Three Against One
In the 11th century, Morgan le Fay, the "Dark Queen" who ruled the Avalon Island, commanded many dark creatures, and was able to confront Merlin one-on-one, naturally possessed magic power that had reached that level.
Later, during her final battle with Merlin, her body was almost sealed by Merlin's Book of All Spells. Fortunately, her Animagus possessed the special ability to split and separate, which allowed her to escape.
But after that incident, she lost most of her magic. This magic is not the energy consumed in Mahoutokoro, but the core of magic produced by the combination of the three elements of soul, spirit, and body within the human body. Magic is an ability that accidentally appeared among human wizards in ancient times. Wizards still cannot fully understand the essence of magic and can only call this core of magic mysterious or unknown.
It is said that in the ancient East, a wandering sorcerer named Lü once published a theory about the generation of magic within the body. Unfortunately, due to his unrestrained nature, his words did not truly survive. Skylar once had the privilege of hearing Zhang He mention that this theory described spirit as consciousness, soul as unconsciousness, and then used the physical body as a link to form a self-ordering cycle within the human body, which was also called the "primordial spirit."
Applying this theory, what Morgan suffered was actually damage to her primordial spirit, which is something that cannot be cured. She could only recover by sleeping for thousands of years.
The problem lies here: her primordial spirit can slowly recover over time, but her physical body cannot withstand the ravages of time. Her original body was sealed in a coffin specially treated by alchemy and entrusted to the care of her most trusted confidant, the Shadow of the Magic Dragon, waiting for a thousand years to come, until the Shadow of the Magic Dragon could obtain the body of a bloodline descendant for her, at which point she could possess the new body and be resurrected.
Unfortunately for Skylar, in this era of the decline of Pure-blood families, Meredith is her last bloodline descendant—she can only be resurrected by possessing Meredith's body.
Although Morgan's personality strength far exceeds that of Meredith, let's not forget that in this body, Meredith is the one on home turf— Meredith has always had an obsession, and it is this obsession that has allowed her less than 10% of her personality consciousness to struggle on for nearly a year, persisting until now.
Morgan of keen insight into human nature, had long understood this—it was the power of "pure love."
Don't underestimate the word "love." In this ethereal world, "love" is a very magical power. It is not strong, but many times, powerful dark wizards will inexplicably be defeated by wizards who are much weaker than themselves. Of course, there are many reasons for this, but undeniably, love plays a certain role in almost all of them.
This is why Morgan was unable to fully integrate with Meredith, and thus could not fully unleash the magic power within this body—flaws appeared in her magical and spiritual cultivation, leaving her stuck at the threshold of a quasi-magician, unable to make any further progress.
Aside from Morgan, the other powerful figure present Barbarossa, was actually only at the level of a quasi-magic master.
Although Barbarossa is the leader of all pirates in the Seven Seas, he actually came from a very humble background.
He was originally just a mediocre wizard who graduated from Beauxbatons. Unable to find a decent and stable job in Spain after graduation, he had no choice but to travel and wander through various countries in Europe. To make a living, he resorted to petty theft and using magic to do shady things, spending his days in dark and lawless places like Knockturn Alley in various countries.
Later, in an accident, he killed a wizard in Spain. He only learned later that this wizard was actually a young member of a Pure-blood families who had come out for training, and was also the personal disciple of "The Clown," one of the Four Silver Spear Archwizards. As everyone knows, although the Clown acts in a morally ambiguous and eccentric manner, in reality, he is the strongest among the four great wizards. Moreover, he has always been protective of his own. Barbarossa's killing of his disciple will undoubtedly lead to the Clown's relentless and ruthless pursuit.
Forced by circumstances, he left the Europe continent and joined a pirate group in the wizarding world, starting as a lowly sailor and living a nomadic life. His only wish was to get away from the continent, escape the Clown's pursuit, and save his own life. That was enough for him.
No one knew that this decision would change the course of his life.
His pirate ship, the "Black Phoenix," was attacked by the Kraken, a deep-sea Troll living in mysterious waters, while exploring ancient ruins on a deserted island. He survived by chance and even obtained treasures from the ruins. When the captain learned of this, he dared not hide it and reported it directly to the pirate lord in charge of that area, thus alerting even the previous pirate king.
Barbarossa gained recognition and was taken in as a follower by the Pirate King. From then on, he followed the Pirate King in his conquests. After the Pirate King's death, he succeeded him as Pirate King and ruled the seven seas. His story can be described as a legendary tale of a commoner rising to power.
But in reality, no one knew that the reason his strength increased so much after that shipwreck was because he met the man who changed his destiny—
Jafar Yahya, the great black sorcerer of Ancient Persia.
More accurately, it is Jafar's Horcrux.
Jafar granted him unparalleled power and helped him overcome numerous obstacles within the ruins to obtain the treasure.
Of course, it wasn't until he later became the Pirate King that he learned that Jafar was actually just a puppet. Jafar's true identity was actually the Vile Herpo, who was active in ancient Greece, and was also the mastermind behind the world's most secretive organization— the Knights of Walpurgis.
Barbarossa inherited the legacy of the Pirate King Family, so his magical abilities were naturally extremely powerful. However, when he was young, he accepted Jafar's assistance without question, and Jafar secretly planted a dark curse on him, making him subject to Herpo's control and only able to obey him.
Also fearing that Barbarossa might one day grow out of his control, Herpo's curse actually limited the upper limit of his magic power. After he stepped into the realm of a quasi-magician, he, like Morgan le Fay, found it difficult to make any further progress.
As for the third powerful figure— Voldemort —he was indeed a genuine archmage.
He was able to fight on equal terms with Dumbledore, who was wielding the Elder Wand, which clearly shows that in terms of magical power alone, he not only surpassed the level of a mage, but was also very likely one of the best mages.
However, because he was too superstitious about the power of Dark Arts and relied too much on pure strength to crush his enemies, his magical methods were too simplistic. His previous fight with Skylar exposed his shortcomings. Even though he had the advantage in strength, he still couldn't gain any advantage over Skylar. Instead, he was constantly hampered and made Sherlin feel very frustrated.
In other words--
Facing Skylar, who had suddenly revealed his peak archmage strength—
None of the three strongest wizards present have an absolute advantage in a one-on-one fight against Skylar.
Having figured this out, all three of them looked somewhat uneasy—if they didn't still have a numerical advantage, they would probably already be planning a strategic retreat.