Cabin of Requirement

Chapter 38

"They sure ran fast."

Li Mu looked at the Hogwarts ruins and regretted letting them get away.

Nicolas Flamel wasn't the only one who escaped. There were also survivors who had been in the Great Hall. Although the Corpse Explosion Spell had destroyed Hogwarts, in the seconds afterward, Li Mu sensed a ripple of Apparition. Clearly, some survivors had managed to get away.

Before he could find out exactly who had escaped, Li Mu sensed the aura of a Spark suddenly appear deep within the ruins through the Origin HuoZhong.

An immense wave of Magic Power swept across the ruins, and the broken walls and rooftops began to float in the air.

The Spark that had been born beneath the ruins was wrapped in Magic Power and whisked into Li Mu's hand.

[Cabin of Requirement: Shipborne Subordinate Module]

[Quality: Blue, Earth Grade]

[Level: LV1]

[Attributes: Can integrate all cabins except the cockpit and weapons bay of a Seedship into itself, and increase the attributes of all Subordinate Modules in every cabin by 1%. It can also copy any cabin it has integrated. All integrated cabins can connect to every door on the Seedship.]

[Enhancement Requirement: 10,000 HuoZhong Source Power]

"Subordinate Module?"

Li Mu was thrilled.

Unlike the Miracle Building Azkaban, this Subordinate Module could be integrated into the Phoenix right away.

It wasn't one of the Seedship's most important components, like its engines, shields, or main guns, but its support capabilities were still astonishing.

Seedships had different cabins for different purposes, including the Supply Bay, Medical Bay, repair bay, and living quarters.

The repair bay, for example, was responsible for repairing damage to the Seedship.

At LV1, the Cabin of Requirement could only increase the attributes of the Subordinate Modules integrated into the repair bay by 1%. But if it reached LV100, it could double the attributes of every Subordinate Module in the repair bay. It could also copy a repair bay, doubling the number of Subordinate Modules it could carry.

After all, at the Seed Destroyer level, each cabin could only integrate one Subordinate Module.

A Seed Destroyer had to advance to become an upper-level Seedship before each cabin could integrate a second Subordinate Module.

With the Cabin of Requirement, a Seed Destroyer could integrate two Subordinate Modules into one cabin. Without a doubt, the copied cabin should go to the crucial repair bay, which would more than double the Seedship's repair speed.

Finally, every cabin could connect to any door on the Seedship.

This attribute might not seem important, but it would be extremely useful in practice.

Take repairing the Seedship, for example. The repair bay needed resources from the Supply Bay before it could fix the Seedship. Although the two cabins were right next to each other, transferring resources still took time. Now that their doors could connect, resources could be transferred instantly and at will.

What's more, integrating several cabins into the Cabin of Requirement would free up a lot of space inside the Seedship.

Although this space couldn't be used to install new cabins, it could greatly expand the usable space in the cockpit and weapons bay.

All things considered, this was an extremely valuable Subordinate Module.

And yet, even a Subordinate Module like this was only Blue, Earth Grade.

Li Mu summoned the Phoenix and integrated the Cabin of Requirement into it. Instead of copying the repair bay, he copied the Medical Bay.

With two Medical Bays analyzing Potions ingredients at the same time, Snape would be able to prepare his Potions much faster.

After checking the ruins, Li Mu found only one body intact enough to recognize. The rest had been blown to pieces by the Corpse Explosion Spell. The lone survivor was Professor Sprout. In her hand was the shattered ring Nicolas Flamel had given her.

Clearly, those rings were what had allowed them to leave their bodies intact.

In that case, the ones who had escaped must have been Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick, whom Nicolas Flamel had also given rings.

Li Mu Apparated back to the basement of Borgin and Burkes.

After checking on Snape's progress, he raised his left hand. A black Phoenix Mark appeared on the back of it from out of nowhere.

He channeled Magic Power into the mark, sending his orders to everyone who bore a Phoenix Mark.

Not even half a day had passed, and twelve skeletons were already standing before Li Mu.

They were the remains of the Twelve Knights of the Round Table from this world's history. Many worlds had legends about the Twelve Knights of the Round Table, and the knights in those legends had different powers in each world. In this magical world, the Twelve Knights of the Round Table had possessed the power of Dragonblood Knights.

The only pity was that he didn't know where King Arthur was buried. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spared Arthur's bones, either.

Li Mu used the Resurrection Rings one by one, and the Twelve Knights of the Round Table returned to life in flames.

"Something's not right."

Li Mu frowned.

He had resurrected Snape, Lily, and Harry Potter before, and they had all been clearheaded after coming back to life. But these twelve Knights of the Round Table stared blankly ahead like idiots. Even the Legilimency he kept up continuously couldn't find the slightest trace of memory in their minds.

After examining them, he found that the Twelve Knights of the Round Table he had resurrected had no memories of their lives at all.

"Purple, Earth Grade... LV1..."

Li Mu muttered to himself.

After all, the Resurrection Ring was only a Purple Spark Artifact. The fact that it could bring the dead back to life was impressive enough. The oldest person he had resurrected before was Lily, who had been dead for less than ten years. But the Twelve Knights of the Round Table had lived more than a thousand years ago.

The only reason their bones had survived was that they had been Dragonblood Knights in life, their skeletons strengthened by their power.

Resurrecting the Twelve Knights of the Round Table had cost a great deal: 240 units of HuoZhong Source Power in total.

He couldn't afford to waste that much HuoZhong Source Power.

Li Mu took several books from the Supply Bay. They were manuals about the cultivation of Dragonblood Knights, presented by several Pure-blood families.

He used the Anchor of Fantasy to convert them into Kindling Tomes.

After creating many Kindling Wands and giving them to his subordinates, he had gradually figured out how Alien Races in the Spark World learned to use Spark Creations. Unlike HuoZhong Professionals, who used an Origin HuoZhong to command other Sparks, beings without an Origin HuoZhong fused Acquired HuoZhong with their souls.

When humans raised their Transcendence Level, the number of Acquired HuoZhong they could control easily doubled.

But beings without an Origin HuoZhong could only fuse with more Acquired HuoZhong by continually strengthening their souls.

The process was risky, too. If the fusion failed, they would be injured or killed.

Li Mu gave each Knight of the Round Table a Kindling Tome. He used the Imperius Curse to control their minds, forcing their Mental Power to wrap around the tomes. Then he forced the Kindling Tomes along their Mental Power and into their souls.

He had expected a few attempts to fail, but every one of them succeeded.

"Looks like they're suited to it!"

Li Mu mused.

The only explanation he could think of was that all twelve attempts had succeeded.

Although they had been dead for so long that they had lost their memories when they were resurrected, their bodies were still those of Dragonblood Knights. That was why they had all successfully fused with the Dragonblood Knight combat skills. If so, Wizards should have a high chance of successfully fusing with Kindling Wands, too.

After all, this world believed that wands chose Wizards. Every wand was exceptionally compatible with the Wizard who held it.

He had been worried that failed fusions would cause heavy casualties, so he hadn't made Kindling Wand fusion available.

But now, perhaps he could allow small groups to try it out.

The only difference between fusing with a Kindling Wand and not fusing was the five points of extra damage it granted. But for ordinary Wizards, five points of damage were enough to take the destructive power of their spells to a whole new level.

After successfully fusing with the Kindling Tomes, the Knights of the Round Table no longer looked quite so blank.

But they still showed little sign of intelligence, so Li Mu used Legilimency to implant the memories he had prepared for them. Those memories covered all kinds of common knowledge, combat experience against Wizards, and, most importantly, loyalty to him.