Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

"!"

A severe pain worse than the burning of fire struck him instantly. Even though he had a will as strong as iron, he could not help but take several steps back. He covered his eyes tightly, and tears flowed out like a spring, mixed with faint traces of blood, almost turning them light red.

In an instant, the sky was spinning and the earth was spinning, and a strong feeling of weightlessness enveloped the old man's whole body. If Lin En had not stepped forward in time to wrap him up, he would have fallen directly to the ground and was seriously injured.

"Damn it! What kind of trick is this?" Dumbledore, furious, stepped forward quickly, raised his wand, and shot out a golden beam of light that was comparable to a stream of fire.

The next moment, the phoenix arrived, circled in the air and then swooped down, with tears as big as beans flowing from the corners of its eyes and falling on Grindelwald's swollen and bloodshot right eye.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Lin En vaguely saw a hint of regret in the "cub's" "hole" that looked like an eye but was pitch black.

He subconsciously raised his wand, and a tiny but blazing rune fire instantly ignited, making the "hole" truly worthy of its name.

It was like a sun actually rose in the darkness, scorching the earth while also radiating healing waves.

"Alas--!"

It was a scream more terrifying and longer than the previous ones, so shrill that it was terrifying and so sharp that it could pierce the eardrums.

Streams of inky black blood, magic, or something else gushed out from the ruptured embryo, flowing to the ground, corroding the clean floor, and emitting bursts of black smoke.

A blurry picture appeared in front of everyone at the same time.

No, it seems not to be in front of us, but in a more intuitive perceptual world.

It was a boundless and distant starry sky whose exact location no one knew.

There, there is an ultimate giant that cannot be described or depicted in words, and is so huge that it exceeds all known categories.

Even a complete planet is as small as a glass marble in front of it. Without even touching it, it just appears outside its trajectory and is destroyed by the invisible waves without leaving any residue. It is transformed into the smallest particles, as if it had never been born.

If we have to find a noun to call it, then the closest word may be——

Ship.

It is like an incomparable huge star ship, shaped like a teardrop, but with the agility of life.

In the vast and boundless starry sky, it equally devours and destroys everything it passes by.

Nothing else.

It's like the embodiment of the concept of destruction.

And on that almost boundless body, attached was an incalculable amount of black matter.

If this grand being is a dragon, then these black substances are just cells on its body.

In other words, it gave birth to the "embryo" of a terrifying young beast, which was either an offspring or a weapon.

As the star ship moved, countless "embryos" were scattered in the starry sky, drifting endlessly.

Some of them will fall on a distant planet, and then... absorb and destroy everything on that planet, turning everything into nutrients, waiting for the mother star ship to pass by again and become a part of it again.

This cycle repeats itself over and over again, like the ultimate predator that uses the universe as its hunting ground and all things as its prey.

Compared with them, no, even compared with the complete life that is born from the embryo as a single individual, humans seem so small and fragile, not to mention the mother body that is so terrifying that people dare not look directly at it.

This can almost be said to be a gap in the essence of life, the gap is like that between single-celled organisms and humans.

This is the fear that emanates from the survival instinct engraved in human genes and has nothing to do with courage or will.

At most, it is a difference of degree.

Euphemia was so shocked that she was speechless, Grindelwald almost forgot the pain in his eyes, and even Dumbledore lost his usual composure and restraint.

Only Lin En managed to remain calm, but he was sweating profusely, and his entire back was soaked with sweat.

Being able to do this was not simply due to his own willpower, but also the hawthorn wood wand in his hand played an important role.

Sensing its master's emotions, the proud Phoenix Feather Staff Core radiated unprecedented warmth.

It was this precious heat that forcibly "pulled" Lin En's spirit out of the cold deep space, allowing him to return to reality and to the earth beneath his feet.

And return to the rationality that a wizard should have.

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Rationality means many things, the most important and primary one is calmness.

The horror in his eyes had not yet dissipated as Lin En stared at the monster hatchling that was still making a heart-wrenching scream.

