A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"Are you my father?"

The voice of the soul exuding golden light echoed directly in Zuo Si's mind.

Since he was just born without any gender recognition, his voice was like that of a two or three year old child full of innocence.

Of course, if anyone really thought of him as an ignorant child, that would be a big mistake.

After all, this is a life forged through life magic using the soul energy of tens of millions of ordinary people.

Therefore, even if there is no malice, the huge gap in life levels caused by unconsciousness is enough to make the unconscious souls wandering around the deep well of souls feel fear and shrink back in pieces.

Zuo Si nodded very tiredly: "Yes, I am your father and your creator. Tell me, how do you feel now?"

"It feels... a little strange. Because my spirit can extend infinitely outward, and I can hear the voices and inner thoughts of thousands of lives, but I can't make any intervention."

There was a hint of doubt and confusion in the tone of the new soul, and at the same time, it looked at the souls around the deep well who were constantly forgetting and losing themselves with slightly pity.

He could feel that the ultimate fate of these people was to perish permanently and turn into the energy at the bottom of this huge crack that didn't know how deep it was under his feet.

"That's because you don't have a body yet, a body worthy of your powerful soul. Well, the phoenix fire next to you is the body I specially prepared for you."

With that said, Zuo Si raised his right hand with only bones left in it and made a gesture of invitation.

"Body……"

The newborn soul quickly turned its attention to the supernatural flame burning above its head.

As Angel Poison Core's body was completely devoured, the remaining divine power had been completely integrated with the blood of the Phoenix, forming a completely new form.

This is why Zuo Si must use the body of the Archdruid who has been blessed by nature as raw material.

Only the Archdruid has the ability of both natural transformation and elemental transformation, and can absorb the power of the phoenix blood of this world to the maximum extent, making it strengthened and even sublimated to a certain extent.

In this way, it becomes possible for the created gods to acquire the characteristics of being reborn from the ashes and never dying like a phoenix.

Of course, this is only theoretical, and it is unknown whether it will actually be effective in actual implementation.

Anyway, Zuo Si has reached the limit of his current ability, and the rest can only be left to luck.

After all, compared with ancient planeswalkers like Sorin Markov, he was still too young, had been to too few worlds, and had collected relatively little knowledge and magic.

The reborn soul floated gently in front of the huge flame phoenix, stretched out his hand and gently touched the body.

moment!

The phoenix seemed to come alive, flapping its wings and starting to rotate around him.

Facing that kind of powerful attraction that cannot be described in words, the newly born soul has no resistance at all and directly turns into a ray of light and gets in.

The next second...

The phoenix, which was completely composed of energy, quickly began to shrink sharply, and finally turned into a fireball emitting astonishing heat, just like a miniature version of the sun.

The endless energy in the deep well of the soul below is the root that supports its existence.

The two are closely connected by an invisible bond.

"What is he doing?"

The diary couldn't help but ask through the spiritual connection.

"He is incubating and reshaping his body. Sorin Markov said that the essence of creating life magic is to provide all the raw materials and then let life evolve on its own. If the Creator interferes too much, in addition to adding unnecessary Apart from problems and flaws, it will not play any good role at all." Zuo Si explained in a nonchalant tone while staring at the fireball.

"Are you sure Sorin Markov's words can be trusted?"

The diary is obviously somewhat suspicious of the ancient planeswalker's motives.

In its view, knowledge, especially advanced magical knowledge, is something that cannot be measured by money and wealth without exception.

But what about Solin?

He actually taught it all to his master so easily, without even the slightest reservation.

This doesn't look normal, and there may even be some hidden conspiracy.

Especially when he learned about Zuo Si's purpose of learning life magic, a meaningful smile appeared on Sorin Markov's face. It was really difficult for people to associate him with the word "good guy".

Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Don't worry. Although my new teacher is withdrawn, indifferent, selfish, and has a vicious mouth, he is not the kind of guy who likes to engage in intrigues. He Maybe they will hide their tricks during the teaching process, but they won’t trick me. What’s more, I have my own judgment about magic and I won’t completely trust anyone.”

