White light illuminates the dim cemetery like daylight.
Sean and Thomas across from him all looked at the place where the white light appeared.
The white light gradually dissipated, and the old man with white beard and hair appeared in mid-air.
"Professor Dumbledore..." Sean recognized the person at a glance.
However, the way Dumbledore appeared in white light was something he had never seen before.
Moreover, there seems to be something wrong with Dumbledore's condition.
In Sean's impression, Professor Dumbledore always maintained a wise and plain imagination. Even though he had seen him tired many times, it was still the normal fatigue displayed by an old man.
state.
However, Dumbledore's sudden appearance today made Sean feel a little nervous.
The old man's face was filled with anger, but his left eye was firmly closed, while his right eye looked normal. Moreover, Dumbledore's chest was heaving violently, as if he had experienced a big battle before coming here.
.
Dumbledore was floating in mid-air, his plain white robes swaying slightly in the night wind. He turned his back to Sean and faced Thomas and the three of them, which just allowed Sean to see his hands behind his waist.
His right hand tightly grasped the wrist of his left hand. The left hand had already shown two contradictory states of dryness and edema. One finger was as dry as dry wood, and the other finger was swollen and not human-like.
What was Dumbledore doing before he came here...
Thomas and the other three people also saw the appearance of the person coming. The three people who moved in unison all opened their eyes with obvious shock.
"Professor Dumbledore!" Thomas' voice was filled with shock and panic, but also with something that Sean couldn't understand...envy?
"I'm so sorry -" Dumbledore spoke, but instead of speaking to Thomas, he turned to Sean and smiled apologetically, "Sean, this is something I didn't expect. I thought it was specially made.
The door key can ensure your safety when you go out to recruit students, but I still didn't think about it..."
"Professor, do you know this situation?" Sean did not remove his magic flame. He pointed at the Lloyds beside him.
Dumbledore frowned.
After a moment, he said: "I had some ideas, but I didn't expect this to be the case..."
Hearing this, Sean also frowned.
In this way, Dumbledore did not know much about the dealings between the Returned and Durmstrang.
He is not stupid either. The strange behavior of the Lloyds has reminded him of one of the seven sins, [Laziness], but this is just a guess. Sean originally wanted to take people back to Hogwarts, but he was
An unknown powerful force has pulled to this cemetery. It is almost certain that this is the power of the guilty [Laziness]. He has touched a terrible truth, so he was brought here by a defensive unknown curse.
But this was not what shocked Sean. After all, he had already guessed that there was a culprit behind the returnees. What really shocked him was the power shown by the three Thomas and what the other party said.
As [Arrogance], although Sean cannot control the giant in his body, he also understands the power of guilt.
Back then, at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Sean awakened [Pride]. The pride at that time briefly awakened and completely took over Sean's body, showing the true face of guilt.
What Sean felt most deeply from this was, on the one hand, the irresistible and terrifying power of guilt, and on the other hand, the purity of guilt itself.
Yes, guilt is pure, pure power, and its greatest strength lies in its repulsion and purity.
Although Sean has only experienced the power of [Pride] and part of the power of [Lust], he knows that the power displayed by each sin is different, but the seven sins should have one thing in common - their power rejects outsiders.
magic.
When Sean was boarded by Obscurus, part of Obscurus was also absorbed by [Arrogance], but that was a trap set by [Arrogance] for Sean. It was Guilt that actively absorbed Obscurus. Even Sean suspected
, it was only because I was lodged in Silence first, that [Arrogance] could do this.
The power of guilt refuses to be integrated and eliminated by other forms of magic. In other words, when faced with guilt, many magic spells of wizards have no effect at all. On the other hand, if the power of guilt is used to
The same goes for casting spells and facing the magic of wizards.
The two forces will only collide and explode in the most essential way, just like the reason why Sean finally gained some control and was able to easily break the binding spell left by Dumbledore under uncontrollable circumstances.
The power of guilt is beyond the imagination of the world, and even Sean cannot estimate it - this is one of the reasons why guilt can destroy the world, and it is also the reason why Sean has not been able to control [Pride] at all.
In other words, except for those who coexist with Guilty, who have a slight possibility of borrowing Guilty's power, other wizards cannot use Guilty's power. This is Sean's personal experience, and it is also his personal experience as the leader of Guilty.
A natural intuition of arrogance.
However, the unknown power used by Thomas and the three people came from the guilt [Laziness]?!
Sean can be 100% sure that none of Thomas's three people is truly [Lazy]. The guilt gradually awakens and allows the host to control part of the power. The more awakened, the more the host controls, until finally, the host
Completely becoming [Guilty]——This should be the law for [Guilty] to awaken.
Since Sean cannot control [Pride], he has been trying hard to prevent [Pride] from awakening and to use various opportunities to find ways to weaken [Pride]'s power.
Stephanie, as [Lust], had already shown more and more obvious power of guilt in the process of gradually waking up. This was something that Sean could sense when he was awake. Moreover, [Pride], as the chief of the guilt, the others
Guilt will instinctively want to merge into [Pride] during the awakening process.
The three of Thomas can already use such intuitive power of guilt, but Sean not only has no instinctive sense of guilt, but the other party obviously does not want to integrate into Sean's body.
The uncontrollable power of guilt appeared in the bodies of the three wizards. This was what completely shocked Sean.
In other words, the guilt is an existence beyond the wizard's life level, which is almost equivalent to a mortal mastering the power of a god.
And what happened to [Laziness] behind the returnees?
Just as Sean frowned and thought, a harsh voice sounded: "Professor Dumbledore! You shouldn't be here!"
When Thomas saw that Dumbledore was completely ignoring him, he shouted loudly, with obvious complaints and dissatisfaction in his voice.