My brain, which has resumed normal function, rapidly flashes through everything that has happened, sorting out all the people and things that might be related to this incident, including those vague speculations.

Eventually, all the clues came together and pointed to a prophecy that impressed him deeply.

【Disaster from the Starry Sky】

This way the numbers will match.

A flash of murderous intent flashed across his eyes, but he hid it well in his eyes, covering it up with his machine-like absolute rationality.

This isn't right.

This is not right!

An electric current passed through his heart, like thunder in the night sky, making him suddenly alert.

He thought of Merlin, his magic, and his uncanny immortality.

There is no doubt that with Merlin's strength, this monster, which is just an embryo, will definitely not be his opponent even if it has the magical ability to analyze and copy magic for its own use.

Regardless of whether its complete form is as powerful as it appears, at least not in this form.

No matter how great its mother is, at least now it will never pay attention to this place.

In such a context, given Merlin's greed, fear alone is not enough to explain this phenomenon.

Similarly, monsters that can be born and devour everything even on a barren planet have no reason to remain silent for tens of thousands of years on a planet like Earth that can at least give birth to life, or even be on the verge of self-destruction due to exhaustion.

When the two factors are combined, an answer becomes apparent.

Lin En said coldly: "Either you are bluffing, and there is no such thing as a perfect body and a so-called mother body, or... you are just a poor fellow who is treated as livestock by Merlin, a despicable villain, waiting to be slaughtered."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!"

The monster was still screaming, as if it hadn't heard anything.

The purple-black blood on the ground accumulated more and more, and the image of the distant starry sky became clearer and more sublime.

Lin En raised the magic wand and pointed it at the "bleeding" monster larva, and a faint light condensed at the tip of the wand.

"No matter which one it is, the answer will be revealed soon. Stay still...!"

With a loud shout, icy magic power like the deep ocean flooded over the bodies of Euphemia and the other two, over the monster's body, and over the small building in the mountains.

Everyone and everything seemed to have pressed the pause button at this moment.

Even at this moment, time itself was frozen by this magic that no one knew from the beginning to the end.

The only one who could still move and think was Lynn himself, who cast the old man's magic.

But not necessarily.

Maybe there is also half a "person".

Chapter 646 Lies are the side of truth

"...It seems that I have made some progress this year. At least I haven't wasted my time."

Looking at the monster that was still screaming but could no longer make any sound, Lin En walked forward slowly and stared at the eyes that had been burned by the Rune Fire.

Although he did not have human facial features, and even did not have a so-called "face", the emotion of fear still reached Lin En's eyes, and at the same time revealed a fact.

Even at this moment when the flow of time has slowed to an extreme and almost come to a standstill, this monster is still able to think.

It was just weak, so weak that it could not resist, so weak that it could only resort to the half-hearted intimidation tactic, trying to force back these powerful and ruthless indigenous creatures, the most terrifying guy standing before it.

Tens of thousands of years or even longer of being half-dead, and the impending destruction, all of this is incomprehensible to it since it has never been able to be truly born from the beginning to the end.

There is no record of such an event happening in the blood memory of the top predators. There is only the futile resistance of the prey and the eventual destruction.

As for the "enemy", the concept does exist, but it simply will not appear at such a time and place.

Lin En saw his thoughts clearly and came up with his own plans in a flash.

"Merlin has a problem, and so do you. I don't know what the problem is yet, but that doesn't matter, because I'm sure I can find the answer from your brain."

Looking at the terrified monster, Lin En's face darkened slightly, with only a condescending and indifferent look in his eyes.

At the moment when it looked like it was struggling, Lin En raised his wand and shouted softly: "Soul out of the body!"

All unnecessary emotions vanished, leaving only chaos, confusion and bewilderment.

"I can't help it. Time is limited, and I can't maintain this magic for too long. But there are many things I want to know... So don't blame me for being too rough. Some of these methods are the first time I use them, so it's inevitable that they are a little awkward."

