Chapter 339 I am the mastermind
Sirius Black, one of the twenty-eight pure-blood families - the last male heir of the Black family, Harry Potter's godfather and his biological father's best friend .
Personally flamboyant, arrogant, reckless, impulsive, and irritable, he often does things without regard to the consequences. He does not look like an adult at all, but rather like a rebellious teenager in his teens or 20s.
Perhaps the only advantage is that you are loyal enough to your friends and are willing to sacrifice your life for each other at critical moments.
As for the "smartness" praised by professors, there is a big question mark here.
Because Zuo Si didn't think what this guy did could be related to the word "smart".
Whether he gave up the secret keeper to Peter Pettigrew, or later learned the truth and pursued the latter at all costs, or was finally lured into a trap and died at the hands of Bellatrix, in his eyes Laidu gives people a very brainless and stupid feeling.
If it were me, I would never change the secret keeper in the first place.
After all, according to the description given by the Ministry of Magic afterwards, when Voldemort and his Death Eaters were ravaging the British wizarding world, due to the abuse of the Imperius Curse, trust was an extremely luxurious thing, even if Relatives around you may betray you in the next second.
So at this time, only everyone knows best who is the traitor.
Black obviously knew that he was not a traitor, so according to normal thinking logic, he should not give up the position of secret keeper and replace him with Peter, who usually showed timidity, cowardice and fear of death.
As for what many onlookers later saw as "man enough", he would avenge his friends at all costs, even if he was sent to Azkaban Prison on charges, which was even more brainless to the extreme.
You must know that there is such a thing as veritaserum in the magic world!
In fact, he only needs to capture Peter Pettigrew first, and then hand him over to the Ministry of Magic for interrogation using Veritaserum. Then the truth will be revealed, and there is no need to spend more than ten years in prison, so that His godson Harry had a rather unhappy childhood.
As for revenge...
You can completely wait until Peter is imprisoned in Azkaban, and then use your identity as the sole heir of the Black family, as well as the connections, wealth and influence that the family has operated in the British wizarding world for many years, to torture this traitor bit by bit until he is worse than life. Death, or even complete destruction of his spirit and will, turning him into a complete madman.
Just like the mad woman Bellatrix did to the Longbottoms.
You must know that revenge is not about making the enemy die as quickly as possible, but about letting them taste enough pain before death.
In short, by analyzing Sirius Black's life experience, it is easy to draw a conclusion, that is, this guy is 100% inclined to the chaos camp.
Compared with Snape, who endured humiliation and was willing to be an extremely dangerous double agent, and secretly completed Dumbledore's arrangements after his death, he failed to fulfill his duty as a godfather to take care of his friend after his death. Even though he protected Harry, he failed to play an important role in the fight against Voldemort. He was reckless, impulsive and brainless throughout.
Therefore, Zuo Si treated Black with cold eyes from beginning to end. He didn't think that Harry, the godfather, had anything to sympathize with after he had been squatting in Azkaban for more than ten years.
Just when he had just finished reading a page of the Netherese scroll and was very tired and wanted to stop and rest for a while, he suddenly felt someone hugging him from behind, and he immediately didn't look back. Smiling and asked: "Is today's Defense Against the Dark Arts class over?"
"Well! Apart from being unfriendly to Gryffindor House students, Professor Snape actually teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts His achievements are quite outstanding. I don’t understand why Principal Dumbledore didn’t allow him to take up this course concurrently, but instead recruited some random guys so that students of all ages could not learn anything useful for two semesters.”
As Hermione spoke, she threw the backpack filled with notes and textbooks on the chair next to her, with a strong complaint in her tone.
Zuo Si explained nonchalantly: "Do you remember what I told you in Diagon Alley before the semester started?
This class is cursed, so the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is actually a consumable.
Look at Quirrell's fate in the first semester, and look at Lockhart's ending this semester, and you will know how dangerous this position is.
The principal obviously didn't want the school to lose an excellent potions master, so he could only find someone to make do with it first.
In fact, the essence of Dark Arts Defense is spell duel.
The outcome of a spell duel depends on a series of factors such as vision, insight, knowledge, experience, the number of magic mastered, and so on.
In this regard, you are actually already ahead of others. "
"䱱means...the theoretical knowledge of magic and hundreds of spells from other worlds? "Hermione's eyes shone slightly.
As a top student, she will not forget the mountains of books, notes and scrolls in the Doomsday Bunker.
Just want to understand The content inside requires at least seven more languages to be learned.
Yes!
Master at least seven relatively independent languages and writing systems that have no connection with each other!
This is the minimum threshold for learning magic.
Based on this alone, it is not difficult to see how difficult it is for most ordinary people to become a mage.
