Chapter 336 Phoenix God
“Are you my father?”
The voice of the soul exuding golden light echoed directly in Zuo Si’s mind.
Because he was just born without any gender recognition, his voice was like that of a two or three year old child full of innocence.
Of course, if anyone really regarded him as an ignorant child, that would be a big mistake.
After all, this is a life forged through life magic using the soul energy of tens of millions of ordinary people.
So even if there is no malice, the huge gap in life levels formed by unconsciousness alone is enough to make the unconscious souls wandering around the deep well of souls feel fear and shrink back in pieces.
Zuo Si nodded very tiredly: "Yes, I am your father and also your creator. Tell me, how do you feel now?"
"It feels...like... It's a bit strange. Because my spirit can extend infinitely outwards and hear the voices and inner thoughts of thousands of lives, but I can't make any intervention."
The new soul said in a tone. With a trace of doubt and confusion, he looked at the souls around the deep well who were constantly forgetting and losing themselves with slightly pitiful eyes.
He could feel that the ultimate fate of these people was to perish permanently and turn into the energy at the bottom of this huge crack that didn't know how deep it was under his feet.
"That's because you don't have a body yet, a body worthy of your powerful soul. Well, the phoenix fire next to you is the body I specially prepared for you."
said With that, Zuo Si raised his right hand with only bones left in it and made a gesture of invitation.
"Body..."
The newborn soul quickly turned its attention to the supernatural flame burning above its head.
As Angel Poison Core's body was completely devoured, the remaining divine power had been completely integrated with the blood of the Phoenix, forming a completely new form.
This is why Zuo Si must use the body of the Archdruid who has been blessed by nature as raw material.
Only the Archdruid has the ability of both natural transformation and elemental transformation, and can absorb the power of the phoenix blood of this world to the maximum extent, making it strengthened and even sublimated to a certain extent.
In this way, it becomes possible for the created gods to acquire the characteristics of being reborn from the ashes and never dying like a phoenix.
Of course, this is only theoretical, and it is unknown whether it will be really effective in actual implementation.
Anyway, Zuo Si has reached the limit of his current ability, and the rest can only be left to luck.
After all, compared with ancient planeswalkers like Sorin Markov, he is still too young, has been to too few worlds, and the various knowledge and magic he has collected are relatively poor.
The reborn soul floated gently in front of the huge flame phoenix, stretched out his hand and gently touched the body.
In an instant!
The phoenix seemed to come alive, flapping its wings and starting to rotate around him.
Facing that kind of powerful attraction that cannot be described in words, the newly born soul has no resistance at all and directly turns into a ray of light and gets in.
The next second...
This phoenix composed entirely of energy quickly began to shrink sharply, and finally turned into a fireball emitting astonishing heat, just like a miniature version of a small Same as the sun.
The endless energy in the deep well of soul below is the root that supports its existence.
The two are closely connected by a bond invisible to the naked eye.
"What is he doing?"
The diary couldn't help but ask through the spiritual connection.
“He is incubating and reshaping his body. Sorin Markov said that the essence of creating life magic is to provide all the raw materials and then let life evolve on its own. If the Creator interferes too much, In addition to adding unnecessary problems and defects, it will not have any good effect at all," Zuo Si explained in a casual tone while staring at the fireball.
"Are you sure Sorin Markov's words are credible?"
The diary clearly doubts the motives of this ancient planeswalker.
In its view, knowledge, especially advanced magical knowledge, is something that cannot be measured by money and wealth without exception.
But what about Suolin?
He actually taught it all to his master so easily, without even the slightest reservation.
This is not normal at all, and there may even be some hidden conspiracy.
Especially when he learned about Zuo Si's purpose of learning life magic, a meaningful smile appeared on Sorin Markov's face. It was really difficult for people to associate it with the word "good person" together.
Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Don't worry. Although my new teacher is withdrawn, indifferent, selfish, and has a vicious mouth, he is not the kind of guy who likes to engage in intrigues. He Maybe you can hide something during the teaching process, but it won't trick me. What's more, I have my own judgment about magic and I don't completely trust anyone."
"Okay, I hope you are. That’s right.”
Realizing that the master had made his own decision on this matter, Diary decisively shut his mouth.
In any case, its duty is only to provide a completely different point of view as a reference from the perspective of the past. The one who really holds the decision-making power is Zuo Si himself.
After standing aside and waiting for more than ten hours, the fireball floating above the deep well of the soul finally showed a frightening bright light like the moment a nuclear weapon exploded, and the entire world after death was directly covered in white. .
Finally, a golden phoenix with burning flames slowly flew out from the center of the explosion, and landed gently on Zuo Si's shoulder.
You don’t need to ask to know that he is the god created by Zuo Si. He is also the first god born in this world, and the only god.
"Father, I can interfere with all things now."
The new Phoenix God still maintains a child-like voice, and the golden flames on his body have not affected him at all. Or set Zuo Si's clothes on fire.
He lowered his head and gently pecked Zuo Si's right hand, which had only bones left, with his sharp beak.
moment!
A golden flame suddenly shot out and wrapped the entire hand.
In the blink of an eye, the muscles, nerves, blood vessels and skin that disappeared grew back.
When the flames went out, the injured right hand had recovered to its original state without leaving even a single scar.
Obviously, this is the ability possessed by the Phoenix God.
Zuo Si raised his arm and moved his five fingers a little, feeling the residual energy characteristics and residual warmth, and asked with interest: "Is there an energy flame that can allow people to regenerate infinitely? To what extent can it do it?"
"As long as the flame is still burning, no matter how much the body is destroyed, even if the heart and brain no longer exist, it can still be restored to its best condition."
The Phoenix God does not add He gave the answer thoughtfully.
"It's a good ability, let's call it the eternal fire."
Zuo Si immediately thought of a name for this flame.
He is undoubtedly very satisfied with this ability.
Because the eternal fire not only takes into account both healing and regeneration, but is also a divine power that tends towards positive energy, it can cause damage to a series of powerful undead creatures including lichs, dracolichs, death knights, winter ghosts, etc. Unimaginable damage.
You must know that the reason why creatures like gods are able to dominate all living beings is that all attacks involving divine power cannot be reduced through attributes such as magic resistance and immunity. Even armor, shields and other protective equipment are often useless.
This also means that those powerful monsters and mortals with high professional levels will lose their greatest advantage, and they may be killed instantly if they are not careful.
Give me the simplest example.
It is also the finger of death in necromancy magic. When used by a legendary mage, it may only be able to kill enemies or monsters that are much weaker than themselves.
The reason is that the higher the level and the stronger the monster, the stronger its magic resistance and immunity are usually.
So at the same level, without the use of resistance reduction and immunity spells, it is almost impossible to achieve the desired effect with instant death magic like Finger of Death.
But if a god with the priesthood of death adds divine power to perform it, then this finger of death can instantly kill almost all creatures without divine power and divine spark.
If he encounters a powerful undead creature again, Zuo Si can directly use the eternal fire to give the opponent a fatal blow.
The only thing he is not sure about is whether the connection of the land cards alone can summon this kind of divine flame in other worlds, especially Faerun, which is dominated by the god Io, or simply create a projection of the phoenix. Even incarnation.
As for making a living god into a card, with the current level of planeswalkers and sparks, it is impossible to think about it.
Let alone a god, even artifacts such as the Divine Impact Scepter are beyond the scope of ability to turn into cards.
In addition, with the protection of the Phoenix God, there is no need to worry too much about the lack of high-end combat power in the world below, and it will quickly collapse once it is invaded by powerful forces.
"Besides eternal fire, do you have any other abilities?" Zuo Si stared at the ridiculously beautiful bird on his shoulder and continued to ask.
Although it is already an out-and-out god, the phoenix does not look very big, only a little bigger than a macaw.
