Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 39 Black Magic

It's no wonder that alchemy was removed from Hogwarts' textbooks afterward.

The original form of alchemy is too brutal and bloody, and is indeed unsuitable for underage wizards to learn.

This brutal method is exactly the same as that in the Necronomicon, and even more so.

According to the three-dimensional theory of magic, the soul is the best material for the spiritual dimension.

However, the method for extracting pure spiritual beings in the Necronomicon is not the same as purifying and separating magical creatures.

Instead, it directly captures beings of the pure spiritual dimension.

Or, in a more drastic way, one could directly request the gift from a higher-dimensional outer god.

Merlin's successful forging of the Philosopher's Stone was the result of receiving a gift from the Outer Gods.

Although Merlin understood the principles and correct methods of crafting the Philosopher's Stone, he was limited by his era and his medieval mindset. When he crafted the Philosopher's Stone, he was unable to achieve a perfect fusion of the spiritual, material, and mental dimensions through ingenious experiments and a flawless design.

Therefore, as he approached the end of his life, he had no choice but to seek help from the Outer Gods.

This cost him another finger.

Fortunately, Tiera didn't need to think about these troubling things; he already possessed a Philosopher's Stone.

Besides learning alchemical techniques for crafting magical items, Tiera also wanted to find the recipe for the elixir of immortality while reading "An Introduction to Alchemy".

Then Tiera noticed the discrepancy while reading.

According to the Necronomicon and Merlin's Notebook, alchemy is a discipline that relies heavily on the three-dimensional theory of magic. In order for an alchemist to create the perfect "three-dimensional origin," that is, the Philosopher's Stone, he must design different spells and reaction formulas based on his own magical characteristics, different materials, and different materials.

It's not at all like what's described in "An Introduction to Alchemy," which involves finding the best formula through a massive amount of experimentation.

Because, relative to that unchanging "three-dimensional origin," we three-dimensional beings are constantly changing and in motion.

Therefore, if we three-dimensional beings want to find that one and only unchanging "three-dimensional origin," we must rely on ingenious design and perfect calculation.

Instead of relying entirely on luck, like a blind cat trying to catch a dead mouse.

During the crafting process, it is easy to accidentally create extremely dangerous dark magic items or creatures.

When matter, spirituality, and mind are initially integrated, it can be considered an alchemical item. The correct order should be that pure mind first combines with pure matter, and finally, pure spiritual dimension is introduced.

However, some people get the order wrong or introduce impure spiritual dimensions, which gives rise to black magic items.

According to Merlin's notes and the Necronomicon's section on Dark Magic.

So-called black magic is a special power generated by the combination of the spiritual and mental dimensions.

The Necronomicon explains the specifics of how to combine them... To be precise, the Necronomicon devotes a great deal of space to describing in detail the principles and mechanisms of black magic.

It even included several dark magic spells, and Voldemort's Horcruxes were also on it.

However, The Necronomicon calls it the Anchor of Dark Magic.

According to the Necronomicon, the strength of black magic mainly comes from two aspects: the strength of its spiritual dimension and the output of its mental dimension.

To put it simply, it's about magic power plus emotional output.

To put it bluntly, it's about unleashing your full potential. This is why many spells, such as the Killing Curse and the Cruciatus Curse, require extremely negative emotions to be effective.

While black magic is a powerful force, it can harm both the user and others.

No wizard, not even the most evil ones, can keep their magic in a state of darkness all the time. Otherwise, at best their emotions will be affected, and at worst, the power of darkness will seep into the material dimension, causing the collapse of all three dimensions and turning them into an Obscurus-like being.

Therefore, battles between dark wizards are often just a few basic attacks between two weaklings, until they really get into a fight, "Boom—" something explodes, then a few more basic attacks, and then they really get into a fight again, "Boom—" something explodes again.

According to the Necronomicon's section on the principles of black magic, any magical power that combines emotion and magic is black magic, and it possesses the characteristics of being enduring and difficult to destroy.

In other words, Voldemort's Horcruxes and Lily Potter's Blood Protection Charm, if classified according to the principles of magic, are both forms of Dark Magic.

This is why Lily's bloodline protection charm continued to protect Harry even after her death, and why the magical goldfish she gave to Professor Slughorn immediately turned back into flower petals on the afternoon of her death.

This is why Voldemort's Horcruxes are so difficult to destroy, unless they are destroyed by more powerful dark magic—Fiendfyre—or by special items that can kill spiritual beings—such as the basilisk's fangs.

The only difference between the two is that one is the power of love, and the other is pure killing spirit.

The principle behind the Guardian Charm is similar.

The image of a guardian deity is that of a wizard in the spiritual dimension, or a spiritual being.

Our physical body is a material existence in the material dimension, the soul is a spiritual existence in the spiritual dimension, and the guardian spirit is a spiritual existence.

The Guardian Charm uses the power of positive emotions to bless spiritual beings, making them semi-material or more concrete, thus blocking dementors, which are two-dimensional beings of spirit and mind.

This kind of guardian charm can only be considered a rudimentary application of black magic theory. It does not involve the combination of spiritual and mental existence, and therefore will not lead to mutations in the spiritual or mental dimensions.

Therefore, the guardian spirits of wizards who frequently use black magic have not disappeared, but have mutated into intangible forms.

Anchor of Dark Magic is a type of sorcery recorded in the Necronomicon's section on the principles of dark magic, which allows a wizard's magic to remain in a state of dark magic for an extended period.

That is, using the power of killing to sever one's own spiritual existence, and then using the principles of alchemy to guide the spiritual existence into a magical object in which the spiritual and material existences have been perfectly combined, thus creating an anchor of black magic.

A wizard who possesses the Anchor of Dark Magic not only has his own spiritual existence, but can also utilize the spiritual existence of Dark Magic objects, which is equivalent to having an extra high-power external magic battery.

In addition to continuously supplying the user with dark magic power, this black magic battery can also serve as a mental anchor when the user suffers a fatal injury.

Although the soul of the original body is separated from the soul within the anchor of black magic, they can establish a special connection through black magic curses.

As long as the anchor of dark magic exists, the physical body will not truly die. As long as the spirit remains unharmed, the physical body will only be perpetually near death, not truly dead.

Those anchors of dark magic were like the ropes hanging on the edge of a cliff; even if he fell off the cliff, as long as the ropes remained, his true form would have a chance to make a comeback.

There is no limit to the number of anchors of black magic; the bolder a person is, the more anchors they can have.

But it's rare to see someone like Voldemort who took down seven at once.

A small number of split souls will not cause much damage, because at this time the main body's soul is still very strong and relatively intact, and is less affected by the anchor of black magic.

However, as the soul further fragments, the body's will is weakened and gradually becomes affected by the anchor of dark magic.

Their personality will become increasingly extreme and brutal.

(End of this chapter)