Luckily the main story is at Hogwarts

Dudley thought about it, and it seemed like that was the case. Compared with leading the charge, Little Fatty was more afraid of being left alone by his companions, so he gritted his teeth and stepped forward.

"go up"

Charles's hands and feet were very smart. Although he was tired, the fatigue was not an injury and did not affect his movements. As soon as Dudley raised his leg, Charles lifted him up and sent him up. Before Dudley could react, he used him His shoulders climbed into the tunnel above.

Harry is next.

"Are you okay? Why don't you do it for me?"

Harry still cared about Ciel.

Ciel just shook his head, tired so he didn't want to say anything more.

Harry knew that this was not the time to waste time. Who knew when the group of monsters behind him would catch up, so he could only step forward, lift his feet, and go up the tunnel.

The movements are still done in one go.

Two people were sent up in succession, which made Ciel's fatigue deepen again. He took a breath and looked up at the last remaining Hermione.

At this moment, sister-in-law, you seem to be very troubled, not in a claustrophobic kind of way, but more like. .Some kind of big decision has been made.

"You go up first, and I'll hold you up from below."

Hermione suddenly raised her head and spoke to Ciel seriously.

Charles was stunned for a moment. He pressed his back against the cold steel plate, trying to let the low temperature wake him up. .What kind of trouble is this?

This situation often happens in games. Because of their high level of intelligence, NPCs are not fixed and rigid.

When playing games, you often need to use your brain, because every conversation is randomly generated, and unexpected situations often unfold. This is enough to be called a virtual world.

So even if Ciel only has a lot of gaming experience, some of this experience can actually be used in normal communication and thinking.

For example now.

Dragging his tired brain, Charles took a look at Hermione, who had her hands behind her back, and roughly understood something.

He suddenly laughed.

"Don't worry, I won't peek."

Hermione was taken aback.

"Steal, peek, what are you peeking at?"

Then the next moment, she suddenly realized what Ciel meant.

Except for Ciel who was wearing sportswear, she and Dudley were still wearing school uniforms. Next they had to climb a pipe, and the girls' school uniforms were short skirts.

The little girl's face turned red for a moment.

What Charles was thinking was actually a little different from what she was thinking, but she still managed to pick up the topic calmly.

"Yes, peek... I don't believe you, so you better go up first."

Then Hermione saw Ciel's face darken.

"What about you? How do you want to climb up to the entrance of this three-meter-high passage?"

The exposed little girl lowered her head and stopped talking.

That's what Hermione really meant.

The heights of the several little guys are all about the same. The tallest Dudley is only 1.5 meters, and the height of three meters is almost twice their height.

Take a personal ladder, the height is just right, but what about the last person left?

Obviously, the decision Hermione had just made was to let herself stay. Perhaps she had not yet realized in her mind what staying meant. She might not have thought about the possibility of death in this wonderland world that seemed like playing house. In fact, it is real and not far away from her at all. She may not even know the true meaning of death.

But she decided to do it.

Ciel suddenly laughed again.

"Don't worry, I have already considered it."

"I have a way to go up."

As he spoke, he patted his shoulder and signaled Hermione to hurry up.

The little girl's expression became more complicated. She didn't know whether she was worried that she seemed to be thinking too much, or whether she was worried about Ciel's words that he would not peek.

but. .Ciel had never lied to herself since entering this place, so Hermione decided to believe Ciel again.

Looking at Ciel's tired face, Hermione knew that this was not the time to be pretentious. Hermione was the most courageous in the early stages of the future trio, so she climbed up without saying a word, stepping on Ciel.

Unfortunately, she overestimated her own skill and almost fell down without stepping on her foot. Charles helped her, and then she touched the edge of the passage. Harry and Dudley, who had been prepared in the passage above, hurriedly He dragged her up with all his hands and feet.

Only Ciel remained.

"come up"

The little girl poked her head out of the tunnel.

When choosing this secret passage, Charles naturally considered the remaining person, that is, how he should go up.

After patting his face and moving his shoulders, Charles suddenly tensed up all the muscles in his body, then took two quick steps on the wall, one took off, and while in mid-air, he forced another kick. side wall.

The force of the recoil caused him to hit the iron plate below the tunnel entrance, but his hands were still in time and he firmly grasped the edge of the tunnel.

"Hahaha"

Ciel gasped.

This series of explosive movements made Ciel feel even worse. He had a splitting headache when his head shook slightly, because his brain seemed to be frozen together, and his thinking was even slower than a beat.

"are you OK"

"Char, char"

"Look at me, Ciel"

Hermione's voice seemed to come from the edge of the sky, so far away that she couldn't catch it no matter what.

With the help of several people, he reluctantly crawled into the passage. After breathing for a long time, the sound gradually returned to his ears, and the buzzing in his head slowly disappeared.

"Climb forward, then left."

Ciel said after taking a breath.

He has reached his limit and must get to the safe house as soon as possible because he could fall asleep in the tunnel at any time.

Once they lose his guidance and several people are trapped in the tunnel, those resentful dolls might continue to catch up, which would be dangerous.

Dudley began to crawl forward, then Harry, then Hermione, and finally Charles. The group of people were squeezed into the narrow pipe, like retrograde gangsters in the sewer pipe.

Like Ciel said, this was not a good experience.

Climbing pipes seems to be very common. Whether it is a sneak agent or a thief stealing gems, crawling through ventilation ducts to enter a building is a common method, but the process of climbing pipes is definitely not that pleasant.

