Chapter 98: Four Deductions of Occlumency! Deep Blue Source? Magic Necklace!
Along with Charles' call, the pieces of information that he had not had time to read carefully in the fierce battle appeared again in the deep blue.
There is a dazzling array of black magic, including the Shadowless Sword, the Upside-Down Bell, the Cruciatus Curse, and all the black magic materials that Ciel learned from Snape in countless reincarnations after casting the Mirror Curse on him.
After all, Snape was a master of potions and the head of Slytherin. Whether it was magic obtained through potions or magic obtained from Slytherin-related nobles, his knowledge was profound.
These materials alone would allow Ciel to save countless points in his deductions on black magic.
In addition, all of Snape's knowledge of potions was also acquired by Charles and turned into the material of Deep Blue.
With these accumulations, Ciel can easily complete four or even five deductions in alchemy, and his attainments in alchemy can be comparable to or even surpass Snape in a short period of time.
In this way, Charles can prepare most of the potions by himself and stimulate the magic power of various magic materials to the extreme, instead of swallowing them raw which is quite wasteful.
As for the atavistic potion that increases the blood concentration of the three-headed dog Luwei, it will be much easier for Charles to study it.
At the same time, Charles also gained a lot in terms of mental strength and mental-related magic.
The mental confrontation with Snape not only allowed Charles to obtain a lot of advanced materials on Occlumency and Legilimency, but also greatly reduced the points required for deduction in the field of mental magic.
Even his mental strength increased a lot during the confrontation.
According to the theory that Professor Flitwick told Charles, the power of a spell is largely linked to mental strength.
Therefore, the increase in mental strength has conservatively increased the power of Charles' spells by more than 30%!
This is on the premise that Charles did not continue to deduce the brain occlumency technique.
At present, Ciel's brain occlumency technique has only been performed twice on the Hogwarts Express. If it is performed three or even four times, his mental strength will probably increase greatly, and even more characteristics such as faster thinking reaction and enhanced memory will appear.
After taking stock of all the gains in his mind, Charles couldn't suppress the excitement on his face.
"Making a fortune!"
The harvest this time was so rich that even Charles was a little worried.
It seems that the deduction points are not enough again!
Which aspect should be improved first?
After hesitating for a moment, Charles made a decision.
Magical strength and spiritual strength are the two factors that determine the power of magic.
Ciel has already had experience with the former, and he can improve through the feedback of the magical Animagus.
This requires sufficiently powerful and ancient blood of magical animals. For example, the three-headed dog of hell that he seeks requires an atavism potion to achieve this.
Alchemy also requires the independent deduction of potion formulas, as well as the collection of medicinal materials and the refining of potions. There are too many things to do in total and it cannot be completed overnight.
But mental strength can be improved by practicing brain occlumency.
Therefore, Ciel's first choice was to continue to deduce the brain occlumency technique.
"Deep Blue, Occlumency triple, quadruple deduction!"
Following the whispers in Charles' mind, Deep Blue deducted nearly 200,000 points.
At the same time, more knowledge about brain occlumency came.
The first time he performed Occlumency, Charles reached a state where his brain was closed and not disturbed by distracting thoughts, just like in meditation.
In this state, the adverse effects of his adult soul and spirit were erased, allowing magic to exert greater power.
The second deduction was that Occlumency gave rise to the Memory Palace, which visualized the process that knowledge is spirit and knowledge enhances spirit, allowing Charles to have a practice method that can continuously improve his mental strength.
At this moment, the third deduction was derived again based on the memory palace.
During the third deduction, Charles felt that his control over his spiritual world was becoming stronger and stronger.
He walked in the spiritual world, in the deep palace of memory, and felt as if he was walking in reality.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, the mithril wand was in his hand.
Then, Charles cast a spell that was exactly the same as the one he cast in reality.
As his thoughts turned, Charles' eyes flashed with all the people he had ever fought or witnessed.
With a single thought, he could recreate the day he looted Knockturn Alley.
The self and those dark wizards from Knockturn Alley that day appeared in the spiritual world, repeating the actions of that day.
Charles looked at the skills he had displayed at that time. From his current perspective, there were still many rough spots.
Whether it was the control of the battle rhythm or the accuracy, speed, and power of transformation, they were far inferior to what they are now.
Then, the battle with Snape appeared before his eyes again.
