Chapter 452: Prelude to the Finale

"The other half of power." Harry nodded. "I plan to extract the Time-Instant Moment; that itself is a very delicate and powerful magical creation, and the experience of the fourth year gave it a hint of mysterious atmosphere."

"No, not this Time-Instant Moment, but that moment." Zhang Qiu proposed a more daring idea. "Return to Trenzalore and use that space-time rift as the extract."

Harry widened his eyes. He had never thought it could be done this way, but if they really used the 'Broken Static Space-Time' as the extract, I'm afraid this would be far more powerful than a black hole.

"The plan is like this..."

"Wait, we need to find a secret place." Harry interrupted her. "The last plan was suspected to have been leaked, so we were ambushed when the school was empty. We must be careful this time."

"It doesn't matter," Zhang Qiu said. "Let Luo En and Hermione accompany you to Trenzalore, and I will stay at school. This way, it is foolproof."

"Ah? Why does Hermione have to go?" Harry felt completely confused. "What does it have to do with her?"

"I cannot get close to that space-time, it will make the rift unstable, and it might even trigger an explosion," Zhang Qiu pointed to her own head. "The aftereffects of the Righteousness Descent Alliance Talisman."

"Then Luo En and I can just go, why drag Hermione into it?" Luo En still didn't understand.

Zhang Qiu was silent for a while, then spoke again: "Because it is possible to encounter two enemies."

"What do you mean?"

"If Evolt and Decade cooperate again to obstruct you together, what should we do?" she said calmly. "So Harry needs at least two companions."

"But can Hermione beat Decade?" Harry said with some worry. "Currently, the strength of the Pterodactyl should be between Fang Joker and Elemental Dragon, while Decade uses his basic form to easily beat Fang Joker, and Complete Form should be on par with Solomon, right? Pterodactyl is a bit short."

"You analyze combat power very clearly," Zhang Qiu said with a smile. "But she doesn't need to win; as long as she can hold Decade for you and buy you some time, you can come back to help her after you obtain the power."

Harry thought for a moment and felt that what Zhang Qiu said was well-founded, and the whole plan sounded very feasible. However, he suddenly discovered a problem.

"That's not right, did we just say it all out like this?" Harry scratched his head. "Is it possible that if we talked secretly, no one would know we were going to Trenzalore, and we wouldn't encounter obstruction?"

The three of them looked at each other, and for a moment, it was a bit awkward.

"We are planning for the worst-case scenario," Zhang Qiu took the lead in breaking the awkwardness. "Because what we are going to do is an open secret."

"How is it an open secret?"

"Obtaining power for Harry is something that must be done, and the choice of extract is also destined, so the enemy will definitely pay close attention to Trenzalore. It's all linked together."

Luo En revealed a look of sudden realization, while Harry looked at him with some confusion.

"What's going on, is there something I don't know?" Harry touched his chin and thought. "Why is it that obtaining power is something I must do, and why is the choice already destined? Could it be that you talked about this there?"

"Yes, but I can't let you know for the time being," Zhang Qiu said.

Harry was a bit helpless, but he quickly calmed down and said he didn't mind.

"Next, let's go find Hermione and ask her to help with this," Zhang Qiu said.

After dinner, they met Hermione, who was still studying hard, at their usual spot in the library, while Elena sat on the side flipping through something like a children's picture book.

"Harry, Luo En, Qiu," Elena greeted them first. "It's really good to see you."

Luo En didn't put on a face, and Harry smiled and returned the greeting.

"I have something to tell you," she said. "I'm preparing to go back."

Hermione's expression became a bit melancholy, while Harry didn't feel much, and he said casually, "Reasonable, you have your own things to do too."

"It's not entirely my own business," Elena bit her lip. "The Magical Congress is going to start the next batch of the Herrscher Project, and I need to participate in it."

"Haha, then you can be considered a senior," Zhang Qiu revealed a smile of interest. "There will be juniors who admire you."

Elena raised her head again. Her eyes at this moment were extremely complex. Harry only knew she was not very happy, but he didn't know why she was unhappy.

"If I go back this time, I don't know when we will meet again," she said melancholically. "The Herrscher Project is my graduation internship, and I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to come here again in the next few years."

No one spoke, and Hermione also stopped her pen silently.

"You always make me think of the most beautiful days, while my future life can be seen at a glance," Elena said reluctantly. "I regret doing those childish things last year, sigh, let it be. I just want to say a proper goodbye before I leave."

