Was the Obscurus's destructive power terrifying?
It was exceedingly terrifying. In its mature state, an Obscurus could unleash devastation akin to a natural disaster when its host erupted. But once separated from its host, it posed little threat.
In truth, it was merely a dark form of magical power. The key lay in how its host mastered it.
A powerful Obscurus alone could put a great wizard like Grindelwald at a disadvantage and beat the Aurors of an entire nation's Magical Congress until they could not raise their heads. Not to mention Japan's meager force of fewer than thirty wizards.
Sherlock had unleashed the Obscurus's power for barely more than ten seconds, yet this group of wizards had already all been brought to their knees.
He had even failed to rein in his strength and killed two of them.
The Obscurus was devastatingly lethal against living creatures. Moreover, Muggles saw it as an invisible force; only wizards could perceive its true nature as a black, mist-like magical power.
Furthermore, anyone or anything killed by an Obscurus attack would be left with wounds on the corpse that looked as though they had been corroded and rotted away. Such wounds had practically become one of the Obscurus's defining traits.
That was why, when Newt had seen the American congressman killed by an Obscurus in New York, America, he had immediately recognized what had killed him. In his memory, only an Obscurus could inflict such horrifying wounds.
"So you already knew that I had the Doman Manuscript, and you deliberately attacked the Four Souls Kyoto Inn, while the rest of Monster Mountain went to attack the Great Way Academy Shogunate headquarters?"
As Sherlock put on his yukata, he spoke with these unlucky wizards. These cowards had long since been conquered by Sherlock's overwhelming