Chapter 266: Dark Night Wand

In the Muggle world, there was a world-famous scientist in the early 19th century. His name was Charles Robert Darwin. His masterpiece "The Origin of Species" proposed the theory of biological evolution. He believed that species in nature It will "evolve" in the process of adapting to environmental changes. For example, humans (Homo Sapiens) are a new species that evolved from apes.

In the world of wizards, a wizard once put forward a similar argument. He believed that the first generation of wizards were some human beings who burst out the chaotic magic power in their bodies in order to adapt to the harsh environment and war at that time, and successfully mastered this kind of magic. Idealism has the power to influence reality.

It is a pity that he did not have the same luck as Darwin, and his theory has not been widely passed down. To this day, except for a few wizard historians who specialize in ancient history, no one remembers his name.

The biggest reason why the theory of evolution is not popular and recognized in the wizarding world is because of the existence of fire dragons and giants, which are living evidence to the contrary——

Their ancestors are extremely powerful ancient dragons and ancient giants. In ancient times, various legends such as "Hell Dragon King", "Immortal War Dragon", "Titan God", "One-eyed Giant Demon" and so on emerged in endlessly. Their terrifying reputation It is an existence that makes other species only fear and surrender, and then look at their current descendants——

Fire dragons have become the playthings of wizards, captured by goblins to guard treasure houses, kept in breeding areas by wizards, and used as raw materials for potions, wands, and alchemy items...

There was only the last tribe of giants left in the world, and they were driven by wizards to the Ural Mountains in western Russia. It was desolate and resource-poor. By 1995, only a few eighty people were left because of internal strife and internal strife...

According to their situation, there seems to have been a gap in ancient civilization, which led to the degeneration of these two powerful species... and indirectly led to the wizards gradually not believing in the existence of "evolution"...

Even though Dumbledore was in the state of mind of a centenarian, he was still in disbelief at this moment.

There was a faint dragon's roar in the void, rising and falling, like undulating waves. As Xie Lin's dark night star cloak was raised high, it lit up like stars, refracted in the mid-air, like A magnificent and fantastic picture of magical fluctuations.

Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Ms. Maxim, and Principal Karkaroff seemed to be aware of this. The four of them frowned slightly, but they couldn't explain why.

As the master of the Elder Wand, Dumbledore can clearly see the true face behind the fluctuations of magic power——

It was a creature very similar to the Thestral.

Like the Thestral, it had no flesh at all on its body. The black fur was tightly attached to the skeleton, and every bone was clearly visible. Huge bat wings grew out of the ridges between the shoulder bones.

The difference is that the four long legs that were supposed to be horse hooves now turned into dragon claws made of similar black skeletons, and its head, which originally looked like a dragon's head, now grew three long legs. Long black curved horns, and rows of sharp barbs sprouted from the dragon's nose and chin.

The most striking change is that Yeqi's eyes, which were originally pupilless and blank, have now turned into a pair of pupils burning with green flames.

Dumbledore couldn't help but think of the ancient legend——

Just like the ancient divine dragons degenerated into modern fire dragons, and just like the ancient giants degenerated into modern giants, the ancient ancestors of the species Thestrals were legendary magical creatures that corresponded to the power of death——

Draco Mortem.

The five divine dragons alongside the "Hell Dragon King", "Immortal War Dragon", "Holy Light White Dragon", and "Blood Weeping Red Dragon".

Does this mean that "evolution" really exists, and that the remaining spiritual consciousness of the Thestral attached to Schelling's wand——

It has evolved into its ancestor, the Night Corpse Dragon!

Dumbledore's tall and thin body swayed, even though he knew in his heart that it was just the residual consciousness cultivated from a tail feather using special alchemical techniques, and could not possibly show the power of those dragons in ancient times that destroyed the world and destroyed the world. But this is already impressive - after all, this is something Dumbledore hasn't been able to do with the Elder Wand for half a century!

He immediately made a decision. His fingers hidden in his sleeves shook quickly and made a complicated gesture. A loud phoenix sound seemed to come from a distant place...

Hearing the unique long cry of the phoenix, the steps of the four warriors all paused to varying degrees. Harry even stopped completely and looked around curiously, trying to find out where the phoenix sound was coming from.

Even Xie Lin, who was walking the most steady pace, paused for an insignificant moment. He suddenly felt a warm and slender thing in the secret pocket of his cuff. After touching it lightly, I was 90% sure that this must be a tail feather from Phoenix Fox.

He seemed to understand something, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he continued to walk out of the auditorium without stopping.

[The Thestral Wand upgrade - "The Night Wand"! 】

["Item" Fox's tail feathers obtained! 】

The warriors walked out of the auditorium together and slowly walked down the steps. Bagman seemed to ask very enthusiastically: "How are you, do you feel okay?" Although it seemed that he was extending condolences to all the warriors, his eyes were only focused on Harry. body.

"Pretty good." Harry replied awkwardly.

They entered the Quidditch pitch, which was completely unrecognizable. A hedge twenty feet high surrounded the edge of the field. There was a gap in front of them, which was the entrance to this large maze. The passage inside is dark and a bit scary.

Five minutes later, people began to enter the stands. Hundreds of students filed into their seats, and the air was filled with excited voices and chaotic footsteps.

The sky was now a clear deep blue and stars were starting to appear. Hagrid, Professor Moody, Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick walked into the sports field and walked towards Bagman and several warriors. Their hats were adorned with large, shining red stars, except for Hagrid, whose star was on the back of his terry vest.

"We will patrol outside the maze," Professor McGonagall said to the warriors. "If you encounter difficulties and want to be rescued, just shoot red sparks into the sky and someone will come to help you. Do you understand?"

The warriors nodded together.

"Okay, you go!" Bagman said happily to the four patrol members.

The four people walked away in different directions and scattered around the maze. At this time, Bagman pointed his wand at his throat and recited "loud voice", and his magically amplified voice echoed in the stands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the last competition of the Triwizard Tournament is about to begin! Let me report the current score——"

"Shailene Malfoy - 92 points, first place, Hogwarts School!" The applause and cheers frightened the birds in the Forbidden Forest and flew into the darkening night sky.

"Eleanor von Hohenheim and Harry Potter - 85 points, tied for second place!" There was another burst of applause from the stands. "Katarina Grindelwald-Monroe - 70 points, third place, Beauxbatons Academy!"

Xie Lin saw from a distance that the Luciuses, Draco, Pansy, the Greengrass sisters, Murray, Susan, Qiu Zhang, and Luna were all sitting in the same row, applauding Catarina politely. He waved at them, and each of them smiled and waved at him.

"Now... Schelling, listen to my whistle!" Bagman said, "Three-two-one-"

As a short and sharp whistle sounded, Xie Lin waved the night star cloak on his shoulders, held the wand in his hand, and four tennis ball-sized light balls appeared behind him, emitting a gentle light like the moonlight, and walked in with a high head. Entering the bottomless maze, the entire figure blended into the darkness instantly and disappeared from the sight of the spectators in the stands.