The only thing that makes Hermione feel lucky is that she does not need to learn the entire language at once, but only needs to learn one of them first before she can start learning basic theoretical knowledge.
Seeing the eagerness of the girl in front of him, Zuo Si couldn't help but smile and nodded: "That's right. Since you already know the existence of other magical time and space, why do you limit yourself to this world? Diversity The universe is vast, so vast that it exceeds the limits of everyone’s imagination.”
"Then...can you take me to these times and spaces to experience different scenery together?" Hermione asked with a faint blush on her face.
“Of course! But the premise is that you must be strong enough to protect yourself first.
You must know that not all time and space are as safe as this world.
There are many Time and space monsters are rampant, wars, killings and conspiracies are rampant. There is no order and law at all.
It is just the survival of the fittest, and a slight mistake will lead to death.
Even more extreme are places populated by evil creatures like demons and devils.
Where evil is equal to justice. ”
When saying these words, Zuo Si looked directly into the girl’s eyes, and his tone was more serious than ever before.
As he said, this world is really too safe, even if Voldemort, the most terrifying dark wizard, only caused a few hundred deaths.
Compared with the fact that in Faerun, a civilization or a species simply exited the stage of history, and millions of people evaporated out of thin air. , just like a joke
Of course, the two world wars and the subsequent development of thermonuclear weapons by Muggles are not included.
After all, since there is no resistance to magic such as charm control, teleportation, and ultra-long-distance teleportation, the government of the Muggle world is basically defenseless in front of powerful spellcasters. It is easy for the upper echelons of the ruling class to They will all be caught in one fell swoop.
When the time comes and we lose control of the nuclear bomb launch button and the military, we will basically become a puppet under the control of others.
This is why Zuo Si dared to say that he can become the "ancestor" of this world anytime he wants.
So he must let the girl understand the huge risks involved in traveling across time and space.
"Demon? Devil? Have you really seen these creatures that only exist in myths and legends?"
Hermione was not intimidated by the horrific scenes depicted, but instead became even more excited.
There is no doubt that this is the bravery and adventurous spirit revealed in her bones, and it is also the reason why she was sent to Gryffindor House by the Sorting Hat.
Zuo Si stretched out his hand to help the girl tidy up her hair that was blown by the wind, and replied without thinking: "Angels, devils, devils, elves, dwarves, orcs, undead creatures, and giant dragons with real wisdom. , super giant elemental creatures as tall as skyscrapers, these are all real. But the question is, are you ready to face them?"
"Don't worry, I will go all out as soon as possible. To the extent you asked for," Hermione assured confidently.
"Haha, then I'll look forward to it first. Oh, by the way, so that you can learn more knowledge in a short period of time, I decided to give you a small gift."
With that said, Zuo Sicong He took out a homemade time turner from his pocket and handed it to the girl.
Hermione picked it up and asked curiously: "What is this? Some kind of timing tool?"
"No! It is a time turner that allows you to go back briefly. to the past few hours or even a day or two
This way, you can use one day as two or three days
But please note that it is best not to be discovered by anyone when using it.
In particular, you must avoid running into your past self as much as possible, otherwise terrible things will happen.
In addition, a person's time does not increase or disappear out of thin air.
The accumulated time you use the Time Converter will eventually be returned to you.
To put it simply, if you go back three hours in the past, your body's growth rate will not stop during these three hours, but will be at the same point in time as you Others will remain unchanged.
Maybe after a few days or weeks, nothing can be seen.
But if it accumulates over several months or even years, then you will look taller and more mature than your peers..."
Zuo Si patiently counted the time. The principle of the converter and the things that need to be paid attention to were explained in one sentence.
After careful consideration, he decided to hand over the time converter he made to the other party.
On the other hand, Hermione is currently in the developmental stage, so it doesn't matter if she spends a year or two faster. Instead, she can quickly accumulate knowledge during the period when her learning ability is strongest
On the other hand, today's girls are too weak. If they are not strengthened a little, they will not be able to achieve the expected goals.
"Time...time travel? This is too unbelievable!"
Hermione stared at the gadget in her hand and swallowed subconsciously.
"It's not unbelievable. In fact, within the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, there is a special place to study time magic. This converter is one of the results of many years of research. Also remember to keep it secret, don't do it Tell anyone, because it is strictly illegal to use this thing without the authorization of the Ministry of Magic."
After saying this, Zuo Si picked up the time turner and hung it around the girl's neck. superior.
moment!
The Time Turner transforms from an hourglass into a stylish amulet.
You don’t need to ask to know that this is a disguised illusion magic.
