#7 - Section 7

Four or five seconds later, the Winged Demon Mortla Rat was thrown out of the cage. Its eyes were fixed on the things floating around Dennis.

"Eats really fast," Ethan thought, as he continued to feed it.

"Shouldn't a Winged Demon be able to shrink into a palm-sized carapace egg? This cage shouldn't be able to hold it, right?"

Faced with Ethan's doubts, Dennis patiently explained:

"It's not the cage that's trapping it, it's the collar around its neck. That collar restricts its ability to transform."

Nodding to show he understood, Ethan prepared to continue looking.

He wondered what surprises awaited him to pick.

But Dennis told him that the cages behind were all empty. Originally, there were some Billywig Bugs, Mooncalves, and Augureys, these magical creatures.

But they had all been sold off recently. Large, rare magical creatures were difficult to sell, but there was a bit of a market in Knockturn Alley for these small, cheap magical creatures.

Chapter 12: New Achievements

More than three thousand seven hundred Galleons. Sure enough, the most profitable things are written in the criminal law.

Only one-tenth of that belonged to Dennis and them. The rest had to be handed over, but in the current situation, the entire organization didn't dare to make contact, let alone hand anything over.

After all, who knew if the person making contact was one of their own, or a member of the Ministry of Magic fishing for lawbreakers.

Putting the Galleons away, Ethan shifted his gaze to the panel. Just now, when he used the Killing Curse and fed the Winged Demon, there were achievement notifications.

《First Blood》

Having harmed innocent life, you can no longer turn back on the path of darkness. You can only go all the way to the end.

Achievement Goal: Kill a wizard (1/1)

Achievement Reward: Random spell

《Pooper Scooper》

Hungry, Pooper Scooper, Pooper Scooper, where are you? Your master's tummy is hungry!

Achievement Goal: Feed a magical creature (1/1)

Achievement Reward: Talent "Animal Affinity" (also effective on magical creatures)

This reward isn't bad. If Animal Affinity is used well, its power shouldn't be underestimated. Someone has already proven this before.

And the spell he drew was of an auxiliary nature, but it was pretty good in terms of functionality.

Shadow Sneak, a spell that hadn't even been heard of in the original work. Its specific effect was to enter the shadows to avoid enemy attacks, and also to move quickly within the shadows.

Ethan experimented on the spot. In the light, Ethan's entire person instantly turned into a mass of pitch-black shadow. He could move, but the speed was about the same as his main body.

However, once he came to a shadowy place, the shadow Ethan transformed into could shuttle around within that shadow at will, and Ethan was in an imperceptible state during this process.

Although it had limitations, in a sense, it could also be considered a life-saving skill.

After experimenting a few times, Ethan returned to the Winged Demon's cage again.

The Winged Demon, which had ignored Ethan after eating its fill earlier, was now staring at Ethan with its small eyes, and was approaching Ethan's side.

Instinct told Ethan that this Winged Demon wouldn't hurt him.

Slowly putting his hand into the cage, the Winged Demon, which had been waiting there, immediately squinted its eyes and rubbed its fancy head against Ethan's palm, revealing an expression of enjoyment and joy.

"Dennis, open the door."

"Yes!"

Under the Imperius Curse, Dennis completely obeyed Ethan's orders unconditionally, without thinking about whether the order was reasonable or not.

And at the moment Dennis opened the cage, a blurry black shadow instantly rushed out.

Too close, Ethan didn't react at all. This black shadow stuck to Ethan's face.

In the vision of Dennis and the other two, they saw the Winged Demon spreading a pair of wings with sharp edges, tightly wrapping Ethan's head.

This was the standard posture for Winged Demons to hunt. They rushed to the prey's head at an extremely fast speed, then pierced the prey's skull with a pair of sharp fangs, and sucked the prey's brain while injecting venom.

But Ethan didn't fall down like those prey whose heads had been cracked open by the Winged Demon, but struggled to try to grab the Winged Demon's body with both hands and pull it out.

Pa!

After a lot of effort, the Winged Demon was finally pulled down by Ethan.

It really gave Ethan a scare just now. Fortunately, the Winged Demon didn't show its teeth, it was just hugging him.

Maybe this was its way of expressing affection, but ordinary people couldn't accept this method.

And the Winged Demon, held in his hand, was still chirping and wanted to get closer to Ethan.

After comforting it for a while, Ethan finally calmed the Winged Demon down and took off the collar around its neck.

Now the Winged Demon had turned into a small, carapace-like sphere, and wrapped its tail around Ethan's arm, like a pendant.

With this experience, Ethan directly opened the cage holding the Flobberworm.

This Flobberworm wasn't as aggressive as the Winged Demon, it just rubbed against Ethan's feet, then raised its head and looked at Ethan with two faint lights in its dark, empty head.

Only then did Ethan remember that this thing seemed to have been hungry for a long time.

Immediately, he threw the Mortla Rat, whose brain had just been sucked by the Winged Demon, and the wizard's corpse, who had been killed by Ethan eating a big melon, to the Flobberworm.

In just a moment, whether it was the Mortla Rat's corpse or the wizard's corpse, they all disappeared, and only the Flobberworm became a bit thicker.

The Flobberworm, seemingly full, slowly moved its body, climbing up Ethan's leg, until it reached his shoulder, then it stopped moving and stretched out its body to fix itself in place.

From the perspective of others, Ethan was wearing a black cloak, but he couldn't turn up his hood, otherwise, he would be able to see a pair of dim eyes in the hood.

