The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 249 Full of Twists and Turns

The women shook their heads, saying that Lilith was not sitting with them.

The Hogwarts professors also shook their heads, saying they hadn't seen Lilith.

Jericho and Maxi exchanged a horrified look.

"The young lady was sitting with us on the golden chair, but after the chair caught fire, she disappeared!"

"People don't just disappear for no reason," Moriarty said, unusually angry. "Someone must be behind this. Lilith isn't missing; she's been kidnapped!"

"Kidnapping?"

Everyone was shocked. Who would kidnap a Hogwarts student?

Even if this student is the heir of the Pilivik family—aren't there plenty of pure-blood family heads and pure-blood heirs on the football field!

Could it be because of Moriarty?

He kidnapped Lilith to blackmail Moriarty.

Moriarty had also considered this; first the attackers, then the kidnappers—in short, they were all inextricably linked to him.

Moriarty had a vague feeling that there was a powerful force behind these people.

An extremely large and powerful force, and he has become a thorn in their side.

"Lilith has been found!"

Diana's voice carried seven parts anger and three parts joy, and everyone looked at her.

"Lilith has been to Avalon, and she has been marked with the elven mark. As the Queen of the Elves, I can locate Lilith, but only once."

Diana walked over to Moriarty, first explaining the situation, and then waving her elven staff.

A pale purple light emanated from the tip of the staff, and a similar beam of light rose from the stands not far away.

"Right there!" Diana pointed to the stands.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that the person had been found.

Jericho regained his relaxed demeanor and said with a grin, "Professor Diana, if I go to Avalon too, will I also be marked as an elf?"

"I can remove it for you." Diana glanced at Jericho, then, fearing Moriarty might misunderstand, quickly explained, "I wanted to keep you in Avalon, so I marked them..."

Moriarty shook his head, indicating that he didn't care, and strode towards the stands.

At the same time, the Whispering Serpents were summoned. A swarm of thin, slippery black snakes quickly burrowed into the crowd and crawled toward the stands.

Despite having Diana's location, Moriarty was still uneasy, fearing that the kidnappers might be right next to Lilith!

Sure enough, the spectator sent a message that Lilith was lying on a seat in the stands, with an invisible man standing in front of her.

Moriarty looked in that direction. The purple light just now must have let the invisible man know that he had been exposed. Why didn't the invisible man run away? Was he provoking him?

Or is there another motive?

"The Slytherin Staff!"

Moriarty retrieved his staff from his system space, holding the cedarwood wand in his left hand and the staff in his right.

"Touch of Frost!"

With a gentle tap of the staff, an ice bridge rose from the ground and stretched onto the stands.

The invisible man waved his wand, and a flock of fire crows flapped their wings and flew towards the ice bridge, burning it down with blue flames.

"Undead Fire Raven"

A murderous glint flashed in Moriarty's eyes.

He was very familiar with this magic; his first battle was against the Japanese black wizard Tsukamura Kugeno, and the undead fire crows before him were Tsukamura Kugeno's signature magic.

However, blue flames are hotter and more powerful than red flames.

Then the identity of the invisible person becomes obvious.

"Kogoro Tsukamura, stop hiding! I've found you, you have nowhere to run!" Moriarty shouted at the stands.

"Heh heh, guessing my identity with just one spell, as expected of Moriarty Slytherin."

The invisible man slowly revealed himself; it was none other than Kogoro Tsukamura.

"Moriarty, listen up! If you don't want this girl to die, kill yourself now!"

Kogoro Tsukamura pointed his wand at Lilith and looked at Moriarty with a mocking expression.

Are you threatening me?

Moriarty walked slowly toward the stands, as if taking a stroll.

Kogoro Tsukamura chuckled coldly, bringing the tip of his staff a few inches closer to Lilith.

"Threatening you? Ha, you call that a threat?"

"Moriarty, you don't understand us. We've been more than polite to you. Do you think I wouldn't dare kill her?"

"Who are you people? What are your ulterior motives?"

Moriarty, as if he hadn't seen Kogoro Tsukamura's wand, shouted angrily and walked step by step up to the stands.

Kogoro Tsukamura frowned. The Fallen Raven had not yet awakened, and in order for the Fallen Raven to absorb enough darkness, he had to drag Moriarty here.

But Moriarty clearly wasn't fooled!

As Moriarty approached step by step, Kogoro Tsukamura gritted his teeth and launched an attack: "Undead Fire Raven!"

Moriarty took his staff and swung it downwards.

Wind elemental magic formed wind blades, accompanied by a buzzing sound, which shattered the fire crow into pieces.

Moriarty wielded both wands simultaneously, aiming his cedarwood wand at Kogoro Tsukamura: "Crunch in the Heart!"

