A long time ago, Maka was also a person who liked watching movies.
He especially likes epic blockbusters with big scenes and wonderful special effects, because in that case, even if the plot is not outstanding, the audience can applaud and marvel at the visual feast.
But whether the plot is good or the scenes are great, the reason why the audience is called the audience is because they can only watch and cannot really intervene to change everything on the screen.
At this moment, as a time traveler, Maka felt as if she was watching a big movie with a terrible plot. Not for anything else, just because he already knew everything that was happening in front of him.
If someone were to ask him now what the worst thing could be, he would tell that person that there is nothing worse than forcing himself to rewatch a movie that he doesn't want to see.
Yes, he clearly saw the attack of Voldemort and the Black Death Apostles without any ambiguity. But where exactly Greenwald entered Hogwarts, he didn't find out at all.
No wonder he and Voldemort only discovered him when the other party showed up.
However, the harvest was still somewhat rewarding, because he discovered that Greenwald should have entered in a state of invisibility, and he did not reveal himself until he was near the ice coffin. But as for the direction from which he entered, he couldn't find it.
There is also a limit to the range of the ability to sense magic fluctuations, and the outside of Hogwarts is simply too large. If you want to find the other party before they sneak into the school, in addition to luck, you may also need to be extremely prepared.
Now it was time for Grindelwald to have an inexplicable conversation with himself at that time, but he could only stop in the distance, staring at the two small black spots in the castle's vestibule in a daze.
Even though he knew the impending doom, he still couldn't bring himself to take even one step.
Snowflakes were still falling from high in the sky, and the strong wind was still blowing uncontrollably. The cold air seemed to freeze everything in the field of vision, but it was bitingly cold when it was sucked into the chest.
The white color all over the mountains and plains seems to be mourning the passing of Dumbledore, but it also seems to be paving the way for the tragedy of the next moment.
Hogwarts in a snowstorm is majestic, covered in frost like a mythical castle of ice. But who could have imagined that before long this place would become a forbidden land for souls that few people could approach
The ticking sound of the time turner echoed in my ears all the time, telling the passage of time mercilessly.
Of course there are still opportunities. Let alone once or twice, the cycle can continue ten thousand or twenty thousand times. As long as he is careful and does not exceed the maximum lookback time, the number of times is not a problem.
But what to do? How can we save the fate of Hogwarts? Maka, who always had a lot of good ideas in the past, this time held her breath and fell into a long silence.
The familiar plot is still going on, the weird floor-to-ceiling round mirror has been taken out, and the incident has once again reached its powerless ending.
When the mysterious fluctuation suddenly spread, Maka, who was standing far away, subconsciously touched the time turner in her breast pocket. Even he himself didn't understand what he was thinking at this moment.
All he knew was that this time there was no doubt that he had failed.
At this moment, Maka, who was about to turn around and leave and take advantage of the remaining time to think about it, suddenly opened his eyes and showed an expression of extreme astonishment.
"what happened?"
At this moment, he had no time to think about more things, because he actually saw that Voldemort, who was supposed to be struggling next to the ice coffin, could not withstand the first shock at all, and the fragments of his soul had been destroyed. Pulled outside the body.
On the other side, the self at that time was still trying to hold on to his half-pulled-out soul, completely unaware of the situation on Voldemort's side.
As for Greenwald, he had no intention of resisting and was already wilting in the cold snow.
This sudden and strange turn of events did not give Maka a moment and a half to think. He did not hesitate, almost as if instinctively reacting, he quickly jumped forward and swung down the staff in his hand decisively.
Voldemort's soul cannot be sucked away by the round mirror. No matter what happens, this must be ensured. Otherwise, this time will not only be a disaster for Hogwarts
The long-distance use of soul magic is an extremely thankless task. But now Maka must do this, even if her magic power is greatly consumed.
Even if Hogwarts cannot be saved this time, at least it cannot make the situation worse.
