Hogwarts doesn't need a savior

"…Eric."

A heavy and weak voice sounded, and Merlin's soul began to tremble slightly, temporarily blocking the purple-shirted shadow from advancing further.

"It seems that you didn't sleep very well." Lin En's mouth curled up with a hint of sarcasm, "You may have to break your promise made thousands or tens of thousands of years later. After all, I don't plan to live that long, and I don't have to leave this kind of problem to future generations - although this problem may not be a big deal to them."

"..."

Merlin remained silent for a while, and then he uttered a word that Lin En couldn't understand.

I don't know what language it is, but it doesn't sound friendly, probably a swear word.

This obviously did not offend Lynn, but only gave him a sense of accomplishment as a winner.

He raised his wand nonchalantly, and a soft and bright golden light immediately filled the broken space, revealing the true face of Merlin, who was left with only a shapeless purple-black soul.

"Are these your last words? I thought you would say something more meaningful," he said with a smile.

"That alien freak couldn't kill you, what else can I say?"

Merlin said sadly, "You can kill me now."

"I can do that, but I know it's not a permanent solution." Lin En said, "You want me to kill you. What you're thinking is that even if I can purify all the negative energy accumulated here, as long as humans and other life forms still have evil thoughts, you will be resurrected sooner or later. Your plan is obvious."

"Then what can you do? Imprison me? Like I did to that freak? Of course you can try." Merlin, who was exposed, no longer concealed his mistake and deliberately mocked.

"I am bored with such meaningless conversations, and this is not the same occasion as when we last met." Lin En shook his head. "Of course I will prepare a suitable new home for you, the unkillable one. This was decided a long time ago."

Confident in what he had planned, he no longer had any thoughts of trying to extract information from Merlin. With a simple wave of his wand, the advancing World Tree destroyed the fragile resistance and annihilated Merlin's soul to only about one tenth.

This is a very safe limit, safe enough to be sealed in a carefully prepared container.

"What exactly do you want to do?!" Merlin's voice was already very weak, and his tough tone seemed weak inside.

The black and gold cube with several round holes in front of him gave him an ominous feeling.

"Of course I'm preparing your new home, Mr. Merlin." Lin En said politely, "Don't worry, I've made full preparations. I've added immortal spirits to it, which is enough for you to live in forever. You must like it very much, right?"

"Immortal...you!"

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to mention that I certainly took into account the fact that you can use negative emotions to mend your soul."

The smile on Lynn's face was impeccable, but in Merlin's eyes it looked like a cat playing with a mouse, elegant and cruel.

But he could only struggle in vain and curse in a language that Lin En could not understand.

This only made Lynn happy.

He smiled and asked, "Mr. Merlin, who is well-informed and knowledgeable, have you ever heard of a perpetual motion machine?"

Chapter 668: The End of Merlin (Part )

The perpetual motion machine is certainly not a strange concept.

Even though Merlin looked down on Muggles from the bottom of his heart and didn't even consider them as real lives, he had heard of such a concept.

However, he once regarded this ignorant fantasy as a joke and embellishment in his long life. Now, when the same words came out of Lin En's mouth, he felt panic.

Thinking of himself, he guessed a little bit.

"You can't do this." He struggled to resist the pull and wear of magic, and said, "Have you forgotten that there are those terrifying guys outside this planet? If you want to deal with them, you can't do without my power."

Hearing him say this, Lynn smiled.

"Are you sure we can't leave you? Or do you think the power you have can handle it?"

"you!"

"Of course you can play a role, but not in the way you think." Lin En said briskly, "Just like you used those monsters before, you inspired me. After all, this world needs a little dangerous but controllable external force as a necessary evil to unite more people. Therefore, Merlin will not disappear easily. He and his minions will exist for a long time to promote the unity and integration of wizards and all intelligent life until their power grows to a sufficient level. Maybe it will take decades, maybe hundreds of years. By then, there will naturally be other enemies to replace you, such as the monster in the starry sky."

"...!"

Merlin was so filled with hatred that he couldn't speak, and resentment overflowed from his broken soul.

He never thought that he would end up with someone giving him a taste of his own medicine, and he would not have peace even after death.

But he could do nothing about it, and even knew clearly that his struggle was just a way to bring pleasure to the other party.

But even ants are greedy for life, let alone him who has been hanging high outside of history and controlling everything for countless years?

