Dark Wizard's Day of Reckoning

It was not merely joy on a physical level, but on a spiritual one as well.

Especially since Chu Yang had been an ordinary person before entering the Soul Palace. Comparing the two made this indescribable thrill all the more understandable.

It was like playing a game: you fought a highly rewarding monster, but your attacks barely scratched it. Then you came back with cheats enabled, and a single strike dealt 999 damage and instantly killed it. That feeling was simply incredible.

Chu Yang was in exactly that state. He did not want to stop, so he took book after book from his backpack and continued reading. It was not until dinner, when his stomach growled with hunger, that he reluctantly put down the book in his hands.

In that short time, Chu Yang had already finished three popular science books: A History of Magic, One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Chu Yang stretched, and a tingling numbness spread through his body. He muttered, "If I could have read like this in my previous life, I probably could have gotten into a world-class university in a year or two, right?"

After hurriedly eating dinner downstairs, Chu Yang rushed to return to his room.

"Hey, slow down, slow down. What's the rush, little wizard who's about to start school?" Old Tom called out, craning his neck to remind Chu Yang as he walked up the stairs.

"Sorry, Mr. Tom, I'm in a hurry to get back and read!" Chu Yang replied. Then he softened his footsteps and quickly returned to his room.

"He really is diligent..." Tom was stunned for a moment. In his experience, young wizards visiting Diagon Alley for the first time would usually lose themselves in the wonderful magical world outside. Very few could settle down and read at his place.

After returning to his room, Chu Yang first let out his owl and fed it, then eagerly took out Magical Theory and began reading.

Compared with popular science books, Magical Theory had a far higher barrier to entry. The time Chu Yang needed to understand and memorize it had also increased greatly.

It was not until the sky darkened that the slightly mentally exhausted Chu Yang put down his book and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Chu Yang did the same as before, huddling in his room to read Magical Theory and Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection, commonly known as Defense Against the Dark Arts. He went through the two books back and forth more than a dozen times.

By evening, Chu Yang put on a hoodie beneath a wizard's robe and left the Leaky Cauldron.

Tonight, he was going hunting in Knockturn Alley.

Knockturn Alley and Diagon Alley were connected by a hidden passage. Few people traveled back and forth through it, because too many ill-intentioned people watched the road.

In wizarding families, parents warned their children from a young age not to go to Knockturn Alley. It was a gathering place for Dark wizards.

If they had urgent business, adult wizards usually used Floo Powder to travel quickly between Knockturn Alley. Those with greater strength would choose Apparition.

If Chu Yang were merely there to handle business, he would also have chosen Floo Powder. But today, he had come to hunt.

The more greedy people who set their sights on him, the better!

Defense Against the Dark Arts had given Chu Yang a clear understanding of the incantations and opening motions Dark wizards used when casting dark magic—their "casting windup."

Observation Haki could help Chu Yang foresee his opponents' movements, allowing him to evade in advance.

With Chu Yang's current physical abilities, even without using the Body Flicker Technique from the Naruto world, most Dark wizards would find it difficult to hit him.

That was the confidence Chu Yang had to hunt Dark wizards.

An eleven-year-old child swaggering down the street leading to Knockturn Alley naturally drew plenty of attention.

Chu Yang deliberately let his money pouch fall to the ground, and several Gold Galleons rolled out with a clinking sound.

Several pale, skinny Dark wizards nearly popped their eyes out.

Chu Yang hurriedly picked up the Gold Galleons.

Faced with the greedy gazes around him, he "panicked" and darted into a narrow alley.

Dark wizards immediately followed Chu Yang into the pitch-black alley, letting out sinister laughter.

Chu Yang cried out in alarm and ran even faster!

"Little wizard, didn't your parents tell you which places in Diagon Alley you shouldn't go?" A bald wizard with sunken eyes and a vicious face chased after Chu Yang, laughing loudly.

At the entrance to the alley, a group of Dark wizards stood guard outside. Hearing the bald wizard's wild laughter, they also smiled.

But before long, the alley suddenly fell silent. Even after a long time, there was no sound, as though no one had ever entered.

The Dark wizards looked at one another as they stared at the blackened entrance.

Logically speaking, dealing with a child should not have taken this long.

"Who's going in to take a look?"

"York, why don't you go in and have a look? Are you afraid of the dark?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Amid the Dark wizards' mockery, York, who looked sickly, immediately flew into a rage from embarrassment. "I'll go! All of you shut up!"

With that, he shakily supported himself against the wall and walked inside.

After a brief pause, the laughter behind him erupted even more loudly.

"Ha ha ha ha! York, you walk like a woman!"

York cast a Lighting Charm, dispelling the darkness around him, and strode deeper inside. Then something seemed to trip him underfoot, and he staggered before falling onto the ground.

It felt soft beneath his butt, as though he had landed on a cushion. Looking down, he saw the bald wizard who had been chasing Chu Yang earlier.

York's pupils suddenly shrank!

He looked around and saw a large number of people lying on the ground.

The Dark wizards on the ground were not dead, but they had been stripped down to nothing but their wizard robes.

York collapsed onto the ground in fright and began howling at the top of his lungs. The Dark wizards outside flooded into the dark, cramped alley and were likewise startled by the scene before them.

By then, Chu Yang had long since left Knockturn Alley and returned to the Leaky Cauldron.

He poured all his loot onto the bed. The sound of coins colliding was like a magnificent orchestral performance.

There were all three currencies of different values: Gold Galleons, Silver Sickles, and Bronze Knuts.

He had earned nearly a thousand Gold Galleons in this trip alone.

"Dark wizards don't have it easy either. Their richest days were probably when Voldemort was at the height of his power. Unfortunately, times have changed." Chu Yang sounded somewhat regretful, but the corners of his mouth would not stop rising.

He had not used magic throughout the entire process, so naturally, he would not attract anyone's attention.

Now that he had a source of income, Chu Yang no longer had any qualms about spending money. He first went to Flourish and Blotts to buy some upper-year textbooks, then stayed in his room reading.

Over the next month, Chu Yang's life was extremely regular. He read during the day, then transformed into different appearances at night to "work."

He was practically Batman, active in the nights of Knockturn Alley.

The carefree days passed in a blur. Soon, September 1 arrived. Chu Yang packed his luggage, left the Leaky Cauldron, and headed for King's Cross Station.

A spell had been cast around Platform 9 3/4. Muggles could not notice it and would unconsciously avoid the area, just like the Leaky Cauldron.