Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Then, Ryan threw it into his vault, and then it slowly fell back to Dumbledore.

At this moment, even Dumbledore was stunned by Ryan's actions.

Kidnapped a Dementor from Azkaban—not even the craziest Dark wizard would attempt such a ridiculous thing!

"Ryan."

But Dumbledore had to say: "Dementors... they may not be intelligent, but they have a crude collective consciousness... I think they will at least know that a part of their 'collective' is missing."

He gently reminded Ryan: "The Ministry of Magic will find out."

"I know, Mr. Principal."

But Ryan nodded at this moment: "But I need it - for Ms. Lily, Mr. Frank and Ms. Alice."

"Ok?"

Then Dumbledore's expression turned serious.

Of course, he cared enough about Lily and the Longbottoms.

"Why do you say that—you think Dementors are..."

"I'm sure they're also the manifestation of someone's desperate soul, Headmaster."

Ryan stated his conclusion decisively.

"They can absorb emotions and make people feel hopeless - I can feel the erosion of this sense of despair, just like Mr. Frank and others."

Ryan said softly.

Just like when he was in St. Mungo's Hospital, he used the Star Soul Avatar to directly contact the souls of the Longbottoms.

He had also felt the despair gnawing at his soul then, similar to the Dementors' - but not as intense.

"But the difference is that Mr. Frank and Ms. Alice at least retain their intact soul structures. This keeps the despair within their souls confined to their own bodies and won't affect others unless you actively contact their souls."

"As for the Dementors... they've apparently encountered a curse far more terrifying than the Cruciatus Curse, which has caused them to enter a completely new stage, even deeper than Mr. Frank and his companions."

"I can't tell you exactly what changes have taken place in their souls at this point, but I have a guess—when a soul is completely squeezed to the extreme by despair and negative emotions, it might lose its basic structure as a soul and undergo some kind of 'qualitative change.'"

"They completely lose their individuality—but strangely, as you said... they develop a kind of 'collective consciousness'."

Ryan's words were very emotional.

Dumbledore was almost stunned by what he heard.

"So they instinctively absorb all good emotions... because that's exactly what they longed for in life?"

He also murmured softly.

"So you think..."

Ryan did not hide his guess: "They are the most perfect experimental subjects in the study of soul collapse - they will not die, and I am sure they will react to the potion that Professor Snape is studying!"

no doubt.

This is completely uncharted territory.

After the soul was squeezed to the limit by extreme despair, it would undergo such a strange change - it became immortal, eternal, and even developed collective thoughts... This was completely beyond Ryan's understanding!

As an outstanding wizard, Ryan is of course curious about everything unknown.

"No... Ryan, you're missing the most important point."

At this moment, Dumbledore's expression was more solemn than ever before.

"I suppose you don't know the origins of Dementors?"

He said so.

So Ryan nodded.

"All I know is that they were born from experiments in dark magic."

Many of the books he had read recorded the existence of Dementors, but almost all of them only mentioned that Dementors were born from a black magic experiment.

"Yes, but not entirely accurate – in fact, the Ministry of Magic has suppressed some information regarding the Dementors."

Dumbledore nodded.

But it was clear that he knew information that was blocked by the Ministry of Magic.

This is not surprising.

With Dumbledore's status and prestige, he is certainly qualified to know everything - especially when he was fighting against Grindelwald in the past, almost the entire wizarding world regarded him as a savior.

"Extis."

He mentioned an unfamiliar name. "He was a dark wizard—active in the wizarding world in the fifteenth century. His magic was very powerful. I mean...some people at the time even thought he might be the resurrection of the despicable Hercule."

"But from the information I've received, he's not the despicable Helpo, but in terms of the level of black magic... both of them have indeed gone very far in this field!"

This sentence made Ryan realize what Dumbledore meant.

A dark wizard who could rival the despicable Herpo—that meant that the dark wizard named 'Extis' must be a legendary wizard.

