Chapter 353: Okegiga the Centaur

"In the illusion, you will be personally involved in the fierce Centaur Civil War." Gryffindor looked at Ivan with his calm eyes. "Help the centaurs reseal the evil spirit. Through the test, you will receive the Key to my Treasure. If you fail, you will be disqualified."

"If I get the Philosopher's Stone, your consciousness...", Ivan suddenly thought.

"With the help of the Philosopher's Stone and the power of the stars, my consciousness has existed for too long. I'm getting tired of it" Gryffindor said calmly, "In the last thousand years, I have witnessed too many vicissitudes, far surpassing anything I expected to see. This is a special experience for me, but it is also a kind of torture. After you get the Treasure Key, I will disappear completely. Now, do you have any other questions?"

Ivan shook his head, a little sad.

Although this was only a part of the Gryffindor's consciousness, but the short communication allowed him to gain a lot, he was a bit reluctant to give it up.

Beyond that, he felt more insecure about the future. Ivan had confidence in himself to take on Voldemort, but he wasn't sure he could defeat the monsters transformed by the evil god and Herpo the madman that even Gryffindor marveled at.

In the face of the unknown, he felt his strength was still too weak. He needed a mentor. If only Gryffindor could stay and help him....

"I'm sure you can overcome all the difficulties and open the Treasure we left behind." Gryffindor said with relief, "This was true a thousand years ago, and it is true now. It is a pleasure to have a student like you in Gryffindor House."

He made a noble ceremony of farewell to Ivan, waving his hand with a smile, and the next second, the world in front of Ivan began to crumble.

Everything shattered, like broken glass.

The debris glittered silver, fell and disappeared, even Ivan's body. It was an extraordinary feeling, watching his body disappear.

As it grew dark again, only Gryffindor's muffled voice came intermittently from far away. "By the way, the young evil Slytherin had been here fifty years ago. He left a dark magic in the Philosopher's Stone, which is very clever and may cause some problems for you, but I think you will overcome these difficulties. Put the two parts of the Philosopher's Stone back together..."

Wait, Voldemort left his magic behind. Ivan instantly thought of Professor Trelawney's prophecy about the one about to be selected by Voldemort in the Dark Temple.

He wanted to ask Gryffindor what magic it was, but he couldn't make a sound.

A strong feeling of oppression spread everywhere, and Ivan felt as if the air around him disappeared in an instant.

In the dark void, he felt breathless, as if he was going to die.

When he came to, he found himself lying on the grass, panting violently.

"So, are you what the major calls help?" A strange voice sounded from beside Ivan. "A young colt, this is ridiculous."

Ivan looked up and, in the glare of the setting sun, found himself lying on a hillside.

He was surrounded by tall trees of which he could not see the top. A proud centaur stood beside him.

Unlike the centaurs he had seen before, he wore strange gray leather armor, with a bow and arrows on his back, and his body looked as strong as a mountain.

The centaur spoke a language Ivan had never heard before, but he could understand.

"Who are you?" asked Ivan, subconsciously tapping his wand.

"Human, my name is Okegiga, a warrior of the centaur tribe." In his left hand, Okegiga held a huge silver spear, flashing a throbbing light in the sun.

Ivan realized it was him - no wonder he felt familiar! This centaur was the ghost he had just seen in the Obsidian Temple.

According to Magorian, he was the greatest warrior in the history of the centaurs.

Ivan remembered that this guy named Okegiga killed an adult fire dragon and many other unimaginable monsters.

"Hello, my name is Ivan, from Hogwarts, I was..." Ivan hesitated and continued, "Gryffindor asked me to help you."

"I know, Major told me, so I stayed here waiting for you. I hope it wasn't a waste of time." Okegiga said hoarsely, "Get up, we don't have time to lie on the floor. My people are attacking the colony occupied by the traitors. We must get there as soon as possible."

He bent down and pulled Ivan out of the grass.

Okegiga rubbed his front hooves against the ground, looking doubtfully at Ivan.

Then he pointed to the depths of the Forbidden Forest, motioned Ivan to stay in place, and his mouth muttered that Ivan was too thin and not strong enough.

"We must hurry, human!" Okegiga said.

Ivan followed him to move forward, but the centaur moved so fast that he soon disappeared into the forest, leaving only the echo of his hooves falling to the ground.

"Damn it, wait for me! How am I supposed to keep up with a centaur in the forest?" glancing at Okegiga's back, Ivan was secretly anxious.

Who could know what would happen if he didn't make it to the centaur colony in time?

He remembered that his mission was to help the centaurs win the war and reseal the cursed evil spirit. If he spent two or three hours running at normal speed and it was all over before his arrival, he would fail!

"If only there was a hippogriff around." Ivan looked around and hoped to find something that would help him reach the centaur colony as soon as possible.

But there was nothing around; the forest was still and quiet.

Just when he didn't know what to do, Okegiga came running back, his huge hill-like figure flying out of the bushes.

"I wonder what a human colt like you can do to help us" Okegiga said proudly, "If the old man hadn't repeatedly said you would be useful, I wouldn't have worried about you. Very well, sit on my back."

The centaur lowered his body a little, and Ivan hurried up. He had been to Firenze before, and carried him and Peter Pettigrew through most of the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night, but that was entirely different from sitting on Okegiga's back.

The strong centaur's body was too wide, and Ivan had to lean forward to maintain his center of gravity. The rough leather armor in front of him was very uncomfortable.

Okegiga was moving very fast. He ran through the forest with Ivan.

As if sitting on a train, the surrounding trees were rapidly retreating backwards. Although it was not very comfortable, the ride was much smoother than Ivan had imagined.

As he climbed a hill, the view of the surroundings suddenly widened.

Ivan saw Hogwarts castle in the distance. Compared to the Hogwarts he was familiar with, the castle of 800 years ago was more like a military fortress with a rougher shape.

Besides the main building, many other buildings had not been built.

At that time, Hogwarts castle was completely enclosed in a purple energy shell, which occasionally flickered through the waves, which seemed very strange.