The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Chapter 489 The Wind Conch, obtained!

"He compiled a book from skulls!"

As if witnessing a wonder, Dumbledore strode to the large book, occasionally uttering exclamations of admiration and wonder.

Moriarty remembered the old man's words: "Wisdom is more powerful than the stars in the sky! Once I put your wisdom into pages 11 and 12 of Richie's book, your heads will be worthy of attracting stars."

Looking at the large book compiled from skulls, Moriarty realized that the "Richkakaka" the old man had mentioned was this book.

"Does putting someone else's head into a book mean you've mastered their wisdom?" Moriarty found it hard to understand the old man's actions.

"Insane behavior."

Moriarty shook his head and snorted. He counted the heads; there were ten in total. No wonder the old man said he wanted to put his and Dumbledore's heads on pages 11 and 12.

Dumbledore, however, had a different opinion: "I suggest you come and take a look. This is very unusual; I have never seen such a magic book before."

He stared intently at the page he had turned to; the skull on it seemed to have words on it.

This is a skull the size of a fist.

Moriarty blurted out, "The fairy's skull."

"Yes, there is a line of blood-written words engraved on it," Dumbledore said solemnly.

"I don't know him," he added.

"Let me see... Oh, it's Spanish." Moriarty had a hunch that the old man was probably Extis.

Ecce was Spanish.

The blood-written words look like they've been around for many years, with much of the bloodstains faded, but the engravings are still very clear.

"Skull Star"

After reading it word by word, Moriarty and Dumbledore exchanged a glance.

The old man's most powerful weapon against them was this magic.

"His power comes from this skull?"

Moriarty's gaze became unfocused. If that was the case, then this book—no, these four books—was getting interesting.

"Use mind control on it."

Moriarty suddenly told Dumbledore that he had an idea he wanted to try.

"What?"

Dumbledore found the idea extremely strange: Legilimency on a dead man's head?

"Give it a try." Moriarty stared at Dumbledore with a bright look in his eyes, gesturing towards the goblin skull.

"Okay, let's see if its brain is still active. We can't expect it to be thinking about work like a Gringotts goblin."

Dumbledore smiled as he used Legilimency.

Moriarty joked, "Maybe it's thinking about gold."

"No, the ban on magic still exists." Dumbledore looked up at Moriarty and shook his head.

"OK." Moriarty nodded lightly. It was just an idea; it wouldn't matter if he guessed wrong.

They then turned to the next page, which showed a human skull.

There was also a line of words carved on its head.

"Complete organ".

"What does this mean? I have to say, that person's naming skills are even worse than mine," Dumbledore remarked.

Moriarty used magic to turn to the next page—each time he turned a page, he was always afraid that the previous skull would fall on top of the next one.

The third page still features a human skeleton.

"Modioval".

Moriarty and Dumbledore both shook their heads, having never heard of it before.

They flipped through a few more pages, and above each skull was a line of blood-written words: Red Light, Yu Mei, Trute Xiang, Octopus...

It was all nonsensical text until Moriarty turned to the last page.

This is the largest skull in the entire book, and it's also the reason why Richie Kakaka occupies such a large area, like a public bathhouse.

It's like a foundation stone, with nine skulls stacked on top of it, forming a small mountain called Richie Kaka.

"This must be the head of a whale."

Dumbledore said regretfully that he had noticed it at first glance.

The affinity of the water element gave Moriarty a certain amount of affection for marine life, and now that he saw the whale head, he examined it carefully.

There were no words written in blood on it; instead, a question mark was carved above its head.

?

"What the hell is this?!"

"What is he trying to say?"

Moriarty couldn't take it anymore. Riddler, just die!

Not to mention, both Extis and the old man are madmen!

How can you expect a normal person to understand the thoughts of a madman?

But Moriarty was clever; if there was a symbol on the top of his head, could there also be one inside his skull?

Sure enough, he found a conch shell pattern inside the whale's skull.

"Ding-dong~"

A crisp system voice rang out.

"Host detected discovery of a wind elemental magic relic, the Wind Conch! Reward: One exploration lottery draw."

"A sacred relic of wind elemental magic?"

Moriarty stared in astonishment at the whale head. "Inside?"

"If the host controls the Wind Conch, the wind element level will be raised to level 70 Archmage."

Level 70!

Moriarty was immediately tempted.

Keep in mind that the wind element level is currently only at the level of a mage.

The water elementalist is only level 60, which is equivalent to a mage.

The Wind Conch can instantly elevate Moriarty from a magician to a mage.

Just one more level and you'll be a Grand Magister!

It's increased by more than 20 levels!

Master it, you absolutely must master it!

Moriarty's entire body was inside the whale's head!

