Chapter 91: Their Respective Choices

Harry and Hermione looked at Allen in surprise; they could not understand how Allen could use the Transfiguration Charm to so accurately produce the wooden door's key, considering that key was flying rapidly through the sky, moving so fast that its specific details were impossible to see clearly.

"How did you do that?" Hermione asked quickly.

"Now is not the time for this; our task right now is to move forward!" Allen replied.

Hermione had to give up, and the group of four continued forward...

Only Allen knew what had just happened...

He had analyzed this hidden parameter of the Unlocking Charm long ago, but after adding this hidden parameter, the Unlocking Charm felt no different from a normal one when used; after many attempts he still found no result, and he even thought the parameter he had analyzed was wrong, so he had cast the matter aside.

Yet today, seeing Hermione cast the Unlocking Charm on the wooden door reminded him of this matter again.

So he cast the Unlocking Charm with a mindset of just trying it out, and unexpectedly, it really succeeded!

However, this success was not quite the same as a normal Unlocking Charm successfully opening a lock.

A normal Unlocking Charm uses the power of magic to force a lock open, but it is easily countered; if a protective spell is cast on the door, the Unlocking Charm becomes powerless, so the Unlocking Charm can only be used against ordinary locks.

But the Unlocking Charm with the hidden parameter added, when facing ordinary locks without spell protection, is no different from a normal Unlocking Charm; both use the power of magic to force the lock open, which is also the reason Allen failed to discover it during his many previous attempts—he had been testing on ordinary locks...

But when the Unlocking Charm with the hidden parameter added faces a lock that cannot be forced open by magical power, it possesses a new function: returning the precise model of the key to the caster's mind.

And the moment Allen woke up, he discovered the key model in his mind; that model was extremely precise and complex, with every detail very clear.

Allen instantly understood what he should do next; knowing that the greatest difficulty of the Transfiguration Charm is how to imagine the desired transfiguration effect in one's mind, and this key model was a ready-made transfiguration effect, so he directly cast the Transfiguration Charm to turn a piece of a flying broom into the wooden door's key...

The only thing that felt puzzling was why he had fainted, and why glowing runes had appeared on his head! Could his brain really be sick? Allen thought somewhat unsteadily in his heart.

But the next moment he realized the monstrous nature of this new usage of the Unlocking Charm: when facing various locks protected by magical power, he could combine the Transfiguration Charm to instantly craft a key!

This was the magical version of a master key!

Allen suddenly thought of many things; he thought of the legendary vaults one by one below in Gringotts; as long as he could sneak in, theoretically no lock could stop him!

He suddenly discovered another solution to his financial problems: robbing a bank!

At this moment, Allen truly understood what it meant to possess a sharp weapon, and the killing intent arises!

Because at this moment he really had the impulse to rob Gringotts!

Fortunately, knowing his current situation, he barely gathered his mind.

While still sighing in his heart: In his past life he was a law-abiding citizen, why had he started wanting to rob banks less than two years after arriving in the magical world?

However, the challenges ahead pulled Allen back into reality.

They arrived beside a giant chessboard; Ron recognized it as a giant Wizard's Chessboard, and they needed to win at Wizard's Chess to pass.

Allen had little research on Wizard's Chess; his spare time had all been spent studying ancient runes and spells.

So Ron began to direct them against this challenge; in the end, Ron sacrificed himself—being knocked unconscious,

allowing them to pass this trial smoothly.

They placed the unconscious Ron in a hidden corner, and only then continued downward; Ron's ordeal made them feel a sense of tragedy.

They came silently to the next room; a nauseating stench hit their noses, and they had to lift their clothes to cover their noses. Both their eyes were also stung into tears; through their blurred, tear-filled eyes, they saw a troll, even larger than the one from Halloween Eve, lying motionless on the floor before them, unconscious, with a bloody, swollen lump on its head.

"Great, we don't have to fight this troll," Harry said in a low voice.

They carefully stepped over the troll's thick legs.

"Let's go quickly; I can't even breathe," Hermione said, covering her nose.

He pulled open the next door; Harry and Allen, as the boys, entered the room first; the moment the two of them crossed the room's threshold, a flame suddenly rose behind them, sealing the doorway.

This flame was unusual: it was purple.

At the same time, black flames leaped up at the doorway leading forward.

They were trapped in the middle, while Hermione was blocked outside the door.

"Are you two okay!" That was Hermione's voice; her voice was full of anxiety.

"We are fine; are you okay too?" Allen replied.

"I am blocked by the flames; it seems the rest of the journey depends on the two of you," Hermione said with some worry.

At this moment Harry spoke; he said to Hermione, "You go find Ron, then use the Levitation Charm to return to Fluffy's room; once up there, you go find Professor McGonagall and Professor Dumbledore! We need him to rescue us; Allen and I might be able to hold off Snape!"

"You two are remarkable wizards!" Hermione said.

"Go quickly! We need support!" Allen urged Hermione.

Hermione left just like that; her footsteps grew farther and farther away until they disappeared...

Allen and Harry then began to observe the furnishings of this room.

The room contained only one table, upon which sat seven bottles of various shapes; next to the bottles lay a sheet of parchment.

Allen picked up the parchment and found a logic puzzle written on it; however, this did not stump Allen, who was originally a programmer; he solved the puzzle very quickly.

"The bottle on the far right allows a person to return the way they came; the smallest bottle allows you to continue forward!" Allen said softly.

They had to make their own choices.

"I will continue forward; you go find Hermione!" Harry said firmly.

"Have you thought this through?" Allen knew what Harry was about to face.

"I know I might face both Snape and Voldemort at the same time, but I might still turn bad luck into good," Harry said, pointing to the scar on his forehead.

Allen felt persuaded; he no longer spoke to urge Harry.

Harry picked up the smallest bottle, preparing to pour it into his mouth.

Allen suddenly said, "I am very glad to have met you; it is a great honor to be your friend!"

Harry suddenly smiled; his smile was brilliant; he said softly, "Me too."

After speaking, he drank the bottle in his hand in one gulp, then passed through the purple flames...

Allen gazed for a long time in the direction Harry had vanished before moving; finally, he sighed, drank the bottle in his hand in one gulp, then smoothly passed through the black flames, arriving in the troll's room.

The troll's stench pulled him out of his recent emotions; suddenly, his heart stirred, and he pulled open the door to the next room again; inside, he saw only one table, upon which were arranged seven bottles of various shapes.

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