The instant the green flames appeared, Voldemort... or rather, Quirrell, sprang to his feet in alarm.
The moment Dumbledore appeared, before he could even finish that sentence, Quirrell turned into a cloud of black mist and vanished into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.
Quirrell and Voldemort feared Dumbledore to such an extent.
But fortunately, they feared Dumbledore so much. Otherwise, it would have been Tierra's "Inheritor" fleeing deeper into the Forbidden Forest.
Fortunately, his "Inheritor" was similar to a Horcrux, a special kind of Dark Magic item. Ordinary spells, not even the Killing Curse, could break through the "Inheritor's" spiritual protection.
That was why Tierra had dared to bluff the half-dead Voldemort despite the risk.
After all... first-year Voldemort had been so weak that he needed to strangle Harry with his bare hands. Especially after fighting a 4X-class magical creature, a unicorn, it was unlikely he could cast extraordinarily powerful Dark Magic like Fiendfyre.
The illusion created by the "Inheritor" gradually faded after Voldemort fled, transforming instead into a golden pyramid with a huge single eye in its center.
Below the eye was a black bow tie, and atop the pyramid sat a small top hat. Two pairs of stick-figure-like arms and legs extended from its base and sides.
"Ahahahahaha." The golden pyramid let out a grating laugh, seemingly mixed with mechanical static.
"Hello, little unicorn. You may call me Bill Cipher." Bill Cipher was an animated character Tierra had seen in his previous life, a two-dimensional demon who enjoyed making deals.
His appearance was that of an eye growing from the center of a triangle.
It was not entirely Tierra's twisted sense of humor.
Just like words, images possessed magic as well.
Among all shapes, triangles and circles were the most primitive patterns, and the easiest to imbue