HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

Teach Carr had no time to listen to Tom Riddle's ravings. He was nearing the end of inscribing the transmutation circle on Hermione's veins and had to speed up the treatment while Tom was still getting used to his new body.

A few minutes later, the carving of more than a hundred severed blood vessels was finally completed. With the infusion of Teach's life magic, the training array emitted a fluorescent glow and began to activate.

Blood vessels are reconnected, the lungs are repaired, and then the chest cavity closes.

Finally, there was the blood transfusion. Teach transfused his own blood into Hermione's body through a transmutation circle, replenishing her weakened body due to excessive blood loss.

Then, thanks to the restoration of the alchemy array, Hermione's chest was completely unmarked, which also restored her awareness of the importance of skin care as a woman.

After treating Hermione's fatal injuries, Teach did not stop, but instead drew another Vanso 'Dispel Divination Circle', which has the ability to dispel negative magical effects.

The spell worked successfully, and Hermione awoke from the plant-induced coma caused by the dark magic.

As soon as Hermione woke up, she got up and hugged Teach, then cried in her teacher's arms.

The plant is in a coma, like a person in a vegetative state. If this spell is not lifted, the plant will remain in a coma until it dies of old age.

Only her body was unconscious; her consciousness remained clear. Therefore, Hermione could sense, and even witness, from a third-person perspective as if her soul had left her body, the terrifying scene of Tom Riddle using his wand and scalpel to open her chest.

How could Hermione not be terrified to witness herself being dissected?

Sensing Hermione's emotions, Teach Carl held her tightly, offering her warm comfort in soft whispers. At the same time, Teach's eyes turned icy cold as he looked at Tom, who had calmed down from his madness.

After crying, Hermione reluctantly left Teach's embrace, knowing that this was not the time to whine and beg for comfort.

Hermione transformed a piece of pebbles on the ground into a garment. After putting it on, she took out her wand and pointed it fiercely at Tom Riddle, the man who had caused her pain, saying, "Only my teacher can see my body. What right do you, you disgusting bastard, have to..."

No one paid any attention to Hermione's nonsensical remarks, including Harry, who was straightening the severed hand.

Tom completely ignored Hermione's anger and spoke Parseltongue again, summoning the basilisk from the head statue. This time, his clear Parseltongue immediately summoned the basilisk.

The moment the basilisk poked its head out, Teach Carl immediately shouted to Hermione and Harry, "Don't look into the snake's eyes! Don't look! I only have one pair of glasses!"

Wearing his silver-rimmed Evil Eye glasses, Teach only saw the Basilisk's full form during their second encounter: [As expected, the Harry Potter movies are just movies...]

[This thousand-year-old serpent monster's total length actually exceeded thirty meters, reaching forty meters. Its scales reflected a thick, dark green matte sheen, and without needing to verify it, one could tell that its defense was extraordinary, probably even stronger than that of a 'dragon'.]

After the basilisk appeared, it hovered around Tom Riddle under the control of Parseltongue, its golden vertical pupils looking at Teach Carr and the other two.

Upon meeting the basilisk's gaze, Teach felt an inescapable death sentence descend upon him. Fortunately, he had the Mystic Eyes, which greatly reduced the instant death effect. Although he wouldn't die immediately, the petrification effect of the basilisk's eyes was unavoidable.

The petrification that occurs when you make direct eye contact with the basilisk is not the 'rigid petrification' caused by a wizard's spell, but a real, tangible petrification.

...the kind of death petrification that turns one into stone.

During Teach's brief, less than two-second eye contact with the basilisk, the phenomenon of death petrification appeared around him, spreading from his eyes throughout his body. However, Teach was prepared for death petrification; he had prepared a large quantity of petrification potions made from mandala grass beforehand, and these were highly pure magical potions refined using magic.

One vial of the potion was ingested, and its effects took effect instantly.

The petrification on Teach's eyes slowly peeled off like dandruff.

As Tom Riddle wondered why Teach Carr was immune to the Basilisk's death-immediate ability, Teach looked down at Hermione, who was half-closing her eyes, and said, "Hermione, take Harry and step back, then assist me."

While Teach remained wary of the Basilisk and Tom, the two children retreated to the exit of the Serpent Gate. Hermione then took out a large amount of mercury from her bag and began to inscribe various transmutation circles.

The transmutation circle was extremely sensitive to Tom Riddle at the moment. When he saw Hermione drawing a transmutation circle in the corner, he could no longer remain still. He ordered the basilisk to attack Teach, while he himself... swung his wand at Hermione to stop her from drawing the transmutation circle, the purpose of which was unknown.

"Hey, hey, hey~, with me here, how dare you attack my disciple...!"

"It seems you don't take me seriously at all."

Teach activated the pseudo-giant magic circuits on his feet, instantly leaping seven meters into the air. Then, he activated the true giant magic on his arms, blasting the charging basilisk back with a single punch.

Imagine a punch with the force of eight tons, nearly ten tons (equivalent to two elephants). Who could withstand it head-on?

After temporarily repelling the basilisk, Teach used Blink to instantly appear in front of Hermione, then punched the damp ground. Under the control of his overflowing life magic, a thick floorboard was lifted up by Teach, blocking the dark magic shot by Tom.

Immediately, Teach exerted tremendous force with his foot, kicking the floor he had slammed up hard towards Tom, who was standing still and attacking.

Unexpectedly, the basilisk, under Tom's command, used its wide tail to block the way.

This prompted Teach to scoff dismissively.

Tom Riddle looked at the monstrous and violent Teach Carl, his brows furrowing. Then, he summoned the basilisk, whose head had a scale smashed off, to lie down, and then he jumped on top of it.

'Take Root Quickly'

'Intrusive connection'

Under these two spells, Tom Riddle's lower body merged into the basilisk's head, allowing his own thoughts to become completely connected with the basilisk, thus achieving perfect unity between the two.

"What is this... a snake rider?" Teach thought with a wicked sense of amusement as he looked at Tom connected to a snake.

But there was no time to think, because Tom had already driven his basilisk body and opened his blood-red maw to bite.

Teach couldn't leave Hermione's position vacant, so he went straight at the basilisk.

The collision between the man and the snake created an air vibration, which stirred up waves in the groundwater on both sides of the snake statue hall.

Teach gripped the basilisk's meter-long fangs tightly with both hands. The impact of the basilisk's forty-meter-long body forced Teach to retreat step by step, leaving deep scratches on the wet ground.

As Teach was about to reach Hermione's side, he tried his best to overturn the basilisk, but Tom on the basilisk's head wouldn't give him the chance; he aimed his wand...

'Avada Kedavra'

A bright green death curse shot from Tom Riddle's wand, illuminating the dark serpent hall.

The light illuminated Hermione's hands, where the chakra array was continuously being carved.

And Harry Potter with wide, shocked eyes.