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Chapter 824: Controlling Fiendfyre!
Chapter 824: Controlling Fiendfyre!
Ivan was quite satisfied with his newly acquired ability, but his expectations went beyond just that. If he could control ordinary flames, could he also control Fiendfyre?
With this thought in mind, Ivan began his experiment with a mixture of excitement and anticipation. He gently waved his wand, and a small, ominous flame floated out from the tip.
To Ivan's slight surprise, the originally crimson flames now had a touch of brilliant gold.
"Is it because of the Phoenix Bloodline?" Ivan's thoughts immediately turned to this possibility.
If he remembered correctly, the Flame Whip Dumbledore used to severely injure Voldemort was also of a similar color...
As Ivan was pondering, the crimson Fiendfyre had completely transformed into a deep golden hue.
But the transformation didn't stop there. A chilling aura emanated from Ivan's body, and the golden flames underwent another change. Strands of ghostly white flames emerged, altering the Fiendfyre into a peculiar ashen white.
The Grim White Flames hovered in the Room of Requirement, and just looking at them made Ivan feel a deep, soul-piercing dread...
He was puzzled as to why his Fiendfyre had suddenly taken this form. Was it just the Phoenix Bloodline, or was there another force influencing it?
Ivan furrowed his brow, unable to figure it out. Unfortunately, the transformation of the Fiendfyre lasted only a few seconds before it ended. If it had lasted longer, or if he had been in the System's Protection Mode, he might have discovered more...
Since he couldn't figure it out for now, Ivan decided not to dwell on it.
Fiendfyre, at its core, is a manifestation of a wizard's inner brutality and murderous intent. The Fiendfyre summoned by different people can vary in strength and appearance.
For example, Grindelwald's Fiendfyre was a deep blue, and now his own flames had turned ashen white, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
Moreover, Ivan could clearly perceive that this mutated Fiendfyre was significantly stronger than the original, making it more threatening and harder to control!
Ivan exerted all his effort to direct the Grim White Flames around him, shaping them into shields, whips, and blades. After some practice, his control over the Fiendfyre became smoother and more fluid.
Indeed, his earlier hypothesis was correct: the Flame Control ability was effective on Fiendfyre as well...
After getting a feel for it, Ivan raised his wand, and the alchemical device on his wrist emitted a series of magical fluctuations. The Grim White Flames rapidly expanded, forming a massive, several-meter-long Fiendfyre blade that slashed through the air!
A deafening boom followed, and the brutal Fiendfyre blade carved a deep gash into the hard floor. Not only that, but the ghostly white flames continued to consume and expand the crack, making it even larger...
The space around him began to tremble, as if becoming unstable...
Worried that the Fiendfyre might destroy the entire Room of Requirement, Ivan quickly extinguished the flames after testing their full power.
"My current strength is probably not much weaker than what I displayed that night..." Ivan muttered to himself, looking at the damage caused by the Fiendfyre.
With his current abilities, if he could return to that night in Knockturn Alley, he wouldn't need to waste five Legendary Points to activate the System's Protection Mode to repel the Dark Lord...
The most crucial factor was that with the Philosopher's Stone, his endurance was no longer an issue, and he wouldn't be limited to just one minute...
Ivan didn't revel in his joy for long, for he knew that he now faced not the Voldemort who had cowered in the Safe House, afraid to show his face, but the strongest of the White Wizards, Albus Dumbledore, of the Wizarding World!
The man who had defeated the first Dark Lord, Gellert Grindelwald, in the original Time and Space and had outmaneuvered Voldemort to his demise!
Ivan never underestimated Dumbledore because of his usually gentle demeanor. The intelligence from the original Time and Space indicated that Dumbledore could single-handedly suppress Voldemort and even defeat the Dark Lord with the burden of Harry.
Their verbal sparring also revealed Voldemort's profound fear of Dumbledore, which was why, even at the peak of his power, Voldemort dared not approach Hogwarts.
However, Ivan believed that he now possessed the strength to defeat the Dark Lord. If Dumbledore's power was merely what it had been in the original Time and Space, there was no reason to fear him.
"What is his trump card, the Elder Wand?" Ivan wondered, a vague unease creeping into his heart.
Dumbledore was too confident, so much so that he had given Ivan the Phoenix blood, enhancing his enemy's power before the battle.
Ivan recalled the formidable aura he had sensed from Dumbledore during the start of the school year and considered the frequent disappearances of the White Wizard over the past two years. A suspicion began to form in his mind.
"Could he have unexpectedly unraveled the secrets of the Deathly Hallows and gained power from them?" Ivan pondered.
In the original Time and Space, only Dumbledore and Harry had possessed all three Deathly Hallows, but neither had managed to hold all three at the same time.
Dumbledore had returned the Invisibility Cloak to Harry before obtaining the Resurrection Stone, so he had never held more than two of the Deathly Hallows simultaneously.
Harry, on the other hand, had lost the Resurrection Stone in the Forbidden Forest before his final confrontation, making it impossible for him to ever gather all three Deathly Hallows at once.
But the current situation was different. The Invisibility Cloak had vanished for over a year, and it might very well be with Dumbledore...
Of course, Ivan didn't believe that Dumbledore would actively steal Harry's Invisibility Cloak, but what if Harry had left it somewhere and Dumbledore had found it?
Exploring the power of the Deathly Hallows had been Dumbledore's lifelong goal. In the face of the temptation to gather all three, would Dumbledore choose to temporarily hold onto the Invisibility Cloak to study the Hallows' power in his waning days?
The more Ivan thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, though he couldn't be entirely sure...
"Never mind, it's no use thinking too much about it..." Ivan sighed. This speculation only added to his mental burden by suggesting that Dumbledore might be even stronger than he had imagined, but it didn't offer much practical help.
Of course, he wasn't without a chance. Their recent meeting had revealed that Dumbledore's physical condition was concerning, and his advanced age and frailty meant he couldn't maintain peak fighting strength for long.
So Ivan's strategy was to prolong the battle, intensify the fight, and force Dumbledore's injuries to flare up...
(End of Chapter)
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