She spoke a bit incoherently, and Luo En's expression remained subtle, so Harry took over the conversation: "It doesn't matter, we can still keep in touch by letter, and we can meet again at any time, after all, Apparition is very convenient. Of course, I think compared to the three of us, your friendship with Hermione is deeper and more worth talking about."

"Speaking of which, Fleur's wedding is set for early August, will you come?" Luo En said indifferently. "I think she will also miss that year."

Elena looked away with some sadness.

Zhang Qiu suddenly sat up straight and grabbed one of Elena's hands seriously. "What are you thinking? If you have any strange ideas, at least do as I say and leave the Eagle Bottle behind!"

"I won't do that," Elena pulled her hand away and leaned back on the chair with a light laugh. "Hermione's second personality is enough, whether it's to help you perfect OOO or to leave as a souvenir for Hermione."

"You'd better," Zhang Qiu stared straight at her. "But let me advise you one more thing: the fault tolerance of life is much higher than you imagine, and even the potential of the Herrscher has not been fully developed."

Elena shrugged helplessly.

"Master Xuanjun has also done experiments, and we have created the Herrscher of Sentience, which is not a bit worse than ordinary knights," Zhang Qiu said anxiously. "The Herrscher of Void can be improved!"

Elena remained noncommittal.

"But what about the words you didn't say?" Zhang Qiu suddenly looked at Hermione. "Do you know—"

"No need, no need," Elena interrupted her. "It's good like this, I don't have any other ideas, I'm just a little sad that you all have bright futures while my own future is dim."

"Perhaps you will find someone else worth loving," Luo En also said a word of comfort.

Harry also sincerely persuaded: "It's not a dim future, everyone can find their own small happiness, you just need to adjust your mindset."

Hermione looked at Elena, who was still unmoved, sighed, and changed the subject: "Do you have something to ask us?"

"Let's go out and talk," Zhang Qiu looked around. "Harry, I suggest you stay and continue to guide Elena."

Harry was a bit stunned; he felt it was very difficult for him to persuade Elena. Watching the three people leave one after another, he could only speculate that some details of the plan were inconvenient for him to hear, so he turned around and looked at Elena again.

From the first time they met, Harry noticed that this girl had a delicate face and beautiful white hair, but at this moment she looked a bit haggard, those once bright eyes had a layer of faint gray, and there were blue shadows like mist under her eyes. Her cheeks were slightly sunken, her skin was stiff, and her lips were so pale they almost blended with her skin. Her hair, which was once as bright as fresh snow, now had a bone-like paleness.

"What exactly is wrong with you?" Harry said helplessly, a deep pity welling up in his heart.

Elena looked at him seriously and suddenly smiled. "I'm just disappointed, disappointed because the Herrscher's power is insufficient."

"Is it just because you can't beat Kamen Riders?" Harry originally wanted to continue talking about ordinary happiness or something, but he suddenly guessed the real reason for Elena's disappointment. "Is it because you originally intended to use the Herrscher's power to get rid of that person's control, is that it?"

"I can't say," Elena didn't directly admit it, but her bitter smile had indirectly admitted it.

Harry asked with some confusion: "Why can't you say? Actually, if you say it, we can all think of ways to help you."

"I heard that you are also doing the Queen Project," Elena suddenly changed the subject. "Haven't you worried about what to do if the Vampire Queen doesn't listen to you?"

"That is indeed a problem, but out of tribal interests and so on, she can easily figure it out if she's not too stupid," Harry tried to answer.

"I mean, setting up a contingency measure, in case she really loses control, can she be eliminated in time?"

"Snape is it," Harry still didn't understand. "Both times the Queen lost control, he solved it."

Elena sighed softly, turned her head away, and was silent for a long time before turning back to say: "Can you use some kind of spell or Muggle device in advance before or during the experiment, so that once the Queen loses control, she can be eliminated in a very simple way, like pressing a button?"

Harry analyzed seriously: "You did give a good suggestion, but there will be no new human experiments in the short term, the Queen Project has been stopped. As for the Herrscher... will it... oh, no."

"It seems you understand."

"But, isn't it said," Harry's eyes twitched, "that it's voluntary?"

"That clause was too long, I was too lazy to read it, so I just flipped to the last page and signed it," Elena said a reason that was absurd but seemed reasonable. ===== CHAPTER 453 =====