The Dark Side of the Wizarding World

At the end of the passageway, Vincent stepped into an open space and recognized the dark creatures that could hide within the walls.

Nuckelavees, which inhabited the Northern Isles of Scotland and carried all manner of deadly diseases within their bodies.

They had the lower bodies of horses, but the upper bodies of humans.

They were hairless, with bright red skin.

Flames burned in their eyes, and they had long, pig-like snouts.

Though they looked terrifying enough, their unbelievably large mouths were tightly shut, and their bodies, far stronger than centaurs', were actually trembling.

"Is this your final trump card?" Vincent shook his head in disappointment.

They were a threat to Dark wizards, but almost nothing to him.

The shop owner, whom Sam had kicked all the way inside, raised his blood-covered face.

"My lords, since you've already gotten what you wanted, could you—"

"Wizard scum has no right to choose." Sam forcefully stomped on his shin.

"And you're worse than wizard scum!"

"Aah—"

His broken leg bone pierced through his flesh, exposing a blood-drenched sliver of ghastly white.

Even pain far beyond what an ordinary person could endure ultimately made him pass out.

"The important thing comes first." Vincent walked toward the separated cells.

Sam gave the man several more vicious kicks, then raised his wand high. "Sunlight Shine—"

This was an advanced application of the Wand-Lighting Charm. It could detach the light from the wand tip and keep the entire space illuminated.

Vincent's breathing gradually grew heavier as he saw what was inside the cells.

It was not that the sight was particularly bloody or cruel, but that they had completely lost the dignity of being human.

Suppressing the intense nausea brought on by the stench of feces and urine, he looked inside again.

A boy of around