Chapter 399: Kiva

"Kiva is one of the few legendary Riders on record." Zhang Qiu explained seriously. "Ki-va is the abbreviation for King of Vampire. My uncle recognized the attire of that bat Rider and can confirm that he is Kiva. In this way, although we don't know who the transformer is this time, I speculate that there is a 99% possibility that it is related to vampires."

"Wait, I'll ask one by one," Harry felt that the amount of information in this sentence was a bit large. "First, what is a legendary Rider? And who recorded them?"

"Right right, is my Saber a legendary Rider?" Luo En asked excitedly.

"Ah? Oh..." Zhang Qiu scratched her head awkwardly, then said slowly: "Then, let's start from the beginning. According to my uncle, the Rider system was already on the market many years ago."

"During that period, people kept trying various combinations of elements, and finally tested some very powerful, or the most compatible combinations, forming a total of 18 legendary Riders. Sorry Harry, Luo En, there is no Saber among them."

"Then Kiva was one of them at that time?" Harry asked.

"That's right, Kiva was transformed by the prince of the vampire clan at that time, and his strength was very strong, but now he has undoubtedly passed away." Zhang Qiu explained. "The transformer this time, judging from the fact that he can easily suppress Luo En's strength, I think he is very likely the prince of the vampire clan, or the current prince."

"Eh, he just took advantage of my physical exhaustion." Luo En said with his neck stuck. "That day I had just finished training, and my state wasn't good."

Zhang Qiu ignored his stubbornness and continued: "Later, a very evil person appeared, and he also used the Rider system to do evil. We paid a great price to eliminate him completely... Subsequently, my uncle recovered all the Rider systems and modified them, becoming what they are now."

"That is to say, the current Rider system can only accept the amplification of positive emotions, while the one in the past didn't refuse anyone?" Harry thought thoughtfully. "But I find it hard to imagine how many positive emotions a vampire can have, could it be—"

"You thought right, my uncle said that the Kiva belt is very likely the previous generation belt he left outside. It has been circulating in the vampire clan continuously, until recently, someone learned the correct usage of the belt under our demonstration."

"Eh, if you say that the Rider system existed long ago," Luo En asked curiously, "then why didn't you take it out before?"

"Uh, because," Zhang Qiu winked, "didn't think of it before. If you say, it's possible to modify this thing or something... but the most important thing is, Rider armor has a weakness, its resistance to the Killing Curse is very poor, so, it can't be used to deal with Voldemort, so this project was still shelved for the time being."

Harry knew she definitely didn't tell the whole truth. However, whether it was because the Rider system was forbidden by Death, or because the Chinese saw Dumbledore pass away and were preparing to enter the game—this was unknown, perhaps both?

"You say this armor can't prevent the Killing Curse?" Luo En was a bit worried.

"In most cases, if you are hit by the Killing Curse in the transformed state, you will immediately deactivate the transformation and be seriously injured. In the worst case, it's not uncommon to be killed directly." Zhang Qiu's serious tone suddenly turned. "However, except for Voldemort, no one else treats the Killing Curse as their specialty, right?"

"Looking at it this way, the situation is indeed quite tricky." Harry brought the topic back to the present. "If Kiva holds a previous generation belt with more power, then I'm afraid only Agito can rival him, but Professor Shouichi said he can no longer fight."

"Or Luo En's determination and emotions are strong enough to completely overwhelm Kiva, or, we can call Malfoy and conduct a righteous group fight." Zhang Qiu added.

Harry was very willing to believe in his partners, but he didn't want to put all the pressure on Luo En, and even less wanted to rely on the power of Malfoy, whom he had always looked down upon.

"Or, let's think, Kiva must be our enemy?" Harry touched his chin. "Isn't the Ministry of Magic cooperating with vampires? I think the reason Kiva attacked us is also a topic worth exploring."

"You're right, we still have to investigate the background and motivation of the current Kiva first." Zhang Qiu nodded. "I'm sorry to say these scene-spoiling words at this time, disturbing your celebration."

"No no, it's just mentioned by chance," "If you didn't say it, I would also be confused. Now that I know some information about Kiva, I can also have a way to deal with it, which can also make us relax a lot."

Harry and Luo En hurriedly waved their hands to show they didn't mind. Indeed, once they recalled the incident of being attacked by Kiva before the game, they would also feel confused and worried at the celebration party. Now that they knew some information about Kiva, they also had a way to deal with it, which could make them relax a lot.