"Well, I hope you're right."

Realizing that the master had made his own decision on this matter, Diary decisively shut his mouth.

In any case, its duty is only to provide a completely different point of view as a reference from the perspective of the past. The one who really holds the decision-making power is Zuo Si himself.

After standing aside and waiting for more than ten hours, the fireball floating above the deep well of the soul finally showed a terrifying bright light like the moment a nuclear weapon exploded, and the entire post-death world was directly covered in white.

Finally, a golden phoenix with burning flames slowly flew out from the center of the explosion, and landed gently on Zuo Si's shoulder.

You don't need to ask to know that he is the god created by Zuo Si. He is also the first god born in this world and the only god.

"Father, I can now interfere in all things."

The new Phoenix God still maintained a child-like voice, and the golden flames on his body did not affect or ignite Zuo Si's clothes at all.

He lowered his head and gently pecked Zuo Si's right hand, which had only bones left, with his sharp beak.

moment!

A ball of golden flame suddenly shot out and enveloped the entire hand.

In the blink of an eye, the muscles, nerves, blood vessels and skin that disappeared grew back.

When the flames went out, the injured right hand had recovered to its original state without leaving even a scar.

Obviously, this is the ability possessed by the Phoenix God.

Zuo Si raised his arm and moved his five fingers slightly, feeling the residual energy characteristics and residual warmth, and asked with interest: "Is there an energy flame that can allow people to regenerate infinitely? To what extent can it be achieved?"

"As long as the flame is still burning, no matter how much the body is destroyed, even if the heart and brain no longer exist, it can still be restored to its best condition."

The Phoenix God gave the answer without thinking.

"It's a good ability, let's call it eternal fire."

Zuo Si immediately thought of a name for this kind of flame.

He is undoubtedly very satisfied with this ability.

Because the Eternal Fire not only takes into account both healing and regeneration, but is also a divine power that tends towards positive energy, it can cause unimaginable damage to a series of powerful undead creatures including lichs, dracolichs, death knights, winter ghosts, etc.

You must know that the reason why creatures like gods can dominate all living beings is that all attacks involving divine power cannot be reduced through attributes such as magic resistance and immunity. Even armor and shields cannot be reduced by attributes such as magic resistance and immunity. Such armor is often useless.

This also means that those powerful monsters and mortals with high professional levels will lose their greatest advantage, and they may be killed instantly if they are not careful.

Take the simplest example.

It is also the finger of death in necromancy magic. When used by a legendary mage, it may only be able to kill enemies or monsters that are much weaker than themselves.

The reason is that the higher the level and the stronger the monster, the stronger its magic resistance and immunity are usually.

Therefore, at the same level, without the use of resistance reduction and immunity spells, it is almost impossible to achieve the desired effect with instant death magic such as Finger of Death.

But if a god with the priesthood of death adds divine power to perform it, then this finger of death can instantly kill almost all creatures without divine power and divine spark.

If he encounters a powerful undead creature again, Zuo Si can directly use the eternal fire to give the opponent a fatal blow.

The only thing he is not sure about is whether the connection of the land cards alone can summon this kind of divine flame in other worlds, especially Faerun, which is dominated by the god Io, or simply create a projection of the phoenix. Even incarnation.

As for making a living god into a card, with the current levels of planeswalkers and sparks, it is impossible to think about it.

Not to mention being a god, even artifacts like the Divine Impact Scepter are beyond the scope of ability to turn into cards.

In addition, with the protection of the Phoenix God, there is no need to worry too much about the lack of high-end combat power in the world below, and it will quickly collapse once it is invaded by powerful forces.

"Besides eternal fire, do you have any other abilities?" Zuo Si stared at the ridiculously beautiful bird on his shoulder and continued to ask.

Although it is already an out-and-out god, the phoenix does not look very big, only a little bigger than a macaw.

