Chapter 18: The Demonic Circle
Mu Yuchen, who glanced at the divination field, vented all the frustration of the warehouse on Slytherin Qiong Shao, and his rough actions and huge strength made people wonder if he had the bloodline of the legendary giant Titan. With only one goalkeeper left with the Slytherin players down, Harry finally caught the Golden Snitch. Gryffindor won with the sheer strength of the mouth, and it was a shame.
The game was over, and a hearty victory turned the stadium into a sea of Gryffindor fun. It's just that Professor McGonagall's face isn't very good-looking, but no one can refuse victory. After the game, Mu Yuchen was asked to rethink his style of play, at least when playing against teams other than Slytherin, Professor McGonagall wanted to see a scene of unity and camaraderie. And so, the Slytherin cups began.
No one cared how Harry had caught the Golden Snitch, even if the Snitch had almost been swallowed in his stomach. The game commentators are enthusiastically announcing the results of the practice match, and of course a sneer at Slytherin is indispensable. However, at this time, Harry, Ron, Nose Min, and Mu Yuchen were no longer on the court, and they were all on their way to Hagrid's hut.
This colossal version of the wooden house resembles the architecture of the Giant Realm in the fairy tale world, but Hagrid does have giant blood.
The four of them were sitting in the hut at the moment. Hagrid was making tea for them.
"Snape did it, Hermione and I saw it." Ron was explaining what he had seen. "Snape was casting a spell on Harry's broomstick, and his eyes were still fixed on it."
Mu Yuchen held the mentality of watching the drama and listened quietly.
The stubborn Hagrid never believed what Ron was saying, and his thick nerves kept him ignorant of what was happening in the stands. Harry and the others exchanged glances, deciding to tell all their guesses.
Thus, the three-headed dog on the third floor, Snape's leg injury, and the theft of Gringotts are three separate events that are very logically linked. If Mu Yuchen hadn't known the truth from the beginning, maybe he would have been really convinced!
But even so, Hagrid still didn't believe what Harry said. Because Snape, as a professor at Hogtide School, did not have a reason or motive to hurt Harry.
In the midst of the constant arguments, Hagrid's gradual irritability and agitation made Hagrid leak his mouth. A name was mentioned, and that man was called Nick Lemay. He refused to speak again, and Hagrid was angry at his big mouth. Time passed faintly, and before he knew it, Mu Yuchen had all recovered from his injuries due to the prophecy. Except for the body that has been reduced due to the infinite space power, the attributes are still reduced, and the others have begun to approach the Gan peak state.
Consolidating the amount of strength that had been recovered became the main body in the second half of November, and at the same time, in order to strengthen the magic, Mu Yuchen also spent most of his energy on meditation magic. The final venue for the ceremony had been chosen, and the Room of Requirement, opposite Barnabas' tapestry on the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle, was the best choice.
At the end of the first week of December, the materials needed for the circle were prepared.
"Dragon's blood, nightmare's saliva, unicorn's unicorn powder, succubus's hair, high magic crystals, emeralds, rubies, black stones" Mu Yuchen checked the items mentioned on the parchment, and then concocted them according to the requirements. "The rest is to use Mithril and demon's blood to build a magic array, and the crystals of the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind are the core of the magic array."
In order to purchase these materials, Mu Yuchen's remaining Garons were also exhausted. Many of the things that Galleons can't buy are exchanged for a variety of high-purity gemstones. After several operations, the huge wealth that was originally prepared has been almost consumed. It's worth mentioning that the owl mail-order business in this magical country is very strong, and you can buy anything as long as you have the means.
Mu Yuchen secretly spent nearly two weeks arranging and adjusting the magic array, and the high-density and high-precision construction was greatly reduced with the help of alchemy. The occasional arsenic leak also saved most of the material with the help of alchemy. When the circle was built, the extra materials were also put in.
As Christmas approaches, the school finally begins to open its library to new students. During the time when Mu Yuchen was sneaking out early and returning late, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were looking for information about Nick Lemay. Even though Mu Yuchen had told them that there was no book mentioning this person in the general reading area, the proud Miss Granger still wanted to try it herself. ,
"Maybe you've missed something, or maybe we're lucky!" Miss Hermione said this, and Ron and Harry supported it. Anyway, he had already reminded him, and the busy Mu Yuchen didn't say anything more.
"Rest tomorrow, it's just morning Potions class today." Mu Yuchen estimated the time, and according to the record on the parchment scroll, he had already rubbed more than one day. After explaining to Harry and the others that it was late to go back, Mu Yuchen went straight to the room where everything was needed.
Under Mu Yuchen's strong thirst, a portal appeared on the wall. This is a space that can constantly move around the city, probably the four legendary teachers who founded the schools, and the founder of Slytherin also left a secret room!
