At the same time as she sensed further abnormalities in the flow of magic power, Maka directly and roughly broke the trap spell arranged in the corridor and flew towards the depths of the corridor.
When he quickly reached the deepest part of the corridor, he immediately saw the stone door at the end. And the magic in the air is constantly flowing into that door.
Just as he was getting closer to the door, the sound coming from the door made him speed up again.
"... Hehe hehe... Hahaha... I understand! I finally understand how to create the most powerful Obscurial! Grindelwald! Facts have proved that I am not an 'ordinary wizard who can be seen everywhere'! Even if I leave With your help, I will also become a successful wizard! Hahahaha... "
Listening to the faint words coming from the door, the old wizard was obviously close to madness. Even though all the spells outside were forcibly broken, he did not distract himself from his chanting.
"boom!"
As Maka approached the stone door, she raised the staff decisively and blew it into pieces. Then, he rushed in without hesitation just like before.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw an old wizard with bloodshot eyes looking at him fiercely. And right in front of the old wizard, a shirtless young man was kneeling there with his back straight, his half-length brown hair flowing freely.
The magic power floating in the air seemed to be drawn by some inexplicable force, constantly rushing into the young man's body.
On the ground next to the boy, there were several boys and girls of similar age lying staggered on the ground, seemingly no longer breathing.
"...Who are you?" asked the old wizard Lenny.
But Maka didn't pay attention to him, but focused on the young man - he could feel that the natural magic power that could not be directly used by the wizard was now being sucked into his body all the time, and Transformed into the strange energy of the Obscurial.
Maka knows that this is indeed one of the abilities of the Obscurial, and it is also the reason why they are stronger than ordinary wizards. But this kind of highly sustained and efficient absorption and transformation seems a bit incredible.
"Who are you! Answer me—"
Seeing that his question was ignored by Maka without any care, Old Lenny was immediately filled with resentment. He hated this feeling of being ignored, especially after being abandoned by Greenwald. This unhappiness made him even more crazy.
"Answer me!" he roared in that old and hoarse voice, "Avada Kedavra!"
A dazzling green beam of light erupted from the tip of his wand, twisted slightly in the air, and struck towards Maka like a green lightning bolt.
But Maka didn't even look at it. She just waved her staff and used the guidance of magic to draw the life-killing curse aside. The green light passed him by, seemingly dangerous but it hit the stone wall behind him neatly.
"Originally, I thought you were just an incompetent researcher who went astray," Maka said casually as she walked towards the boy, "but at least you have worked tirelessly."
"...But I have to admit that I was wrong."
As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Old Lennie, his eyes full of contempt and indifference.
"I didn't expect that you didn't take the wrong path at all, but you were just trying to deceive yourself and others by escaping. You may be able to deceive yourself, but can you also deceive others?"
"What do you know!" Old Lennie pointed at Maka angrily, clenching the wand tightly with his wrinkled fingers, the tip of the wand trembling violently, "Who are you? Who are you!"
"In order to avoid me, you gave up the monastery and moved here. Now I'm standing in front of you, but you don't know who I am?" Maka looked him up and down and said, "For these boring studies, for yourself Have you lied to yourself to the point where you are losing your mind?"
After saying that, he shook his head and returned his gaze to the young man kneeling on the ground.
The old man's words were ridiculous, because although the energy in the young man's body was constantly solidifying, it gradually became stagnant.
It is true that he is powerful. If he breaks out, his power will be amazing - but he must be able to exert it. However, the alienated magic power condensed to such intensity has long been beyond the control of humans.
Not to mention controlling this energy for normal use, even if it is allowed to run wild on its own, it will only turn into a mass of ownerless energy after killing the host.
But the old wizard Lenny seemed to have heard some huge insult, and he waved his arms violently, showing his madness.
"You said this was 'boring research'?" he hissed loudly, "Do you know what kind of research I am doing? And you said I was 'avoiding' you? If it weren't for Greenwald's order, you would be like this You little kid, I don’t even care at all!”
Greenwald's denial almost made his decades of hard struggle meaningless; and Maca's contempt ruthlessly smashed his dignity as a wizard scholar.
