From Azkaban

World-weary

Next, Locke will deform countless tiny sharp water blades with extreme compression and high-frequency vibration inside the water ball, and then rotate the inside of the water ball at a high speed like a drum, turning the inside of the water prison into a meat grinder.

Given that the bodies of wizards in this world are no different from those of ordinary people, how could they resist the water blades that could easily cut through steel? In that case, not to mention the wizard himself, even the magic wand Locke would be crushed into pieces.

Of course, Locke is currently unable to perform such advanced Transfiguration operations, but Locke does not believe that Dumbledore, with his level of Transfiguration, would not be able to do such a thing.

Although the country boy Lao Fu could still make a comeback even if he died at that time, if he could kill Lao Fu there, he could also gain more advantages and time, right?

Apart from anything else, during the time when Voldemort was gone, they could have killed those Death Eaters first and dealt a severe blow to Voldemort's power. It just so happened that those guys had just jumped out following Voldemort, so there was no need to go through the trouble of searching and convicting them.

So what can I say? Dumbledore is strong, but his mind is just like the current wizarding world: conservative, rigid, stagnant, and without any progress. When faced with a problem, he only follows his old thinking and ideas, and is unwilling and has never thought about innovation.

This is also a common problem among wizards in this world: they are too slow, too rigid, and too closed. There has been no progress or change for nearly a hundred years, which is enough to show the laziness and laggardness of this extraordinary group.

Such a situation is definitely a fatal problem for the magical path of this world.

After all, the magic in this world is essentially idealistic magic. What this kind of magic needs most is all kinds of creative ideas and the exploratory thinking rooted in the depths of the soul that constantly seeks progress and innovation.

After personally coming into contact with and feeling the magic of this world, Locke deeply understood that the potential of magic in this world is far more than it is now, but the people walking on this path have narrowed and blocked the way themselves.

However, although he understood it, Locke did not think about it too deeply for the time being, because he was very fulfilled now. Every day he absorbed all kinds of knowledge like a sponge, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the study and research of magic. He had no extra energy to think about other things.

After all, even though his current strength far exceeds that of many wizards, he is still a novice on the road of magic.

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Locke did not put the plate on the table. Instead, he took out the food from the plate and put it on the plate he had created.

After placing the empty plate back at the door of the cell and waiting for the Auror to collect it, Locke walked out of the cell and went to the upper level.

On the top floor of Azkaban, the Death Eaters had already been waiting at the cell door, each of them staring fixedly in the direction of the stairs.

At this moment, at the stairs, the five people who were released by Locke yesterday had been standing quietly side by side waiting for a while.

After hearing the familiar footsteps coming from below, the five people who were originally standing relatively relaxed immediately became alert, stood up straight, and their facial expressions became tense.

"Huh? What are you five doing standing here?"

As soon as Locke walked up the last step and stepped onto the top floor, he saw five people standing next to him and immediately asked with some confusion.

"grown ups"

In response to Locke's question, the five people bowed their heads in unison and greeted him. Then the first person standing on the left spoke up to answer.

"We are here to welcome you, sir. We couldn't come out before, but now that you have granted us five freedoms, we naturally cannot continue to be rude."

Are you kidding? Everyone knows that Locke comes up every day during meal time, so how dare these five Death Eaters neglect him?

"Hey, you five are really interesting."

Locke laughed when he heard this answer. He was not on the same side as the Death Eaters and just felt that these guys were trained too well by Voldemort and were too servile in front of the strong.

Yesterday he spoke out everything he knew without reservation, but today he did something like this. There is really no trace of the rebelliousness of a pureblood in him.

Volume 1: Chapter 19......

Without paying much attention to the five people waiting at the stairs, Locke walked past them, took the food, and turned around to go downstairs.

Looking at Locke's departing back, the Death Eaters standing at the cell door all turned around disappointedly and walked into the cell.

They thought that Locke would conduct another selection ceremony and release new seats this time, but they never thought that Locke really just came up to get food.

"This guy's control over people's hearts is simply terrifying. He has completely grasped the minds of these Death Eaters."

No one thought that Locke really came for the food. After all, a person can't eat that much.

Sirius, who considered himself an outsider and a sober person, also immediately came up with his own understanding.

In his opinion, Locke's intention in doing this was probably to make the Death Eaters nervous, making them more anxious and worried in the atmosphere he created, so that they would lose their composure and give up their hope.

Let the Death Eaters understand that they need more than just words. If they really want to be chosen to leave Azkaban, they must give everything they have to impress him. He wants more than just loyalty.

Sirius knew those Death Eaters very well. They were guys with their heads full of conspiracies and tricks. They said they would give everything, but in fact they all had a lot to hide. But now Locke's method would make it impossible for them to hide anymore.

After all, none of them knew the abilities of others, let alone the next request Locke would make.

After all, the situation in Azkaban restricted the Death Eaters' ideas of testing each other or forming alliances, leaving them with only one choice, which was to indiscriminately treat all the Death Eaters still in the cells as competitors and enemies.

