Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 164 Ravenclaw lures the snake out of its hole

"The locations of the organization I manage include..." Vigo recited a string of addresses without expression.

Although his strength was mediocre, he was still a wizard who had fused with the divine remains and had the potential to comprehend the domain. In addition, his family had been high-ranking members of the Secret Order for generations, so Vigo knew quite a lot of information about the Secret Order.

She soon handed over the names of the three strongholds under her control, as well as a list of more than ten trusted individuals, to Rice and Ravenclaw. Unfortunately, she couldn't reveal the location of her family's headquarters.

"Should I go and find these little mice?" Looking at the list in his hand, Rice thought it would be worth the trouble to make several trips to the Secret Order's headquarters overnight.

Ravenclaw expressed his approval.

"Actually, we don't need to do anything. The little cuties of the Secret Order will keep coming to Hogwarts because their three divine remains are in our hands." Ravenclaw nodded at Vigo, who was standing not far away, looking blank due to the effects of the Truth Potion.

All three individuals possess divine remains, with those of Virgo and Sagittarius being particularly prized family heirlooms. Their loss at Hogwarts would likely cause the Secret Order's higher-ups immense heartache. Add to that Dumbledore's complete divine corpse and the Gryffindor "God-Slaying" sword they covet, and the Secret Order will undoubtedly continue their attempts to infiltrate Hogwarts.

Narais and Ravenclaw didn't need to do anything; the Secret Order members would line up and come to them.

However, whether Rice should go and wipe out the strongholds controlled by Vigo is debatable.

"Do you have any other plans? It's inevitable that I'll alert them once I start making a move." Rice wanted to ask Ravenclaw if he had any other plans, and if so, she wanted to tell him as soon as possible to avoid him unintentionally ruining her plans.

"The disappearance of the three of them at Hogwarts will inevitably alert the Secret Order sooner or later. If you go too late, those people will be moved and the stronghold will be abandoned." Ravenclaw's meaning was also very straightforward. She advised Rice to take action as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late.

"Also, I don't think the Secret Order would rashly send someone to investigate—even if someone else comes, it won't be a high-ranking member who has merged with the divine remains," Rice said to Ravenclaw before leaving.

Rice guessed that this operation was likely instigated by the families behind Sagittarius and Virgo, with the aim of boosting the reputations of their two pillars. But who could have imagined that a person who had mastered a domain, along with two wizards who had fused with divine remains, would simultaneously perish at Hogwarts, unable even to escape?

Having learned their lesson, the Secret Order would never send anyone to Hogwarts to their deaths without being absolutely certain of success. At most, the Sagittarius and Virgo families might send some low-ranking members to spy on the whereabouts of their divine remains.

"I think the Secret Order's next focus will be on Voldemort," Rice offered his assessment.

"Voldemort? That Dark Lord who caused such a stir a few years ago? I remember he even claimed to be your descendant?" Ravenclaw heard a familiar name from Rice, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was the Dark Lord who had been causing a lot of trouble in recent years.

Rice's face darkened.

"I have never acknowledged him as my descendant; he is nothing more than a ridiculous traitor who falsely claims ancestry!"

If time could be turned back, Rice would never have adopted that child named Gaunt.

He and his descendants have caused themselves countless troubles!

Seeing the rather exasperated Rice, Ravenclaw couldn't help but chuckle: it was rare to see Salazar so out of control.

"We can use Voldemort as bait to lure the Secret Order out of their hideout." After teasing his old friend for a while, Ravenclaw got down to business. "The Secret Order shouldn't be so naive as to think that a mere Voldemort and his insignificant remnants can hold Hogwarts back. They'll definitely give Voldemort a lot of support, and might even turn him into their puppet force. Then we can take care of both sides at once."

Ravenclaw believed that since the Secret Order wanted to use Voldemort, they had to find a way to resurrect him first. He and Salazar could wait for Voldemort and the Secret Order to join forces before closing in and annihilating both sides.

As for whether the merger of the Secret Order and Voldemort's forces would make them too powerful to control, Ravenclaw found the idea ridiculous. Salazar had already tested the Secret Order members tonight and found them to be utterly insignificant; no matter how many came, they would just be easy prey for Salazar.

The four of them excelled at fighting against large groups, outnumbered and outgunned. Slytherin, in particular, were even more formidable than Jormungandr in positional warfare and attrition battles.

If the Secret Order is only at the level of Capricorn, then they might as well give up and go to sleep; no matter how many come, they won't be enough to defeat him.

"Are you planning to set off now, or wait a bit longer? The longer you wait, the more inaccurate this guy's intelligence will become." Ravenclaw pointed to Vigo standing to the side, indicating that Salazar had better hurry if he wanted to make a move.

Rice thought for a moment and decided he couldn't just swagger out of the castle through the main gate. The reason was simple: right outside the castle, a centenarian was cleaning up the mess left by Capricorn! Going out of the castle now would greatly increase the chances of being caught in the crossfire.

The rain outside the castle had stopped. The moment Rhys led Vigo into the dungeon, he withdrew his own domain to avoid interfering with Dumbledore's performance.

So when Dumbledore arrived at the scene, all that was falling was ordinary rain, and the fleshy ball, now free from the suppression of the Rice Domain, revealed its ferocious face.

It began to "grow" rapidly.

Tentacles grew out of the fleshy ball and pierced the grass. The soil where the tentacles were inserted first dried up, then the grass withered, and small insects in the soil began to die in large numbers.

The once fertile land gradually turned into a desert.

In contrast, the fleshy ball began to expand little by little, savagely absorbing all the nutrients it could reach.

Looking at the ball of flesh before him, Dumbledore's expression became extremely solemn.

"Torn apart!"

"Thunderous explosion!"

"..."

Despite using six or seven spells in succession, Dumbledore was unable to destroy the strange, monstrous ball of flesh. Faced with Dumbledore's attacks, the ball of flesh was merely passively chopped into pieces by the spells and shattered by magic, showing absolutely no desire to retaliate.

But a horrifying scene unfolded: the shattered flesh ball did not die, but instead transformed into smaller flesh balls, continuing to drain the soil of nutrients in a destructive manner.

One "desert" after another began to appear on the lawn outside Hogwarts Castle.

Dumbledore abandoned the idea of ​​using ordinary spells and sighed: He could only try the spell he had just learned.

The next moment, Dumbledore was engulfed in flames.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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