Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 89 Cycle

"I'm crazy."

"I understand. I'm the one who's gone mad. I've become a monster..."

"Monica is right. The Seed of the Mind changed the plague, and it changed the villagers and me. It twisted our souls, making us unaware of our own death, turning us into ghosts. And the plague controlled our bodies. No, or rather, this is the very nature of the terrible magic that is the Seed of the Mind."

"The Seed of the Mind is a magical parasite. Each spell is a parasite that lives on the subject for a long time, constantly influencing and transforming the subject's mind and body to make them more suitable for its own survival."

"Under its influence, we automatically rationalize abnormalities, ignore warnings, and even actively destroy things that warn us. Our consciousness is turned upside down by it."

"This magic should never have existed; it should be destroyed. I have no more pity for my ancestors. This sinful bloodline must be eradicated."

"Now, this parasite has an even more terrifying tool: it controls the plague. Because of my dying delusions, I used the Seed of the Mind on myself, which merged with the plague to prevent me from being killed by it, and took control of it."

"Now it can spread through plague. It has become the most terrible curse."

"I should be glad I built the wall and opened the barrier early on. Now the village is sealed off; no one can easily get in, let alone leave. I should be glad that even in my most desperate moments, I didn't try to open the barrier."

"That might be the last vestige of my rationality warning me."

"But my sanity won't last long."

"Monica's death was a wake-up call. I couldn't let her sacrifice be in vain. I had to find a way to change all of this..."

"Perhaps I should destroy the seed in my heart."

"Forcing two contradictory Seed of the Mind spells onto one person will damage their brain, turning them into a schizophrenic madman. But I am dead, and the villagers are dead. Destroying the Seed of the Mind will also shatter what binds our souls together. Perhaps I should use this method to bring them peace..."

"For Monica..."

……

"Monica?"

For a moment, I couldn't remember why Monica had died.

"Who killed her?"

"...The pain is lessening...I'm forgetting Monica's death..."

……

January 1st. Another new day!

"January 2nd. I am working hard to heal my villagers."

"January 4th. Everyone was very happy."

January 9th. I'm starting to miss Monica. I wonder how she's doing at school?

……

"I must stop the spread of the plague!"

"We should be destroyed..."

……

January 1st, another new day.

……

The diary entries that follow are chaotic and repetitive, as if Joachim's memories are constantly looping.

In some places, there were also many symbols and messy, unintelligible characters drawn on the walls.

As Selica looked at the diary in her hand, she felt an indescribable chill, a chill that was even more terrifying than the darkness before her.

The Seed of the Soul is terrifying!

She put the diary away. Although the diary was clearly not the "Hornet" that Murphy mentioned, it at least recorded how to destroy the barrier and could also warn Murphy of the terrifying nature of the Mindseed.

She was preparing to leave this terrifying place to look for clues about the Horcrux elsewhere when she looked up and saw the wall covered with grotesque scribbles again.

The writing and drawing on the wall were very similar to what she had seen behind her diary, and she suddenly realized that it was a spell.

"Notam servitutis (brand of enslavement)".

Could this be... the Seed of the Soul?

Just then, a loud "BOOM!" rang out, and a lot of dust fell from above the cellar, as if a huge explosion had occurred outside.

Selica dared not linger any longer, memorized the spell, and quickly ran out of the cellar.

However, the sight outside startled her.

The original hut had been destroyed, leaving only a small part of it. Two figures flew back and forth in the air, with flashes of incantations constantly exploding in the air.

A large number of villagers, armed with various weapons, surged toward the location of the hut.

Someone even used a flintlock pistol they'd somehow acquired to shoot at Murphy in the air. Although the shots were completely inaccurate, they still made Selica's heart pound with fear.

Murphy was in very poor condition. The continuous use of Apparition and Flight had greatly depleted his magic power. At the same time, he had to deal with every attack from the Ghost of Joachim with all his might, but the opponent did not need to consider defense at all and only needed to keep attacking, which brought him great defensive pressure.

"Sand and stones flying everywhere!"

Murphy blocked with his armor spell, but the latter's next attack came immediately.

"Wadi Vasish!"

The rubble in front of Murphy's flight path was struck by Joachim's magic.

With little magic left for high-frequency apparition, Murphy hurriedly turned around, but was still hit by several pebbles. One of the sharp stones grazed his forehead, leaving a deep wound.

Blood flowed into his eyes, causing him to involuntarily close his right eye. As a result, he did not see a zombie with a rotting scalp and a medal hanging on its chest, firing a gun above a two-story building on his right.

"Bang!"

A sharp pain in his abdomen caused Murphy, who was already struggling to stay upright, to suddenly lose speed and fall from the sky.

"Murphy!" Celica was frantic as she watched Murphy crash into a small building and rushed over.

Joachim's ghost also landed on the ground, waved his wand, cleared away the clutter, revealing Murphy lying on the ground.

Although the latter used the Armor Charm to offset the impact the moment it landed, it still suffered considerable injuries. Now, seeing the approaching ghost, it struggled to get up.

Murphy's magic was nearly depleted, and he had no means to truly harm his enemies, but surprisingly, he was not afraid.

At this point, there's no point in dwelling on it.

Let's give it our all!

He raised his wand.

"Sand and stones flying everywhere!"

"Armor for protection!"

Joachim's ghost still held the upper hand, unleashing seven or eight spells in a row. Murphy, hampered by his limited mobility, could only use the Armor Charm to block each one.

Joachim kept disappearing and reappearing around Murphy, just to distract him and disrupt his rhythm.

Gradually, several more ghosts appeared out of nowhere and joined the scene. Although they couldn't harm Murphy, they could confuse him. Several zombies even began shooting at Murphy with firearms and other weapons.

Armor spell, armor spell, armor spell...

The only thing that can help him now is this spell.

But defense has its limits, and a bullet struck Murphy's shoulder between the two armor spells.

He didn't even have time to cry out in pain before he used another armor spell to block Joachim's next attack.

He was already in dire straits.

However, he was still calmly calculating in his mind.

It's nothing, just another spell practice.

Forget everything else and focus on the task at hand.

Then you can defeat him.

A certainty that seemed to come from nowhere made him stand ramrod straight.

He estimated the location of Joachim's next appearance and the timing of his attack, estimated, checked, corrected, re-estimated, checked again, and corrected again...

The attacks from Yoasim and the villagers became more and more frequent, and he struggled to cope more and more, but in his heart, he became more and more calm.

Suddenly, Joachim reappeared and disappeared from the right side of the field of vision.

Murphy's gaze sharpened. Joachim had already repeated the same attack method three times. Murphy was 90% certain that his opponent would appear slightly to his left behind him.

He suddenly turned, pointed his wand in that direction, and the instant the other person apparated, he chanted the spell: "Disarm you!"

The moment Joachim appeared, his wand was knocked away.

Almost simultaneously, another voice rang out from the sidelines: "The mark of enslavement!"

(End of this chapter)