The replay spell is undoubtedly a powerful tool for Aurors when investigating crimes.
Because it can force another wand to play back the spells it has cast in reverse order, starting from the most recent spell cast and going forward until there are not enough traces of the spell left in the core of the wand to reveal it.
According to several wand makers, the time limit for replaying the spell should be closely related to the material of the wand core.
"You know, some wand core materials are actually more forgetful." - These are the original words of Garrick Ollivander.
But no matter what the core of the wand is, when encountering a situation where the Death Curse needs to be replayed, the person buried under the Death Curse will reappear in the form of a phantom.
Although this kind of humanoid phantoms that are similar to ghosts are just a phenomenon, they actually retain part of the memory before and after death, as well as a personality that is almost consistent with the deceased.
When this phenomenon first appeared in front of wizards, some people mistakenly regarded it as a method of summoning spirits to manifest. But when spiritual wizards and scholars carefully compared it with actual ghosts, they found that it was just a simulated magical phenomenon.
It's just that the simulation of this phenomenon is so realistic that it is difficult for most wizards to distinguish it.
But now, Maka realized this on the spot.
In front of him, the expressions of the young men and women looked a little gloomy. They just floated faintly in mid-air, looked at each other, and then fell silent as they stared at the old wizard Lenny who was tightly entangled by the magic rope.
Obviously, given their personalities, they are unable to identify the murderer by their own will even after death. This is undoubtedly sad for an intelligent creature.
"Am I... already dead?" Zoe floated next to Maka, looking down at her hands, seeming to be trembling slightly, "Yes, I am dead... I remember."
Maka stared at her, a look of confusion on her face.
He could feel that the young witch at this moment was made up of pure magic and a part of broken rule runes, with nothing else mixed in it.
Yes, the structure is exactly the same as other spells.
However, "she" has a fairly complete consciousness, and there should be enough memory left to support her to maintain consciousness.
But where are these consciousnesses and memories stored? Maka was puzzled.
"...Hello," Maka suddenly said, "Excuse me, are you the Zoe that Joshua mentioned?"
Zoe, who was showing surprise at her state, suddenly turned around, her light body making her movements appear light and erratic.
"Oh... yes, you are?" She paused in confusion, and then suddenly said, "Ah! Are you the 'McLean' that guy mentioned?"
Zoe seemed to quickly remember what Joshua had said. Before Joshua went berserk, he mentioned Maka's surname repeatedly, and it was at that time that Zoe remembered this surname.
"As you said, I am McClain," Maka nodded, "Maka McClain."
As he was speaking, he hesitated a little.
"Well, I'm sorry..." Maka sighed, "I seem to be late."
“No, how can I blame you—” Zoe shook her head decisively, but said a little sadly, “It’s just that my parents and grandma don’t know that I’m dead yet… If they knew, they would definitely Wouldn’t it be very sad?”
"I can't help you much on this point," Maka said, "but if you can tell me your full name, then I can at least help you convey some last words to them."
“My surname is Kowalski,” Zoe pursed her lips and said softly, “But it may be difficult to find my parents because they left the United States for a long time... You can find my grandmother, she is now It should be in Dorset, England."
"Really?" Maka nodded, "What are the specifics?"
"It's not hard to find... As most of you British people should know, my grandmother's sister is Newt Scamander, the author of "Monsters and Where to Find Them."
Maka couldn't help but be slightly surprised when she heard this.
"...Oh, indeed most of them know," he nodded thoughtfully, "I think the news of your death may allow Mr. Scamander to temporarily terminate his retirement life."
"Is it because... Gellert Greenwald?" Zoe said, hesitantly, "Actually, I have something to say to you-"
"Oh, please."
Maka glanced at the staff in her hand. The top of his staff was still facing the tip of the old wizard's wand, and the magic thread was not interrupted.
While the two of them were talking, the replay spell continued to work.
"...I will convey your words to your loved ones as fully as possible."
“No,” Zoe shook her head again, her expression becoming serious, “I didn’t mean to say that.”