He could only continue to resist in the hope of delaying his imprisonment in this cage that was infused with the souls of his "servants" - monsters who hated him even more than the wizard who had killed him.

Lin En saw it clearly, and his tone was still leisurely: "As for you, Mr. Merlin, you are of course useful too. Not a bit of your energy will be wasted. I will turn you into a barrier to protect wizards and the entire world - together with the Philosopher's Stone that you helped create, you will become our helper."

"You...can't! Do this!"

Merlin roared until he was hoarse, but his strength was getting weaker and weaker.

Lynn ignored him and just watched him enter the carefully crafted eternal cell soberly under the increasingly strong traction.

"Eric! I curse-!"

The unfinished curse was dragged out for a long time, and the last wisp of soul was absorbed into the black and gold cube that seemed to have many holes but was actually airtight, and there was no movement anymore.

"I'm not afraid of curses." Lin En smiled and picked up the biggest trophy of this trip, his eyes swept around - just in the short time just now, the disappeared negative energy condensed again, and it was gathering from all directions.

This time, Lin En did not use the Purple Shirt Rune to purify them all as he did before. Instead, he swiftly passed through them and started back along the original route.

With Merlin, these dangerous energies can also be beneficial energy - they just need a little transformation.

Since it is energy, it cannot be wasted.

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This sudden and quickly stopped geological change that occurred in the Mexican border area caused quite a stir. The most direct impact was that a small town collapsed more than ten meters underground, turning it into an abrupt basin.

Fortunately, the process was relatively smooth. Apart from a few injured people due to damaged houses, there were no further casualties. It's just that the town itself became uninhabitable.

There are many similar areas, but they are all sparsely populated areas with few settlements.

Originally this could only be regarded as a matter of bad luck, but after the incident, aid from many major countries arrived at the disaster area at an extremely abnormal speed, and the efficiency of off-site reconstruction was so high that it exceeded the imagination of the disaster-stricken areas.

In just over half a year, everything returned to normal. The collapsed area that was affected by the disaster became a small tourist attraction. From time to time, tourists traveling to the Yucatan Peninsula would stop by, bringing extra income to the rebuilt town a few kilometers away.

But that’s a story for another day.

After resealing the sinkhole and calming the disturbance of negative energy and sealing it underground, Lynn and his party did not stay there, but went directly to the Violet Tower in London.

Without alarming anyone, they went directly to an unknown secret room under heavy seals, bringing "new neighbors" to the young star predators that had been imprisoned there earlier.

Of course, compared to their relationship as neighbors, the new relationship between these two old enemies here is actually much closer - just like the silver-white hose connected to them at both ends.

Inseparable and yet complementary.

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Time flies and it is already mid-August. The restless summer heat brings up rolling heat waves, hitting everyone.

On the afternoon of August 8, after dealing with the documents for this week sent by the Secretariat, Lynn and Euphemia went to the secret room where Merlin was.

There they saw the results of a project that had just been completed and for which many people had put so much effort.

Two magic stones were embedded in the grooves of the wall, and five special silver-white hoses were precisely inserted into the holes of the black and gold cube.

Spiritual energy filled with evil aura was continuously drawn from the cube and injected into the magic stones on both sides, which then activated the world tree pattern engraved on the surface of the magic stones, and was purified and transformed into the purest magic power.

These magic powers are divided into two parts. A small amount is transmitted to the monster baby along the hose that passes through the wall to strengthen the magic seal on it. The vast majority is stored inside the magic stone to make up for the consumption and pour the excess magic power into the ground along the lines carved on the wall.

With this nourishment, the new magic is like a sapling sprouting out of the soil. Although it can only cover this small tower for the time being, it is slowly and steadily extending outward.

Endless magic power is its nourishment, supporting its continuous expansion and growth until a balance is achieved.

As the cycle repeats itself, there is no other consumption except Merlin's own endless negative mental energy.

It wasn't even consuming for Merlin.

After all, as long as there are negative emotions in life, this kind of energy is endless and will inevitably converge on Merlin, the final product.

The most ironic thing for Merlin is that he, who is used to dominating and plundering everything, passively becomes the protector of those "mortals" whom he despises and even ignores the most.

Within the scope of this magic, it is like being wrapped in a large magical net. Wizards can get all-round protection and support, and even Muggles without magical powers can benefit from it.