When Dumbledore saw Moriarty so excited for the first time, he couldn't help but be curious, but there was nothing he could do to help, so he went to the other three books.

They were a size smaller than Richie Kaka.

The cover of the first book says: Tifa Lala.

Below is a line of blood-red words: Open the treasure trove of organs.

It was also Spanish, but Dumbledore didn't recognize it either.

But that didn't stop him from opening and reading it.

A pungent, foul stench assaulted my senses.

Dumbledore, suppressing his nausea, saw a person's lungs. They were white, but the blood inside was blue, and the blood vessels formed a map.

"Just like the scar on my left knee..."

Dumbledore suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were being watched.

The second page shows a person's toenail, the length of which is the same as the broom that sweeps across the seven stars.

There was no map, but there was a painting, which Dumbledore didn't know what it was.

The third page shows a complete right arm that has been hollowed out, and Dumbledore sees another arm inside.

The third page shows a human head with two faces.

Page 4...

Page 5...

Each page features a human organ, but what makes them special is that these organs always have some strange features or peculiar abilities.

Dumbledore looked at the remaining two books with a complicated expression.

Now he understood why the old man had said he would collect his and Moriarty's heads, and collect his own knees.

The old man also said he wanted to collect Moriarty's genitals.

At the same time, Dumbledore also remembered the old man's words "Tifa Lala," "Meltete," and "Richkakaka."

So they were all book titles!

If I'm not mistaken, one of the two books must be a book specifically for collecting genitalia, Merutte.

Dumbledore had no interest in opening Meru's book unless Grindelwald's was inside.

cough cough.

Dumbledore blushed slightly at the sudden thought, but quickly regained his composure and turned to see what Moriarty was doing.

"You might be interested in my discovery."

Dumbledore told Moriarty about his idea.

"So that's how it is..."

Moriarty seemed lost in thought, his gaze shifting between the four books of corpses.

"The old man wasn't talking nonsense; he can see our special organs..."

"If that's the case, how could he see them? Or what does he collect the heads for?"

Moriarty suddenly realized something and flipped Richie completely over so that he was facing up.

There is a line of large characters and a line of small characters above.

"Richkakaka."

"Your wisdom is the strength I store up!"

Moriarty frowned. The four books of corpses before him, the old man's strange abilities, and the conch shell in the whale's head seemed inexplicable, but they must be connected in some way.

Moriarty revisited his previous idea and used Legilimency on the skull.

Dumbledore can't be used, but that doesn't mean Moriarty can't either.

Moreover, Moriarty possessed an alchemical matrix that was even more advanced than Legilimency.

Moriarty walked up to Richie Kaka and stared intently at the first page, which featured a fairy skull.

"Alchemy Matrix activated!"

When he opened his eyes again, Moriarty had arrived at a battlefield.

There stood a small, wounded fairy, facing a tall man who seemed to be the fairy's enemy.

The fairy yelled at the man, but Moriarty didn't understand what she said. Then the fairy used her sharp fingernails to cut off her own head!

The fairy grabbed her own head and threw it into the sky, and a meteorite crashed down!

The scene shifted, and Moriarty's gaze returned to the fairy skeleton.

"I understand now. The meteorite is the fairy's magic, and the skull star is the old man's way of using the fairy's power."

Moriarty excitedly examined the remaining heads—the second one!

The so-called complete organ.

Moriarty witnessed the following scene:

The old man captured a strong human and sewed the man's mouth onto his body until there was nowhere left to sew it.

Then the old man brutally removed the person's mouth and sewed all the eyeballs back on.

The old man spent a year sewing the arms, legs, feet, and other human organs back onto the person.

Finally, they cut off the man's head and put it in the book, because he had remembered what it felt like to have a complete set of organs in his body!

The third one, the fourth one...

The old man steals the wisdom and magic of others through this book!

Even with the final whale, the old man has yet to steal its power, and can only reluctantly draw a question mark on its head.

The whale's power comes from the conch shell of wind.

This is wind elemental magic that the old man cannot master!

He couldn't even manage to sneak a peek!

Moriarty entered the world of whales and saw a gust of wind blowing a green conch shell on the beach in the vast Pacific Ocean.

The conch shell emitted a beautiful sound, attracting the whale.

"Wind element magic!"

Moriarty gathered his wind elemental magic, and the whale slowly turned its head and swam towards Moriarty.

"Give it to me."

Moriarty smiled at the whale, knowing that the whale could understand him.

"hold head high--"

The whale let out a cry, and a column of water shot up from its head, carrying the Wind Conch Shell to Moriarty's hands.

As if a gentle breeze were caressing his face, Moriarty then found himself experiencing a small whirlwind blowing into his body.

(End of this chapter)