The years of welding at Hogwarts

A body torn apart by the claws of some wild beast.

The scars on the neck looked like they were caused by being tightly wrapped by some giant snake.

It has both sharp claws and a powerful tail that can strangle your neck?

No, there are no such strange magical creatures in the wizarding world, so it can only be caused by two or more magical creatures?

There was another complete body lying at the door of the cabin not far away.

Keeping a high level of vigilance, Kingsley raised his wand and inched closer to the door that was as dark as the entrance to hell.

The light from the Luminescent Charm illuminated the interior of the cabin.

There were corpses everywhere, having died in many different ways.

He was torn in half by the sharp claws of some creature and died of blood loss.

He was beaten to death by some terrible and powerful external force.

Or, like the intact body lying quietly at the door.

There were no scars on the surface of his body, his face looked terrified, and the remaining magic power in his body exuded a strong smell of death.

All these signs seemed to point out the true identity of the murderer to Kingsley——

Only the Avada Kedavra curse can achieve such an effect.

So, this is a powerful wizard who carries around a variety of terrifying magical animals?

However, as an experienced Auror, or special police officer of the wizarding world, Kingsley instantly remembered the name of a legendary Magizoologist.

Newt Scamander.

No, as a decent man who once arrested the legendary first Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald and sent him to prison, Newt would never do such a thing.

Kingsley immediately threw this ridiculous idea out of his mind.

He poked the corpse on the ground with the small wooden stick in his hand, "The traces are revealed."

As he moved, a large cloud of ochre-colored dust sprayed out from the front end of the magic wand in his hand and condensed in the air into the shape of a giant humanoid lizard.

Kingsley frowned as he looked at the huge lizard standing upright in the cabin, whose height almost reached the ceiling and holding a magic wand in its hand.

Was this some kind of failed human transfiguration or dark magic transformation?

Or is it the result of a dark wizard trying to fuse the blood of magical animals?

"Dawlish, we may be in big trouble."

He stood up again and turned his gaze towards the passage in the room leading to the lower deck, where more bodies lay.

Looking at the shadow of the big lizard in the room, Dalish's face turned pale.

His mouth trembled. "Let's report the situation here to Director Scrimgeour. This is no longer something we can control."

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Meanwhile, at Hogwarts.

Avoiding other students who were celebrating their victory in the Quidditch match in the common room, Noah looked at the small note in his hand that Grant Ward had sent him by owl, and a hint of annoyance was revealed between his frowning brows.

The content on the note was very brief, with only a few words -

"The Lemuria was attacked, the crew was massacred, and all laboratory equipment was lost."

Noah raised his hand and gently rubbed his brow with his fingers, then sighed.

Originally, the possibility that Voldemort was involved with a giant lizard was just his guess.

But what is happening now, this speculation can be 100% confirmed, it is a real thing that happened.

After all, if it wasn't for the purpose of producing lizard serum in large quantities, how could Voldemort, who always looked down on Muggles, loot the laboratory equipment of Hydra?

The flames from the fingers burned the paper to ashes

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Noah did not take the next step, but sat alone in an armchair in the corner, thinking about how to deal with the threat posed by Voldemort next.

Draco found him hiding in the corner quietly, "Noah, aren't you going to celebrate with us?"

He sat up straighter, tilted his head back and cast a cold, deathly gaze at Draco. This strange posture instantly frightened Draco and he took a step back.

"Well...I won't bother you anymore."

Noah shooed away Draco, who was trying to get closer, like a fly, and with a cold expression, he squeezed out a way through the crowd celebrating in the lounge.

Watching Noah's back disappearing outside the common room, the members of the Quidditch team were all wondering if their performance in the game today was not good enough and that made their head coach angry?

Chapter 169: Someone like you actually has friends?

Noah left the common room and went straight to Snape's office.

After a series of rapid knocks on the door, like a funeral announcement, a black hand suddenly stretched out from the suddenly opened office door, grabbed Noah's collar with incredible precision, and pulled him in.

"I need to get away from Hogwarts for a while."

Standing in front of the cold old bat, Noah directly stated his purpose.

Snape frowned slightly. This was the first time that Noah spoke to him in such a serious tone. This forced him to treat Noah's words with extreme caution.

"What are you doing out of Hogwarts?"

"Do you remember the horrible look Voldemort turned into the last time I met him in the Forbidden Forest?"

Noah walked right past Snape and began rummaging through his potions cupboard for some Polyjuice Potion.

"Don't look for it. All the previous Polyjuice Potion has been used up."

Upon hearing the news, Noah stopped with a little regret, and told Snape everything he currently knew about Voldemort.

"At the time I thought Voldemort had absorbed the blood of the basilisk, but later when I showed his severed hand to Dumbledore I was able to confirm that he had not had time to do this.

"But now, I am sure that he has got together with another very dangerous guy."

Upon hearing Voldemort's name, Snape's pupils shrank slightly, "Who?"

"An old rival of Gwen's, a lunatic who used Muggle technology to transform himself into a half-human, half-lizard."

Most wizards in the wizarding world, even Dumbledore, more or less look down on Muggles who cannot do magic, but this definitely does not include Snape.

After Snape experienced the power of Muggle technology from Noah, he would never think so again.

"A lizard man whose strength can crush Hagrid, a half-giant. He can break off his body and regenerate it in a few seconds. He is extremely powerful and has strong resistance to both magic and physics."

If it was just individual force, it wouldn't be such a headache for Noah.

"To gain such power, they only need to create a small tube of serum and inject it into the body."

