harry potter book of crimes

The replay spell is undoubtedly a powerful tool for Aurors when investigating crimes.

Because it can force another wand to play back the spells it has cast in reverse order, starting from the most recent spell cast and going forward until there are not enough traces of the spell left in the core of the wand to reveal it.

According to several wand makers, the time limit for replaying the spell should be closely related to the material of the wand core.

"You know, some wand core materials are actually more forgetful." - These are the original words of Garrick Ollivander.

But no matter what kind of wand core it is, when encountering a situation where the Death Curse needs to be replayed, the person who was buried under the Death Curse will reappear in the form of a phantom.

Although this kind of humanoid phantoms that are similar to ghosts are just a phenomenon, they actually retain part of the memory before and after death, as well as a personality that is almost consistent with the deceased.

When this phenomenon first appeared in front of wizards, some people mistakenly regarded it as a method of summoning souls to appear. However, when wizards and scholars of spiritual science carefully compared it with actual ghosts, they found that

It's just a simulated magical phenomenon.

It's just that the simulation of this phenomenon is so realistic that it is difficult for most wizards to distinguish it.

But now, Maka realized this on the spot.

In front of him, the expressions of the young men and women looked a little gloomy. They just floated faintly in mid-air, glanced at each other, and then fell into silence as they stared at the old wizard Lenny who was tightly entangled by the magic rope.

Obviously, given their character, they are unable to identify the murderer by their own will even after death. This is undoubtedly sad for an intelligent creature.

"Am I... already dead?" Zoe floated next to Maka, looking down at her hands, seeming to be trembling slightly, "Yes, I am dead... I remember."

Maka stared at her with a trace of doubt on her face.

He could feel that the young witch at this moment was made up of pure magic and some broken rule runes, with nothing else mixed in it.

Yes, the structure is exactly the same as other spells.

However, "she" has a fairly complete consciousness, and there should be enough memory left to support her to maintain consciousness.

But where are these consciousnesses and memories stored? Maka is puzzled.

"...Hello," Maka suddenly said, "Excuse me, are you the Zoe that Joshua mentioned?"

Zoe, who was showing surprise at her state, suddenly turned around, her light body making her movements appear light and erratic.

"Oh... yes, you are?" She paused in confusion, and then suddenly said, "Ah! Are you the 'McLean' that guy mentioned?"

Zoe seemed to quickly remember what Joshua had said. Before Joshua went berserk, he had repeatedly mentioned Maka's surname. It was at that time that Zoe was attracted to this surname.

memory.

"As you said, I am McClain," Maka nodded and said, "Maka McClain."

As he was speaking, he hesitated for a moment.

"Well, I'm sorry..." Maka sighed, "I seem to be late."

“No, how can I blame you—” Zoe shook her head decisively, but said sadly, “It’s just that my parents and grandma don’t know that I’m dead yet… If they knew

, it must be very sad, right?”

"I can't help you much on this point," Maka said, "but if you can tell me your full name, then I can at least help you convey some last words to them."

“My last name is Kowalski,” Zoe pursed her lips and said softly, “But it may be difficult to find my parents because they have been away from the United States for a long time... You can find my grandmother, she

It should be in Dorset, England now."

"Really?" Maka nodded, "What are the specifics?"

"It's not hard to find... As most of you British people should know, my grandmother's sister is Newt Scamander, the author of "Monsters and Where to Find Them."

When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

"...Oh, indeed most of them know," he nodded thoughtfully, "I think the news of your death may allow Mr. Scamander to temporarily terminate his retirement life."

"Is it because of...Gellert Greenwald?" Zoe said, hesitating a little, "Actually, I have something to say to you-"

"Oh, please tell me."

Maka glanced at the staff in her hand. The top of his staff was still facing the tip of the old wizard's wand, and the magic thread was not interrupted.

During the conversation between the two of them, the replay spell continued to be in effect.

"...I will convey your words to your relatives as completely as possible."

"No," Zoe shook her head again, her expression becoming serious, "I didn't mean to say that."

She paused for a moment and then said quickly: "Mr. MacLean, before I died, I accidentally read a memory of this dark wizard——"

"What memory?" Maka glanced at the old man subconsciously.