He could even analyze the battle from his own perspective and Snape's perspective at the same time, as if it were some kind of virtual game and Ciel was the administrator with the highest authority.
At this moment, a deep blue reminder sounded in Charles' ears.
"The third deduction of Occlumency is complete, and the host has gained the ability of mental simulation."
"The host can simulate the things and magic that you have come into contact with or understand in the spiritual world. This ability can be used to simulate combat, spell research and development, potion refining, and other aspects."
"The clearer the host's understanding of these things or magic, the better the simulation will be."
"At the same time, the more relevant knowledge stored in the memory palace and the higher the level, the closer the simulation will be to reality."
“If it is knowledge that has been stored in the memory palace, it can be simulated 100% completely.”
Charles' eyes showed surprise.
If this ability is used well, it can definitely play a huge role.
For example, when facing a strong enemy, you can use the intelligence you have previously acquired to simulate a battle first, so that you have a clear understanding of the enemy's habits, and then fight him in reality.
In this way, you can definitely seize the opportunity.
Also, if you only have a precious material on hand but want to prepare an extremely important potion, you can also use the simulation ability first to increase the success rate to the highest level.
Even in spell research and development, this ability can greatly increase efficiency.
After being surprised, an indescribable strange feeling emerged in Charles' heart.
The third deduction of Occlumency, I always feel a sense of déjà vu?
Soon, this feeling became stronger after four rehearsals of the brain block technique.
Because Deep Blue clearly pointed out that the result of the four deductions of brain occlumency was exactly - knowledge deduction!
"Based on the memory palace and mental simulation, the host can use the knowledge deduction function to conduct subsequent deductions on existing knowledge in the mental world."
"This action will consume the host's mental power. The more complicated the deduced knowledge, the higher the level, and the more missing the material, the more mental power will be consumed."
"If we collect materials that are helpful in the deduction process, the mental energy required for deduction will be reduced."
Seeing this, Charles' pupils shrank slightly.
He finally understood the source of this sense of déjà vu.
Simulation, deduction...
Isn't this similar to Deep Blue's functionality?
The third and fourth iterations of Occlumency are close to an extremely weakened version of Deep Blue?!
"Or is there a possibility that my infinite deduction system, Deep Blue, could be a brain-blocking technique after infinite deductions?!"
Such a thought occurred in Charles' mind.
He couldn't help but ask Shenlan.
"Deep Blue, do you have any connection to Occlumency?"
"How were you created?"
A mechanical voice responded immediately.
"Host, please obtain more materials about the history of the magic world and the nature of magic, so that the system will have the authority to answer the corresponding questions."
This answer made Charles's eyes look even more strange.
Not admitting it, nor denying it, but giving yourself more material about the history of the wizarding world and the nature of magic?
As for the history of the wizarding world, he had already stored the entire "History of Magic" in his memory palace.
Why did Deep Blue allow himself to obtain materials about the history of the wizarding world?
That is to say, the history recorded in "History of Magic" is not comprehensive, and even has huge omissions, and does not touch the true history of the wizarding world, so Deep Blue gave such a hint.
So, what period of history has not been touched upon in "A History of Magic"?
In Charles' mind, subconsciously, all the fragments of words about the so-called ancient times that he had come across so far emerged.
The first time he came into contact with the magical world was when Dark Seid sang praises to the so-called ancients and the Old Ones almost crazily, searching for their traces.
He also vowed to Charles that the era of the ancients would surely return again.
In the dream world of R'lyeh, Charles indeed saw the magnificent and strange city and the low whispers coming from the temple in the center of the city.
Then in Gringotts, when they came into contact with Apparition, the goblins proudly declared that the spatial passage full of ancient flavor through which they Apparated was a gift from the ancient gods in ancient times.
Next is the existence in the dragon's blood sea in Romania, and words such as ancient and era are also mentioned.
Ciel took a deep breath.
"If only one side says that, it could be a coincidence."
"But the little bits and pieces I've come across now all indicate that the magic world may have an ancient and forgotten history long ago."
"From what Deep Blue said about the need for me to obtain more materials on the nature of magic, that period of history is probably related to the source of wizards' magic power and the nature of spellcasting. Professor Flitwick mentioned to me that countless spell scholars are trying to solve the question of where the magic power of spells comes from. This may also be related to this."
"The magic world is very complicated. Even the Deep Blue system has some secrets behind it..."
After pondering for a moment, Charles, still without any clue, shook his head.