Compared with Dumbledore's pet Fawkes, he looks more like a minor.

And he doesn't have a feather, and he doesn't even exist. He is entirely composed of burning golden flames.

Phoenix replied without thinking: "In addition to the eternal fire, I also have the ability to be reborn after being severely injured, the ability to swallow souls to restore my own strength, the ability to release high-temperature flames to burn everything, and some messy natural spells. "

"Natural magic?" Zuo Si was slightly stunned.

The ability of Nirvana was originally possessed by the phoenix in this world, so it is not worth making a fuss about being inherited.

The same should be true for releasing high-temperature flames to burn everything.

The ability to swallow souls to restore one's own strength must come from the large amount of soul energy extracted from the deep well during the creation process.

Only the natural magic is a bit confusing.

After all, Angel Poison Core's soul has been imprisoned in the scepter - [Talona's Favor], and his body has also disappeared in the burning flames. There shouldn't be any residue of his druid level. .

"You'll understand at a glance."

Without saying anything, Phoenix immediately showed off the natural spells he had mastered one by one.

Most of them are related to healing and recovery, but a few are related to plants, animals and elements.

Judging from the spell models, these are all natural divine spells, and some are even the same as Faerun's.

Obviously, if nothing unexpected happens, this situation should be the effect of a small amount of divine power remaining in Angel Poison Core's body.

After all, this guy eventually became the God of Spores and a God of Nature.

You must know that the true God has the power to bestow divine spells on believers, whether it is the divine spells of druids or priests.

And these magical arts are contained in the remaining divine power.

After the Phoenix completely digests and absorbs it, it is completely reasonable that it will obtain some similar magical abilities.

After realizing this, Zuo Si immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "Can you grant magic to others now?"

"Yes. Not only can I grant divine spells, but I can also inspire more mortals to believe in me." Phoenix replied in the affirmative without thinking.

Zuo Si nodded thoughtfully: "I see, I think I understand what's going on. By the way, have you given yourself a name?"

"Name?" Phoenix blinked in confusion.

"Yes, a name. You should always give yourself a code name to facilitate communication and let others call you. This is very important, especially for a god like you. Don't worry, you can think about it slowly."

As Zuo Si spoke, he opened the portal to leave this cold and desperate world of death, and the next second he appeared in the house he had bought and undergone a series of renovations.

Since the Christmas vacation at Hogwarts was over, Hermione had already taken the express train back to school.

Currently, there is only one house elf left in this very large castle responsible for daily maintenance, cleaning and care.

"Master, you are back." North bent down and bowed deeply.

"Well, I'm back. How about it? Nothing major happened in the magic world during my absence, right?" Zuo Si asked casually.

North quickly shook his head: "No, both the British magical community and the magical community in other European countries are very calm at the moment. It's just that the Ministry of Magic has sent a lot of letters, urging you to hand over the Magic Stone as soon as possible. Go over. In addition, Miss Granger left a message when she left, so it is best for you to write to her as soon as possible when you come back."

"Hmph! This group of incompetent bureaucrats run faster than the last when something goes wrong, but they are more active than the last when it comes to getting benefits for themselves." Zuo Si sarcastically said with disdain.

"Do you need me to write a letter to refuse for you?" North probed cautiously.

"No, no need. I just have to go to the Ministry of Magic for some business, so I can satisfy the greed of these guys on the way. After all, the more greedy, corrupt, and incompetent they are, the more beneficial it is to me."

As he said that, Zuo Si took out the magic stone he made by himself from his pocket, with a playful expression on his face.

If he guessed correctly, Umbridge must have been eager to launch a final sprint for the position of Minister of Magic, which is why she was so urgent.

"What about Miss Granger?" North asked again.

This time Zuo Si obviously hesitated, but finally waved his hand: "No need for the time being. Once I finish handling the matters at the Ministry of Magic, I will go to Hogwarts immediately, and I will treat it as a small surprise for her." Bar."

