Chapter 104 How did the dark wizard become like this? The Book of the Dead!
Ciel's voice echoed faintly in the forbidden forest.
The dark wizards in the shadows all around suddenly felt that the voice seemed a little familiar, and an ominous feeling surged in their hearts.
"Hey, Lucius..."
The leading dark wizard asked Lucius a question, wanting to know the name of the specific target of this operation.
Could it be the person they were thinking of, the one who had become a taboo in Knockturn Alley?
But before he could finish his words, Lucius was stunned when he heard Charles' words, and then he burst into triumphant laughter.
He laughed so hard that his aristocratic elegance was gone and he nearly fell backwards.
"you?"
"You cast the stunning spell just now?"
"Hahaha, this is simply the stupidest thing I have ever seen in my life. You stupid mudblood, you destroyed your own last hope with your own hands."
"It seems that you still don't understand your current situation. You don't think that defeating Snape in Hogwarts Castle means that you are stronger than him in terms of hard power, right?"
"It's just that Snape was careless, and many of his methods couldn't be used in the castle!"
"Watch out, Charles Evans, this is how dark wizards fight. We have experienced wars, and our methods are beyond the understanding of a young wizard like you!"
Immediately, Lucius raised his wand gracefully, holding a crystal skull in his left hand, his eyes full of coldness.
"You want the magic items on me?"
"Then I'll show you its power..."
The next moment, Lucius was about to chant a spell and activate a magic item to let Charles feel what terror was.
But at this moment, he felt a pain in the back of his head, the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and he fell to the ground.
Lucius was stunned.
By the time he came to his senses on the ground, he discovered that it was the dark wizard from Knockturn Alley whom he had hired who had knocked him down.
Lucius' heart skipped a beat and an idea popped into his mind.
"broken……"
"Are they trying to rob each other?!"
Lucius said hurriedly.
"We have cooperated so many times. Is there any time when I didn't give you a satisfactory reward that you actually wanted to attack me?"
"Believe me, my friend, it's not too late to stop now..."
But before he could finish his words, Lucius saw that the dark wizards around him were staring at him with fear and anger on their faces.
The leading dark wizard even cursed out loud.
"In time? In time, damn!"
"Lucius Malfoy, are you mentally ill?"
"You told us to do a very simple commission. Is this what you call simple?"
"Why the hell didn't you tell us that the target of the mission was Charles Evans? If you had told us earlier, we wouldn't have followed you even if our brains were clogged with shit. If you want to die, don't take us with you!"
Lucius was stunned.
"You, what are you talking about?"
"Charles Evans is just a first-year wizard, and you are the vicious dark wizards of Knockturn Alley. Why are you afraid of him?"
The group of dark wizards were speechless.
atrocious?
Lucius called them vicious?
In front of Charles Evans, a peerless villain who robbed the entire Knockturn Alley, threatened to throw feces in front of Borgin and Burke's, and confronted the vampire Count with a blood pump, Lucius said that they were extremely vicious?
Did he have any misunderstanding about these four words? !
The leading dark wizard was so angry that he laughed.
"Lucius Malfoy, you have no idea what kind of existence you have provoked!"
Immediately, a group of dark wizards bowed to Charles with flattering looks on their faces.
"Lord Ciel, we really didn't know it was you."
"We were all tricked by Lucius. He just told them to come and help us. If we had known it was you, we wouldn't have dared to come even if we had ten times the courage!"
Charles raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.
"is it?"
"But I just heard that you brought a lot of magical items. If it was an ordinary object, why did you bring so many things?"
"You are fully armed, are you really not here to fight me?"
The dark wizards immediately started crying for their parents.
"Really not, my Lord Ciel!"
"If I had known I would run into you, I wouldn't have taken out the magic items from the bottom of my box. These are all my belongings left!"
Charles' face suddenly darkened.
"Ok?"
"What do you mean?"
The leading dark wizard quickly slapped himself and respectfully took out the magic items he brought from his arms.
"What we mean is, if we had known we would run into you, we would have sold everything we had to bring more magic items with us."
"Alas, Sir Ciel, you have repeatedly taken care of us at Knockturn Alley, but when you went to school, we didn't even prepare any gifts. This is really wrong."
"Merlin, we are so lucky to have met you. These are our gifts for you, Sir Ciel, for the start of school. Please don't mind them."
At the same time, he glared at the rest of the dark wizards, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear.
If you want to survive, give up your wealth to save your life!
The other dark wizards also woke up as if from a dream, and hurriedly took out the magic items in their arms and handed them respectfully to Charles.
"Yes, yes, Lord Ciel, this is the back-to-school gift we prepared."
"I am in a hurry and my gift is very humble. Please don't despise it."