Only then did Dumbledore take a good look at Thomas. His open right eye showed obvious surprise and uneasiness, and then he frowned even more tightly.
"Who are you..." the old man asked slowly, with a force that could not be refused.
Thomas' throat trembled, but his voice became deeper and deeper: "I don't think I need to explain it to you, Professor Dumbledore?"
Sean shouted from behind: "His name is Dipper Thomas, he is Durmstrang's admissions specialist. I met him at a freshman's home during the day. At that time, he was planning to bypass the admissions staff of other schools and enroll in advance.
Use intimidation to recruit new students."
Dumbledore turned his back to Sean and nodded. He looked at Thomas, who looked gloomy: "Mr. Thomas, the common enrollment range was formulated by several principals, so I can ask who you got."
With your permission?"
Thomas glanced at Sean coldly, and then snorted at Dumbledore: "Professor, you are really good at catching the eye of others - I don't understand. Is Wallop so important in your eyes?"
"Every child is important in my eyes." Dumbledore said without changing his expression.
Thomas sneered contemptuously: "Professor Dumbledore, does it have anything to do with admissions now? You don't think that I will let Wallop leave safely after I have shown so many things, do you?"
Dumbledore said nothing, and Sean, who had his back turned to him, narrowed his eyes.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Thomas smiled proudly: "I suggest you, professor, go find the person to ask for details about what happened. After all, this is not something I can decide. However, when things have reached this point, then
You shouldn’t be hiding anything from you anymore—of course, I have to take Wallop away.”
As he said that, he actually ignored Dumbledore in front of him and walked straight towards Sean.
"Shaun Wallop has [arrogance] in his body. Ha, I didn't expect that by such a coincidence, I would just meet him - Wallop, it's your fault that you like to meddle in other people's business. Originally, I took
You can't help it, it's strange..."
Thomas looked past Dumbledore and glanced at the floating old man, with a mocking tone in his voice: "It's also your fault, Mr. Headmaster, who has secretly reached a cooperative relationship with us a long time ago. Tsk, he actually tried to use a special door key to protect it.
Your student, Professor Dumbledore, you still think too little. Of course, you will know everything next -"
Sean squinted his eyes and glanced at Dumbledore who was motionless from time to time.
He had always known that Dumbledore had a cooperative relationship with the Returned, but in Sean's guess, Dumbledore and the other party had only reached a partial cooperation, and Dumbledore wanted to use this part of the cooperative relationship to achieve something of his
a goal.
However, judging from Thomas's words, Dumbledore's cooperation with the Returned has reached such a deep level that he is only one step away from coming into contact with the truth - if Dumbledore lets Thomas take him away today
I think that when I return, I will completely show all my plans to Dumbledore...
Mr. Principal, what are you planning...
Thomas has completely set his sights on Sean: "Wallup, are you desperate? Do you think your principal is your rescuer? What a pity, what a pity..."
The three of them raised their wands in unison, and the magic power derived from the guilt of "laziness" rioted again.
"You are obviously [arrogant], and you have a treasure without knowing it... Wallop, give up your struggle, come on, you will 'become' one of us, ha——"
The magic power at the tip of the wand surged violently, and then shot straight towards the magic flame in front of Sean!
Sean didn't move, just tightened his grip on the wand in his hand.
“Buzz——————”
An eardrum-piercing buzzing sound resounded throughout the cemetery, and a silver-white shield appeared in front of Sean Demon Flame, blocking the spells cast by Thomas and the others.
"Dumbledore - Professor?"
Thomas's face turned gloomy instantly.
"You rushed here, I understand it as your kindness. After all, this is your student, and you feel that he is in danger, which makes me sincerely admire you - but when you see me, when I shout
After revealing your name, you still want to stop me?"
Dumbledore slowly turned his head.
Sean's pupils suddenly narrowed!
Just like Max Dawson back then, strange red magic appeared on Dumbledore's wrist, and that magic was trying to go towards Dumbledore's heart!
An unbreakable vow!
Dumbledore, indeed, signed an unbreakable oath with the returnees!
Thomas also saw the oath being activated. He showed a proud expression, and then said loudly: "Professor, it seems that the oath judgment has taken effect - can you do something to me? Can you go against the will of the returnee?
"
"well……"
A long sigh sounded.
Dumbledore seemed not to have seen the strange red magic power. He sighed, and slowly opened his tightly closed left eye. Something seemed to flash inside, and then changed back to normal.
The old man's blue eyes.
"It's still too reckless..." Dumbledore looked like he had a headache.
Thomas frowned, sensing something was wrong.
"Professor! Unbreakable oath, you know better than me what this means! Moreover, everything happened today in front of Wallop's eyes. He has seen your secret, and he knows that you are cooperating with us -
—What’s the point of trying your best to save him?!”
Dumbledore ignored him and looked at Sean instead: "Well, Sean, I have to say that I was too reckless - I thought that such a long life span would allow me to gain more wisdom. Unfortunately, at the beginning,
I’m still a little impulsive.”
"professor……"
Dumbledore smiled at Sean, and then looked at Thomas: "The oath was signed too early, and the requirements were too many... But..."
Dumbledore's "but" made Thomas completely panic, and he immediately said loudly: "Dumbledore! Don't forget, there is still room for maneuver for others, but if you kill me, you must
The oath will backfire and you will definitely die!"
Dumbledore nodded easily: "You are right. The wizard who invented this oath is really powerful. If I kill you, I will definitely die - but the oath is not as binding on me as you think."
Qiang, my child, you must not have asked your elders who demolished the temple..."
"Temple..." Thomas was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened, "You!"
"Besides," Dumbledore smiled slyly, "Why should I kill you?"