Pillar of Flame Appears

(Seamus reminds you, "Have you forgotten how Lucius Malfoy died in this world? He sacrificed his life as a offering along with those Acromantula.")

(Ron suddenly realized, "So there aren't any Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest of this world?")

("That's really..." He glanced at the High Table and, noticing Hagrid wasn't there, "That's fantastic!")

"Hagrid isn't here." Harry reminded Ron as he headed towards the cabin. "Come with me."

Seeing Ron follow Harry's judgment without hesitation and follow behind him, Neville asked with some confusion, "How did Harry realize Hagrid wasn't there? Was something missing from the doorway?"

"In this world, Harry is the closest person to the World Tree, so if he wanted to, he could even appear directly in front of Hagrid." Ron wore a mysterious expression, as if he were the one who could do it.

(Harry thought it was a bit far-fetched. Before becoming Champion, although he had the Love Charm, it could only be used as a special attack against dark wizards, a shield that only appeared in front of them. He himself did not receive any extra blessing, and his grades were only slightly above average.)

(And in this world, Harry, as far as he knows, displayed a spectacle akin to Jesus or God in his second year, with his mother even resurrecting in his body as an angel. It's estimated that Voldemort's Soul Fragment were evaporated.)

(Now, it has even connected with the World Tree, allowing it to find a person's whereabouts without any apparent reason and appear before them.)

(This is the Chosen One from the Prophecy, right? He himself is just a fake.)

Neville was equally shocked.

But what shocked him even more was what happened when he entered the woods.

'Such a rich Life Force!'

Everywhere you look, there is a faint Life Force permeating the treetops and shrubs.

The Magical Creature I saw, such as the Diricawl, the Augurey, and the Bowtruckle, were mostly of different colors, much like summoned beasts that had undergone positive mutations due to the influence of the [Force Furnace].

(Seamus said enviously, "These Magical Creature are all of such high quality. If only I could...")

(Dean speculated, "Is it all due to the influence of the World Tree?")

In comparison, Harry's seemingly lost behavior of not taking the animal trails and turning left and right as if he were lost was not so surprising.

Harry stopped abruptly after passing a golden adult unicorn.

'Centaurus?'

Although he had never seen it before, Neville recognized the creature in front of him instantly.

Ron, Harry, and even Neville all instinctively opened their mouths wide.

It's not because the lower body is a combination of a horse and the upper body is a human.

It was because a female centaur appeared before them.

Centaurs have never had the human habit of wearing clothes. If it weren't for his long white hair that reached his waist and hung down his chest, Neville would have doubted whether he could have remained calm and not had a nosebleed.

Her beautiful face radiated maternal tenderness, her muscular yet still graceful white belly was not concealed, and her enormous body trembled behind her hair as the centaur moved forward.

(Hermione glanced at the stunned boys around her and said disdainfully, "Isn't this just like wearing a bikini, or a more conservative one with a lot of fabric? So exaggerated. Tsk tsk)

(Hagrid was somewhat surprised. The female centaurs always hid with their young in the heart of the centaur camp, never leaving. Even he had never seen them do so. How could they have left the camp in this world?)

"Who are you?" Harry's voice was a little hoarse.

For him, who lacked maternal love, the centaur in front of him was like a weapon that had been used against him.

"Delia," the centaur said softly, "A priestess. But what brings a little pony like you into the woods? I don't recall any students having Care of Magical Creatures Class or Herbology today."

"We're here to see Hagrid!" Ron, his ears turning red, decided to tell the whole story. "It's like this, Harry ..."

("Hmph, what a disappointment~" Ginny mocked, but didn't forget to ask a question, "What is the centaur's ritual?")

(This answer has not been found since the centaurs degraded themselves to beasts.)

(Even before, wizards rarely bothered to learn about humanoids who posed no threat to them.)

(But the dead themselves, the very ones who lived through history, knew this very well.)

(Heispar Starkey, who was the first to study the use of lunar phases in Potions- making, said, "I once used my gender-based family advantage to go to the deepest part of the centaur camp to study the lunar phases. Contrary to popular belief, the centaurs are actually a matriarchal society.")

("It is well known that centaurs do not use wands, but are highly skilled in magical healing, Divination, archery, and Astronomy.")

("But in reality, centaurs can use magic for more than just healing; they can truly wield magic like Goblin.")

