Chapter 311 Secret Midnight Meeting [Part 2]
After a few minutes passed, the glow of the artifact finally dimmed.
What was once a Giant Black Snake had now become a foot-long snake.
Ethan then walked up toward it and picked it up with his right hand, giving it a closer look.
He found it quite funny to think that the Boss Monster, who had once given them a very hard time, became small enough for him to pick up without much effort.
“This works,” Ethan’s Other Half said with confidence. “Store it for now. I will deal with it later.”
Ethan agreed with his Other Half and placed the small black snake inside his storage ring. He then thanked Professor Rinehart for his help, and the latter only replied to the young man with a knowing smile.
“I don’t know what you’re going to do with that thing, but make sure that it won’t hurt any student from our academy, okay?”
“Understood, Professor. I’ll keep things in moderation.”
Professor Rinehart nodded before glancing at Professor Barret.
The Ex-Magistratus nodded back, which meant that all the preparations had been made.
“Now, Ethan. I will tell you why we are here,” Professor Rinehart said. “Do you remember the Wendigo that we captured back in the Great Eagle Forest?”
“How could I possibly forget, Professor?” Ethan said in a bitter tone. “It was the Monster who almost took the life of someone very dear to me.”
Professor Rinehart smiled. “Back then, I just thought of imprisoning it for a while before I dealt with it myself. But now, I have a better use for it. You see, Ethan, Wendigos grow by consuming those with strong magical powers.
And whenever they reach a certain threshold, not only do they grow stronger, but they also evolve. The Ancient Wendigo you have is a Monster that has lived for thousands of years. The Wendigo that we have captured has only lived for hundreds of years.
“You could even say that the next stage of a Wendigo is to become an Ancient Wendigo. Now, what do you think will happen if we let both Wendigos try to devour each other?”
Ethan frowned before giving his answer. “Since one of them will be eaten, it means that the survivor will grow stronger, right?”
Professor Rinehart nodded. “Right. But since these two Wendigos came from two different regions, the two of them will have differences with each other. Nero and his students have already registered the Magic Imprint of the Ancient Wendigo that they were planning to capture.
“They have even prepared a cage specifically designed to contain it. I’m sure that they will be bringing that same cage here so that they can use it to identify the Wendigo in your possession. Of course, there are two ways we can deal with this.
“The first one is to keep hiding the Ancient Wendigo. As long as you don’t show it to anyone, there will be nothing for them to identify. But while this has its pros, there are still cons, so I thought of a better idea.
“I will let your Ancient Wendigo consume the Wendigo we captured. That way, it will be able to absorb its powers, allowing it to heal its injury and change its body composition. You just have to make sure that, after absorption, it will take the form of the Wendigo that it has eaten, changing its properties completely.”
Ethan nodded his head in understanding.
“Ready?” Professor Rinehart raised his wand.
“Yes, Professor,” Ethan replied.
The Headmaster then looked at the statue of the Academy’s Guardian and called out to her.
“Brynhildr, come.”
As soon as her name was called, the statue glowed faintly and transformed into the beautiful Valkyrie whom Ethan saw back in the Great Eagle Forest.
Brynhildr then flapped her wings to slowly descend from the tower until she stood a few meters away from Professor Rinehart.
“Brynhildr, I will need you to release the Monster that you captured from the Great Eagle Forest,” Professor Rinehart stated. “However, make sure that it doesn’t break free from your hold.”
The Valkyrie nodded her head in understanding before giving Ethan a sidelong glance.
She had heard what Professor Rinehart had said earlier, so she understood what they were planning to do.
As to whether they would succeed or not?
She was very curious to find that out, too.
Summoning her sword and shield, Brynhildr took a fighting stance.
She then tapped her sword over her shield twice and said the words that would release the Wendigo from its prison.
“Dimittis.”
Her round shield glowed faintly, and a black mist came out of it.
Soon, this mist transformed into the Wendigo that Ethan hated with a vengeance.
As soon as it regained its true form, the Wendigo attempted to escape. Unfortunately, there was simply no way for it to break away from its bindings.
“Ethan, you have full control of your Ancient Wendigo, right?” Professor Rinehart asked.
“Yes, Headmaster,” Ethan replied.
“Good. Now do as we planned.”
“Understood.”
Ethan summoned the Ancient Wendigo from Morrigan’s Ring.
The moment it appeared, the Wendigo being bound by Brynhildr started to struggle even more in a desperate attempt to break free.
“No!” the Wendigo cried out. “You can’t do this to me!”
Ethan didn’t expect that he would feel some kind of satisfaction from being able to hold power over the Wendigo that had once made him feel helpless.
Back in the Great Eagle Forest, this Wendigo did nothing but laugh at Ethan’s and Luna’s futile attempts to resist it.
But now, Ethan found himself sneering internally at the sight of the Wendigo struggling as desperately as they once did.
“Devour him,” Ethan ordered.
The Ancient Wendigo then transformed into a black mist and wrapped itself around the Wendigo that still hadn't given up struggling to break free from the silver chains that bound its body.
“Noooo!” the Wendigo shouted. “You can’t! I survived for hundreds of years! I refuse to yield! I refuse!”
A cracking sound reached Ethan’s ears as the Ancient Wendigo started tearing its prey into pieces, relishing every bite.
Creatures like them enjoyed the suffering of others.
The more fearful and desperate they were, the more delicious they became.
Such negative emotions were the spices that made their meals tastier.
Even when they were eating one of their kind, they made sure that their victim felt the same fear and desperation that they wanted from the Wizards and Witches, whom they treated as a delicacy.
Ethan’s Other Half chuckled heartily inside his consciousness. He was enjoying the Wendigo’s desperation and suffering, which fueled his sadistic tendencies.
Sebastian watched with a calm expression on his face. Unlike his partner in crime, the Guardian of Zentris didn’t find what he was seeing as something entertaining.
Even so, he believed that this was a necessary evil to make Ethan stronger.
A few minutes later, the unwilling wails of the pitiful Wendigo finally receded.
The Ancient Wendigo, whom Ethan’s Other Half named Dainsleif, stood motionlessly as its entire body blazed with blue flames.
Just like a butterfly breaking free from its cocoon, its body broke apart little by little, shedding its old vessel and giving way to the new.
A pair of reindeer-like horns that glowed like blue crystals grew out from the blue flames.
A moment later, burning blue eyes that were more intense than the flames immolating its entire body appeared.
Even Ethan, who believed that the creature was fully under his control, felt a chill run down his spine.
He could tell that the Ancient Wendigo had become stronger than ever.
The only question that remained was whether he was strong enough to make this Monster submit without needing to use his authority by calling out its True Name.
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