"Understood."

Realizing that the master no longer needed his services, the house elf put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply, then raised his hand and snapped his fingers before disappearing and continuing to do the work he had not finished.

I don't know if it was because his consciousness was tampered with when it was made into a summoning creature card, but he never glanced at the phoenix on his master's shoulder.

You must know that even among the wizards in this world, few have seen a phoenix, let alone won the trust of this magical creature.

Dumbledore is currently the only wizard who has a phoenix as a pet.

Theoretically, whether it is a wizard or a house elf, after seeing the second phoenix, the first reaction should usually be surprise and disbelief.

When North was completely gone, Zuo Si couldn't help but ask, "Have you manipulated and affected his mind and soul?"

"No. It's just to reduce the sense of presence and let the house elf ignore me for the time being." Phoenix explained absentmindedly.

"Reducing one's own sense of existence? A good ability. This saves me a lot of things."

When saying this, Zuo Si raised his wand and directly performed a disembodiment. In the blink of an eye, he and the phoenix appeared directly at the entrance of the Ministry of Magic in the center of London.

Thanks to the special pass issued by the previous minister Fudge, he came to the door of Umbridge's office with almost no obstruction.

The ambitious old woman was sitting at her desk, confidently admiring the list in her hand.

Every name that appears on this list has secretly stated that they will support and vote for Umbridge in the ministerial selection in a few days.

If nothing else, the so-called election voting turned out to be nothing more than a formality.

The only thing that worried her was that she had promised to bring back the Sorcerer's Stone and keep the salary and benefits for all employees of the Ministry of Magic unchanged, but Zuo Si, who was the backstage person, had inexplicably lost contact.

With the current financial reserves, if the Philosopher's Stone cannot be retrieved in time, the salary can be paid for another three months at most, and then the British Ministry of Magic will have to declare bankruptcy.

It is probably because they knew how bad the financial situation was that those politically powerful people who could really threaten Umbridge did not participate in the competition.

Just when the old woman picked up a pen and paper and was about to write another letter to urge her, she suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the door: "Long time no see. You look good."

"So... Sir Soth?"

Umbridge suddenly raised her head, a flattering smile instantly appeared on her wrinkled face, and stood up very quickly to greet her, asking with great enthusiasm: "Where have you been during this time? ?Why don’t you write me a reply?”

"Sorry, I suddenly got some inspiration during Christmas, so I locked myself in the basement and made a series of attempts. I didn't expect that when I came back to my senses, it was already the new year. Here, this is my promise The Philosopher's Stone, you can now hold it and sit in the position of Minister of Magic."

Zuo Si simply took out the magic stone and stuffed it into the opponent's palm.

moment!

Umbridge's breathing became rapid, and she was shaking with excitement as she stared at the small stone.

After a full minute, she took a deep breath to force herself to calm down and said in a slightly excited tone: "Thank you very much for your generosity and kindness. I swear that as long as I am the Minister of Magic, all your requests will be fulfilled." Be satisfied.”

"Just in time, I have a little thing that I need your help with right now." Zuo Si made the request directly without any politeness.

"Oh? What is it?" A trace of curiosity flashed in Umbridge's eyes.

"I want to meet Professor Crocker, who has been studying time magic all his life, and talk to him alone."

Zuo Si did not hide anything and openly stated the true purpose of his trip.

He has received some help from the goddess of magic, Midnight, and plans to take this opportunity to retrieve the lost seal scroll.

"No problem! I'll arrange it right away." Umbridge agreed without even thinking about it.

She had long known that Zuo Si was very interested in time magic, so she was not surprised by this request.

What's more, with the collapse of the Time Hall of the Department of Mysteries, the British Ministry of Magic's research on time magic has almost completely stalled.

Rather than letting Professor Crocker not work on a white-collar salary, it would be better to use the waste.

As long as you serve the "uncle" in front of you well, with the power of the second magic stone to bring people back to life, you can make as much money as you want.

