Harry Potter’s Book of Sin
Chapter 501 Manchak Swamp
Manchuck Swamp, located near New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.This wetland, most of which is immersed in stagnant water and sapropel, has a name that is widely circulated in the Muggle world-"Ghost Swamp".
Since ancient times, there have been many people buried in this weird swamp. Whether it is a Muggle or a wizard, there have been many unfortunate people.
For this reason, the US Ministry of Magic has long dispatched the Auror to cast a spell to drive away Muggles there.
After all, wizards usually stay away when they know that there is an inexplicable danger there.But Muggles are always like a cat full of curiosity, knowing where there is danger but wanting to get there.
Of course, sometimes don't always take everything the wizards say seriously.Because they are often talking about it, and when they look back, they may rush to find out!
Just like recently, an elderly wizard has been added to the edge of this ghost swamp.Maybe it was because he was old and nothing, or maybe he was using his residual heat...In short, he was obviously such an "old adventurer" who wanted to go in and feel the mysterious atmosphere.
It was just because he knew that the abnormality could not be judged by common sense, he was just entrenched in the periphery, and he did not dare to get involved easily for a long time.
These few days have been the period of miasma in the swamp. Looking in from the outside, there is a lot of green everywhere, and you can hardly see the distance.
"... Several days have passed since the time to start, is there something wrong with the plan?"
The old wizard stood on the edge of the swamp, staring directly at the miasma in front of him, his deep and sharp gaze almost wanted to penetrate the middle of the swamp and head straight to the center of the swamp.
This old wizard is not an "old adventurer", but the first generation of the Dark Lord that year, the powerful dark wizard who upset the entire European magic world-Mr. Gellert Greenward.
But now he is not a strong man. After losing to his old friend and opponent Dumbledore, his whole body's magic was completely imprisoned by Dumbledore, and even he was imprisoned in the Wizarding Prison of Newmontgard. It lasts for more than 50 years.
Now even though he left the prison tower, the curse that held him was automatically lifted.But that magic power has not been able to flow for many years, and it has already lost most of its activity. Even if it can be used with magic, only the ability to burn a fire and make a meal is left.And this is because of his own strong talent and abundant magical power. After changing someone else, he is now a dumb gun that can't be used at all.
But his powerful magic can't be used, but his brain is not bad.For a rare hero like him, the shrewdness of his mind may be more terrifying than magic.
Let's look at Maca, who is possessed of unparalleled strength, and his mind is not slow, but he still has his way unknowingly.This shows the depth of his wisdom.
This time, his purpose is actually very simple.
The long life of imprisonment made him understand a lot of things and some of his past mistakes.It's just that he is not making repentance for the killings and ambitions of previous years. He just feels that everything he has done in the past is superfluous and ridiculous.
He and Dumbledore, a pair of former close friends, may be similar in some respects, because they both have a firm belief in pursuit.But between them, there is more of the opposite philosophy.
He was defeated that year, and after the failure he also reflected, and even came up with the idea of moving closer to Dumbledore because of his admiration for Dumbledore.
But Greenward was always Greenward, even if he turned his many desires into a desire for a personal magical path, he still walked on his own path.
A long time ago, Greenward obtained the scraps of the despicable Helbo and deciphered some information about the swamp from it.When he knew that he might be able to catch up in Dumbledore's footsteps with the help of the ancient mirror, he did not hesitate to leave Newmontgard and set out on his journey to pursue Dumbledore.
however,
Just as Greenward leaned back slightly and had some doubts in his heart, a long-awaited change took place-in the depths of the miasma swamp, a slight shock suddenly came, and in a flash It reached the ground where he stepped.
That shock wave after wave, each time there was a gap of more than ten seconds.
"It's started... Finally it started..."
Even with Greenward's current state of mind, he couldn't help but feel happy right now.Above his calm lake of mind, waves arose with the tremor again and again, and there was a vague tendency to intensify.
In fact, if Maca is here, perhaps you can sense a wonder-the magical power around is in a wave of vibration that is stronger than a wave, like a tsunami, wave after wave rushes in, but the gathering place More than one place.