Compared with Dumbledore's pet Fawkes, he looks more like a minor.
And he doesn’t have a single feather, and he doesn’t even have an entity. He is entirely composed of burning golden flames.
Phoenix replied without thinking: "In addition to the eternal fire, I also have the ability to be reborn after being severely injured, the ability to swallow souls to restore my own strength, the ability to release high-temperature flames to burn everything, and Some messy natural spells."
"Natural spells?" Zuo Si was stunned for a moment.
The ability of Nirvana was originally possessed by the Phoenix in this world, so it is not worth making a fuss about being inherited.
The same should be true for releasing high-temperature flames to burn everything.
The fact that swallowing souls restores one's own strength must come from the large amount of soul energy extracted from the deep well during the creation process.
Only the natural magic is a bit confusing.
After all, Angel Poison Core's soul has been imprisoned in the scepter - [Talona's Favor], and his body has also disappeared in the burning flames. His druid level should not be There will be no residue whatsoever.
"You will understand at a glance."
Without saying anything, Phoenix immediately showed off the natural spells he had mastered one by one.
Most of them are related to healing and recovery, and a few are related to plants, animals and elements.
Judging from the spell models, these are all natural divine spells, and some are even the same as Faerun's.
Obviously, if nothing else goes wrong, this situation should be the result of a small amount of divine power remaining in Angel Poison Core's body.
After all, this guy eventually became the God of Spores and a God of Nature.
You must know that the true God has the power to bestow divine spells on believers, whether it is the divine spells of druids or priests.
And these magical arts are contained in the remaining divine power.
After the Phoenix completely digests and absorbs it, it is completely reasonable that it will obtain some similar magical abilities. After realizing this, Zuo Si immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "Can you grant magic to others now?"
"Yes. Not only can I grant divine spells, but I can also inspire more mortals to believe in me." Phoenix replied in the affirmative without thinking.
Zuo Si nodded thoughtfully: "I see, I think I understand what's going on. By the way, have you given yourself a name?"
" Name?" Phoenix blinked in confusion.
“Yes, a name. You always have to give yourself a code name to facilitate communication and let others call you. This is very important, especially for a god like you. Don’t worry, you can Think about it slowly."
As he spoke, Zuo Si opened the portal to leave this cold and desperate world of death, and the next second he appeared in the house he bought and underwent a series of renovations. .
Since the Christmas vacation at Hogwarts was over, Hermione had already taken the express train back to school.
At present, there is only one house elf left in this very large castle who is responsible for daily maintenance, cleaning and care.
"Master, you are back." North bent down and bowed deeply.
"Well, I'm back. How about it? Nothing major happened in the magic world during my absence, right?" Zuo Si asked casually.
North quickly shook his head: "No, both the British wizarding world and the wizarding world in other European countries are very calm right now. It's just that the Ministry of Magic has sent a lot of letters, urging you to hurry up. Give the magic stone to you. In addition, Miss Granger left a message when you left, so you'd better write to her as soon as possible when you come back."
"Hmph! This group of incompetent bureaucrats run faster than the last when something goes wrong, but they are more active than the last when it comes to getting benefits for themselves." Zuo Si sarcastically said with disdain.
"Do you need me to write a letter to refuse for you?" North probed cautiously.
"No, no need. I just have to go to the Ministry of Magic for something, so I can satisfy the greed of these guys on the way. After all, the more greedy, corrupt, and incompetent they are, the more beneficial it is to me. ”
As he said that, Zuo Si took out the magic stone made by himself from his pocket, with a playful expression on his face.
If he guessed correctly, Umbridge should have been eager to launch a final sprint for the position of Minister of Magic, which is why she was so urgent.
"What about Miss Granger?" North asked again.
This time Zuo Si obviously hesitated, but finally waved his hand: "No need for the time being. After I finish handling the matters at the Ministry of Magic, I will go to Hogwarts immediately, and then I will treat it as a gift. It’s a little surprise for her.”