"Forget it. Without any clues or materials, it's useless to think about it."
"Since I'm not at the level of being exposed to this kind of information yet, I should focus on improving my own strength first."
"If we can pull the being in the Romanian Dragon Blood Sea out of the coffin head-on, we should be able to get a lot of information."
"Or if I could freely enter and exit the dream world of R'lyeh, perhaps I could also obtain the most direct historical truth from it."
Thinking of the dream world of R'lyeh, Charles' heart moved slightly.
He had been thinking before that the reason he couldn't freely enter and exit the dream world of R'lyeh was probably because he wasn't crazy enough, not as crazy as Dake. If he could be that crazy, maybe he could enter by himself.
This kind of change involving the mental level is related to the brain occlusion technique.
Now that I have performed the brain-blocking technique four times and can simulate spells in the spiritual world, can I simulate Dark's crazy mental state?
Then, Charles began to try.
In his spiritual world, the figure of Dark appeared with dancing tentacles and emitting a creepy and ominous aura.
"It's done, I'm done!"
Dak's crazy shouting echoed in the deep memory palace.
Then, Charles switched to Dark's perspective, trying to understand Dark's madness.
But soon, after trying several times, Charles chose to give up.
The madness he could feel seemed to be superficial, and something was missing.
There's a feeling that the actor wants to portray mental illness, but it's still not crazy enough compared to real mental illness.
Charles guessed that, on the one hand, it might be because his level of brain occlumency was not high enough to simulate that kind of madness.
On the other hand, it may be that I have never experienced that kind of madness from a first-person perspective, but only saw it from a bystander's perspective, so naturally I don't understand the nature of that kind of madness well enough.
The former is relatively easy to solve. Just gather up the points and continue to deduce the brain occlumency technique.
Or continue to fill knowledge into the memory palace and increase mental strength, which should also enhance the effect of mental simulation.
But the latter is troublesome.
Dak has huddled in the dreamland of R'lyeh and won't come out. I'm afraid he won't give me another chance to be pulled in.
Where can I go to experience Dak's madness from a first-person perspective?
Charles frowned, then relaxed again.
Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. The most important thing is to improve our strength first.
Your strength has improved, are you still afraid of not being able to find the corresponding information?
After four rounds of brain occlusion surgery, Charles' mental strength has obviously improved a lot compared to before, and the power of the spell continues to increase.
Furthermore, his newly acquired mental simulation and knowledge deduction abilities were also of great help in improving his overall strength.
Although the current strength of this ability is not enough to help Charles continue to deduce spells such as the Sun Without Light, the Holy Kingdom, and I Am the Only God, not to mention the magic Animagus and the dragon language magic in the ancient dragon form.
But for most common spells, these two abilities are more than enough to deal with them.
When Charles has nothing to do, he can practice and deduce ordinary spells in the spiritual world.
With his current mental strength, an ordinary spell can unleash considerable power and can be used as a supplementary means.
Furthermore, if you can gain some insights in the process of your own deduction, and later decide to use Deep Blue to do higher-level deductions, you can also save a lot of deduction points.
In addition, this knowledge of spells can also be filled into the memory palace to help Charles continue to improve his mental strength.
Although this process is not as immediate as that achieved through Deep Blue, the accumulated results will be quite significant.
Charles closed his eyes, immersed in the simulation and deduction of the spiritual world.
……
At this time, outside the turbulent Hogwarts, in a village in the wilderness of northern Scotland.
The only bar in the village had a small hall and dim lights.
It cannot be said that it is extremely cold in northern Scotland in September, but a biting cold wind can still be felt outside the window at night.
The wind that slipped in through the window howled miserably, as if there was a ghost hiding in the wind.
The shadows of the trees outside were reflected in the dim light, like ferocious hands grabbing at living creatures.
In the bar, several wizards in black robes sat around a table, each with a greedy look on their face.
They were the unlucky guys who were taken for "fishing" on the day when the Charles looted Knockturn Alley. After being robbed of all their belongings by the Charles, they were beaten up by other dark wizards. They also owed debts to Gringotts, so they were forced to come to the wilderness of northern Scotland in search of the legendary fang necklace.
After excavating dozens of ancient tombs, they finally found it.
Now, a beautiful necklace was placed on the table in front of them.
The necklace is made of an unknown magical metal, and the craftsmanship is unknown, but at first glance it looks exquisite, with a strange, cold, and chilling beauty.
