Chapter 449: The Second Wizarding War

On the cliff outside Hogwarts, Voldemort and his men had been waiting for a long time.

"It seems that they made the wrong choice." Senior Sister Tom played with the black colloid and the old wand she had just dug out from Dumbledore's tomb with her fingers.

But suddenly, she felt that one of her Horcruxes was destroyed. Counting the gold cup, the only Horcrux that Senior Tom thought of was left was Nagini.

"No, no! Come on, everyone, bring the boy's head back to me. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!" Senior Tom's voice was filled with panic as she gave the order angrily.

When the Death Eaters heard Sister Tom's order, they all smiled bloodthirstyly. They raised their wands and fired spells at the castle in the distance.

Thousands of wizards concentrated their fire on one area at the same time. The density of the spells was even higher than that of rain. The powerful spells collided with the protective shield, exploding into brilliant yet deadly fireworks.

"Come, Nagini, we have to find a place to hide you." Senior Tom gently stroked the giant python, then Apparated away with it.

Inside the castle, Snape took Harry to the headmaster's office. He did not recite the password, but the dripping stone beasts automatically moved aside when they saw him, making a passage for Snape.

"Come up." Snape's cold voice came from the front.

Harry followed Snape and once again came to the headmaster's office which he was very familiar with.

Snape inside had pulled out a Pensieve and suspended it in front of Harry. Snape used his wand to take a silver memory from his mind and threw it into the water.

"Look."

Snape left a few words, then turned and left, heading towards the main gate to support other wizards.

Harry put his head into the Pensieve and began his journey down memory lane.

.......

At the main gate, repeated bombings by the Death Eaters finally broke through the protective shield set up by several professors. The leading Death Eaters attacked from the small bridge leading to Hogsmeade, intending to take the first credit.

However, Neville and Seamus had already placed the bomb, and at this moment Neville was standing alone in front and shouting at them.

"come!"

The leading Death Eater cast a green spell directly. Neville shrank his head and the spell narrowly passed over his head.

Then Neville started to run back, and the Death Eaters behind him began to chase him like crazy. All kinds of spells kept flying towards Neville, hitting the guardrails and ceiling of the wooden bridge.

Neville took the opportunity to dodge a spell and fired a fire spell at the fuse they had placed on the bridge, and then a hissing sound began to spread across the entire bridge.

The Death Eaters also realized that something was wrong and slammed on the brakes, but the exploding bridge piers did not give them any extra time to think, so they could only instinctively sprint forward.

The DA members standing at the end had already set up a protective spell. After Neville escaped into the protective spell, they began to fight back against the Death Eaters.

Ginny used a blasting spell to knock down the first row of Death Eaters, and then other DA members followed suit and cast Stunning Spells, Disarming Spells, and Crushing Spells on the Death Eaters.

The Death Eaters wanted to organize a counterattack, but unfortunately the explosion had already occurred and the entire bridge was blown into pieces. Due to Hogwarts' anti-Apparition restrictions, they were unable to escape by Apparition, and finally could only fall to the bottom of the valley along with the bridge fragments and explosives.

"The effect is quite good." Neville smiled.

In the sky, the broken protective shield fell down burning, and the Death Eaters who could use flying magic turned into black mist and began to rush towards Hogwarts.

However, without the support of Senior Sister Tom and the protection of top-level combat power, Edmund, who has been waiting in the castle for a long time, will...

“Dang, dang, dang—!”

In the sky, the humming of clocks continued to sound, and the clicking sound of gears meshing was clearly heard by every Death Eater.

Then, the dark clouds dispersed, and the entire sky was occupied by huge gears. On the inner ring of the largest gear in the center, a crystal clear hourglass was emitting golden light.

"Come on, my enemy!" Edmund floated in the sky, his coat rustling in the wind behind him.

The huge magical power even distorted the space around him. The strong oppressive force brought by the King of the Deep - Anti-Entropy struck deeply in the hearts of every Death Eater.

Bellatrix Lestrange watched this scene in disbelief. She couldn't believe that the boy she had let go would gain such powerful power and become one of the biggest obstacles to her beloved Dark Lord.

She clenched the wand in her hand, ready to correct everything, to correct the great enemy that was born from her mistakes!

"Avada Kendava!" A green chain of lightning streaked across the sky and headed straight for Edmund.

At the same time, Bella turned into black smoke and rushed towards Edmund. The tip of her wand flashed with the light of the Cruciatus Curse and stabbed at Edmund like a dagger.

"Huh." Edmund turned his head slightly, his hair wet by the rain spread out, revealing a golden dial in his pupils. The pointer on it turned slightly, and a golden hourglass appeared above Bella's head. Light blue bubbles emerged, and Bella was instantly frozen in it.

"The Unforgivable Curse is useful, worthy of being a curse born in the land of the Death Pact, but..."

Edmund exhaled lightly, and Bella's whole body trembled, as if the accelerator key was pressed. Her hair turned dry and yellow, wrinkles began to creep on her face, and the light in her eyes gradually dissipated.

"Too naive, isn't it?" Edmund came to Bella and raised his wand. The green light at the tip of the wand showed the murderous intent in his heart.

"Edmund, don't do anything stupid." The boy's clear voice echoed in Edmund's heart, and the murderous intent in his eyes gradually faded.

"After all, you don't have a death pact. Using this spell will cause too much damage to the mind. Just drain her time." Aiden said casually, and then fell silent again.

"You got such a good deal." Edmund looked at Bella angrily, then hooked his wand. A gear flew down from the sky and embedded itself into Bella's body. Then the anti-entropy power flowed, and the sand in the hourglass above Bella's head flowed rapidly.

Just like that, Bella's body began to hunch over inside the bubble, and then her time came to an end.

Seeing Bella die, Edmund still did not release the bubble. Instead, he accelerated time even more. He watched Bella's body rot, weather, and turn into dust. Only when there was no trace of her left in the world did Edmund release the magic.

"Wow, I feel so refreshed." Edmund smiled as brightly as if he was wearing new underwear in the new year.

The war was still going on. A large number of Death Eaters rushed into Hogwarts and wreaked havoc on the campus. The wizards in the school were not completely useless.

The remnants of the Order of the Phoenix organized capable students to resist. Spells flew all over the ancient campus. Many Death Eaters were defeated, but their abuse of the Killing Curse also caused damage to the wizards of Hogwarts.