In this way, under Umbridge's arrangement, Zuo Si soon got his wish and met Professor Crocker, who had been studying time magic all his life.

"You guys talk, I have other things to do, so I'll excuse you now."

After completing the matchmaking task, Umbridge immediately turned around and left.

At this moment, all she could think about was the wonderful vision of becoming the Minister of Magic, and she didn't care at all about this kind of exchange involving magic and academic aspects.

After watching the old woman who had been corrupted by power and ambition walk away completely, Zuo Si took the initiative to extend his right hand and said, "Nice to meet you, Professor Crocker."

"I'm also very happy to meet you, the most talented rising star in the wizarding world today." Professor Crocker also extended his right hand with a smile.

As a member of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, he knew very well that the wizard in front of him was actually the biggest financial backer of the Ministry of Magic, so he was very polite in both attitude and tone.

What's more, Zuo Si also defeated the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters head-on with a crushing attitude in front of everyone.

wealth!

reputation!

great power!

And a clever mind and creativity that amaze all wizards throughout the wizarding world!

Coupled with the good relationship with the senior bureaucrats of the Ministry of Magic and even the minister himself, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zuo Si will definitely be a wizard at the top of the pyramid in the future.

Therefore, Professor Crocker, who is well versed in human relations and sophistication, did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

After greeting each other, Zuo Si immediately asked straight to the point: "Professor, I heard that you are an expert in time magic, so I want to ask you a few questions."

"Are you also studying time magic?"

When Professor Crocker mentioned his professional field, he immediately became energetic.

"Yes. To be honest, I have mastered the time reversal spell, but I have never tried it before." Zuo Si answered directly in the affirmative.

Although the Ministry of Magic strictly prohibits wizards from studying these extremely dangerous spells, he has successfully obtained special permission from the previous Minister of Magic, Elder Fudge.

Of course, like many other "special permissions", it is the result of Umbridge's secret operation.

Zuo Si seriously suspected that Fudge didn't even look at the content when he signed it, and just wrote his name with a big stroke of the pen.

Otherwise, unless he was kicked in the head by a donkey or squeezed by a door, he would never agree to some of the above terms.

"The Time Reversal Curse is a very dangerous spell. It is not an exaggeration to say it is the most dangerous. I suggest you be careful when using it, otherwise it will bring about very terrible disasters." Professor Crocker said in a serious tone. issue a warning.

Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and responded: "Don't worry, I know how scary this spell is, so I will never try it easily. I am actually more interested in the time paradox than the spell itself."

"Time paradox? What is that?" Professor Crocker blinked blankly.

"This is a hypothesis put forward by Muggles. That is, contradictory paradoxes arise from the logical derivation caused by time travel or uncontrolled shuttle. For example, if a wizard accidentally kills his former self after traveling back in time, then according to the time According to Line Theory, this person will also disappear. But the question is, since the person ten years later has disappeared, how can he travel through time and kill himself ten years ago?"

Zuo Si briefly introduced what the time paradox is all about in a concise and concise way.

This thing is actually not difficult to understand.

It only took Professor Crocker less than a minute to understand the meaning of the time paradox, and he immediately smiled and sighed: "These Muggles obviously don't know magic at all, but they can think of so many things. It's really hard for them.

But what I want to correct is that the time paradox you call does not actually exist.

Because according to the research results of the Ministry of Magic, what has happened cannot be changed.

No matter how many times you travel through the timeline and how many times you interfere, the final result will only be failure.

Taking the example just given, if the wizard really went back ten years ago, it would be impossible for him to kill himself.

Whenever he wanted to take action, he would fail due to various unexpected factors.

After all, it is an established fact that he survived ten years later, so it cannot be changed. "

"You mean... there is some kind of power in the protector's timeline? So what happened when the witch traveled through time and caused many people to evaporate out of thin air?" Zuo Si asked in pursuit.

"All I can say is that it was a very serious accident."

Professor Crocker's tone revealed deep fear and despair...