harry potter book of crimes

"...No problem? No, if I were you, I wouldn't think so."

Haierbo's voice was still echoing around, saying some slightly insignificant words, but he himself never appeared.

In fact, the "wizard" with dark eyes was also walking towards this side step by step, so that Maka had to resist the flames while also distracting him.

Isn't this situation an excellent opportunity for Haierbo to make a sneak attack?

But Haierbo seemed to have made up his mind to continue hiding, and still refused to appear. This made Maka suddenly have a suspicion in her heart that "Helpo is not actually around here at all."

Could it be that... that guy just deliberately created this illusion to deceive him and try to make him dare not act rashly?

Maka knew that this possibility was not impossible. And it was more than that, because when Haierbo needed to use this method to hold him back, that might mean...

"The ceremony...maybe it's about to be completed?"

Regarding the demon summoning technique, Maka only learned some information that was not true or false from Charlotte's father. Including "the surrounding fog is a precursor to the initiation of the ritual", he was not clear about many things.

But now, has the ritual been completed? Or when will it be completed? Obviously, he has no way of knowing the actual situation.

Of course, no matter whether Herbo is here now or not, what he has to do is the same. At least until Hermione and Luna return to St. Mangone, he must stay in front of these girls and cannot leave even a step.

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The next moment, Maka waved her staff, and a stream of cold air that had been heading straight into the air suddenly separated from it, and quickly circled around and turned towards the black-eyed wizard who was walking this way.

The extremely low temperature left pieces of ice crystals in the air it passed through, rushing towards each other from top to bottom.

It must be said that this is the product of the power of rules after all. Although the black unknown substance summoned by that guy is magical and the speed of resistance is amazing, the cold air still freezes on the opponent's condensed spherical shield.

Layer of hoarfrost.

"Click"

This was the first time that the opponent's black substance had failed. Even though the shield also had extremely strong resistance to magic and physical defense, a crack actually appeared this time.

It's a pity that that kind of material can obviously change back and forth between liquid and solid state, and it only takes one or two cracks, which can be easily repaired again.

This didn't seem to cause much harm to the unidentified guy.

But now Maka doesn't have to hurt or even kill the opponent, it just forces the opponent to stop and defend, which is enough.

However, after a small part of the cold air was separated, Maka's power to resist the flame creatures of Haierbo naturally became slightly weaker. At first, he had less of an advantage, but now it is obvious that he can only barely maintain the same level.

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"Look, if another person who can interfere with you appears now, you can only continue to distribute your power. But I will never have this kind of trouble..."

Haierbo was still talking about these useless nonsense, as if he was putting pressure on Maka, but he also seemed to be delaying time.

But in fact, because the current collectors born from the ceremony not only do not directly obey Haierbo's orders, but there are only two of them in total now. He can find a way to guide such a one to deal with Maka, this is no longer

An easy thing.

Although Maka hasn't discovered this yet, it can be seen that Haierbo is still just talking in the dark again and again, and naturally she feels more and more that the other party may not be nearby.

"You really want to delay my actions in this way?"

Wanting to think so, Maka did not relax because of this. Even though he was speculating over and over again that the other party was most likely still at the venue where the ceremony was running, he still assumed that the other party was indeed gathering momentum in a corner.

Be alert to all movements around you.

At this moment, right behind Maka, Pansy seemed very nervous.

She clutched the handle of the wand tightly in her hand, so hard that her fingers and joints turned white. Although she knew very well that no matter what happened next, it was impossible for her to do it, but she still couldn't bear it.

I mentally reviewed all the spells and incantations several times.

But right next to Pansy, Luna, who was also holding a wand, was in sharp contrast to her.

Because Luna can also sense magic power, although she is extremely restricted in this fog at the moment, she has been in London for so long, so she will naturally gradually adapt to it.

Not to mention anything else, when Maka sensed Haierbo's magic power, Luna said it almost at the same time. And that was obviously more than a coincidence.

At this time, while Maka was distractedly searching for the exact location of Haierbo, Luna seemed to be concentrating on catching that special wave.

