Chapter 217 Unknown Liquid (Updated)

After sorting out the power of "coercion" in his hands, a new round of plans and calculations gradually took shape in Schelling's mind.

Time is getting tighter and tighter. It is now the end of March, and there are only three months left before Voldemort's resurrection. Schelling needs to make sure that every chess piece falls into the right position.

After thinking about these, Schelling turned his mind to the mystery of "absolute domination".

According to Schelling's understanding, this should be an invincible magic. Once this move is used, all wizards will return to their hearts and all demons will kneel down. So--

Why is there still a strong enemy that Slytherin thinks he can't solve? Even if we don't say that this is just a fantasy character that Schelling unilaterally speculated, it is clearly written in the history of wizards that Slytherin once competed with Gryffindor in public, and the two sides were evenly matched and tied. This battle is also the basis for why the four founders with different ideas can jointly establish the school on an equal footing.

So, this magic must have limitations that Schelling doesn't quite understand. It is definitely not the kind of magic that is absolutely invincible.

The reason why I can use such a terrible effect on Sharf is probably because there is a master-servant contract between the two of us. Sharf, as a servant, is naturally easy to be restrained by me.

Then, what kind of effect will it have on other people?

Assuming that Schelling's conjecture about "Slytherin's strong enemy" is correct, then this magic must be ineffective against people who are stronger than me in some aspects. That aspect can refer to "personality strength" (that is, will and consciousness), "mental strength", or even "magic level".

The Imperius Curse is a good reference. The Imperius Curse and "Absolute Domination" are both magic that influences and even controls other people's minds. The only difference is that the Imperius Curse uses extremely strong pleasure to blind others' minds, making them willingly driven and become a puppet, but the pleasure will fade over time, and the controlled puppet will sooner or later break free from the control of the Imperius Curse. For example, Old Barty in the original book successfully did it, breaking free from Voldemort's Imperius Curse and running to Hogwarts to report the news.

The principle of "Absolute Domination" is not to rely on any emotion to blind the mind, but to completely distort a person's personality and change a person's cognition. Schelling can imagine that the recipient of this mystery will not know the fact that he is being controlled, let alone remember his previous character and personality. It is almost impossible to break free from control.

But no matter how different the two are, if you want to succeed in casting the spell, it is based on the same premise-

You must invade the other party's spirit and soul in order to erode, influence, and transform the mind of others.

It is very difficult to do this. Even with the strength of Voldemort and Dumbledore, they could not cast Legilimency on Snape, which is why he can be a double agent; even with the strength of Barty Crouch Jr., he could not cast the Imperius Curse on Harry in the fourth grade after trying several times in class.

According to the example of the Imperius Curse, Schelling has several inferences:

First, people with strong personality power cannot be easily taken by the "Absolute Master".

Second, people with strong mental power or proficient in brain occlumency also have a certain resistance to the "Absolute Master".

Third, the so-called invasion of the mind and brain is actually achieved by using an invisible energy mixed with mental power and magic power. In other words, even if the opponent's mental power and personality power are not enough to resist the "Absolute Master", as long as his magic power is strong enough, it is likely that the caster will need to increase the consumption of the mind and brain when invading. As long as the opponent's magic power level is not less than his own, he may be able to consume until his own magic power is exhausted.

In the third point, the "Absolute Master" is completely not as useful as the Imperius Curse. Because "Absolute Domination" requires too much energy, the invading party will definitely consume much more magic power than the party that simply defends. So this point needs to be paid special attention to. If you accidentally use up all the magic power and fail to cast the spell, you will really be at the mercy of others.

Let's talk about the scene in the basin at this moment.

Dobby used the elf's unique cleaning and sorting magic to start cleaning the weeds and rocks on the ground. While casting spells, it moved by apparition, and its busy figure could be seen everywhere in the basin. And Sharfu turned into a big snake, wandering on the ground, trying to use the snake's sense of smell and perception to search the entire basin.

Just as Xielin opened his eyes, a scream came from where Sharfu was.

Xielin ran quickly to where Sharfu was, and Dobby had already appeared there. It turned out that when Sharfu transformed into a giant snake, she found a small hole under a rock. The size of the hole was just enough for a giant python to get in, so Sharfu got in. Inside, Sharfu found a brand new mysterious cave, and hurriedly backed out to call for help.

Sherin asked Dobby to stay where he was, as a warning and guard. He and Sharfu transformed into giant snakes at the same time and got into the ground.

There is a cave underground. It is a space filled with powerful magic fluctuations. There are many protective magic circles around it, which isolate the atmosphere here from the world. No magic fluctuations will leak out. That's why Xie Ling missed this cave with his magic eye. And ordinary people will not drill into a snake hole like Sharfu did, so this cave is extremely difficult to discover.

The cave is not big, and you can see every corner at a glance.

In the center, there is a stone platform with a large green bowl on it. The bowl is filled with dark black unknown liquid.

With Xie Ling's alchemy attainments, he just got close and smelled it. Although he couldn't see what it was, it was not difficult to see that this liquid should be a poison for the magic in the wizard's body. It may not be fatal, but it can definitely make people's magic power decline in a short period of time. Once taken, even with Dumbledore's magic level, it may be reduced to the same level as Muggles.

Xie Ling guessed that the really important thing should be hidden at the bottom of the bowl. Only after drinking most of the poison can it be obtained. As for using magic to eliminate the poison, Schelling didn't even think of trying it. The famous Slytherin would never make such a low-level mistake.

Huh? Why does this routine seem familiar?

I can only say that Voldemort is worthy of being the last descendant of Slytherin. Are their thoughts and practices so similar?

In fact, Schelling thought about it carefully, and this arrangement is actually quite reasonable. Whether it is Slytherin or Voldemort, they are the same kind of people in a sense, who prioritize the goal and the result, and are shrewd and cunning. In this way, their enemy, that is, the person they least want to have the bowl taken away, must be a person who values ​​principles, justice, and love like Dumbledore and Gryffindor.

This arrangement is quite effective for such people, because they will not let an innocent person take the risk of drinking poison. The justice and moral standards in their hearts do not allow them to do so.

But it is different for Schelling, who is also a Slytherin.

Although Schelling valued feelings and had mercy on his enemies, he was not a person who would make a fool of himself in such an important place.

Yes, he would never let anyone around him take this risk; yes, he would not even let Dobby, who was completely loyal to him, take this risk; he even doubted whether he had the determination to catch an innocent Muggle to drink this bowl of water.

However, this did not mean that he had no other way.

He took out a person who was petrified into a statue from the space of the suitcase. That was his first enemy in his life - Gallup Lestrange.

He waved his wand and removed the petrification on Gallup. Gallup, who lost his wand, was self-aware. He knew that he was a fish on the chopping board and had no intention of resisting at all.

This was also good, saving Schelling from using the Imperius Curse on him.