As the Crucifixion flew towards him like a meteor, Kogoro Tsukamura pulled a small piece of paper from his pocket and tossed it in front of him.

With a "bang," the paper strip transformed into a jet-black crow, with a wingspan of about ten meters.

"Shikigami?"

Moriarty narrowed his eyes, when suddenly he heard a piercing scream, "Gaga!"

The crow cawed hoarsely, and all the wizards who heard it felt a splitting headache.

"Crying under the falling snow!"

Moriarty waved his staff, and a snowstorm appeared above the stands, with snowflakes fluttering down, carrying with them howling winds and mournful cries.

The crow exploded and died. Kogoro Tsukamura crouched on the ground, clutching his head, looking pained.

opportunity!

Moriarty flew to Lilith's side, kicked Kogoro Tsukamura aside, and picked up the girl from her seat.

"Don't move, Moriarty Slytherin."

A cold voice sounded behind Moriarty.

The women shouted anxiously, "Watch out! The magician is behind us!"

Moriarty held Lilith in his arms, not turning around, and said calmly, "You've finally made your move."

"You've been waiting for me." The magician smiled indifferently, raising his wand. "Say what you will, but you're in my hands now."

"Oh?"

Moriarty turned and looked directly at the magician. "It fell into your hands? Did it? I didn't notice at all."

He lowered his head, a smile playing on his lips, and asked, "Lilith, do you think so?"

Whether it was Magic Johnson or the wizards on the court, they all stared wide-eyed.

Lilith?

Is Moriarty speaking to Lilith?

But wasn't Lilith unconscious?

Everyone saw Lilith slowly open her eyes and jump down from Moriarty's arms.

“Not at all,” Lilith answered Moriarty’s question, her bright eyes looking at Moriarty, and they smiled at each other: “On the contrary, he has fallen into our hands.”

The magician's pupils suddenly contracted, and he waved his raised wand back and forth between Moriarty and Lilith.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?!"

Jericho looked at the person next to him, hoping for an answer. He stretched out his arm in confusion, "Why does the young lady not seem to be unconscious? Did she and the master make a plan?"

Or perhaps, the two of them staged a scene to lure out the magician?

No one could answer Jericho's question, because everyone was also puzzled.

"Stop guessing, Blanche, I'll tell you."

Lilith snorted. "After those Poles caused trouble, that good-for-nothing Kogoro Tsukamura followed me. Perhaps he was trying to take advantage of me, but what he didn't know was that I had already discovered him long ago."

How ridiculous that he tried to kidnap me?

Ha! You think you can take me down with a mere Stun Curse?

"It's glorious to sneak up on a little girl from behind!"

Moriarty continued what she had said.

"Actually, you were prepared all along. In order to investigate Kogoro Tsukamura's purpose, you pretended to fall into a coma and stayed by Kogoro Tsukamura's side until I came to rescue you and found out that you had been faking sleep the whole time. You're really good."

Lilith tossed her hair, slightly embarrassed, and said, "I didn't expect you to come and save me, I..."

"You didn't expect you'd encounter so much danger!" Moriarty said sternly. "You think you can take care of Kogoro Tsukamura, you think you can take care of magicians, right?"

Lilith's face darkened, and she looked solemnly at Moriarty: "I've become stronger."

Moriarty snorted. "Prove it to me."

"Alright, let me show you the effort I've put in this semester!"

With a "whoosh," Lilith drew her wand and aimed it at the magician, but the magician was faster than her, shouting, "Expelliarmus!"

Moriarty was prepared; "Fragmented!"

The magician had to roll to the next row of seats.

Lilith neither dodged nor avoided the red disarming spell, letting it strike her wrist without showing any abnormality.

The body did not sway, and the wand was not knocked away.

"Look, human transformation."

Lilith's voice was inscrutable, conveying neither joy nor sorrow. She held out her right hand to Moriarty.

Moriarty saw a layer of silvery-green scales covering his fair wrist.

Even Moriarty, who had seen it all, couldn't help but widen his eyes. "Lilith, you?"

Lilith withdrew her hand and walked towards the magician.

"Enough said, Moriarty. The Queen's path only leads forward; there is no turning back!"

An indescribable aura emanated from Lilith, and the magician felt a sense of powerlessness as he watched her approach. He bit his tongue sharply and regained his senses.

The magician appeared in phantom form next to Kogoro Tsukamura, who was bleeding from all seven orifices and struggling to cry for help.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Without a second thought, the magician ended Kogoro Tsukamura's life with a killing spell.

"Hehehehe, Moriarty," the magician chuckled eerily, "Do you know where the other five Japanese are?"

Moriarty had a bad feeling and looked around seriously.

The magician laughed heartily: "I've killed them all!"

(End of this chapter)