"A large amount of my experimental equipment was looted by them!"

Noah paced around Snape's office a little irritably. "Once they have the ability to mass-produce the serum, combined with the Imperius Curse, they can raise a huge army of lizardmen within a few hours!"

With the help of the atomizer, the lizard serum can spread the drug cloud to a range that is large enough to cover most of the city in a very short period of time. If it is released in a densely populated place like London...

When Snape thought of the fact that Voldemort had an army of hundreds of thousands of lizardmen, and that the ordinary spells cast by ordinary wizards had no effect on them, his face changed wildly in an instant.

"I will inform Dumbledore about this matter no matter what."

Having said that, Snape was about to walk out of the office, but Noah grabbed him.

"No, wait a minute, let me think about it."

Noah barely managed to calm himself down, his mind racing.

The batch of equipment lost by Hydra was not very advanced. After all, the strength of the Big Brother that had just disintegrated lay in heavy industrial manufacturing, such as aerospace technology and military weapons.

In the field of biology and chemistry, America, which has taken over a large number of Axis biological and chemical weapons researchers and packaged a large amount of data and equipment from them, is a strong player in this field.

Considering that the era they are in now is nearly thirty years behind the Marvel world where black technology is everywhere, and taking into account the difference in black technology...

They definitely won't be able to produce lizard serum in a short time.

If they want to produce lizard serum in large quantities, they must first upgrade the equipment they have.

Although it is not known which world Dr. Lizard traveled from, whether it is Kurt Connors or Peter Parker.

But one thing is certain, Dr. Lizard is very smart, but his field of expertise is not mechanical manufacturing, his field is biological research.

He is not like Tony Stark, who can rub it out by rubbing it with his hands in a cave with simple equipment.

A miniaturized cold nuclear fusion reactor and a suit of iron armor.

Even with Dr. Lizard's brain that is thirty years ahead, it will still take some time for him to upgrade his equipment.

Thinking of this, Noah calmed down a little. "They definitely won't be able to form a large army of lizardmen in a short period of time, but we can't just sit there and wait for death."

Snape pursed his lips tightly, and the thoughtful look on his face showed that he was also thinking of a countermeasure quickly.

Noah waved his hand, "There's no need to notify Dumbledore."

Anyway, he has Fox's contact information, so he can contact Deng through Fox at any time if he wants.

After Voldemort's fall, Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix was in a semi-disbanded state.

If possible, Noah didn't really want to see this loose front against Voldemort unite again so early.

"I will have Hydra closely monitor any anomalies in the Muggle world, and at the same time contact our personnel in the Muggle government to prepare for the response in secret."

"Let Lucius go to the Ministry of Magic. If possible, let him leak as much information as possible about the return of the mysterious man to create a panic among the people in the magical world and force the Ministry of Magic to take action."

When Noah thought about the nature of the Ministry of Magic, he immediately lost all hope in this corrupt organization.

So he added, "If all else fails, let Lucius contact those former Death Eaters, organize them in the name of rescuing their accomplices, and then attack Azkaban. This way, the Ministry of Magic will step up its vigilance."

Apart from not approving of the arrangement of not notifying Dumbledore, Snape agreed with Noah's approach.

After arranging the general affairs, Noah, who had finally calmed down, turned and walked out.

After stepping out of Snape's office door, he paused again.

Standing in the corridor outside the door, Noah turned his head and looked at Snape, "Besides the Polyjuice Potion, do you have any other way to get me out of Hogwarts for a few days?"

Snape shook his head. "I don't recommend that."

After thinking for a while, he continued speaking in his usual slow and leisurely tone.

"If you really have something to arrange, and if it's something I can do, then I can take a leave and go in your place."

After a pause, Snape continued, "But you have to take my classes for a few days."

Noah looked as if he had heard it wrongly.

After he stared at Snape's indifferent face for several seconds, Noah realized that Snape was not joking and pointed at himself in disbelief, "Me? Substituting for you?"

"Potions classes should be no problem for you up to third year."

"As for the senior Potions classes, you can ask Dumbledore to take over for a few classes, or ask my friends to help."

Noah stared at Snape for a long time, and then he suddenly said, "How can someone like you still have friends?"

He had only said half of this sentence when he squatted down skillfully.

The next second, a sharp blade flew past his head, and a few strands of cut hair floated down to the ground.

boom!

The cold office door slammed shut in front of Noah.

After leaving Snape's office, Noah rushed to the Ravenclaw common room on the eighth floor of Hogwarts Castle.

Clinging to the outer wall of the girls' dormitory in the Ravenclaw common room like a giant spider, Noah pulled out his Evolution Truster from the inside pocket of his clothes.

A ball of patronus light mist that had not condensed into a specific shape emerged from the tip of his staff, penetrated the wall unhindered, and entered the common room.

A moment later, a window in a room in the girls' dormitory was suddenly opened, and Gwen, the giant spider who was temporarily staying in Ravenclaw Tower, crawled out of the window.

Chapter 170 Old Bee Deng, it’s time for you to step down!

Late at night, two figures shrouded in black robes left Hogwarts Castle.

Standing by the window of the principal's office, Noah looked at the gradually receding figure disappearing into the darkness, a helpless expression on his face.

He looked down at the substitute professor appointment letter signed by Dumbledore in his hand, and the expression on his face looked even more melancholy.

No, how could he, a little wizard who had not even been enrolled for a full year, suddenly become the temporary professor of Potions?

Although he is only in charge of first-year Potions, this is a bit ridiculous.