Chapter 411 Fire Dragon vs Giant Dementor
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 411 Fire Dragon vs Giant Dementor
The dragon spewed fireballs and blasted the giant dementor.
Wisps of black smoke split from the monster's body, scattering into some small dementors in mid-air.
Then the monster pulled out a beam of black mist from its chest, condensed it into a sickle-shaped long weapon, and instantly split the stream of flames sprayed by the fire dragon.
Some of the flames were fanned directly into the corridor where Percy and the others were.
When the flames gushed into the window and came in front of Percy and the others, they woke up with a start, realizing that watching the battle here was simply playing a joke on their own lives, and quickly took out their wands to resist this indiscriminate disaster.
"Armor protection!"
"Extinguish the lights and put out the fire!"
"Clear water slowly!"
Percy extinguished the flames and watched the 'Werewolf Bill' that he wrote so hard these days turn into ashes without tears.
Only then did he finally remember his responsibility as the male student representative.
"Neville! What's going on? Do you know what that monster is?"
"No,...I didn't know either! I...I ran into you on the way after I found out..." Neville bit his tongue and stammered.
Percy pondered for a moment, then immediately ordered the others.
"Xiao Pei, go to the top, pull the students in each corridor away, don't let them hang around the corridors near the windows... It's best to find other prefects, and inform all the professors and staff to gather all the students in their respective dormitories..."
"Do not!……"
Percy looked at the scene of "Godzilla vs. Ghidorah" outside, hesitated for a while, and then denied his statement, "It's better to gather all the little wizards in the restaurant. Ravenclaw's tower is too unsafe now...or go to Hufflepuff or Slytherin...the underground corridor is safer."
Finally he added, "I'll go down and find Professor Dumbledore and them."
"When I left the library, the headmaster and Minister Fudge were still in the restricted area. Mrs. Pince was arguing with Professor Trelawney. She also wanted to find the headmaster..."
Percy muttered to himself, recalling Professor Trelawney's completely different attire from usual, and Mrs. Pince's serious attitude of not letting anyone disturb Headmaster Dumbledore...
He felt troubled for a while, and it seemed that it would not go so smoothly later.
"But... such a big thing happened outside, Mrs. Pince... No, Principal Dumbledore and Minister Fudge should have heard it too! They should take some action..."
Percy comforted himself, he didn't even care about the draft report that was burned for a few seconds, and after a hasty parting with Penelo Naway and the others, he rushed to the library on the second floor.
On the way, by the way, I brought many little wizards who were lying in front of the window to watch the "Monster War" into the library.
When he entered, Professor Trelawney was having a quarrel with Mrs. and Mrs. Pingce, which seemed to have just died down.
They were still angry with each other, and looked down on each other, but hearing the roar of the dragon outside and the tremors of the castle again and again, they still temporarily put aside their conflicts in surprise.
They don't know what's going on?Hesitant to go out and check it out.
Just after Percy Weasley ushered a small group of low-grade students into the library, the two immediately gathered together and asked,
"What happened?"
Percy narrated what happened outside with a serious expression, and then hurriedly asked Mrs. Pince, "Are Headmaster Dumbledore and Minister Fudge still here?"
"Now the situation...you know, they must come forward and send Aurors and professors..."
As Percy was talking, a young Auror with a flustered, disheveled face, half-scorched hair, and a pale face rushed in. He yelled at Mrs. Pince, "Quick, call Principal Dumbledore! And the Minister..."
"That's a dementor... there's a good chance the Death Eaters are going to attack Hogwarts."
Everyone was shocked when they heard that, and Mrs. Pince didn't have the time to say anything more. After the little wizard was settled, she hurriedly led them to the Moss Ubi Ring in the restricted area.
"Principal Dumbledore and Minister Fudge entered this space...there is Ravenclaw, the rumored mysterious library...I have never been in it, I remember that the secret spell to open the door and enter it seems to be related to [The Curse of Theseus]?"
With a gloomy face, Professor Trelawney clicked on the picture of the endless iron ring on the floor.
The thing squirmed, transformed from a picture into a three-dimensional three-dimensional appearance, floating in the air, turning slowly, and then made a sound asking——
"What's my favorite cake?"