“I understand.”
Realizing that the master no longer needs his services, the house elf put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply. Then he raised his hand, snapped his fingers and disappeared, continuing to do his unfinished work.
I don’t know if it was because his consciousness was tampered with when it was made into a summoning creature card, but he never looked at the phoenix on his master’s shoulder from beginning to end.
You must know that even among the wizards in this world, few have seen a phoenix, let alone won the trust of this magical magical creature.
Dumbledore is currently the only wizard who has a phoenix as a pet.
Theoretically, whether it is a wizard or a house elf, after seeing the second phoenix, the first reaction should usually be surprise and disbelief.
Waiting for North to completely walk away, Zuo Si couldn't help but ask: "Have you manipulated and affected his mind and soul?"
"No. It's just to reduce the sense of existence. Just let the house elf ignore me for the time being," Phoenix explained absentmindedly.
"Reducing one's own sense of existence? A good ability. This saves me a lot of things."
While saying this, Zuo Si raised his wand and directly cast a phantom. In the blink of an eye, He took Phoenix with him and appeared directly at the entrance of the Magic Department in the center of London.
Due to the special pass issued by the previous minister Fudge, he hardly encountered any obstruction and easily arrived at the door of Umbridge's office.
This ambitious old woman is sitting at her desk at the moment, confidently admiring the list in her hand.
Every name that appears on this list has secretly stated that they will support and vote for Umbridge in the ministerial selection in a few days.
If nothing else, the so-called election voting turned out to be nothing more than a formality.
The only thing that worries her is that she promised to bring back the Sorcerer's Stone and keep the previous salary and benefits for all employees of the Ministry of Magic unchanged, but Zuo Si, who is the backstage person, has inexplicably lost contact. .
With the current capital reserves, if the Philosopher's Stone cannot be retrieved in time, the salary can be paid for another three months at most, and then the British Ministry of Magic will have to declare bankruptcy.
It is probably because they knew how bad the financial situation was that those politically powerful people who could really threaten Umbridge did not participate in the competition.
Just when the old woman picked up a pen and paper and was about to write another letter to urge her, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the door: "Long time no see. You look good."
"So...Lord Soth?"
Umbridge suddenly raised her head, a flattering smile instantly appeared on her wrinkled face, and stood up very quickly to greet him, saying with incomparable strength He asked with enthusiasm: "Where have you been during this time? Why didn't you reply to me?"
"Sorry, I suddenly got some inspiration during Christmas, so I locked myself in the basement. After a series of attempts, I didn’t expect that when I came back to my senses, it was already the new year. Here, this is the magic stone I promised. You can now take the position of Minister of Magic.”
Zuo Si simply took out the magic stone and stuffed it into the opponent's palm.
In an instant!
Umbridge's breathing became rapid, and she was shaking with excitement as she stared at the small stone.
After a full minute, she took a deep breath to force herself to calm down, and said in a slightly excited tone: "Thank you very much for your generosity and kindness. I swear that as long as I am still the Minister of Magic, you will All the requirements will be met."
"Just right, I need your help with a little thing now," Zuo Si asked directly.
"Oh? What is it?" A trace of curiosity flashed in Umbridge's eyes.
“I want to meet Professor Crocker, who has been studying time magic all his life, and talk to him alone.”
Zuo Si did not hide anything and openly stated the true purpose of his trip.
He has received some help from the goddess of magic, Midnight, and plans to take this opportunity to retrieve the lost seal scroll.
"No problem! I'll arrange it right away." Umbridge agreed without even thinking about it.
She had long known that Zuo Si had a great interest in time magic, so she was not surprised by this request.
What's more, with the collapse of the Department of Mysteries' Time Hall, the British Ministry of Magic's research on time magic has almost completely stalled.
Rather than letting Professor Crocker not work on a white-collar salary, it would be better to use the waste.
As long as you serve the "uncle" in front of you well, with the power of the second magic stone to bring people back to life, you can make as much money as you want.
