Chapter 18

Spellbooks, it sounds like something that a wizard would come into contact with. But actually...... Only a book with constant magic in the book can be called a magic book, and it is not a book that contains something related to magic that is called a magic book.

The real magic books are unique because they are too difficult to make, the production cycle is too long, and the production cost is too high. Ordinary wizard families really don't have such a thing. The families that can get out the magic book are all ruthless people with a long history and many talents.

The spellbook that Solim showed Snape didn't actually have a name on the cover, but those who knew it usually called it "Blood Book" or "Selwyn's Blood Book". The book can be opened by Selwyn's blood, voluntarily or forced, as long as Selwyn's fresh blood is dropped onto the heart of the cover painting, the book can be opened, depending on the quality and quantity of the blood. Solim himself tried to make the heart on the cover fully visible, so that when the color of the heart reached its most vivid, the book could be read for half an hour. But his grandfather had said that the Selwyn bloodline was much sparser today than it was hundreds of years ago, and that it was probably in Solim's generation, or in Solim's next generation, that the family would probably perform a ritual of ascension - provided that the materials were ready.

For a moment, neither of them at the desk spoke. Solim was reminded of the book, while Snape was shocked, perhaps with a hint of excitement.

Snape was certainly a very gifted wizard, there is no doubt about it. But there are some things that wizards of Snape's background can't reach. The Elders have a firm grip on high-end magical theories, powerful magical spells, and vast resources. Ordinary wizards spend their entire lives learning and living in the circle drawn by the Council of Elders. Even if there are some gifted wizards who have touched some forbidden and high-end knowledge on their own, they will either be recruited by the Council of Elders, accepted into the organization, or suppressed. And those wizards who have the ability to break through the circle drawn by the Council of Elders basically know that there is a behemoth pressing on top of their heads, and among these people, Long Feng naturally knows what to do in their best interests.

What Snape saw was forbidden knowledge that ordinary wizards would never have access to—how to use souls.

"Professor, do you have any questions about what you just saw?" Solim stepped out of his memories and spoke first.

Solim saw Snape's eyes, which were very different from those he usually had when his brain was closed. Obviously, what he had just come into contact with had a huge impact on Snape.

"Preferably a death row inmate in a Muggle, Professor, if it's not convenient for you......" Solim raised an eyebrow, "I can do it for you." "

"No, I don't have to. Snape knew that if he agreed, he would have to pay the price, and his student was not a loser.

"Well," Solim wasn't surprised that Snape would refuse, "the means of collecting souls...... Do you need it?".

How could Snape have the means to collect souls, no matter how powerful he was, no matter how talented he was, he was only living in the wizarding world planned by the Elders, and such a means was not something Snape could know.

Snape rejected Solim, but he had no means of collecting souls himself. It's a bit embarrassing.

Seeing that Snape didn't speak, Solim raised the corners of his mouth, pretending not to see Snape's embarrassment, and said, "It seems that Professor you have a way to collect souls, so what about saving souls? "

"I'll bring people. Snape said with a blank face.

"This ......," Solim smacked his lips, "and that's the way to go." "

Bringing people directly is of course a solution. You don't have to find a way to collect souls, and you don't have to work hard to protect them after collecting them. How nice it would be to just arrest people. But ......

"But is that appropriate? at Hogwarts, under Dumbledore's nose?" Solim didn't care, but Dumbledore's attitude was something he had to consider. That bad old man wouldn't allow anyone to do this in his school, stripping the soul of an innocent person and using it. Even if it is said that the heavens are broken, such evil deeds cannot be washed away.

"Who said it had to be in school?" Snape looked at Solim with an idiotic look.

yes, why do you have to be in school to do this kind of thing? I'm afraid that the principal doesn't know or what?

"Maybe the blood just went a little too much, my tits ...... Phew! I'm not in my right mind. Solim touched his nose awkwardly, "Then get ready, I'll let you know when I get something." "

Snape thought for a moment and asked, "That book of yours only explains how to use souls, but why do you have to have souls?" Snape was a ...... No, it should be said that it is a wizard who loves black magic. But he also has his own bottom line, and he has wanted to ask this question for a long time.

Solim listened to Snape's words and pondered for a moment before speaking, "First of all, I want to make it clear that souls, for some wizards, are actually a very common spell casting material. Of course, Professor, you know I'm definitely not talking about ordinary wizards. Let's put the subject of the soul aside for now, Professor, and let me ask you a question first. How many ways are there for communication between wizards and wizards, excluding face-to-face like we do now?".