Those cells were like isolated islands, and Locke was the savior who could take them away from the islands.

In this situation where they can only be selected unilaterally, all Death Eaters must show themselves without reservation, confront and fight each other.

The main reason for this situation is not Locke. He just made it happen based on the current situation. The real root cause is every Death Eater.

Because of the competition, no one dares to take a chance. They can't afford it, and they are not qualified to gamble.

No one knows how many people Locke will eventually choose, so the Death Eaters can only do their best to get themselves selected as soon as possible.

Therefore, in order to become the chosen ones, the Death Eaters must regard everyone except themselves as opponents, and at the same time make all preparations, praying that the next request Locke makes is what they will do, and then show themselves without reservation in order to catch his eye and be chosen.

Just like the five people who happily went to the doorway to watch the sky after Locke left, they knew what Locke required, and after showing what they had learned without reservation, they met Locke's requirements. Then they obtained the rewards and seat qualifications that made other Death Eaters extremely envious.

This also made the Death Eaters even more nervous and anxious. After all, five of the countless places had already been used.

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In fact, Sirius thought that the reason why Locke rewarded those five people was probably to show them off.

After all, what do the Death Eaters want most? To escape Azkaban, no longer be tortured by Dementors, and find someone to hold on to so that the Ministry of Magic dare not touch them.

These are all true, but they are all essentially connected to one thing: freedom.

And now, Locke has given this thing to five people who satisfy him to a certain extent. In addition, this also means that there are five fewer places. How can the other Death Eaters not be envious and even more worried and anxious?

"They must be getting so anxious, ha, they are so self-proclaimed purebloods."

To be honest, Sirius didn't think there was anything wrong with Locke's approach.

After all, in Sirius's opinion, Locke was very sincere towards these Death Eaters.

In order to select these losers, he personally went to Azkaban to test and select them face to face, and even showed enough respect during the conversation.

Even if this kind of respect is just superficial, when there is an extreme imbalance in status, strength, and even needs, others are still willing to maintain superficiality and give you face and respect. Isn't this sincere enough?

After all, it's not that Locke must choose these Death Eaters, but these Death Eaters are asking Locke to choose them, otherwise they will be imprisoned in Azkaban for life.

Locke, who came to Azkaban with such sincerity, naturally couldn't just pick some people and leave. He must carefully screen and select the real elites who can meet his standards.

Only the true elites are worthy of Locke's sincerity and are qualified to become his followers and be taken away from Azkaban by him.

The thought brought a smile to Sirius's lips, and for once he felt a small sense of pride well up in his heart.

Based on this inference, it is self-evident who is the most elite person in this layer.

Rodolphus said he was lucky, but that was bullshit. He really thought everyone was as short-sighted as he was.

Based on Sirius' own observations, that guy's strength was probably only slightly weaker than Dumbledore's. How could a wizard of this level have such bad vision?

That must be because he saw Sirius's excellence and ability from the very beginning, so he chose him directly.

But Sirius didn't blame Rodolphus. After all, it would be strange for him to have good taste if he could choose Bella as his wife.

"From what I've observed during this period, this guy is completely different from Voldemort. Perhaps his purpose is not what I thought?"

Sitting on the bed in his cell, Sirius lowered his head slightly with a flickering look in his eyes, but his thoughts wavered for only a moment before he immediately regained his firmness.

"No, how can I think so? He has come to Azkaban to select Death Eaters. How can what he is going to do be a good thing?"

Thinking of this, Sirius' eyes were firm, "My mission is to pass the message to Dumbledore. This must be remembered."

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"The sauce tastes weird today. Why does it smell like rubber?"

In the cell, Locke frowned and swallowed the bread in his mouth.

In front of him, there was a small pile of food left on the plate on the dining table, and above the table, a Dementor was working hard to suck Locke's happiness.

It had been quite a while since Locke came back with the meal, and the normal meal time had long been over. Locke had gone to the lower level when he came down, and since there was a lot of food, he had been eating until now.

"Okay, that's enough. If you can't suck it out, don't force it. I told you to do it together, but you ran away by yourself. If you eat alone, your pants will get rotten."

Locke swallowed the bread and raised his head slightly. He looked at the Dementors above with a look of disgust, who were trying their best but could only suck out a little bit.

Nearly another month passed, and Locke was now basically immune to a single Dementor.

A week ago, Locke had already started using two Dementors, and was able to keep his eyes open and visualize even when being sucked by two Dementors at the same time.

As for how Locke managed to make two Dementors suck him together, it was simple. Locke mastered the ability to communicate with Dementors.

Either Locke learned it from there, or as the strength of his soul and mind increased, he would naturally gain some magical little abilities, just like the browsing of deep memories that he had awakened before.

Perhaps because he has been using Dementors as a training accelerator, Locke has gained the ability to communicate with Dementors.

