Chapter 239: Holy Spirit Corpse
The moment Susan opened her eyes, she seemed to be an ancient giant as tall as a hill. An invisible force radiated from her, and the air seemed to stagnate suddenly. An ancient and heavy force enveloped her like a hill.
Xie Lin frowned, and felt extremely uncomfortable.
Although this feeling was not obvious, he was so sensitive that he could clearly feel that an ancient and magnificent force was pressing towards him. This force made him feel threatened, and... disgusted.
This was a very mysterious feeling, which came abruptly and inexplicably, as if it was a grudge from ancient times. The power revealed by Susan was extremely repulsive to Xie Lin, and it could even be said that she was full of hostility towards Xie Lin, as if the two were born to belong to hostile camps, and once they met each other, they would spontaneously attack and oppress each other.
At first, Xie Lin thought that this was a conflict between white magic and black magic. The blood power of the Bones family was obviously some kind of ancient white magic inheritance, and he had practiced a lot of black magic over the years, and was stained with the breath of black magic, so he and Susan's breath at the moment produced a mutual repulsion effect.
But thinking about it carefully, it seemed wrong.
Snape was proficient in more black magic than himself. In the original book, he could help Dumbledore suppress the power of the curse planted by the curse master Voldemort himself. I am afraid that his attainments in black magic are stronger than his own, but it is not necessarily that there is such a repulsion between him and Dumbledore.
Moreover, the magic that Schelling is best at is not black magic, but... well, it seems that there is no magic that he is not good at -
He was originally best at the field of mind and soul magic, and then after learning the combined form Magus, he changed to the field of transformation magic, and then he learned elemental magic and successfully made the elements show their most primitive true nature, and then he awakened the snake pupil and snake language magic. Any of these magic fields, as long as you spend time and effort to practice it to the peak, is enough to become a legendary wizard like Dumbledore and Grindelwald -
But Schelling is making progress in almost every field mentioned above, without missing a single one.
He has not even given up the study and practice of space magic and ancient runes.
That's not all. When he met "fate" in the mysterious space, "fate" seemed to give him a strange power, allowing him to improve to a higher level in the field of "magic" without any effort. If magic is divided into eight fields according to the volumes of "Abatail", then Schelling has made achievements in spells, transfiguration, spirits, souls, and curses.
Although he is not good at the remaining magic, seals, and barriers, he is not completely ignorant. At least he can research the "Sleeping Dragon Seal" by himself.
Summarizing the above two reasons, Schelling believes that this is unlikely to be a problem between black magic and white magic.
At this time, the mark on the back of his neck became hot, and the shadow of Aquila, who had not appeared for a long time, appeared on the upper left of Schelling. It circled gracefully and landed on Schelling's left shoulder.
"Tsk tsk," Aquila commented solemnly: "What have you come up with again? Why is there such a big fuss?"
"Aquila," Xie Lin did not respond to Aquila's question, but directly raised the question in his mind, "Do you know what happened to Susan? Where does this power come from?"
Aquila looked at Xie Lin with a scrutinizing look, and then slowly said: "It's really fate!"
"I don't know what happened to this girl, but I guess she awakened the talent in her blood, and it is a very ancient one. It's understandable that you don't know. After all, as far as I know, there is no record of this kind of blood talent in current documents... The name of this talent is-"
"Holy Spirit Corpse," Aquila withdrew his eyes from Xie Lin, turned his head to look at Susan, and said meaningfully: "The inheritance of the Holy Spirit Corpse is even older than the founding of Hogwarts. The last person who showed this talent was Andros, one of the four great powers in the late ancient Greece. You should be familiar with this name, right?"
"Well, I know him," Xie Lin replied, "His nickname is 'Invincible Andros'. It is said that he is the first wizard to master the wandless Patronus Charm, and his Patronus is said to be the same size as a pure-blooded giant. Although the size of the Patronus does not affect its power, Patronuses like him are unique in history and are obviously powerful and advanced Patronuses that have evolved."
"What you are talking about is recorded in history books, and everyone knows it," Aquila said, "Then do you know Andros' most famous battle?"
"Uh... Is it the famous Battle of Thermopylae in history? Andros fought against the great black wizard Jafar Yahya of ancient Persia?"
"This duel can only be barely considered a duel. Few people know that Andros had already suffered a lot of hidden injuries at the time, and the remaining strength he could exert was less than 50%..."
"What!" Xie Lin was surprised, "Less than 50% of his strength could actually fight Jafar to a draw?"
Xie Lin was indeed very surprised. He was an adventurer and archaeologist in his previous life, and he had a deep understanding of this famous Persian battle of great historical and military significance.
The Battle of Thermopylae, also known as the Battle of the Three Hundred Warriors, originated in 480 BC when the Persian Empire prepared a large army to conquer ancient Greece in order to avenge the Battle of Marathon. Faced with this threat, Greece's two major city-states, Athens and Sparta, united against Persia regardless of their past grudges, forming a coalition led by Sparta.
