From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 345: Broken Mouth Skull
"Don't call me Tom! Call me Voldemort!" Voldemort's hoarse and sharp voice, like two rotten bones rubbing against each other, rang out in the dim secret room.

Ivy silently turned the magic book in his hand to the next page and replied casually: "Okay Tom, I understand Tom."

Apart from the candle lit on the desk in front of him, the only other light source in the room was a black skull floating in the air. Its jaw opened and closed, and evil green flames burned around it, looking creepy and gloomy.

This is a necromancy creation created by Ivy using the few things left of Voldemort, a broken-mouthed skull that can float and retains the wisdom and memory of Voldemort's dark magic.

Because of the necromancy magic template, this skull is very talkative. From the moment it was born, it never stopped opening and closing its jaws. The knowledge in this little thing's head is very valuable to Ivy. After all, in the wizarding world for so long, there is only one "little cutie" who dares to divide his soul into eight parts.

But this is not that Voldemort himself has somehow continued his life, but more like a new thing born from his bones. Tom the Skull with Broken Mouth has a voice very similar to Voldemort's, and his complete memory of studying dark magic occupies his only remaining skull. However, Tom the Skull with Broken Mouth's intelligence and language ability come from Ivy's necromancy magic. If Ivy interrupts the supply of magic power, Tom will turn back into that black skull, without any magical ability, and perhaps a little curse left to kill those mortals who touch it casually.

After all, the only remaining dark magic in it came from Voldemort, and the rest of Voldemort's magic power was absorbed by Ivy and used as material for future research.

"My cold-blooded and powerful master!" The two rows of teeth of the black skull collided with each other, and he spoke extremely flattering words in an evil voice. "Voldemort has obviously been crushed into powder by your own hands, why did you teach me to say such words? You should know that the only connection between Voldemort and me is the little memory of your research on dark magic stored in my brain."

"Because I think that kind of dialogue is quite interesting." Ivy closed the magic book in front of him. The collection of books in Hogwarts could hardly bring him any surprises. Perhaps it was time to start the next journey. "It's a pity that he didn't cooperate well during the battle with Voldemort, so I couldn't recite similar lines."

"Nonsense!" The green flames around Broken Mouth's skull rose and fell violently. "You are such a great dark wizard! How can you say such meaningless and self-degrading lines? Lines that suit your temperament should be blood! Killing! Betrayal and darkness!"

"Shut up." Ivy shot a swift red lightning from his fingertips, turning the skull that was fluctuating in the air into a handful of powder. "I don't need you to tell me what to say."

The skull that was pulverized by the magic power recondensed under the gathering of the pale green magic flame. It rolled its head to Ivy's feet, condensed the green magic flame into a long tongue, and licked Ivy's boots vigorously: "That's it! That's it! My invincible master does not need any loyal advice! He only needs to implement his tyranny to every world he sees! Tell me about your grand plan! Which country are we going to destroy today?"

Ivy frowned and kicked the skull at his feet, watching it roll on the smooth marble floor, making a hollow echo.

Tom the Broken-Mouth Skull was an undead creature without any sense of shame or frustration. With a weird cackle, he rolled his head and jumped back: "How about starting with the country under our feet? The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland! This name is too long and too difficult to pronounce! As long as you destroy it, no one in the world will be troubled by this weird and difficult to pronounce name! This is a great thing! All it takes is a plague and a curse that can cause disputes! I have many plans in my mind that Voldemort has failed to execute! Oh! I forgot that I have no brain again!"

"Except for dry official documents, no one will take the initiative to pronounce that name. People prefer to refer to the country by its abbreviation." Ivy stood up, took a step forward, and shot Broken Mouth Skull Tom out with great force. He was sure that he used the outside of his foot this time.

The pitch-black head, with a trail of green demonic flames, exploded into powder on the empty portraits of the guardians, like a snowball thrown with great force knocking down a solid wall.

However, it was an undead creature, which meant that as long as Ivy did not actively cut off the supply of necromancy magic, this chattering skull would continue to be reborn.

So within a short minute, Tom reorganized himself again and continued to speak loudly in a sharp and piercing voice: "My master! You will definitely do it! You can't even remember names with more than five syllables! You are even more impatient to match those faces with names! If there were fewer people in the world..."

Before Tom could finish his words, a golden chain appeared out of nowhere and blocked the mouth of the skull tightly. So poor Tom could only whimper hard while trying to find his balance on the marble floor.

Ivy no longer paid attention to the noise in the secret room, stood up and walked out, and then sealed the secret room with permanent magical effects.

