Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 93 If you don't touch it this time, you won't get to touch it again~

Remnant Soul Voldemort, Level 0, Special Status...

Damn, I haven't gotten any information at all!

Voldemort had escaped, and the underground space fell silent for a moment; even the flames had gone out.

Now all that remains are the panting Neville and Ted, the last bits of Professor Quirrell's remains, and a bright red, crystalline Philosopher's Stone on the ground...

The system suddenly made its presence felt:

"Ding~ Defeat the dark wizard, Defense Against the Dark Arts professor: Quirinus Quirrell/Remnant Voldemort, and gain 1500 experience points!"

Killing Professor Quirrell gives more experience than a red-quality mission?

This might also be because the main player was Nawei, so the team was cut!

Oh, what? There's also a portion for Voldemort? Oh well, never mind then.

Even if Voldemort is only one-seventh of his former self now, he's still one-seventh of a great, crippled legendary wizard. Who are you looking down on? He's worth the price!

Not only was there experience, but two blue cards were also floating on the last clump of dust that Professor Quirrell had left.

After all, they were teacher and student, and Professor Quirrell is a man of principle!

Ted feigned sadness, slowly walked over, and put Professor Quirrell's ashes into a small bag. Sniffling, he said sadly, "Oh, poor Professor Quirrell, he shouldn't have believed Voldemort's lies (sadly~)."

I also put those two cards away!

Look, while picking up the cards, Ted didn't forget to portray himself as a kind and righteous person!

However, he couldn't fool himself with these words, and they actually made Neville quite sad.

Neville did indeed like Professor Quirrell, assuming he was an introverted and shy person like himself, and felt indignant that the students disrespected Professor Quirrell.

It turns out the other party was a big bad guy! The mastermind behind everything! So upsetting~

Neville: Quirrell, give me back my kindness!

Just as Ted was about to take a break, the system notified him again:

"Ding~ Mission complete: [Challenge Game (Blue)], Reward: 300 experience points, random card."

I just gained 1500 experience points from Quirrell and the crippled Voldemort, but this 300 experience points felt rather uninteresting.

It all depends on whether the card rewards suit your taste.

Ted dragged his heavy body to Neville's side and plopped down on the ground.

His physical strength and magical energy were completely depleted; even if he tried to recover, it would be exhausted again. This left him so tired that he was almost asleep. The emptiness from the depletion of his magical energy was extremely unpleasant.

However, even with such efforts, he could only offer limited support—barely managing to observe from the sidelines while Voldemort was preoccupied. His main role was actually to distract Voldemort and use verbal sparring to disrupt Professor Quirrell's will.

Quirrell had been somewhat swayed by Ted's words, but ultimately he couldn't sway Voldemort.

Voldemort didn't use much magic, yet he had already driven Ted to the brink of despair.

If Voldemort hadn't been so focused on the Philosopher's Stone and wanted to kill Ted, it probably wouldn't have taken him much effort.

If Dumbledore doesn't show up, then Ted will have to make do with whatever he has. He might even try "teleportation," something he doesn't even have a grasp of.

Just thinking about Voldemort casting his spell is terrifying! Thankfully, it's all over now.

Ted did consider using summoning cards, but what use would a giant monster or a mud golem be against Voldemort/Quirkhor? Just to buy a few more seconds?

On the contrary, it was difficult to explain afterwards.

The cards I use, such as the Fire Dragon Fireworks and the Wild Boar Firecracker, can all be explained as magical joke toys, or even without explanation.

But you think Dumbledore is so easily fooled by conjuring a giant monster and a clay golem out of thin air?

That's bad news once he starts paying attention to you and thinking about you. Ted has secrets, and you can't help but wonder.

Anyway, Director Deng will definitely control the situation throughout, so I just need to do my best and there's no need to risk my life.

A single scene yields hundreds of experience points; why would I play all my cards?

……

"Neville, are you alright?" Ted asked, seeing Neville about to collapse.

"I'm... I'm fine. I'm just... I'm a little scared," he said, somewhat embarrassed.

After it was all over, Neville finally had time to recover from the shock and collapsed onto the steps, gasping for breath.

There's a saying that goes: The coward is afraid before danger arrives, the weak are afraid during danger, and the brave are afraid after danger arrives.

Neville should be the latter.

"Don't be afraid, it's all over now. We did a great job, absolutely the best. We stopped Voldemort and protected the Philosopher's Stone. We defeated him!"

As Ted spoke, he squatted down in front of the Philosopher's Stone and examined it closely.

Meanwhile, Dumbledore, who had been hiding there for over half an hour and had been waiting even before Voldemort entered, began to stare seriously at Ted and Neville. He hadn't been this serious even when Voldemort was casting spells.

He was observing, observing Ted and Neville—what choice would they make?

Yes, Dumbledore was here from the beginning, but he never showed himself. Even though Ted and Neville seemed to be in grave danger.

That sixth brother!

Now, he has gotten what he wanted: he has figured out Voldemort's current situation, examined the boy's condition and character who survived the ordeal, and the remaining protective magic on Neville.

It can be said that the successive success of the six-person group made Dumbledore very pleased, and he felt that this generation of students was very promising.

But his outstanding performance along the way made him start to care about Ted.

Especially Voldemort's words—Dumbledore would definitely be extra cautious about those whom Voldemort values.

Seeing Ted's actions, Neville asked curiously, "Ted, what are you doing?"

As Ted put on the secondhand dragon-skin gloves he pulled from his bag, he explained, "Better safe than sorry, right?"

He carefully picked up the magic stone, examined it closely, observed it, and smelled it, but didn't taste it. He figured he couldn't bite into it anyway!

Ted began to try scraping the Philosopher's Stone with a knife, saying, "This is a Philosopher's Stone; there's only one in the world. I'll try to scrape off some powder for future research."

System prompt:

"Ding~ Quest completed [May I touch your magic stone? (Red)], Reward: 1200 experience points, +1 level Alchemy, Card [Pseudo-Philosopher's Stone (Red)]."

Wuhu~ Take off~

Ted was in high spirits and joked with Neville, "Our Headmaster Dumbledore certainly wouldn't mind his dear student scraping off a little bit of powder for his research, would he?"

Dumbledore: Go on, I'm listening. I don't mind if you can scrape it.

Neville, not quite understanding what Ted was researching, asked, "Ted, do you also want to research an elixir of immortality?"

Ted grinned. "Immortality? Neville, immortality is a false proposition. Perhaps Nicolas Flamel lived for a very, very long time using the Philosopher's Stone, but death is everyone's destiny. Without exception! As for me, if I could live to be three hundred years old, that would be enough!"

Neville was stunned by Ted's words. He was too young to have thought about immortality. But Ted's "three hundred years is enough" was truly a Versailles-like statement!

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