Section I

The night had quietly receded, and the faint morning light shone through the dense canopy, and a faint mist filled the air, enveloping a qiē in a mist.

Harry woke up early, the conversation with Sauron last night made his heart unable to calm down, Sauron's cold words kept echoing in his ears, Harry felt sad, but at the same time there was a certain realization, maybe long before this, he had a vague premonition that this moment was coming, but he didn't want to believe it. In fact, when Harry chose to confront the gloomy reality, he himself was amazed that he could be so indifferent.

Harry got dressed and walked out of the tent gently, the cold and humid air of the forest mixed with the smell of plants and earth soothed the suffocation in his chest. Harry surveyed his surroundings, and in his experience, it was a dense forest far away from people, far away and dark, with the occasional cry of an unknown animal. About a hundred feet from their camp, near the lake, a large woodland had been cleared, and to Harry's surprise, three metallic pillars were erected around the woodland in a regular manner. Harry hadn't noticed any of this last night because of the darkness, and he walked over and took a closer look.

The surface of the pillar was faintly revealing mysterious patterns, and occasionally the writer was writing something Harry didn't recognize, but he remembered what seemed to be some kind of ancient magic script that Hermione had mentioned. The three pillars were buried deep in the earth, and Harry noticed that the clearing was drawing intricate patterns, and some kind of liquid was flowing slowly in the lines, emitting a faint silver light, which Harry felt familiar, it seemed to be something he had ever seen.

"That's unicorn blood." A cold voice came from behind Harry, and Sauron was standing behind him at some point.

"What is this?" Harry asked, confused, "Some kind of ritual?" ”

"In a way, the same can be said." Sauron nodded, and he walked over to Harry on his own, "This is a complex magic array, and it took me a lot of effort to build it. ”

"You said I was going to do training," Harry looked around, "Is it in here?" ”

Sauron nodded in acquiescence, "Do you think you're ready?" He looked at Harry, "Don't rush to answer, once you set foot on this path, there is no turning back." ”

"I'm not going to give up." Harry's tone was firm, "I said I would use my power to fight evil and protect those I cherish. ”

"Okay then." Sauron shrugged, "Let's start with the simplest of things, like how to stand up. ”

"What do you mean?" Harry was confused, "Am I not standing?" ”

"Harry, why do you think Voldemort can become the Dark Lord and make everyone fear, why can't so many Aurors in the Ministry of Magic defeat him?"

"Because of the Death Eaters' following, they willingly serve as his minions and die for him." Harry said with a frown.

"No, you're wrong, my brother." Sauron waved his finger, "You said you were going to defeat Voldemort, but you never really understood Voldemort's power. Sauron looked at Harry, his expression grim, "Today, I'll let you understand. ”

Black flames rose from Sauron's feet, wandering along the mysterious lines on the ground, and soon ignited the entire magic circle, looking down from the air, the entire magic circle was roughly a regular triangle, with a circle in the center, and along the axis, a slender line of fire connected Sauron and Harry, like a cold eye, staring at the sky.

But at this moment, Harry in the magic array no longer has the ability to pay attention to these, at the moment when the black flame ignited, the surging magic fluctuations around Sauron made Harry almost unable to breathe, as if all the power had been withdrawn from his body, Harry involuntarily knelt on the ground, barely supporting himself with his hands to prevent himself from completely collapsing. He looked up at Sauron in front of him—he was standing there, staring down coldly at Harry, the same face with razor-bladed golden pupils in his eyes. Harry felt a sense of unreality, as if he had been stripped of the real world, and all that was left of the world was Sauron and the raging black flames.

"I didn't use any spells on you, Harry." Sauron said indifferently, "I just unabashedly unleashed my power, compared to me, Voldemort at his peak was only stronger, not weaker. ”

Harry didn't speak, he tried to muster every ounce of strength in his body, and tried to stand up, his muscles trembling and his veins bulging under his skin so clear that they were visible.

