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Chapter 781: An Evil Ritual
🕑 Added 2023-05-17 08:53:56 +0000 UTCIf the Harbinger of Doom was trying to summon some terrible monster there, then they would stop the ongoing ritual.
Summoning that monster required huge power support. Destroying the ritual of darkness was equivalent to destroying the plot of Raven's claw near Sicily. Thus, they could no longer absorb the power of the Cyclops, nor could they summon any monster to the world.
There was no need for confrontation. As long as they hid in the dark and waited for an opportunity to act, this mission should become a lot less difficult.
"In any case, preventing them from absorbing the power of the Cyclops is the key to everything," concluded Evan.
"Indeed, that’s what we need to do first," Sirius nodded and continued, "What are we going to do? There are a lot of Dark wizards patrolling inside. They’re probably a lot more prudent than this guy. We may not be able to get through those checkpoints by relying on the Invisibility Cloak alone. If we break through ..."
"Well, I have an idea," said Evan, rummaging through his pocket and taking out a bottle of Potion. "I have the Polyjuice Potion here. You can change into Kagal to attract the attention of those Dark wizards. I’ll put on the Invisibility Cloak and follow you into that stone door and look for a chance to insert the scabbard in the eye of the Cyclops."
He was well prepared this time, and carried almost all the potions he had been making.
"Okay, let’s do it!" Sirius took the Polyjuice Potion and looked at Evan seriously. "But first, if anything goes wrong, you just Disapparate and go to find Hagrid and Madame Maxime. I’ll take care of the aftermath."
“All right!" Evan promised. Every time, Sirius did the same, leaving the most dangerous tasks for himself.
He walked over, plucked a few hairs from Kagal's head, and put them into the brown potion. After the color of the potion became orange, Sirius drank it, and his body changed rapidly, becoming taller and stronger. Soon, he looked just like Kagal, down to the vicious look on his face.
Evan nodded and helped him undress Kagal. Then he put on the Invisibility Cloak.
The two returned back through the tunnel. Sirius did not even look at the house-elves who were digging crystals on the wall, and went straight to the stone gate where the Cyclops was.
He slowed down as much as possible to make himself less suspicious and to enable Evan to keep up.
It could be seen that Kagal's status in Raven's Claw was higher than that of those Dark wizards responsible for patrolling.
They were also wearing the Raven's Claw logo on their chests, but the gemstones in their eyes were ordinary obsidian and had no luster.
According to information received from Kagal, Evan knew that this meant they were only foot-soldiers. They had just joined the Raven's Claw or were ordinary wizards with little strength. Only when they were valued as managers could they be qualified, like Kagal, to replace the raven's eyes with sapphires.
With respect, they watched Sirius who had turned into Kagal. No one came to stop him, and no one dared to ask him what had happened to the two fleeing house-elves. Evan followed Sirius through many checkpoints.
They came to the edge of the huge stone gate, not far ahead was the body of the Cyclops.
Although his soul had dissipated, the huge body immersed in the magma still exuded an amazingly oppressive momentum.
The muscles on his body were high and swollen, and his skin was dark red. It seemed to have crystallized after so much contact with the magma. The translucent surface layer was shining like the surrounding crystals; it was probably very hard to break through...
This layer of skin gave the Cyclops strong physical and magical resistance, and it was almost impossible for external attacks to harm it.
Evan couldn't imagine how Ravenclaw's magic had worked on this monster.
The closer he was to the Cyclops, the smaller he felt, and he could hardly breathe under the great pressure.
This was the magical creature of ancient times, with enough power to dominate almost anything.
In addition to the unparalleled momentum and oppression, what impressed Evan most was the size of this creature! Most of his body was immersed in magma, and the exposed part was just like a big mountain in front of his eyes.
From far away, he could barely see the whole picture and identify which part was the head and which was the body.
Now when he got closer, Evan could only see a part of his body, which was all dark red flesh.
On the rock wall above them were thirteen dark black semi-circular platforms.
The Dark wizards of Raven's Claw were on them performing the ritual. They were all dressed in gorgeous robes, inlaid with silver-white hexagonal patterns, and ruby-colored stripes in the middle. They had the same badge as Kagal on their chests.
Their faces were hidden in hoods, and only shadows could be seen.
The Dark wizards kept reading curses, and a large white mist cloud was rising from the magma. Sweat kept seeping from their skins. As the magic gradually came to light, the complex multifarious dark green magical lines extended along the rock wall to the magma pool below.
Around the pool, Evan could see the dense skeletons; including humans, giants, Merpeople, house-elves, and many other creatures he did not know. These dead creatures were the offerings that were required to start the whole Dark ceremony.
In this secret chamber cut off from the outside world in the depths of the earth's core, there had been terrible evil and crazy crimes.
The hymn continued and the magma in the lava pool was churning frantically...
Evan could feel that the power of the Cyclops was slowly moving up the lines. They were gathered into a pale yellow crystal floating in the air.
This was what the Harbinger of Doom called the Energy Stone, a magical item used to carry the power of the Cyclops. It was made of citrine mined from the outside and was engraved with a complex, mysterious pattern. In the center of the design, there were many esoteric ancient fonts, which were probably crucial to the power absorption.
The power flowing into the stone through the magical lines seemed to be liquefied, and the red liquid accumulated inside the energy stone rested suspended at its center.
At present, the accumulated strength inside only filled about one sixth of the stone.
Not long ago, the Harbinger of Doom had taken away an already filled Energy Stone, and it had been replaced by this new one.
Noticing that Sirius had walked in, a Dark wizard standing on the highest platform asked, puzzled, "Kagal, aren't you supposed to be watching the house-elves working there, what are you doing here?"
"I’m here to check. Just now, two house-elves ran away. I chased after them, and found something unusual in the tunnel above," Sirius raised his head and said loudly, imitating Kagal's tone. “Before the Harbinger of Doom left, he warned me to be careful. There have been many wizards on the island recently, and I suspect someone broke in.”
"Somebody broke in?!" The Dark wizards looked at him in astonishment and stopped the ongoing evil ritual.
"Yes, I am here to show you the evidence I found!" said Sirius, raising his wand high.
Under the Invisibility Cloak, Evan also clenched his wand...
