Chapter 467： simple mechanism

 Chapter 467 Simple Mechanism

Albert could feel himself falling downwards, the cold, damp air whistling past his ears.

 Over his head, the screams of Fred, George and Lee Jordan could be heard, and the sound fell in the tunnel, making him feel a little want to laugh.

 Sure enough, she is still too young.

Although it was said that there would be a devil's net as a cushion below, Albert didn't want to plunge into the devil's net at all, so he recited a shock-absorbing spell, and at the same time, the few people who jumped down from above suddenly jumped in mid-air. He braked and stopped abruptly in the air.

The feeling of the shock-absorbing spell was very strange. Albert felt like he was slowly falling in the air like a feather, but the falling speed was very slow.

"Are you scared to death?" Fred patted his chest and said, "This is definitely several stories high. If it weren't for the shock-absorbing spell, I might have broken my neck if I fell."

"No, under normal circumstances, we will fall on those things." Albert pointed to the vines above his head and comforted with a smile.

“What’s going on with those vines?” Li Jordan looked at the squirming vines, frowning slightly, and had a bad feeling.

 Because the ball of light created by Albert has completely disappeared, and the vines have gathered together again.

 “Guess?” Albert said casually.

 “Stop being so pretentious.”

“This should also be a trap. Which professor do you think arranged it?”

 “This thing actually moves?” George wanted to step back, preparing to get further away from these weird vines.

However, George found that his legs were entangled in vines, and he stumbled and fell into the pile of vines. The vines immediately stretched out snake-like tendrils and wrapped around George's body.

“Isn’t it amazing?” Albert blinked at George, not caring that his legs were entangled in long vines.

"What the **** is this?" George tried desperately to tear off the vines on his body, but the more he struggled to free himself, the faster and tighter the vines became.

"Stop moving, I remembered what this is, it's a devil's net!" Fred screamed loudly.

Li Jordan, who was originally panicked, did not dare to move anymore after hearing this.

“Oh, dear Albert, we’re breaking off our relationship with you, and you’re standing there watching our jokes.” George complained angrily.

The vines were almost wrapped around his neck, making him almost suffocated.

"The more you struggle, the tighter the devil's net will be." Albert reminded kindly, "Actually, this is just a very simple mechanism, as if it is saying hello to us: asking us if we have studied the herbal medicine class seriously. "

“Damn, your joke is not funny at all. Please hurry up, I can’t breathe!” George gasped, trying desperately to tear off the vine wrapped around his neck.

"Devil's net likes darkness and moisture, and is afraid of fire and light." Fred muttered, using his wand to conjure flames to expel the devil's net.

Within a few seconds, everyone could feel the vines wrapped around their bodies shrinking, trying to avoid the light and warmth.

 Lee Jordan sets fire to the vines and attempts to rescue George. When the devil's net encountered the flames, it began to twist and twitch violently, automatically loosening the tendrils wrapped around George's body.

  “Isn’t it interesting?”

The embarrassed George was finally picked up from the ground by Albert. He originally wanted to pull Albert down with him, but failed.

"Thank you so much." George said angrily, but he also admired Albert's calmness. Albert had never been nervous from the beginning.

If Fred and Li Jordan hadn't been infected by his calmness, maybe they would have been trapped in the devil's net to death.

 “When did you find out they were devil’s nets?” Lee Jordan couldn’t help but ask.

"From the beginning, I felt that speaking out might disturb your adventure." Albert said something that made people want to hit him. "Actually, this is a test of a person's knowledge reserve and calmness."

“It is normal for ordinary people to be entangled in the devil’s net without knowing it, and to be nervous and struggling.”

 “Thank you for your explanation.” George complained angrily.

"What good things do you think Dumbledore will hide here?" Fred looked at Albert and asked, "You should be able to guess something!"

"What do you think it will be? This is not a difficult mechanism, is it?" Albert said with a smile, "Let's go and see what more interesting things are ahead."

 “You must know.”

"It is said to be something that was almost stolen from Gringotts." Albert asked with a smile, "You also want to take advantage of it?"

 The three of them shook their heads together. They would not steal the things hidden by the principal.

They walked forward and down the **** of the corridor. In addition to their own footsteps, there was also the sound of water drops slowly dripping along the walls.

 “Did you hear anything?” Lee Jordan stopped and listened.

Several others listened quietly to the sounds around them, and indeed vaguely heard a gentle rustling sound coming from the front.

 “Let’s go, we can find out what’s going on in the past.”

Albert pointed ahead, where there was a light.

