v4 Chapter 94： Patriarch's Ring

"Tsk tusk," Almand's face changed slightly, he put away his contemptuous expression a little, his face looked a little dignified, and said: "It seems that you have doubts in your heart. You came here prepared tonight, right?"

"Hmm, even so," he snorted twice immediately, his voice suddenly became cold, "Are you too confident in yourself? Are you not afraid of overturning in the gutter?"

"Draco must have known that when I selected the Triwizard Warriors, he had no chance..." Schelling's tone was a bit heavy, "That means that our brothers' ideas are competing logically. It’s over. Based on my understanding of my father’s character, no matter how much he supports the supremacy of pure blood, he is unlikely to do anything that would harm the family’s interests. So—"

"It's also time for me to figure out what your goals and motives are. According to what I know about Draco, the so-called pure blood supremacy and family glory will not be the reason for our brothers to fight, and there must be more behind it. The deep reason. In order to understand this..." Xie Lin said lightly, "I think it's worth it even if you take the risk."

"Furthermore," Xie Lin showed a confident smile, "I don't think that a real strong man can be honed by soaking in books all day, or hiding and studying magic all day—"

"You are very strong, I can feel this," Schelling's tone was firm and calm, his eyes lit up with an unprecedented war spirit, "but you haven't even held the wand in your hand yet, you shouldn't be. Do you really think that I am an ant that you can handle?"

"Interesting..." Almand slowly raised his left hand, "I saw in your eyes the ambition to fight to the death, you actually came with a mortal heart... You are, regard me as a hone to hone yourself. It's a knife stone... Do you use the pressure of a powerful enemy to push your limits? It's really scary to be born later."

"To reward your courage and your strategy, let me show you this." Almand's left index finger slowly emerged from the void with a ring carved with a black dragon logo. Schelling is no stranger to this ring. , This is the ring that Lucius wore in the past. It is the proof of the identity of the Patriarch of the Malfoy family. It is called the "Patriarch's Ring" in the family!

"So that's it..." Xie Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, and in an instant he figured out many key points.

For example, during his first magical riot, he saw black energy on Lucius, but other people in the family did not have this situation. At the time, he thought it was the reason for the Dark Mark. After all, Narcissa and Kaka Luo also knows black magic, but they don't have these abnormalities. Thinking about it now, Snape, who was also carrying the Mark of the Dark Devil, didn't seem to have these abnormalities. It was because he had been ignoring this little detail. If this black energy comes from the ring of the Patriarch, then everything makes sense.

Another example is why the attitudes of his father and Draco to him suddenly changed. He has been a little wondering, does a battle of ideas require Draco to practice black magic to increase his strength? With Draco's current age and temperament, would this kind of action be a bit excessive?

"That said, Draco has been appointed by his father as the next Patriarch, no wonder...hehe..." Schelling smiled bitterly, his mood at the moment mixed, "They look down on me too much, my vision , How can my ambitions be limited by a single family... family, family, and family..."

In all fairness, Schelling has never had a covetous heart for the position of the head of the family. In his opinion, Draco, as the eldest son, is in accordance with the historical tradition of the pure-blood family, unless Draco has committed something that cannot be tolerated. He was expelled by mistake, otherwise the position of Patriarch should have fallen to Draco.

With Schelling’s own character, he probably doesn’t like being a power holder, and he has to think about the family’s interests, development, and survival every day. The Malfoy family may have an ancestral heritage, enough to keep the family prosperous for a century or two, but sooner or later these wealth will be exhausted, not to mention that the money of a pure-blood family is endless. You did not read the original book Lu Isn't Hugh even willing to buy a firebolt for his only son? As the head of the family, if you want to lead the family to continue its success, you must have foresight, leadership, and long-term planning and execution capabilities. This is not a problem that Schelling can't do, but that he doesn't want to bear it. Responsibility, live this life.

Every day you can lead the passive income of the invested industry, sleep until you wake up naturally, you can travel and take risks in your free time, you can study magic at home, or cultivate some hobbies to pass the time, and live a shameless life with a few girls , Isn't this fragrant?

"If my father just wants Draco to inherit the position of Patriarch, he can tell me directly, there is no need to hide it from me at all, because I have no interest in it..." Schelling's voice gradually became colder." It's you—"

"So courageous!" Xie Lin's eyes also began to sharpen, "You dare to show the Horcrux you are boarding in front of me, do you really look down on me like that?"

Horcruxes are the container for Almand’s remnant souls. As long as the Horcruxes are destroyed, no matter how powerful they are, they can only be dispelled. Just like Almand, the existence and location of the Horcruxes can be exposed casually. That’s much more. Arrogant!

Armand ignored Schelling’s words. He seemed to be fully energizing the Patriarch’s ring. The black glow flickered on the ring surface, as if attached to the black lightning arc, the electric tongue splashed and sizzled. Flashing once, the black energy on Almand's body will also become more intense. Schelling knew that this was the Horcrux trying to absorb Draco's vitality to bring himself closer to the post-resurrection state.

The principle of the Horcrux is to seal part of the caster’s remnant soul in a magic container through an evil ritual, so that the caster’s soul can be anchored in this world, even if the caster’s body encounters death. , The soul can still escape the harvest of the "death of death" in the form of a remnant soul, thus avoiding being forced to be detained to the Netherworld and the world of the dead.

Making a Horcrux is a very evil and difficult process. There have been very few wizards who have been able to do this throughout the ages. Even if most wizards actually make a Horcrux, they will only make one, because the soul has been split more than once. It will make the soul extremely unstable, will distort a person's appearance, character and reason, in simple terms, will lose part of his humanity. People who have split more than once like Voldemort can basically no longer be called "people".

Assuming that Armand only made one Horcrux, after his physical death, the most likely possibility is that his soul will be directly forcibly transferred into the previously preset Horcrux instead of something like Voldemort wandered in the wilderness in the form of a remnant soul like that.

The easiest way for a remnant soul that has lost its body to be resurrected is to confuse a person who has been in contact with Horcrux for a long time. By deceiving and bewitching that person, let that person open his mind, and then take the opportunity to enter that person’s mind and be in that person’s mind. Unknowingly, slowly eroding that person's soul, and finally seizing control of that person's body, just like Tom Riddle did to Ginny in the second grade.

Thinking of this, Schelling also had to complain about Lucius’ stupidity. He was already an adult when he became the owner of the Patriarch, and he had also experienced the baptism of the first Wizarding War, plus he himself had practiced dark magic, so he Perhaps there is enough strength and willpower to resist the erosion of Horcruxes, but Draco, who is only 14 years old, is far from him in any respect at this time. Draco obviously does not have this strength, nor does he have enough. Mental. In Schelling's view, Draco was just a little kid to some extent. Can such things as Horcruxes be used by children casually?

unless-

Lucius had no idea that this was a Horcrux! He thought it was just a token of the identity of the Patriarch! At best, it is a magic artifact that can assist in the study of black magic and increase the compatibility with the power of black magic!

Xie Lin's eyes flashed with a sharp light, he seemed to have figured out a very extraordinary thing, this incident is likely to affect the success or failure of tonight!

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