Burned to Ashes
Newt looked at Xiwen's actions with suspicion, then suddenly his eyes widened.
"You want to kill the Manticore?!" Newt asked in astonishment.
Xiwen paused for a moment, then turned to him and said, "Mr. Scamander, if you wish, you can bring two of the Manticore cubs to leave offspring for them."
"Because I cannot guarantee that there will still be Manticore in Erkstag Prison tomorrow!"
"I hope you can calm down, Strange," Newt said urgently. "Manticore is not something that can be easily defeated!"
"Yes, Mr. Ghost. Our most important goal is to defeat Grindelwald!" Theseus echoed Newt's sentiment. "Compared to the threat Grindelwald poses to the world, everything else pales in comparison."
Xiwen stubbornly shook his head and said to the two of them, "Now that we've seen it, there's no reason not to take action."
"Strange, the real culprit is the German Ministry of Magic. That Fantastic Beasts at the bottom of the sinkhole was just being used by the German Ministry of Magic; in the end, it was just trying to survive," Newt said loudly, looking at Xiwen.
"But it's a fact that it eats people, even prisoners," Xiwen sighed and said to Newt. "Besides, there are countless innocent people like Theseus who have been imprisoned in this jail!"
"Furthermore, the Manticore is extremely dangerous and highly aggressive towards wizards, a fact you yourself told me. Even outside of this prison, do you really think such a large Manticore would behave itself and not attack humans?"
Newt fell silent, probably realizing that the monster's existence was of no benefit to the wizarding world.
Seeing Newt's hesitation, Xiwen looked at him again and asked, "So you want to leave a pair of cubs in the box?"
Newt hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "But I gave my suitcase to Bunty, and it's not with me right now."
"No problem, we can temporarily place them in another location," Xiwen said, opening a portal at will.
On the other side of the aperture was a small room filled with cages of various sizes for raising animals, each containing a different ecological environment, which was quite amazing.
"Where is this? Is it a place specifically for raising animals?" Newt asked curiously, looking at the various cages in the room.
"This is the Room of Requirement," said the Young Wizard Xiwen, who walked out of the doorway and introduced the room to Newt and Theseus.
In fact, shortly after arriving at Erkstag Prison, Xiwen had already made plans to eliminate this monster that had devoured countless people.
So the Young Wizard Xiwen went to the wall opposite the Troll-Bashed Barnabas Tapestry on the Seventh Floor the Main Tower, walked back and forth three times, and turned the Room of Requirement into a room suitable for keeping Fantastic Beasts.
"Which one do you want?" Ghost Xiwen asked Newt.
Newt hesitated for a moment, then picked out two relatively healthy- Manticore Hatchlings beside him and pointed to them.
The Young Wizard Xiwen and the Ghost Xiwen simultaneously lashed out with a golden Magic Whip, each wrapping it around one of their hands and pulling them into the Room of Requirement. To prevent any accidents, Xiwen locked them in two separate cages.
"Why don't you two just go inside the Room of Requirement and rest?" Ghost Xiwen said to Newt and Theseus. "It's just an animal; I can handle it all by myself!"
"I can't bear to watch you fight alone, Mr. Ghost." Theseus shrugged and gripped his wand tightly in his hand.
Newt simply took the Teddy the Niffler and the Bowtruckle Pickett into the Room of Requirement, entrusting them to the care of the Young Wizard Xiwen, before walking over to the Ghost Xiwen.
"In that case, let's take care of that monster together!" Xiwen chuckled, crossing his arms.
"Dumbledore left a note telling me to do 'what I think is necessary,' but isn't this also something that needs to be done?" With that thought, Xiwen looked relieved and pushed his hands forward.
The Winds of Watoomb instantly filled the entire Erkstag Prison, permeating every corner of the passageway.
Then, Xiwen clasped his hands together, using the Winds of Watoomb to sweep all the Manticore Hatchlings in the tunnel into the sinkhole.
The entire passageway suddenly felt empty.
The Manticore Matriarch, also sensed the threat posed by Xiwen. She let out an angry roar and lashed her massive scorpion tail toward Xiwen's location.
"Newt, Weather Charm!" Xiwen shouted.
He was then struck by the scorpion's tail and vanished in a pale blue, butterfly-like flash of light.
Newt gritted his teeth and chanted a spell over the prison. Immediately, a dark cloud gathered inside the prison, as if thunder was gathering within it, creating a powerful and imposing sight!
The dissipating Soul Body of the Xiwen suddenly reappeared in the passageways from all directions, each Xiwen holding a golden-red Rings of Raggadorr, the light of which even eclipsed the lamplight in the passageways.
"Now!" Xiwen shouted to Newt.
Newt nodded and waved his wand.
Then a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, hitting the giant Manticore!
Hundreds of Xiwen simultaneously pressed the Rings of Raggadorr on their hands downwards, releasing orange-gold Bolts of Balthakk that merged with the lightning generated by Newt's Weather Charm.
The two lightning bolts merged into a terrifyingly thick bolt of lightning, which struck the Manticore with great force.
A painful roar came from the bottom of the sinkhole, and the huge scorpion tail began to swing wildly.
Slightly out of breath, Xiwen dispersed the surrounding Form of Ikonn and then floated to the center of the cave entrance.
He suppressed the fatigue from continuously casting spells and released several Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, trying his best to bind the tail of the Manticore to prevent its frantic swinging from harming the people hanging around him.
Newt stepped forward to help, and suddenly saw the scene below the pit— the Manticore Matriarch, her body charred black and her shell shattered, was still struggling; her movements showed no regard for the countless cubs around her, many of whom were even trampled into pieces.
He opened his mouth, a look of pity on his face, and said softly, "This Scorpiontail should be a modified species created by the German Ministry of Magic. It doesn't have a head, and its lion body isn't very prominent, so it doesn't possess the intelligence of a true Manticore."
"That's not what I'm focused on right now. I want to know how to completely eliminate it," Xiwen said, panting heavily as he still controlled the Crimson Chains of Cyttorak.
"Just burn it all," Newt said in a low voice. "Its protective shell, which could withstand spells, has already been cracked open by lightning, and the hatchlings' shells aren't fully developed yet; they won't be able to withstand the flames."
"Then let's help," Theseus, walking up to Newt.
Theseus and Newt raised their wands together, aiming them at the bottom of the sinkhole.
"Incendio!" The two simultaneously unleashed a burst of fire, igniting numerous mangled animal carcasses.
Xiwen formed hand seals again and unleashed the Flames of the Faltine, setting the entire bottom of the pit ablaze.
The enormous, Manticore howled and struggled in pain, but its voice gradually faded until it disappeared completely.
Newt couldn't bear to watch this scene and silently turned his head away.
"Shall we save the prisoners in the jail?" Theseus asked.
"We can't be sure if there are any truly heinous criminals among them," Xiwen said after a moment's thought. "If releasing them causes harm to the wizarding world, the responsibility will fall on our shoulders."
At this moment, the guards outside Erkstag Prison finally sensed the commotion inside, and a group of belated wizards rushed out from the tunnel entrance.
Xiwen chuckled softly and opened a Dimensional Gate.
"Let's go, we should head back."