I'm tired of these MF snakes in my MF school (Part 2)

As Oz listened to the old snake rabble on his eyes grew colder and colder. Now he had the snake cornered he felt as though he could pry him apart before nipping him in the bud completely. Looking around the room Oz noted the dark magic that was being roiled up and chuckled.

'I gather this old mans last ditch effort is to plague me with as much dark magic as possible in order to make me into some kind of vessel... What a foolish notion especially now I've balanced my core'.

Oz had learnt a lot from Salazar and it wasn't just dark arts based. He learnt that in order to thrive in this world he really needed to expect the unexpected and prepare for it more. When he first came to this world he felt as if the world was in the palm of his hand, as if the world would shape its fate for him. However all the events leading up to this very moment taught him such notions were completely idiotic. Salazar himself was the biggest event that led to this mental epiphany. Oz spent so long initially focused on the fact that the canon would stay the same to some extent however it changed the moment Oz appeared in Hogwarts. Instead of waiting around it was the time instead to act finally.

"So you're only contingency plan was to take over a body or two? Honestly it shames me a bit to know that my ancestor learned under you... As a matter of fact I feel as though it shames him as well. Your constant hypocrisy is almost overwhelming. You claim that your heir is foolish for fearing death to the extent he does yet you tried to carry your will to the next generation via him and this stupid painting".

Oz at this point was purposely aggravating the old snake. He had been in constant anxiety all year and spent far too much time in order to get rid of him. Now he had him locked in place and with no way of escape due to him only being able to preliminarily control the dark magic within the room this painting was in. The old man played it off as though he had control in this situation still but Oz knew deep down that he was panicking as his plans were folding onto themselves.

{You insubordinate boy! You act as though you have no fear of death! In addition, My technique isn't as low quality as splitting a soul its splitting my will! This technique allows me to sustain my original prowess while moving into a body and taking over thats bodies free will! This technique is much MUCH more pristine compared to that fool of an 'heirs' horcruxes}

Hearing this Salazar prattle on Oz suddenly felt everything all come together.

'Thats it!... This Salazar always struck me as rash and sly. He was too cunning and evil compared to the one in history. As a matter of fact, if the Salazar of that time acted like this then the founders would have exiled or killed him sooner! This Salazar.... he's the embodiment of his evil will, his malice and rage. That would be the only explanation for why he acts the way he does, especially how rash he can be at times considering he's supposed to be the greatest dark wizard of the known age!'.

Oz lined up all the events prior to this with a now rash and malicious Salazar in mind at it all made much more sense. Even the original Salazar would have probably thought twice before releasing dementors as it could alert people to his presence if done wrong. However this Salazar not only released his own dementors, he also called such creatures 'pleasant'... nobody in their right mind would refer to those dark soul sucking monsters as pleasant unless they had some kind of screw loose.

Now Oz had all his answers completely.

"You say I act as if I have no fear of death... Believe me Salazar you couldn't be any more wrong. I fear death more than most people I believe. I've experienced walking that void with a head filled of regrets and a belly filled with anger and rage at what could have been. Death is a cold embrace when you don't welcome it. But there's something that scares me more than death after seeing it eye to eye... and thats not taking life seriously and just letting it pass by".

Oz walked over to the portrait of Salazar, he lifted his wand up fully and pressed it against the portrait paper.

"You were the first lesson for me in this world, a lesson I will take as I rise up further and further and chase my ancestors legacy. There's no such thing as a free meal, there's no such thing as an easy way. Life can change in an instant and the only thing you can do is bite your tongue and cope. If you overcome that situation you'll be better than ever before".

Seeing the fire in Oz's eyes the Salazar within the portrait began to panic. The dark magic within the room was instantly directed towards Oz as it funnelled into him. The Salazar within the portrait smiled maliciously as he saw Oz close his eyes, thinking that he was being overcome by the dark magic. Unluckily for him, Oz opened his eyes shortly after closing them.

"I'm sorry Salazar but this desperate struggle isn't going to save you"

The evil will of Salazar within the portrait started to show a real face of panic as he tried to throw everything he could at Oz but none of it worked. Oz finally went to utter a spell however midway through being about to utter it he spoke in a different tongue:

"ᛁᚩᛚ".

Immediately as the spell was casted the Portrait was completely overtaken in bright purple flames. The flames didn't give off any heat to Oz but they caused the portrait to not only burn to ash but also melt. As Oz watched on he was shocked to see what had happened. He initially tried to use 'Incendio' and even had plans to work his way up if such spells didn't work. After all Salazar was backed into a corner at this point so there was no risk. However mid way through going to chant 'Incendio' his brain changed to spell to 'ᛁᚩᛚ' (Yol). From what Oz could tell...

'That was a spell in dragon tongue....'

Looking at the devastation, Oz realised again the power which Merlin's bloodline held. If he could fully learn dragon-tongue to cast these spells whenever he wanted then in the future he could become truly unstoppable. It makes you think how powerful Merlin was able to be with both the ritual and using spells in dragon-tongue.

Looking at the now fully destroyed portrait Oz checked the Marauders map to see if the snake had managed to scatter of to another portrait. Luckily for him the black snake on the map had disappeared completely. After doing some more checks to make sure he confirmed it.

The old snake was finally gone.

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A/N - I be the first to admit that the Salazar portrait idea was not the best idea I've ever had. You can read more in detail why I even used such an idea in the authors thought.

Anyway this note is mainly to tell you all thanks for reading up to this point. This first year has been incredibly slow however im starting to think that it would be best to pick the stories pace up more after this year is finished. After all Oz knows where he needs to go and what he needs to do now. His power is at the peak of second step, probably wont surpass it until the ritual but he's at a level now where no teachers besides Dumbledore (and maybe Snape/Flitwick as they have more experience specifically in duelling) would be able to stop him.

The next year will be a bit faster paced, but the year after will be something good indeed. I've been planning it since I started and I hope you all will enjoy it.

Anyway, Ill be taking a break over this weekend again to refresh my mind (To be completely honest I've bought YS:Monstrum Nox and have been dying to play another game in the YS series for years) So no chapters till Monday.

Thanks again for reading up to this point. Killing off the old snake makes me both relieved and excited to improve more.