Only then did Charles nod with satisfaction and reached out to accept the "gifts" sent by these dark wizards.
After his mental power transformed again and entered the medieval level, Charles' sensitivity to magic power increased a lot again.
He could feel that the magic contained in these items was truly extraordinary, and each one was a masterpiece.
As expected, it is the best treasure of the dark wizards of Knockturn Alley. The number of deduction points it can provide is probably not small.
For Charles, who was running low on deduction points, this was truly a windfall.
Lucius, who was lying on the ground, looked at the dark wizards "paying tribute" to Charles one by one, and a mysterious light flashed in his eyes.
He admitted that since the dark wizards in Knockturn Alley were so cautious, it seemed that his estimation of Ciel's strength was greatly wrong.
But every one of these dark wizards in Knockturn Alley is extremely vicious and has killed many people. How could they just submit to a little wizard like this?
There must be something fishy going on here. They must be trying to let Charles down his guard and then launch a surprise attack!
Or maybe those magic items are cursed, and Charles will be cursed without anyone noticing, and die in extreme pain.
Yes, that must be the case!
Lucius stared at Charles, waiting for the moment he fell.
But by the time the last dark wizard had finished offering his tribute and Charles had put the dark magic items into his pocket one by one, Lucius' eyes were almost sore from staring, as he had not yet seen the scene he had been expecting.
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
"no……"
"They can't be serious, can they?"
"Are you really offering sacrifices to Charles Evans?"
Lucius stared at the group of dark wizards from Knockturn Alley with bloodshot eyes and questioned.
"You are dark wizards, how did you become like this?"
“What about dignity?”
"Where's your dignity?!"
"Where's your work ethic?!"
The dark wizards of Knockturn Alley were dismissive of Lucius's questioning.
dignity?
Professional ethics?
What a joke, we are dark wizards, what’s the use of dignity and professional ethics?
Anyone who has seen the performance of that little devil Charles Evans in Knockturn Alley will know that dignity is nothing but a piece of waste paper.
This is a man who can hold a blood pump against the vampire lord. How can you talk about dignity and morality in front of him?
Are you okay?
At this time, Lucius looked at Charles. Although there was horror in his eyes, he still didn't seem to realize how dangerous his situation was.
"The Forbidden Forest is not a lawless place, Charles Evans, I think you know that."
Lucius gasped.
"I am a member of the Hogwarts Board of Directors. Even Dumbledore has to consider my words."
"You are just a first year student, a Muggle-born, with no power or influence. If you dare to lay a hand on me, all members of the school board will expel you from Hogwarts!"
"So you'd better let me go, understand?"
When Lucius said this, the dark wizards around him took a deep breath and then tacitly moved away from Lucius.
Dare to threaten Charles?
remarkably brave!
Lucius didn't notice this and continued talking.
"Don't think that you won't know what happened in the Forbidden Forest. I am the head of the Malfoy family. If I disappear for one day, it will cause an uproar in the wizarding world, and countless wizards will be tracking me down."
"I have already made arrangements. If I disappear for more than three days, the Malfoy family will offer a large reward of gold Galleons for even the slightest clue."
"Anyone who dares to kill me will face the endless revenge of the Malfoy family."
"Think about it, how many gold Galleons are that? How many wizards can be hired?"
Having said that, Lucius let out a long sigh, as if he was certain that Charles would not dare to attack him, but he did not notice the way the dark wizards next to him were looking at him.
Ciel tilted his head and looked at Lucius, curiously.
"Finished?"
"I allowed you to say a lot more because you brought me so many magical items. Is this what you want to say?"
Charles shook his head, yawned, and said in boredom.
"Same old-fashioned threats. Really boring."
Then, he waved his wand, and twisting branches grew out of the ground of the Forbidden Forest, taking all the magical items on Lucius, including the wand, into Charles' hands.
Looking at these magical items, Charles' eyes were quite fiery.
The Malfoy family is indeed a great noble family, and in recent years it has been the most powerful among the wizarding nobles. They have really collected a lot of good things.
The value of these magical items is much greater than the tribute paid by the dark wizards from Knockturn Alley.
Charles's gaze fell on a piece of torn parchment, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
Although the magic power contained in the other magic items is quite powerful, it is ultimately limited.
According to Charles' estimation, it should still be a product of the recent ancient times, but it is only two or three hundred years older than now.
But the magic emanating from this torn parchment has surpassed the recent ancient times. It is much older, at least a product of the Middle Ages!
This is only secondary. The most important thing is that Charles actually smelled a familiar smell from it.
Although it was very faint, Charles could confirm that the aura lingering on it was indeed similar to the one emanating from Dark.
Indescribable madness, creepy feeling!
