harry potter book of crimes

What's the price, gold galleons?

"Humph, it's not that simple."

Maka sat in the crowd, looking at the mysterious smile on Ted's face on the stage, feeling the various changes in the wizards and wizards around her, and secretly curled her lips.

To be honest, Ted's methods are obviously not very powerful.

The first step is to throw out part of the bait and let the fish who like this "bait" gather on their own; and then in the second step, he can naturally directly lower the net to catch fish.

It's a pity that this guy doesn't know that he is also a big fish this time. But the real fisherman is now watching indifferently in his net.

At the moment, Ted seemed to want to put more pressure on the wizards present, so after bringing up the word "cost", he did not continue talking, but stopped talking.

Seeing that he had no intention of continuing to speak yet, Maka simply turned her head and looked at the other wizard sitting next to her.

Although the other person was covered up with a silk cloak just like him, it was obvious that he didn't want people to know who he was. But just from the body shape and sitting posture, Maka could tell at a glance that this was a woman.

"Madam, what do you think... what conditions will he propose?"

The other party was not surprised by Maka's sudden opening.

In fact, at this moment, many people below could not help but began to communicate softly with the people sitting on the same prayer bench again. Compared to Maka, who had always remained silent just now, he could not help but lower his voice.

There are actually more people talking about it.

After all, this rally already had a hint of conspiracy in Ted's words - most of the people here are not fools. How could everyone not notice the guy's sudden change of attitude just now?

However, discussing with people around you is a discussion. Whether you will take what others say into your heart is another matter.

"condition?"

After a moment's pause, Maka saw that the witch beside her didn't even turn her head. She just stared at Ted in front of the church, and said casually:

"I don't care about the specific conditions... What I care more about now is what he ultimately wants to get from us."

When Maka heard this, her brows in the hood suddenly raised.

"Oh? You mean-"

"Yes," the other party nodded slightly, "I can guarantee that his so-called 'next step' is definitely not the last step of the entire ancient magic ritual - he still wants to whet our appetites again! So I

I think, as long as the conditions he proposed are not too excessive, we can still try to exchange them this time."

"Well, it's possible!" Maka shrugged, "Who knows?"

Hearing that Maka's tone seemed a little lazy, the witch immediately turned her head slightly, glanced at him and said:

"What, you don't believe it?"

But when Maka heard her rhetorical question, she laughed a little sarcastically.

"Huh, don't say I don't believe it... do you believe what you just said?"

Maka is not one of them, and he has never performed any ancient magic ritual. But he knows that that kind of magic ritual can actually increase the magic power.

At this moment, the magic power fluctuations in almost everyone around him are higher than the average level of ordinary wizards. Presumably, if everyone present casts a spell now, the effect will not be too bad.

Regardless of the drawbacks of this black magic ritual, at least these wizards can hardly refuse to further enhance their strength.

Otherwise, they would not have bothered to complete the first step of the ceremony in the first place.

You know, judging from Ms. Higgs' previous situation, the special potion, which is the prerequisite for this ritual, is not easy to prepare at all.

However, just because Maka knew this, he understood that this witch was basically guiding him. Because the reason why the other party said "I can agree" was actually just to let him be a guinea pig testing poison.

Of course, it would actually be simpler to think about it from another angle - every one of these male and female witches and wizards here at this moment are guys who are willing to kill people in order to increase their strength!

Seeing that Maka was not fooled at all, the insidious witch immediately lost interest in continuing the conversation. Just at this moment, the wizard on the other side of her took the initiative to talk to her again, so she immediately abandoned Maka and turned around to whisper with others.

But at this moment, everyone heard Ted in front of the hymn stage finally speak again.

"It seems that everyone is very curious about the price that needs to be paid. Well, if it is a 'transaction', it is natural to ask the merchant for the price of the product. But-"

As he was speaking, he suddenly waved his hand and said:

"I must first remind you that this will not be a stupid deal for me or the ladies and gentlemen here!"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly reached into the pocket of his outer robe and took out a bundle of parchment.

