Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 495 The Birth of the Harassing Fly! A Plan to Promote Bug + Ghost-Type Pokémon!

Dali could clearly sense the harassing horsefly larvae gradually taking shape inside the seven eggs. He also sensed pure soul essence spontaneously condensing and pouring into the bodies of the harassing horsefly larvae, forming the soul of the harassing horsefly.

All of this is just like the theory of life and death that Death once told Dudley.

In this world, apart from Dudley, who came from another world, there is no reincarnation of souls; there is only a cycle of life and death that complements each other.

Every living being is a firsthand soul, experiencing one lifetime in the world of the living, and then passing through the veil of death to go to the world of the dead, where they experience new adventures, strengthen the power of the world of the dead, and give back to the world of the living a new pure soul essence.

Of course, those who are timid and dare not face all of this may, if they are lucky, remain in the world of the living as ghosts.

Closer to home.

Dudley has conceptual perception, so everything is clear to him, but the process of a new soul being formed and born is beyond the ability of a wizard to know.

Hagrid and Newt could only vaguely sense the inside of the eggs using their mental powers, while Luna relied on her mental powers combined with her innate keen intuition to sense them.

Fortunately, the process of the harassing horsefly larva 'emerging' after it has formed and acquired a soul can be clearly seen by everyone.

You can clearly see that the seven insect eggs were broken open from the inside, and seven harassing horseflies covered with pale white mucus slowly crawled out from the openings in the eggs.

Then, these seven harassing horseflies, which resembled moths, began to flap their wings and fly at a frequency far exceeding that of moths.

With a flap of its wings, the pale white slime clinging to the seven harassing flies was shaken off, revealing their completely transparent and invisible bodies beneath the slime.

From the naked eye's perspective, these seven harassing horseflies seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Wizards, however, can vaguely 'see' them by using their spiritual power to perceive them.

They were seen flying around Hagrid's large head.

As he flew, he also absorbed the invisible, irritating emotions emanating from Hagrid.

Moreover, they were very interested in Hagrid's big ears and instinctively wanted to crawl inside them and then into Hagrid's brain to cause trouble.

But they also have a natural affinity for Hagrid and don't want to hurt him, so they just circle around him.

Dudley understood that Hagrid's agitation played a major role in the birth of these seven harassing flies.

"Oh, these naughty little ones!"

Hagrid let out a joyful sound.

He can now be considered a powerful wizard. Although his magical skills and mental strength are still far behind Newt's, they are no weaker than those of an ordinary professor.

In terms of overall combat strength, even an elite professor-level wizard might not be able to defeat Hagrid.

Therefore, he was now able to use his mental power to observe the seven harassing horseflies flying around his head, and was even distracted by them, temporarily forgetting his worries about his father running away from home.

Hagrid gradually became happier and began to reach out his large hands to tease and harass the horseflies.

His happiness stopped his irritability, and the harassing flies, unable to eat, became somewhat unhappy. Instead of cooperating with Hagrid's outstretched hand, they unleashed another of their abilities.

That is the ghostly etherealization.

The harassing flies passed through Hagrid's large hand, receiving a surprised look from him. They hovered and trembled in the air, as if they were secretly laughing.

A moment later, Hagrid reached his hand down below them, and they seemed to have had enough fun, so they withdrew their ethereal powers and landed in Hagrid's palm.

"These seven are the first generation of harassing flies."

"Just as we designed them before, they are naturally transparent and can also become ethereal like ghosts. They feed on irritability and can crawl into people's ears and even become ethereal and penetrate into people's brains to mess with their minds," Dali began to explain.

In terms of physical attacks, their capabilities are unremarkable, but when it comes to auxiliary mental attacks, they are the natural enemy of spellcasters.

Wizards use their mental powers to perceive things, which is a strenuous activity that requires concentration. Under normal circumstances, even if a pesky fly crawls into a wizard's ear, the wizard will not notice it.

Therefore, if a wizard contracts with and controls a harassing fly, even just one, it will greatly enhance his combat power.

Harassing fly are neither male nor female, or rather, they are hermaphroditic. They reproduce by self-reproduction; after absorbing enough irritating emotions, they will dedicate a small portion of their energy to gestating and giving birth to their offspring.

The first generation of harassing flies, namely these seven harassing flies, can control the life and death of all their offspring, so we must keep them firmly under our control.

Hagrid, immediately use the Love Side Magical Creatures Contract spell to contract these seven harassing flies, and add a clause to the contract stipulating allegiance to Hogwarts. I will guide the Hogwarts superconsciousness to participate in the contract process.

Upon hearing this, Hagrid realized the importance of the matter and quickly released his power of love for these harassing flies to contact and communicate with the seven original harassing flies.

