Hogwarts, was gnawed at the beginning

Suer walked around for a while holding the note, and then he realized what kind of place this place was.

From the mottled and peeling paint sign, you can barely make out that it says - 'Welcome to Cokeworth Town'

Empty and lonely are the main themes here. It was obviously sunny and cloudless when we went out, but it gave people a foggy and eerie feeling here.

The tall, huge chimney stands in the distance, shrouded in white mist, looking eerily at this place.

There were only a few store doors open on the street. When Suer walked on the street here, he felt an inexplicable chill. He could always feel the inexplicable eyes on him, but when he turned around, they quickly disappeared. not see.

There is a faint stench in the air, and the rows of dilapidated brick buildings with only half of the decorations on them prove that this place is obviously a remnant of the previous era and is out of touch with this era.

Snape lived in a place like this? !

"That kid, what are you doing here?" While passing through a deep alley, a low and hoarse voice came from inside.

Soul was startled by the sudden disturbance and quickly drew his wand.

"Keda, keda" distinctly different footsteps appeared from inside, "This is not a place for children. Which family are you from?"

An old man with only a strand of white hair on his head came out. His clothes were stained with an unknown liquid of brown and black. His face was gloomy. What was even more shocking was that one of his feet was replaced by a piece of wood.

Su Er didn't speak for a long time.

"Ask you!" The old man became impatient, and the foot replaced by wood seemed to be a little uncomfortable and he stomped on the spot a few times. "What are you holding a thin wooden stick for? Are you a clown here to perform? !”

"I'm here to find someone..." In a short period of time, Suer judged that although the old man had a gloomy face and a bad tone, he had no malice.

"Looking for someone?" the old man added emphasis to this sentence, "I guess you are a kid from the city?"

"I'm from London." Suer lowered his hand. Although this old man who suddenly appeared had no ill intentions, he should not let down his guard.

"Ha, he is indeed a young master from a big city." The old man laughed and looked around, but there was no one else here except him.

"Where are your elders? As long as they have any sense, they wouldn't let a child come to this ghost place alone, hey."

"I remember very clearly, there were quite a few as big as you... tsk..."

Sur's heart trembled, and his hand holding the wand tightened. The old man's eyes continued to speak.

"You should smell it, that smell in the air...ha...it's really..."

"I have elders here." Suer said calmly.

"Oh?" The old man smiled, with a ferocious and terrifying smile. Only then did Suer realize that there was a scar on his face, which went straight from the nose to the back of his head, as if someone had struck him with a sharp weapon.

"where is it?"

Su Er pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Let me guess..." The old man didn't mind Sur's silent attitude at all, "Spider End Alley? At least it won't be here. Hey, I'm the only living person living here..."

The old man's eyes were fixed on Su Er, "Ho ho, it seems I guessed it right."

“You can’t find it there without someone to guide you here.”

As he said that, the old man seemed to feel a little uncomfortable again. He raised his feet and stamped on the ground, making a tooth-gripping sound of "crack", the sound of bones and wood rubbing against each other, but the old man's expression did not change at all.

Sur closed his mouth and stared at the old man in front of him. As long as he dared to make any changes, the wand in his hand would teach him a profound lesson. As for the Ministry of Magic's accountability after the incident...there is a rule in the law. Wizards can use magic when their lives are threatened.

"Tsk, tsk." The old man looked Suer up and down, and inadvertently glanced at Suer's right hand holding the wand.

"Can you smell the smell in the air? Boy, keep walking from here. When you see a river, walk up a little further and you will see a garbage dump. That's where you want to go."

"But, be careful, be careful of the resentful spirits in that river, they will pull you down, Jie Jie Jie..."

As he spoke, the old man raised his foot and stamped his foot again, making a meaningless muttering in his mouth, and turned around and entered the alley behind him.

"Click, click, click, click..." The footsteps gradually faded away.

Suer couldn't figure out the way to this inexplicable strange old man, but he decided to follow the route the old man said to find Spider Tail Alley.

No wonder Snape was gloomy and colder than a ghost all day long. Look, how many normal people live in this place all year round?

Sur walked up the river while calming down the little fright in his heart.

The road pointed by the old man was correct. Su Er found the river. As for the resentful spirit in his mouth, Su Er saw nothing but weeds and faded packaging bags. This river was really dirty. The dark water was covered with a layer of black stuff of unknown composition, and the stench was mainly emitted by this stuff.

The closer he got to the river, the more disgusting the surrounding smell became. Soul couldn't use the head soaking spell, so he had to cover his nose with the hem of his clothes and speed up his pace.

He soon saw the garbage pile in the old man's mouth, and also saw a broken arrow sign next to the garbage pile. Only the first half of the word "spider" was left in the spider tail alley, which pointed to an alley entrance, where there was a row of two floors. , houses built with the same bricks.

Suer walked in quickly. The arrow sign was pointing in the right direction. No one was bored enough to change the direction. Oh, no, there should be no other children in this damn place except himself.

"Spider End Lane - No. 17..." As he walked, Suer raised his head and tried to identify which house he was in front of from the green rusty bronze plaque.

The houses here are all in gloomy and dark tones without exception.

The only glass window is full of darkness that seeks to devour people.

If Sur had asked anyone before coming here, they would have reminded him sternly that he must not come here alone without ensuring his absolute safety.

Since this town was abandoned by the Muggle government, a large number of dark wizards have occupied it, thanks to its maze-like layout and identical houses everywhere.

Dark wizards usually use this place as a temporary place to stay to avoid being hunted by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, and it is also convenient for them to conduct dark magic experiments here. This is something that every adult wizard knows.

There used to be Muggles living here, but now, there are almost none.

"23...23..." Soul muttered the numbers deeper and deeper.

Suddenly there was a soft rustling sound behind him, and he immediately stopped, quietly putting his hand into the wizard's robe and holding the wand.

A cry-like sound made the hairs on Sur's back stand on end. Without caring so much, he took out his wand and turned around suddenly. A red spell shot out and exploded on the cobblestone ground. Turn into a ball of sparks.

"Shua..." A black shadow flashed in front of his eyes.

Although it was only a flash, he still saw it clearly. It turned out to be a black fox...

"Scared me..." Su Er relaxed.

At this time, the second-floor window at the end of the alley opened with a creak, and a familiar voice sounded.