It cannot be said to be a dialogue, but rather an exchange, because Locke has studied that his exchange with the Dementors is essentially an exchange of mental fluctuations or emotional fluctuations.

What he said would automatically transform into waves that the Dementors could understand, and the waves emitted by the Dementors would also be transformed into meanings that he could understand and directly transmitted into his brain, just like telepathy.

"Glue~grr~"

After hearing Locke's words, the Dementor stopped absorbing Locke, and its mouth, like an irregular black hole, twitched slightly twice.

"You said you have no crotch? What the hell, is that what I meant? I meant that you shouldn't think about eating alone!"

Hearing the Dementor's straightforward answer, Locke raised his hand and slapped his forehead with a helpless look on his face. These guys didn't know what was going on.

You say he is not smart, but he is actually very shrewd and knows how to eat alone. But you say he is smart, but once it comes to absorbing happiness, these guys will be like losing their minds, knowing that they are not capable of it but still wanting to eat alone.

"Go quickly and call your partner over. This is really strange. Is that guy blind? He didn't even notice you sneaking away, and he didn't even bother to come over when the time came."

The time when the Dementors came to suck Locke was after the other prisoners. This was something Locke had agreed with the Dementors after he was able to communicate with them.

So normally speaking, before coming to suck Locke, the partner of the Dementor that is sucking Locke now has already been sucked somewhere else, and has plenty of time to come to Locke.

"Hehe~Hehe~"

"You said that guy went to bury the prisoners on that floor? How long will it take to bury them?"

Locke knew that the bodies of the dead prisoners in Azkaban were dealt with by Dementors, and those guys even built a cemetery next to Azkaban for this purpose.

However, he only knew this before. After being able to communicate with the Dementors, Locke realized that these guys actually took turns to bury people, which was really strange.

"How fast is fast? Do you want to hurry it up?"

Locke really doesn't want to waste time. He doesn't have enough time every day as his schedule is completely full.

He had originally planned that he could eat and meditate at the same time, so that after eating he could go upstairs to study with the Death Eaters.

But I didn't expect that this Dementor could be so destructive. Isn't this just like a person who is not enthusiastic when eating?

"Forget it, I won't bring it to play. Go and call another one over. Remember to let it know what it means to follow the rules. Otherwise, if it's naughty here, I won't be polite. The same goes for you. If you don't follow the rules, you will be punished."

Locke raised his hand and pointed at the prison door that had turned into an arch. At the same time, he used the Patronus Charm with a thought. Then, a point of almost materialized silver light, like liquid, burst out from his fingertips, directly blasting away the Dementor that was still floating on the dining table.

As his mind and soul continued to grow stronger, Locke's Patronus Spell also began to grow stronger after it was completed.

The patronus of a normal wizard is translucent and illusory with a tail, and the light tends to be more blue.

Locke's original Patronus Charm was almost the same, the only difference was that it was a little more condensed and not as transparent.

But as Locke gradually became stronger, his Patronus Charm began to change.

First, the color of the guardian angel gradually changed from bluish to pure silver-white, and then the misty light began to condense and gradually turned into the current silver-white that has almost turned into liquid.

Locke's patron saint, Thunderbird, has also changed greatly now. Its almost materialized silver-white body is gorgeous, majestic and domineering.

At the same time, this change also brought about changes in effects. The first effect that appeared was on Dementors, which directly changed from repelling and knocking back to effective damage.

It was still uncertain whether Locke could be killed or not, because he could not kill them for the time being, after all, these were his precious training accelerators, so Locke stopped verifying after initially confirming that he could hurt the Dementors.

In addition to this, there is one most important change, that is, Locke can add magic power to the thunderbird after summoning it, and then use the magic power added to it to do most of the operations he can do, and even give the thunderbird a tough entity through magic.

Simply put, Thunderbird, which was originally a spiritual product of Locke's will, directly became Locke's veritable clone, a clone whose strength is almost the same as Locke himself, and there is no need to worry about damage or loss.

"Oh!"

With a dull thud, the Dementor that was blasted out of the door by Locke slammed heavily into the wall of the cell corridor, then stayed on the wall for two seconds before slowly falling to the ground.

Of course, this kind of damage will not cause any harm to the Dementors. The reason why the Dementors are like this is entirely because of Locke's Patronus Charm.

This guy didn't follow the rules and ruined his business, so Locke naturally had to let him know the consequences of breaking the rules, otherwise it would be bad if this guy took advantage of him.

Anyway, Locke was not afraid of the Dementors being driven away. These guys seemed to like to suck him because of the high quality of his Dementors, even though he could suck out much less than other prisoners.

As for whether this guy can learn his lesson from this time, Locke is not worried at all.

If he doesn't learn his lesson, Locke will beat him again. If he still doesn't understand, Locke will change the monster. Anyway, his happiness is a scarce commodity, so he doesn't have to worry about not finding a Dementor to suck it away.