The wizarding world has been very lively recently, even too lively. The heat of the Triwizard Tournament has not yet passed, and even bigger news broke out in Hogwarts - Voldemort and more than 20 Death Eaters launched an attack from the Forbidden Forest, and also persuaded the Dementors who were the jailers of Azkaban. Fortunately, the warrior Ivy Doom from Hogwarts descended from the sky and completely crushed the entire group of dark wizards loyal to Voldemort, and completely eliminated the possibility of Voldemort's resurrection.

This was the headline on the front page of the Daily Prophet on February 1st. In fact, the wording used in the article was even more flattering, almost touting Ivy as the only hope of the international wizarding world.

Ivy believed that this report and the Ministry's subsequent actions were both goodwill signals from Fudge. After all, the headline "The Minister of Magic leads a bunch of Dementors to raid the Forbidden Forest" did not sound good.

In the following days, the Ministry of Magic began to report in length in the Daily Prophet how Ivy cured the lycanthropy curse, declaring him a great wizard who brought new peace to the wizarding world. At the suggestion of someone unknown, the Wizengamot Wizard Council began to consider awarding Ivy the Order of Merlin, First Class.

Even the company that distributed the Chocolate Frog cards hired a portrait painter to include Ivy's likeness in the collection.

And they planned to add the following annotations to the chocolate frog picture belonging to Ivy - Voldemort's nemesis, Death Eater terminator, advocate of the full moon werewolf equal rights movement, Nicolas Flamel's academic successor, inventor of the resurrection spell, and peacemaker in the wizarding world.

Yes, with the end of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, the Whites also disappeared from the wizarding world, replaced by the resurrected Potters. It was impossible for their family to live with Ivy's cognitive magic for the rest of their lives, so the news was quickly known to the entire wizarding world.

During the first two weeks of the event, the Hogwarts Great Hall was always filled with owls from all over the world. All students had some feathers mixed in their plates, and some unlucky ones even got hot owl droppings.

Ivy immediately cast a Calling Charm on herself to protect herself. Therefore, it was impossible to contact the sender through the owl. She chose to send the letter to Hogwarts. After all, this place was very well-known and there was no obstacle for the owl's magical navigation.

The annoyed teachers and students in the school were all hoping that Ivy would come forward to resolve the matter as soon as possible, so he contacted Rita Skeeter for an exclusive interview, posted the conditions for the resurrection spell to take effect one by one, and increased the final price tenfold in order to put an end to the thoughts of wizards around the world who wanted to resurrect their loved ones.

However, he still underestimated the wealth accumulated by wizards over the years.

After publishing the applicable rules and price list of the resurrection spell in the Daily Prophet, Ivy has completed the resurrection of two deceased infants, and has received deposits for the resurrection of at least ten people. These people often come from all over the world. Ivy can't figure out when news from the magic world can be transmitted so quickly.

Since Ivy did not want to turn himself into a mindless machine to earn gold galleons, he published another statement through the Daily Prophet, saying that he would fully prepare for the Baby Cup, also known as the Triwizard Tournament, and was ready to put all his energy into it. The opportunity to perform the resurrection spell will continue to be open after he graduates from Hogwarts.

Ivy had already planned that once he graduated from Hogwarts, he would open the acceptance letter from Strixhaven and go to study outside this universe, so that he could avoid the fanatical wizards who flocked from all over the world. No one in the magic world wanted to offend a wizard who mastered the magic of resurrection. The more powerful and wealthy people were, the more afraid they were of death, fearing that unexpected accidents would take away their chance to enjoy life. Therefore, a large number of gifts from all over the world followed the letters and poured into Hogwarts, hoping to leave a deep impression on Ivy.

Although worldly possessions mean nothing to Ivy, the joy he gets from opening presents is no less. After seeing luxury goods from all over the world, Ivy still keeps some particularly memorable things.

Including a gorgeous flying carpet from the Middle East, Ivy couldn't figure out who the gift was because their names looked similar. Gifts from the Middle East also included a magic lamp that would produce an incorporeal genie when rubbed twice, and some enchanted ivory. Perhaps wizards are not bound by Muggle international law, at least no one cares about the animal protection law.

During this period, Ivy also saw the creativity of wizards. The report about the Full Moon Werewolf in the Daily Prophet set off a huge wave in the entire international magic community. Many wizarding societies in Europe sent observers to Diagon Alley to carefully inquire about the new life of the Full Moon Werewolf.

