At this time, the moon is in the sky, the sky is surprisingly clean and clear, and even without street lights, the starlight still illuminates the pier very brightly.

In the center of the magic array, Karl stood with a trident in his hand.

"Let's get started. ”

With a command from Hela on his shoulder, Karl inserted the trident into the center of the magic circle.

In an instant, a wave of sky-high qi rose from the magic array, blowing Karl's hair to the ground.

At the same time, the ancient characters of the magic array under his feet lit up with silvery-white light one by one, and the light seemed to have some kind of strange texture, which looked like liquid flowing between the symbols.

Then, as Hela had taught, Karl recited a mouthful incantation.

"The sea, the sky, the cloud, the sun ......"

The spell was unexpectedly long, and it wasn't English, but a language somewhere between Indo-European and Caucasiatic, and there was even a hint of Old Chinese between the lines, and the pronunciation was so complex that it almost knotted Carl's tongue.

As the incantation was chanted, the clear sky was cloudy in the blink of an eye, and a huge vortex appeared in the sky, and thunder and lightning were hidden in the vortex, illuminating the center of the vortex.

When Carl finished the last incantation, there was a hint of determination in his eyes.

The reason why ancient magic was eliminated by modern magic was not only because of the long activation time, complicated rituals and awkward spells, but more importantly-

Every unleashing of ancient magic comes at a great cost.

The biggest difference between modern magic and ancient magic is this, and the price of each ancient magic is unimaginable to modern wizards.

Of course, modern magic is not without its price, but what modern wizards pay is nothing compared to ancient wizards – the vast majority of ancient magic releases are accompanied by sacrifices.

Just like now, the magic that Hela gave him was immense, but it also cost more than ordinary people could have imagined - he had to sacrifice himself.

No one can replace him, and if he wants to return home from this realm, this is the price he must pay.

With great determination, Karl gripped the handle of the trident with both hands and poked it into his lower abdomen.

In an instant, the sharp pain in his abdomen almost made him faint, his lips turned purple, his body shook, and his clothes soaked with sweat, and for a few seconds Karl wished he had fainted, but he had to force himself to stay awake.

Blood flowed down the trident into the magic array, dyeing the original silver-white light inside the array into blood red.

If it was just to get enough blood, he wouldn't have to.

However, he had a reason to do so.

It can't be a tricky body part like nails and hair, Carl needs to sacrifice his own flesh, in abundance, fresh, not adulterated, not substituted, it must all come from his body.

Thereupon......

He chose to sacrifice his appendix.

In an instant, a pillar of colorful light rose from the array, enduring the severe pain in his abdomen, and Carl rushed to Hades and Xiao Hei outside the formation.

A dragon and a bird leaped into the pillar of light.

After a few seconds, the pillar of light dissipated, and a man, a dragon, and two birds all disappeared, leaving only a charred mark on the ground, as if it had been burned by fire.

The sky was clear again, and under the bright moonlight, a few sparse stars were still shining tenaciously.

Meanwhile, in the tavern in the port of Tortuga, Barbossa is sitting at the table talking to Jack.

The two kept talking as always, and as they were talking, Barbossa suddenly stopped talking.

The same goes for the other pirates of the Black Pearl in the tavern.

In an instant, the originally noisy tavern fell silent.

"What's wrong?"

Pinching his orchid fingers, Jack looked at his old rival across the table for some reason, and it was obvious that something had happened.

Barbossa's old face, which should have been unfazed, was full of surprise.

Taking a deep breath, Barbossa stood up, and he walked slowly to the outside of the tavern, standing in the moonlight, closing his eyes as if feeling something.

The breeze whipped on his face, bringing up the feathers from his hat on his head.

In the middle of the night, Barbossa opened his eyes and turned to look at the men who had also followed him.

These people were also feeling something with their eyes closed, and when they opened their eyes, they all looked towards Barbossa.

Looking at one of his subordinates, Barbossa scolded angrily:

"What are you waiting for, scumbags, find out all the best cooks on the island!"

Immediately after, a demonic laugh rang out from his mouth.

"Hahaha!!"

The pirates were stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, and began to look for the cook in high spirits.

When everyone had almost dispersed, Jack walked up to Barbossa, looked at the stars in the sky, and said in a daze:

"It looks like I'm not the only one who owes that boy now. ”

Barbossa glanced at Jack and did not refute, and like the latter, he looked up to the sky as well.

I saw a meteor streak across the sky, and the two looked at each other without saying a word.

......

In the living room, 28 Hadlow Road, Tombbridge Town, Kent.

Louise leaned into her husband's arms in despair, her eyes filled with tears.

Across from them sat three men, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and, Lord Voldemort.

Perhaps by some means, Voldemort did not look frightened at all, and the two faces that had been huddled together disappeared in favor of a completely normal appearance, looking at Nick and Louise curiously.

In the living room, for some reason, except for the sofa where five people sit, the rest of the furniture is covered with a brown dust cover.

After a long time, comforting his wife in his arms, Nick looked at Dumbledore, who was sitting directly across from him, and the anger in his eyes almost erupted.

"Mr. Principal, I have only one question ......"

"Speak. Dumbledore said immediately.

The old man shifted uneasily and changed his sitting position.

Taking a deep breath, Nick said loudly.

“...... Are you Alzheimer!!"

......

At this time, nearly half a year has passed since Carl's disappearance, and Dumbledore, Grindelwald and Voldemort have tried all means to find Carl's trace.

Seeing that the school year at Hogwarts was coming to an end, Dumbledore had no choice but to tell Nick and Louise the truth.

Hearing that Carl was missing, Louise immediately collapsed, and Nick was even more furious, his chest rising and falling violently.

"Mr. Headmaster, it's been half a year, and you're only now telling us that our son is missing, I guess, if it's not for a holiday, are you going to wait for Carl's body to be found before you come to tell us!!"

"Oh no!!"

Hearing the word 'corpse', Louise, who had already suppressed her crying, broke down again and began to cry.

Nick simply gave himself a mouthful, making a crisp "pop!" sound.

Then, he looked up at the ceiling and drew a cross on his chest with his hand.

"Lord, that sentence doesn't count. ”

Then, with somewhat reddened eyes, Nick looked back at Dumbledore.

"Mr. Principal, I would like to hear the whole story, all the details......"

As he spoke, he looked at his wife in his arms, hugged him hard, and comforted him.

"Don't worry darling, Carl will be fine...... I'm going to ask Dyson to step up the development process and try to get the system online in the shortest possible time, and then as long as Carl is still on Earth, he will definitely be able to find him!"

With that, Nick looked at Dumbledore again.

Seeing that the latter was about to stop talking, Nick shook his head, "Mr. Headmaster, I apologize for my irrationality just now, I know that you and your two friends have been looking for you for a long time, but, I think you are using magic methods, and you should not have tried technological methods yet, I think, next, we need to start from this aspect-"

"Knock ~ Knock knock!"

There was a knock on the door, which stopped Nick's words.

There was a look of disbelief in his eyes, and beside him, Louisten, who had been sobbing quietly, got up from the couch and rushed towards the foyer.

In the same way, Nick didn't care about anything else and strode forward

In this home, no one knocks on the door with that rhythm, except for one person.

......

Carl stood in the doorway, looking at Louise as she opened the door.

Before he could say anything, Louise lunged at him and took him into her arms.

"Oh! dear!!"

Large tears flowed down Louise's cheeks to Carl, but this time it was different, tears of joy.

Embraced in his own arms, Carl squinted pleasantly.

Then, over Louise's shoulder, Karl looked at Nick, who had followed him to the door, and Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort further behind, and laughed.

"Dad, I'm back. ”