At the beginning, the Persian army was unstoppable and advanced all the way until King Leonidas I of Sparta led 298 elite Spartan warriors and 700 Thespians as the main force (of course there were also some engineers and auxiliaries. This is not an archaeological event). novel, let’s not mention it for now), chose to establish their defensive stronghold at Thermopylae. Hot Spring Pass is a narrow passage that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, with the sea on one side and a steep mountain wall on the other.
In the end, the Greek coalition successfully used the terrain advantage to hold off the Persian army, which far outnumbered them, at Thermopylae for three days. Later, a Greek farmer named Ephialtes secretly reported a trail near Thermopylae to Persia for a reward, allowing the Persian army to follow the mountain trail to the rear of the Greek coalition forces, causing the Greek coalition forces to be detoured. surrounded and eventually annihilated.
Schelling did not underestimate the bravery of the ancient Greek warriors, but with such a huge gap in numbers, it is indeed surprising that the war could be fought to this extent in the cold weapon era. Not to mention, during that period, the Persian royal family hired many famous dark wizards as royal advisors, which were similar to national advisors, and Jafar was one of the best. Any terrain advantage does not exist in the face of magic.
If Andros hadn't taken action in the end and both Jafar and Jafar were injured in the duel, the 300 Spartan warriors would have been able to complete the feat of defending the territory for three days without the intervention of magic.
You know, Jafar is no ordinary wizard. He is a famous snake whisperer. He claims to be the mortal incarnation of the cobra god and has countless believers in the Persian Empire at that time. His reputation is terrifying enough to make children stop crying when they hear his name. Even today, his name can still be seen in fairy tales and video games in the Muggle world, and he always appears as a super powerful villain. .
Such a person actually fought with Andros, who was less than 50% powerful, and both sides suffered losses? So Schelling simply can't imagine how powerful Andros was in his heyday?
Aquila was very satisfied with the surprised expression on Schelling's face, and continued: "Andros has the reputation of being invincible. He has obviously defeated countless opponents in duels. Among the opponents he has fought in his life, Jafar It can only be considered above average, not even in the top five..."
"What I want to talk about is his decisive battle with another famous wizard at the end of ancient Greece..."
"Ah!" Xie Lin said: "You are not talking about the despicable Haierbo, are you?"
This is not difficult to guess. There were only four most famous wizards in the late ancient Greece. They could be called Andros's opponents, and they would most likely conflict with Andros. The despicable Herbo was the well-deserved number one.
"Yes, that's him." Aquila said: "In order to pursue immortality, Haierbo actually dared to violate the taboo and study the magic of sealing part of the soul in a container, which is also called a Horcrux in later generations. It was not like now , the magic of the Horcrux was described in only a few words. In order to study this magic, he frantically murdered many Muggles and wizards..."
"In the end, Andros and Herbo met for a decisive battle on the Colossus of Zeus in Olympia. This battle lasted for seven days and seven nights, destroying the entire Colossus of Zeus and turning it into a legend passed down by word of mouth..."
"The battle ended with Herbo being seriously injured and defeated. But Andros, who won, also paid a heavy price. Lord Ravenclaw once took me to the dilapidated Colossus of Zeus to trace and research the time. According to her deduction, Andros was surrounded by at least ten powerful curses, which were enough to reduce his strength by at least half. Can you imagine how brutal this battle was? "
Xie Lin nodded first, then suddenly shook his head. He already had a vague idea in his mind, but he still needed to confirm it.
"Aquila, was Andros's death caused by an old problem caused by the latter's snake language during the decisive battle with Jafar, plus some new injuries, and he was seriously injured after defeating Jafar? And died?"
"Yes, why do you ask that?" Aquila was a little confused. Shelin's expression was familiar to her. It seemed that this terrifyingly clever boy had figured out something else.
"There is one thing that seems too coincidental to me. One of Jafar and Herbo is in Persia and the other is in Greece. However, both of them have inherited the inheritance of snake whisperers, and they both fought a battle with Andros. …”
"You mean..." Aquila seemed to have some realization.
"Helpo made the Horcrux, and he should be immortal, so no matter how badly he is beaten by Andros, he cannot die." Schelling said firmly: "And the other side of the Horcrux is One function is that the remnant soul inside can be attached to other magical creatures, even other wizards, and be resurrected briefly with the help of these bodies. Such possession can also allow the container to obtain the innate abilities of the remnant soul, such as snake language... …”
"I suspect that Jafar himself is a Horcrux possessed by the remnant soul of Haierbo. It is impossible for a dark wizard to refuse the temptation of powerful power and immortality. It is perfectly normal for a dark wizard to be bewitched by a Horcrux."
"Amazing deduction," Aquila exclaimed, and then asked: "So? What does it have to do with what we are talking about now?"
"Don't you understand yet?" Xie Lin showed a confident smile and said lightly: "Susan's power is repelling me, which means that this power from Andros has probably encountered an enemy, and you have been asleep for too long. You don't know that I have awakened the inheritance of the snake tongue master and the snake tongue magic from the secret room of Slytherin-"
"The current phenomenon is actually the grudge between the Holy Spirit Corpse and the snake tongue master!"
"What!" Aquila said in shock: "You even inherited Slytherin's snake language? Are you going to complete the feat of gathering the inheritance of the four founders?"
Xie Lin smiled lightly and did not comment.