A Small Boat Riding the Wind and Breaking the Waves

"Sleeping Dragon Barrier?"

Sirius suddenly heard this very familiar name and immediately searched through his memories.

"I vaguely remember hearing about it, but isn't this barrier part of Hogwarts' protective measures?"

He gripped the crystal in his hand, instantly growing tense.

"Could it be that we brought out Hogwarts' most important protective measure?"

"It's not that exaggerated, so you don't need to be so nervous." Jon remained calm. "Hogwarts' Sleeping Dragon Barrier is one of the greatest magical inventions of the past two thousand years. Moreover, it is closely connected to the dragon soul beneath Hogwarts. Taking it away would be nothing short of a fantasy. The crystal in your hand is Dragon Bone Crystal. Dumbledore probably used mimicry to draw out a bit of power from the Dragon Soul Lair, so theoretically, the crystal in your hand can temporarily activate a protective barrier similar to the Sleeping Dragon Barrier. Within that barrier, magical activity will be greatly reduced."

It was worth mentioning that there was another matter behind this.

During the years Jon had been away from Hogwarts, Voldemort had happened to be frequently stirring up minor incidents to restore his influence. As the magical society's overall strength continued to recover, the more active Voldemort became, the more power he could regain. If he had remained under control, there naturally would have been nothing to say. But the problem was that even after the Dark Forest in Albania drove him out, Grindelwald and Dumbledore, despite joining forces to search for him, could only deduce that Voldemort was hiding somewhere within Europe.

That was rather frustrating.

Voldemort was simply too good at hiding. Anyone else would certainly have been unable to do it to such an extent, but Voldemort could conceal himself under the cover of snakes. No matter how