Chapter 255 Secret Base

In summary, there are actually many people who know about the existence of the Room of Requirement. Mike cannot be sure whether there will be other unrelated people who want to enter the Room of Requirement when he and others are using it.

And this is just one of the shortcomings.

The most fundamental reason that really made Mike determined to build a new base was Dumbledore.

Hogwarts is very different from other buildings. It is better to say that it is a magic prop that looks like a castle than a castle.

And every headmaster is the owner of this magic prop of Hogwarts.

Of course, the headmaster mentioned here must have been handed over through normal procedures and recognized by the old headmaster. For example, the official sent by the Ministry of Magic to replace Dumbledore as the headmaster in the original book was not an orthodox headmaster, so he did not obtain all the rights of Hogwarts.

At present, the privileges known to the headmaster include:

setting passwords and controlling magic armor, monster statues and other magic puppet guards in the school.

Appoint professors and grant them a certain degree of authority.

Order the opening or closing of magical devices such as the "Flying Stairs" in the school.

...

Mike didn't know how much power the headmaster of Hogwarts had, and whether he could monitor the Room of Requirement.

But considering Dumbledore's strength, Mike felt that even if Hogwarts could not allow Dumbledore to have this ability, Dumbledore could monitor the Room of Requirement with his own ability.

As long as he wanted.

To be honest, Mike is actually quite scared now, because he once used the Killing Curse unscrupulously in the Room of Requirement.

I don't know if Dumbledore found out.

I guess not, because if Dumbledore knew about this, he would almost certainly be expelled.

Moreover, the things they discussed after the establishment of the Freemasonry are becoming more and more shameful, just like his student aid plan. If Dumbledore knew that he lent money to his students crazily not to help them, but to control them and turn them into cheap labor or even cannon fodder,

Mike felt that Dumbledore would definitely twist his head off.

Therefore, the construction of a new base is imminent.

And this secret place is a good place.

First of all, the concealment here is absolutely invincible, because if Dumbledore knew there was such a place, then the residual soul of Ravenclaw would have been eliminated by him or resurrected by him long ago, and he would not have waited for Mike to come.

Secondly, although this place leads directly to Hogwarts, it is actually not within the territory of Hogwarts.

In other words, you can use Apparition here!

This is really great.

Mike is currently lacking a place to practice Apparition.

After arriving at the secret realm of Ravenclaw, Mike did not start to transform the secret realm immediately.

Just kidding, in Mike's plan, the amount of transformation work on the secret realm is astonishingly large, how could Mike rely on himself.

Of course, there is another most important reason why Mike did not do it himself.

His talent in architecture is so bad that he can't even scratch his feet!

Have you played the master-level sandbox construction game Minecraft?

The house built by Mike is exactly the same as the simplest matchbox in it!

So, Mike started making door keys immediately.

Portkeys are a widely used magical item that can quickly teleport a person from one space to another.

How about it, doesn't it sound amazing?

Compared to people who hear about portkeys for the first time, they will think that it is a very difficult item to make, but in fact, the production of portkeys is surprisingly simple.

You only need to release a portkey spell (Mentos) on any object (usually a teapot or bucket, boots or other containers that can hold liquids. It is said that this can effectively increase the success rate of teleportation).

Because of its extremely low difficulty and super power, portkeys have been widely used in many illegal acts such as theft, escaping from Auror pursuit, and even terrorist attacks. Until

the Ministry of Magic set up the Portkey Office and related laws on the grounds that crudely made portkeys have huge safety risks.

From then on, everyone must apply to the Ministry of Magic for registration before making a portkey, and the Ministry of Magic will supervise to ensure that you will not use this portkey to do bad things and turn into a corpse due to quality problems when using the portkey. Of course

, this law is actually the same as the Animagus Registration Law, which is basically in name only.

People who want to use the portkeys for bad things will not register them at all.

The quality problem of the portkeys mentioned by the Ministry of Magic does exist, but it is not as serious as they say.

According to Mike's statistics, even if the unregistered portkeys made by beginners are used for transmission, the accident rate will not exceed 2%.

Not to mention those made by masters.

So Mike didn't have any psychological pressure at all, and he took out a teacup and chanted a spell on it.

After the spell was finished, the teacup shook slightly and the production of the portkey was completed.

Mike looked at the teacup in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

Although the teacup did not change at all when viewed with the naked eye, in fact, in Mike's magical perception, the teacup had become a completely magical item.

Because of limited ability, the portkey made by Mike was time-limited, and the magic attached to it could only last for about two hours.

So Mike didn't waste time. He used the magic wand to control the teacup to automatically fly back to the bag of the traceless extension spell, and then ran to the marble grave of Ms. Ravenclaw, found the portkey that came with the secret realm, and returned to Hogwarts.

Since Mike didn't spend much time in the secret realm, the auditorium was still empty.

Mike was relieved to see that no one noticed his actions and returned to his dormitory.

In Mike's dormitory, Shuke and Beta were anxiously waiting for Mike.

The two little guys came forward to greet Mike when he came in, looking very excited.

But Mike didn't intend to waste time talking to them. He took out a piece of parchment and said,

"Okay, time waits for no one. I will start to tell you about the base plan."

The parchment was spread out, and Mike pointed to the densely packed patterns on it and said,

"First of all, the indoor square. I plan to use this as the training ground for the base in the future. Both sword training and spell training will be conducted here. So you will clean it up first, and then bring in materials for reinforcement. Use the best materials. Don't save me money. What I need is quality. Do you understand?"

"In addition, in addition to the training ground, I also need a place for daily life and a laboratory.

For the time being, you can build the daily life place according to Arthur's small building, but the scale must be doubled, and there must be a spacious conference room inside!

The last is the most important thing, the laboratory!

