Regarding Haierbo, Maka knew from the beginning that this would definitely be a protracted battle.
To be honest, even Haierbo, who had just risen from the ground, was obviously not in his prime. But even so, Maka only managed to gain a slight advantage through trickery.
If he were to fight against Haierbo in his heyday, even with his current ability to initially master the rules of the soul, the possibility of failure would still be high.
When it comes to Haierbo's true strength, Ewan Ravenclaw seems to be quite clear about it.
Like Maka, he knew that Haierbo had to be held back before the plan could be truly completed. Even the real plan was not allowed to be known to Haierbo, who was known as "despicable".
Until now, sacrifices have been made time and time again, and the water has been muddied again and again. In the final analysis, it is just a matter between a few people, but during these days, the global magic community cannot live in peace for a moment.
Just like today, the most critical night in the plan, even though no one knew that they would meet secretly in Azkaban, the two of them still spread false information in advance, just to ensure that everything was foolproof.
However, with any plan, there is always the risk of someone finding out.
Not to mention the Muggle world, there are too many ways to obtain information in the wizarding world alone.
Whether it’s using detection magic to search around like a fool, or searching for the source of information from people spreading information, or even looking for a prophet or astrologer who may still exist...
No matter how many ways the seeker can bury the secret, the seeker who wants to obtain the secret will have more ways to dig it out again.
And now, Haierbo has obviously done it.
"Oh? How did you find out?"
Faced with Maka's on-the-spot revelation, Haierbo remained unmoved. He still showed a joking smile on Old Yoon's face.
As for Maka, she didn't panic when she saw this, but became calmer and calmer.
"Do you even need to ask?" He said coldly, "If you want me to think that this is actually Old Yoon betraying me at a critical moment... don't say so much useless nonsense."
"Oh... I originally wanted to use the secret of blood to convince you, but it turned out to be unnecessary?" Haierbo nodded thoughtfully, "It makes sense, I will write it down for reference... However, when you find out, Weren't you really surprised when I took over Youn's body?"
As he spoke, he suddenly shrugged and said specifically:
"Not to mention the 'dementors' on this island - since you choose to work here, you must know that it is difficult for me to come here in the state of my residual soul... The method I used to capture this body alone is... It can be said to be a real 'secret' that no one should know except me and a certain person."
As mentioned before, even Herbo, who is proficient in the rules of the soul, cannot unlimitedly commandeer the bodies of other wizards, especially guys like Ewan Ravenclaw and Maka who have particularly powerful soul powers.
But just now, Lao Youn didn't even show any sign of resistance, and was quietly taken away from the control of his body.
Unfortunately, this is the only thing that Maka wouldn't be surprised at all.
Compared with the matter of "Helbo took the body of old Youn", what made him a little more confused was the former - that is, the question of "how to break through the dementors".
But, of course... Even the Dementors themselves were created by Haierbo, and it doesn't seem too bizarre that he can pass the experimental subjects that are neither humans nor ghosts.
"Because I've read The Book of Jazz."
Maka didn't mind giving an answer to Haierbo's question.
"Oh?" Haierbo couldn't help but asked suddenly after hearing this answer, "Does the magic book written by Merlin still exist to this day?"
In fact, Maka had read that book when she visited the restricted book section of the Hogwarts library for the second time, although it was already a translation by a certain headmaster.
But since that book is not a magic book, but just a magic notebook, there are not many obstacles in reading it.
And Maka still remembers clearly that the "Book of Druids" included an inventory of the Druids that Merlin knew. For example, which wizards are good at species switching, or which wizards are proficient in the study of magical creatures, will be listed one by one.
For example, Rowena Ravenclaw is a scholar with profound knowledge in species conversion magic; and for example, Helbo, a dark wizard who has made waves several times, because of his knowledge of various blood and soul aspects. Transformation is also among them.
Nowadays, although Old Youn maintains a long life by greatly modifying his body, his research on biological modification is still far behind the veteran powerhouse Helbo.
Therefore, the result of "being found by Haierbo" is something that Old Youn has been trying his best to avoid.
