“The brain represents thought and spirit. It may not possess formidable magical power or be capable of direct physical attacks, but in a certain sense, it represents the evil god himself, represents Herpo the Foul, and it is the most dangerous part,” said Dumbledore.
Evan completely agreed with Dumbledore’s view.
The most terrifying thing about an evil god was corruption and ntal assaults. Through endless whispers, the evil god would cause his victims to beco lost and die within illusions, or control those weak-willed creatures. The fallen centaurs and Acromantulas were controlled in this way.
Of course, this was the most obvious feature of an evil god, but it was not all.
The strange constructs they created and their powerful bodies were equally despair-inducing, they were forces that no human could contend with.
“For a brain adept at wielding spiritual power, ordinary sealing magic clearly won’t suffice. That’s why Slytherin deliberately chose Azkaban to seal it,” Dumbledore continued. “From so ancient texts left behind by vampires, we can glean so of Slytherin’s thoughts. In his original plan, that remote island was located deep in the North Sea, far from the mainland and far from wizards. There were no creatures on the island — no matter how strong its spiritual power was, it wouldn’t affect others.
“Slytherin also left the most stringent seal there, using the strongest magic power to resist the brain’s ntal force.”
“The strongest magic power?” Evan asked, “Sir, do you an the Twin Serpent Staff?”
The strongest magic power against the ntal power of the evil god’s brain, if there was any power that could be called the strongest, Evan could only think of the Twin Serpent Staff.
Gryffindor and Ravenclaw had both told him that the Staff possessed unimaginable power.
Even a powerful wizard like Salazar Slytherin couldn’t use it casually.
That’s why, most of the ti, he left the Staff on the long table in the Headmaster’s office.
Slytherin wasn’t at all concerned about the staff being lost — most wizards couldn’t even touch it.
Evan had no idea what would happen if he touched the caduceus, but the mory of those two giant serpents opening their eyes and staring at him was sothing he would never forget. …
“Oh, yes, the caduceus is the core of the magic that Slytherin left in Azkaban, and the source of the power of the sealing magic,” said Dumbledore. “It possesses extraordinary magic powers. I think it was necessary for Slytherin to leave it there, because even under such a strong force suppression, the brain of the evil god was still active, and it created Dentors, and as ti went on, their number increased.”
“I don’t quite understand, what’s the point of that monster sealed in Azkaban creating so many Dentors?”
“Dentors can help it regain its strength. As we all know, Dentors bring despair and drain away all happiness. Wizards believe that they feed on those happy emotions,” said Dumbledore. “But this idea is quite strange in itself. No wizard has ever been able to truly explain why. How could happiness beco food? That defies common sense and is completely inexplicable, isn’t it? So people bla it on magic and avoid investigating the true cause. They simply assu it’s natural — but not everything can be explained by magic. Magic is not the sa as the baseless superstitions imagined by Muggles. The idea that Dentors feed on joy and rely on it to survive is completely illogical — even in the Wizarding world, it shouldn’t be possible…”
“Then, what do those Dentors rely on to survive? What is the purpose of them absorbing happy emotions?”
“For a long ti, we all mistakenly believed that Dentors were living magical creatures. As a form of life, they would, naturally, need so kind of food to survive. But in truth, that’s not the case. Dentors have no life. They are magical constructs sustained by magical power, just like these magical portraits on the wall. They exist because of magic.”
Another wave of discussion spread through the room, and none of the forr headmasters pretended to be asleep anymore.
They were shocked by Dumbledore’s revelation. What he said just now absolutely overturned centuries of understanding about Dentors in the Wizarding world. Evan noticed that Phineas Nigellus looked especially focused, sothing rarely seen.
The essence of the evil god’s creations was that they were magical beings that did not require food to survive.
As long as there was enough magic supply, they could continue to exist.
And as for the source of that magic, it naturally ca from the evil god who had created them.
In theory, as long as this evil god had enough power to sustain them, he could continuously produce an endless army of magical constructs, potentially filling the entire world. That was not an impossibility, and the sa applied to Dentors.
Wizards had co up with countless ways to try and limit the number of these terrifying creatures, but all ultimately failed. They were forced to acknowledge the existence of Dentors and even made compromises, allowing them to gather at Azkaban, and sending criminals there to serve as their so-called food. This was considered both a punishnt for the criminals and a ans of feeding the Dentors.
Looking back now, that decision was nothing short of a joke.
They were not life forms that were naturally born, so all the restrictive asures were naturally useless.
Even if one were to use the Patronus Charm to wipe out every single Dentor, it would be useless. As long as the evil god’s brain beneath Azkaban was not destroyed, the Dentors would continue to appear, and sending prisoners to them would only make them stronger.
“As for draining happiness or using the Dentor’s Kiss to suck out a person’s soul, the purpose behind all of it is to serve the evil god’s brain beneath Azkaban. That brain can extract a certain type of power that is very beneficial to it from those emotions and souls. It’s a very complex process. We can simply understand it as a kind of soul and ntal magic,” said Dumbledore. “The evil god’s brain needs that power, but it is sealed and confined within Azkaban. That’s why it needs the Dentors to help it gather this energy.”
“Gather…”
“Yes. If we study Dentors, it’s not hard to discover that their physical structure beneath those cloaks is very simple. These terrifying creatures have only a mouth, a stomach used to store the happy emotions or souls they consu, and rotting skin connecting the two. Perhaps there’s sothing like a brain within that decaying tissue that allows them to perform the Kiss, but that’s secondary. Most of the ti, they simply follow the commands of the brain that created them. …”
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