Together with the wizards who wanted to find Ivy through various channels, they promoted the economic prosperity of Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade. The Auror Office even had to send a team to station at the Three Broomsticks to prevent wizards who wanted to break into Hogwarts, whether they were well-intentioned visitors or dark wizards who wanted to steal some research results.

As for the creativity of wizards, it is not only because of their varied infiltration methods, but also because of their various ideas about full moon werewolves.

I don't know who came up with the idea of the Full Moon Ceremony. A Squib broke into the Full Moon Ceremony with the help of his relatives, was bitten by a lycanthropic patient who had not yet transformed, and then transformed into a Full Moon Werewolf through the Full Moon Ceremony, successfully gaining a very poor spellcasting ability.

Ivy never expected that the full moon ritual he used to cure the lycanthropy curse could be used by these squibs who dreamed of magic. It was really unbelievable.

But the reason is easy to explain. Those duds don't really have no magic at all, it's just that the magic in their bodies is hardly expressed, which is equivalent to a recessive trait of a gene.

As a magical disease, the lycanthropy curse can only be spread to wizards. Muggles who are bitten by werewolves on a full-moon night usually die of shock due to unstoppable bleeding, while Squib wizards can survive with the help of distilled essence and silver powder.

After the transformation of the full moon ceremony, the magic power that was originally in latent expression in the Squib wizard's body was activated, and he became a full moon werewolf wizard who could cast spells. This was a roundabout way to save the country, and it was also a path that Ivy had never imagined.

This made Ivy's desire to enter the Multiverse Magic University even stronger. If Strixhaven could really meet his requirements, it would mean endless magical possibilities. What kind of inspiration could the talented spellcasters from the multiverse bring to him?

At least there should be some legendary spells, right?

Ivy stopped thinking and came to the crowded Black Lake. Today was the second task of the Baby Cup, which was to find his own spellcaster Cassandra underwater. The treasures of the other three heroes remained the same, and the ones underwater were still Ron, Hermione, and Fleur's sister Gabrielle.

Since Ivy had the highest score on the first item, he was the first to act, and the audience on the shore had already begun to discuss what strategy he would adopt.

Some said he would drain the entire Black Lake, others thought Ivy would split it in half to reveal a path for people to pass through. Anyway, no one guessed that Ivy would use such a normal method as diving.

But Ivey will use practical actions to tell them that they are all wrong.

Ivy really didn't intend to get his clothes wet. He stood by the lake and chanted a spell loudly, calling upon the magical power of the entire Black Lake.

The calm black lake began to surge with waves, which then formed a towering column of water. Then hands and feet stretched out from the water column. It was a giant water element, and it was still growing larger.

Ivy wants to transform the entire body of water in the Black Lake into a super-giant water element in order to complete the second challenge.

The water level in the Black Lake was getting lower and lower, and a large number of rocks on the lake bottom were exposed. The water plants floating with the waves lay softly on the mud, and the aquatic animals living in the Black Lake began to swim around in fear inside the water element's body. The tentacles of the giant squid stretched out of the water element's body, but could not find any place to exert force, and could only wave in the air in vain.

The Durmstrang ghost ship docked by the Black Lake has completely sunk into the mud. Although Karkaroff is dead, these students from Northern Europe still plan to wait until the Triwizard Tournament is over before leaving.

When the water element that covered the sky and the sun stood up completely, the underwater structure built by the fishman tribe at the bottom of the lake became clearly visible.

With just two fingers stretched out and a light pinch, Ivy's magician was safely transported to the shore.

However, due to leaving the water, the spells that were originally used to protect other "treasures" from suffocating underwater also automatically became invalid. No one expected that Ivy's magic was so magnificent.

This resulted in the other three contestants' treasures being urgently replaced with their respective golden eggs, and the organizing committee of the Triwizard Tournament hoped that Ivy could restore the environment of the Black Lake to its original state, otherwise the competition would not be able to proceed.

In fact, even if Ivy really restored the Black Lake to its original state, the second project carried out underwater would lose its original meaning. When the three warriors entered the water, everyone found that it was too stupid to stand on the shore and stare at the empty lake in the cold wind.

So 90% of the people chose to return to the warm hall of the castle to discuss the various major events that had happened in the wizarding world recently, and among these major events, at least 70% were more or less related to Ivy.

Most of the people waiting on the shore were teachers and die-hard fans of the other three warriors. The majority were students from Gryffindor, because Harry was a warrior from their house, and it was only natural that they should support him.

When Bagman announced the results of the second and third tasks, not many people paid attention. They all knew that the outcome of the Triwizard Tournament was already decided. This might be the most suspense-free Triwizard Tournament in history.

(End of this chapter)