Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

It seems that everything depends on myself.

Eric thought for a moment, then focused his mind and concentrated all his energy to activate his mental stance.

The world instantly turned gray again.

The next moment, Eric knew he had found the key.

With the support of his mental stance, Eric, who was originally in a third-person perspective, saw a faint gas suddenly emerge from his body.

This shape resembled the ghost he had encountered in Hogwarts Castle, and also the spiritual power he had seen in Clement.

The same gas is also present in the acacia wood wand.

Fusion...

Fusion!

Eric suddenly understood the purpose of this ability.

A wizard's magic originates from the soul.

Within the soul, there is this mark that belongs only to the wizard.

And his current state seems to be that of a soul...

As soon as the thought crossed his mind, Eric saw the gas emanating from his body suddenly shift.

It's not an illusion!

Eric no longer hesitated and focused all his attention on the wand.

Sure enough, the next second, the gas emanating from the wand trembled violently, and then it actually detached from the wand!

A thick, seemingly solidified mass of gas clumped together into a small ball and floated in the air.

From this small ball, Eric once again felt the same magical sensation he had when he first unleashed the Guardian Charm.

Eric already knew the answer to what had happened.

The Ravenclaw magic marks on the acacia wand have not actually been completely removed!

Nicolas Flamel's conclusion that Eric had completely conquered the acacia wand was correct, but not entirely correct.

Because he didn't know that Eric's wand proficiency was actually only intermediate, and that much of his power remained untapped.

Eric's experiment was not yet complete, and he had no way to examine himself.

Now, with this ability to fuse soul power, this part of the power has finally manifested!

This is simply power derived purely from the soul, not a fragment like a Horcrux, and it has no independent consciousness.

At Eric's command, the small ball moved slowly forward, and then gradually approached Eric's body.

Then, Eric's body acted like a giant gravitational source, absorbing the condensed sphere into it.

boom!

After the ball merged into Eric's body, Eric felt his aura growing uncontrollably and wildly.

This wasn't a burst of magic; it would be more accurate to call it a berserk rampage.

The good news is that he is currently in spirit form and will not affect anyone else present.

However, he absolutely cannot continue down this rampage.

In just a short while, Eric felt his energy rapidly declining.

[Ding, soul power fusion successful.]

In the blink of an eye, Eric was no longer in his soul state and returned to his own first-person perspective.

The surrounding noise immediately flooded his mind again.

Everything that just happened felt like a dream.

But having experienced the return of color after the closure of the spiritual stance once again, Eric knew that this was definitely not a dream.

Eric took out his acacia wood wand, and sure enough, a crack appeared again on the wand.

"what happened?"

Seeing Eric lost in thought, Sirius asked in confusion.

At the same time, the system's voice sounded again.

[Ding, Wand Proficiency increased to Advanced.]

[Ding! Successfully fused with soul power. Reward obtained: Ultimate Magic!]

[Magic Power Increase: Maximum.]

"No, it's okay."

While carefully sensing the changes inside his body, Eric shook his head with a smile.

Sirius, unaware of what was going on, helped Mr. Weasley arrange for everyone to sit down.

Eric seized the opportunity to experience the difference that came with receiving the reward.

First, my wand proficiency has improved once again.

The acacia wand is now even more closely connected to Eric.

Eric was quite certain that the acacia wand was now only usable by him.

No one but him will do.

Even if Ravenclaw were alive today, Eric would have that confidence.

Furthermore, the boost that the wand can provide him now is definitely much greater than before.

His wand proficiency has now reached the advanced level, and he is just one step away from fully integrating the acacia wood wand.

Now, Eric uses an acacia wand, ensuring a minimum level of effectiveness regardless of the magic he casts.

It is more powerful than using other wands.

With his wand compatibility ability, Eric can directly use other unfamiliar wands.

However, once fully upgraded, the acacia wand is far superior to ordinary wands in both its magical amplification and its assistance to Eric during spellcasting.

Perhaps only Dumbledore's Elder Wand can be compared to it.

In addition, Eric's own magical power has finally crossed the last threshold.

The soul power he merged with was the Ravenclaw magic that originally remained in the acacia wand.

Eric already had a considerable amount of magic power, and with this increasingly familiar magic power, he broke through to the next level in an instant.

If they weren't in a private box, Eric would have loved to find an open space right away to test just how far he could go.

Unfortunately, he still needs to be patient.

Chapter 167 Barty Crouch Jr.

After a while, people started entering the private room one after another.

Eric also composed himself.

The private room can only accommodate a small number of people.

There were about twenty seats, all on the top floor. Apart from Ministry of Magic officials like Mr. Weasley who brought their families to watch the game, everyone who could be here was either rich or powerful.

But there are always exceptions to everything.

Sitting next to Harry was not a wizard, but a house-elf.

Her name is Sparkle, and she claims to be a house-elf in the Barty Crouch household, needing to reserve a spot for her master.

"So, you know Dobby too?" Harry asked.

Sparkle replied in surprise, “Of course, Sparkle knows Dobby. He’s a bad elf who actually wanted to work for a reward! House-elves shouldn’t be paid for their work.”

When Eric looked over, Harry and Gilgamesh had already been chatting for quite a while.

Shiny is clearly a very traditional house-raised Pokémon.

Dobby, on the other hand, was the house-elf Harry knew who, because of his admiration for Harry, tried to prevent him from returning to Hogwarts.

House-elves like Dobby, who possess self-awareness, are extremely rare.

Harry said, slightly annoyed, "Why can't we get paid for our work?"

“Exactly.” Hermione, who had also overheard their conversation, exclaimed in surprise, “Does that mean your work is unpaid?”

Shining hesitated, then Eric interjected, "House-elves have their own values. Hermione, they have their own traditions. I once met a house-elf named Kreacher at Sirius's house. His greatest wish was to have his head cut off and hung on the wall of the Black family after he died."

Hermione's mouth dropped open in astonishment upon hearing this.

Ron scoffed, "Aren't all house-elves like that? They don't want wages at all."

Ron, being from the Weasley family, was quite accustomed to some of the traditions in the wizarding world and didn't think it was a big deal.

“Some things have always been this way, but that doesn’t mean they’re right!” Hermione said.

Eric smiled and looked toward Shining's location, activating his mental stance.

Hermione and Ron were still arguing, and Harry was busy mediating between them. Apart from Eric, no one noticed that Sparkle's expression was becoming increasingly tense.

Eric's gaze made Sparkle feel extremely uncomfortable.

It possesses a spiritual stance, the ability to see through invisibility, and various illusion magic.

Because mental stance is observed based on fluctuations in mental energy, not on sight.

Under the influence of his spiritual stance, Eric's vision became clearer.

In the gray world, Eric could clearly see that next to Sparkle, there was a wizard wearing an invisibility cloak.

The wizard was male, lean, and bore a resemblance to Barty Crouch, the director of the International Department of Magical Exchange and Cooperation.

Eric knew who this person was.

He is the son of Batty Crouch.

Barty Crouch Jr.!