Most of the space in Lennie's heart was already occupied by anger. Just like Maka said, his mind has become abnormal.
It was clear that the life-killing spell just now was easily broken by Maka, but he was unaware of certain situations that could not be ignored.
"... Do you understand what you are talking about?" Lenny said loudly, "How can a boy of your age understand my great research!"
"It's nothing more than using some extreme means to stimulate his fragile spirit..." Maka said disapprovingly, "Someone had done this in the dark ages a few centuries ago."
Seeing the shock on the old man's face, he couldn't help but shook his head again.
"Don't you know this?" Maka seemed to be a little uninterested, "There are records about the Obscurus in the literature. Although it is not stated explicitly, it is not difficult to understand with a little speculation. And the method used , it’s nothing more than Legilimency or the Imperius Curse, right?”
He kept saying words that implied a squeeze, turning his speculations into fuel to anger the other party, trying to make the old man completely lose his mind in anger and frustration.
After all, this guy is Greenwald's old subordinate, so he must know a lot of information. But if Legilimency or Veritaserum is used, Greenwald may not have left a defensive back-up.
If you want to get the information you want out of his mouth smoothly, it's best to let him say it himself.
Having said this, Maka suddenly turned around and strode towards Lenny.
"You're going to-"
When the old wizard saw his sudden action, he immediately waved his wand. But as he has been immersed in research all year round, he has long been unfamiliar with wizard duels. Before his spell could take shape, Maka swung a magic rope and strangled his neck.
"As for the specific spell used, all you need is-" Maka pointed the staff at the tip of the wand in the old wizard's hand and cast a less commonly used spell.
"Pre-Flashback Curse."
When Maka recited the incantation, a magic power swirled out from the head of his wand, turning into strands of invisible threads and connecting with Lenny's wand.
Immediately afterwards, a piece of gray smoke spurted out from between the two staffs and spread quietly.
A slightly blurry picture soon appeared in the smoke:
A young child was being bullied by a group of other children. Countless shoe soles stepped hard on him, leaving a large number of footprints on his old clothes that did not fit well.
But after the bullied child returned home, he was scolded by his parents who did not allow him to talk back.
Obviously, this was the shadow of the childhood of the boy kneeling on the ground. To him, perhaps the most terrifying thing in the world is the bullying of his peers and the injustice of his parents and relatives.
"Well, is it really the Legilimency spell?" Maka nodded immediately as she looked at the scene that was repeated over and over again.
When using Legilimency on another person to forcefully read a certain memory of the other party, that memory will also be replayed in the mind of the person being cast. If you read that memory repeatedly, you can force the other party to recall it over and over again.
This method of letting people relive the most painful past time and time again will indeed fill the hearts of some people with fragile hearts with despair.
The so-called Obscurials are a group of children who possess magical potential but have no guidance and are depressed. It is not unimaginable to trigger them to go berserk in this way.
But what exactly caused the old wizard who originally wanted to control the power of the Obscurus to suddenly want to detonate these "bombs"... This is a question.
"It's better to say that you only thought of doing this now, which surprises me even more!"
Maka said, trying to lift the replay spell and dispel the gray smoke screen. But before he could take action, the vision that appeared next made him stop moving again.
However, he saw that the recurring images suddenly dissipated, and then a ball of light silver mist suddenly poured out from between the sticks, condensing in the gray smoke screen.
It was a figure composed of light mist. Although the details may not be clear, the person's appearance could be roughly distinguished.
Maka turned her head subconsciously and looked at the young man's side - among the young men lying on the ground who were no longer breathing, there was one who looked very similar to that figure.
The replay spell plays back the spells released by the opponent's wand in reverse order. If there is any spell that would cause the replay spell to behave in this way, it is undoubtedly the death curse.
Those who die under that wand will briefly appear in some form. Of course, it's not a soul or anything, it's just a phenomenon.
While Maka was comparing back and forth, more figures emerged one after another between the two staffs, hanging lightly in front of Maka.
Suddenly, Maka spotted a familiar figure that he had only seen a while ago.