HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

【The Holy Grail!】

These two words exploded in Teach Carr's mind.

The magician Teach's goal is to create the 'Holy Grail', to create... an 'omnipotent Holy Grail' that can connect to the Root and summon Heroic Spirits to reach the Root of everything.

Teach had tried to learn about the mortal Holy Grail, but all he knew about it was that it was a 'mortal' thing.

It is a mortal thing that was invented by human beings in the long river of history.

Throughout history, only three Holy Grails can be proven through legend.

One is the Holy Grail, which Jesus shared with his twelve disciples at the Last Supper, containing wine.

The other is the Holy Grail, which contained Jesus' blood when he died after being nailed to the cross.

Another one is the Holy Grail, which King Arthur sent the Knights of the Round Table to find.

Driven by human desires and fabrications, there are now over 200 cups hailed as the Holy Grail, to which Teach can only laugh off the mere mention of them.

Whether it's the Three Grails or the later 200 Grails, Teach dismisses them with disdain.

Because it is an ordinary thing.

Even if these Holy Grails have their own legends or stories, they are still just mortal things... in the end.

But now, the wooden Holy Grail that Lake is holding is extraordinary.

Whether this wooden cup is the Holy Grail that Jesus drank from with his twelve disciples is irrelevant to Teach; whether it's real or fake, it doesn't matter.

Importantly, this Lake used his treasure-hunting magic to imbue an ordinary object with corresponding legendary power.

For Teach, this is the key point.

The summoning of Heroic Spirits by the Holy Grail is closely linked to legends. If these legends cannot be connected, how can the numerous Heroic Spirits whose great achievements have been passed down through the ages be summoned?

When heroic spirits appear in this world, they bring with them their own legendary power.

When a Heroic Spirit dies, the Holy Grail will devour the power bestowed upon these great figures by legend, and then open the gate to mythology, to the Root.

【Haha, hahaha~~】At this moment, Teach looked at Lake and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He laughed loudly and unrestrainedly.

Teach's one gold and one black eyes looked at Lake, filled with greed: [This is truly a stroke of luck! There's hope for creating the All-Powerful Holy Grail!]

Unexpectedly, I saw a definite possibility in a wizard.

At this point, Teach had a clear idea and direction in mind about how to create the universal Holy Grail: [I absolutely must obtain Lake, who can grant legendary power to mortals].

After Lake generously displayed the wooden Holy Grail in his hand, his gaze remained fixed on Teach, whose true nature he couldn't fathom, always wary of what dangerous thing Teach might suddenly do to him.

Sure enough, the look in Teach's heterochromatic eyes made Lake's hair stand on end.

Protected by the Platinum Holy Light, Lake was naturally not afraid, but the problem was that this Platinum Holy Light was not always present.

Now, the protection of the Platinum Light is about to expire.

The wine of Jesus in the wooden chalice can only be used once a day, and only at night.

As legend has it, Jesus drank from the wooden Holy Grail with his twelve disciples at night. This means that the Holy Grail in Lake's hand can only produce wine at night, and can only generate holy light for protection after being drunk at night.

Just before the platinum light disappeared, Lake immediately had the idea of ​​running away, since he had already obtained the 'only' griffin for him.

Holding the wooden Holy Grail, with the platinum holy light gone, Lake jumped onto the magic carpet and deliberately shouted loudly to everyone present, "Goodbye, friends, I'm going to start running away~".

These words immediately cast doubt on Teach, who was caught up in greed.

After stealing something, would a thief brazenly tell the police, "Get ready, I'm about to run away"?

This is obviously unreasonable.

So Teach just stood there, hands in his pockets, watching what Lake was up to.

Lake said he was going to run away, and he did start running away, which angered Dumbledore, the headmaster: "Griffin is the key to the survival of Hogwarts. How can I let you take him and leave as you please, right under my nose?"

A ball of fire shot out from the Elder Wand, and with the output of Dumbledore's own magic, it split into dozens of fiery chains that lashed out at Lake.

Seeing this, Lake smiled inwardly: [Perfect timing, this is exactly what I wanted...]

Under Teach's gaze, Lake easily dodged the fiery chains chasing after him without even glancing at them.

This made Teach raise an eyebrow in confusion: "Does this guy have eyes in the back of his head? He can easily dodge Old Dumbledore's magical attacks without even looking."

This is abnormal, this is very abnormal.

Teach then gave Shake and Hermione a look, ordering the two women to join Dumbledore's ranks and launch an attack on Lake, who was trying to escape.

As it turned out, Lake really did dodge the combined attack of the old man, the young man, and the child without even looking.

It was as if we had known it in advance.

This conjecture immediately amazed Teach: "Wow, foreseeing...foreseeing danger, avoiding danger!"

Could this precognition be a branch of his treasure-hunting magic?

[But if it really was precognition, why didn't he dodge Hermione and the others' attacks in advance when he went to snatch the half-dead Venus or capture Griffin, just like he did now?]

Just as Teach was filled with confusion, Lake said the words, "I'm going to start running away now."

In an instant, Teach discovered the key point.

Just a second ago, Hermione and her two companions coincidentally stopped their attacks and prepared to chase after Lake.

The next second, Lake, who had not been attacked, said "I'm going to run away" again.

After careful observation and analysis, Teach took a deep breath and shook his head, full of admiration for Lake's magical abilities: "Good heavens, truly good heavens..."

[This phrase, "I'm going to run away," must be a prerequisite for Lake to activate his "precognitive magic ability."]

[Tell the pursuer that you are going to escape, and this precognitive spell will activate when they attack.]

[The anticipation magic deactivates when others cease their attacks.]

[But if he doesn't attack, Lake can escape unharmed; but if he does attack, he'll be predicted. This... is really a bit of a dilemma!]

After determining how Lake managed to evade Dumbledore, Hermione, and Shakespeare's attacks ahead of time, Teach used the 'Mind Link' magic ring to send a telepathic message to Shakespeare that transcended distance.

"Xia Ke, halt the pursuit for now..."

"In my name, I order Andri and the other three to come to Hogwarts immediately."

Through the telepathic communication of the formal ring, Xia Ke sensed Teach's undeniable tone and asked in her mind.

"Master, shall we have them ride their dragons and come to obey our orders?"

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