Chapter 525: Hogwarts Learning Panel, Chapter 222

【Cruel, twisted, my old friend says so.

I must warn every wizard that studying such magic requires a price. If you think you can, then keep reading.

Dark Magic makes wizards express extraordinary magical power, or rather, makes wizards exert the power that magic should have.

This power is so powerful that it reaches the level of studying life and summoning death.

Any wise wizard will think about the intoxicating tricks in this...】

Sean frowned; illustrations of Basilisks, Acromantulas, and Dementors appeared in the book; these illustrations all explained the biological miracles achieved by Dark Magic—it created life.

As for summoning death... that was easier to explain.

【It is so difficult to create a positive faith, but it is so easy to create an evil faith.

Any wizard can indulge in killing and cruelty; my old friend, it is calling me all the time.

Calling me... wizards who go to the extreme will possess extremely powerful power.

This proves,

Magic is essentially a faith.】

Sean silently put down the book.

In a daze, those words were actually dissolving rapidly; he frowned tightly, looking at this absolutely unusual scene.

Those words recombined to form new words:

【Dark Magic creatures themselves are created in the extreme faith of wizards, and so are Dark Curses.

As for some more terrifying directions, about Horcruxes, this most evil magical invention, we should not talk about it, nor should we give guidance.

And the only thing I want to point out to you is that generations of Elder Wand owners have been studying the most mysterious fields; they are born with firmer faith.

Pursuing more powerful magical power will sooner or later corrode their souls; from ancient times to the present, no one has been spared.

You have read this far, apprentice, apprentice who owns the Elder Wand... I remind you, I remind you again, I died in such paranoia; I spent my whole life pursuing the essence of magic...

But at a certain moment, I recall the decision I once made. I took a shortcut, believing in a cruel faith, but the essence of magic, perhaps it is more than this.】

These words also disappeared; Sean then realized that he had been staring at the blank page at the end of this book for a long time.

Godelot's words provided Sean with a special direction; he began to think about words like will, emotion, and faith, which seemed distant and vague.

He thought of Voldemort; he was cruel and twisted enough, so he reached a depth in Dark Magic that no one knew.

He believed that magic is power, so he was powerful enough to compete with Buliduo when he was young.

Magic, to some extent, is perhaps really a wizard's faith?

Wizards strengthen their faith to dig for stronger magic, and the chosen faith also changes the wizard's personality.

Is this the essence of Dark Magic corroding a wizard's soul?

From the beginning of learning spells and potions, Sean knew that a wizard's emotions and beliefs had an impact on magical power, but this was the first time Sean had seen such a clear description of the relationship between wizards and magic.

The night was deep; walking out of the Restricted Section, the corridor was silent.

"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

At this moment, Sean suddenly understood the deep meaning in Headmaster Buliduo's words.

Wizards, after all, can choose their own faith. ===== CHAPTER 526 =====