The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Merlin sensed the murderous intent in Moriarty's eyes and involuntarily shivered. His desire to live ignited the last vestige of his will to resist.

"Moriarty!"

"I want you to die along with the savior!"

Merlin cast a vicious spell, and the Heart of Darkness suddenly sprang forth from Merlin's chest!

"Bang!"

The Heart of Darkness was like a cannonball, piercing the back of the Savior!

"You haven't forgotten that dark elemental magic also has a parasitic effect, have you!"

Merlin glared menacingly at Moriarty, while simultaneously turning the savior into his dark "puppet," just like Gamp had done.

"Whoosh!"

A brilliant divine light emanated from the savior's body, seemingly resisting the dark elemental magic of the Heart of Darkness, but He failed—a black smear appeared faintly from His chest, then spread like ink on a white cloth, staining His entire body black!

"Hahahaha," Merlin masked his panting with a shrill laugh. In order to "infect" the Savior God, he had exhausted his dark elemental magic. "Savior God of Darkness!"

Merlin excitedly bestowed a new name upon the deity, growling, "Remember the name Moriarty! He will be our sworn enemy! Hunt him down forever!"

The savior, the Dark God, responded to Merlin with the same low growl, wielding his divine weapon—the Black Scales—turning the power of fairness into the power of injustice.

In an instant, the negative divine power of injustice, grievances, war and chaos in the world gathered into dark orbs and bombarded Moriarty!

"Is that all?" Moriarty asked calmly. How could he not see that Merlin's magic was insufficient?

Merlin feigned nonchalance, "Don't pretend you're so profound, Moriarty. You're right, how can a world pantheon compare to an elemental pantheon!"

"So what if you have six divine forms?"

"As long as I possess the Heart of Darkness, I have the potential to control any deity!"

"Just think about it, in the multiverse, every world has its own gods. Before long, I can select a group of the strongest gods from among thousands and rebuild the Immortal Organization!"

Merlin's eyes lit up, and he spoke as if it were the truth. Whether Moriarty believed him or not, Merlin himself believed it.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald exchanged bewildered glances. Just how much did Merlin love organizations? Even now, he was still thinking about forming one.

Upon hearing this, Moriarty couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle coldly, "Merlin, Merlin, you've given up being a proper wizard god and turned into a madman."

"boom!"

The dark orb struck Moriarty, and Merlin laughed heartily upon seeing it, but then a crisp sound rang out.

"Click~"

The dark orb shattered from the inside like a broken glass ball, and Moriarty flew out of it unharmed!

"It's time to face reality, Merlin."

"Your dream is over!"

Moriarty's fire elemental power created a giant hand that swept down, crushing the savior god of darkness from head to toe.

"No!"

In Merlin's horrified eyes, a loud bang—

The poor savior who had been parasitized was finally freed, at the cost of being scattered into countless points of light. Moriarty gave him no chance to be resurrected, and endless wind blades shattered the points of light.

When the giant hand raised, it already held a dark heart in its grasp.

Moriarty lightly glanced at the dark elemental magic relic. This heart had been in Merlin's hands for too long, and now it was beating angrily, trying to return to Merlin's side.

"Leave it to me," Pee-Pee-Goblin's voice rang in Moriarty's ear.

A beam of light flew out from Moriarty's back, into the giant hand, and transformed into the shape of Pippi, holding a light whip in his hand!

"Snap!" Mischievous Ghost raised his whip and lashed at Dark Heart. "Serves you right for being so disobedient!"

Light elemental magic surged onto his body, and the Heart of Darkness jumped up in pain.

Moriarty curled his lips slightly and looked at Merlin—if Merlin were a beautiful woman, he would be willing to try Pikachu's method, but Merlin was not.

"Then, let's do it this way." Moriarty once again used his water elemental power to condense a giant hand, which he then slapped at Merlin.

Having lost the sacred artifacts of light and dark elemental magic, Merlin, without the power of Extis to resist, used some ancient spells, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as the palm grew larger and larger, getting closer and closer to him.

"Bang!"

The slap landed on Merlin with a loud bang, sending Merlin shoving into the ground and creating a large crater.