Snape looked at Solim with emotionless eyes and said nothing. He was extremely unhappy with people like Solim talking around and around, if it was Dumbledore, it would be okay, anyway, people are big guys, what are you little kid and me pretending to be.

Fortunately, Solim quickly realized his mistake, this was not a lesson to Hermione and Neville, he was now facing his own headmaster.

Going back to Solim's question just now, how many other ways of communication are there between wizards and wizards, apart from face-to-face? The most common is to send a letter through an owl, and if possible, you can also use the fireplace (grab a handful of Floo powder, lean half of your body over, and you can talk to another person in front of the fireplace) If you are a little more tyrant, you can use a double-way mirror, which is a tall thing in the eyes of ordinary wizards, equivalent to the big brother in the eighties and nineties. Members of the Order of the Phoenix can also communicate with the Headmaster himself through a small note made by Dumbledore. Of course, the Death Eaters had a similar way, which was the Dark Mark that Voldemort had branded himself.

However, with the exception of owls, which rely purely on physical strength to communicate across space, the rest of these methods rely on magic to eliminate the influence of space. Floo powder itself contains magic power, and when the mana is exhausted, you can either eat a mouthful of ashes or grab a handful of Floo powder and throw it in when the mana is almost exhausted. The double-sided mirror, which relies on the magic of the wizard himself, one wizard outputs magic to the double-sided mirror, and the other matching double-sided mirror will react, so that the two wizards in different places can communicate, and when one party aborts the magic output, the connection constructed by the double-sided mirror will be broken. And Dumbledore's note and Voldemort's Dark Mark are also communicated through magic to overcome spatial barriers.

Break down the barriers of space and let two people communicate as if they were face to face. Whether it's a fireplace, a two-way mirror, or something else, wizards do this by expending their mana. Muggles are the same, whether it's a telephone, a computer, or whatever, they all use electricity to achieve the same purpose.

But this is the communication between the living and the living, or rather, the exchange in the same dimension, through the consumption of energy across space. But there are some subtle differences between the living and the dead, which is different from the communication between the living and the ghosts, who are dead, but they are not completely dead.

To communicate with a dead person who is completely dead, it takes a greater force to break some kind of bondage. Ordinary magic is not enough, and the magic of human wizards is not very strong in the first place. Unleashing great power by burning the soul is a proven method. Ordinary magic is like a coal-fired power plant is like a nuclear power plant. Although there is not much difference in essence, the former and the latter are not comparable at all in terms of strength, quality, and duration.

Snape kind of accepted Solim's explanation. The soul, this subject Snape never had the opportunity to study, and certainly will not have, and you will never find a book on the market about the dissection of the soul, let alone how to use the soul.

Snape couldn't help but be a little jealous of his student: family background, wealth, talent, all these things that he had once dreamed of, his current student had all these advantages, and he didn't waste them, and he knew how to use them.

"Professor, I'll get to the front of you. It is indeed possible to communicate with someone who has already died after paying certain costs, but only if the person who has died has not yet gone to the place of death. "Give Snape a vaccination first, this is related to the biggest obsession of Snape's life, if something happens, Snape will find trouble with himself.

Frowning slightly, Snape looked at Solim. "Explain, that's not what you said in the first place. "

"I didn't tell you before because I didn't know how to explain it to you. Spreading his hands, Solim said helplessly.

"Before?now?".

"Now, I'm too lazy to explain, it's better for you to see it yourself, if you understand it. Solim pulled another book from under his robe and threw it directly onto the table. "It's nearly fifteen centuries old, this is a handwritten book, and it's probably gone. "

Snape glanced at the cover and knew what was going on.

Old English refers to the English spoken between 449 A.D. and 1100 A.D., and the differences between Old English and Modern English in pronunciation, spelling, vocabulary, and morphology are very large, and it is impossible to understand without special learning. There were also four main dialects in the Old English period, which resulted in different spellings of the same words between the various dialects (damn phonetic scripts), which few wizards today could understand.

As for Solim Ha, he's thankfully speaking English without an accent now. You must know that when he first started to learn to speak when he was a child, the natural accent scared the family and thought there was something wrong with his tongue.

Snape flipped through the pages, closed the book again. Solim knew that Snape couldn't read either, and it wasn't uncommon for wizards to use modern English now, of course, and not to be able to read it.

"Relax, Professor, I'm talking about the worst-case scenario. Solim tucked the book into his robe again, "That old spell on Potter is still working, relax." "