According to Mu Yuchen's request, the original Room of Responsiveness was just a square empty space. But now, it's been densely packed with all kinds of magic patterns and lines. Ancient magic words mixed with demonic blood patterns, combined with Mithril lines and self-legged magic circles, decorate the entire secret room as if it were the scene of the blood sacrifice of some evil sect.
In fact, Mu Yuchen did this from beginning to end, and the Force's instinctive reaction was very normal. This means that everything is safe.
After repeatedly comparing the other documents in the library, the authenticity of the parchment scroll was in doubt. Moreover, Mu Yuchen found that he didn't seem to be the first user. In the process of researching, Mu Yuchen found that the back of the parchment scroll was written in special ink to use the magic circle.
Now that the mind has been decided, all the other thoughts have been excluded from Mu Yuchen's mind. Mu Mingchen's hands were opened, and his whole body was in the shape of a reverse cross. Countless obscure and indistinct spells spit out from Mu Yuchen's mouth, and the pond in the Spirit World Realm changed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the outer wall, which was originally nearly a foot thick, instantly shrunk by one-tenth of its original size.
The magic power equivalent to the next peak of bronze was directly sucked away, and the inexplicable almost law-like force was used to remove the entire amount. The space is wrapped. After the mana activates the elemental crystallization. The surging magic element is channeled into the circle's Mithril wires. Then the magic pattern was activated, and countless black energies entangled Mu Yuchen in the center.
At the beginning, it was just pain, it was a kind of itching and sourness that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and the inexplicable energy was eroding every corner of Mu Yuchen's body little by little, but there was any energy of disharmony qi itself.
As the demonic transformation of the body was gradually completed, those energies began to move deeper. The darkness of nothingness enveloped Mu Yuchen's senses, and the five senses had been recorded by the effect of the transformation formation. Even the sense of time and space is fading.
A sentence from the experience behind the parchment scroll remembered in Mu Yuchen's heart before he could record it, "It is an indescribable process, even if you succeed, you will not remember it." Using it, you will feel that everything is worth it. ”
When I woke up, the Room of Requirement had regained the emptiness it had been when the net had begun. Mu Yuchen could feel the changes in his flesh and blood, and those magic patterns and formations had been integrated into his body by the enhanced magic. The discomfort at the beginning of the net will soon pass, but Mu Yuchen can't recall the second half of the reinforcement.
Mu Yuchen, who returned to the dormitory, learned from Harry that he had spent almost one night and two days this time, and Hermione had a lot of opinions about this guy who didn't return home at night. But the girl didn't know where to start, so she could only start non-violently and non-resistantly and ignore Mu Yuchen.
In the middle of December, a heavy snowfall turned the world into a snow-white color, and Mu Yuchen also passed the adaptation period of strengthening magic. The flesh and blood magic array in the body greatly strengthens the free energy absorbed during meditation, so the time for passive meditation is also extended.
According to the current rate, the upper limit of the consumed mana can probably be recultivated in four months. The demonization system has greatly improved the compatibility between Mu Yuchen's spiritual power and free energy, although it still can't be compared with the genius Harry. But Hermione has already caught up.
At the same time, the elemental array also reduced the magic cost of performing elemental alchemy by nearly the oldest, and it seems that due to the use of elemental crystals as the core of the circle, the process of using alchemy to change the magic element is much easier, and the release speed and spell power of those pseudo-elemental spells have increased by close jump.
Before the long Christmas break, Harry registered his stay with Professor McGonagall. Ron and his two older brothers are also going to stay, as the Weasleys are going to Slovenia to visit Charlie. As an exchange student, Mu Yuchen naturally won't leave, but Hermione wants to go home for Christmas.
Malfoy seems to have regained his vitality lately, always looking for Harry's stubble, and revealing other people's scars seems to give him a lot of joy, no wonder he ended up in a cup that was used at the end of the day. Mu Yuchen felt that he needed to remind Malfoy again, tireless teaching was taught by the ancestors! It's a pity that that guy is very well-behaved, as long as there is no place for the professor to be present, Mu Yuchen will immediately retreat as soon as he appears.
Christmas is approaching, the auditorium has been decorated with a dozen Christmas trees, and the walls are already covered with catalytic ribbons composed of holly and parasitism. It was the last day before the holiday, and after class, the four of them went to the library to continue their search.
Mu Yuchen, who has disappeared for a long time, has recently maintained the habit of acting at the same time as the other three, which can be regarded as compensation for the time when he disappeared. And the book composition diagram of the open area of the library is in his head, just right to show off. Because of this, Miss Hermione, who had been ignoring Mu Yuchen, was finally willing to talk to him again.