Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 545: The best condition ever
In the endless darkness, Mike was hanging on a high cross with his head lowered.

Under him, a mysterious liquid like mercury was flowing silently, and the poisonous gas emanating from it filled the entire Dead Sea Prison, constantly depriving Mike of all the energy in his body.

But unlike before, Mike did not go crazy at this moment. Instead, he closed his eyes without saying a word, and even his breathing became very steady.

This is how Mike found a way to pass the time - meditation.

As long as he entered the meditative state, the thunderous heartbeat and the fatal hallucinations would stay away from him. However, since this was in the Dead Sea Prison, Mike's mental strength was constantly being eroded, so Mike's meditative state did not last too long.

So Mike came up with another solution - let his imagination run wild.

This is also a good way to divert attention, but the difference from meditation is that the former requires him to concentrate, but the latter requires him to fully expand his thinking.

In this state, Mike also thought of many things.

Among these associations, one name always lingered in his mind, that was Dumbledore.

After all, the reason why he ended up like this was entirely due to the other party. Mike was not a saint. No matter how much kindness Dumbledore had shown him in the past, what remained in Mike's heart now was only endless hatred for Dumbledore!

Mike began to imagine beating him in various ways.

To put it bluntly, this is a method of self-comfort called YY. It is a shameful thing, but it is very useful. Now Mike feels obviously much better.

At the same time, in the process of YY, Mike also recalled many things about Dumbledore, including a letter Dumbledore once wrote to him, with only one line of words written on it - the key to the legend lies in the heart and emotions.

Mike once studied this information for many years but gained nothing. Now, driven by his inner hatred, Mike couldn't help but maliciously speculate that this was just a trick used by Dumbledore to play tricks on him!

Thinking of this, Mike's anger, which had subsided a little, surged up again, and his heartbeat gradually became rapid.

At this moment, a loud 'creaking' noise suddenly came from the darkness in front of Mike.

Then, a dim beam of light broke through the darkness and shone on Mike's face.

Mike stared at the source of the light beam with red and swollen eyes, angrily. He thought that the only person who could enter the Dead Sea Prison at this time was Chris. As for his Masonic companions, they probably didn't have that ability.

But it turned out that Mike was wrong, because after Mike's eyes adjusted to the light, he saw a group of deformed and strange human figures crawling on the ground, crawling towards him with slow and twisted movements.

As the figure crawled, the Dead Sea prison was filled with the crisp sound of metal hitting the ground and the crackling sound of electric sparks.

Slowly, the figure crawled into the Dead Sea prison, but he did not float over on the pure white stone platform like Chris did. Instead, blue cone-shaped flames like the tail flames of a jet plane burst out from all parts of his body, and he flew over with a roaring noise.

The other party seemed to be injured and was not familiar with this way of flying, so he was not flying fast and was flying crookedly. Several times he even almost fell into the Dead Sea below.

But in the end, he came to Mike.

It was not until this time that Mike finally saw his true face.

It was a strange humanoid creature with its entire body charred black.

The reason why he is called a humanoid creature instead of a human is because at this moment he not only lost his entire left arm and right leg, but also had half of his head blown off. The most exaggerated thing is that what was exposed in his wound was not flesh and blood, but wires and circuit boards that were constantly flashing sparks.

This is clearly not a trait that a human being can possess.

"You are……"

Mike squinted his eyes and looked at the monster in front of him with suspicion.

Mike felt like he might be hallucinating again, because the monster in front of him actually looked somewhat familiar!

However, the burning smell and high temperature coming from the other person forced Mike to admit that the other person was indeed real.

You know, hallucinations are not that real!
At this moment, a ray of blue light suddenly flashed in the only remaining right eye of the strange figure. After shining it on Mike's face, he said:

"Mike...we're here...to save you!"

"Victor!"

Mike exclaimed.

Although the voice just now had a noticeable sense of stuttering and a strong electronic sound, Mike still recognized it. It was Victor's voice!

But then he began to wonder.

Underneath him was a place that was said to be impossible for any living thing to fly over. Even a legendary wizard like Greengro was powerless against this Dead Sea when he was trapped. But Victor did it so easily!
Looking at the other party's head that was missing more than half and the electronic components inside, Mike had a bad guess.

"Victor, could it be that you have completely transformed yourself into a robot?"

Mike asked a little uneasily.

After all, this is almost the only way. The poisonous gas of the Dead Sea only targets active forces, such as wizards and magical creatures themselves or the spells they cast, but it has no effect on electricity and alchemical magic.

Mike remembered that he had once told Victor not to take the final step towards human mechanization under any circumstances, and now it seemed that Victor finally did so in order to save himself.

Mike's gaze towards Victor became complicated, but Victor ignored Mike's questions and gaze. He just stretched out his metal right hand that had turned into a diamond scissors and began to try to cut the chains that bound Mike.

At the same time, he kept repeating what he said at the beginning.

"Mike, we're here to rescue you."

He looked as if he had lost all consciousness and only remembered his mission objective.

This touched Mike even more.

Finally, thanks to Victor's unremitting efforts, Mike was freed from the restraints, but due to the long-term erosion of the Dead Sea's poisonous gas, his body was now empty and he had no strength at all.

Victor held Mike up and slowly flew towards the bright exit.

Mike is very strong, which means he is also very heavy, which makes it difficult for Victor, who already flies very smoothly.

Fortunately, the flight system developed by Victor not only relies on fuel for propulsion, but also has some anti-gravity array power to provide power. In the end, Mike was sent to the stone platform at the exit.

