Hogwarts in the shadows

Before the basilisk appeared, Hephis had already sealed his eyes with shadows and activated his magical perception.

The eyes of the basilisk contained a lethal effect, and he didn't want to try it.

"Who... are you?" The basilisk hissed, its voice low and strange.

The huge body slowly approached Hephesus, with its head lowered and sniffing hard with its nose.

Hephis could feel the stench emanating from it becoming stronger and stronger.

He quickly cast a Bubblehead Charm on himself and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"My name is Hephaest Dam, your future master."

"My...master...is...the...great...Salazar Slytherin."

The basilisk began to slide slowly around Hephaestus, and its huge body brought up gusts of wind.

"Your master is dead. Do you want to change him? I think I am quite suitable." Hephis said patiently.

"Only...Salazar Slytherin." The basilisk continued to circle around Hephis.

"It's okay if I'm not your master. I can speak Parseltongue. Can you obey my orders?"

"You... don't smell... like him..." The basilisk's nose twitched.

"Taste? Blood?"

"You... are not... his descendant." The basilisk finally stopped spinning and stood opposite Hephaestus.

The basilisk's answer was pretty much what Hephaestus had expected.

After all, anyone who can speak Parseltongue can control the Basilisk, which would be a mess.

Hefeth was ready to try a different angle, "By the way, are you hungry?"

"Hungry...blood...blood..." The basilisk's voice became louder.

Hephis waved his wand, and a freshly slaughtered cow immediately flew out of the suitcase.

"this is for you."

The basilisk seemed a little hesitant. It looked down at the cow on the ground, and its two big yellow eyes widened even wider.

It finally shook its head, "This is not... the master's food... I can't... starve..."

Hephis couldn't help but frown. Is food not allowed either?

He thought about it and changed his words, "Are you bored staying here? Why don't you come with me? I'll take you to another place where you can find food for yourself."

The basilisk still shook his head, "Protecting... the school... can't..."

"I'm in school here, and you're still in school by my side, so you can still protect the school."

"Can't...leave...can't..."

Hephis scratched his head. There was absolutely no loophole in this rule!

"Did Salazar Slytherin ever say that you can't take anyone else as your master?"

The basilisk hesitated, "No..."

"That's it! If you recognize me as your master and obey my orders, you will have food and drink, right?" Hephes continued to deceive.

The basilisk still shook his head stubbornly: "No... Master... there can only be... one..."

Originally, Hephesus only needed the shadow of the basilisk, but he admitted that he was a little greedy for the body of such a loyal basilisk.

Looks like we still have to fight!

Several black shadows on the ground suddenly condensed into huge chains, wrapped around the basilisk's body, and the chains were tightly connected to the ground.

The sudden appearance of the chains made the basilisk very confused, and it then twisted its body desperately.

"You...have no...martial ethics..." the basilisk hissed angrily.

"A famous person once said something, although I have forgotten who said it," Hephis distanced himself from the basilisk.

He continued, "The gist is, if you can't conquer someone with words, that's fine. Just fight until you conquer them, and that's all."

The basilisk became even more angry and twisted more violently, and it was obvious that the chains could no longer hold.

Suddenly, four black shadows appeared. They quickly condensed into long black whips and lashed the basilisk fiercely.

Although the whip caused limited damage to the basilisk, it made it very irritated.

It began to turn its huge snake head and bit towards the long whip.

Several shadows rushed into the basilisk's mouth.

Inside the basilisk's stomach, the shadows turned into tiny fists that pounded around frantically.

The basilisk didn't feel any pain, but it became even more angry.

"Despicable..." The basilisk was not stupid either. It scanned around, trying to find any trace of Hephes.

However, its body suddenly became stiff.

It turned out that Hephaestus took advantage of the basilisk's effort to break free and filled the surroundings with mirrors.

The basilisk's eyes have a lethal effect, but when the force rebounds back upon itself, it only causes brief stiffness.

Then a funny scene occurred.

The basilisk's movements became jerky. It was turning its head one second and freezing the next.

And so the cycle begins.

Turn and stop – turn and stop, turn and stop – turn and stop, turn and stop.

The basilisk finally couldn't stand it anymore and closed its two big yellow eyes.

It quickly flicked its tongue and began to twitch its nose frantically, trying to find Hephes's location by smell.

It finally sensed Hephes's location and began twisting its body even more frantically.

"Kill...blood...blood."

The four black chains finally couldn't bear the weight and broke one after another, turning into four black shadows.

The basilisk took the opportunity to launch itself, and its huge body leaped off the ground and slammed into the ceiling.

The ceiling was also hit by the basilisk, and rubble fell off.

Hephis was also surprised by the basilisk's actions.

He really didn't expect that he could be attacked even though he was hiding in the air.

Fortunately, the black-headed man reacted faster than him and dragged him away from the place where the basilisk attacked.

However, he was still hit by a huge piece of rubble.

Although I was protected by the shadow, it still hurt a little.

After the basilisk hit its head against the ceiling, it was also a little dazed.

After it landed, it shook its huge snake head several times, trying to wake up.

Hephis looked at the basilisk on the ground, although his main goal now was to subdue it.

But if this is not possible, the only option is to transfer the basilisk into a suitcase, imprison it, and then slowly think of a solution.

He thought about it and started communicating with the shadow.

The four shadows in the basilisk's abdomen transformed into sharp blades and began to chop the basilisk's stomach wall fiercely.

The four shadows outside transformed into long spears and stabbed the basilisk hard at the vital point.

However, the effect was not what he wished, and there was not much effect.

The basilisk rolled on the ground because of the pain.

But it still crashed violently in the direction of Hephes from time to time.

Hephis looked at the irritable basilisk in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

"Hey! If we want to decide the winner, we still have to get close and fight!"

Hephaestus returned all the separated shadows.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and the shadow behind him gradually lengthened and grew larger.