"Dennis, bring the Mortla Rat feed over."

Ethan, with a Flobberworm draped over his back and a Winged Demon hanging from his arm, came to the Mortla Rat farm and felt his scalp tingle as he watched the Mortla Rats surge towards him one after another.

Having Animal Affinity doesn't seem to be all good!

Who asked for these disgusting magical creatures in the wizarding world? For example, the Blast-Ended Skrewts Hagrid cultivated later on.

If that kind of thing stuck to you, how could you live?

No longer thinking about these goosebump-inducing things, Ethan directly poured the feed that Dennis and the others had brought back into the Murtlap farm.

It was filled with all sorts of things, strangely shaped pieces of meat and bones, broken shells, corn, potatoes, and even Ethan saw Murtlaps divided into several pieces.

He had just fed a magical creature and unlocked an achievement. Now that there were hundreds of Murtlaps, unlocking another one shouldn't be a problem.

Ethan always held the idea that he should unlock these visible achievements as soon as possible.

Lest he regret not unlocking more achievements when his strength wasn't enough at a critical moment, or temporarily cling to Buddha's feet and rush to unlock them at the last moment.

Here it comes!

《Magical Creature Master》

Flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, there's nothing I haven't… fed. Just ask me about their problems. How do they… no, what do they eat? I know everything.

Achievement Goal: Feed enough magical creatures (100/100)

Achievement Reward: Magical Creature Energy Cube

Here it comes. It's just that this energy cube gives Ethan a sense of déjà vu, like seeing a mentally challenged person.

After accepting the reward, Ethan discovered that the so-called energy cube was actually a potion.

Moreover, this energy cube wasn't a fixed recipe, but a large amount of knowledge, as if several books had been stuffed into Ethan's brain.

Energy cubes made from different material combinations were suitable for various magical creatures of different ages.

Its main function was to promote development, improve strength and potential.

Chapter 13: Worg Mark (Seeking flowers and reviews)

Now that he had unlocked the achievement, earned Galleons, and even picked up two magical creatures.

But what about these three wizards, and these Murtlaps?

The Imperius Curse couldn't last forever. If he wanted to control them for a long time, he would have to replenish it every once in a while. Otherwise, they would regain consciousness when the magic's effect disappeared.

Ethan would be going to Hogwarts in a month, and he definitely didn't want to take them and these Murtlaps with him.

Kill them?

Let's see how they react after waking up first!

But first, he had to confiscate their wands and some magical tools.

Waving his hand, Ethan released the Imperius Curse on the few people.

The few people who suddenly woke up were still a little at a loss. However, when they saw Ethan, they all took two steps back as if they had seen a ghost, their faces full of horror.

Before Ethan could say anything, the three of Dennis knelt on the ground with great understanding and begged Ethan to let them go.

The memories of the time they were under the Imperius Curse hadn't been erased. Whether it was silently controlling the three of them with the Imperius Curse, or killing Kipling with a wandless Killing Curse, they couldn't even dream of doing these things themselves.

But all of this was done by a little wizard.

After that, he even tamed a Foe Glass and a Erkling. What could they use to fight?

Even if they wanted to fight, they would need wands!

Now that their wands had been confiscated, they couldn't think of any other way to survive other than kneeling and begging.

As for avenging Spring, everyone was a dark wizard, so could you please not be so naive?

"Since that's the case, then you will follow me from now on!"

After a little thought, Ethan said this.

Recruiting subordinates should also have achievements, although they wouldn't truly submit to him, and would most likely run away as soon as they were out of danger.

"We are willing, I am willing. From now on, I will be your loyal servant."

Saying that, the three of Dennis crawled to Ethan on their knees, about to kiss Ethan's shoes to show their complete obedience.

And said their names, as well as the magic they were good at.

Dennis Goyle, Berkeley Andrew, Don Jeff, their magic level was average, a little stronger than a normal adult wizard.

They all knew the three Unforgivable Curses, and they used the Killing Curse the most. The remaining two were not proficient, only to the extent that they knew them. They had some involvement with other dark magic, and they also knew the regular spells.

Contrary to Ethan's thoughts, Dennis and the others thought that following Ethan was actually not bad. Although he was young, he was strong!

In this era when Voldemort had croaked and Dumbledore was old, Ethan was simply a legend of the next era, and this time wouldn't be too long.

Being able to follow such a wizard was really an honor for them, and they might even get a mention in the history of magic.

Ethan didn't refuse the three people's actions.

【Foundation】

Many grains of sand make a tower. You have finally taken the first step and no longer choose to fight alone.

Achievement Goal: Have a subordinate (1/1)

Achievement Reward: Magic 《Worg Mark》

This was the first time he had seen a reward that specified magic instead of being random.

As the information was absorbed and understood by Ethan, he finally understood what this magic was all about.

It was another auxiliary magic.

Worg Mark: Plant a magic mark on the target. This mark cannot be eliminated. The marks can sense each other, sense the exact location of all those marked with the Black Star Mark, and summon them to gather, so that they can complete the gathering according to the guidance of the mark.

This looked like a copy of Voldemort's Dark Mark, with almost the same functions.

"Raise your head!"

"Yes!"

Faced with Ethan's order, Dennis didn't dare to be negligent.

But the next second, Dennis's face changed drastically. He saw an exceptionally long wand pointing at his head.

Was he still going to kill me?

This was Dennis's first reaction.