("The females do not leave the camp not because they are weak, but because they need to maintain a tranquil mind undisturbed by worldly affairs.")

("They possess Heavenly Eye that is far more advanced than that of the males, and can be applied to all aspects of life to make Prophecy that eliminate all risks to the tribe.")

("Therefore, the physically stronger males go out hunting with bows and arrows, while the females who truly possess magic care for the young and lead the tribe with their more acute Heavenly Eye.")

("The priestess is the leader and the best among the females, who needs to maintain physical purity and ensure the purity of the heart, possessing the keenest and most Heavenly Eye intuition among the tribe.")

(After reading Hesper Starkey's introduction, the other audience members had even more questions.)

(That's why this important priest left the centaur camp so close to the edge of the Forbidden Forest.)

(Only Basil knew the reason.)

(The centaurs, a magical race with extraordinary inspiration and in harmony with nature, were the first to offer themselves to the World Tree.)

(The female centaurs entrusted their hearts to the World Tree, gaining Light Power and more powerful magic, while also liberating themselves. They no longer needed to meditate all day, Prophecy the weather and potential dangers around the camp, or which centaur to send out at which time and place would yield good results.)

(And Delia even came into direct contact with traces of Basil deep within the World Tree.)

(As a projection of his will, his possessions, the priestess who carried out his path.)

(She is currently harnessing the natural power of the Forbidden Forest to soothe the Earth Vein, in order to prevent the impending Pillar of Fire from affecting the Forbidden Forest and Hogwarts.)

Therefore, when faced with other Fantastic Beasts, Harry, who was instinctively afraid of humans, seemed oblivious to Delia's fear.

From her perspective, Harry was just a brighter star, still a little pony.

Just as humans are not afraid of an angry kitten.

Instead, Harry, with his big head, regained control of his small head.

I was overwhelmed by the majesty that resembled the World Tree standing before me.

He also discovered that even when Delia was completely naked, the gaps in her hair that should have covered the key areas made it impossible to see the treasures hidden beneath, no matter the angle. It was as if they were concealed on a conceptual level.

(This is natural; as a priestess of Basil, her body can only be fully observed and touched by herself and her spirit.)

"So you've discovered the changes in the Forbidden Forest and want to talk to Hagrid about it." After hearing Ron's words, Delia understood everything. She looked at Harry in amazement, "I didn't expect that you wizards could sense the appearance of the Pillar of Fire."

The Ron of the past would have inwardly scoffed, "What do you mean, 'you wizards'? This little world was built by Dumbledore!"

But now, he just nodded repeatedly.

Delia said that he and Draco Malfoy were a couple, and he would subconsciously admit it.

Neville is slightly better off.

Neville did so because he was aware that he was still live-streaming and Hannah might be watching, so he couldn't afford to embarrass himself.

Harry, on the other hand, associated the Pillar of Fire with the towering water column in the Hogsmeade Sea.

Wizards have also explored that place, but like the World Tree, they can't get close at all. It's right in front of them, but the distance to it seems endless.

Approaching from below sea level is like reaching the edge of a small world; you seem to be about to reach the next step, but you end up in another completely unrelated place: somewhere in Hogsmeade.

(This was intentionally designed by Basil. After all, he wasn't a naive and innocent person like the Long-eared Tribe. The pillars of the world wouldn't be directly exposed in reality. They were all integrated with the small world. In reality, they were manifestations of concepts, existing between existence and non-existence.)

Could it be that these water pillars, the "Pillar of Fire" that Delia mentioned, are the same as the "World Tree"?

So Harry asked, "What are you referring to as the Pillar of Fire?"

"The edge of the Forbidden Forest is expanding," Delia said. "The Sacred Volcano will appear in that arid land. As a priestess, I need to suppress the scorching heat before the Pillar of Light appears."

"The Pillar of Light?" Neville asked.

"The Pillar of Light is the Pillar of Flame; the towering pillar of flame will transform into light," Delia said with a smile. "It's just that the messenger of the divine light has not yet descended."

On the other side, on the desolate Dadi, Hagrid, dressed in only a thin shirt, was walking forward with heavy steps.

"It's strange, the temperature suddenly rose as soon as we stepped out of the woods."