Even though the smell was light, the madness that Charles felt from it seemed to be even worse than the Dark he saw in the dream world of R'lyeh!
If Dak's madness is a deep pool filled with water.
So the madness on this piece of parchment, although there is only a drop of water, it comes from a boundless ocean!
Charles suddenly turned to look at Lucius who was still trying to threaten him, and then waved his wand.
The next moment, a wooden spike created by Transfiguration pierced Lucius' thigh.
The excruciating pain made Lucius wail, and he stared at Charles, as if he couldn't believe that Charles had actually hit him.
"You, how dare you!"
"I'm going to fire you!"
"The Malfoy family won't let you go, and neither will the wizard nobles!"
Charles raised his finger and made a silencing gesture.
"Hush, Lucius Malfoy."
"Otherwise, I will change my original plan and kill your entire family right now."
"Would you like to take a gamble?"
Lucius shuddered violently and felt a deep chill rising from his heart.
The first thing he said was to kill his entire family?
No, what happened to the little wizard now?
Even as a Death Eater, he has never killed an entire family!
In a trance, Lucius remembered something. He heard that the Sorting Hat seemed to have sorted Charles Evans to Azkaban for the first time, right?
This is very reasonable!
Dumbledore, you old fool, why did you put this little devil into the harmless Hufflepuff?
Isn't this the most aggressive Hufflepuff in history? !
A moment later, feeling the sharp pain in his thigh, Lucius finally understood why the dark wizards in Knockturn Alley were so silent about Ciel.
This little monster is really cruel.
He really didn't dare to bet whether Charles would kill his entire family. He couldn't tell whether Charles was really capable of doing such a thing.
With Charles' strength, the Malfoy family's magical protection could not stop him.
So Lucius calmed down and kept his mouth shut.
Charles nodded in satisfaction and asked Lucius while holding the torn parchment.
"Where did this parchment come from?"
Lucius was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the first question Ciel asked him was about this parchment.
He frowned, thinking hard, recalling the origin of the parchment.
"This parchment is part of our Malfoy family collection."
"It seems to be about ten years ago. At that time, the war had just ended and many nobles were being plundered. They had to sell their property and collections to satisfy the appetites of those hyenas in the Ministry of Magic."
"The Malfoy family is in a much better situation than them, so they still have the spare energy to take advantage of this opportunity to acquire some treasures."
At this point, Lucius made another excuse.
"We are not taking advantage of others. My offer is very fair. It is only 70% off. It is much better than the Ministry of Magic."
"Besides, these things are well preserved by our Malfoy family. It is better than leaving them in the warehouse of the Ministry of Magic and slowly rotting away. Our Malfoy family has made contributions to the preservation of cultural relics!"
Charles waved his hand, signaling Lucius to stop talking nonsense and continue to talk about the origin of this thing.
Lucius then breathed a sigh of relief and continued.
"At that time, there was a small noble who had fallen on hard times. However, his surname was quite ancient and was said to have been passed down for thousands of years. His family actually had a number of magical artifacts handed down from the time of the founder of Hogwarts."
"Although I don't know what those things are, they are antiques after all. I think they must have collection value."
"Especially, I heard that there is a book inside. It seems that there are some records in history that it was written by a mad Arab named Abdullah. Scholars call it the Book of the Dead. It has been sealed at the bottom of the cellar of that nobleman's house."
"At the time, I thought that although these books were written by a madman, they were very old after all. It would be great if I could collect them and put them on display when distinguished guests came to visit. So I decided to bury them."
"Unfortunately, I had attended a Ministry of Magic meeting at that time, and only got the news after the meeting. When I rushed there, the little noble's house was already empty, and the things had been sold long ago. It seemed that there was a scramble for them at the scene."
"Fortunately, I asked Crabbe and Goyle to help me keep an eye out for this kind of things. When I arrived, they gave me this parchment and said that the Book of the Dead was broken into pieces during the fight, and they only got this piece of broken parchment."
"After that, this piece of parchment remained in my storage box. This time, I wanted to deal with you, and I don't know why I dug it out for no apparent reason."
"To be honest, I don't know why I carry it. It doesn't seem to have much power."
As Lucius narrated, Ciel stared at his expression.
Lucius's Occlumency was not very good, and in the original book, Voldemort could read his thoughts directly.
With Ciel's current level of Legilimency, coupled with his medieval mental strength, his attainments in this area are even better than Voldemort's in the original book.
He was able to confirm that Lucius had really not concealed anything and had not told any lies in order to save his life.
"The Necronomicon, a mad Arab, a mad man..."
Charles' frown deepened.
A torn piece of parchment, blank without any characters or pictures recorded on it, can contain such madness.