"Professor Dumbledore?"
Hearing this familiar voice, everyone exclaimed (apparently Professor Dumbledore had changed the riddle originally set by Voldemort).
"chocolate cake!"
"Ice fire lava custard?"
Mrs. Pince and Professor Trelawney speculatively gave two answers, obviously both of them were incorrect, or Percy Weasley, the most powerful and well-researched Professor Dumbledore in Hogwarts, tried to answer, "Lemon sorbet?"
"correct answer!"
The Moubis Ring, which was originally floating in the air, transformed into an invisible and transparent entrance with rotation and vibration.
"Are they really in there?"
Professor Trelawney tidied up her attire a little, and waved her wand to redecorate her clothes, so as not to be rude when she saw the professor and them.
Afterwards, several people discussed it. Mrs. Pince stayed outside to take care of the little wizard, communicate with the seriously injured Auror, and communicate with the professors who might come over later, while Professor Percy and Trelawney went in to find Professor Dumbledore, and Minister Fudge and the others...informed the news.
Then Percy and the two entered the legendary [Secret Library] together.
……
"Unbelievable! Incredible!"
Even though Cornelius Fudge entered this [Endless Labyrinth] [Secret Library] for the third time, he was still very moved by all of this.
This sense of novelty... this sense of curiosity and fascination, I haven't felt this way in many years.
It even reminded him of the fun he felt when he was studying at Hogwarts simply learning all kinds of novel magic and pursuing endless knowledge.
This time, he brought some Aurors belonging to his team and the Reticent Man from the [Department of Mysteries].
(Most of these wizards followed him and Dumbledore to gather at the top of the triangular maze, that is, to conduct research near the entrance...and some scattered to other places to start exploring the mysteries of this space)
Watching the silent wizards of the Department of Mysteries probing the space debris with their wands...and strange magical tools that even he didn't know about.
Fudge looked a little worried.
He doesn't like these weirdos very much.
However, he also knew... If anyone could research this [Secret Labyrinth] before the old fox in front of him——Albus Dumbledore, it would be possible for these weirdos.
In addition, in order to divert the interest of the Ministry of Magic (even Fugui himself) in Lupine, a werewolf professor, the old guy Dumbledore actually agreed with him to lead some Silencers and Aurors into this confined space debris.
——The legendary place of the endless sea of knowledge.
It seems that after Lupin's werewolf identity was exposed, those rumors were not groundless.
——It is very likely that Lupine Remus has some kind of secret relationship with Dumbledore...
Otherwise, Albus wouldn't have been defending this werewolf all the time,
When Fudge heard that Lupine Remus was attending Hogwarts, it was Dumbledore who overcame all objections and recruited this little werewolf wizard from an ordinary wizarding family. He also built a secret passage and planted a precious Whomping Willow to solve the problem of Lupine being a werewolf when he was a child.
When Fudge was thinking about the secrets of Dumbledore's lace, he didn't notice that the "playboy protagonist" in his mind was coming to him with a few scrolls of parchment notes.
"Connelly! This thing, you need to see for yourself..."
Dumbledore said to him seriously.
——That was the [study notes] of some dark arts handed down by Voldemort when he was a student.
After two or three scans, Fudge looked very ugly.
He immediately wanted to give this thing to the Reticent Man for preservation, to seal it forever...at least during his term of office, or...he even wanted to destroy it directly here.
It blew up the many crimes Voldemort committed at Hogwarts, the experiment of cursing the students, the experiment of black magic in the Black Forest... the destruction of various rare species protected by the laws and regulations of the Ministry of Magic... he was even the one who released the basilisk... this is a stone hammer.
Normally, this would not be a big deal, but after the escape of the Death Eaters, the credibility of the Ministry of Magic has been greatly reduced. If this incident is exposed again...
For Fudge, -- it was certainly an invitation to retire early.
But what was Dumbledore's purpose in showing him?
"Connelly...you should see this!"
Dumbledore pointed out the last part of the parchment diary, which was the content of Voldemort or Tom Riddle's records and research on [The Curse of Theseus].