"About you and Grindelwald," Zoe said, "Grindelwald is deceiving you with falsehoods! He asked the old man to send a girl to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in order to--"

Maka was listening carefully to Zoe's words, but suddenly he turned his head sharply. Almost at the same time, a burst of magic blew away Zoe's figure in an instant, and her words stopped abruptly.

"That's not possible," the old wizard snorted. "How can a replay spell expose the truth? Old Lenny is really just an ordinary wizard..."

"...Grinwald." As soon as Maka saw the change in the old wizard's expression, she immediately understood the situation.

"Hello, we meet again." The other party said calmly, "Although I really want to have a good chat with you. But I'm sorry, I'm really busy here this time, so it's not suitable for chatting with you..."

Before he finished speaking, Maka didn't even have time to say anything, but she saw a strange surge under the skin of the old wizard's body, and then exploded with a bang.

Maka reacted as quickly as possible, ignoring the fragments of flesh and blood in the sky, and hurriedly waved the staff.

"Here comes the wand!"

However, what flew into his hands were only several broken wooden poles.

"This cunning-"

Before he finished complaining, his expression changed again. In the next second, he quickly took out the door key and disappeared into the stone room in the blink of an eye with blood stains all over his body.

…

When Maka appeared at the gate of Hogwarts again, his pupils shrank instantly.

On the second floor of the castle, right where the campus hospital is, a dark hole stood out. And in the mid-air outside the castle, a black mist with sparks flowing inside was heading towards the Ravenclaw Tower in the west.

Fly away.

The black mist was so huge that Maka had never seen it before.

"Oops!"

To be honest, he thought he had paid enough attention. He even left an alienated Acromantula in the ward of the school hospital as a surveillance due to certain signs.

But he never thought that it would be his owl Mafa who finally warned him.

In fact, it was too late. Without even thinking about it, Maka immediately activated his agility ability, bursting out at his fastest speed so far, and swept towards the Ravenclaw Tower like a strong wind.

But he has scruples after all. Ordinary magic spells can hardly stop the Obscurus, but the powerful power of rules can easily cause terrible accidental injuries.

But that black mist was obviously unscrupulous.

Maka released several obstacle spells in the distance, barely slowing down its speed by a few points. The silver-white giant eagle that followed at full speed hit the side of the black mist heavily.

However, this series of attacks still failed to completely stop the black mist.

"boom!"

The black mist, which was forcibly changed by Maka's patron saint, dragged its long tail past the Ravenclaw Tower. The outer wall of the tower immediately shattered, leaving a gap.

Seeing some figures being knocked out of the castle by the impact, and falling towards the lawn below along with the masonry fragments. Maka immediately cast a large-scale levitating spell, otherwise those students would still be affected even if they just fell.

Life-threatening.

At the same time, the Silver Eagle Patron Saint did not rest, but was fighting with the black mist in mid-air.

Maka didn't know exactly how many casualties had occurred in that incident, and whether Luna was among them. But even if she was fine, Maka couldn't relax now.

He rarely gets angry, but this time he was really angry.

But he saw that the wizard's robe stained with the blood of the old wizard Lenny moved automatically in a sudden breeze. This was a sign that a wizard had mobilized all the magic power in his body.

Generally speaking, ordinary wizards cannot activate all magic power, but good enough wizards can do this.

In the next moment, Maka suddenly raised her staff, and the ice-blue regular runes on the top of the staff immediately appeared, and an extremely solid blue-white light pillar shot straight into the sky.

The black mist entangled by the silver giant eagle was penetrated by the light beam of the power of rules in the blink of an eye. Not only the direct impact part was completely dissipated, but also the surrounding black mist turned into frozen white.

.

When it fell from high altitude to the ground, its structure could no longer support itself, and it turned into a piece of crystal and scattered in the night wind.

After seeing that the attack was effective, Maka ignored it and hurried straight to the lawn next to Ravenclaw Tower.

It was only then that the regular light pillar in the sky disappeared. Wherever it passed, only countless ice crystals and snowflakes were left behind.