It wasn't until the ghosts were dispatched and searched back and forth in Hogwarts Castle several times that they finally found the figure of the little fat man Grubb in a hidden corner.

When Xiwen arrived, he saw his chubby body floating above an abandoned classroom on the second floor of the castle, his bulging belly next to the ceiling, looking cute and cute.

His whole body was half transparent and half petrified, and the expression on his face was not as frightened and frightened as Mannis, but rather ...... What does it feel like to see the joy of hunting?

Xiwen looked at the strange expression on Grubb's face, and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

"So the thing that attacked them was a fantastic beast, right, it had to be a fantastic ......beast that looked delicious," he commented.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with it." The Fat Friar nodded in agreement.

With the mentality of doing experiments, Xiwen silently blew on the ceiling, and the body of Grub was sunk into the ceiling, and only half of his body was exposed in front of the faces of Xiwen and other ghosts.

"It seems that Grubb's petrified form is now a little closer to the entity, I haven't seen a ghost be blown by the wind before." Xiwen pinched his chin and said thoughtfully.

Nick, who was almost headless, shook his crumbling head and asked, "So what does this prove?" ”

"This seems to prove that this magical beast's attack is a magical force that can hurt people from the soul level, which is very strange and powerful." Xiwen said contemplatively. "At present, I also know a life-requisition spell for magic of this nature, which means that it is also a kind of magic that is almost regular."

"Now that we've come to this conclusion, then the coverage of our search for the corresponding magical beast will be much narrower, and it will be much easier to find."

Thinking of this, Xiwen's spirits were slightly lifted from the two successive attacks, and then he said to the two ghosts beside him: "Monk, Sir Nicholas, Grubb, this little fat man will be handed over to you, take him to the school hospital, I am sure Professor Billley and Lady Dallaire will think of a cure." ”

After explaining the matter, Xiwen drew a golden circle of light around him again.

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"Can it involve the rule-type power of the soul?" At the Pig's Head Bar, a temporary stronghold of the Order of the Phoenix, Newt asked in surprise.

"Yes, I feel like he's similar to the Requisition Charm, except that one kills and the other petrifications." Xiwen analyzed. "But they should all essentially work from the soul, and then affect the body through the soul."

"But that doesn't explain the little ghost's behavior." Newt frowned and said puzzled. "I've never heard of a magical beast with the ability to petrify and affect the body from the soul to the body!"

"Haven't you even heard of it?" Xiwen couldn't help frowning and asked in a different direction. "Or think about it the other way, are there any magical beasts that look delicious and make Grubb show that happy look before facing petrification."

Newt shook his head slightly, pulled out his copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them from his old suitcase, and began to rummage through it.

"I don't think there's any animal I've ever seen that capable and looks delicious, either because you're saying it's problematic, or I've never seen that kind of fantastic animal at all." Newt said confusedly.

But doubts to doubts, his expression was full of interest, "It's better to be the second one, I can also add another Fantastic Beasts Illustrated Book to this book!" ”

Newt became more excited at the thought that he might be discovering another magical animal he hadn't seen before.

"Wait a minute!" Just as he was turning to a certain page of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt stopped abruptly turning the book and asked. "I seem to have found a magical beast that is somewhat similar to what you mentioned!"

"Oh?" Shevin was also interested, and leaned closer to Newt to look at the book and picture book in his hand. "This amazing animal is...... Basilisk? ”

The catalogue depicts a large, dark green snake with yellow eyes and a bright red feather on its head. The basilisk in this picture also wags its tail from time to time, or changes direction, as if to give the reader a better view of it.

There is a text next to the moving picture, which introduces the creature Basilisk -

Basilisk ,????? A dangerous creature of the level, also known as the Snake King. The snake can become very large, usually living for hundreds of years, and it hatches from an egg and is hatched by a toad. The basilisk kills people in an astonishing way, and in addition to its deadly fangs, its glare can also cause death. Anyone who is stared at by it will die instantly. The spider will run away when it sees the basilisk because the basilisk is the spider's mortal enemy, and the basilisk will run for its life whenever it hears the rooster's crow, because the rooster's crow is also fatal to it. - Newt Scamander, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

"As far as I know, the basilisk's gaze is also a rule-level magic, but like the Death Reminder Charm, it will directly deprive the wizard of his life, rather than petrifying them." The well-known author explains. "As for the little ghost, maybe I've never seen such a big snake, so I'm almost drooling?"

Xiwen was stunned for a moment, nodded approvingly, and said, "This is really a possibility. ”

He thought back to the scene of the attack on Mannis and the attack on Grubb, and slowly opened his eyes.

"I remember...... When Manneris was attacked, his eyes were looking in the direction of the Black Lake below the entrance courtyard. Xiwen said word by word. If looking at a basilisk would kill you, what if it was through the reflection of light on the surface of the lake? Will it be weakened? ”

"I don't know, maybe there's something else I haven't discovered about the basilisk's abilities yet." Newt's expression became a little excited again, and he said. "If seeing the basilisk through the reflection of the lake would weaken the wizard's damage from death to petrification, what about the little ghost? His expression didn't look like a basilisk from a reflective mirror. ”

"I guess, after all, Grub has already died once, and it is impossible to die a second time." Xiwen said. "So, it's very likely that being a ghost is only a remnant soul, and the basilisk's death gaze doesn't play its full role, so it was weakened to petrify and make Grubb what he is now."

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