The main body of the necklace is made of several fangs made of the same material.
The shape of this fang is extremely strange. They checked and found that it is neither an ordinary creature nor any kind of magical animal.
But several wizards did not care about this, thinking it was just some kind of artistic processing.
After seeing this necklace, who would care where the fangs came from?
It is so beautiful that one wants to possess it forever.
Just looking at it makes people feel a sense of satisfaction from the heart, a kind of morbid enthusiasm.
Several people stared at the necklace for a long time without blinking, almost forgetting everything else.
The bar owner looked at this group of strange people and took two steps towards them nervously, wanting to ask them if they wanted some more wine or some food.
He had only taken a few steps and saw the necklace on the table through the gaps between the wizards' bodies when the tray in the bar owner's hand fell to the ground with a clang.
The sound of the tray falling to the ground startled the leading wizard, waking him up from a dream.
But his companions around him, including the bar owner, seemed unaware and continued to stare at the necklace, with greed and passion in their eyes becoming more and more morbid.
The wizard had an ominous premonition in his heart.
The scene of digging out the necklace appeared in his mind.
In the gorgeous coffin, the owner of the coffin, who had rotted away to the point that only bones were left, was clutching the necklace tightly in his hand.
Its canine teeth protruded, and its face, which had turned into bones, revealed a hideous smile.
When the necklace was dug out, the howling of some kind of wolf or large hound seemed to be heard from the far distance in the wilderness.
But at that time, all of them seemed to be possessed by a demon.
They pried open the tomb owner's hand, took the necklace, and then fled in panic without knowing what happened during the process.
By the time I could remember, I had already arrived here.
When thinking of this, the wizard's panic was about to overflow.
And the next moment, the howl of a hound came from the wilderness outside the village.
Compared to the howling heard when the grave was dug, this howling was much closer.
The wizard could no longer suppress the inexplicable fear in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to Apparate away.
But just as he tried to Apparate, he seemed to be extremely close to the wolf's howl. He could even smell the stench coming from behind him, as well as the extreme greed, madness and hunger that he could feel without seeing it with his own eyes.
If he hadn't stopped Apparating immediately, he felt like he would be torn into pieces in an instant the next moment.
Not daring to delay for even a second, the frightened wizard broke open the door of the bar and fled frantically.
The moment he tried to Apparate, he sensed Hogwarts, which was not far away.
Escape to Hogwarts and you'll be safe!
Hogwarts has the White Lord Dumbledore and so many powerful professors.
Whatever it is, they can handle it.
and also……
A figure appeared in the wizard's mind, and he felt fear but also a little more confidence.
That little devil, ah no, the guardian of justice and nemesis of dark wizards, Sir Charles Evans, is also studying at Hogwarts now.
Considering that I once gave him the unicorn horn, the dragon's heart, and the venom of the eight-eyed giant spider, even if those professors and Headmaster Dumbledore don't help, I can go and beg him, and maybe he will help me!
He kept running until the next morning, not daring to stop for even a second, as if there was something invisible behind him, glaring at him hungrily.
Not until the sun broke through the cool morning mist of northern Scotland did he feel a sense of safety in the sunlight.
No matter what it is, a curse or a dark magic creature, there will always be a hint of restraint in the sunlight, right?
Although he was extremely tired, he couldn't help but rest for a while under a tree.
His eyelids were becoming heavier.
A bizarre dream enveloped him.
In the dream, there was a dark city that seemed to be standing in the void and whose location was unknown.
All the buildings in the city violate human architectural principles. They do not look like human houses at all. The twisted angles seem to have internal rules.
In the center of the city, a tall tower rises in a spiral shape, and vague whispers can be heard from the tower.
A fear of facing the great existence in the unknown invaded his heart, making him shiver in his dreams.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly opened his bloodshot eyes.
It was like no sleep at all, fear and panic were never far away from him.
That city, those spiral towers, and those weird angles made him dizzy. He seemed to have trouble distinguishing between dreams and reality, and there seemed to be some strange scene vaguely appearing before his eyes.
Just then, he felt something cold on his neck.
After reaching out his hand subconsciously to touch it, the wizard felt a chill in his heart and extreme fear came over him like a tide.
The magic fang necklace was hanging around his neck.
He seemed to hear the howl of a hound again in his ears.
The howling was getting closer and closer to him.
(End of this chapter)
