Ancient Wizards Return to Hogwarts...

Chapter 371 Hufflepuff's Fury

Seeing that the roasted rooster seemed poised to fly away, Gemini and Pisces couldn't hold back any longer. They immediately began attacking the ground where Cedric had sunk.

With the combined efforts of the two, the assistance of Gemini's light and dark domains, and the fact that the dust formed from the bracelet was "new to the scene" and had not yet gained much "recognition" from the soil, Cedric was indeed unearthed.

At this moment, Cedric's body was covered with a strange amber-colored shell, which protected his fragile body.

Gemini frowned immediately, feeling a strong sense of oppression emanating from that outer shell. He tried to devour it with his own domain, but encountered extremely stubborn resistance. Gemini immediately realized that the person who created it also possessed a domain, and was by no means a half-baked amateur like the boy before him, but a powerful expert as proficient in domains as himself.

"Looks like this kid's ancestors were quite capable!" Gemini exclaimed.

But it's not a big problem. The boy named Cedric has already fainted. All I need to do is patiently smooth out this outer shell little by little, and then go with Pisces to find Taurus to report back.

His thoughts changed a few seconds later when Helga Hufflepuff appeared, radiating boundless rage.

As soon as she appeared, she saw her student lying unconscious on the ground, surrounded by two dark wizards who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

Helga had always considered herself a kind and good-natured person, but at this moment her reason had been destroyed by rage, which was like a raging flood that overwhelmed the dam of reason.

When was the last time she was this angry? Probably when she discovered Salazar was using various methods to monitor his students? Even Salazar Slytherin had to pay a huge price for this, let alone two dog-like scoundrels who appeared out of nowhere?

In her extreme rage, Helga's lips actually curled upwards. A cruel smile appeared on the elderly witch's face, and an earthquake was about to occur.

"You two are already dead," she shouted, pointing directly at Gemini and Pisces.

Gemini and Pisces were startled. They turned around and looked at the witch who had suddenly appeared. A sense of alarm went through them: this person had appeared behind them without them being prepared!

If she hadn't spoken, but instead—

"If she had just launched a sneak attack, we would be dead for sure—you two must be thinking that, right? Heh, you dogs don't even deserve to be called that!" Helga clenched her fists.

"Let's all go at him together, this guy is terrifyingly strong." Gemini's expression was solemn. He felt that there was going to be a fierce battle tonight. The person in front of him was the domain expert who equipped Cedric with the bracelet.

He had assumed the bracelet might have been passed down from Cedric's ancestors, but who would have thought that the person who made it was still alive! It seems the organization made a major mistake in assessing the strength of Hogwarts; Dumbledore wasn't the only one at Hogwarts to awaken a domain.

However, it's not a big problem, as his domain and Pisces' abilities are highly compatible. He only needs to create an opportunity for himself to inflict soul-level damage on his opponent.

"Alright." Pisces also loosened his collar, preparing for a big battle.

"Hey, your opponent is me. There's something about you that interests me." Just as Pisces was "warming up," a voice interrupted his movements, making him freeze.

Suddenly, a person wearing a white mask appeared behind the two, sitting on a rock and staring at them. Helga, seeing him appear, couldn't help but sneer: "That old viper's moves are quick enough."

Gemini and Pisces: !

"Who are you?" Pisces couldn't help but ask.

"You can call me Rais Lint. I'm a third-year student at Hogwarts." After glancing at Cedric and noticing that he was unconscious, Rais introduced himself directly.

Upon hearing the other person directly state their name, Pisces was overjoyed. Considering that the other person was only a third-year student, the panic caused by their sudden appearance vanished instantly.

Perhaps there was some kind of stealth magic involved, or maybe I was just careless. Anyway, the other person was just an ordinary student; there was no need to take it to heart. No matter how talented a person is, how much can they learn in just fourteen years? They're just fledglings flapping their wings, imitating the posture of eagles in the sky.

"I'll take him out first, then we'll deal with that guy together. Can you handle it?" Pisces said to Gemini, thinking that Gemini, as someone who also possessed a domain, could probably hold out for a few dozen seconds.

"No problem." Gemini was full of confidence: Everyone has their own territory, so why would he be afraid?

Helga watched the two talk, not intending to interrupt them, but she grew impatient as they continued their rambling.

Snapped!

She clasped her hands together and clapped them. Helga's action immediately caught the attention of Gemini and Pisces, and then they felt the earth tremble.

"You must have already witnessed the Earth Domain when you fought Cedric, so I'll show you what the real Earth and Rock Domain is like."

Having said this, Helga raised her hands, and the ground beneath Gemini's feet suddenly rose, lifting him and the surrounding land within a radius of nearly a hundred meters into the air a hundred feet high. As if deliberately bypassed, Pisces, standing next to Gemini, remained firmly planted on the ground.

He stared in astonishment at the towering platform that had suddenly appeared: What kind of magic was this, or was it the effect of a domain? But the scale of it was terrifying! Wasn't that witch afraid of being discovered by Muggles?

call out--

A spell flashed, and a large crater exploded at Pisces' feet.

"I told you, I'm your opponent. So please don't get distracted." Rice casually toyed with the magic wand between his fingers, giving Pisces a friendly reminder.

Pisces' expression immediately darkened: the student's sneak attack had destroyed the magic circle beneath his feet, and if he wanted to cast another curse, he would have to figure out how to draw another magic circle.

He tapped his wand repeatedly, executing a smooth combo that not only conjured an earthen wall in front of him but also cast an Ironclad Charm and transformed into a snarling tiger.

Pisces believes that these three things are enough to buy him enough time to cast spells.

To his surprise, the student named Rice simply watched him prepare quietly, without making a move at all.

Overconfidence? A mocking smile crept across Pisces' lips: You'll regret this, Rhys Lint!