In this huge swamp in front of Greenward, there are a total of six locations sucking a lot of magic power.What is even more surprising is that something invisible to the naked eye suddenly sprang out of the swamp quagmire, mingled in the wave of magic, and swam inward along with it.
Those little things are like wisps of black smoke, but they are like tadpoles dragging their tails.Yes, they are more like some unknown living creatures than smoke.
In normal times, most of them lurked in the swamp underground to choose people to eat, but the abnormal movement at this moment seemed to have attracted them, and large areas gathered in the depths of the swamp.
Greenward didn't have the ability to sense these weird sights, but he stayed in place all the time, and did not show the slightest impatience.Haierbo's notes are very clear, you must wait patiently at this time, and it is not time to go in and harvest the results.
At this moment, there was a faint "click" from the depths of the swamp. If the sound seemed to be fleeting, you would not notice it if you didn't pay attention.
But as the inconspicuous movement suddenly rang, Greenward immediately felt that the vibration under his feet became even greater!The astonishing tremors no longer appeared in bursts, but continued to shake. Greenward quickly supported a big tree beside him, so that he would not be shaken to the ground.
But this tremor comes quickly and goes quickly.In a blink of an eye, I saw six light spots suddenly burst into the swamp. They reflected the sunlight in the sky and turned into six arcs to gather in the middle of the swamp.
If you get closer, you might be able to see clearly, it is exactly six mirror fragments that are as clean as new.Looking at the posture of flying together, it seems to be united.
Almost the moment when the fragments of the ancient mirror joined each other, the "little tadpoles" gathered in the depths of the swamp before, as if they had found their mother, all merged into the misty mirror.
The earthquake stopped, and the ancient magic mirror successfully broke away from the seal, which was enough to create the source of the catastrophic disaster and reappear in the world.
Greenward at the edge of the swamp waited calmly in place, but he did not know when there was a silver-gray necklace in his hand, and the black gem inlaid on it had a calm atmosphere.
Not long after, an invisible and obscure wave suddenly spread from the center of the swamp, but in an instant it swept across the entire swamp wetland and spread out further.
Needless to say, Greenward is also caught in the range of fluctuations.
However, before the weird shock and contraction occurred, he hung the necklace around his neck.Suddenly, the black jewel pendant hung in front of his chest immediately diffused a circle of bleak gray air, covering his whole person.
"Boom!"
The soul shock caused by the mysterious ancient mirror finally began to show off, and several villages close to this side in the distance were all within its envelope.For a time, nearly a hundred translucent souls were shaken out of people's bodies, and they were forced to fly towards the center of the swamp under a suction force that only aimed at souls.
Of course, they couldn't hear the sound that sounded like the beating of war drums. All they could hear was Greenward at this moment.
The necklace he got from unknown sources withstood the shock, protected his soul, and made him escape the disaster.
But it can be vaguely seen that the gray energy around his body has also decreased a bit.
Knowing that this string of necklaces may not be able to withstand too many shocks, in order to successfully control the magical ancient magic mirror, he must rush to the center of the swamp as soon as possible.
Greenward did this, naturally, not to bring it to Dumbledore's body for use, he had never been such a hypocritical person.That plan is just the last icing on the cake. What he wants is to become the master of the ancient mirror and hold the passage firmly in his own hands!
Not going back is not his Greenward style.
...
In the deep mountains of Albania, in the stone chamber of the underground palace.
Maca was standing aside, looking at the broken mirror of Eris's magic mirror, with a thoughtful expression on his face.And his left hand was gently supporting Helen, who had fainted, and placed her on the spread blanket.
Just now, he took out the Mirror of Eris and handed over the rest to Helen happily.Although she was still hesitant at first, she quickly seemed to remember something and suddenly made up her mind.
I don't know what Greenward said to her. Maca only knew that when Helen just stood in front of the mirror, it didn't take long for the power in her to boil.And in the mirror, a clearly visible black mist kept shrinking, trembling, and shrinking again...
In the end, the black mist in the mirror seemed to explode, suddenly expanded, and the mirror surface was completely blown to pieces!