"Even though I needn't say you should have heard of... Voldemort's obsession with immortality?"
Fudge immediately understood that Dumbledore was about to dump his theories about Voldemort's comeback...
That was what Fudge was afraid of—he didn't want to add any more dire news to the jittery wizarding world.
When he was about to retort impatiently... Suddenly, the 'magic navigation' of the triangular monument floating in front of them lit up, emitting a blue light.
Dumbledore put down the parchment in his hand, cast his eyes on the triangular tablet, and said,
"Let's talk about this later! We have guests..."
"Mrs. Pince must think that the matter is very serious, otherwise she wouldn't have let people in."
After finishing speaking, Dumbledore raised his wand, pointed at the square pool suspended in mid-air, waved the word C lightly in mid-air, and then——
The pool surged and a stream of water shot up into the sky.
Without any explanation, Dumbledore grabbed Fudge and jumped into the suspended pool.
Fudge didn't even have a reaction, and found that he had already begun to advance rapidly towards a certain direction of the maze along the water flow.
They stand on the current (a wave in the waterfall, or driving in the maze), like a roller coaster, ups and downs, sharp turns.
Soon, they landed on a twisted black and white stone ladder that twisted like braids.
Dumbledore and Fudge see two unexpected visitors.
The Weasley family's graduating son, and Hogwarts' Divination professor Trelawney Sybil who pretends to be a ghost... But, what is she dressed like?
Fudge was a little surprised. He knew a little bit about this descendant of the Trelawney family, who once made that kind of 'prophecy'. Although he hadn't met him personally, he knew her ridiculous dress and nerdy personality.
(Connelly also checked a half of the prophecy about Voldemort that was kept in the Department of Mysteries, but Dumbledore has been ambiguous about the remaining half of the prophecy and refused to hand it over... Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be placed in the Department of Mysteries, with almost no protection measures. Even the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic have checked this prophecy.)
And when this prophecy first came out, most people took it as a joke.
Especially Trelawney Sybil... As long as you know the circle of fortune tellers, you will know what kind of person this witch is and what kind of strength she has.
Of course, it wasn't until the 'Boy Who Lived' that Voldemort was actually in front of him disappeared that night that everyone realized that this prophecy might indeed be true.
Who is Trelawney Sybil also... has been in pursuit for some time.
But people who met face to face were disappointed, thinking that the witch was just lucky, and the lucky blind cat jumped on the dead mouse.
But now...
Fudge stepped down, stood on the stone ladder, waved his magic wand to dry his clothes, and found that the disheveled guy in front of him, who was completely different from the rumors, seemed to be deceiving everyone in the world...
Fugui has seen a lot of these guys who face one face and set the other face behind him in the Ministry of Magic, or most of his competitors, colleagues, subordinates... friends are such people.
Even if he doesn't speak, he can still distinguish the taste of the two-faced man.
At this time, Fudge also had doubts in his heart. Could the rest of the prophecy be fulfilled?
He was in deep doubt.
After standing still, Dumbledore greeted Percy calmly and softly, "What's going on? Weasley, Sybil!"
Avoiding Cornelius Fudge's probing gaze, Trelawney motioned for Percy to explain.
"Weasley, tell me, after all, you've seen it with your own eyes."
Percy swallowed his saliva, put his hands together on his thighs nervously, stood up straight, tried his best to straighten his chest, and displayed the male student representative badge gleamingly,
He reported aloud what he had seen - 'the scene of the dragon fighting the giant dementor', and the horrific news from the Auror who was outside recuperating.
"Minister Fudge, Headmaster Dumbledore... the dragons, the dementors... and the Death Eaters..."
Listening to Percy's general narration, Fudge didn't have time to delve into Professor Trelawney's inconsistency.
He was overwhelmed by the news, and even wanted to reject the news from the bottom of his heart.
Is it fake?
This idea has been swirling in Fudge's mind from the very beginning.
But... I also know that the male wizard representative who is full of ambitions and has always wanted to enter the Ministry of Magic... It is impossible for him to tell them such a straight-forward lie.
Is it...
it is true?
