HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

[Mystic Code]

A magician uses a transmutation circle to create a magical artifact with permanent functions from a specific item.

Tom Riddle's close-range Avada Kedavra curse was about to hit Teach Carl when a red barrier quietly appeared and blocked the curse.

Mystic Code, Crimson Protective Cloak

The crimson trench coat that Teach is wearing is a magical costume designed to block wizards' magical attacks.

They possess the basic ability to defend themselves freely using only their thoughts.

The Crimson Armor is merely a garment imbued with magical power; it is an inanimate object. Therefore, a killing curse like Avada Kedavra, which destroys human life and soul, is naturally ineffective against it.

The failure of Avada Kedavra prompted Tom Riddle to exclaim in amazement: "Magic... is indeed incredibly mysterious. If I had the power of such magic, I could immediately take revenge on Voldemort."

The Avada Kedavra curse has been invincible since its creation; no one has ever been able to resist it except to dodge it, which fueled Tom's desire for magical power.

His current soul is a fragmented secondary soul; his memories and magical knowledge are still those of a seventh-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Tom Riddle at this stage knows that he is no match for Voldemort. Without special external forces, he cannot catch up to the power level of the Dark Lord Voldemort: "Teach Cal, die, and give me all the magical knowledge in your brain."

Tom unleashed a barrage of dark magic attacks on Teach, but they were all ineffective against the defenses of her magical attire.

Seeing this, Tom stopped using magic and switched to physical attacks with the basilisk.

'Power surge'

'Body expansion'

'Speed ​​Over'

After Tom cast several amplification spells on the basilisk beneath him, the basilisk grew from forty meters to sixty meters in length, and its strength more than doubled.

At this point, Teach was no longer able to compete with the basilisk in terms of strength, and had no choice but to let go and dodge. But in the instant he let go, Teach quickly took out a high-explosive grenade and threw it into the basilisk's gaping mouth.

Teach then retreated to Hermione and Harry's side, unfurling her Crimson Protector to shield them from the impact of the explosion and the basilisk's poisonous flesh.

The grenade exploded with a deafening roar, followed by the serpent monster's painful howls.

The venomous blood that the basilisk flung down corroded the floor, creating pits of all sizes.

The basilisk's soft mouth was injured, causing Tom, who was connected to it, to feel pain as well. Amidst the basilisk's painful struggle, he quickly waved his wand to cast a healing spell.

'Rapid cure'

'Heal All'

Under the healing spell, the basilisk's enormous mouth, which had been blasted into a bloody mess, visibly recovered.

Tom Riddle then expanded his armor's protective shield, completely enveloping the basilisk's sixty-meter-long body, before launching a devastating attack on Teach.

With a flick of its tail, the basilisk sent Teach flying, who was protected by the Mystic Code. Thanks to the protection of the Mystic Code, Teach was not injured except by the impact.

Seeing this, Tom Riddle manipulated the basilisk to open its mouth and spray Teach with highly venomous liquid.

Teach wouldn't dare touch that thing, not even a little bit.

If we're talking about which creature in the magical world has the strongest venom, Teach Carr would say definitively that the Basilisk is the strongest. The venom that has accumulated and mutated over thousands of years is terrifying to even think about.

A large pool of venom was sprayed onto the wall after Teach teleported away, instantly corroding and piercing through it. If this snake venom were to hit a human, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The basilisk's speed was amplified, and Teach's teleportation magic was no longer enough to deal with it safely. Several times, Teach was almost caught and bitten by the basilisk.

The powerful magic's punches, though landing with tremendous force, had absolutely no effect on the serpent monster, which was protected by a shield; it couldn't even push it back by the slightest bit.

Is this the boost a mount gives to personal abilities? I definitely need to get one and ride it sometime.

After thinking it over, Teach anxiously called out to Hermione, "Hermione, isn't your transmutation circle ready yet?"

"Teacher, hang in there, it'll be soon."

Urged on, Hermione, covered in sweat, finally finished drawing the last stroke of the dozens of alchemy arrays.

Hermione hurriedly took out a handful of Life Gems from her bag and piled them up, then held her wand and poured magic into the transmutation circle.

Subsequently, dozens of alchemy arrays slowly rose into the air under Hermione's control, and were activated after targeting the basilisk.

'Magic Turret Array... Full Fire'

At Hermione's command, the magic turret array first absorbed the energy of the Life Stone, and when that wasn't enough, it also absorbed the natural magic that Hermione had infused into it.

Finally, it unleashed a dazzling magical attack of blue laser energy beams at the basilisk.

Tom Riddle watched as the energy beam that nearly filled the entire basilisk hall shot towards him, frantically maneuvering the basilisk to shrink back to its original forty-meter size before desperately hiding.

Under Hermione's extremely difficult control, the blue energy beam chased after the basilisk.

Because of the immense energy and extremely high speed of the beams, Hermione was unable to quickly change direction, causing many beams to explode and dissipate upon hitting the walls.

But in this cramped underground chamber, under the attack of dozens of covering magical energy turret arrays, even if Hermione mishandled it, she could still hit the target.

A beam of energy from a magic array has the explosive power equivalent to a mortar.

Even if Tom Riddle's protective shield on the basilisk was strong, it couldn't withstand the explosion of this shot.

Even if the basilisk's scales are thick enough for defense, they can't withstand the repeated bombardment of this magical mortar.

Under the relentless barrage of beams of light from the magic cannon array, Tom Riddle, controlling the basilisk, struggled to resist, desperately unleashing various defensive, healing, and teleportation spells, but to no avail against this missile-like barrage.

He roared in frustration, "Damn it, damn it, damn it all!"

"I am Tom Riddle, I am the future Dark Lord, I am the one who will replace Voldemort as the ruler of this world, how can I be destroyed in this cold, dark place?"

"No, I can't! I haven't avenged Voldemort yet, how can I be here..."

Before Tom Riddell could finish his resentful words, a sniper bullet pierced his skull.

In that instant, Tom's time stopped, his vision stopped, and his reborn life stopped: [How...how could I...be here? How...could I...]

Life vanished, magic dissipated, and Tom fell from the basilisk's head.

The basilisk sensed the death of its master who had summoned it. Looking at Tom Riddle's corpse on the ground, it was filled with grief and rage; it coiled and roared...

Its creation, its birth, its thousand-year wait—all were for a master, for a successor to Slytherin to take it away from here and grant it the freedom that every living being deserves.

Now that Tom is dead, its existence has lost its meaning.

Do we have to wait another thousand years?

No, it had had enough of cowering in this dark underground chamber, enough of the constant hunger.

So it launched its final attack on Teach Carl.

As Teach Carl listened to the basilisk's roar and saw the emptiness and despair in its golden eyes, he took off his crimson protective suit, retrieved the bag containing the antidote for petrification, and went to meet it empty-handed.

"Come on~, come at me, the one who stole the meaning from your existence~"

"I welcome your anger towards me, I welcome your hatred towards me, so come and kill me~, I will kill you with the utmost respect."

"My battle with you will be the most brilliant display of your final life."

Hermione put down her wand, dispelling the magic turret array. She watched as Teach Carr and the basilisk clashed, remembering the words her teacher, Teach, had taught her.

So he couldn't help but mutter it aloud.

"The Magician — to deal with indifference to life, to cherish life, to treat life as equal, and to respect life."

......

In the final battle, Hermione, under Teach Cal's orders, used a magic circle to record the basilisk's final, tragic life-blooming moment.

Everything is over, the dust has settled.

Teach stood before the basilisk's enormous corpse, closed his eyes, and remained silent in its memory.