Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

"Interesting, I was just thinking of learning more about this book..."

Eric chuckled softly.

And then it turned out like this.

Eric looked down at the white light that had appeared at his feet.

On the surface, it was a ball of light, condensed into a solid mass, about the size of a fist, yet it was hard to ignore.

After all, this ball of light was far too eye-catching in this monotonous world.

Eric was quite certain that the light did not exist until everything he saw turned gray.

Since its sudden appearance, the ball of light has remained motionless at Eric's feet.

"System, how should the spiritual stance be used?"

Eric ignored the ball of light and asked a question first.

The system did not respond immediately as he expected. Eric waited quietly for three or four seconds, but the system still did not give any response.

Just as Eric was about to give up on getting an answer from the system, the system suddenly spoke up:

[Mental Stance: An ability possessed by wizards with strong mental power, allowing them to concentrate their mental energy and release it through their imagination. If their magic is powerful enough, they can often influence their surroundings or obtain latent information without using spells. It can serve as an aid to casting spells; whether using polymorph or mental spells, they become more powerful after being enhanced by a Mental Stance.]

[Note: Mental stance cannot resist the Unforgivable Curse. Mental stance is merely one manifestation of strong mental power.]

[The mental stance is activated by the host and is unrelated to the system's task system.]

[The host can explore the specific functions of the spiritual stance on their own.]

"So you weren't prepared either, system."

Eric laughed.

The system did not respond to this statement.

It seems that he has inadvertently broken through some kind of limitation of the system.

This led to the development of a new spiritual stance.

According to the original system plan, this spiritual stance was likely to be a reward for some kind of task, or a function that Eric would only receive after meeting certain conditions.

Eric has now gotten his hands on it.

If it were in the past, the system would probably have informed Eric of the relevant information about his mental stance immediately.

A wizard's spiritual power is different from other powers; it is the most direct manifestation of a wizard's own abilities.

His ability to break through the system's limitations and open his mental stance was only possible after he possessed powerful mental strength.

That already gave him enough information.

Eric's eyes gleamed, as if he wanted to see through everything in sight, and he refocused his gaze on the ball of light at his feet.

His vision seemed to be blocked out of everything else, and he was focused solely on his target.

He consciously ignored the changes in his surroundings and the shouts of others.

During the time he remained still, the other monster books had already noticed this wizard who had suddenly intruded. Some of the monster books that had ended their fighting abandoned their attacks on their own kind and instead flew towards him.

The sharp teeth on these monster books gleamed even brighter and more eerie in the sunlight.

None of this shook Eric's resolve.

This ball of light appeared because of a mental force, so he could naturally use his mental power to control it...

Ding.

A soft sound echoed in Eric's mind.

The next moment, Eric clearly felt the white ball of light move.

just now!

Eric glanced away and refocused his gaze on the monster book in his hand that he had already subdued.

A white shadow flashed by, and the white light that Eric had just activated shot up from his feet at an extremely fast speed, turning into a dazzling thin white line that disappeared into the monster book.

It was moving so fast that Eric couldn't even see it.

After the white light entered the monster book, some information automatically appeared in Eric's mind.

【The Yokai's Book of Yokai】

Long, long ago, a great wizard attempted to use a transformation charm to combine a vengeful spirit with a blank notebook, hoping to automatically etch the spirit's memories into the notebook...

Ultimately, the wizard failed, but he was worthy of the title of greatness, because it was later discovered that he had successfully inscribed his consciousness into a notebook.

[Later, someone successfully replicated part of the process using the Flashback Charm and created a special spell to produce this new magical item, which contains some biological instincts but poses no fatal danger to the user.]

This book features renowned magizoologist Edward Lima as its chief editor. It won the Romanian Ministry of Magic's Best Book of the Year award and has sold in over twenty countries, making it an ideal choice for home and travel.

[Note: No magical creatures were harmed during the production of this book.]

Eric smiled. "Biological instinct, right?"

I'm just afraid you won't have it.

