Chapter 279 Peter Pettigrew and the Horned Rat
Gryffindor kept his promise and sent Bruce back to the Burrow safely the next day.
However, yesterday's experience still lingered in their minds for a long time.
"Remember, Bruce, you can't tell anyone what you saw."
Gryffindor warned, "We have to wait until we are fully prepared before letting others know. Otherwise, it will definitely cause panic!"
"I see!"
Bruce nodded solemnly, "I won't say a word!"
What a joke! Even if Gryffindor didn't remind him, he would never tell anyone about what happened yesterday.
The thought of a horde of ratmen filling the mountains and fields was terrifying, so how could I possibly tell anyone about it?
That would be a big deal!
"That's good."
Gryffindor nodded with relief and never mentioned yesterday's topic again.
……
Bruce returned to the Burrow, and just as he stepped through the door, a group of people surrounded him.
"Bruce!"
Ron said with full fighting spirit, "I know everything. I want to challenge you!"
Then George and Fred dragged him away.
"Why is your mouth so big!"
"Do you think others are fools?"
They cursed and swore, already regretting telling their silly brother about the heir of Gryffindor.
On the other side, Harry and Ginny looked at Bruce. Although they didn't say anything, their meaning was very clear.
They also want to compete for the position of successor.
Isn't Gryffindor the house that values courage the most?
Only Hermione did not join them. She sat in the back reading a book, sighing in her heart.
This is not courage, it's recklessness.
Is it that easy to defeat Bruce?
At least you should use your brain and secretly give Bruce some laxatives before the challenge, right?
Bruce looked at the group of classmates in front of him and didn't know what to say.
If it was yesterday, they challenged him, and Bruce wouldn't mind giving them a little slack as long as they performed well in the battle.
But it's different now.
Becoming the heir of Gryffindor means that he will inevitably go on an adventure into the world of Warhammer with Gryffindor, just like he and Ravenclaw did yesterday.
That's the Warhammer world!
This is not a place for playing house. Are these Hogwarts students really ready?
Thinking of this, Bruce made up his mind.
Then he smiled and looked at the students around him, and said, "It seems that you already know it. Did you overhear it?"
As soon as these words came out, Harry and the others' expressions changed immediately.
Ron broke free from his two brothers and just squeezed in front of Bruce again when he heard Bruce expose the eavesdropping.
So he immediately patted his chest and assured, "What do you mean by eavesdropping? I swear I definitely didn't do that!"
He said this without any guilt.
Ron certainly wasn't eavesdropping; he was vomiting at the time, as Harry told him afterwards.
Except for Ron, everyone else acted as if nothing had happened. They whistled and looked around, as if they didn't hear anything.
Bruce didn't want to continue acting with them.
"Since you all know this, I won't act anymore."
Bruce walked carelessly over to the sofa where Hermione was sitting reading a book.
"Move over a little and give me a spot," Bruce said.
Hermione glared at Bruce, but still gave up her seat for him to sit down. The others came over and waited for Bruce to say the next word.
"Mr. Gryffindor did ask me to keep an eye out for a suitable successor."
Bruce looked at those pairs of expectant eyes and said, "The selection criteria is the ability to defeat me in a fair fight!"
The other little wizards were not surprised when they heard this, as they had known this for a long time.
But what Bruce said next was what really gave them a headache.
"But to be honest, if everyone who knows the news comes to challenge me, I don't have that much energy, so I want to set a standard here, and I will say the same to others in the future."
Bruce raised a finger and said seriously, "If you want to challenge me, you must learn to Apparate!"
After learning how to Apparate, I went to the world of Warhammer. If I encountered danger, I could at least escape.
Bruce thought so.
But it must be said that this standard is still too high. None of the young wizards present at this moment have mastered the spell of Apparition.
Hermione immediately discovered the blind spot: "Wait, Bruce, if you say that, do you already have mastered Apparition?"
"uh-huh."
Bruce nodded, and suddenly disappeared from the sofa. The next moment, he appeared at the entrance of the corridor with one foot on the stairs.
"In short, the standard is this. Before I learn it, I will not accept your challenge." After saying that, he walked away on his own, leaving behind a group of little wizards looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Bruce is kidding," Ron muttered quietly, "Not everyone is as freakish as him. We are only in the fourth grade, not even old enough to take the Apparition qualification exam."