After all, many professors at Hogwarts know about the existence of the time turner. If they discover it, it will cause a series of unnecessary troubles.
Hermione lowered her head and looked at this magical prop with magical power. Unable to contain her excitement any longer, Hermione stood on tiptoes and gave Zuo Si a passionate kiss. After several minutes, the two slowly separated.
Hermione licked her lips, staring at the Netherese scroll placed on the table, and asked in an uncertain tone: "What exactly is this thing? I found a recent paragraph Please read the above content whenever you have free time."
"This is a Netherese scroll, a carrier that records the most primitive magical theoretical basis of a certain time and space. Anyone who can understand it. Everyone will inevitably gain unimaginable and amazing theoretical knowledge, and will also have a deeper understanding of magic," Zuo Si explained concisely.
Through these days of hard study day and night, he has successfully read most of the first chapter of the scroll, which is six of the scrolls, and has successfully raised the level of the Archmage to LV5.
As for the additional opportunities to increase the level of arcane spellcasting, it is added to the mage profession.
This also means that, including LV6 mages and LV10 mystics, the total level of arcane spellcasting professions has officially crossed LV21 and officially entered the realm of legendary spellcasters.
Among the advanced arcane abilities that can be selected for the Archmage career upgrade, Zuo Si chose [Spell Power], [Spell-like Abilities] and [Arcane Hand].
[Spell Power] is very simple. It is to sacrifice a fifth-level spell slot to increase your effective spell casting level, making all spells more powerful and more difficult to resist and save.
[Arcane Hand] sacrifices a seventh-level spell slot to gain the ability to use a mage's hand, instead of completing some magic that requires direct contact with the target to take effect. The longest distance can reach More than eighteen meters.
This ability is similar to the [Transmitting Contact] of the Demon Pet.
If you learn to double-cast or even multi-cast, that is, to cast more than two spells at once, the effect will be unexpectedly good.
[Spell-like ability] is a bit more complicated. First, you need to sacrifice a fifth-level spell slot, use an empty spell slot that does not memorize any magic to permanently store a specific spell, and then convert it. It is a spell-like ability that can be used twice per day.
If you use a high-level spell slot to memorize a low-level spell, you will get additional uses per day.
To give a simple example, if you use a sixth-level spell slot to store third-level magic, then this spell-like ability can be used four times a day instead of twice. If you use a sixth-level or higher spell slot to store it, you can use it. six times.
As for the two abilities like [Arcane Fire] and [Counter Spell Control], Zuo Si was not even interested in opening his eyes to see them.
Because he already has a higher-level silver fire given by the goddess of magic, he naturally looks down on low-level things like arcane fire.
Counter-spell control overlaps with the special abilities of the creator profession, so it was ruthlessly eliminated.
As the Archmage profession reached the upper limit of LV5, Zuo Si began to consider whether to develop an advanced profession of arcane spellcasting.
Otherwise, all the rewards provided by reading Netheril scrolls are added to the basic mage profession, which is really a bit of a waste.
In addition, because he has learned and collected a huge amount of magical knowledge from different worlds, even though he has just crossed the legendary threshold, he has up to six legendary spell slots every day.
Counting the [Mummy Dust] and [Great Collapse] that have been researched with huge amounts of money and resources, as well as several super spells transformed from the secret library of the central tower of the floating city, the legendary magic mastered by Zuo Si The total number reached a staggering seven.
You must know that most legendary mages in Faerun can only master one, two, or three legendary magics at best.
Hearing that the origin of the Netherese scroll was so surprising, Hermione suddenly looked curious and subconsciously glanced at the contents.
The next second...
She suddenly felt a strong stabbing pain in her brain, and a large number of indescribable terrifying hallucinations appeared in front of her eyes. She immediately fell to the ground and screamed in pain. .
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!!"
You know without asking that the girl's current intelligence level is simply not enough to withstand such a huge amount of knowledge and information, even her nose is following it. bleed.
Seeing this, Zuo Si immediately put away the scroll on the table and at the same time winked at Phoenix beside him.
The latter immediately understood and released the eternal fire to wrap Hermione's entire head.
After exactly ten minutes, the reckless girl recovered tremblingly, and asked in a tone full of fear: "Then...what happened to that scroll? I...I feel like it's in my head Suddenly there was a lot of inexplicable knowledge and memory.”
Zuo Si held his forehead and responded in a slightly reproachful tone: "Congratulations, you successfully obtained some extremely precious magic knowledge from the scroll.
But promise me, you won't do it again next time.
You know? If a person with insufficient intelligence reads this scroll, he will easily become an idiot or madman under the huge impact of information.
In its original world, there is no mortal. Able to read all the knowledge on the Netherese scrolls
Unless there is guidance from the goddess of magic.