Most soul magic is very fast, and at this moment, this extremely solid black skull exerted its maximum speed, quickly crossing a distance of hundreds of feet, and violently smashed Voldemort's The soul fragments were pushed directly back into his body.
Maka, who succeeded in one blow, realized what he had just done. Without saying a word, he immediately turned around and retreated quickly. While staying away from the suction range of the mysterious round mirror, he also took the time to glance over there.
The self that was focused on resisting the suction and pulling back the soul didn't seem to notice his behavior.
After retreating far away, Maka leaned against an evergreen tree and breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling grateful that she was safe and sound. What followed immediately was the overwhelming fear and doubt.
Of course, there is also the brilliant icy blue light beam in the distance, fleeting in the sky.
"What's going on?" He repeated it again as if he could only say this sentence.
The snow on the tree fell down as soon as he leaned on it, hitting him hard, but he had no intention of caring about these small things.
Maka, who was full of puzzles, stood up straight again after a period of boredom and palpitations. Although he has not recovered much thinking ability from the shock, he also understands that the most important thing now is to go back and take a look.
Maka, who hurried back, didn't even notice that her head and shoulders were already covered with snowflakes.
When he took a clear look at the situation in the vestibule of Hogwarts, he found that he had already sprinted towards the door holding the vial containing the fragments of Voldemort's soul.
"... This..." Maka stood in the shadow of the snow forest on the hillside, the confusion on her face gradually turned into a look of contemplation, "Is it true that you didn't notice...?"
Probably because the situation changed so quickly that he had no room to think. Now that he had finally calmed down a little, he finally had enough time to collect his thoughts.
Suddenly, the sudden accident gave him a series of conjectures. And along with the suspicion came a lot of old memories.
“Does this count as having changed, or has it not changed?”
For Maka now, that sudden change was naturally an unexpected situation; but for herself at the time, it was not an accident.
Because at that time, I was not aware of this lightning-like fact at all, so how could it be unexpected
The word "fact" gave Maka a chilling feeling at the moment. Because he suddenly realized that all the influences he had caused during the time review were probably an established fact.
Just like this time when he returned to the past, he was influenced by his own speculation and stopped moving forward, so it did not affect the development of the situation; just like the scene just now, his actions were only one part of the outcome.
Perhaps no matter what he does, the invisible rules of time will tie all his actions into the so-called "facts", but in the end nothing can be changed.
So he recalled that distant memory again, trying to find some clues for reference from the story without Maka.
After a while, he shook his head with a dark expression.
In that old story, Harry and Hermione also used the time-turner, but it didn't seem to change any facts. The executioner's butcher's knife still fell, and Harry and Sirius, who were surrounded by Dementors, were still saved by a stag Patronus.
They may have thought that they let Buckbeak go and changed the past, but they actually didn't see that the giant ax was just hitting a big pumpkin in Hagrid's field. What's even more ironic is that the stag Patronus was released by Harry himself when he returned to the past!
Judging from the Buckbeak incident, how similar are the changes to Maka's current situation
"Humph... What do you want to prove with all this?" Maka chuckled, "This proves that the fact has happened, and I just didn't see it?"
In a few moments, his journey through time and space will be over. Harry and Hermione were able to solve the problem smoothly without any regrets, but will he do the same
Maybe when he comes back, he will find that everything is gone
Maka glanced back in the direction of Hogwarts Castle. The winding river of souls was still shocking, reminding him mercilessly not to take any chances.
He's not Harry or Hermione, he's just him, an incompetent man named Maka McClane.
Maka leaned over and picked up a handful of snow. After rubbing it with her hands, she directly covered her face with her cold, slightly red hands. A strong chill passed through his cheeks and went straight to his brain, suppressing the irritability in his heart.
Yes, in the face of the rules of time that were colder than ice and snow, although he felt deeply powerless, he had no intention of giving up. Now that you have decided what you want to do, how can you give up halfway
After calming down for a moment, the moment he put down his hand, he was stunned by the two figures that appeared in the corner of his field of vision.