Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 477 Painful Mist
“If you’re willing to trade, then we’ll trade. If not…” Tiera smiled maliciously in the mirror, “then I’ll find someone else. As far as I know, there are at least two other people who are very interested in how to get into the secret room.”

"Goodbye." After saying that, Tiera disappeared into the mirror, leaving Umbridge alone in the empty midnight bathroom, hopping mad with anger.

The next day, Umbridge sent Auror Sithofels and the antidote master Bartholdt back to the Ministry of Magic.

Clearly, Umbridge was well aware that her two companions shared the same greedy nature as her.

Although Umbridge left in a huff, Tiera knew to some extent that while Umbridge appeared determined not to negotiate, he had actually already begun to secretly select and screen Ministry of Magic officials who met Tiera's requirements.

Of course, all Tiera could say was that Umbridge was truly a person who could accomplish great things. Her list of candidates not only included officials who disagreed with her, but also quite a few officials and Aurors who were loyal to her.

The players she brought to Hogwarts, such as Sittorfels and Bart Lorcaton, as well as Passivesley, are also on the list.

Umbridge seems to have decided to kill them to silence them. If Pasivisley hadn't been so far away, and if Sitofils and Bartlow Caddon hadn't lacked confidence in their ability to defeat him, Umbridge would probably have already begun his operation.

In fact, Tiera could do this herself; even a conceptual Tiera could easily collect these three types of souls, but—

I, Tiera, am kind-hearted and cannot bear to see these things.
Unable to sleep that night due to Tyrell's anger, Umbridge decided to skip sleep altogether and knock on Dumbledore's office door, hoping to move in and become the rightful, true headmaster. Of course, this only made things worse—it kept Umbridge even more awake.

She tried various methods, but was turned away by the gargoyle statue at the entrance to the principal's office.

Of course, the next day, Umbridge, still furious, issued more educational decrees. However, because of Dumbledore's threats, although Umbridge deducted points from Gryffindor and the other houses where Dumbledore's Army was located, he never dared to physically punish them, not even the copying punishment that Harry and Hermione received.

However, on the other hand, Umbridge's hobby is tormenting people. Although she dared not punish Harry and the others because of Tierra's warning, she could find reasons to punish others associated with Dumbledore's Army—

For example, although Umbridge couldn't physically punish Colin Clifty's brother, who was in Dumbledore's Army, she found a way to have Hathaway Romanoff use the Cruciatus Curse on Danis Clifty.

Umbridge quickly discovered the advantages of this method: she could reap two rewards—

The pleasure derived from watching students being tortured, and the pleasure derived from seeing the painful expressions on the faces of the tortured students' relatives.

This was the happiest time in Umbridge's history.

During this time, Umbridge summoned Tiera once more.

This time, Tiera seemed to have relented a bit. Although she still didn't open the secret chamber for Umbridge, under Umbridge's persistent pressure, Tiera taught Umbridge a spell—

"The Fog of Pain"

This is also the magic that Tiera used in her first and second years. It belongs to the category of dark magic and is recorded in the Necronomicon's section on sorcerers of pain.

Affliction warlocks are a special type of dark magic wizard. Just as some dark magic wizards like to use emotions such as killing and destruction to fuse with their spiritual dimension to generate dark magic power, affliction warlocks specifically use the emotion of pain to fuse with their spiritual dimension to generate dark magic power.

Therefore, sorcerers specializing in pain magic are more adept at using destructive spells. When Tiera was a first-year student, she used the prerequisite spell "Painful Mist" and "Painful Experience," which involved using the pain of peeling her own skin to fuse with painful emotions, thus initially advancing her spiritual dimension towards dark magic power.

However, "painful experience" can only integrate one's own painful emotions, while "painful fog" can integrate the painful emotions of others.

However, like all dark magic, Affliction Warlocks also have significant hidden dangers—

While absorbing the pain of others can effectively enhance one's dark magic power, pain, being such a powerful emotion, is also the emotion most likely to pollute the spiritual dimension.

In other words, excessive and mixed in with other people's painful emotions can easily drive you crazy.

A mature and rational sorcerer of pain often appears as an ascetic by the Ganges River in India, and the pain from others used to combine with the spiritual dimension generally does not exceed half of the pain from his own.

Of course, as a demon with a conscience, Tiera did not selectively forget this when she taught Umbridge the "Mist of Pain" spell, but instead solemnly reminded Umbridge of it.

Whether Umbridge takes Tiera's warning seriously or not is beyond Tiera's control.

Whether it's taken seriously or not doesn't matter. Tiera just needs someone to help her collect pain; she doesn't really want to create a queen of the magical world.

After all, pain is one of the three powers subordinate to the power of "annihilation".

Why didn't Tierra collect them herself?
Like I said before, I, Tiera, am kind-hearted and can't stand these things.
After Tyrell herself and the other members of the Golden Book Council went on a trip to the Dreamlands, Umbridge became increasingly rampant within Hogwarts.

At first, Umbridge was somewhat wary of Tierra's warning before she left, but as Dumbledore's disappearance dragged on, Umbridge's actions became increasingly daring—

She physically punished almost all the students at Hogwarts except for Dumbledore's Army and Slytherin.

Finally, one day, her unchecked corporal punishment provoked a rebellion from George Weasley and Fred Weasley—

They lit ten whole boxes of magic fireworks before breakfast began—

This was almost all their savings.

Some fire dragons, their bodies made of green and gold sparks, were flying around in the corridor, spewing out brilliant red jets of air and making huge explosions along the way.

The brightly colored pink Catherine wheel-shaped fireworks, five feet in diameter, spun rapidly through the air with a terrifying whooshing sound, like many flying saucers.

The rocket bounced off the wall, leaving a long, shimmering tail of silver stars; the sparklers automatically wrote insults in the air.

From the Great Hall to the highest observatory at Hogwarts, firecrackers exploded like landmines. Instead of burning out and gradually disappearing from sight or hissing and stopping, the longer these dazzling wonders went on, the more energetic and dynamic they seemed to become.

(End of this chapter)