Hogwarts and the Atypical Wizard

Chapter 160: Visit Knockturn Alley Again

Sainz asked Conte to buy a few live pigs and bring them back in the briefcase, despite Conte's puzzled look. Although she didn't understand why, she still did a good job.

After Conte left, Sainz cast a spell and turned one of the black pigs into a hooded leather jumpsuit.

It has not been turned into a real leather jacket, it has just been turned into the shape of a leather jacket, but it still remains active, it still keeps breathing.

This is not easy, and is more difficult and delicate than simply turning a pig into real clothing.

This is the anti-curse coat he prepared, and he is going to take a trip to Knockturn Alley.

Sainz certainly has other defensive measures, but he cannot guarantee that he will not be ambushed.

When he was attacked by surprise, the black pig helped him to fend off the attack once, which was enough for him to react.

He thought, he didn't know if he could defend against the melon-eating curse, but there was probably some hope.

The purpose of the Melon-Eating Curse is to directly kill the soul of a creature. After being hit, there will be no physical damage to the surface of the creature.

According to this logic, as long as a creature has a soul, it should be able to become the target of the Melon-Gnawing Curse, instead of causing a penetration effect like when it is launched into an ordinary wall or wooden board.

In the original trajectory, Harry's owl died directly in the air after being hit, but there was no sign that its body was pierced.

Judging from this performance, if there is a live pig standing in front of Sainz, the melon-eating curse shot at him will most likely be directly offset after hitting the live pig, or at least its effect will be greatly reduced.

Because it has killed a soul.

It is not difficult to verify this idea. Just put this transformed leather coat on another pig and try to cast a melon-chewing curse on him. Just see whether you get two corpses or one after one attack.

Of course, there is another factor to consider: magic resistance.

There must be a difference in magic resistance between an ordinary pig and a giant monster.

Fortunately, the Melon-Breaking Curse is designed to target the soul, and in the hands of a truly ruthless wizard it is powerful enough that when ordinary creatures face it, magic resistance will not play a large role.

With Sainz’s cautiousness, he would definitely not use such black magic in his own home.

After taking the polyjuice potion, he turned into a strong man this time.

He put on the thick leather jacket weighing more than 100 pounds with difficulty. It was like an ordinary person wearing a muscle prop suit used by movie and TV actors, and he looked even stronger.

Put on a cloak on the outside and the whole person is hidden in the darkness.

He made his way invisibly to a remote corner of Hogwarts, carefully sketching out his destination in his mind, and cast long-distance Apparition for the first time, Knockturn Alley.

His eyes went dark, then bright again, and he immediately looked around. Fortunately, there was no one there. He came to the remote doorway where he had come last time to buy supplies.

Holding the excited "big guy", he came out from the dark corner, endured the dirty oil stains on the ground, and joined the strange crowd.

It's really strange. It's only a turn away from Diagon Alley next door, but why do the wizards here feel like they are from a different world than those over there!

Most of the witches here can be called witches, and the wizards also have their own characteristics.

It fits the Muggle stereotype of wizards very well.

He knew that most of these people's strange appearances were the aftereffects of studying black magic.

But sometimes Sainz just couldn't understand. There are many powerful spells in magic, so why do we have to study those that will cause adverse consequences to ourselves?

Look at them, some have deformed faces, some have red eyes, some have hunched backs, some have lame legs, some have lost all their teeth, some have moss growing in their mouths and on their teeth, and some have hands that are withered like chicken claws.

He really couldn't figure it out, why is this? The key is that most of the things they studied were not actually very powerful!

Most of the people hanging out here should be from Great Britain, right?

It’s not like Hogwarts doesn’t allow them to study, but why don’t they just study magic and instead study things that have side effects?

Look at the Death Eaters, they are all studying the dark arts, but they all look like decent human beings. Although some are gloomy and some are crazy, most of them have not become physically deformed.

Since this phenomenon shows clustering, there must be an explanatory reason.

Forget it, Sainz smiled with relief, and he habitually wanted to figure out the whole story. If they want to hurt themselves, then let them do it. Sainz will just take it as a warning, no matter what the reason is.

The figure shrouded in black robes was not special here, and the burly figure had a certain deterrent effect, so no blind "locals" came up to cause trouble.

Sainz pretended to wander around, but in fact he went straight to Borgin and Burke's with a clear goal.

Looking inside from the outside, it is very spacious, but rather dark and difficult to see clearly.

He checked all the defensive measures on his body and found they were all intact, then pushed the door open and walked in.

Ding-ling-ling, a bell rings.

There were many items placed in a mess in the store, including the purpose of his visit today, a large black cabinet. It was not there when he came to Knockturn Alley last time.

There was no one behind the counter, so Sainz used magic to ring the bell on the counter.

Soon, a hunched man appeared behind the counter. He was not surprised to see Sainz with his head covered. He said in an exaggerated tone: "It is a great honor to meet you, distinguished sir!"

As she spoke, she stroked back his greasy hair. "How can I help you?"

"Hello, Mr. Bock, I heard that the things you sell here are genuine. Is that true?"

The boss still said in that exaggerated tone: "Oh, sir, the first time I saw you, I knew you were a man with a keen eye for gold. Who in the whole Knockturn Alley doesn't know that Old Boker is the fairest person?"

Sainz was not interested in his boasting and pretended to be just hanging out. "So fair Mr. Bok, do you have anything interesting to show me?"

"Of course, of course, look at this hand of glory, it is so well made..." As if sensing that Sainz was not interested in it, he changed the subject, "Of course, a distinguished gentleman like you will definitely not look down on such inferior things.

Look over here, this cursed necklace."

He was talking about an opal necklace that looked extremely luxurious. "Look, it was built with the lives of nineteen Muggles. It is so dazzling."

Sainz showed some interest, "Really? That's interesting..."

Seeing that Sainz was interested in this kind of thing, Borgin and Burke seemed to have found the direction, "And this noose, it has been used to hang three nobles and more than twenty vicious criminals!

And this eye, it’s not ordinary…”