Fudge staggered, nearly falling to the ground.
(End of this chapter)
The dragon spewed fireballs and blasted the giant dementor.
Wisps of black smoke split from the monster's body, scattering into some small dementors in mid-air.
Then the monster pulled out a beam of black mist from its chest, condensed it into a sickle-shaped long weapon, and instantly split the stream of flames sprayed by the fire dragon.
Some of the flames were fanned directly into the corridor where Percy and the others were.
When the flames gushed into the window and came in front of Percy and the others, they woke up with a start, realizing that watching the battle here was simply playing a joke on their own lives, and quickly took out their wands to resist this indiscriminate disaster.
"Armor protection!"
"Extinguish the lights and put out the fire!"
"Clear water slowly!"
Percy extinguished the flames and watched the 'Werewolf Bill' that he wrote so hard these days turn into ashes without tears.
Only then did he finally remember his responsibility as the male student representative.
"Neville! What's going on? Do you know what that monster is?"
"No,...I didn't know either! I...I ran into you on the way after I found out..." Neville bit his tongue and stammered.
Percy pondered for a moment, then immediately ordered the others.
"Xiao Pei, go to the top, pull the students in each corridor away, don't let them hang around the corridors near the windows... It's best to find other prefects, and inform all the professors and staff to gather all the students in their respective dormitories..."
"Do not!……"
Percy looked at the scene of "Godzilla vs. Ghidorah" outside, hesitated for a while, and then denied his statement, "It's better to gather all the little wizards in the restaurant. Ravenclaw's tower is too unsafe now...or go to Hufflepuff or Slytherin...the underground corridor is safer."
Finally he added, "I'll go down and find Professor Dumbledore and them."
"When I left the library, the headmaster and Minister Fudge were still in the restricted area. Mrs. Pince was arguing with Professor Trelawney. She also wanted to find the headmaster..."
Percy muttered to himself, recalling Professor Trelawney's completely different attire from usual, and Mrs. Pince's serious attitude of not letting anyone disturb Headmaster Dumbledore...
He felt troubled for a while, and it seemed that it would not go so smoothly later.
"But... such a big thing happened outside, Mrs. Pince... No, Principal Dumbledore and Minister Fudge should have heard it too! They should take some action..."
Percy comforted himself, he didn't even care about the draft report that was burned for a few seconds, and after a hasty parting with Penelo Naway and the others, he rushed to the library on the second floor.
On the way, by the way, I brought many little wizards who were lying in front of the window to watch the "Monster War" into the library.
When he entered, Professor Trelawney was having a quarrel with Mrs. and Mrs. Pingce, which seemed to have just died down.
They were still angry with each other, and looked down on each other, but hearing the roar of the dragon outside and the tremors of the castle again and again, they still temporarily put aside their conflicts in surprise.
They don't know what's going on?Hesitant to go out and check it out.
Just after Percy Weasley ushered a small group of low-grade students into the library, the two immediately gathered together and asked,
"What happened?"
Percy narrated what happened outside with a serious expression, and then hurriedly asked Mrs. Pince, "Are Headmaster Dumbledore and Minister Fudge still here?"
"Now the situation...you know, they must come forward and send Aurors and professors..."
As Percy was talking, a young Auror with a flustered, disheveled face, half-scorched hair, and a pale face rushed in. He yelled at Mrs. Pince, "Quick, call Principal Dumbledore! And the Minister..."
"That's a dementor... there's a good chance the Death Eaters are going to attack Hogwarts."
Everyone was shocked when they heard that, and Mrs. Pince didn't have the time to say anything more. After the little wizard was settled, she hurriedly led them to the Moss Ubi Ring in the restricted area.
"Principal Dumbledore and Minister Fudge entered this space...there is Ravenclaw, the rumored mysterious library...I have never been in it, I remember that the secret spell to open the door and enter it seems to be related to [The Curse of Theseus]?"
With a gloomy face, Professor Trelawney clicked on the picture of the endless iron ring on the floor.
The thing squirmed, transformed from a picture into a three-dimensional three-dimensional appearance, floating in the air, turning slowly, and then made a sound asking——
"What's my favorite cake?"
