My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 58. Revenge Ten Years Late (Part Six)

Lynn used the Explosion Charm to blast the centaurs all the way through.

They soon arrived at the place where Professor Fox, Hagrid, and the Spider Swarm were fighting.

The place was littered with corpses, a scene of utter devastation, with trees felled and countless craters in the ground.

What people fear most are the corpses of those spiders.

"It's the Killing Curse! The Black Wizard's Killing Curse!" Arima exclaimed in alarm.

"So many of them were killed by the Killing Curse!" The centaurs stared in horror at the spider corpses scattered all over the ground, their faces ashen.

A killing curse can only kill one creature, but so many have died here; they dared not imagine how many killing curses that must have been.

The Arima people were afraid, but Ferenze insisted on going forward, determined to find the body of his brethren, even if they were dead.

Just as they were preparing to set off again, a unicorn with blood on its horn suddenly came running from the front in a panic.

The horsemen did not stop it; instead, they made way for it to leave.

Lynn looked at the blood on the unicorn's horn, and a bad feeling grew stronger in his heart.

They continued forward, and before long, their surroundings underwent a dramatic change.

No matter how thick the tree was, it looked as if it had been neatly and uniformly cut off by something.

This has created an open space the size of a football field in this forbidden forest!

Lynn recognized what kind of spell had produced this effect.

Divine Sharpness Without Shadow Spell.

Professor Fox taught him the dark magic invented by Snape at Christmas.

But its power is absolutely terrifying!

With such a large damage range, Lynn couldn't even imagine the effect if it were used in a crowd.

Then, a sharp-eyed centaur carrying a specially made waterproof torch spotted two wizards lying in the mud and water, as well as a centaur with a missing arm who was unconscious.

Blood was everywhere on the ground.

Lynn looked at the two wizards lying on the ground, and his breathing became tense!

He ran over quickly. He didn't recognize the wizard covered in knife wounds, but he spotted Professor Fox immediately—his stomach had been stabbed through.

"Teach...Professor".

Lynn stared blankly at Professor Fox, who looked like he was already dead, and then knelt down in the mud with a thud.

Just as the sorrow in his heart was churning, Professor Fox slowly opened his eyes and spoke weakly.

"Oh? It's Lynn..."

Immediately, Lynn raised his head again in surprise.

"You're not dead yet!"

Professor Fox coughed painfully twice, and crimson blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"Could you...go check, check...Wilkes is dead...he's not here."

Lynn wiped his rain-soaked eyes, stood up, and ran to the other wizard. He didn't know who Wilkes was, but there was no one else here.

Wilkes lay motionless on the ground with his eyes open, a large, gruesome pool of blood beneath him.

Lynn crouched down and carefully checked his breathing, then his heartbeat, finally confirming that the wizard was beyond dead.

"He has stopped breathing and his heart has stopped beating. He's dead, Professor." Lynn's voice was very soft, as if he didn't want to disturb Professor Fox.

Professor Fox looked as if he had found solace, and he closed his eyes as if relieved.

"It's better that he's dead...it's better that he's dead..."

Lynn noticed that Professor Fox was acting strangely, so he grabbed the professor's shoulder and shook him while shouting.

"Professor, it's good that he's dead! Not you! You can't die! If you die, it'll be too easy for me!"

Professor Fox was already dizzy from blood loss, and Lynn's swaying made him almost vomit.

"If you keep swaying like this... then you're really getting off easy."

Lynn quickly released his grip; Professor Fox was in very poor condition and was truly not far from death.

He ran to Ferrenzer and asked them to help him carry the Hogwarts bag that Professor Fawkes had given him.

But the horsemen refused.

"Look at Adam's arm! It must have been cut off by that wizard using dark magic! You should be grateful we're not taking revenge on him, yet you expect us to help him?"

Even Frenzer, who was most friendly to wizards, shook his head.

"We will not help wizards who have harmed our fellow countrymen."

Lynn couldn't argue, because there were traces of the divine blade's slash everywhere, except for Professor Fox's wound, which was a penetrating wound, and it was obvious who had severed the centaur's arm.

Lynn didn't continue to plead with them, because she knew it would be pointless.

But he also didn't want to see Professor Fox die in front of him.

If he wants to get Professor Fox out alive, he'll have to rely on himself.

Lynn found a broken, not-too-thick sapling on the ground and used a transformation spell to turn it into a plank.

He laboriously pulled Professor Fox onto the plank, then used two tree branches as a rope to secure the plank, and finally tied the rope to his own body.

Holding Professor Fox's hand, Lynn struggled to walk back the way they had come.

Behind him, the centaurs watched him walk away indifferently.

"No...don't waste your energy like this...Lynn, I can't hold on like this...you're the one who brought me out."

Professor Fox lay helplessly on the wooden board, his voice weak as he tried to persuade him.

"No, Professor, think about it, I still owe you 525 Galleons! If you die, wouldn't it all benefit me?" Lynn really hoped that Professor Fox would talk to him, otherwise he was afraid that the professor would fall asleep and never wake up again.

"Those...were originally my sponsors for you. Not only those...I actually wrote my will before I came here. After I die...all my property...will go to you...including my house in England..."

"What do you take me for? Do you think I'm some kind of rich kid who lives off rent and has no dreams?! Have you forgotten what you told me? You wanted me to be your assistant! An assistant, not some godson to inherit your fortune!"

While cursing, Lynn led Professor Fox to where Hagrid and Tooth were. He held Tooth's chain, wanting Tooth to help them return the way they came.

Yaya whimpered and circled Hagrid, unwilling to leave. Lynn had no choice but to follow the route he remembered and head back.

Fortunately, the rain has gradually stopped, and the large hoofprints left by the horsemen when they came earlier are still very clear.

The Forbidden Forest was extremely dark, and Lynn's wand, equipped with the Light Charm, didn't provide much light, so he had to be extra careful while walking.

He kept talking to Professor Fox, hoping he would hold on until he could lead him out of the Forbidden Forest.

"Professor, tell me your secret."

(End of this chapter)