In addition to the benefits, the magic power that maintains this magic will become a barrier to monitor and resist external attacks.

There is no better way to make the best use of things.

For many years to come, outside the tower, he will still be "the most dangerous and brutal criminal in the world", wreaking havoc in various unstable areas of the world.

And inside the tower, his destiny is to become an inexhaustible "clean energy" and devote everything he has to the future of the magical world and this planet.

Until it loses all value or a wizard no longer needs him.

But Lynn wasn't completely satisfied yet.

Feeling the gradually increasing magical power, as well as the protective magic that was modified from the Hogwarts Castle and theoretically had an unlimited range but could only expand slowly, he frowned slightly.

If only it were more efficient, he thought to himself, but his expression quickly relaxed.

After all, people can't be too greedy. No matter when, you have to eat one bite at a time and do things one step at a time.

Thinking of this, he took Euphemia's hand and slowly walked out of this secret room which would remain an absolute secret in the future.

The heavy alloy door slowly closed, sealing the long history in the narrow space.

The story of the symbol "Merlin" ends.

But the outside world is still moving forward, and the pen of time is still writing new stories.

Chapter 669 The Fairy's Attitude

After completely getting rid of Merlin, the most difficult trouble, and making use of him, Lin En still had a lot to do.

A more appropriate statement would be that he can finally free up his hands to do something that really interests him.

For example, go to Gringotts in Diagon Alley, not far from the Violet Tower, to check on the progress of Iaie's work.

He would not be satisfied with just permanently sealing and studying the monster hatchling with an absurd origin.

Lin En's real long-term plan is to use it like Merlin to enrich the magic network which is still in its infancy.

However, this is not the kind of research and practice that will yield results in a short period of time - the people responsible for this are naturally Victor, who is at the helm of the Starlight Group, and Ie, who is working even harder.

From personally traveling to North America to deal with the goblin rebels to leading the team to attend the founding ceremony of the Violet Society, the new goblin speaker who has only been in office for half a year has already caused a lot of discussion among his own people.

Although no one dared to say anything bad about him to his face due to Lin's existence, countless people called him "Eric's puppet" behind his back - Erik himself didn't care about it at all, and even took pride in it, but it was still a problem after all.

In the past two months, Lin En was either busy dealing with the affairs of the Violet Society or tracking down Merlin's whereabouts. He had no time to pay attention to the star predator that no longer posed a threat. He volunteered to take on the task and led the goblin's skilled craftsmen to carry out research without sleep or food.

To describe his recent spending as spending money like water would be an understatement. If one really discounted the scrapped materials from the goblins, a mountain of gold made of Galleons would seem dwarfed by the cash.

All of these were paid for by the Speaker himself, and his attitude was extremely attentive, even to the point of being humble.

Lynn saw all of this.

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"I will never treat my friends unfairly. Although you haven't produced any results yet, it's not your responsibility."

In the basement of Gringotts, in the secret laboratory converted from a vault, looking at the dusty Iai, Lynn's heart moved and he reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"Besides, you have also gained something. At least you have verified the reliability of many materials. This is a credit, but also hard work."

This is a very high rating.

As soon as these words came out, Yi Ai suddenly looked very nervous.

He said tremblingly: "I feel really guilty for not completing the planned goal and I don't deserve such praise. But we will continue to study until we make something."

"Don't worry, Eei." Lin En waved his hand and said gently, "Creating something from nothing always requires luck and time. No one will blame you."

Euphemia also smiled and said, "We came here this time, first of all to see the situation on your side, and more importantly to give you some support - it's not easy to fight alone. Now that Merlin's matter has been resolved, our focus should be shifted here."

"Mrs. Eric, what do you mean?" Yi Ai had actually guessed a little, but still looked confused.

Ever since he tasted the sweetness last time, he never changed the way he addressed Euphemia.

Lin En had no intention of asking him to change his words, let alone Euphemia herself, whose smile grew even brighter.

"It's not an easy task to unearth the secrets of the Star Predator and make use of this obviously more advanced creature." She said softly, "Starting tomorrow, you can take people to the Violet Tower. Victor will also bring a group of capable researchers to work with you. Don't be impatient. We have plenty of time, resources and funds."

"Mr. Roman? I see." Iai showed the proper fear and whispered, "I will fully cooperate with him and will not hide anything about the research progress."