Only after passing the qualifying exam can you learn Apparition.
After all, learning this spell is extremely dangerous, and many people have lost their hands and feet.
"Exam?" George suddenly snorted, "It turns out that our Ron is still a good boy!"
If I don’t pass the exam, will I stop studying?
You deserve not to be the heir of Gryffindor.
This time, even Harry did not stand on Ron's side, because what he said was indeed not something a Gryffindor would say.
Harry himself knew very well that his father, James Potter, had secretly become an Animagus without applying to the Ministry of Magic.
The process of learning that spell is also very dangerous.
If you are not careful, you will be trapped in the body of an animal forever and can never turn back into a human being.
"If my father has that kind of courage, then I have it too."
Harry thought, it's just Apparition, learn it! Once you learn it, challenge Bruce!
……
Bruce entered the room, sat on the chair, and fell into a long thought.
Katum was the same, and was feeling a headache regarding Warhammer.
First of all, the strength of the Warhammer world far exceeds the upper limit of Harry's world, and there are countless good and evil gods in it.
The upper limit of power in Harry's world cannot be caught up with.
And that's not all. What really gives Katum a headache is the biggest difference between Warhammer and the world of other works.
Warhammer is a world where evil triumphs over good.
At the final moment, Chaos devoured and destroyed the entire world. The Skaven that Bruce and his friends met yesterday could be said to be the final winners.
The god they believed in, the Horned Rat, accomplished what countless villains had failed to do and successfully destroyed the world.
Even after the destruction of the Warhammer World, the Horned Rat was promoted to the new Chaos God because of his great contribution to the destruction of the world, and was on par with Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle and Slaanesh.
Oh yeah, and these four guys!
Katoom really couldn't help but feel a headache. When Bruce first came to this world and had not yet entered Hogwarts, Katoom once joked with him that the four houses in Hogwarts were Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Slaanesh.
To this day, his words have come true.
The Four Chaos Gods are really coming!
Of course, Katum still kept telling himself that Warhammer 40K and Warhammer: Endgame were not from the same world. Although both had the Four Chaos Gods, they were not the same group.
As for who is weak and who is strong?
It’s hard to say about Katum, but based on the world view, the four gods of Warhammer may be a little weaker.
But that is also a big threat!
"There's still time."
Katoom suddenly said to Bruce, "I observed in the Heavenly Pathway that it would take at least one or two years for the Warhammer world to completely merge with Harry's world.
"During this period, the two worlds were still connected by the occasional space channel.
"It's not so easy for the real heavyweights in the medieval world to come to this world!"
This was somewhat of a rare piece of good news for Bruce.
If there is still one or two years, I can at least be somewhat prepared.
"But we still have to be careful."
Katum said, "The gods of the chaotic forces like to corrupt others, making some originally normal people go crazy and become their followers, or even chosen by the gods."
What Owl wants to say is very simple. Don’t think you can rest assured just because it will take another year or two for the two worlds to completely merge.
The gods of the medieval world loved to fight proxy wars.
You choose one chosen by God, I choose one chosen by God, and then the two chosen by God fight each other, causing chaos in the world.
"We have no defense against this kind of thing!"
Bruce sighed and said, "Even the most powerful person in the world can't monitor everyone's heart and determine whether he is corrupted by Chaos."
"But we can do more research and at least identify a few people who are most likely to be lured and focus on observing them."
Katoom jumped on the table and said, "For example, let me talk about a person, Peter Pettigrew. I really feel a little uncomfortable looking at that guy, but I have to say that among the people I know, he is the one who is most likely to be chosen by the Horned Rat!"
Peter Pettigrew, an Animagus, was able to take on the appearance of a mouse, and even lived in mouse form for twelve years.
Perhaps in his heart, he has begun to have an identity dislocation and can't figure out whether he is a human or a mouse.
If the Horned Rat wanted to connect with the world, Peter Pettigrew was the man to do it.
Bruce thought about it and felt that it made sense.
"Yes, if I were the Horned Rat, I would look for him too."
"Now it's easy."
Katum said, "No matter what, let's find Peter Pettigrew first and control him. If we can't do that, just kill him. After all, it won't hurt to kill someone like him!"
(End of this chapter)