"Yay!"

Cheers erupted in Hogwarts.

Merlin has finally been defeated!

Moriarty flew toward the crater and used his divine power to pull Merlin out of the ground.

At this moment, Merlin's bones were shattered and his flesh was a bloody mess.

He opened his swollen, red eyes:

"You can't kill me."

Merlin's tone carried a hint of pleading; although it was humiliating, Merlin had no choice but to do so.

He wanted to live; they were terrified of death.

"I am the Wizarding God, I have rendered great service to King Arthur! I am a hero of the Muggle world!"

"You can't kill me, don't kill me... I have knowledge—it's all yours..."

"I can even help you conquer the multiverse!"

"And Lionheart! Where is Lionheart Pendragon? He's a descendant of King Arthur; he certainly won't let me die!"

Merlin flailed about like a drowning man, desperately trying to seize any opportunity to save his life.

Moriarty remained unmoved, coldly watching Merlin.

Six years have passed since Moriarty obtained the Ice Moon Necklace and discovered the secret of the prophecy of immortality, until he defeated Merlin, the biggest mastermind behind the scenes.

With the seventh year about to begin, Moriarty will not allow the turmoil caused by the prophecy of immortality to affect the smooth opening of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Therefore, Merlin was destined to die.

No matter what Merlin says or does, Moriarty doesn't need it.

Hogwarts doesn't need a student like that either.

And just then...

A group of people flew in from afar.

"It's Jericho's team!" a young wizard shouted excitedly.

Moriarty raised his eyes slightly and saw Jericho and his four companions, who smiled and waved at him.

"Merlin!" Lionheart's voice was exceptionally loud, filled with hatred.

"You say I don't want you to die?" Lionheart leaped down from the sky and ran to Merlin. "Wrong! I wish I could tear you to pieces!"

"Tell me, why did you destroy my castle?" Lionheart's eyes were bloodshot. "You don't even spare castles in every world?"

Merlin was filled with despair and whispered, "Because King Arthur rejected my suggestion to let Muggles search for the elemental relics."

"Damn it!" Lionheart clenched his fist.

"Go ahead and beat him up, but don't kill him," Moriarty said casually.

He stared intently at Merlin: "King Arthur was right. He must have seen through your ambition. Perhaps he already knew that the scabbard of the sword in the lake was the key to immortality, which is why he separated the scabbard from the sword in the lake, so that you wouldn't get it easily."

"King Arthur and the four chief ministers don't support your search for the elemental artifacts. Do you think that's a coincidence? You fool!"

"It turns out that elemental magic is not the path of magic for you. By following the wrong path, you have brought a catastrophe upon the world."

Moriarty closes in on Merlin.

Just then, laughter came from the horizon.

It was Lilith, along with Moriarty's women, who flew over.

The next instant, a series of "crackling" sounds filled the air, and a large group of wizards suddenly appeared in front of Hogwarts. They were wizards from the Ministry of Magic and Aurors from various countries.

Everyone's here!

They looked at Moriarty, who nodded slightly to them.

Marcus and the others from the Forbidden Forest also ran out.

With a "whoosh," Hagrid opened the gates of Hogwarts, and the teachers and students rushed out of the castle, surrounding Moriarty and Merlin.

Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Nicolas Flamel walked slowly in.

All eyes were on Merlin.

"Merlin," Moriarty said in a deep voice, "studied at Slytherin House at Hogwarts and assisted King Arthur in ruling Great Britain."

"Yet, for the sake of elemental magic relics, he attacked the four great wizards, betrayed Hogwarts, abandoned his friendship with King Arthur, instigated Gump to seize control of the wizarding world, colluded with goblins to attack Hogwarts, and summoned gods to destroy the world."

"Merlin deserves to die!"

"I executed Merlin in the presence of my lover, friends, and comrades!"

"I took Merlin's life with Avada Kedavra."

"I burned Merlin's body with divine fire."

"I shattered Merlin's soul with thunder."

"I used time to erode Merlin's personality."

Moriarty kept his word; Merlin died.

(There will be an epilogue tomorrow, and then this book will be finished!)