Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

Stepping on the shed body, Lin En looked down at him, his tone without a trace of pity.

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Hatred, plunder, power, these tempting concepts become extremely empty in the face of death.

The once wonderful memories and visions have become distant.

The monster who had managed to survive gave up everything he had, including his dignity, without hesitation.

It rolled forward in the funniest posture in memory, and even its appearance changed into a black ball with only a pair of eyes.

"It's understandable that you don't want to die, but why do you think you can live?"

With life and death just a hair's breadth away, it felt its brain become more intelligent than ever before.

"I am valuable. I know a lot about that bastard named Baal. I am not him. He forced his things on me, and everyone here."

"You speak fairly well, but from what I understand, you and your kind have some kind of self-destruct system in your body. If I try to find out more, I will be blown up to the sky along with you."

"This - I didn't know such a thing existed." The monster panicked after sensing the murderous aura, "But I can tell you everything I know, I promise!"

"In that case... well, look me in the eyes. If there is any resistance, you can go down there with your kind. Do you understand?"

"I understand! I understand everything!"

The flattering look in Doudou's eyes became more and more intense. Having found a way to survive, it turned around and looked straight at Lin En.

It turns out it didn't lie.

The invisible restriction originally hidden in the spiritual world of the false god did not exist in its mind.

But it's also not that useful.

Because the memories of the false god Baal are undoubtedly incomplete and full of misleading - it is just to make these fellow tribesmen serve as tools for its own revenge, and those truly meaningful contents have been cleared out.

This inevitably made Lin En feel disappointed, and the sensitive monster also noticed this emotion and felt fear.

Bal's memory tells him that people and everything without value will be abandoned and eaten up completely.

It doesn't want to die.

"I can do a lot for you! Anything! Including killing these corrupted guys! I am willing to obey!"

It screamed.

"Keep your voice down, you're disturbing me." Lin En looked at it expressionlessly, "They are all your kind, and maybe they were your colleagues in the past."

"Only living has meaning. Even if I don't kill them, they will kill each other and be killed by you. And if I die, it doesn't matter how I think about it. I want to live, but I failed in your hands, so I am willing to be your servant. No matter what you ask me to do, just let me live."

When saying these words, there was no fluctuation in the eyes of the spherical monster, and his tone seemed matter-of-fact.

It was speaking the truth, and Lynn, who had been observing the mental fluctuations from beginning to end, was certain of it.

According to his judgment, among these monsters who rely on Baal's memory to understand the world, there may not be a minority who have such thoughts.

A thought flashed through his mind.

"It's not impossible to spare your life." He said slowly, his amber eyes narrowed slightly, "If you are valuable and worthy of my trust."

The monster was overjoyed. Its round body suddenly grew short limbs and it crawled on the ground.

"I'll do anything!"

"I'll see."

Lynn pulled out her wand and poked it at the ball.

"Everything is forgotten."

The white light lit up, appearing exceptionally clear and warm in the extremely dark underground world, although this magic was not warm.

When the light of the forgetfulness spell faded, the red eyes of Meatball lost their viciousness and wildness and became ignorant and confused.

It looked at Lin En steadily, and its voice sounded more honest and profound than before.

"……Owner."

"You are not Baal and you don't need to inherit this name. I can't always call you a monster. I'll give you a chance to choose a name for yourself." Lin En said.

The meatball shook twice.

"I do not know."

This is the truth.

If it had not had a strong body and an unusually tough soul, it would have died long ago after all its memories related to Baal were forcibly erased.

Although its life is no longer in danger, it seems to have become a blank sheet of paper. Apart from the common sense that Lin En forced upon it, it only has sporadic memories since its birth.

"In that case, let me come up with a name." Euphemia stepped forward, picked up a handkerchief, wiped Lin En's slightly sweaty forehead, and said softly, "Eusebiyya."

"The Pious Guard? It's a good name." Lin En raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

"I will call you whatever my master tells me to call you."

Meatball, or Eusebius said in a muffled voice.

As it spoke, its body was still wriggling slightly, constantly changing its shape, trying to get closer to humans.

But this is obviously not easy, especially in this embarrassing situation where we are almost out of energy.

After several attempts, all ended in failure. It could only look at Lin En cautiously, fearing that he would be taken out on.

Of course Lin En understood what it wanted. He removed his right foot that was stepping on its body and pointed at the corpses on the ground.

"These things no longer have the mark of that beast. If you want to devour them, hurry up. I don't want to stay underground for too long."

"Yes, Master!"

Ousebaia was overjoyed to get the permission, and started absorbing without saying a word, starting from the body in front of him.

The basketball-sized ball of flesh expanded rapidly and stretched into a huge sheet as thin as paper, which was directly wrapped around the body that looked like a mountain of flesh. In a short while, the snake swallowed the elephant.

Immediately afterwards, the broken tentacles and blade feet returned to the main body from all directions, and then were swept away like a whirlwind.

In just about ten to twenty minutes, all the monsters that were lucky enough not to be burned to ashes entered the bloody mouth. Although they were not as majestic as when Lin En first saw them, they had recovered to about 60 to 70 percent of their original state.

After doing all this, Ousebaia, who had regained his huge body, did not dare to be arrogant. He twisted his body and became a little shorter than Euphemia, and knelt on one knee.

"Master, please give me your orders."

"Can it get any smaller?"

"can."

"Then it will be as small as possible."

"Yes."

It fully implemented the "survival" concept without raising any unnecessary questions and directly compressed itself to the extreme.