When they walked into the Gryffindor common room, people burst into cheers and applause, and the congratulatory crowd surrounded them. When Harry finally got rid of the crowd, a large group of girls rushed up and surrounded them in the middle, one of whom even fell straight onto Luo En.

Pushing all the way to the center of the common room, Harry didn't see Hermione. He felt that perhaps this was a good opportunity for Luo En to save face, but Jin Ni's voice in the center immediately attracted his attention.

"I dare say that bat monster was definitely disguised by someone from Slytherin. They wanted to use despicable means to interfere with our performance, but Luo En chopped him to the ground in two or three moves!"

"Yes, Slytherin is good at these despicable and shameless means," Katie chimed in on the side, "I still remember before, they even chanted spells at the Bludgers..."

"Hello, girls." Harry greeted them. "Did you see McLaggen?"

Jin Ni said playfully: "He's outside. The party hadn't started for a quarter of an hour, and I saw his hands moving around on Marietta."

The good news is that at least he didn't harm Hermione, but Harry was vaguely worried. He felt that it was not a good thing for these two to be so intimate just after meeting.

"Then where are they now?" Harry asked with a frown.

"Do you want to go out and find him?" Jin Ni pointed implicitly at a corner with her thumb. "You worry about that first."

Harry looked toward the corner she pointed to, and then he was shocked: Edith Swan and Nicola Carnstein were hugging tightly in front of everyone in the common room, inseparable, simply unable to tell whose hand was whose.

"At the beginning they were just holding hands, Nicola would resist a bit," Jin Ni said calmly, "but now, I can only say McLaggen set a bad example."

"This is not allowed, you are only in the first grade!" Harry rushed to their side anxiously and said in a low voice, "This is too outrageous!"

"Yes, Professor McGonagall said that if a student gets pregnant, she will expel all the parents of the child." Luo En added on the side. "This is not something to joke about with you."

"Oh, it doesn't matter." Edith raised her head lightly. She wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth. "When you truly fall in love with someone, everything is so worth it."

"Hey, Nicola, are you afraid of being expelled?" She looked lightly at the boy under her.

"I'm just afraid," Nicola said panting, "afraid of losing you..."

"Yes, that's it, I think I'm addicted..."

Looking at the two entangled again, Harry and Luo En looked at each other. Finally, they had nothing to say and chose to leave first. Harry prepared to wait for them to calm down before persuading them.

"Oh, it's you again?" Luo En pushed away a girl who was leaning toward his side. "Harry, let's go outside."

"Hi, don't you remember me..." Harry and Luo En shook off the girl and ran outside. Harry remembered she was called Romilda Vane, but at this moment he felt it was better to pretend not to know her.

As for Luo En hiding for quietness and not choosing to return to the dormitory but wanting to come out—Harry easily guessed that he might still run into Hermione outside, but there would be no chance in the dormitory.

"Should we, go to the library?" Harry tentatively said a place where he was most likely to meet Hermione.

"Not really, I want to go to the Room of Requirement to practice swordsmanship." Luo En gritted his teeth and said. "I want to defeat Kiva."

"Yes, but Zhang Qiu also said that this depends on the explosion of emotions, not just skills, right? I see Kiva's swordsmanship is also quite extraordinary." Harry didn't directly oppose him, just tactfully pointed out some facts.

"No, I can feel he doesn't know how to use a sword at all." Luo En said angrily. "Just relying on the advantages of speed and strength."

Harry followed him to the door of the Room of Requirement. He also happened to want to try how much effect Sectumsempra had on Riders.

However, just when Luo En was wandering in the corridor, and Harry was looking at the oil painting with two names with a bit of emotion, the door of the headmaster's office opposite opened.

Snape followed Mia out. Both were in black robes, and both had slightly indifferent eyes.

"Potter, I did say you could be absent from this class, but I am curious why you are not in the common room." Snape asked.

"Ah, I had some inspiration, so I came to experiment with Luo En." Harry said honestly.

"Do you mind if I watch?" Mia asked.

"No, not really." Harry said nervously. "It would be embarrassing if it didn't work."

Looking at the two walking away, he breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of his Seeker apprentice whom he had carefully selected and also sponsored to buy a broom, kissing her opponent's brother in the common room separated by a wall, he felt guilty and embarrassed when looking at Mia.

"Eh, is there someone in the Room of Requirement?" Just when Harry was letting his imagination run wild, Luo En's voice interrupted him. ===== CHAPTER 400 =====