Chapter 7 Sorry, I accidentally used too much force.

Eric never forgot that the only feasible way for him to complete the system's mission was to suppress these mischievous monster books with his own magical pressure.

For this method to succeed, there is a key: the monster books must be susceptible to his tricks.

If these monster books are purely alchemical creations, or products artificially made by wizards, then Eric doesn't think his magic will have any effect on them.

When they come into contact with magic, it's like they've come into contact with a spell; their own magical resistance negates it.

Fortunately, they are not.

Although the Yokai Book is not a living being, this special magical artifact actually contains some biological instincts.

Based on Eric's experience of subduing a monster book earlier, it's clear that the biological instincts within these monster books are indeed at play.

They could sense Eric subduing the monster book that was the first to pounce on him, and would deliberately stay away from Eric for a short while to avoid becoming the next target of Eric's manipulation.

In other words, these monster books will be afraid.

It doesn't matter what you are, as long as you can be afraid.

Lost in thought, Eric didn't stop moving; his gaze remained fixed on the monster books floating in front of him.

As his gaze shifted, the white light detached from the monster book in his hand and flew forward like lightning.

He only felt streaks of white lightning flash across his eyes, going straight to him, and the lingering afterimages formed a dense, irregular grid in front of him.

The path the white light followed led to the locations of all the remaining monster books present.

Including the few monster books that attacked Eric, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of monster books present were pierced by the white light.

All of this happened very quickly. Although Eric couldn't see it at all, his feelings were incredibly real.

Because the locations through which the white light traveled were all pre-selected by him.

During this process, he felt as if he were that white light, traveling at high speed through the air with it.

Eric's head was throbbing with pain, yet he felt incredibly exhilarated.

A flood of conflicting information about the monster book rushed into Eric's mind in an instant, almost making his brain explode, and even stopping him in his tracks.

But Eric's thoughts did not stop.

As the white light disappeared, he could feel that his mental stance had covered all the monster books present.

The connection is complete.

Next, the magic power will be compressed.

Then, release!

……

To onlookers, Eric appeared completely still at that moment.

He stood there all alone, holding a lifeless book of monsters in his hand, his eyes vacant.

Several more monster books came hurtling toward him, but Eric made no reaction whatsoever.

The surrounding wizards all witnessed this scene, and many of them exclaimed in surprise.

In their view, Eric may have just managed to subdue one monster book by chance, but now several monster books are rushing at him at once, and Eric doesn't even have a wand.

In this situation, they simply couldn't imagine how Eric would get away.

"Damn it!"

Old Tom, standing on the periphery, had a contorted expression. At this moment, he wished he had the speed of a dueling master so he could immediately take out his wand.

A child who hasn't even started school yet is facing several monster books. He doesn't know what will happen to Eric after that, but he knows he's in big trouble.

For young wizards who are just entering the wizarding world and are personally led by Old Tom to purchase their school supplies, he already bears some responsibility of guardianship until they officially go to Hogwarts.

Not to mention, any young wizard who possesses magic like Eric will undoubtedly achieve great things in the future.

Now, such a genius may perish under the care of old Tom.

God knows how the Ministry of Magic will view this.

Old Tom was furious; he had no desire to go to Azkaban for this, not at all.

Old Tom reached for his wand with all his might, and quickly grabbed the handle. He pulled the wand from his pocket in an instant, but just as he was about to cast a spell, his hand trembled, and the wand fell to the ground with a "thud."

Do not!

As the wand left his hand, old Tom felt a sense of despair; he had forgotten the last time he needed to draw his wand so quickly.

His ambition remained undiminished, but his body, which hadn't been exercising for a long time, betrayed him.

Old Tom instinctively crouched down and tried to pick up his wand.

He hasn't given up yet. Old Tom went through a lot in his early years. He's not the kind of fragile wizard. As long as there's a sliver of possibility, he won't give up hope.

It'll be soon, it'll be soon—

Old Tom had already seen his magic wand on the ground.