The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 147 Unlocks a Mysterious Grand Prize, Shop Updated

Moriarty shook his arm, freeing his wrist from the ice. With a flick of his wrist, the cedarwood wand jumped into his palm.

"Crying under the falling snow!"

Moriarty waved his wand in a circle, and a plaintive sob rang out.

The tone was mournful and melodious, like a soprano singer who had encountered misfortune but was powerless to do anything about it, and could only cry, helpless and sad, pitiful and tragic.

As snowflakes fell from the sky, the hall was instantly enveloped in sobs, and the atmosphere became exceptionally somber.

Lilith and Jericho covered their ears tightly and tried to get as far away from the hall as possible, while Diana, who was in the hall, was squatting on the floor with a splitting headache. She buried her head in her knees, her brows furrowed, and her face was full of pain.

Moriarty smiled slightly and used magic that directly attacked the mind. The effect was surprisingly good. Even Dracula might have been affected. The evidence was that Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and activated Occlumency to resist the headache.

However, the effect was greatly diminished. Dumbledore quickly frowned, his face turned pale, his body swayed to one side, and he staggered back a few steps.

"How could this be?" Dracula muttered to himself in bewilderment, not understanding why.

"I underestimated Moriarty's strength, damn it!" The arrogant Dracula could only attribute the reason to underestimating his opponent.

He recalled how he met Moriarty and the other two. "Moriarty never trusted me! He was hiding his strength, that damned bastard!"

"But you want to win?"

Dracula shouted at Moriarty from afar, sneering: "Impossible!"

Dracula wouldn't allow Dumbledore to be defeated, so he used all of his remaining viral magic to manipulate Dumbledore.

Dumbledore's aura suddenly changed, with rings of blood-red light floating around him. His wizard robes seemed to be stained with blood, and a wicked smile appeared and disappeared at the corners of his mouth.

"Blood Bat Soul Stealer!"

The elder wand was pointed at Moriarty's head, and a blood-red bat leaped out of thin air.

The bat was enormous; once it spread its wings, it filled the entire sky above the hall.

"Outdated magic," Moriarty scoffed. "I'll give you a surprise, Dracula! Dragon Language: Flashing Dragon Roar!"

Moriarty chanted incantations, and a resounding dragon roar echoed through the hall. At the same time, a dazzling light flashed—"Roar!"

The dragon's roar shook people's hearts, the blood bats became blurry, and then exploded into a cloud of blood mist with a "bang".

Moriarty's Freezing Curse followed immediately; a pale blue magical light pierced through the blood mist, accurately striking Dumbledore and quickly freezing him.

With Dumbledore and Diana frozen in ice, the system awarded Moriarty a reward.

"The host has been detected to have defeated Dumbledore at 5% strength and Diana at 4% strength. The host is rewarded with 10 points!"

The system detected that the host led a team to complete the "Dracula Game". The host is rewarded with 10 points and a mysterious grand prize.

"Would you like to activate the mystery prize now, host?"

Having gained 20 points in one go, Moriarty could already see the powerful spells in the system shop beckoning to him!

However, instead of redeeming the prize immediately, he told the system, "Activate the mystery grand prize now!"

"A mysterious grand prize is now being unlocked for the host. Congratulations on gaining the right to unlock an additional elemental magic! Please choose one of the three magic advancement paths: fire, wind, or lightning."

"An extra right to unlock? Another type of elemental magic?" Moriarty was quite surprised. When he chose water elemental magic, the system said that he could only practice one type of elemental magic.

The mysterious grand prize granted Moriarty the right to learn another skill.

Fire element, wind element, lightning element!

Moriarty already knew that fire was elemental magic, and there was even a fire-elemental immortal phoenix egg in the underground chamber of Slytherin Castle.

As expected by Moriarty, he rode a broomstick for the first time and became good friends with the wind.

Each time Dimoa takes to the air, the wind accompanies him, helping him soar into the blue sky.

Lightning element, as the name suggests, is a very powerful form of magic. People often confuse lightning element with weather magic or weather spells, but lightning element is much purer.

