From Kamal Taj to Hogwarts

After all the ghosts were dispatched and searched the Hogwarts Castle several times, they finally discovered the figure of little fat Grub in a hidden corner.

When Xiwen arrived, he saw his chubby body floating in the sky above an abandoned classroom on the second floor of the castle, with his protruding belly close to the ceiling, looking naive and cute.

His whole body was in a semi-transparent and semi-petrified state, and the expression on his face was not as frightened and frightened as Mannis's. Instead, he seemed to have a... feeling of joy at seeing the hunter?

Seeing the strange expression on Grubb's face, Xiwen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"So the thing that attacked them was indeed a magical animal, right? It had to be a magical animal that looked delicious..." he commented.

"I think there's nothing wrong with it." The fat monk nodded in agreement.

With the mentality of doing an experiment, Xiwen silently blew on the ceiling, causing Grubb's body to sink into the ceiling, leaving only half of his body 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 have never seen a ghost be blown by the wind before." Xiwen pinched his chin and said thoughtfully.

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

"This seems to prove that the attack of this magical animal is a magical power that can hurt people from the soul level. It is very weird and very powerful." Xiwen said thoughtfully. "Currently, I only know of one magic of this nature.

The Death Curse, that is to say, it is also a kind of magic that is almost a rule."

"Now that we have come to this conclusion, the scope of our search for corresponding magical animals will be much narrower, and it will be much easier to find them."

Thinking of this, Xiwen's spirit was slightly lifted from the two consecutive attacks, and then he said to the two ghosts around him: "Friar, Sir Nicholas, I will leave this little fat guy Grub to you, take him to the school.

Go to the hospital, I believe Professor Bierley and Mrs. Dallaire will come up with a treatment."

After explaining this matter, Xiwen opened a golden circle of light around him again.

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"Can it involve the rule-based power of the soul?" Newt asked in surprise at the Pig's Head Bar, the temporary base of the Order of the Phoenix.

"Yes, I feel that it has similar properties to the Death Curse, except that one causes death and the other makes people petrified." Xiwen analyzed. "But in essence, they should both work from the soul.

Then it affects the body through the soul.”

"But this doesn't explain the little ghost's behavior." Newt frowned and said in confusion. "I have never heard of a magical animal's petrification ability that can affect the soul from the body!"

"Haven't you even heard of it?" Xiwen couldn't help but frowned and asked in a different direction. "Or if you think about it on the other hand, are there any magical animals that look delicious and can make you happy?

Before he was petrified, Grubb showed that kind of happy expression."

Newt shook his head slightly, took out his copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" from the old-fashioned suitcase that he never left, and began to rummage through it.

"I don't think there are any animals I've ever seen that have such abilities and look delicious. Either there's something wrong with your description, or I've never seen that kind of magical animal before." Newt said doubtfully.

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But he was doubtful, and his expression was full of interest, "It's best to choose the second one. I can also add another illustrated book of magical animals to this book!"

Newt gradually became excited as he thought that he might discover another magical animal that he had never seen before.

"Wait a minute!" Just when he turned to a certain page in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", Newt suddenly stopped turning the book and asked. "I think I found a page similar to what you mentioned.

magical beasts!”

"Oh?" Xiwen also became interested, and moved closer to Newt to look at the book and album in his hand. "This magical animal is...a basilisk?"

The album shows a huge venomous snake with dark green skin and yellow eyes. It has a bright red feather on its head. The basilisk in the picture also swings its tail from time to time, or changes its head.

One direction seems to be to allow readers to better see its full picture.

Next to the moving picture, there is a text introducing the creature basilisk——

Basilisk, a dangerous creature of the?????? level, also known as the King of Snakes. This kind of snake can become very huge and usually lives for hundreds of years. It is hatched from an egg by a toad.

The way the basilisk kills people is very shocking. In addition to its deadly fangs, its glare can also kill people. Anyone caught by its gaze will die immediately. Spiders will run away when they see the basilisk.

Because the basilisk is the deadly enemy of spiders, and the basilisk will flee for its life as soon as it hears the crow of the rooster, because the crowing of the rooster is also fatal to it. - Newt Scamander, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

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"As far as I know, the basilisk's glare is also a rule-level magic, but like the Death Curse, it will directly deprive the wizard of his life instead of petrifying them." The famous author explained. "As for

That little ghost, maybe it’s because he’s never seen such a big snake, so it’s almost drooling?”

Xiwen was startled for a moment, nodded in agreement and said, "This is indeed somewhat possible."

He recalled the scene of Mannis's attack and the situation of Grubb's attack, and slowly opened his eyes.

"I remember... the direction Mannis was looking at when he was attacked was the black lake below the entrance courtyard." Xiwen said word for word. "If looking at the basilisk will kill someone, then if it is...

What about the reflection of light on the lake? Will it be weakened?"

"I'm not sure about this. Maybe there are other aspects of the basilisk's abilities that I haven't discovered yet." Newt's expression became a little excited again and he said. "If you can see the basilisk's sight through the reflection on the lake surface,

If the damage suffered by the wizard is reduced from death to petrification, what will happen to the little ghost? According to his expression, it does not look like the basilisk seen on the reflected mirror."

"I guess, after all, Grub has already died once, and it is impossible for him to die a second time." Xiwen said. "So, it is very likely that as a ghost, he only has a remnant soul, and the basilisk's death gaze does not

It couldn't have the full effect, so it was weakened in order to be petrified, making Grub what it is now."

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