicated and luxurious.
Unlike the simple and clear architectural layout of Hogwarts Castle, when entering the foyer, you can see the central staircase connecting the aisles on each floor. The interior of Ravenclaw Castle is like a maze, with many doors that do not know where they lead, Passages and stairs.
Corridors stretched in all directions, leading into deep darkness.
The castle is very quiet, and it seems that there is a mysterious atmosphere in the air. Although many actual decorative items have long since disappeared, under the influence of magic, the phantoms of the past have emerged in front of Aiwen's eyes one by one, recreating the past of the castle. of brilliance.
If you don't consider the blue magic lights and shadows that appear on these phantoms from time to time, they seem to be no different from real items.
If Ivan still has any doubts about the whole thing, it is this magic that makes ghosts and objects reappear.
There is no doubt that Ravenclaw's crown activated the magic, but Aiwen didn't quite know the reason.
In his opinion, this magic is incredible.
Let’s say it’s an illusion, but it’s not all, at least ghosts have entities, they can act according to their own ideas, and the most important point is that to complete magic of this scale requires huge magic power, and this energy comes from where
It's certainly not the power of the diadem, Ravenclaw's diadem is not that magical.
Aiwen has been wondering, and the ghost doesn't seem to know about it. It wasn't until he walked into Ravenclaw Castle that he felt the magic around him become more active, and a powerful energy attracted him in the center of the castle. It is the source of the whole magic.
The Ravenclaw diadem just activates the magic, the magic itself is on something in the center of the castle.
"Wait, Marcus, this direction..." Ivan felt it, pointed to a corridor and asked, "What's there?"
"That direction is the central tower, master, the library is over there!" Marcus said, "Please go this way, this corridor does not lead directly to the central tower, there is a secret passage on the third floor of the banquet hall, otherwise We're going to make a big detour to West Tower."
"Can't you just go through it?" Ivan asked, he thought the castle was designed strangely.
It's really strange, obviously there is a simpler and more direct passage to abandon, but it is so complicated to build such a complex.
The point is that in Aiwen's view, such a construction does not make sense.
"Yes, except for a few secret passages, there are only five high towers connected to the central tower, and we will have to go around for a long time to get there." Marcus explained, "The original designer arranged magic in the castle. , so the internal structure of the castle is designed in the form of spell runes, and many passages are strictly restricted by magic. Every newcomer here will not know the direction, but if you live here for a long time, you will be familiar with it... "
"Well, what is the magic laid by the ancestors of the Ravenclaw family?"
"It's a powerful defensive spell. It's said to be able to resist invaders. I don't know what the specific magic is, because this magic is only used when the Ravenclaw family is in crisis." Marcus said, "In fact, As far as I know, no one has ever used this magic. This may just be a rumor. You have also seen that when the family is really in crisis, this so-called magic does not work. The powerful power of the god of death is not the magic of mortals able to resist."
"Well..." Ivan nodded casually.
He felt that this magic was not as simple as Marcus said.
Regardless of whether it is defensive magic or not, it is amazing that so many ghosts and scenes from the past can be reproduced.
Aiwen became more interested in the central tower of the castle. Apart from the library, what kind of secrets are there.
Under the guidance of the ghost, Aiwen walked up the white marble stairs to the third floor of the banquet hall.
The side walls of the entire third floor were replaced by hollow hanging windows, from which you can see the garden on the inner side of the castle outside.
The garden is sandwiched between the outer layer of the castle and the main tower, and there are many statues of various shapes scattered among the withered grass.
Ivan stopped again. He looked at the soaring central tower, and his eyes quickly moved to the statue in the garden.
The shapes of these statues are all monsters whose shapes are difficult to describe... .
For example, the humanoid statue of the mythical creature "Medusa" near the pavilion. The hair of this woman is composed of countless snakes. Its body is distorted. It is not clear whether it is originally like this or is caused by the long-term weathering of the rock. Damage, it has eight arms on its body, and a snake-tail-like body underneath.
Ivan has never seen this kind of weird creature before, it is like a product of some kind of black magic transformation failure.
Although I haven't seen it before, Ivan has an inexplicable sense of familiarity when looking at the statue.
The images were not exactly the same, but he almost immediately thought that these were the creations of the evil gods he had seen in the centaur temple before, but the monsters he saw at that time were patterns carved on the walls, and the statues in front of him looked even more majestic. Three-dimensional and vivid.
Are these statues created by evil gods
If so, then things seem to be getting more and more interesting.
"There is the central tower, master, the top of the stars...it looks majestic, doesn't it?" Marcus thought Ivan was looking at the central tower, and introduced in a proud tone, "The tower is full of Thousands of feet high, it is the tallest building I know, you can't imagine standing on it overlooking the whole territory, especially climbing to the top, as if you are among the stars... "
"Well, it's remarkable." Ivan nodded, and praised insincerely. For those who are used to the towering buildings of Muggles, the height of this tower is actually not a big deal, but considering the tower building It was a thousand years ago or earlier, and it was indeed a miraculous building at that time.
But Ivan will not be shocked by this height, and of course he will not refute Marcus.
As a ghost thousands of years ago, many of Marcus's understandings and worldviews are still in the Middle Ages, telling him about things in modern society might scare him.
Just like Professor Binns, the history of magic teacher at Hogwarts, he can't accept anything modern.
Anything and news that has nothing to do with the courses he teaches seems to frighten him.
After listening to the ghosts praise the central tower, Aiwen asked the question he cared about, "Who built those strange statues in the garden below?"