A short crawl may be fun, but once the crawling process becomes long, the pain in the hands and feet, the stiffness of the body, and the sense of oppression caused by the small space around it will make people doubly uncomfortable.

Just like Hermione.

At the beginning, the little girl probably still thought about Ciel's words not to peek before entering the passage. When crawling in front of Ciel, her hands would always unconsciously gather the hem of her skirt back.

It wasn't until Charles who was following behind him couldn't help laughing that the little girl shyly and viciously threatened and growled "Don't laugh."

But now, she didn't care so much anymore, she just kept crawling forward, even her breathing became numb.

Fortunately, Ciel remembered that this journey was actually not long and should be quick. .

"Whoops"

While thinking, Ciel suddenly felt that he had bumped into something, and then heard a soft cry from Hermione. He realized that he had bumped into Hermione, and the team stopped.

Why did he stop? He remembered that there should be no monsters in the tunnel.

"what happened"

Ciel asked.

It was indeed Dudley who stopped, and then Harry bumped into him directly, but Hermione did not hit him, because the little girl felt that Charles was not in good condition at this time, and she should do more for the team, just like when she first entered Steam City time.

This time she didn't make a mistake. She was always vigilant and immediately noticed that Harry had stopped, and she stopped immediately.

Unfortunately, Ciel was confused and distracted, so she was bumped into by Ciel.

The little girl glared at Ciel with angry eyes, and Ciel looked away guiltily. .This made the little girl even more resentful. Fortunately, she knew that the situation ahead was more important at this time and did not dwell on these trivial matters.

"Ahead, there is no road ahead. This is a dead end."

Dudley's slightly distorted voice came from the front of the passage. Under the refraction of the narrow tunnel, it sounded like there was some kind of despair.

Ciel thought for a moment.

“Is the front more spacious than here?”

he asked.

"Can't see clearly...but it seems to be."

Dudley quickly replied again.

"That's it, we're here."

"real"

The little fat man's voice suddenly became excited.

"Just crawl."

He thought it was some emergency, but in fact, when he arrived at his destination, Dudley, a timid guy, thought it was a dead end.

The big rise and then the big fall made Charles relax all of a sudden, and he began to feel sleepy, and even his voice became inaudible.

"char char"

Hermione noticed this scene immediately. She turned around with difficulty and slapped Ciel on the face to make him wake up a little again.

"Climb quickly, hurry up"

The little girl turned and shouted to the two Dudleys in front of them.

The team began to move forward, and after crawling about two or three meters, they came to the dead end that Dudley mentioned, which was also the destination that Ciel mentioned.

This is indeed a dead end, and the pipeline ends here, but the space here is wider than in the previous pipeline.

The pipe can barely accommodate one adult, but here it can be squeezed in, and the four of Ciel can be squeezed in.

But it was pitch black all around, and I couldn't see anything.

"Fluorescent Blink"

Ciel, whose consciousness had begun to blur and no longer knew what he was doing, subconsciously recited a spell.

"bang"

A flame exploded on his finger, then extinguished in an instant.

"Shire"

Hermione, who was closest to him, let out a scream, and the scream resounded directly through the entire narrow passage. Because the passage was relatively airtight and closed, it even echoed infinitely, spreading out in circles.

. . .

At the same time, in the sky above the gap in the wall at the end of the tunnel, countless resentment dolls seemed to have received some kind of signal, and all turned back and swooped down.

. . .

Regarding the spells, Ciel had actually made a guess. The spells in the game were obviously universal to this world, or in other words, they were the spells of this world.

Perhaps some advanced magic needs to be practiced again, such as the Patronus Charm that can only be used with the help of happiness, and the Occlumency in the spiritual realm.

But many people only need to know the spells and release techniques, such as the floating spell with a raise of the wand and a flick of the wrist, and he may be able to release it directly.

Maybe it's not very proficient, maybe the effect is attenuated because it's not standard, but it should be usable after all.

But he didn't dare to try because he didn't have a magic wand. The magic wand was very important to wizards. Its appearance directly popularized the ease of using magic.

Of course, wizards can also use magic without a wand, but only some wizards with extraordinary talents can use magic smoothly.

For the rest, they may not even know what strange effects the magic they use will cause.

It is entirely possible for a levitating spell to turn a person into a cow.

Just like Ciel now.

The severe pain caused by the bursting of his fingertips briefly awakened Ciel from unconsciousness. Before the next wave of intense fatigue arrived, he suppressed his sleepiness and struggled to take out a flashlight from his space bag and threw it to Harry.

"Puzzle, puzzle... the door is down..."

Then he closed his eyes and dozed off with his head moving up and down.

Harry was lucky. As soon as he turned on the flashlight, he directly illuminated the puzzle on the wall beside him. The puzzle was a classic nine-square grid, inlaid on the wall, and was also made of an unknown metal.

"Should we solve this puzzle?"

Harry said to himself.

Dudley, who was next to him, also squeezed over with interest, knocking Harry aside.

"No one can beat me when it comes to puzzles. Let me see...this piece should be here."

"No, it seems like it should be here."

"To shut up"

Hermione moved closer to Ciel and was relieved to find that he was just asleep, his fingers were only a little burnt, and there was no bleeding.

Although the little girl didn't know why Ciel was so tired, she knew that she had to find a safe place now.

That's what he calls a safe house.

Remembering the puzzle piece that Charles had prompted before, and looking up at Harry and Dudley, who were still arguing about the position of a piece of the puzzle after less than half a minute, Hermione took a deep breath and said sternly.

"Get out of the way"