She paused for a moment and then said quickly: "Mr. MacLean, before I died, I accidentally read a memory of this dark wizard—"
"What memory?" Maka glanced at the old man subconsciously.
"It's about you and Grindelwald," Zoe said, "Grindelwald is deceiving you with falsehoods! He asked the old man to send a girl to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, wanting-"
Maka was listening carefully to Zoe's words, but suddenly he turned his head sharply. Almost at the same time, a burst of magic blew away Zoe's figure in an instant, and her words stopped abruptly.
"That's not possible," the old wizard snorted. "How can a replay spell expose the truth? Old Lenny is really just an ordinary wizard..."
"...Grinwald." Maka immediately understood the situation as soon as she saw the change in the old wizard's expression.
"Hello, we meet again." The other party said calmly, "Although I really want to have a good chat with you. But I'm sorry, I'm really busy here this time, so it's not suitable for chatting with you... "
Before he finished speaking, Maka didn't even have time to say anything, but she saw a strange surge under the skin of the old wizard's body, and then exploded.
Maka reacted as quickly as possible, ignoring the fragments of flesh and blood in the sky, and quickly waved the staff.
"Here comes the wand!"
However, what flew into his hands were only several broken wooden poles.
"This cunning-"
Before he finished complaining, his expression changed again. In the next second, he quickly took out the door key and disappeared into the stone room with blood stains all over him in the blink of an eye.
…
When Maka appeared at the gate of Hogwarts again, his pupils shrank instantly.
On the second floor of the castle, right where the school hospital is, a dark hole stood out. And in the mid-air outside the castle, a black mist with sparks flowing inside was flying towards the Ravenclaw Tower in the west at high speed.
The black mist was so huge that Maka had never seen it before.
"Oops!"
To be honest, he thought he had paid enough attention. He even left an alienated Acromantula in the ward of the school hospital for surveillance due to certain signs.
But he never thought that it was his owl Mafa who finally warned him.
In fact, it was too late. Without even thinking about it, Maka immediately activated her agility ability, bursting out at her fastest speed so far, and swept towards the Ravenclaw Tower like a strong wind.
But he has scruples after all. Ordinary magic spells can hardly stop the Obscurus, but the powerful power of rules can easily cause terrible accidental injuries.
But that black mist was obviously unscrupulous.
Maka released several obstacle spells in the distance, barely slowing down its speed a bit. The silver-white giant eagle that followed at full speed hit the side of the black mist heavily.
But this series of attacks still failed to completely stop the black mist.
"boom!"
The black mist, which was forcibly changed by Maka's patron saint, dragged its long tail past the Ravenclaw Tower, causing a gap in the outer wall of the tower to collapse.
I saw some figures being knocked out of the castle by the impact, and falling towards the lawn below along with the broken bricks. Maka immediately cast a large-scale floating spell, otherwise the lives of those students would be in danger even if they just fell.
At the same time, the Silver Eagle Patron Saint did not rest, but was fighting with the black mist in mid-air.
Maka didn't know exactly how many casualties had occurred in that incident, and whether Luna was among them. But even if she was fine, Maka couldn't feel relieved now.
He rarely gets angry, but this time he was really angry.
However, he saw that the wizard's robe stained with the blood of the old wizard Lenny moved automatically without any wind. This was a sign that a wizard had mobilized all the magic power in his body.
Generally speaking, ordinary wizards cannot activate all magic power, but good enough wizards can do this.
In the next moment, Maka suddenly raised the staff, and the ice-blue regular runes on the top of the staff immediately appeared, and an extremely solid blue-white light pillar shot straight into the sky.
The black mist entangled by the silver giant eagle was penetrated by the light beam of the power of rules in the blink of an eye. Not only the direct impact part was completely dissipated, but also the surrounding black mist turned into frozen white. .
When it fell to the ground from high altitude, its structure could no longer support itself, and it turned into a piece of crystal and scattered in the night wind.
After seeing that the attack was effective, Maka ignored it and hurried straight to the lawn next to the Ravenclaw Tower.
It was only then that the regular light beam in the sky disappeared. Wherever it passed, it left behind only countless scattered ice crystals and snowflakes.