"Professor Dumbledore?"
Hearing this familiar voice, everyone exclaimed (apparently Professor Dumbledore had changed the riddle originally set by Voldemort).
"chocolate cake!"
"Ice fire lava custard?"
Mrs. Pince and Professor Trelawney speculatively gave two answers, obviously both of them were incorrect, or Percy Weasley, the most powerful and well-researched Professor Dumbledore in Hogwarts, tried to answer, "Lemon sorbet?"
"correct answer!"
The Moubis Ring, which was originally floating in the air, transformed into an invisible and transparent entrance with rotation and vibration.
"Are they really in there?"
Professor Trelawney tidied up her attire a little, and waved her wand to redecorate her clothes, so as not to be rude when she saw the professor and them.
Afterwards, several people discussed it. Mrs. Pince stayed outside to take care of the little wizard, communicate with the seriously injured Auror, and communicate with the professors who might come over later, while Professor Percy and Trelawney went in to find Professor Dumbledore, and Minister Fudge and the others...informed the news.
Then Percy and the two entered the legendary [Secret Library] together.
……
"Unbelievable! Incredible!"
Even though Cornelius Fudge entered this [Endless Labyrinth] [Secret Library] for the third time, he was still very moved by all of this.
This sense of novelty... this sense of curiosity and fascination, I haven't felt this way in many years.
It even reminded him of the fun he felt when he was studying at Hogwarts simply learning all kinds of novel magic and pursuing endless knowledge.
This time, he brought some Aurors belonging to his team and the Reticent Man from the [Department of Mysteries].
(Most of these wizards followed him and Dumbledore to gather at the top of the triangular maze, that is, to conduct research near the entrance...and some scattered to other places to start exploring the mysteries of this space)
Watching the silent wizards of the Department of Mysteries probing the space debris with their wands...and strange magical tools that even he didn't know about.
Fudge looked a little worried.
He doesn't like these weirdos very much.
However, he also knew... If anyone could research this [Secret Labyrinth] before the old fox in front of him——Albus Dumbledore, it would be possible for these weirdos.
In addition, in order to divert the interest of the Ministry of Magic (even Fugui himself) in Lupine, a werewolf professor, the old guy Dumbledore actually agreed with him to lead some Silencers and Aurors into this confined space debris.
——The legendary place of the endless sea of knowledge.
It seems that after Lupin's werewolf identity was exposed, those rumors were not groundless.
——It is very likely that Lupine Remus has some kind of secret relationship with Dumbledore...
Otherwise, Albus wouldn't have been defending this werewolf all the time,
When Fudge heard that Lupine Remus was attending Hogwarts, it was Dumbledore who overcame all objections and recruited this little werewolf wizard from an ordinary wizarding family. He also built a secret passage and planted a precious Whomping Willow to solve the problem of Lupine being a werewolf when he was a child.
When Fudge was thinking about the secrets of Dumbledore's lace, he didn't notice that the "playboy protagonist" in his mind was coming to him with a few scrolls of parchment notes.
"Connelly! This thing, you need to see for yourself..."
Dumbledore said to him seriously.
——That was the [study notes] of some dark arts handed down by Voldemort when he was a student.
After two or three scans, Fudge looked very ugly.
He immediately wanted to give this thing to the Reticent Man for preservation, to seal it forever...at least during his term of office, or...he even wanted to destroy it directly here.
It blew up the many crimes Voldemort committed at Hogwarts, the experiment of cursing the students, the experiment of black magic in the Black Forest... the destruction of various rare species protected by the laws and regulations of the Ministry of Magic... he was even the one who released the basilisk... this is a stone hammer.
Normally, this would not be a big deal, but after the escape of the Death Eaters, the credibility of the Ministry of Magic has been greatly reduced. If this incident is exposed again...
For Fudge, -- it was certainly an invitation to retire early.
But what was Dumbledore's purpose in showing him?
"Connelly...you should see this!"
Dumbledore pointed out the last part of the parchment diary, which was the content of Voldemort or Tom Riddle's records and research on [The Curse of Theseus].