Hagrid was involved in the creation of the Harassing Fly, just like he was incubating the dragon Norbert. He was full of love for the Harassing Fly, so he had no obstacles in casting the Love Contract.

These seven harassing flies did not resist Hagrid's contract in the slightest.

Without Hagrid's irritability, they could not have been born, and thus they naturally regarded Hagrid as a parent and cooperated very well.

Seeing this, Dudley then communicated with the Hogwarts superconscious to participate.

A moment later, the contract was successfully completed.

"From now on, these seven harassing flies will be kept here. Hagrid and Newt, you will be responsible for taking care of and using them."

Also, tell Queenie that this place can be used as another venue for dealing with students' psychological problems.

They also explained to the students that if they were in a bad mood, feeling irritable or depressed, they could come here to relieve their stress.

In this way, not only will the irritability subside temporarily, but there is also a possibility of getting the contracted offspring to harass the horsefly.

Not only can the first generation of the harassing fly clan completely control the life and death of its offspring, but each generation of harassing flies can also control the offspring it produces.

The students made contracts with the second generation of harassing flies born from the first generation of harassing flies, and then reproduced the third and fourth generations on their own. They could also control the second generation of harassing flies through contracts.

But note that students are not allowed to contract their own offspring with wizards outside of Hogwarts. If they cannot raise them themselves, they can send them back here.

After the contract was finalized, Dali made detailed arrangements.

Newt, standing nearby, was somewhat worried: "Dullie, won't spreading the harassing flies too far cause a disaster? How long do harassing flies live? Won't it become a situation where wizards can just unleash a massive swarm of harassing flies whenever they want?"

Even if we could control it, we wouldn't be able to manage it all!

"Don't worry! Apart from the first generation, the lifespan of the Harassing Fly is only six to seven years."

Moreover, their reproduction requires fresh, spiritually charged restlessness.

For example, Hagrid's agitation has spawned the first generation of harassing flies. The first generation of harassing flies continue to feed on Hagrid's agitation to satisfy their hunger and accumulate energy, but they will run out of energy to reproduce. They can reproduce for a maximum of two more generations, and each generation will not have more than three individuals.

Normally, a junior wizard who contracts a harassing fly, without intentionally gathering others to generate irritation for breeding purposes, can only control a maximum of a dozen or so harassing flies at a time.

Dali answered with a smile.

"How could there be so few? If you include the little wizard's family, friends, and even annoying enemies and strangers he might encounter by chance, he could easily breed dozens or even hundreds of harassing flies, right?"

Newt was still a little confused, but after he finished expressing his doubts, he looked at Dudley's smiling face and realized the problem: "Oh right, there's also the issue of daily feeding."

"That's right. If the harassing fly doesn't get enough of the irritation it needs to be fed, it won't starve to death, but it will enter a dormant state and its lifespan will be greatly reduced."

Even if the irritability needed for daily sustenance doesn't require spirituality and can be generated through mental magic, one person, even stimulating themselves tirelessly, couldn't sustain too many harassing flies.

Dudley explained, "In addition, I will specially craft a high-level magical item with a mind of its own to monitor all the harassing fly situations. If any junior wizard leaves the school and gets into trouble, such as hiring someone to raise them, or if other abnormal situations occur, it will be detected immediately."

At that time, using the first generation, we can specifically force the abnormal harassing horseflies to self-destruct.

"That's good." Newt was relieved.

"Actually, there's no need to be so afraid of the ability of the harassing horsefly. This magical creature is just a pet power for young wizards to use as a transition."

Harassing flies are not invincible creatures; they can be killed or injured using mental magic. They can be defended against in advance, relying on surprise attacks and sneak attacks.

In addition, at this time, most wizards outside of Hogwarts lack direct mental attack and defense methods, which is why they seem to have a huge advantage.

The information about the harassing flies being widely distributed to Hogwarts students cannot be kept secret. In just a few years, other wizards will develop magic specifically designed to combat the harassing flies.

Just like the specific defensive spells against various dark creatures taught in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Dudley's further reassuring words completely dispelled Newt's concerns.

In fact, when Dudley and Newt were designing the harassing flies, they did not set so many restrictions on their reproductive capacity or lifespan, which is why Newt has so many concerns now.

But the laws of this world do not allow such powerful species to exist.

Dudley was only able to fully understand the situation now through his conceptual perception ability, and he placed a passive conceptual repair spell on the seven original harassing flies to ensure that they would live forever, break free from lifespan limitations, and work for Hogwarts to breed offspring.

However, this result isn't necessarily a bad thing.

If Dali were to actually create a Zerg weapon that is not picky about food and has a high reproductive rate, he would have to worry about whether the wizards could handle it.

Moreover, this result will satisfy Luna and allow Dali to perfectly resolve Luna's regrettable situation.