Immediately afterwards, everyone watched him shake the parchment roll in his hand and sneered:

"I think you already understand what it is - but don't you want to know first who its real owner is?"

Before anyone could ask questions, Ted took the initiative and said loudly:

"Don't worry, no matter whether anyone has guessed it or not, I will tell you the correct answer - this gentleman's name must be familiar to you. He is the dark wizard who has been famous since BC and the creator of the Basilisk.

Haierbo!"

If nothing else, just mentioning the basilisk, everyone immediately thinks of the terrible disaster that once isolated the African magic world from the rest of the world and caused heavy losses to Wagado, the largest magic school in the world.

And even the creatures created by Haierbo are so powerful, so how amazing is his own magical strength?

However, while they were surprised that Ted was connected with the ancient dark wizard Helbo, the wizards in the underground church immediately thought of another person.

Nowadays, when people mention Herbo, they will inevitably think of Namaka McLean.

The young wizard used his incredible strength to fight with Haierbo several times, but he never fell into a disadvantage. This made some people in the magic world who had long been evil-minded never dare to have the courage to do so.

And now, the male and female witches and wizards sitting in this church can't help but realize the difficulty of taking sides.

Maka quietly watched the changes around her in the crowd, and quickly guessed the inner sway of most people.

After all, he had asked the intelligence officers under the Order of the Phoenix to actively spread the information about the confrontation between him and Haierbo, in order to give more warning to those "fools on the outside".

However, in a situation like today where Haierbo's side is actively cultivating forces, those warnings may not be very effective.

Sure enough, when Ted brought out Helbo's name, many people began to feel restless. They couldn't help but start to worry whether Helbo was nearby, silently peeping at the gathering.

Finally, a male wizard couldn't help but asked first:

"Do you want to say that you are doing things for Mr. Haierbo... Mr. Haierbo? So, what evidence do you have to prove that you are connected with him?"

When Ted heard this, he couldn't help but snorted coldly.

"Do you want to meet him?"

Under his cold gaze, the wizard only persisted for a while before being defeated. He quickly shrank his neck and avoided the opponent's sight.

"Stop joking!" Ted then looked at the others and said arrogantly, "Teacher has a lot of things to do, but he doesn't have time to come here and meet wizards of your level... Don't you even have this awareness?

?”

What he said was obviously direct enough. Although it was a fact, no matter how I heard it coming from his mouth, it made people feel uncomfortable.

Immediately, another wizard retorted in a medium voice:

"You're still 'teacher'! Who knows if you are just telling lies out of thin air to fool us?"

Ever since Ted brought Haierbo to the forefront, everyone's focus has suddenly gone astray. But anyway, sooner or later, the other party will bring up the next step of the ancient magic ritual again, so it's okay to put it aside for now.

Not impossible.

Now, it’s better to find out as early as possible whether he and Haierbo are really related!

Hearing that he was being questioned again and again, although Ted already knew that there would be a process of gaining trust, he still felt quite unhappy.

His eyes widened, his lips curled up and he said solemnly:

"Talking nonsense? Do you think that you and I are wizards of the same level? Humph... Hahaha! Originally, I wanted to give you a little bit of freedom, so I talked to you on an equal footing like just now... But

It seems that you don’t need it anymore.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ted quickly pulled out his wand, pointed at the witches and wizards sitting on the prayer chairs in the audience, and waved it casually.

The next moment, before the wizards could react, Maka sensed a wave of magic power suddenly spreading from the tip of the staff.

It can be seen that wherever the invisible wave passed, all the wizards took a breath of cold air one after another, and then they all slumped on their chairs in pain.

Maka, who was sitting in the middle, saw this, thought for a moment, and simply shrank down and leaned on the back of the chair.

"How about it?"

Ted didn't notice Maka, who was a little slower, because he was still immersed in the excitement of controlling the fate of so many wizards, so he heard him continue with a grin:

"Now you finally know what the 'price' of gaining power is? Hmph... hum... If you don't want to die suddenly on the spot, just obey my orders -"

"Start from this moment!" (To be continued)