"You have to understand, Harry, not everyone has the courage to fight in front of a being of this level," a cruel smile rolled into Sauron's mouth, "Some people are destined to survive like ants. ”

"Is this a mockery?" Harry struggled, his eyes resolute, "Laugh at my incompetence." ”

Sauron shook his head, "I just wanted to sue you that you're not far off. ”

Harry didn't reply, trying to control his body as if it no longer belonged to him, the air around him seemed to be sticky and heavy, and his muscles were screaming and protesting with pain.

"Stand up, stand up like a man." Sauron said, his voice cold and calm, "Prove to me, your courage." ”

"I can do it, I'm going to stand up." Harry shouted to himself over and over again in his heart, he gritted his teeth, desperately resisting the pressure coming from Sauron, Harry knew that if he couldn't even stand up, then his so-called protection, so-called justice, was just a ridiculous luxury.

"Stand up!!" Harry roared violently, and for a moment, as if something had been broken in the depths of his soul, he felt that he could control his body again, the strength was slowly returning, the unreality of being stripped from the world was slowly disappearing, the pain of tearing muscles everywhere in his body became more intense, the cold and humid air was inhaled again with force and force into his lungs, and the sound of heavy breathing roared in his ears like thunder.

Sauron still didn't move, just looked at Harry calmly, under his gaze, Harry struggled to his feet, and looked at his golden eyes without showing weakness, and the faint blood oozing from his mouth and nose on his resolute face made him resist a little hideous.

"I did it," Harry said in a gruff voice, his body shaking slightly, "and what next." ”

Sauron raised his eyebrows slightly, Harry looked better than he expected, even if many adult wizards might not survive.

"So, get out your wand." "Next, you need to comprehend the nature of magical power. ”

"I don't understand." Harry said, trying to calm his breathing, and he pulled out his wand, "What should I do." ”

"You can cast a disarming spell on me." Sauron said, "Don't worry, you won't hurt me. ”

"Hmph." Harry was noncommittal, clenching his wand and pointing at Sauron, shouting, "Remove your weapon." ”

To Harry's surprise, nothing happened, and when he shouted the spell, he felt a feeling of suffocation for no apparent reason, but he didn't succeed in casting the spell as usual. Harry froze, shouting again, "Remove your weapons." This time, the tip of his staff only flickered slightly, but he still couldn't cast the spell, and at the same time, the feeling of suffocation was even more intense, making his head feel a little tingling.

"It's useless, it's impossible to recite a mantra like you do." Sauron said slowly, "See those black flames, that's my origin fire, to put it simply, with the help of the amplification of this magic array, I have confused the rules of this space, here, unless you can sense the origin of magical power, it is impossible to cast magic." ”

"What should I do?" Harry asked.

"The easiest way," said Sauron, "is to keep unleashing magic, to keep touching one's limits, to feel in the process." Now, let's get started. ”

Harry didn't hesitate, he began to try to cast spells again and again, but the situation did not improve, none of them succeeded, on the contrary, Harry felt that his energy was passing quickly, and the tingling in his head was intensifying, Harry understood that this was a manifestation of mental exhaustion.

"Why did it stop?" Sauron asked, "You're wasting your time." ”

"I need to rest." Harry gasped and said, "I'm mentally exhausted, and continuing to cast spells could cause backlash." ”

"Oh, yes." Sauron said nonchalantly, "Harry, I've always done things from beginning to end, and since you promised me to train you, I'll do it to the end, and if you can't live up to my expectations, I won't let you out." Sauron smacked his lips, and with a slight wave of his hand, a cluster of black fire floated over, transforming into various shapes. I told you, this flame is my origin, I use my origin power to drive the entire magic array, the origin fire is very powerful, but also dangerous, when I use it beyond my limit, this flame will burn my life and soul. ”

Harry looked at Sauron in surprise, not knowing what to say.

"So, if you really can't succeed and keep putting it off—" Sauron sneered, his tone calm as if to say something trivial, "then, I'm going to die." ”