"He established the original Azkaban, where he conducted evil experiments in the Dark Arts... He would rob passing Muggle sailors, and it is said that the island was always filled with screams of pain."

Dumbledore said deeply.

"And after he was finally driven away by the Ministry of Magic at the time, the Ministry discovered the bodies of those Muggle sailors and... Dementors!"

He pointed to the whistle on Umbridge's chest. "That whistle belongs to Axtis... The research records found by the Ministry of Magic on this island show that he would blow the whistle before each torture to let the sailors know that the torture was about to begin - just like taming a pack of dogs."

"So the Ministry of Magic believed that Extis's dark magic experiments were to create this evil creature through the sacrifice of Muggles, but now it seems that this speculation is obviously not accurate!"

Dumbledore said this.

Ryan naturally understood what he meant.

Dementors are essentially souls that have been crushed by despair and have undergone some strange changes.

"Are they the sailors?"

Ryan said incredulously.

At this moment, the degree of shock in his heart was almost unimaginable.

because...

"But they are magical creatures—they have magical powers!"

Obviously, he realized that this was the 'key' that Dumbledore mentioned!

Yes—Dementors are dark and twisted, but they are undeniably magical creatures!

But if they came from Muggle sailors who were tortured and driven mad, wouldn't that mean...

"After some special, incomprehensible changes... can Muggle souls also give rise to magic?"

This idea almost overturned Ryan's cognition.

"Emotions, soul, magic, body... they're all mysterious, Ryan."

Dumbledore said softly.

"To this day, even the best wizards dare not say that they have fully understood their connection."

But when he said this, he seemed to suddenly recall something from the past.

"However, Dementors may not be an isolated case - I have a student who is quite knowledgeable in magical beasts. He once tried to study some non-existences similar to Dementors, such as... Obscurus."

When he uttered the word 'Obscura', Dumbledore's tone suddenly dropped.

The past events were still vivid in his mind. He whispered, "His research shows that Obscurus are often born from some special little wizards - their spirits have been traumatized, and this special magic is born from their souls..."

"The magic of these little wizards may not be strong, but the Obscurus born from their souls is extremely powerful!"

"If you were to research Dementors, I'm sure he would be happy to share his experience with you."

At this point, Ryan was also stunned.

Obscuran—of course he had heard of this strange non-existence.

But he had never heard of anyone studying this thing as a magical animal.

However, at least he understood the meaning of Dumbledore's words.

"You agree that I may take this Dementor away?"

"of course."

Dumbledore said softly, "Of course the rules are important, Ryan—they bring order to everything."

"But if a small lie can save a few good and righteous souls, then... why not?"

At this, he smiled a Gryffindor smile.

"lie?"

Ryan raised his eyebrows and looked at Umbridge on the ground thoughtfully.

"Oh, that's right."

Dumbledore chuckled and held out his hand: "Ms. Umbridge didn't have time to blow the whistle, and a Dementor attacked her before that - we rescued her, but the out-of-control Dementor is nowhere to be found..."

Obviously, this is a lie that is easily exposed and is unreasonable in many places.

But Ryan knew that if Albus Dumbledore had modified the memory himself, then there would be few people in the entire wizarding world who could find the problem!

"Mr. Fudge will of course not believe it completely, but he will completely conceal the matter because it is a huge failure of duty on the part of the Ministry of Magic - and the only person who will be punished for it is Ms. Umbridge."

Ryan added with a subtle expression.

He began to understand why Dumbledore restrained his power so much.

Because with the level of most wizards in the wizarding world today, if Dumbledore uses his power unscrupulously.

Then...he might be able to control the entire magical world without anyone knowing!

"Okay, Ryan."

But at this moment, Dumbledore did not say anything more about this matter.

He simply waved his fingers lightly, and his Phoenix Patronus transformed into a stream of silver-white light that enveloped Umbridge.

Then he looked down.