So how crazy would the complete Book of the Dead be?
This thing is a bit weird.
Ciel can confirm that there is no record of the Dead Book in the original Harry Potter novel.
This thing comes from the era of the founder of Hogwarts. Dark also vowed in "The Lost Age" that the threats faced by the founders of that era were by no means limited to religious inquisition.
The madness in the Book of the Dead seems to be a proof of this.
Charles looked quite solemn.
The water in this magical world seems to be getting deeper and deeper.
But then, Charles opened his mouth and swallowed the parchment with a gulp.
Instantly, a dense stream of reminders rang in Charles' mind.
"Deduction points +10000..."
"Deduction points +10000..."
Just with this small piece of torn parchment, Deep Blue actually converted more than a million deduction points for Charles!
This made Charles take a deep breath, and the solemnity in his eyes turned into a fiery one.
"The Book of the Dead. I need to look for this thing carefully."
"If I eat this book, the harvest will be comparable to eating all the beaches of R'lyeh in the dream world!"
Then, Ciel looked at Lucius Malfoy, who had a worried look on his face, and his expression relaxed a little, and he said quietly.
"Originally I wanted to kill you, and then kill your entire family, and it would be best if I could kill all the people you have a close relationship with as well..."
Hearing Ciel's casual words, Lucius' scalp went numb and his face turned pale instantly.
What the hell is this devilish statement?
Even the Dark Lord doesn't do this, so how can he play the Nine Clans Elimination Game?
Then, Charles smiled.
"Don't worry, don't worry. I've changed my mind now. After all, you really brought me a lot of good things. I won't kill your whole family."
"After all, keeping you seems to be useful."
Lucius Malfoy nodded frantically in approval.
"Yes, yes, I am very useful, please don't kill me."
"The Malfoy family has extensive connections, Charles, no, Lord Charles, if you want to find anything, the Malfoy family will do their best to serve you!"
Charles nodded in satisfaction.
"You're quite sensible then. Well, congratulations, you survived."
"Look at you, why are you so pale? I'm not a devil, nor am I Voldemort, right?"
Lucius felt a pang of sadness.
It seems that the Dark Lord is much more merciful than you, Charles Evans.
But facing Charles' teasing eyes, Lucius quickly lowered his head, trying his best to clear his mind of distracting thoughts.
At this time, Charles was too lazy to argue with Lucius.
He just said one sentence.
"Since you just said you can do your best to serve me, now I have a favor to ask you to do me."
"Will it be possible to hang upside down?"
Lucius blinked, his face full of confusion.
"???"
"Hanging upside down?"
Then, Charles sighed.
"It seems you don't know how to do it. Never mind. Let me help you."
Soon, Lucius was entangled by a vine at the ankle and hung on a tall tree nearby.
Blood dripped from the wound on his thigh, spreading the smell of blood in the night air.
Charles nodded in satisfaction.
"Just hang there like this, and help me catch some fish. Is that okay?"
Lucius's face was pale, and a thousand horses were galloping through his heart, but he could only force a smile on his face.
"No grievance, no grievance..."
"It is an honor for me, Lucius Malfoy, to be Lord Ciel's bait."
The dark wizards standing by felt relieved when they saw Lucius Malfoy's miserable appearance.
It was too cruel. Fortunately, they did not anger Charles, otherwise they would probably be hung upside down and bleeding like Lucius.
But at this moment, Charles frowned.
"The Forbidden Forest is so big. If Lucius fishes alone, how long will it take him to catch any fish?"
He took out the super huge pots and pans he brought with him this time, as well as the mountains of seasonings.
"I brought so many things. If I can't use them all today, wouldn't it be a waste?"
As he spoke, Ciel glanced at the dark wizards.
The faces of the dark wizards turned pale little by little.
The next moment, the leading dark wizard shouted.
"Master Ciel, there is no need for you to do anything. We can go up there on our own."
Then he took out a knife, gritted his teeth and cut a hole in his palm.
Then he waved his wand and hung himself upside down on the tree like Lucius, letting the blood flow down.
The other dark wizards followed suit.
Soon, more than a dozen "baits" dripping with blood were hung here.
When Lucius saw this scene, he suddenly felt much better.
At least I was hung up by Charles himself, which is much better than these cowards who hang themselves!
Moreover, with so many people bleeding together, the "fish" that Charles wants to catch should be caught quickly, or at least it won't die from blood loss.
Just when Lucius breathed a sigh of relief, the strong smell of blood seemed to have finally attracted some bloodthirsty creatures in the nearby forbidden forest.
Swish, Swish.
The sound of leaves rustling could be heard in the forbidden forest.
Charles slowly grinned.
"Deep Blue, we're going to have dinner."
(End of this chapter)