"Even though I needn't say you should have heard of... Voldemort's obsession with immortality?"
Fudge immediately understood that Dumbledore was about to dump his theories about Voldemort's comeback...
That was what Fudge was afraid of—he didn't want to add any more dire news to the jittery wizarding world.
When he was about to retort impatiently... Suddenly, the 'magic navigation' of the triangular monument floating in front of them lit up, emitting a blue light.
Dumbledore put down the parchment in his hand, cast his eyes on the triangular tablet, and said,
"Let's talk about this later! We have guests..."
"Mrs. Pince must think that the matter is very serious, otherwise she wouldn't have let people in."
After finishing speaking, Dumbledore raised his wand, pointed at the square pool suspended in mid-air, waved the word C lightly in mid-air, and then——
The pool surged and a stream of water shot up into the sky.
Without any explanation, Dumbledore grabbed Fudge and jumped into the suspended pool.
Fudge didn't even have a reaction, and found that he had already begun to advance rapidly towards a certain direction of the maze along the water flow.
They stand on the current (a wave in the waterfall, or driving in the maze), like a roller coaster, ups and downs, sharp turns.
Soon, they landed on a twisted black and white stone ladder that twisted like braids.
Dumbledore and Fudge see two unexpected visitors.
The Weasley family's graduating son, and Hogwarts' Divination professor Trelawney Sybil who pretends to be a ghost... But, what is she dressed like?
Fudge was a little surprised. He knew a little bit about this descendant of the Trelawney family, who once made that kind of 'prophecy'. Although he hadn't met him personally, he knew her ridiculous dress and nerdy personality.
(Connelly also checked a half of the prophecy about Voldemort that was kept in the Department of Mysteries, but Dumbledore has been ambiguous about the remaining half of the prophecy and refused to hand it over... Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be placed in the Department of Mysteries, with almost no protection measures. Even the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic have checked this prophecy.)
And when this prophecy first came out, most people took it as a joke.
Especially Trelawney Sybil... As long as you know the circle of fortune tellers, you will know what kind of person this witch is and what kind of strength she has.
Of course, it wasn't until the 'Boy Who Lived' that Voldemort was actually in front of him disappeared that night that everyone realized that this prophecy might indeed be true.
Who is Trelawney Sybil also... has been in pursuit for some time.
But people who met face to face were disappointed, thinking that the witch was just lucky, and the lucky blind cat jumped on the dead mouse.
But now...
Fudge stepped down, stood on the stone ladder, waved his magic wand to dry his clothes, and found that the disheveled guy in front of him, who was completely different from the rumors, seemed to be deceiving everyone in the world...
Fugui has seen a lot of these guys who face one face and set the other face behind him in the Ministry of Magic, or most of his competitors, colleagues, subordinates... friends are such people.
Even if he doesn't speak, he can still distinguish the taste of the two-faced man.
At this time, Fudge also had doubts in his heart. Could the rest of the prophecy be fulfilled?
He was in deep doubt.
After standing still, Dumbledore greeted Percy calmly and softly, "What's going on? Weasley, Sybil!"
Avoiding Cornelius Fudge's probing gaze, Trelawney motioned for Percy to explain.
"Weasley, tell me, after all, you've seen it with your own eyes."
Percy swallowed his saliva, put his hands together on his thighs nervously, stood up straight, tried his best to straighten his chest, and displayed the male student representative badge gleamingly,
He reported aloud what he had seen - 'the scene of the dragon fighting the giant dementor', and the horrific news from the Auror who was outside recuperating.
"Minister Fudge, Headmaster Dumbledore... the dragons, the dementors... and the Death Eaters..."
Listening to Percy's general narration, Fudge didn't have time to delve into Professor Trelawney's inconsistency.
He was overwhelmed by the news, and even wanted to reject the news from the bottom of his heart.
Is it fake?
This idea has been swirling in Fudge's mind from the very beginning.
But... I also know that the male wizard representative who is full of ambitions and has always wanted to enter the Ministry of Magic... It is impossible for him to tell them such a straight-forward lie.
Is it...
it is true?
Fudge staggered, nearly falling to the ground.
(End of this chapter)
