Chapter 399: Moon Rider

"Moon Rider (Kiva) is one of the few recorded legendary Riders." Zhang Qiu explained solemnly, "Ki-va is the abbreviation for King of Vampire. My uncle recognized the bat Rider's attire and could determine that he is Moon Rider. In this way, although we still 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 the amount of information in this sentence was a bit large, "First, what is called a legendary Rider? And who recorded them?"

"Yes, yes, is my Saber a legendary Rider?" Ron asked excitedly.

"Ah? Oh..." Zhang Qiu scratched her head embarrassedly, 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 most compatible combinations, forming a total of 18 legendary Riders. Sorry, Harry, Ron, Saber is not among them."

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

"That's right, Moon Rider 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 Ron's strength, I think he is very likely also the prince of the vampire clan, or the current prince."

"Eh, he just took advantage of my physical exhaustion." Ron stuck out his neck and said, "That day I had just finished training, and my state was not good."

Zhang Qiu ignored his stubbornness and continued: "Later, a very evil person appeared, and he also used the Rider system to do evil, and we spent a great price to completely eliminate him... Afterward, 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 said thoughtfully, "But I find it hard to imagine how many positive emotions a vampire can have, unless—"

"You guessed it right. My uncle said that the Moon Rider belt is very likely the previous generation belt he left outside. It has been circulating in the vampire clan, until recently, when someone learned the correct usage of the belt under our demonstration."

"Eh, if you say there was already a Rider system," Ron 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 main thing is, Rider armor has a weakness; its resistance to the Killing Curse is very poor, so it couldn't be used to deal with Voldemort, so this project was shelved for the time being."

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

"You say this armor can't defend against the Killing Curse?" Ron was a bit worried.

"In most cases, if you are hit by a 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, not many people take the Killing Curse as their specialty anyway."

"Speaking this way, the situation is indeed quite tricky." Harry brought the topic back to the present, "If Moon Rider holds a previous generation belt with more power, then I'm afraid only Agito can rival him, but Mr. Jinshang Xiangyi said he can no longer fight."

"Or Ron's determination and emotions are strong enough to completely overwhelm Moon Rider, or, we can call Malfoy to 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 Ron, and even less wanted to borrow the power of Malfoy, whom he had always looked down upon.

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

"You're right; we still have to investigate the background and motivation of the current Moon Rider first." Zhang Qiu nodded, "Sorry for saying these things that spoil the fun at such a 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'm enlightened, I can celebrate with peace of mind."

Harry and Ron waved their hands to show they didn't mind. Indeed, once they recalled the matter of being attacked by Moon Rider before the game, they would also feel confused and worried at the celebration party. Now that they knew some information about Moon Rider and had a rough response method, this could also make them relax a lot.

When they walked into the Gryffindor common room, people burst into cheers and applause, and the congratulating 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 Ron.

Pushing all the way to the center of the common room, Harry didn't see Hermione either. He felt perhaps this was a good opportunity to let Ron gain face, but in the center, Ginny's voice immediately attracted his attention.

"I dare say that bat monster was definitely impersonated by someone from Slytherin. They wanted to use despicable means to interfere with our performance, but Ron slashed 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?"

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

The good news was 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 frowned and asked.

"Are you going out to find him?" Ginny pointed implicitly to a corner with her thumb, "You worry about that first."

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

"When they started, they were just holding hands, and Nicola would resist a bit," Ginny 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 students get pregnant, she will expel the parents of the children." Ron added on the side, "This is not something to joke about with you."

"Oh, it doesn't matter." Edith raised her head lightly, and 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 at the boy under her lightly.

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

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

Looking at the two who were entangled again, Harry and Ron 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?" Ron pushed away a girl who was leaning toward his side, "Harry, let's go outside."

"Hi, don't you remember me..." Harry and Ron 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 Ron hiding from the quiet and not choosing to return to the dormitory but wanting to come out—Harry easily guessed that he might still run into Hermione outside; he wouldn't have any chance in the dormitory.

"Shall we, go to the library?" Harry tentatively said a place where Hermione was most likely to be met.

"No, I want to go to the Room of Requirement to practice swordsmanship." Ron gritted his teeth and said, "I want to defeat Moon Rider."

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

"No, I can feel he doesn't know how to use a sword at all." Ron 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 Ron was pacing in the corridor, and Harry was looking at the oil painting with two names with some emotion, the door of the headmaster's office opposite opened.

Snape followed Mia out, both in black robes, and with the same slightly indifferent eyes.

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

"Ah, I had a slight inspiration, so I came with Ron to test it." Harry said honestly.

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

"No, no, right." Harry said nervously, "It would be embarrassing if it doesn't work."

Looking at the two who were going away, he breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking of the Seeker apprentice he had carefully selected and also sponsored to buy a broom, who was kissing the other party's younger brother in the common room next door, he felt guilty and awkward when looking at Mia.

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