First of all, this laboratory must be hidden, preferably underground. Secondly, the facilities in this laboratory must be good!

I will conduct a lot of potion experiments and alchemy experiments in the future, and you can put all the equipment that I may need in it.

Again, don't save money for me, understand?"

Mike quickly explained, and when he saw Shuke nodded confidently, he stuffed the parchment into his arms, and then carefully took out the teacup made into a door key and placed it on the ground.

"Are you ready?"

Shuke took a deep breath after hearing this, and then nodded to Mike again with a firm look in his eyes.

Beta on the side was a little bit unbearable.

He saw his big ears drooping, biting his fingers and looking at Mike and Shuke with his big watery eyes, looking extremely nervous.

Seeing this, Shuke gritted his teeth, and under Beta's horrified eyes, he grabbed his hand and pressed it on the edge of the teacup.

The next moment, Shuke and Beta felt as if a hook had hooked their stomachs and pulled them with an irresistible force, and then they were sucked into the teacup with their feet off the ground.

To be honest, from Mike's perspective as an observer, the process of using the door key was really disgusting.

Because the process of Shuke and Beta being sucked into the teacup and then spinning and disappearing completely looked like the working of a flush toilet.

At the same time, he was very glad that he didn't have to use the door key.

It is said that the transmission process of the door key is extremely uncomfortable, even ten thousand times more uncomfortable than the Floo Network. I don't know if it is true. I can ask Shuke and Beta when they come back.

After doing all this, it was noon. Mike walked out of the dormitory as if nothing had happened, found Franklin and went to the restaurant with him.

As soon as he arrived in the hall, he saw an owl flying towards him.

The lovely messenger brought two letters to Mike. One of the envelopes was made of high-grade material and had the mark of the Minister of Magic printed on it. It should be from Fudge.

The other envelope was blank without any words or patterns.

After sending Franklin to find something to feed the messenger, Mike opened the blank envelope.

The first thing that caught Mike's eyes after opening it was a huge dog's paw print. The moment he saw the paw print, Mike realized who the sender of the letter was.

Sirius Black.

Except for him, no one would use a dog's paw print as a signature.

The content of the letter sent by Black was also very simple. There was very little content in it, just a few lines of words, which read:

I'm out of prison, and they gave me innocence. You have fulfilled your promise, and it's my turn next. Since you are still in school and can't leave Hogwarts, you can come here after the summer vacation to get your deserved reward.

Below this sentence, there is a line of words, namely:

No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

The magical thing is that when Mike silently recited this address, the address written at the end disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Mike was not surprised by this.

The address Black gave him should be the Black ancestral home that Black contributed to serve as the base of the Phoenix Order in the original work.

The ancestral home of such a large family that has been passed down for thousands of years must have top-notch protection capabilities, so Mike was not surprised at all that it was attached with the Fidelius Charm.

As for Black asking him to pick up his reward during the summer vacation.

Mike laughed.

Are you kidding? Mike is the kind of person who will wait patiently for the summer vacation?

Believe it or not, he will fly to your house tomorrow?

After silently putting away Black's letter, Mike took out another letter again.

Compared with Black's letter, this letter has a lot of content.

It was densely written with words, and there were many beautiful patterns printed around the letter paper, and it even smelled of a refreshing fragrance.

However, more words does not mean more things to tell. Water is the basic skill of every author.

In Mike's opinion, this letter is the culmination of the water word skill.

Because although this letter is gorgeous, the etiquette is standard, and the handwriting is correct, in fact, it only says one thing.

'I'll tell you in advance that you owe me a big favor. Because of Blake's matter, I helped you get a second-class Order of Merlin. The time of the awarding ceremony will be notified separately. In addition, Snape also won a medal, and you will have the awarding ceremony together. '

After reading it, Mike quietly put the letter away, his face was calm, without any joy, and even wanted to curse in his heart.

The badge of the Order of Merlin exists to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the wizarding world. It can be said to be the highest honor in the wizarding world.

Most people in the wizarding society think that the Order of Merlin is extremely difficult to obtain and is a symbol of honor, but Mike knows that the Order of Merlin is indeed the highest honor, but it is limited to the first-class Order of Merlin. As for the second and third-class ones. Haha.

The Order of Merlin was indeed very noble for a long time in the past, but now the value of the third and second class medals has become somewhat unworthy of their reputation due to the excessive number of awards.

I won't say much about other things. After the victory of the war with Voldemort, more than 300 Order of Merlin II were awarded to commend meritorious people! (In fact, the Ministry of Magic was too poor to issue bonuses and pensions, so it could only compensate by awarding them.)

Needless to say, the third-level medals can only be counted in thousands. The

truly noble one is the first-level Order of Merlin. Although there are many awarded over the years, most of them are awarded as funeral honors. (Like Peter)

And everyone who was awarded the first-level Order of Merlin while alive was a great man with unparalleled merits.

So Mike actually didn't like this second-level medal very much, because although the Ministry of Magic began to consciously increase the difficulty of obtaining the Order of Merlin in recent years, wanting to make the low-level Order of Merlin noble again, after he got it, he could probably only fool ordinary wizards. In the eyes of those who know the business, it is not worth anything at all.

But Fudge just looked like you owed me a huge favor, which made Mike very uncomfortable.

However, Mike suddenly thought of something.

Fooling people?

It seems that he can fool people!

Although this thing is indeed worthless in the eyes of real nobles, it is still quite valuable in the eyes of ordinary people.

Look at Lockhart, a third-level winner of the Order of Merlin, but he still talks about this every day?

Don't his fans adore him to death? There is no reason

why he can't do it!

When the time comes, he can use the title of second-level badge winner to recruit followers, wouldn't it be great?

Thinking of this, Mike's mood suddenly improved.