Chapter 193 Power Talisman
The desk was filled with densely packed research notes, all of which were written by Schelling himself.
If someone took a closer look, they would find that these notes were all about the research of beast curse magic, such as the research of turning people into five-legged monsters, the research of turning people into snakes, and the research of the curse on werewolves.
The floor in the corner of the laboratory was full of five-legged monsters and werewolf corpses that had been dissected and bloody and difficult to distinguish. These five-legged monster research samples were captured by Schelling on the island of Dria in the Hebrides, asking Sister Gulana to capture them with the elite adventure team of the Medieval Wizard Union and Silver Spear. And those werewolves were hunted for him in Knockturn Alley by the female demon and the vampire royal family.
Schelling flipped through the notes of the "Human Form Restoration Spell" obtained from Lockhart. In addition to the spell to restore the werewolf to human form, there were also textual research on the origin of werewolves and some speculations about the werewolf curse. These speculations and principles gave Schelling a lot of inspiration. Then, he flipped through the beast transformation spell in "Forbidden Transfiguration" and the curse magic in "Curse of Abathair".
A few days ago, he had successfully used the human form restoration spell to turn a fully transformed and mad werewolf back to human form.
Of course, the werewolves after the successful experiment were also rewarded by Schelling - they were killed cleanly. These werewolves used as experimental samples are all wanted criminals who have committed crimes in Knockturn Alley. In Schelling's view, becoming a werewolf may be a sympathetic experience, but this is not a reason to succumb to the discrimination against werewolves in reality and choose to embark on the path of committing crimes.
What's more, when the Rawl family fell, under the arrangement of the little wolf, these werewolves had the opportunity to leave Fenrir Greyback and join Schelling's command, but they did not cherish that opportunity and insisted on following Greyback all the way to the end. Sorry, Schelling is not a saint, he will not give a second chance.
The success of the "Human Form Restoration Spell" gave Schelling valuable experience and inspiration. This gave him a deeper understanding of Transfiguration and curse magic.
His purpose of studying the Human Form Restoration Spell was not to deal with werewolves. Just kidding, he could easily deal with Lupin who turned into a werewolf last semester. Werewolves were almost no threat to him.
The reason why he spent time studying was actually to share this spell with the global wizarding world and contribute to the improvement of spells and defense against the dark arts. It was also his original plan to gain fame in the academic world. Moreover, he had promised Sister Gurana that he would link his personal achievements with the organization. Sharing the achievements and reputation of inventing the "Human Form Restoration Spell" would undoubtedly make their interests closer.
Secondly, Schelling did not forget the benefits of the Merlin Knights. In the last semester, Schelling had won the Merlin Knights' third-level medal by publishing the combination of the Patronus Charm and the Happy Charm. According to the charter of the Merlin Knights' Order, it was used to commend people who "have made contributions to knowledge reserves or entertainment."
If he published the research on the Human-Shape Restoration Spell again this time, he would definitely meet the qualification for the second-class medal - according to the regulations, it is used to commend "extraordinary achievements". Publishing two spells that can greatly improve the Defense Against the Dark Arts for two consecutive years undoubtedly meets that condition.
This is not the end. Once he gets the second-class medal of the Order of Merlin, Aunt Leah will have a reason to propose that he join the Wizengamot as an alternate. This time his joining will be legitimate, and even Dumbledore can't find fault with it.
These are the reasons why he studied the Human-Shape Restoration Spell in the first place, but what he didn't expect was that compared with the knowledge and experience that came with the successful research, the above benefits are nothing at all.
Schelling found inspiration for improving a very important magic from the Human-Shape Restoration Spell.
For this so-called inspiration, he also used a large number of five-legged monsters and werewolves to conduct experiments, and he must research the ideal magic in his mind.
The success of the Human-Shape Restoration Spell gave him confidence and made him choose to take the next step in his research.
He walked to another corner of the laboratory, where a transparent cylindrical container made of special materials was placed, and inside it was Nagini, who had not appeared for a long time!
Schelling poured a bottle of light green potion with 6 pints into the container, and the potion gradually filled the bottom of the container until the entire snake body of Nagini was soaked in it. As soon as the potion touched Nagini's snake body, it was automatically absorbed through its skin and slowly reduced at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This bottle of specially refined potion was inspired by Schelling's wolfsbane potion. The specially improved formula is specially used to reverse the disease caused by the deformation caused by curse magic. It contains unicorn horns to restrain the power of curses, and mature mandrake roots that can reverse the effects of dark deformation.
(Note: The "petrified eye" of the basilisk itself is a kind of dark deformation, so petrified patients can be cured by the mandrake resurrection potion)
About fifteen minutes later, all the potions were absorbed by Nagini.
Schelling took Nagini out of the container. After experiencing all the cruel experiments Schelling had conducted on Nagini before the start of last semester, even though Nagini was just a cold-blooded animal without emotions, it was afraid of Schelling's methods. At this moment, it wrapped around Schelling's arms obediently and let Schelling hold it in his hands. It did not look ferocious and biting at all as in the original book.
Schelling placed it on the experimental table, arranged it in the shape of a Möbius circle connected end to end, then pointed his wand at it and read loudly: "The curse is gone!"
Black-green light floated on the struggling and curled snake body, and ancient curse marks emerged one by one. Xie Lin was surprised to find that this curse mark was seventy or eighty similar to the curse marks on Astoria's body.
