harry potter book of crimes

When a ball of silver light rose from the center of the town, and bright light spread from mid-air to the entire town, a large amount of silver light poured in like water from the doors and windows of the new Ministry of Magic Hall, covering the entire huge hall.

The hall is completely illuminated.

Maka stood by the sand table in Spiral Town, looking at the light outside the door that was like a full moon night splashing on the marble floor, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

This spiral town is not built directly on the surface. All light relies on magic to change. From the beginning of the design, the lighting in this town at night is limited to street lights, not even stars, so where does the moonlight come from?

"what happened?"

He could feel that there was a magic wave in the silver light, which was obviously caused by magic. However, this magic did not hide any malicious intent and was harmless.

Because of this, he didn't become too nervous after seeing this unusual scene.

"Mr. MacLean?"

A guard guarding the door ran in from outside and looked at him with a slightly worried look, obviously asking how they would respond.

"Don't worry, just stay where you are, I'll go out and take a look."

Maka waved his hand and quickly walked out of the hall and onto the steps outside. Immediately he saw that there was actually a moon-like silver ball of light hanging high in the sky, coating the entire Spiral Town building.

A layer of soft light.

At this moment, the wizards and witches who had just moved into the town poked their heads out of the windows, talking in low voices while looking up at the sky.

Looking over there, which should be above the central square, Maka couldn't help but frown slightly.

"...Is it that statue?"

Since there were too many things at hand, he temporarily put the issue of the mercury statue aside. But who would have thought that if he didn't study it, the statue would "actively" make some noise.

"Who touched it over there?"

With this thought in mind, Maka lightly touched her feet and instantly flew straight into the sky in the eyes of the guards at the door.

…

"Luna!"

When Ron watched the other person being pulled in by the silver statue, he found that he seemed to be in a hurry. Because the changes in that moment were so fast, so fast that even if he and Luna were very close,

There was no time to react at all.

"Luna, are you okay? Come out quickly"

The next moment, he rushed forward and tried to put his hand into the flowing mercury to pull Luna out. But the strange thing was that although Luna easily put her hand inside, he couldn't touch it.

I just felt like I was touching a piece of extremely tough metal. Even if I tried my best, I could only push the hem of the skirt that seemed as thin as a gauze tent a little.

"Luna? Can you hear me? Luna..."

Ron was shouting anxiously, and several wizards who were resting and chatting in the square also gathered around him. Among them, there were two kind-hearted ladies who wanted to help him.

Unfortunately, whether using hands or magic spells, everything seems to be in vain.

Just when Ron began to worry that Luna would suffocate in the mercury statue, suddenly, a strange force gently pushed everyone around him away a few feet.

Ron's feet were unsteady, and he fell to the ground with a plop. Then he saw the statue suddenly raised his hands, and quietly lifted it up as if holding something.

Immediately, two bunches of flowing mercury flew up from the palm of the statue, intertwined with each other in a double spiral shape, and shot straight into the sky above the square.

Then, it was the scene that everyone in the town had seen before. A ball of silver light condensed in the air, and turned into a soft glow that spread throughout the town.

Gradually, more people were attracted by the light above, and there were more and more people around the square. Among them, Ta Weng, who had been watching from a distance on the tower near the square,

...Oh no, it's Mr. Gunter.

"Mira..."

He stood in a corner behind the crowd, silently looking at the silver figure holding his hands in the middle of the square, whispering the long-forgotten name in a voice that only he could hear.

Finally, a moment later, a figure suddenly flew into the air not far away, passed over everyone's heads and landed next to the mercury statue in the center of the square.

The invisible push that diffused from the statue still existed, but he only paused for a moment as he approached, and then used the flow of magic power to easily "pull aside" the repulsive force and step into the range where no one could approach.

"Ron?"

Ron, who was still sitting on the ground until now, was undoubtedly the most conspicuous person around, and Maka quickly caught a glimpse of his presence.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Seeing the anxiety on Ron's face, he couldn't help but ask, and then heard Ron immediately say:

"It's Luna! Luna was pulled into the statue and is still inside!"

"What?"

After hearing this, Maka quickly turned around again, and came to the statue with the push that got stronger the closer it got. Then, she saw that he, like Ron just now, stretched out his hand and pressed it.

Go up.

Without exception, his hand was also blocked on the surface of the statue, with no intention of being submerged in it like Luna.

But, of course, Maka had no intention of reaching in with brute force like Ron did. He just pressed the slowly flowing mercury and carefully sensed the magic fluctuations in it.

This is not the first time he has checked this statue. He has checked it like this twice before. Perhaps it is because the statue has not been really activated like this before. He did not sense anything from it the previous two times.

Strange.

But this time, the traces of the magic flow are completely different.

"Sure enough...it's alchemy."

Although he has not studied alchemy in depth, he is not good at it.

But before that, he had already seen many alchemical products, including even near-top alchemical results like the Philosopher's Stone and Sarah.

If Nicoléme's Philosopher's Stone is the pinnacle of material alchemy, then artificial life Sarah is a great product that is only one step away from the pinnacle of spiritual alchemy.

The mercury statue in front of him at this moment may still be far away from Sarah, but it is also an outstanding product that is at the forefront of spiritual alchemy.

It can be said that from the moment Luna entered this statue, this statue was equivalent to having life. This is her most complete form.

"Luna..."

Suddenly, Maka took off the hand that was pressing on the statue, raised her head and said to the other person:

"Stop playing and come out quickly!"