Death Descends Upon Hogwarts
Xiwen looked in the direction of Baron and saw that he seemed to be searching for something on the Gryffindor table.
"Something's not right." Xiwen frowned and said to Helena, "Baron's behavior is too abnormal! I don't think he should be behaving like this, as if he's completely changed, even if he's figured things out."
"Could it be... that after he was separated from us, he was still found by Death and ultimately became Death's servant?!"
Thinking of this, Xiwen suddenly opened his eyes wide.
He immediately floated toward the Gryffindor table and shouted, "Baron, your task is at the Slytherin table, don't hog Ser Sir Nicholas's territory here!"
"Don't worry, I'll be right there." Baron glanced at Xiwen, then hurriedly floated forward, as if he didn't want to get entangled with him any longer.
However, he still floated within the range of the Gryffindor table.
"Baron, that's not very ethical of you," Nicholas said casually as he floated over after noticing Baron's strange behavior, having startled a few of the younger wizards. "How could you do something as tasteless as stealing territory?"
However, Baron seemed not to hear him and instead became even more silent, speeding up his search.
"Baron, stop!" Xiwen shouted sternly when he saw Barrow's even more unusual behavior.
At the same time, several golden rings appeared on his wrist, and he immediately entered battle mode.
The Bloody Baron, floating ahead, ignored the others behind him, frantically searching the Gryffindor table for something unknown.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he immediately floated toward a senior wizard at a Gryffindor table.
"Charlus Potter? What does Baron want with him?" Xiwen frowned deeply, following Baron's steps, ready to intervene at any moment to stop him from doing anything dangerous.
"Potter, watch out for Baron!" he said.
Charlus Potter turned his head and looked over, his eyes meeting those of Baron who was approaching.
A red glint suddenly flashed in Baron's eyes.
Potter was stunned for a moment. He slowly took out a transparent garment with a fluid texture from his chest pocket and handed it to Baron.
"Oh no, Baron is really being controlled by Death!" Upon seeing this extremely familiar mental magic, although Xiwen didn't know why Baron wanted to take Potter's Invisibility Cloak, he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.
So, Xiwen immediately unleashed several golden Magic Whip at Potter's hands, binding them together and preventing the Invisibility Cloak from being handed over to Baron.
Upon seeing this, Baron, or rather the Death possessing him, completely abandoned his pretense.
His eyes blazed with a red light, and his body gradually solidified. Then, a black cloak covered his transparent form, and behind the cloak, an extremely eerie scythe phantom appeared, bringing immense pressure to those nearby.
"Professors, evacuate the students!" Xiwen shouted hurriedly.
Even without his prompting, the professors had already noticed the anomaly.
Professor Merrythought and Mrs. Dallaire immediately brought a large group of House-Elf, who together pulled the younger students away from Death one by one. Headmaster Dippet, on the other hand, stood opposite Death along with several other heads of the house.
"You are the so-called Elder Demon God, the Death, right?" Headmaster Dippet asked solemnly, looking at the figure whose face still resembled Baron's but whose temperament had undergone a tremendous change.
Death ignored him, simply reaching out and beckoning to Potter, whose mind was still under control. Then, the Potter Family's ancestral Invisibility Cloak floated naturally into his palm.
"Controlling this ghost was originally just about finding an inside agent within the school, but I never expected such an unexpected bonus." Baron's voice became deep and magnetic, just like the voice Xiwen had heard in the Albania Forest. "I never imagined there was a sacred artifact on a student."
Upon hearing the meaning behind Death's words, everyone present who had any knowledge of the Deathly Hallows widened their eyes in shock.
Could this Potter Family Invisibility Cloak be one of the Deathly Hallows?
Yes, what kind of Invisibility Cloak could have survived for hundreds of years, and even after withstanding Xiwen's Fusion Charm, remain intact without a trace? It must be the legendary Deathly Hallows Invisibility Cloak Deathly Hallows!
"Stop him! Don't let him get the Invisibility Cloak!" Headmaster Dippet shouted quickly, while simultaneously raising his hand and casting a thick spell at Death.
Before he could speak, Xiwen had already released a Cyttorak's Crimson Bands, which wrapped around the Invisibility Cloak that had floated into the air from Potter's grasp, attempting to prevent Death from taking it.
"This is troublesome," Death said softly.
The next moment, a black veil spread outwards from the direction of Death, and wherever it passed, the magic instantly lost its effect.
"Be careful! This Dark Barrier can suppress the flow of magic power; it's very troublesome!" Xiwen shouted loudly to the people around him.
At the same time, he also dispelled the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak, formed another hand seal, and used the power of the Dark Demon God to fight for control of the Dark Death's Dark Barrier.
Helena also simultaneously created a Mirror Dimension within the Great Hall, completely surrounding the Dark Barrier to cover Xiwen's movements!
Death seemed to freeze in that instant.
However, the next second, a crack suddenly appeared in the space of the Great Hall, and a beam of black and red light shone in from the crack, forming another person wearing a black cloak with a scythe phantom behind him.
This is yet another projection of the Death's power!
The instant the projection appeared, even more solid black curtains began to form wildly in the air, making Xiwen's power struggle immediately precarious!
"How come there's a second projection?!" Xiwen gritted his teeth, then looked with difficulty at Headmaster Dippet and asked, "Headmaster, isn't Dumbledore here?"
"Dumbledore should still be at the front, holding down the fort for the Allied forces of the International Confederation of Wizards," Headmaster Dippet said, raising his hand once more to cast a spell on Death.
"It seems I have to call him back," Xiwen thought to himself.
Fortunately, to facilitate communication and to be able to call for help at any time, Flamel provided a locator to almost every member of Dumbledore's Order of the Order of the Phoenix. Dumbledore also carried one with him at all times.
At this moment, the Ghost Xiwen was doing his best to resist the expansion of the Dark Barrier and couldn't spare the time to cast Dimensional Gate. Therefore, among the crowd evacuating out of the Great Hall, the Young Wizard Xiwen quietly raised his hand and summoned a golden halo in the air that led to Dumbledore.
Dumbledore was on the other side of the strait, was slightly taken aback when he saw the sudden appearance of the golden halo, but he immediately saw the situation below the Great Hall and his expression became extremely serious.
"Fawkes!" he called softly.
The next moment, a golden light flashed.
Using Fawkes' teleportation ability Dumbledore instantly appeared beside the projection of Death, raised his wand, and unleashed a powerful spell that swept through the black veil and shot towards the second projection of Death!
That black veil was indeed not omnipotent; the suppression of magic only meant that the magic power of the suppressed wizard was not strong enough!
A flicker of astonishment flashed across Death's face, which he couldn't make out, in his eyes shrouded in red light.
But there was no time for surprise. He could only turn around hastily, letting the phantom of the scythe on his back barely block Dumbledore's overwhelming spell.
Helena seized the opportunity, activating the Mirror Dimension the instant the Dark Barrier was shattered, locking Death, along with a group of top professors, the Ghost Xiwen, and herself, into this alternate dimension.
She hoped to completely eliminate the projection of Death here by sealing off the Mirror Dimension!