Perhaps it was because both Maka and Haierbo were quite familiar with the "Book of Jazz", so Maka only had a little explanation, and the latter quickly understood the problem and did not continue to ask any more questions.
Then, Haierbo, who nodded slightly, couldn't help but sigh:
"I have to admit, you surprise me time and time again..."
"From the beginning, your understanding of magic caused me to misunderstand and misjudge the 'magic' of this era, so that I accidentally lost the body that had been with me for more than a thousand years; after that, You repeatedly violated my whereabouts, forcing me to leave the area around Hogwarts."
"And just recently, you once again forced me to give up that body, and then you let me hear a lot of false information..."
Haierbo listed everything Maka did against him in rough chronological order. It wasn't until the end that he stopped talking and paused briefly.
"So," he finally casually looked at the island where Azkaban is located, looking at the dementors flying around, "this is to prevent me from getting close to this place within a certain period of time. ?”
After saying this, he turned his attention to the rune array behind Maka and pointed at it.
"Let me guess... You actually want to use the huge power of the disaster star to pose some major threat to me? Hmm... For example, smash my Devouring Mirror to pieces?"
Since he has already talked about this, he actually has the intention to completely pierce the window paper. If the nonsense just now was just a test, now is the time for the real showdown.
Maka, who knew this, immediately tensed up her nerves and was ready for a surprise attack at any time.
However, even at this moment, the staff in his right hand was still pressed against the formation diagram behind him, showing no intention of stopping its operation.
"If you think so, then so be it!" Maka said perfunctorily, "Smashing a mirror is also a smash, and smashing you to death is also a smash... Since they are all the same, then of course the one closest to you will be smashed."
Seeing his indifferent look, Haierbo suddenly raised the corner of his mouth and smiled strangely.
"Isn't it 'since they are all the same, then they are all destroyed'?"
"boom!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a dull sound of stomping, and Haierbo was seen rushing towards Maka with brute force on the physical level.
In just an instant, the distance between the two shortened to only a few inches, and Halbo's huge fist even touched the clothes on Maka's chest.
But when he got here, Haierbo couldn't help but stopped - because he was shocked to find that he suddenly couldn't move!
"How can it be?"
"How is it impossible?"
Regarding Haierbo's doubts, Maka quickly answered him with a rhetorical question.
"Weren't you suspicious that I was 'not surprised at all' just now? Then after knowing that I had read "The Book of Jazz", why didn't you doubt more whether Youn and I had made some preparations? ?”
As he was speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and patted the shoulder of the "muscular man" standing in front of him.
"Yoon, can you speak? Do you need any more help from me?"
As Maka asked these words, the huge body began to tremble slightly. From such a close distance, you can clearly see that those knotted and hard muscles are trembling slightly, and each joint creaks immediately.
Not long after, a vague voice came from his throat:
"It's very... difficult, even more... than imagined..."
"Shut up! Go...go back!"
Before Lao Youn finished speaking, another voice with the same tone but completely different tone immediately interrupted him.
Maka heard the sound and nodded in understanding. And then, he stretched out his free left hand and waved it in front of his forehead, and the translucent soul rule runes flashed by in an instant.
But before the effect of the rune could be fully released, a giant palm suddenly grabbed his wrist tightly, and the powerful force squeezed his muscles and bones.
Maka, whose left wrist was held, naturally felt severe pain, and the soul rune dissipated without a trace. But he just twitched slightly at the corner of his eye, and soon used his magic power to outline the cooling rune he was most familiar with, and the majestic low temperature spread in an instant.
After a continuous freezing sound of "clicking", Haierbo had already let go of his wrist and withdrew again at a speed that was slightly faster than when he rushed over just now.
Maka, who was still standing in the ultra-low temperature area, silently shook her left hand, and the severe pain eased slightly.
On the other side, Haierbo's expression was no better than Maka's. He casually tore off his body a few times, tore off several chunks of frozen flesh between his chest and abdomen, and threw them to the ground.
Just before the physical regeneration ability in his bloodline was activated, Maka even caught a glimpse of some organs that were still squirming.
"It seems that your 'preparations' are not sufficient?" Haierbo wiped the blood stains on his face and said with a ferocious expression.