harry potter book of crimes

Things like "a huge monument suddenly appeared in a Muggle city" seems to be no big deal in today's chaotic situation.

The participating groups in this "strategic retreat" initiated by Maca included not only the many wizards fighting in urban London, but also Muggles as much as possible.

Over at Buckingham Palace, Old Bishop Davidson and Kingsley had contacted the Muggle Prime Minister and continued to use the army to systematically rescue Muggle residents in urban London.

So in theory, as long as Maca buys more time for London, the losses it may suffer in the end can be reduced.

But now, it is impossible to completely avoid losses.

"That's more or less the problem."

While Maka kept moving at a high speed with some difficulty, she was thinking secretly in her heart, and finally couldn't help but mutter to herself:

"However...it's always good if less people get hurt."

Maka, who was running at high speed, was thinking about it when he suddenly slipped his foot and ran to the side. Almost at the same time, the black figure suddenly appeared near the position where he changed direction, with a fierce fist.

The sound of breaking through the air tore apart the afterimage of him that stayed there briefly due to the slight deceleration.

"Tsk...it's so difficult!"

Although Delphi had described various changes in the future to him earlier, it was impossible for Delphi, who was only a child over one year old at the time, to truly understand the details of the beginning of the disaster.

In fact, let alone Delphi, even other people who have personally experienced this disaster obviously have difficulty in accessing information that is at the core of the disaster, such as Haierbo, demon summoning rituals, etc.

Because most of the people who came into contact with it died.

Therefore, it was not until now that Maka personally felt the power of this "devil" that had almost no records in history.

There is no doubt that apart from his speed and reaction ability in a short period of time, there seems to be nothing he can do to compete with his opponent!

"So, it's no wonder that ancient wizards would completely classify demon summoning as a taboo...Have demons been summoned in the past? So, how did the wizards at that time solve it? Simply relying on the strength of a strong person to crush it?

"

Maka's mind was never idle as she was running wildly, but after all, there was so little information that she still couldn't figure out the reason from the beginning until now.

Needless to say, he didn't even know what this "devil" was!

After a while...

"Very good, it's almost done." He suddenly looked around and thought to himself, "Just right. If it takes a while, I might not be able to maintain this speed... right now!"

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In fact, in Maka's mind, there is still a question that urgently needs to be solved, that is, the "black devil" that is chasing her at the moment... Is it Haierbo himself?

Although he had tried it several times, either openly or covertly, nothing came out, and even his fighting style was very different from that of Haierbo in the past. But even so, he still couldn't completely determine the identity of the opponent.

However, now that the so-called "devil" has appeared, there are only a few possibilities regarding this issue.

Did Haierbo occupy the demon's body? Or did the demon bite Haierbo as the summoner? Or else, Haierbo found that he couldn't control this incredibly powerful guy at all, so he simply ran away?

These three guessing directions of Maka are obviously possible, and in fact, it is indeed the case. When Maka was leading the devil to run around in the neighborhood, and seemed to be trying to do something,

Haierbo's spiritual will also quietly "awakened" in the chaos...

"Where is...where?"

Haierbo, who had just woken up from a coma, felt that his whole body was light and airy, as if he was lying in the clouds high in the sky.

He couldn't move, but even without opening his eyes, he could "see" the surrounding scene, which seemed to be an endless mist like rain and fog.

Yes, there is nothing around but him.

"What's going on? Could it be...I'm dead?"

After a short pause, he couldn't help but said to himself:

"...No, it's absolutely impossible! My Horcrux is still intact, there's no way I'm going to die like that!"

Haierbo still vaguely remembered that he should have been in a battle with the black demon before this. And when he sensed the opponent's magic wave suddenly coming out from behind, a strong wind also blew towards his head.

The back of the head.

Then...since he didn't have time to dodge, it was obvious what the outcome would be. He was punched in the head by the demon.

"Ah! So, it should be that time when my soul left the damaged body and actively invaded the demon's body... It was just because I was too weak at the time that I couldn't leave any specific memories."

Haierbo still understands the state of his soul very well. Even now, his soul still has little power.

"Hmm?" Thinking of this, Haierbo couldn't help but ponder, "In other words... I actually only have a soul now? And I am forcibly living in the body of a demon?"

Although he didn't know how he could break into the demon's body when he was quite weak, and he couldn't determine where he was in the demon's body. But he only needed to understand that he was not dead, and there was no threat for the time being.

, this is enough.

What he had to do next was to see if he could get his consciousness to "move" first. After all, just floating so powerlessly would be a waste of time.

But just when Haierbo was about to carefully examine his soul, a figure suddenly appeared from the haze in the distance and walked towards him little by little.

Suddenly, Haierbo temporarily stopped self-examination and cast his "eyes" in the direction of the figure.

As the figure got closer and closer, finally, a face with a certain impression emerged from the haze.

"Oh...it's her?"

Yes, of course Haierbo still remembers this woman who was the core of the devil summoning ritual he randomly selected, the modern witch named "Muriel".

However, even though this person always occupied a very important position in the entire ceremony, Haierbo only left a slight impression on her. Because in his opinion, this mediocre woman was not worthy of him at all.

Remember, its function is limited to a "consumable item".

"Mr. Halper, is that right?"

There was no expression on Muriel's face. She just stood silently in front of Haierbo's soul, looked at the latter with an unusually cold look and asked.

On the other side, Haierbo didn't have the ability to "speak" yet, so he could only look at Muriel without saying a word.

By the way! Isn't the demon's body originally born based on this woman's body? In other words, he is actually staying in this woman's body.

But...why does her soul still exist? Shouldn't it have been devoured by the souls of the newly settled demons long before it was "consumed" as the core?

Muriel seemed to have quickly noticed that Haierbo could not move, and saw her looking at Haierbo indifferently, and said calmly:

"Helpo... do you remember? You killed Martin, you killed him brutally... From that moment on, I knew that you would not have a good outcome. And from now on, you will be like me.

Being trapped here is your retribution..."

Muriel's tone was always very calm, as if nothing she said contained any hatred. But in fact, it was this kind of indifferent words that revealed her deep-seated hatred.

of hatred.

I remember that Muriel in the past was always very optimistic, at least on the surface. She was a woman who could still laugh no matter how difficult life was. But now, there was only coldness in her expression.

She has been determined to study resurrection potions since she was a child. The most unsightly thing is that someone dies, and it is this person in front of her who easily takes away the only person who is good to her in front of her.

.

How could she not feel angry?

Now, Haierbo finally came "in front of" her again, and he appeared in a state where he was completely unable to move and could not even speak.

So right now, Muriel only has the pleasure derived from hatred in her heart.

"Do you understand? You can't get out!"

However, when faced with Muriel's indifference and ridicule, Haierbo had no intention of getting angry at all. No, not only was he not angry, he was not even very interested in everything Muriel said.

After silently observing the state of the other party's soul, Haierbo suddenly withdrew his attention and allocated more energy to a thorough examination of his own soul.

Haierbo had no idea how much time had passed, but it didn't take long before he gradually realized what kind of situation he was in.

Then, he carefully sensed the surrounding situation and made a judgment that perhaps, as Muriel said, generally speaking, there is indeed "no way out" here.

Because Muriel's body has already been taken over by demons, and this is where their souls will be imprisoned.

At this moment, Haierbo was silently checking himself, adjusting himself, and accelerating the recovery of the weakness of his soul caused by a "death".

Not long after, Haierbo, who was unable to move at first, suddenly coughed slightly.

"Can you speak out?"