HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

One, two, three...

Xia Ke used the dragon wings on her back to catch up with one escaped lawless wizard after another.

With her dragon claws, she tore the captured lawless wizards to pieces one by one.

The blood of more than a hundred people turned this mountain area into a true pool of blood, a river of blood that flowed outwards along the landslide.

The remaining pure-blood wizards of the family watched as Shakkar waged war in the River of Blood, their mouths trembling and silent. Through the gaze of his eyes, they felt a terror that shook their bodies and souls.

But amidst the fear, there was also a longing that words could not express.

A yearning for 'beauty'.

Xia Ke's blood-stained figure was heroic and beautiful, with an alluring and captivating charm.

Beauty knows no kind, no good or evil, no black or white.

All forms and shapes of beauty will attract those who see them.

In less than half an hourglass's time, Xia Ke had dealt with the entire group of over a hundred unlawful wizards, completing the order Teach had given her.

He used magic to clean the blood off his body, then took off his blood-stained clothes and finally put on new clothes made by forming an array on the back of his hand.

After tidying herself up, Xia Ke waved her arm, gathering the scattered limbs and remains into a pile. Then, following the blueprints, she drew the alchemy circle that Teach had given her, extracting energy from the flesh and blood whose life energy had somewhat dissipated, ultimately forming over a hundred green gems.

After carefully putting away the gemstone, Xia Ke once again mobilized the surrounding natural magic to delve deeper into the ground, separating and extracting the blood from the soil. Then, she condensed fierce fire in her mouth and burned the huge blood mass in her hand.

Through Xia Ke's series of actions, the crime scene was cleaned up so thoroughly that even wizard magic could not detect the slightest trace.

Having done all that, the next step was to deal with the remaining nine pure-blooded wizards of the family.

Of the nine, three were women and six were men.

Dressed in her newly made clothes, Xia Ke stood on a stone chair conjured by magic. After her vertical pupils swept over the nine pure-blooded wizards, she spoke with unwavering certainty: "I saved you. That's a fact."

"Therefore, your lives belong to me."

"So, who's in favor? Who's opposed?"

"I object, even though you saved..."

Before the male wizard could finish speaking, a ball of orange flames silently ignited on his body. Amidst his agonizing screams, Xia Ke coldly and expressionlessly said, "Objection overruled. Next..."

Having learned from past mistakes, no one dared to step forward. They could only obediently entrust their lives and their future fate to this 'savior,' Shake Karl.

Seeing that the remaining eight people were quite sensible, Xia Ke continued, "Pick up your wands and then come with me."

During the Apparition synergy with Shake, the eight pure-blood wizards were teleported out of the Hogwarts Mountains and instantly arrived at Carl Castle in London.

With the handover completed, the future lives and fates of these eight wizards were transferred from Shake to Andrei.

After Xia Ke's phantom-shifting departure, Andri addressed the eight bewildered individuals, saying, "Don't try to escape, don't try to resist, don't even think about taking any chances..."

"Now, raise your wands and follow me in making a magical oath."

He who slays a dragon will eventually become a dragon himself.

The unbreakable oath curse brought hatred and pain to Andri and the others.

But today, he will use this oath to control others.

There was no other way; to prevent these pure-blood wizards from tipping off their families, the only option was to use an oath spell for forced restraint and control.

Faced with an inescapable threat of death, eight wizards had an inviolable oath planted in their chests.

......

After finishing her business, Xia Ke returned to Hogwarts in the evening.

Candles were lit on the rooftop of the tower.

Seeing Xia Ke return, Teach smiled warmly and said, "You're back just in time~ Let's eat. Tonight's dinner is Hermione's cooking, you should try it."

Under the forceful reassurance of her teacher Teach, Hermione had no choice but to accept Shakky's seating.

And so, Teach, Shakky, Hermione, and Griffin, the three humans and one animal, enjoyed a cozy dinner by candlelight.

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In the offices of the Daily Prophet.

There were no candlelight, no dinner, only a solemn meeting under the incandescent light.

President John held a newly compiled template newspaper in his hand, and looking at its contents, he smiled excitedly.

After watching the video, John told the female reporter who had gone to Hogwarts for on-site research that he would give her a promotion and a raise.

Then came the discussion meeting with news writers about the existence of the mythical griffin.

The content is: [Does the appearance of the griffin signify the restart of the ancient mythological era?]

After the discussion concluded and the headline of the newspaper was finalized, the next topic of discussion was... Hermione Granger's order to kill the Auror squad.

The content is — [The Evil Witch Granger].

After much discussion, President John made the final decision.

The decision was made to publish everything recorded by the female reporter, whether it was embellished information or deliberately distorted facts, in the newspaper to be released to the entire British magical community.

The next morning, the latest issue of the Daily Prophet was flying all over the wizarding world.

Every wizard who bought this magic newspaper was stunned by its contents.

The mythical griffin actually exists at Hogwarts.

The wicked witch Granger—the wizards reading the newspaper could never have imagined that, under the tutelage of the greatest white wizard Dumbledore, such an 'wicked' little witch would be born in the school.

After reading this news report, many patriotic wizards began to worry and fear, dreading that the Granger Witch might become the next Dark Lord.

......

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Magic, having put down its newspapers, also sprang into action.

This time, instead of sending an Auror squad to Hogwarts to confront them, the Ministry of Magic dispatched the ministers of all five departments, led by Cornelius Fudge, the head of the ministry, to go there in person.

These departments include...

The Department of Magical Law Enforcement, the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, the Department of Magical Creatures Management, the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and... the Department of Mysteries, headed by Kington Kitsch.

On the way to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Headmaster Fudge's face was filled with rage at the unprovoked deaths of his Aurors.

But Kington Ketchum, following behind, couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

He knew better than anyone what Fudge was really thinking when he went to Hogwarts to confront him with such a large commotion.

Since its inception, the Ministry of Magic has controlled the entire wizarding world in Britain.

However, there is one place that has never been included in the Ministry of Magic's jurisdiction: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

This incident presented such a golden opportunity to launch an attack, how could Fudge, a man with a lust for power, possibly let it slip by easily?