Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Mikel didn't know that he had attracted the attention of a great wizard because of the clear water produced by the strange cup. At this time, he had been trapped underground for half a day.

I could hear rumbling sounds one after another. This was the vibration force of the earth veins caused by the continuous squeezing of underground sand and rocks.

On top of that, his body was constantly under stress.

Pressure is always there, like a shadow.

He had to mobilize all his strength to fight back, and this fight required not only magic power, but also the power of his physical instincts.

If you are not in a life-and-death crisis, this place is a natural place to hone your body.

Although it only lasted half a day, Mikel felt that he had a new understanding of the operation of magic power. He became more proficient in using spells and his speed was faster.

This is not just the effectiveness of using the "Power of the Earth" spell, but an increase in magic power in all aspects of the body.

Even if he used other magic, it would be faster and more powerful than before.

In the past, this would have been something to be happy about.

Because he did not use the power brought by the system, but purely honed it by himself.

If it weren't for the training he got from being in a critical situation, Mick would have wanted to laugh happily now.

But even though his body's understanding of magic has been enhanced, his current situation is still not optimistic.

Although he was moisturized by the miraculous water, his lips remained dry for a long time.

The reason for this is that he mobilized all the strength in his body, tensing up to resist the squeezing force generated by the ground, and his body also lost a lot of sweat invisibly. Just relying on small sips of water to replenish it is not possible to nourish the body.

What's more, when these clean waters fall into the mouth, they are quickly transformed into magic power, which is not the water element needed by the human body.

Despite this, he felt that his body could still hold out for another day, and he could vaguely sense that the sandstorm above was weakening.

In the past, a large vibration would occur every few seconds, but now it only occurs every few minutes.

This allows Mikel to use less magic to fight back, and he doesn't need to be vigilant all the time, he only needs to fight back at critical moments.

Having some extra time to breathe, he couldn't help but wonder what was going on with the two Aurors outside.
The two Aurors were obviously stronger than him on the surface, but with the power of high-level pollutants, if they didn't have other trump cards, they would probably not be able to hold out for an hour before being contaminated by the wind and sand and turned into a dried corpse.

Mikkel thought to himself, "How on earth does the Ministry of Magic do things? A high-level infected object is recorded as a low-level infected object?"

He absolutely doesn't believe that there is no problem here.

And the two Aurors sent by the Ministry of Magic look like they are not very smart.

Unable to use Apparition and unable to break through the defense of the sand wall, they were looking for another way to survive. Instead, they kept using attack magic against the sand wall. Didn't they realize that they were already covered by a lot of sand?

He couldn't even feel his own safety, which showed that he had lost the sensitivity of an Auror.

But Mikel thought again, perhaps the advanced infection also played a role, weakening their five senses, so they did not notice the abnormalities in their bodies so quickly.

After all, the two Aurors had no protection, unlike him who used defensive magic immediately.

Mikel looked down at the water in the bottle and realized that half of it had been used up without him noticing.

But the underground collisions and squeezing were more frequent before, so it was used up faster. According to the current frequency, he should be able to use the remaining half for a longer period of time than before.

And just above Mikel's head, a block of pollution was moving forward little by little.

This was the high level of pollution that covered the entire village and caused the death of all the villagers in the village.

Although this pollutant can change the climate of a region, it also needs to be adapted to local conditions.

It can exert its greatest power in a desert environment, and can create storms that are ten times more powerful than its original power.

However, if it is used in the city, because there is less wind and sand in the city, even with the capacity of high-level pollutants, it can only cause a small storm at most, and the power cannot be compared with the current one.

But if it happens in a city with lots of greenery, the storm it stirs up can cause trees to fall down. With the addition of various fallen objects, its power may not necessarily be much less than that of sandstorms.

The biggest effect of this pollutant is that it can affect the climate of an area, causing wizards to quickly consume their magic power in extreme climate environments. If used properly and enough magic power is consumed, its ability can be expanded.

If its capabilities are allowed to continue to develop, it will not only change a village, but also a town, or even a small country or even a big country. Therefore, this kind of high-level pollutant has a very high strategic position.

But precisely because the high-level pollutants make too much noise when exerting their abilities, if they want to develop safely in the early stages, they must hide.

It has been several years since it came to the wizarding world, but it has been in disguise all along, for fear that it would be discovered by the wizards here and destroyed early.

At the same time, its body moves very slowly, but its ability to control it makes it move very quickly.

However, once the ability of sandstorm is used, it will cause a lot of noise. Sandstorms are common in desert areas, but they are too rare to occur in towns once they leave this special area.

So high-level pollutants will stay in this village because this is the most suitable place for them to develop.

Once it turns all nearby land into sand and expands the range of the dust, it will move closer to the town little by little.

Anyway, the territory of wind and sand is expanding every year, and it doesn't look out of place when mixed in with the wind and sand.

If a wizard had not suddenly come to this place and disturbed its slumber, it would not have caused such a big storm and made such a big noise.

However, in order to exterminate all these wizards, the advanced pollutants decisively showed their fangs.

Even though it sensed that there were no signs of life nearby, it still came over with its real body to take a closer look out of concern.

It has found the dried skeletons of the two wizards, but there is still one wizard it has not found. The instinct of the high-level pollutant tells it that there is still danger hidden here, so it increases its strength and vibrates underground.

Suddenly, the advanced pollutants removed all the wind and sand, hid their power, and stayed quietly in place, sensing carefully.

Mikel soon noticed that the underground had returned to calm, and the occasional earthquakes had stopped.

He couldn't help but be distracted and asked the system: "Did the high-level pollutants leave?"

The system remained silent and did not answer.