Nagini's skin, flesh, bones, and blood were peeled off bit by bit. The magic potion absorbed earlier was now showing its effect on these parts. The holy aura unique to the unicorn's horn came from Nagini's skin and bones. Flesh and blood spread out, and for a moment the laboratory was filled with a holy atmosphere. Xie Lin increased the output of his magic power. Under the guidance of the magic power, the curse marks on the snake's body were dissolved bit by bit.
At this time, Nagini's soul faintly emerged. It was a slender, snake-shaped white mist with an extremely evil "power" talisman (Thurisaz) engraved on it!
Thurisaz represents the most primitive power, also called the power of chaos. This power has no distinction between good and evil. However, the magic talisman engraved on Nagini's soul is as red as blood, with a fishy smell and overwhelming blood. , the crooked strokes faintly reveal a heart-stopping evil.
"This smell of blood..." Xie Lin frowned slightly, "Interesting, this is the blood of the rune snake... Is this the legendary Gorgon's curse?"
"It's you!" Xie Lin raised the corners of his mouth slightly and read loudly: "Kill the soul and split the soul!"
Yes, this is the magic that I have seen from Armand II. This was originally one of the secret soul spells of the Black family. It is specially used to cut and destroy the soul. I don’t know how Armand II learned it. Gone.
What Xie Lin wants is not Nagini, but the cursed talisman attached to its soul!
A sickle emitting silvery white light sliced hard at Nagini's soul in one fell swoop! Nagini only had time to neigh before she suddenly lost her voice!
Xie Lin showed no mercy and controlled the sickle to cut off the curse talisman from the soul. This curse, which was originally used to cause harm to the soul, was used by Xie Lin as a scalpel specially used to cut the soul. The cursed talisman was completely cut off from the soul, and many of Nagini's souls were also cut off. He dug out a shocking hole in the snake-shaped white mist.
"Aquila, help me!" Schelling shouted.
As soon as the mark on the back of Xie Lin's neck became hot, Aquila appeared immediately, but was shocked by the tragic scene in front of it. It said in stunned silence: "You, what are you doing?"
"I don't have time to explain to you." At the same time that Aquila appeared, a large animal skin book with a simple shape suddenly appeared in front of Xie Lin. It was the Book of Merlin inherited from Merlin. This book did not It's not a book that can be opened and read, but a magic weapon. There are all kinds of magic in the book, including magic for sealing!
"Now help me seal this cursed talisman into this book!" Xie Lin said hurriedly.
Aquila let out a long scream, and her whole body turned into a streak of colored light, flying quickly around the cursed talisman floating in the air, and pulling it towards the Book of Merlin bit by bit. Aquila and the magic talisman slowly moved towards the Book of Merlin.
When Aquila dragged the magic talisman and entered within one foot of the Book of Merlin, the Book of Merlin seemed to sense something and suddenly opened in half on its own, revealing the two blank pages in the middle of the book upwards, and a dazzling white light emitted from the paper. Light.
The cursed talisman seemed to have encountered a natural enemy. In just a moment, it was sucked into the page by an invisible suction force. A lifelike crimson "power" talisman appeared on the page, and a link appeared around the talisman. The image of a snake encloses the talisman in the middle. The evil atmosphere in the laboratory disappeared in an instant.
Xie Lin looked at Nagini's almost non-snake-like body, hesitated for two seconds, and finally snorted coldly: "Well, it's not easy for you to practice cultivation - ah, no, I said it wrong, you have contributed to my research." For the sake of contribution, and I haven’t committed any evil deeds yet, I’ll save you once!”
Xie Lin took out two bottles of liquid from his pocket. The first bottle was Phoenix Tears, which can promote blood circulation and muscle growth, and can almost save lives from near death. Xie Lin poured the entire bottle of liquid on Nagini, only to see the snake. The body is slowly growing and reshaping, but the reshaping process is different from its original form.
"Is it because there is no longer the influence of the curse?" Xie Lin watched this scene with interest, "In that case..." Xie Lin raised his wand——
"Reverse transformation!"
The snake's body was hit by the magic spell, and it struggled vigorously and shook. A breath that has no shape or mass, that is ubiquitous and unobservable, fills the entire space.
The charred skin and bones seemed to be refilled by a skilled painter. White bones, pink meat, and purple blood vessels grew one after another. Soon, the snake body floating in the air turned into a human form!
Xie Lin looked at the white soul mist with a big hole in the middle, crushed the second potion bottle, and sprinkled it all on the white soul mist. This potion is the blood of the Tibetan Snowman, which is very precious and can heal the damage to the soul. The white mist of the soul is nourished, and new white mist is slowly produced to fill the hole...
"Go back to the time when you were a human being, and unite your soul and body!" Xie Lin recited the last spell of the day, and the white mist merged into the human body in mid-air little by little.
When everything was calm, an oriental woman with closed eyes appeared in the laboratory. She looked about 25 years old, at the prime of her life. She was still wearing the national costume popular in East Asia decades ago, a long dress with wide sleeves and her hair was tied up and draped.
Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and after a while, they opened. They were a pair of pure eyes without any impurities. She blinked and said in a bit of stiff English: "Who am I? Where is this?"
Gorgon means snake woman. There are three in Greek mythology, and the famous Medusa is one of them. In the Harry Potter universe, Gorgon, like the harpy, is a legend circulated in the wizarding world and only appears in the dialogue of wizards. Gorgon comes from Hagrid. In the first part of the original book, when Hagrid first met Harry, he used "the running Gorgon" to express that he almost forgot to send a letter to Dumbledore.