Another thing is to control your strong curiosity. After figuring out the true purpose of something, it is best not to touch it easily, let alone try to read the content.
Compared with the many books in other time and space that can control people's minds, tempt people to fall, and even contain terrible curses, the so-called "dangerous" books in the restricted area of Hogwarts are actually nothing at all. What.
Something truly dangerous is like this Netherese scroll, which can kill you just by looking at it. "
At this moment, Hermione also saw the area near her mouth and nose, as well as the large areas of her clothes that were stained red. She immediately realized how much blood she had just shed, and nodded quickly with lingering fear: "I understand. . Thank you for saving my life just now. "
"You're welcome. With our relationship, even if you die accidentally, I will do everything possible to revive you. ”
Zuo Si pulled the girl up from the ground, waved his wand and cast a cleaning spell to clean up the blood on the two of them.
"We will be together forever, right?" Hermione hugged Zuo Si tightly and asked without raising her head.
“Of course!”
Zuo Si kissed the girl gently on her forehead.
With high emotional intelligence, he knows better than anyone else that no matter what he thinks in his heart, there must be no hesitation at this time and he must give a positive answer as soon as possible.
After this lesson, Hermione finally became wary of other worlds and did not dare to touch those things that Zuo Si had brought from other worlds.
......
At the same time, far away in Faerûn, there was a shell ship under the Ashcatla Mage Tower.
The three Isadoras stood in a row, watching the other one take off all the clothes on her body, and slowly walked into the brain pool at the instruction of the mind flayer, letting the tentacles controlled by the master brain control her. Capture it yourself, and then pull it deep into the crevices of your brain.
There was no resistance or struggle throughout the entire process.
"Is... is this really okay? Soss won't be angry if he finds out, right?" The shy Isadora stammered and asked.
"Don't worry, everything we did is for Soth, it is a manifestation of our deep love for him. He will not blame us." Another Isadora next to her comforted her in a very calm tone. road.
The third Isadora snorted coldly and said with a look of jealousy: "This guy is really cunning! He actually wants to use this method to prevent his personality from being swallowed up and become independent. The existence form will always be with Soth. "
"There is no way. Among the four of us, she is the only one who is the most suitable to replace the mastermind's consciousness." The second Isadora shrugged helplessly. .
"Keep quiet! The ceremony has begun!" the Mind Flayer reminded, waving its tentacles.
In just a few seconds. A powerful psychic energy spurted out from the brain pool, covering the entire room.
The powerful destructive power tore apart several goblins imprisoned as food in the cages at the door in just an instant.
They didn't even figure out what was going on. The whole body suddenly exploded from the inside, with bright red flesh and internal organs flying everywhere. The scene was extremely bloody.
However, the three Isadoras and the Mind Flayer were not affected.
At this moment, their bodies were all shining with the brilliance of spiritual energy, and they were obviously protected in advance.
"Attention! The battle for consciousness has begun! Everyone suppresses the mastermind as much as possible to ensure that it cannot concentrate."
The mind flayer issued orders to the three Isadoras through the mind connection.
The latter did not hesitate at all!
At almost the same time, he released his psychic energy, forcing the mastermind to use part of his power for defense.
After all, the psychic powers released by the three Isadoras together are enough to threaten its life and death.
In the room where the entire brain pool is located, you can see with the naked eye the blue lights flashing in the air from time to time, colliding with each other, and then releasing an astonishingly powerful mind blast.
You must know that psionic energy is not like arcane energy and can often be easily captured.
Just the opposite!
The former will only become visible when it is powerful to a certain extent.
Boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Along with the surging energy and the soul-shaking loud noise, there was finally a relatively violent reaction in the brain.
To be precise, the mastermind accelerated the speed of devouring Isadora's body.
I saw that from the cortical surface of this enlarged version of the human brain, tiny tentacles suddenly grew densely and numerously, and began to crazily dismember the latter's body.
In a short time, the girl’s fair skin and alluring curves that can make men have endless reveries were swallowed up, revealing a large area of white bones. It looked like she couldn’t hold on for long.
What is incredible is that at this moment, her psychic powers have not weakened, but are getting stronger, directly suppressing the consciousness of the mastermind.
One minute...
Ten minutes...
Half an hour...
When Isadora's body that entered the brain pool completely disappeared from this world, intense The confrontation finally stopped, and then a voice suddenly echoed in everyone's mind.
“I am Isadora. I successfully swallowed the master brain’s consciousness. From now on, I am the master brain!”
moment!
Both the Mind Flayer responsible for presiding over the ceremony and the other three Isadoras breathed a sigh of relief.
(End of this chapter)