He quickly redrawn the magic circle, then pointed at Rais and shouted, "In the name of Hela, Queen of the Underworld, I, Pises, curse you, Rais Lint!"

However, after the curse was released, Rice did not react at all, and Pisces did not feel the slightest pain.

He suddenly realized: this kid hadn't told him his real name at all!

"So it's an old acquaintance." Rice finally understood where the inexplicable sense of familiarity on Pisces came from; it was the power of Hela, the Queen of the Underworld.

As Loki's daughter and Jormungandr's sister, Ras was someone He had dealt with, but only once.

"How come the stupid way of casting a curse—knowing the real name—hasn't changed in a thousand years?" Rice couldn't help but complain. He looked at Pisces and told him he should try the name Salazar Slytherin.

Pisces: !!!

"You must be joking!" Pisces roared, whether from panic or anger, he ripped open his robe, exposing his upper body to the cold air. "Now I'll show you the power of the ancient gods!"

Rice knew Pisces's trump card at a glance—a human face had appeared on his chest. The left half of the face looked like a normal, healthy woman, while the right half was a rotting, blackened skull. It was Hela, the goddess of the underworld, whom Rice had met once before.

Pisces bit his tongue hard, severing it from his tongue, and then spat the hot blood from his mouth onto Hela's face.

After being bathed in hot blood, the closed eyes on the man's face began to tremble slightly, and Rice watched everything that was happening in front of him with great interest.

A few seconds later, Hela opened her eyes. To Rice's surprise, there was a glimmer of wisdom in her eyes. She did not seem to be just a few pieces of mindless divine remains like other gods.

"Curse the ruler of the underworld!" Pisces was unaware of the connection between Rice and the divine remains on his chest; he simply offered sacrifices to it as usual and prayed for its help.

Hela fixed her gaze on Rice, then paused, sensing a familiar yet ominous aura emanating from the person opposite her…

"It's been a long time. I didn't expect you to still be alive." Rice even waved to Hela.

Hela's Noodles: !

Disorganized fragments of memory began to flood into Her mind, Hela's face showed an expression of extreme pain, and then She let out a sharp crack.

"Lord of the Underworld, what's wrong?" The emotions emanating from the divine remains were transmitted to Pisces, causing him to panic. To his surprise, the divine remains, which usually only absorbed offerings and then released curses, actually responded to him.

【run……】

He uttered only one syllable.

Pisces: ?

Even the slow-witted Pisces realized the problem, but it was too late. A layer of ice crystals appeared on his body, freezing him in place. The number of ice crystals increased, making it harder for Pisces to break free.

Rice walked towards him, intending to peel Hela off the body of this esoteric monk for careful study. He had killed several esoteric monks, but this was the first time he had seen a divine remains still retaining consciousness; it was definitely worth studying.

As Rice approached, Hela's face grew increasingly agitated. Sensing that her host was unable to move, Hela began to save herself.

"Huh? Lord of the Underworld, wait a minute—" Pisces sensed something was wrong, but he was powerless to stop it. His life force began to drain away rapidly, just like when he usually sacrificed himself. But unlike usual, this time there was no sign of it stopping.

Within seconds, all the color drained from Pisces' face, his skin turned as white as a corpse, followed by the loss of flesh from his cheeks. In a mere instant, he became a skeleton, skin and bones, all the nutrients in his body, along with his soul, converged into Hela's head at his chest.

After draining her host dry, Hela's head detached from the Pisces' mummified body.

Only now did Rice realize that what was "embedded" in Pisces' chest was only the front half of Hela's face; the back half of her head had completely disappeared, replaced by pink tentacles. She usually used these to parasitize her host's body and absorb its nutrients.

Looking at Hela's head, Rice remembered the cause of her death: she was split in two vertically from the middle by Ravenclaw, and then most of her body was rolled into mincemeat by the ensuing storm.

This caused a lot of trouble for Rice in cleaning up the mess. It's estimated that he missed half of the head while cleaning up, and it eventually fell into the hands of the Secret Order.

Hela's remains exploded with a bang as she tried to escape into the sky, but Rice manipulated the water vapor in the air to form a huge net that enveloped her.

A powerful domain enveloped Him, beginning to devour the remaining power within His skull.

【No--】

Hela's head let out a piercing scream before falling silent again.

After catching some debris falling from mid-air, Rice closed his eyes and began to sense Hela's last escaping memories.

He wanted to find out why Hela had undergone this strange change.

A black-haired wizard in a green robe and a snake corpse as large as a mountain... terrifying, horrifying, inescapable wind blades and the intense pain that follows...

Rice tried his best to capture the rapidly fading memories within the wreckage. But He was just a piece of wreckage, and the remaining memories in His mind were already fragmented. Rice could hardly see any valuable images, only the scenes that left Him with unforgettable memories before His death.

Finally, in the last memory bubble, Rice saw a man with messy black hair, wearing a green cloak, with cunning eyes and a sly smile on his lips.

"Loki..." Rice narrowed his eyes.

Suddenly, he felt an extremely violent surge of magical energy emanating from his side. Startled, Rice turned his head and saw that the soil around him had formed a giant over a hundred meters tall, with a small black dot falling from mid-air.

Has Helga gone mad? Isn't she afraid that Muggles will see this?! You know, although the location where the Secret Order ambushed Cedric was in the middle of nowhere, it wasn't exactly a no-man's-land. Helga really has no scruples about making such a big commotion.

Without a second thought, Rice used teleportation magic to move himself several miles away. He had barely stood still when he felt the ground tremble violently beneath his feet. A few seconds later, it trembled again, and then again…

The tremors lasted for nearly a minute before stopping, and even the ground beneath Rice's feet cracked.

Rice: ...

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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