He took off his shirt, wrung it out, and squeezed out the beads of sweat that dripped down his face. The sweat turned into white smoke the moment it hit the scorching ground.

"The temperature is getting higher and higher."

He looked ahead and saw that the ground seemed to be rising up and the rock layers were beginning to be exposed.

Fire Salamander, Ashwinder, and other Magical Creature that need fire to survive crawl and swim on the bare rock strata, their bodies still displaying the vibrant colors they would have when exposed to flames.

"Rampaging Gorgon! What on earth is going on here?"

This was completely out of touch with his understanding of these Magical Creature.

Although he had seen many strange and Magical Creature in the forest these days, their habits had not changed much; at most, their original abilities had been partially altered or enhanced.

But now it's a complete and utter change, as absurd as Troll learning arithmetic or unicorns becoming attracted to men.

Just as Hagrid was bewildered and hesitating about whether to take off his shoes and let his feet breathe, the Dadi began to tremble.

The ground began to tilt, and Hagrid, who had taken off one shoe and was standing on one leg, rolled backward—towards the Forbidden Forest.

After crashing into a huge ancient tree, Hagrid's first reaction wasn't to cry out in pain, "My back!" but rather...

"Phew~ That feels so refreshing, I'm alive again!"

As Half-blood Giant, he was already tough and resilient, and due to the radiation from the World Tree, he, like those humanoids, began to undergo positive mutations.

It is now impervious to swords and spears, and immune to water and fire.

Therefore, as he rolled into a ball and approached the Forbidden Forest, his attention was more focused on the rapidly receding high temperature.

Then, the towering mountains that appeared in his field of vision, the pillar of fire reaching the sky, the overflowing lava, and the dissipating gray smoke left him speechless for a moment.

"This is the Pillar of Fire." Delia still wore a gentle smile. The shade of the trees that blocked out the sun all day automatically parted, revealing the azure sky, and a crimson pillar of fire stretched from the sky to the ground.

(This scene wasn't particularly exciting for viewers who had watched the Starry World livestream.)

(The Phoebe Explosion Curse created an explosion stretching for hundreds of miles, and Cedric's feat of turning the entire planet into lava raised their threshold.)

(The same applies to the dead, where ancient magic still prevails; for them, using magic to change the color of the world is perfectly normal.)

But for Harry and the others who actually saw it, it was not simply a collection of sounds, lights, and colors.

The moment that pillar of fire, seemingly a manifestation of nature, radiating a sublime and sacred aura, came into their view, they were stunned into silence, their minds overwhelmed by its power.

Harry once again experienced the same synesthetic state he had when the World Tree first appeared.

"The world is expanding."

The halo representing wisdom, the wings embodying the driving force of life and soul, the eyes piercing with majestic light, and the hair turning into the color of snow all materialize.

Magic Circle of light appeared at his heart and split. Magic Circle of Dadi, wind, and water were arranged in a triangular formation throughout his body.

The throbbing of the Dadi, the melody of the wind, and the song of the ocean currents all entered Harry's heart.

"What kind of Force is this?" Neville exclaimed in surprise. "The Force of Dadi, wind, water, fire, life, and the Solar Force— it's all mixed together yet distinct."

(The audience was stunned.)

(Although they knew that Harry in this world was extraordinary and had heard of his form, this was the first time they had seen him in person.)

(And this person is Harry Potter, the number one alternate version of the Champion!)

(Even Harry himself stared wide-eyed.)

After a long while, Harry returned to normal and landed on the ground.

Delia exclaimed in surprise, "So you are also a messenger of the divine light."

Harry was about to deny it by saying something like, "It's the magic of light, the power of nature to manifest its positive aspects," but then he thought of the centaurs' attitude towards nature.

According to the culture of the centaurs, he might indeed be considered a sacred messenger.

Neville asked, "The Pillar of Fire has appeared. If Harry is the messenger of the Holy Light, how can it be transformed into the Pillar of Light?"

Unlike Hagrid, who was located at the boundary between the Forbidden Forest and the Barren Dadi and could confirm that the magma and high temperatures would not affect the Forbidden Forest, Neville was very worried that the vaporized and liquefied rocks in the towering pillar of fire, and the sparks that splashed onto the ground, would ignite the Forbidden Forest and cause a fire.

Therefore, he eagerly hoped that Harry could turn fire into light, just as the centaur had Prophecy.