Chapter 255: The Fourth LV5
Transparent energy threads flickering with countless memory scenes of Peter Pettigrew poured from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, twisting together and flowing into the tip of Sean's wand.
Feelings of happiness and joy, along with the influx of transparent energy threads, filled Sean's chest and merged with his own happy and joyful memories, causing Sean's eyes to emit a faint white glow.
With an upward flick of his wand, the transparent energy threads broke off. Peter Pettigrew, as if completely drained, fell silently to the ground with an expressionless face, as if all hope had been lost.
At this moment, Sean raised his wand again. The happiness and joy filling his chest transformed into surging positive energy, gathering in his wand, ready to burst forth!
"Expecto Patronum!"
Hum...
A humming sound resonated from the tip of Sean's wand.
Light far more brilliant than that emanating from Harry's wand blazed from Sean's wand. A white serpent, seemingly substantial, shot out from the light, wrapped in silvery radiance like a comet rushing into the sky. Wherever it passed, Dementors retreated. Those unable to retreat in time were directly struck by the white serpent, wailing as they dissolved into black shadows and disappeared in mid-air.
Seeing Sean's Patronus appear, Harry immediately became confident. Even his own Patronus became three times more solid, working together with Sean's white serpent to charge through the Dementors, releasing waves of silver-white impacts that finally caused all the Dementors to retreat, abandoning their attempt to capture Sirius Black!
Confirming that all the Dementors had completely retreated, both Sean and Harry dismissed their Patronuses.
Just then, Sirius gradually regained consciousness. Looking at Harry crouched beside him and Sean standing near Peter Pettigrew, he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a word.
"Sirius, don't speak yet. You nearly had your soul sucked by Dementors just now. If Sean hadn't arrived, we might all have received the Dementor's Kiss."
Seeing Sirius's condition, Sean took out some potions and handed them to Harry.
Although those Dementors had been driven away by him and Harry, there was no guarantee they wouldn't continue lurking nearby or hiding around Hogwarts. The safest way to enter Hogwarts would be to have Sirius transform into a black dog and cover him with the Invisibility Cloak. A permanent solution.
Harry carefully fed Sirius the potions while Sean checked the dozens of accumulated notifications on his panel, all from the Dementors just now!
There were sixty-eight notifications in total, meaning Sean had essentially defeated sixty-eight Dementors.
These Dementors varied in strength, but they all gave Sean only one type of ability. Either Frost Domain or Pain Absorption. Fortunately, while the spells were the same, their levels varied. His original LV2 Pain Absorption and LV2 Frost Domain successfully leveled up after Sean absorbed abilities from sixty-eight Dementors.
Pain Absorption was upgraded to LV4.
Frost Domain was upgraded to an astonishing LV5!
While LV5 wasn't the maximum level, in the magical world, very few people could train a spell to the maximum level. LV5 was already a very high level.
Previously, Sean had three spells that reached LV5 and LV5MAX: Smoky Rope Curse, Memory Charm, and Thorn Curse. Now there was one more. Frost Domain!
If Harry and Sirius weren't here, Sean might have immediately wanted to try using this spell.
"Thank you, Harry, and also..." Sirius looked up at Sean, hesitated, but still expressed his thanks: "Thank you, Sean."
Seeing Sirius's reluctant expression of gratitude, Sean raised an eyebrow slightly: "I provided the potions because of Harry. In other words, I gave the potions to Harry. Without him, I wouldn't have bothered with you at all."
"That's just perfect, because I wasn't really wanting to thank you anyway!"
"Sirius!"
Harry quickly covered Sirius's mouth, then looked apologetically at Sean: "Sean, Sirius doesn't mean that. He's just being careless with his words."
"It doesn't matter, Harry. Don't take it to heart either. I have no feelings toward him one way or another, so I won't mind anything he says." Looking up toward Hogwarts, Sean said to Harry: "It's getting late. Let's return to Hogwarts."
Waving his wand, Sean levitated Peter Pettigrew to follow beside them.
Just as they were about to return to Hogwarts castle with Harry, Sirius suddenly said: "Harry, I can't go to Hogwarts with you yet."
"Sirius? Why? Peter Pettigrew is right here. He can prove you're innocent. You..."
Seeing Harry's urgency, Sirius immediately shook his head and patted Harry's shoulder with a smile: "Harry, don't worry. I'm not trying to escape or anything. I just want to find Remus. When Remus returns to human form, I'll come back to Hogwarts with him to find Dumbledore."
"Then I'll go with you!"
"Harry, Remus didn't take Wolfsbane Potion, so he can't maintain his rationality very well. If he hurts you, not only you and Remus but I would also be to blame. You can rest assured. I'll be fine. Remus's wand is in my hands, so when he recovers, we won't have to fear Dementors."
"But you..."
"Don't worry, Harry."
"Alright, then I'll wait for you at Hogwarts. We have a deal."
"We have a deal, Harry."
Sirius turned to look at Sean and opened his mouth. Sean knew he wanted him to take care of Harry, but Sean simply ignored him. After Sirius opened his mouth for a long time without saying anything, he finally turned and transformed back into a black dog, running toward where Sean had imprisoned Professor Lupin earlier.
Watching Sirius disappear into the distant forest, Harry turned to Sean and asked: "Sean, Sirius and the others will be alright, won't they?"
"They'll be fine. Sirius, your father, and also..." Sean glanced at Peter Pettigrew, "and Peter Pettigrew, when they were at Hogwarts, often accompanied Professor Lupin through his transformations. Sirius knows the routine, so you don't need to worry about him."
"My father, and Peter..." Harry also glanced at Peter Pettigrew, then looked at Sean. He pressed his lips together and asked: "Sean, you seem to know a lot about their past. Could you, could you tell me about it?"