Ominis Gaunt tilted his head slightly, listening intently. "It can only complete the first step?"
Wizet raised his voice a little, enunciating every word clearly. "The normal process of creating a Horcrux requires a considerable amount of effort."
"And since this simplified version Voldemort designed doesn't require that much effort, there must be another price to pay..."
"So, as you said earlier," Ominis cut in, quickly grasping the key point, "for those involved in this ritual magic, 'participating in multiple murders' is the price. Is that right?"
"Yes!" Wizet confirmed. "Voldemort would probably set up a dueling platform and inscribe the ritual magic array on it."
"Voldemort would lock a large number of people inside the dueling platform and, with the aid of some Confusing Concoction, leave them to slaughter one another until only a few remained."
"In the process, repeatedly committing 'murder' would tear their souls apart little by little, until their souls resembled teacups riddled with cracks."
He had reached this conclusion because of the "whirlpool representing death" he had previously seen through his "magic eye."
That "whirlpool representing death" exerted a pull that drew souls into it.
Horcruxes exploited this very property of the "whirlpool representing death," using the murder of another person to let it tear the murderer's soul apart.
"A large number of people?" Sebastian Saru frowned slightly and asked thoughtfully, "In other words... it wouldn't just be Squibs. Muggles might be involved too?"
Ominis Gaunt understood Horcruxes better, so he took over and answered Sebastian Saru's question.
"Because Voldemort's goal is to tear those Squibs' souls apart. During these duels, I imagine he would take steps to ensure that the Squibs survived."
"Yes!" Wizet confirmed Ominis Gaunt's guess. "For Voldemort, the most important thing is that those Squibs become the final survivors after their