In this way, under Umbridge's arrangement, Zuo Si soon got his wish and met Professor Crocker, who had been studying time magic all his life.
"You guys talk, I have other things to do, so I'll excuse you now."
After completing the matchmaking task, Umbridge immediately turned around and left.
At this moment, all she could think about was the wonderful vision of becoming the Minister of Magic, and she didn't care at all about this kind of exchange involving magic and academic aspects.
Watching the old woman who had been corrupted by power and ambition walk away completely, Zuo Si took the initiative to extend his right hand and greeted: "Nice to meet you, Professor Crocker."
"I'm also very happy to meet you, the most talented rising star in the wizarding world today." Professor Crocker also extended his right hand with a smile.
As a member of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, he knew very well that the wizard in front of him was actually the biggest financial backer of the Ministry of Magic, so he was very polite in both attitude and tone.
What's more, Zuo Si also defeated the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters head-on with a crushing attitude in front of everyone.
wealth!
Fame!
Powerful strength!
And the clever mind and creativity that amaze all wizards in the entire magical world!
Coupled with the good relationship with the senior bureaucrats of the Ministry of Magic and even the minister himself, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zuo Si will definitely be a wizard at the top of the pyramid in the future.
Therefore, Professor Crocker, who is well versed in human relations and sophistication, did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.
After greeting each other, Zuo Si immediately asked straight to the point: "Professor, I heard that you are an expert in time magic, so I want to ask you a few questions."
" Are you also studying time magic?"
Professor Crocker immediately became excited when he mentioned his professional field.
"Yes. To be honest, I have mastered the time reversal spell, but I have never tried it before." Zuo Si answered directly in the affirmative.
Although the Ministry of Magic strictly prohibits wizards from studying these extremely dangerous spells, he has successfully obtained special permission from the previous Minister of Magic, Elder Fudge.
Of course, like many other "special permissions", it is the result of Umbridge's secret operation.
Zuo Si seriously suspected that Fudge didn't even look at the content when he signed it, and just wrote his name with a big stroke of his pen.
Otherwise, unless he was kicked in the head by a donkey or squeezed by a door, he would never agree to some of the above terms.
"The time reversal spell is a very dangerous spell, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is the most dangerous. I suggest you be careful when using it, otherwise it will bring about very terrible disasters." Professor Crocker warned in a serious tone.
Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and responded: "Don't worry, I know how scary this spell is, so I will never try it easily. I am actually more interested in the time paradox than the spell itself."
"Time paradox? What is that?" Professor Crocker blinked blankly.
“This is a hypothesis put forward by Muggles. That is, contradictory paradoxes arise due to logical derivation caused by time travel or uncontrolled shuttle. For example, a wizard accidentally killed someone who once traveled back in time. According to the timeline theory, this person will also disappear. But the question is, since the person ten years later disappears, how can he travel back in time and kill himself ten years ago? "
< br>Zuo Si briefly introduced what the time paradox is in a concise and concise way.
This thing is actually not difficult to understand.
It only took Professor Crocker less than a minute to understand the meaning of the time paradox, and he immediately smiled and sighed: "These Muggles obviously don't know magic at all, but they can think of so many things. It's really hard for them.
But what I want to correct is that the time paradox you call does not actually exist
Because according to the research results of the Ministry of Magic, what has happened cannot be changed.
No matter how many times you travel through the timeline and how many times you intervene, the final result will only be failure.
Just take the example just given, if the wizard really comes back. Until ten years ago, it was impossible to kill yourself
Whenever he wanted to take action, he would fail due to various unexpected factors.
After all, it is an established fact that he survived ten years later, so it cannot be changed. "
"You mean... there is some kind of power in the Protector timeline? So what happened when the witch traveled through time and caused many people to disappear out of thin air? "Zuo Si asked persistently.
"I can only say that it was a very serious accident. "
Professor Crocker's tone revealed deep fear and despair...
(End of this chapter)