"Mission... accomplished!" Victor lay on the ground, his lips moving slightly, blue light flashed in his eyes a few times, and then he became motionless.

As he looked at the shattered remains of Victor, Mike's chest heaved violently.

A complex mixture of emotions including touching, guilt, joy, hatred, etc. filled Mike's heart, making him unable to calm down for a long time.

At the same time, under the influence of such complex emotions, Mike felt as if a seed in his body was slowly breaking out of its shell and sprouting. Along with the growth of this seed, his total amount of magic power, which had not increased for a long time, was also increasing rapidly!

Under normal circumstances, Mike would have been overjoyed.

But now Mike completely ignored it. He gritted his teeth and said to Victor's inhuman corpse:
"Victor, I will make those scum pay the price!"

After saying that, Mike bent down, carried Victor on his shoulders, and walked out step by step from the Dead Sea prison where he had been imprisoned for who knows how many years!
……

In the gloomy corridor, the battle between Arthur and others continued.

However, after escorting Victor to break out, their battle gradually became tragic.

Under the siege of countless Aurors, Arthur and Moody were in relatively good condition, but Franklin and Zhou Hong were not in such a good condition.

The reckless Franklin had his entire left arm shattered due to a mistake.

In order to ensure his combat effectiveness, he decisively used the magic potion he carried with him to heal the bloody wound on his broken arm, but doing so also meant that he lost the opportunity to reattach his arm.

Zhou Hong had already started his transformation, but his strange appearance and huge size after the transformation made him the first target of the Aurors' concentrated fire.

Although he was not directly disabled like Franklin at this moment, the pair of strange butterfly-scale wings behind him were covered with holes of various sizes, making him look extremely miserable.

Arthur looked at his companions who were struggling beside him and the seemingly endless enemies, and felt extremely anxious.

Their strength was almost exhausted, but the enemy's Aurors did not decrease at all, but increased in number. If they continued to be besieged like this, they would be completely wiped out!
Arthur gritted his teeth and looked in the direction where Victor left.

The decision was made at the same time.

Immediately break out towards the Dead Sea Prison!
You know, they came here this time just to rescue Mike. Even if he dies, he wants to see Mike!
But just as Arthur raised his silver sword and prepared to break through, he saw a figure suddenly appear in the dim corridor in the distance, carrying something and walking slowly towards him.

Arthur froze the moment he saw the figure.

The next moment, the figure's free left hand gently swung, and a sharp sound of air explosion suddenly appeared in the air!
Countless transparent blades accurately bypassed Arthur and others, whizzed into the group of Aurors, and cut everything that stood in their way into pieces!
For a moment, blood and flesh splattered everywhere! Those Aurors who were chopped into pieces but not yet dead were lying in a pool of blood, wailing constantly. Some of them were even trying to pick up limbs that had fallen from someone beside them and put them back together, but it was all in vain.

Franklin and others were also splashed with blood plasma sprayed nearby, but at this moment they had no intention of wiping it off. They just stared blankly at the hell on earth that suddenly appeared before them.

It was not until this moment that a cold voice echoed from behind them.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

Franklin and Zhou Hong turned their heads in surprise, and saw Mike, wearing a tattered combat uniform, walking slowly towards them carrying the broken Victor.

"Mike!"

Everyone shouted in unison, and after hearing that, a smile finally appeared on Mike's cold face.

But before the smile could fully bloom, it disappeared again.

Because Mike saw Franklin's empty left arm and Zhou Hong's broken wings.

The muscles on Mike's face twisted, and that horrified expression made the smiles on Franklin and others' faces freeze.

But in the end, Mike calmed down. He stared with bloodshot eyes, patted Arthur and Franklin on the shoulders expressionlessly and said:

"Thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard! It's not hard! Hehehe! As long as you can get out safely, it's not a big deal!"

Franklin smiled naively, and the muscles at the broken end of his left arm were still wriggling as he spoke, which made people feel a chill in their hearts.

But Mike didn't care at all. He even reached out and touched the healed wound. He gritted his teeth and said to Franklin:
"Don't worry, I will make you recover!"

"It's okay. My injury is nothing compared to Victor's." Franklin looked at Victor on Mike's shoulder and said with some sadness, "He... has he already..."

Mike didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Seeing this, the crowd that was originally in joy fell silent. They all lowered their heads slightly, as if they were mourning for Victor, even Moody was no exception.

After a while, Moody raised his head first and said to Mike seriously:

"It's just a gesture. The most urgent thing now is to get Mike out. You all follow me later. I will help you bypass the hall and leave the Ministry of Magic!"

After these words were spoken, everyone came to their senses and nervously wanted to escort Mike out.

However, Mike, who was the target of the escort, sneered and said:

"Run? Why should we run?"

Arthur's body froze and he looked up at Mike in disbelief.

Franklin on the side seemed to suddenly remember something and advised:
"Mike, let's retreat first. I don't know what kind of medicine Chris took, but now he's a legendary wizard. We can't beat him. Besides...besides, even if we have to fight, we should fight in the best condition, right? You're useless in your current condition!"

"Who said I was in a bad state?"

Feeling his magic level still rapidly improving and his magic power and mental strength constantly recovering, the sneer on Mike's face gradually became more and more outrageous.

He had a feeling that he might be about to break through to the legendary realm!
He slowly leaned over and picked up a wand soaked in blood plasma from the ground. He then looked around at everyone and said:

“I’m in better shape than ever before!”

(End of this chapter)