NOVEL NEXT Chapter 247: Suppression
Link's current situation was extremely bad.
That thick, dense black mist from inside his body, after a period of brewing, not only showed no sign of dissipating in the slightest, but instead turned into almost tangible demonic flames, and even showed a tendency to spread outward.
This made Emily, Arkam, Yoyo, and the group of Skars instinctively take a few steps back.
The only one who, instead of retreating, advanced was Snape, who stepped forward and waved his wand, using magic to draw a mysterious rune in the air.
Finally, accompanied by a sharp shout from Snape, that rune, flashing with blue light, directly stamped onto Link's body.
Endless blue light burst forth from it, instantly enveloping Link's body, forcing all the black demonic flames back into Link's body.
"Roar!"
A painful roar came from Link's mouth, as if making a final struggle. The black demonic flames covering his body suddenly formed into a spear, stabbing straight toward Snape.
After doing all this, the black demonic flames on Link's surface finally dissipated and disappeared.
His whole body also seemed to have lost all strength, fainting on the spot.
But this did not mean he was fine.
In fact, if one looked closely, they could still see thin, pale black mist constantly rippling over his body's surface.
Only because of the rune's existence, this black mist could not form into any substantial scale at all.
On the other side, although Snape had used a counter-curse technique and placed his wand in front of himself at the last critical moment, the terrifying power contained in that black demonic flame spear still blasted him away entirely.
Even worse, that black demonic flame seemed to also possess a curse-like, extremely strong corrosive power; under the erosion of this force, Snape's wand was instantly corroded by nearly one-third.
"Link!"
Emily did not care about Snape at all. The moment Link fell, she pounced on him, calling out with worry.
Doing the same were Arkam and the other magical creatures.
Link was surrounded by them in a tight circle, forming a stark contrast to Snape, who was struggling to get up alone to the side.
"Cough, cough!"
Snape coughed twice, finally attracting Emily and the others' attention. "I have already sealed the riotous magic power inside his body, and I have also sent a request for help to Dumbledore's side. They will come over shortly to carry out further treatment on Link."
Saying this, he paused, his gaze sweeping over Emily and the Skars before finally speaking with a grim expression, "I still have to go capture Sirius Black. Before Dumbledore arrives, Emily, I need you to stay here and protect Link."
"If Link's condition shows signs of further worsening, then channel magic power into that rune! If the situation really cannot be controlled, then kill Link!"
"Do not hesitate! If Link completely loses control, then the entire Hogwarts will face an unprecedented disaster!"
Finishing his words, Snape shook his robe and ran off into the distance.
Hearing this, Emily's expression became somewhat unsightly, the current situation was far beyond her understanding.
Gritting her teeth, she carefully took off the pendant bottle of Felix Felicis from her neck, pouring the magic potion inside into Link's mouth.
After finishing this, she clasped her hands together, silently praying.
"Merlin, please bless Link to be able to hold on!"
———
At the same time, Link was in that familiar void.
Contrary to Snape's prediction, the situation Link was facing had not improved in the slightest.
Not far in front of Link stood Mike, his whole body burning with pitch-black demonic flames.
At this moment, he showed none of the timid, even somewhat withdrawn image of the past.
Instead, he was like a violent beast, madly pounding on the surrounding wall of the heart that imprisoned him.
As one who shared the same body with him, Link could clearly feel Mike's emotions at this moment.
He was in extreme pain.
He hated all things.
He needed slaughter.
He needed release.
Under his terrifying strength, large cracks were quickly spreading over the sturdy wall of the heart.
As for Link, what he could do now was fully operate Occlumency, using it to strengthen the wall of the heart.
But this was ultimately a drop in the bucket.
If nothing unexpected happened, the breaking of the wall of the heart was only a matter of time.
And what would happen after it was destroyed?
Most likely complete loss of control and destruction, right?
Thinking so, a bitter smile unconsciously rose on Link's face.
Now he finally understood why, all along, including Dumbledore, all the professors treated him so well.
Turns out he was just a bomb that would explode after receiving a bit of stimulation.
Still, the "truth" Sirius Black had told him did indeed solve many doubts Link had.
For example, Parseltongue.
The Flamel family had never had a Parseltongue in its history, yet he possessed this talent.
This was very likely due to Voldemort, or simply Slytherin's bloodline, having been merged into his body.
Also, why Voldemort was so interested in his blood, even to the point of developing the desire to "eat" him directly.
That must also be because he carried Slytherin's bloodline.
As the direct descendant of Slytherin, Voldemort would naturally be attracted to such blood.
As for the Dementors' abnormal reaction, that was probably because he had within him some other kind of bloodline that even Dementors felt awe toward, or perhaps fear.
From this perspective, Sirius Black's description of him wasn't wrong.
He really was a stitched-together freak.
Clicking his tongue twice, Link refocused his mind, fully operating Occlumency.
At present, his situation was indeed bad, but it was not entirely without hope.
The only hope of victory lay in Occlumency.
The wall of the heart created by Occlumency Lv3 indeed could not fully defend against Mike's attacks, but Lv4 Occlumency would be different.
Although since Christmas his training efficiency had been low due to restlessness, over such a long time he had still accumulated much skill experience.
Up until now, Link's Occlumency experience bar had reached the critical point of 97%.
Most importantly, since just now, his Occlumency experience value had been soaring as he fought against Mike.
At first, Link thought this was because the intensity of the fight between him and Mike was too high.
But he quickly realized.
This abnormal surge in experience felt more like a heaven-sent blessing.
As for the principle behind it, Link didn't understand, nor did he have the mind to figure it out now.
He only knew one thing, that in this way, a comeback was not impossible.
———
Five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes…
Time was passing bit by bit.
The wall of the heart not far away could no longer hold.
The dense web of cracks on it, after Mike's final, fully-charged punch, finally turned into a pile of dust.
"Hehehe…"
Mike let out a strange laugh, bouncing toward Link.
But halfway there, Mike's laughter suddenly stopped.
He found that Link was also smiling at him.
Link indeed had reason to smile.
Because that long-missed golden barrage once again appeared before his eyes.
[Occlumency Lv4 acquired!]
"Looks like I've won."
Link spoke as he extended one finger, pointing at Mike.
"Suppress!"
BOOM!
A heart prison far thicker than before reappeared, locking Mike firmly inside.
Mike naturally was unwilling to submit, but no matter how he struggled, not even the tiniest Mike appeared on this newly-formed wall of the heart.
Looking at this scene, Link smiled even more happily.
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