They discovered that at the end of the corridor was a brightly lit room, and the sound came from above their heads. On the high vaulted ceiling, there are countless little birds flapping their wings and flying around the room.

 “This is...the second mechanism?”

"You think, if we go in directly, will these birds attack us?" George suffered the last loss and became very cautious, fearing that he would fall into the trap again.

"There is a door opposite. I'm afraid we need to go through this room." Fred pointed at the heavy-looking wooden door opposite and said.

“It’s possible,” Lee Jordan suggested. “If they all rush over at once, we’ll chant the explosive spell together and blow them all up.”

"This is a good idea. Anyway, I don't want to run directly over." George also didn't want to face those flying birds that might have sharp beaks and claws to tear him apart at any time.

 “Albert, what do you think?”

 The three of them looked at Albert together, waiting for his decision whether to blow up all the birds above their heads and drive them away.

"This level may be more interesting than we thought, and those things above the head are not birds." Albert pointed to the broomstick in the room and said, "Let's go, you shouldn't be attacked, at least for the time being."

 “Are you sure?” Lee Jordan raised his eyebrows.

"Sure."

“Okay, I’ll go first.” Lee Jordan took a deep breath, covered his face with his arms, and rushed to the other end of the room.

 It was indeed safe and sound.

“These things all seem to be keys.” George also discovered the secret of the flying birds. They were all flying keys.

 “The door is locked.”

Fred walked over and pulled the handle with Lee Jordan, and found that the wooden door still didn't move at all.

 “Use the Alaho Cave to open the curse,” George suggested, and acted on it, but to no avail.

“Could there be an anti-Alajo opening spell on the door?”

 All three people looked at Albert. He was the only one here who knew how to break the anti-Alajo Cave opening curse.

 As a result, of course it has no effect.

"Otherwise, we use the Sesame Opening to dismantle this door." Lee Jordan did not forget the great feat on his first day at Hogwarts.

“It’s best not, I don’t want to get stuck in the head by those flying keys above.” Albert stopped Lee Jordan’s crazy idea.

"Don't tell me we need to find a key among these keys." All four looked up at the keys flying overhead.

“Congratulations on the correct answer. You probably need to find the right key to open the door.” Albert said calmly, “They obviously cannot be just decorative items.”

“But there are hundreds of keys up there!”

"You should be lucky that we have three excellent Quidditch players here." Fred couldn't help but sigh.

George has already taken the broomstick and is going to give it to the three best flying broomsticks, because there are only three broomsticks, and Lee Jordan, who has poor flying ability, will not have a share.

Albert didn't go to pick up the broomstick. He was carefully checking the lock on the door.

In the novel, Harry found the key, which seemed to be because Quirrell had already used the key to open the door, thus causing some damage to the keybird, but how should they find the key?

"We're looking for a big key." Lee Jordan pretended to look at the door handle.

 “It’s full of big keys,” Fred couldn’t help but complain.

“Who knows what shape the key to this lock is?” Albert suddenly asked.

"Maybe... shaped like a door." George raised his hand and drew the general shape of the key in the void.

“This is not easy.” Li Qiaodan muttered, “There should be quite a few keys like this.”

"Try to find a rusty door key." Albert pointed to the rusty door lock and said, "I guess the key is also very old."

"Why don't you come together? You are better at this than us." They each grabbed a broom, kicked off their feet, and when they were in the air, they looked back at Albert and asked in confusion.

"No, I'm going to try another method." Albert shook his head and refused. He was already ready to try the lock picking tool to see if he could pick the door handle lock in the Muggle way.

 If it really doesn't work, it's not too late to go up and grab the key.

Several people rushed into the dense array of keys, looking for the key bird that Albert mentioned. When they saw a suitable key, they went up to capture it.

 However, the enchanted keys dodged so quickly that they could not catch them.

 “Think of a solution!” Fred shouted.

"We...we make a big net and cover all the keys!" George finally came up with a good idea.

The three of them landed on the ground and began to use transformation magic to create a large triangular net for capture. The three of them were in a good mood when they thought that they could cover the key later.

As a result, before they could implement the plan, they heard a click and the door lock was opened.

The three of them turned their heads stiffly and saw Albert holding the door handle with his hand, smiling and saying to them, "The door seems to be open, let's go in."

 As he said that, he pushed the door open.

 “You…how on earth did you do it?” Lee Jordan asked stutteringly.

The three of them racked their brains and tried hard to grab the key. What was their purpose?

At this moment, even Fred and George fell into self-doubt.

"I'm not sure whether this method will work." Albert explained, "However, it seems that wizards don't pay much attention to Muggle methods, so this loophole is left."

 (End of this chapter)