Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 283 Dealing with the Talkative Beetle! Fusion with the Soul-Capturing Mirror!

"You...you're too cruel! You're not human!"

Rita Skeeter was on the verge of a breakdown. She never imagined that Dudley's curse on her was so vicious. In despair, she started cursing at Dudley.

Upon hearing this, Dali laughed heartily: "Those two sentences count, but... seal your tongue and throat!"

Dudley, disregarding all martial ethics, raised his hand and cast a spell, sealing Rita Skeeter's mouth and throat, rendering her temporarily unable to speak.

It was nearly evening, and the sky was dark. Rita Skeeter didn't have many more opportunities to tell the truth today.

Dali, on the other hand, was unhurried.

They were receiving the latest notifications from the system.

【Congratulations to the host! 】

[Successfully resolved a Class A regrettable incident - the rambling beetle who distorted the facts!]

The host, through direct and brutal means, arrested and imprisoned Rita Skeeter, subjected her to cruel torture, and used her as an experimental subject for magical research, subjecting her to continuous physical and psychological torment.

Afterwards, the host used a power-stealing talisman he made himself to steal Rita Skeeter's Animagus abilities, preventing her from transforming into a small beetle to spy on and eavesdrop on others' privacy.

Furthermore, a highly targeted and cruel curse was placed upon her, rendering Rita Skeeter incapable of distorting facts or fabricating rumors, forcing her to live the rest of her life in constant fear, paying the price for her past mistakes.

This unfortunate incident has been resolved perfectly.

[Special offer, fixed reward: 1 A-level fusion opportunity.]

[Bonus Reward: 1 A-Rank Fusion Opportunity.]

[Currently available magic item fusion opportunities: 2 A-grade, 2 C-grade.]

Great! The reward is in hand so easily!

Dudley was overjoyed and immediately used the newly acquired A-level fusion opportunity to fuse with the Soul-Capturing Mirror stored in his personal space.

The system notification sounded again:

[Command executed! Consumes 1 A-grade magic item fusion opportunity.]

[Current remaining fusion opportunities: 1 A-level fusion, 2 C-level fusions.]

【Congratulations to the host! 】

[Gained Soul Storage Space!]

A separate space has been created within your body, which can be used to store spiritual entities such as souls, ghosts, magical portraits of people, mental consciousness, memory threads, and thoughts.

Spiritual beings imprisoned in the soul storage space will have their soul essence continuously absorbed by the host to strengthen the host's soul strength and mental power, as well as expand the size of the soul storage space.

Souls whose essence has been absorbed to a certain extent will automatically be drawn from the soul storage space through a curtain and fall into the world of the dead.

The host can control this with their will, deciding whether to absorb the soul essence of the spirits within the soul storage space, or whether to release the spirits within it.

[Gain the ability to absorb souls!]

You can expend magic to cast the 'Soul Stealing' spell, which allows you to absorb the souls of various sentient beings and other spiritual entities. Once absorbed, the souls will be automatically stored in your body's soul storage space.

When using the absorption ability to absorb spiritual entities, the entities will be suppressed and unable to move. However, the suppression effect will be greatly reduced when facing entities whose magical cultivation and soul strength exceed that of the host.

[Gained some knowledge and skills in alchemy!]

You have learned the alchemical knowledge and skills related to creating the Soul-Capturing Mirror.

"Hahahaha!"

Dudley let out another excited yet eerie laugh.

He felt increasingly happy as he sensed the extra gray soul storage space within his body and the new knowledge and information in his mind.

What pleased him most was not the ability to absorb souls or the soul storage space, nor the alchemical knowledge and skills to create the Soul Absorbing Mirror, but the fact that the system defined the ability to absorb souls obtained by fusing with the Soul Absorbing Mirror as an actively cast spell ability.

It's important to know that spell abilities are linked to Dudley's magical proficiency, and can be amplified tenfold by Harry's twin wands.

In this way, without having to specifically absorb souls to enhance his power, Dudley simply fused with the Soul-Absorbing Mirror and instantly gained soul-absorbing abilities far exceeding those of the Soul-Absorbing Mirror.

Dealing with the Voldemort soul fragments inside the Horcruxes immediately became an easy task.

It saved him a lot of effort.

Despite his joy, Dali still intended to proceed according to the original plan.

After Dudley finished laughing, he ignored Rita Skeeter, who was lying on the ground with her upper and lower lips stuck together, and turned his head to look at Peter Pettigrew, who was even weaker.

As if knowing what he was about to face, Little Pettigrew asked, with a mixture of despair and longing, "Am I about to be free?"

Dudley's expression was more serious than when he was dealing with Rita Skeeter; after all, he had tormented Pettigrew for a longer time, and he felt a little bit of pity for him.

Dudley calmly replied, “From a perceptual perspective, your body is free, but your soul may have to suffer for some time.”

"you……"

Little Pettigrew was so angry he almost vomited blood. He was ready to die, but they hadn't tormented him enough yet!

But he didn't dare to say the harsh words like Rita Skeeter did. He swallowed the words back as soon as he uttered a single word, closed his eyes in despair, and shed tears like a mouse.

Dudley immediately waved his hand, unleashing a hazy, soul-capturing beam of light that enveloped Little Pettigrew.

In the blink of an eye, Little Pettigrew's soul emerged neatly from his body, followed the hazy pillar of light, and quickly flew to Dudley's palm. Then, it disappeared into the gray light in Dudley's palm and entered the soul storage space within Dudley's body.

Then, Little Star felt his soul being hollowed out little by little, his soul essence constantly flowing away and disappearing into this gray space.

At the same time, Dudley felt his already powerful soul, which had undergone time travel and a surge in magical cultivation, grow even stronger after absorbing the soul essence of Little Star.

And my slightly tired spirit, which had been working late for days, immediately felt refreshed and relaxed.

It feels amazing.

Dudley then turned his attention back to Rita Skeeter.

At this moment, the eyes of this despicable, garrulous wretch were filled with boundless fear.

After all, she had witnessed Dudley take away Pettigrew's soul and turn his body into a corpse.

"It's almost dinner time, so I won't keep you for dinner. Goodbye forever!"

Dudley said one last thing to Rita Skeeter.

He then used shapeshifting magic to turn the air around Rita Skeeter's body into a black bag, wrapping her inside.

She then cast a Forgetfulness Charm, causing Rita Skeeter to forget Dudley's existence and what she had experienced at Hogwarts during this time.

Rita Skeeter would only vaguely remember that she was captured by a powerful wizard for spreading rumors, severely punished for a period of time, lost her Animagus powers, and was also cursed.

Next, Dudley put Rita Skeeter, who was covered by a black cloth bag, and Peter Pettigrew's corpse into his personal space and took them out of the Room of Requirement.