Mikel asked several more times, but the system still did not respond.

He couldn't help but recall that in the past when the system didn't respond, he was facing some very powerful figures in the wizarding world, and his mind trembled. "Could it be that the high-level pollutants are right above my head?" This thought came to his mind, and he dared not move for a moment.

Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for the worst. Mikel also breathed slowly and silently, staying very quietly.

After the training just now, his control over his body has greatly improved. Mikel subconsciously controlled his heartbeat, not making it beat so fast, but very slowly.

Doing this put a great strain on his body, but he instinctively felt that it was an effective way to avoid searches for contaminants.

On the other hand, under the effect of the time converter, Hermione was still trapped on Thursday.

At first she was hesitant and did not dare to use spells to practice protective magic such as the "Fidelius Charm", but later she tried to break the cycle and decided to use the magic wand.

After using the wand, she discovered that the Ministry of Magic did not track the brown thread of her wand.

Hermione had not experienced what Harry had said before, that he had used a wand in the Muggle world and had received a fine from the Ministry of Magic shortly afterwards.

It was as if the continuous cycle of this space was isolated into an independent small space. No matter what she did, it would not destroy the cycle, and at the same time, anything that could destroy the cycle was also isolated.

This distracted Hermione. In addition to going to the bookstore every day to learn guardian magic, she also tried to do some things that she had never dared to try or thought about before.

Hermione went to a higher education institution in the Muggle world, and used the knowledge she had learned to compete with the students there, and defeated all those top students.

Not only that, she also taught herself many useful skills in the Muggle world, such as baker, actuary, architect, designer...

She learned all this knowledge in the spare time after practicing guardian magic, and she used it to relax her brain.

Because the knowledge was relatively simple, she learned quickly and passed all the certification exams at the same time.

Although these certificates will no longer exist once the Thursday time loop is broken, the knowledge learned in the mind will become one's own permanently.

In the daily time cycle, all she can grasp is her own memory.

Not only that, Hermione also tried to travel, visiting all the Muggle cities that could be reached in one day.

Once she went to a small island that took 20 hours to reach, and spent 4 wonderful hours on the island enjoying the beautiful scenery.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back in her familiar bed, listening to her mother calling her to get up.

Hermione sometimes felt that repeating the same thing every day was not bad, at least nothing dangerous would happen.

But this is not fair to anyone.

The people here repeat the same things every day. They live in the past, but her time and memory keep moving forward.

When she realized this, Hermione stopped playing around and focused all her energy on learning guardian magic.

She had a feeling that when she learned all these magics, the time loop would be broken.

Even if it doesn't break, she can find a solution.
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On the other hand, Ron and Harry were finally discharged from St. Mungo's.

Although Harry's body was shrunk, he recovered faster than Ron. St. Mungo's had treated cases of this disease before and quickly prepared a recovery potion.

While he recovered, Ron was still receiving final treatment.

Ron's body functions were destroyed by various potions, and his immune function was disordered.

The doctor at St. Mungo's had a hard time clearing up the effects of the messy potions Ron drank, but was finally stumped on how to clear up the toxicity of the black potion.

We held several meetings regarding his condition, and finally adopted conservative treatment to gradually eliminate the stubborn toxins in his body.

In fact, if Ron told Draco, Draco could quickly prepare the corresponding potion to remove the effects of the complex toxins in his body.

But Ron didn't want to expose the Black Potion. This potion was a poison that Draco had worked hard to develop at school and could target infected people. Even in Hogwarts, the confidentiality level was very high.

At the same time, he didn't want Draco to come to St. Mungo's, fearing that he would be pestered by the doctors in the hospital and forced to explain what kind of toxin the black potion was.
So he allowed the St. Mungoise doctors to study him, and he was treated for about ten days, using up all the time the school had given him.

After Ron fully recovered, he and Harry took the bus to Hogwarts.

Because of the terrorist attack on Hogsmeade village, Hogwarts, which is very close, has arranged professors and other patrol personnel to be on duty even during the winter vacation.

In the past, when students stayed in school during holidays, the school staff would not be so strict in registering the students' whereabouts. Students could basically enter and leave the school freely as long as they returned at the specified time.

But this time it’s different. People who stay in school cannot leave the school without a valid reason.

If you want to go out, you need to get a note written by the professor himself.

Similarly, outsiders who want to enter Hogwarts must also meet a series of admission requirements and obtain an admission application written by a Hogwarts professor himself.

If anything happens to people entering or leaving the school, they can find the professor who approved their entry.

However, it was not as difficult for Harry and Ron to enter the school as for others, as it mainly depended on Harry's facial recognition.

Ever since everyone knew that the crisis in Hogsmeade was resolved by Harry's efforts to save the situation at the last minute and destroy the evil god, his reputation in the wizarding world has been further elevated.

People used to be skeptical about the fact that he destroyed Voldemort when he was still a baby, but now that he has destroyed the evil god with his own hands, wizards have begun to believe in Harry's strength.

Once could be an exception, but twice is impossible.

Because of Harry, the two of them entered Hogwarts without the professor's approval.

As soon as they entered, they found that the atmosphere of the school was very different. Every student coming and going was in a hurry, as if something was chasing them from behind.

Even during the winter vacation, the number of staff on duty at Hogwarts was no less than when students were at school.

The frequency of patrols is even higher than when students are in school.

This made Harry and Ron dare not stay in other places in the school for too long, and they hurriedly returned to the Gryffindor common room.

After they entered the common room, they were slightly relieved. Ron said, "Harry, do you think they are too nervous?"

Harry nodded. "Everyone on duty had a serious expression on their face, and some of them I had never seen in school before." (End of this chapter)