A chilling aura emanated from the tip of the wand, like a ray of cold light cutting through the sky, and shot into the monster's body.

"After all, once you use a trump card, it's no longer important. You're a smart guy, so you must understand me, right? Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't understand."

Lin En's pupils turned scarlet, as if hiding the Avici Hell with blood gushing out of the sky. The pure white World Tree also became a little weird.

In the gap of time that no one knew about and no one could participate in, the surging magic power flowed into the monster's body and its strange soul as the sight fell.

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When time resumed flowing, the sharp and piercing whistling sound stopped abruptly as if someone was strangling the neck.

By the time Euphemia and the other two had recovered from the terror and shock of the distant starry sky, the monster hatchling hanging in the air had collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud, mixed with its own blood and magic, and emitting a foul odor.

Lynn sat on the nearest single sofa, her hair wet with sweat and hanging down in a messy manner.

Euphemia walked up to him tremblingly, pressed her whole body against him, clasped her cold hands tightly together, and her eyes were filled with fear and concern.

After all, Grindelwald and Dumbledore had accumulated decades more experience than her, and were in a slightly better condition, but they were still frightened. Their heads were buzzing, and as soon as they closed their eyes, they saw the behemoth that was completely beyond their cognition and even imagination.

"...What did you do just now?" After a long pause, Dumbledore asked softly, "A variation of the magic that Hercule and Slytherin used? The magic of time?"

There was not much color left in his lips, but rather a slight purple hue, and he could hardly speak clearly.

Lin En nodded: "I guess so, it just changed from speeding up time to slowing down time."

Dumbledore understood and tactfully stopped asking further questions.

“Do you think… all of this is real?” Grindelwald asked, covering his eyes that were beginning to hurt again. “Does this kind of thing really exist in the world?”

He wanted to use "monster", but took the words back when they came to his lips.

After all, compared to this ultimate existence, wizards and even the entire human civilization seem insignificant.

At times like this, the pain in his body made him feel real, as if it proved his existence.

A sense of tearing that almost overturned his cognition was ravaging his heart, even though he was already a rare individual standing at the top of the wizard pyramid and had an acceptance ability far beyond that of ordinary people.

"...My research on the soul is definitely not as deep and thorough as yours, Gellert." After a moment's silence, Lin En said in a rare cautious tone, "But according to my investigation, the image that this monster showed us was not made up out of thin air, but such a thing does exist."

"!"

Euphemia was startled, and she subconsciously used strength to tightly grasp Lin En's arm.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald's faces also darkened.

“However, it doesn’t present the real facts.” Lynn frowned and said in a low voice.

"What does this mean?" asked Dumbledore.

“The most advanced lie is to tell 70% truth, and the remaining 30% is not to tell a lie, but to say nothing at all.”

Lynn pointed at the dead monster cub, "I can't confirm that what I saw is the truth, but from what I saw, it was doing it. And it's not just him, but Merlin as well."

"Merlin? It's him again!" Grindelwald was furious, his intact left eye also filled with blood, "Damn it!"

"Calm down, Gellert. Anger can't solve any practical problems. It will only expose our weaknesses." Patting the back of Euphemia's hand gently, Lynn said calmly, "I think I have vaguely guessed what that guy is planning."

"Planning?" Feeling the familiar warmth, Euphemia's heart calmed down a little, and her sharp mind began to work. "You mean he did it on purpose before?"

"It's not intentional, but it's probably just a matter of convenience." Lin En said, "Just listen to what I have to say first."

Euphemia nodded obediently, Dumbledore and Grindelwald also fell silent, only the phoenix lying on the coffee table looked around curiously - it was the only "outsider".

Or the outsider bird.

The drowsiness brought by forcibly breaking through the rules and casting time magic was gradually fading away, and Lin En also felt that he had more strength in his body. He supported his thighs with both hands and stood up.

"I have to say this before. Until now, I still cannot be completely sure of the authenticity of this information, so we need to always be skeptical of it."