Moriarty felt that lightning was both good and evil. In the world of Harry Potter, no wizard used lightning magic, nor could any wizard control lightning.

Each of the three elements has its own characteristics and advantages. The question facing Moriarty is: which one to choose?

"System," Moriarty asked, "which one do you recommend I choose?"

"This system cannot answer this question. Regardless of which magic the host chooses, you will reap abundant rewards."

That's true, it's really a difficult decision!

Moriarty narrowed his eyes, pondering his future plans—he had found a way to eliminate Dracula, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, the castle's crisis could be resolved.

So what's next? Only three weeks into his second year, he agreed to Ludo's offer to represent Great Britain in the Quidditch World Cup.

Yes, the World Cup!

A glint of light flashed in Moriarty's eyes, revealing an air of absolute certainty, as he answered the system, "I choose to embark on the path of advanced wind elemental magic!"

"Please confirm again, host. Once you confirm your selection, the system store will be updated, and the rewards and penalties for future tasks will also be adjusted."

"It's definitely the wind element!" Moriarty smiled.

"Ding-dong~ The path to advanced wind elemental magic has now been initiated for the host... Updating the in-game shop for the host... Adjusting the quests for the host... Congratulations on becoming a Level 0 Magic Apprentice (Wind)!"

Moriarty said impatiently, "Open the shop."

The system did as instructed. Moriarty entered the shop, and below the numerous water elemental spells, wind elemental spells were now available!

Looking at the points required for the redemption, Moriarty exclaimed, "Good heavens!"

Passive Magic - Wind Fantasy, 8000 points.

Giant wind column, 2 points.

Windmill Fighter, 2 points.

A refreshing breeze that penetrates to the bone, 3 points.

Wind's Capture, 5 points.

Whirlwind cut, 5 points.

Doomsday Storm, 7 points.

A fierce wind howled, 7 points.

Breeze Waltz, 10 points!

"Wind magic is ten times more expensive than water magic!"

Take passive magic as an example, the water elemental passive Tide only requires 800 points.

The Wind element passive skill, Wind Fantasy, requires 8000 points!

Moriarty asked, "Does this mean that wind magic is more powerful than water magic?"

"No," the system replied decisively.

"The elemental magic advancement paths provided by this system include godhood, and note that every single one can lead to godhood! In other words, the host can unlock multiple magic advancement paths; as long as they continuously level up on one of these paths and reach the level of a magic god, the mission will be completed!"

The system continued, "But host, recall the process of activating water elemental magic. Didn't you first activate water and fire elemental magic before you could activate water elemental magic?"

"Yes, that's right." Moriarty nodded; he understood what the system meant.

A year ago in October, Moriarty stole the Ice Moon Necklace from the Japanese dark wizard, unlocking the power of water magic, and found the immortal phoenix egg in Slytherin Castle, unlocking the power of fire magic.

However, Moriarty lacks wind elemental magic, yet he can activate wind elemental magic with the reward of the mysterious grand prize, so the lost wind elemental magic naturally needs to be replenished.

Therefore, the exchange points for wind element magic are higher, and Moriarty will learn it more slowly, in order to make up for the lack of wind element magic.

Moriarty relayed his understanding to the system, "Is that what you mean?"

"Absolutely correct." The system said respectfully, "If the host unlocks the lightning element, or even more elements, and then embarks on the path of advancement, the points required to exchange for various types of magic will become the same as those for water element magic."

Moriarty nodded slightly to indicate that he understood. He then turned his attention to the shop and said, "System, exchange for Refreshing Breeze, Wind Steal, Whirlwind Slice, and Howling Gale."

"Host, are you sure you want to spend 20 points to exchange for four wind elemental spells?"

Moriarty gave an affirmative answer. Although he spent all the points he had just earned in one go, he didn't feel bad. What's the point of having points if you don't spend them?

The system processed the exchange swiftly and efficiently. A refreshing breeze brushed across Moriarty's cheek as information about the four spells flooded into his mind.

(End of this chapter)