Goblet size.

No matter from which angle you look at it, it looks like a loyal servant with no second thoughts.

But Lynn didn't say anything, just looked at Euphemia and nodded slightly.

Then he waved his wand again.

"Shrink quickly."

Having squeezed his potential to the limit, Ousebaiya shrank again and became the size of a keychain.

In the blink of an eye, the dusty metal ball reappeared, and as expected, it glowed and became restless again.

This time, Lin En did not seal it, but deliberately left a gap and asked softly:

"Answer me, what did you hear?"

Chapter 585: The Mist Behind the Mist

By the time Lynn and Euphemia returned to the ground, the commotion caused by the end of the game had calmed down.

I don't know what the principals said, but at least the reporters and audiences from various countries left the school one after another, and order was restored inside and outside the castle. However, the Black Lake was still tightly sealed and no one was allowed to approach.

As soon as I surfaced, Doris's voice came from far away on the shore:

"Professor, come here!"

Lin En turned his head and saw the students gathered together.

Not far away, Amelia, Dumbledore and Grindelwald were sitting together, with no one around them.

Without much hesitation, his figure flashed and the rune symbol lit up. Before the sound faded away, he appeared under the tree without getting wet.

"Sorry for the long wait. There are indeed monsters down there. We have dealt with them now and obtained a batch of experimental materials. I will send them to Barty and Newt later. They should be useful. There are also some unexpected gains."

They were all trustworthy people, so he had no intention of hiding or covering up anything. He took out the wooden box openly, revealing Ousebaia who was in a daze inside.

"This is……!"

Grindelwald's nerves seemed to be a little overly tense. He was already absent-minded and saw at a glance that the monster was not restrained. He drew out his wand and was about to cast a spell.

Dumbledore stopped him.

"Is this the unexpected gain you mentioned?" Dumbledore asked solemnly, one hand on his old friend's wand, "A false god?"

"Yes and no."

Lin En did not answer directly, but closed the lid of the wooden box. Countless magics attached to the box instantly took away all of Osebaija's perception and locked it in a ban.

"It was an outlier. Unlike other monsters, it actually begged for mercy and surrendered before dying," he said. "Also, it didn't have the restrictions and self-destruction mechanisms of other false gods. So I erased Baal's memory and added what I wanted."

"You mean..." Grindelwald calmed down, his eyes became sharp, "This kind of thing is not credible."

"Of course it's not credible, otherwise why would I lock it up?" Lynn said.

"It's not just because of this. There is another reason." Grindelwald shook his head. "Something happened in Namibia."

"Namibia?" Lin En frowned slightly, "Time, specific situation, and casualties."

"Don't worry, Lynn, it's not serious." Amelia said gently, "An American researcher who was responsible for studying meteorite samples was controlled by magic because of close contact, but Barty stopped him in time. This person is now in St. Mungo's. It happened shortly after you two went into the water."

"But this incident proves Albus and my judgment." Grindelwald continued, "This meteorite has some kind of magic that can directly affect the mind and consciousness, and can subtly transform life. As long as you are related to it, it means that you have become a hidden danger that may explode at any time."

The atmosphere was somewhat solemn. The stargazers and Aurors scattered around did not dare to approach. They could only watch from afar and whisper to each other.

"I understand what you mean." After a moment of silence, Lin En nodded, "I know what's going on. Like you, I also got some new information from the lair of these monsters."

He took out the metal ball which had dimmed again.

"Just a dozen minutes ago, I learned the monster's language, and used it to verify the guy in the box. I also understood the purpose of this iron ball."

"For what?" asked Dumbledore.

"We still don't know how Baal revived these underground monsters." Lin En didn't rush to give an answer, but said seriously, "At the same time, there is another question - since they can progress by devouring each other, then they must not know where their own kind are, otherwise these monsters would have become food for false gods long ago."

"That's what happened, so you found the answer?" Although Grindelwald asked in a question, his tone was affirmative.

"Yes, the answer lies on this ball. To be more precise, it should also be on the collapsed clock tower - both are indispensable." Lin En said loudly, "This is a positioning device, as well as a transfer station and amplifier for information and magic power. The source is unknown."

He emphasized it at the end, and Dumbledore and the other two, who were very perceptive, immediately understood the meaning behind it.

"It seems that these monsters are not all there is." Dumbledore said slowly, "It's like someone is deliberately fiddling with the balance."

The blue eyes became deeper and deeper. The old man, who had seen countless people and events, vaguely realized that a layer of fog was lifted, and new unknowns and secrets appeared again.

Things seem to be far from as simple as originally imagined, and are becoming more and more complicated and bizarre.

The sun was shining brightly above their heads, but there seemed to be an invisible shadow that was lingering and always covering everyone.

A trace of murderous aura uncontrollably overflowed from Grindelwald's body, causing the shocked Amelia to tremble all over.

"Gellert, calm down."

Lynn called out softly, Grindelwald frowned, slowly came back to his senses, and restrained his momentum.

"You seem a little off today. Is there something wrong with the result of the divination you got from Ternera?" he asked.

"No, everything is fine," Grindelwald said. "I'm just a little annoyed - I hate this state of being out of control, and I hate those who hide behind it and think they are in control."

"Me too, but we are not helpless." Lin En smiled. "Since someone hopes to use these monsters to distract us, or humans, and achieve a balance, then as long as we completely destroy this balance, he must take action."

Amelia was about to speak when she recalled Ines and the old witch Ternera who had hurried back to the castle, and suddenly realized something.