As for Hermione, she was originally studying the sealed entrance of St. Mungo's with the windbreaker wizard. But as the sounds of fighting behind her continued, she became obviously more and more anxious.

Almost every few seconds, she couldn't help but glance behind her. Although her face didn't show much, the worry in her eyes became stronger every time.

On the other side, although Maka didn't look back, he was still very clear about the status of Luna, Hermione and others. He knew that Luna was probably helping to find Haierbo, and he also knew that Hermione could no longer control her feelings.

anxious.

But now the fact of the stalemate was before his eyes, and he didn't know what to say to comfort them.

"Don't move, stay where you are! No one can act without orders!"

Suddenly, Maka shouted this sentence. He was saying this to the team of supporters of the Federation on the street. Because the black-eyed wizard was enveloped by Maka's cold air and was forced to stop.

Several teams wanted to step forward to help him deal with that guy.

But Maka knew very well that the "wizard" whose magic power fluctuated severely was not something that an ordinary team of wizards could handle.

After asking everyone to stop, Maka continued to maintain the stalemate, hoping that the windbreaker wizard could open the entrance, or that he could first confirm whether Haierbo was around.

However, if he wants to wait, Haierbo may not agree.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Maka felt a strong fluctuation in a certain direction, and then a red light arc of the power of rules snaked towards him at an extremely fast speed.

When he noticed the appearance of the arc of light, the original flame creature no longer continued to form. He immediately swung his staff, condensed the cold air in the air, and turned it into a blue-white beam of light that rushed straight away.

Whenever the opponent's blazing current tried to go around and attack him, he would pull the cold air to deflect it in time. For a moment, it looked like two giant snakes, one red and one white, entangled in the air.

In addition to the destructive nature of each collision between the two, it is actually quite pleasing to the eye.

But what Maka himself felt was that Haierbo was constantly exerting force, which undoubtedly made it more difficult for him to spare the energy to find traces of the other party.

And in just a moment, there was another wave of magic power that suddenly intensified in his perception. It was the black-eyed wizard who was really blocked by him!

While the crimson arc of light controlled by Haierbo was slightly pushed away by him, he suddenly pulled back the staff, and a blue-white beam of light instantly hit the "black ball" in the center of the street.

Accompanied by a rapid freezing sound, the beam of light condensed by the power of pure rules immediately froze the opponent and the spherical shield into a big lump of ice.

Just looking at the escaping cold air that covered the surrounding streets with a layer of ice crystals and frost marks, you know how terrifying the temperature is.

When the supporters of the International Federation of Wizards saw this, although it didn't seem to affect them, they couldn't help but retreat a little.

However, doing this was also because Maka chose to sacrifice part of the power entangled with Haierbo. The next moment she forcibly froze the guy, the red arc of light in the sky suddenly hit Maka.

Maka controlled the power of the cooling rules and blocked the blow with some reluctance, feeling secretly relieved.

But it was at this moment that his expression suddenly changed.

"Maka!"

At that moment, Luna seemed to notice that it was Haierbo's magic wave, which was not far to their right!

Maka decisively gave up the control of the power of rules in mid-air, and suddenly turned the staff upside down and stabbed it to a deserted place on the right, so fast that it was difficult for anyone to distinguish.

"laugh"

The handle of the staff, which was ground from the horns of a basilisk, was extremely hard. He stabbed the stick into the brick wall easily. And the next second, a figure trembled and appeared from the place where he stabbed. It was not Haier.

Who is Bo?

But at this moment, Maka's expression changed again.

There was no doubt that the feel of his hand was completely wrong when he stabbed it. Before the impact and friction when it hit the wall, he did not feel any penetrating touch through the human body.

When he saw an inexplicable smile flash across the face of Haierbo in front of him, the figure disappeared without a trace.

"Herbo!"

Maka gritted her teeth and turned around, quickly turned around and swung her staff again, but what fell into his eyes was a scene that he absolutely did not want to see.

Right in front of the glass showcase, Herbo was standing next to Hermione, with the same calm smile that appeared before the shadow disappeared.

"McLean...I heard that this girl likes you? Is that right?"

Haierbo's words made Maka twitch the corners of her mouth slightly, unable to speak.