HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

A series of violent explosions rang out, deafeningly loud.

At that moment, Rubeus Hagrid was completing his weekly patrol of the Forbidden Forest when the deafening sound reached his ears.

What's that sound?

[Could it be that some dangerous little cuties have moved into the Forbidden Forest again?]

Filled with questions and excitement about the new magical creatures, Hagrid cautiously made his way toward the battlefield between Teach Carl and Nicol in the distance.

Although Hagrid likes magical creatures and can get along well with them, it doesn't mean that all the animals in the Forbidden Forest like him.

This does not mean that Hagrid knows all the creatures in the forest.

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.

On the edge of the Dark Forest, the battle between Teach Carl and Nicol was exceptionally fierce.

This is a life-or-death battle.

Both sides harbor hatred and anger, making this a battle that cannot be stopped until one side falls.

Teach chose the edge of the Forbidden Forest as the battlefield because he had captured 40 Ball Birds in this area near the swamp and was very familiar with the terrain.

So Teach now fires a shot and then changes sniping position, preventing Nicol from casting his spell, while also detonating explosives to slow down Nicol's approach as he tries to use Apparition.

As far as Teach Carl knew, Felix's potion had a time effect; all potions had a time limit.

Teach had to move cautiously and calculate precisely the amount of explosives he had planted to detonate during the period when the Felix serum wore off.

It must be said that those who are blessed with good fortune are the ones who survive great calamities.

Despite the precise detonation of the explosives planted by Teach more than a dozen times, they failed to harm Nickel, who had drunk the Felix potion.

[Damn, this is cheating, blatant cheating.]

Seeing that the explosives and sniper bullets that could kill Nickel were 100% sure to kill him, but were thwarted by mysterious luck, how could Teach not be furious and curse loudly?

And so, Teach began checking his watch to keep track of time while looking at the infrared instrument.

Meanwhile, Nickel, empowered by the Felix potion, disregarded the danger of explosion and searched for Teach's figure, launching a spell-based pursuit.

But magic is indeed an unreasonable power, and Teach, who possesses the ability to teleport, is extremely capable of saving his life.

As Hagrid trudged through the Forbidden Forest, the afternoon turned into evening.

After several hours of fighting, Nicol's Felix potion's duration finally began to decrease, and his luck started to wane, nearing its expiration. Teach noticed this when he saw Nicol narrowly escape a sniper bullet grazing his cheek.

Looking at the time, Teach estimated that in another thirty minutes, the Felix potion would completely lose its effectiveness.

Nickel touched the burning bullet wound on his cheek, realizing the time it would take for the potion to heal. Judging from the past few hours of fighting, if he lost his luck, he was certain he couldn't defeat Teach Carl, who could teleport.

Without further thought, Nicole decided to run for his life.

He is a minister in the Department of Muggle Oversight at the Ministry of Magic, with the right to travel freely between the wizarding world and the Muggle world. He also has the right to cast some 'permitted' spells on Muggles. This right allows him to enjoy the pleasure of having any beautiful woman he fancy in the Muggle world.

Now facing the possibility of being killed by Teach Carl, a Muggle, Nickel didn't want to die; he still hadn't finished enjoying his time with the allure of power and beauty.

Hidden in the shadows, Teach's keen eyes noticed the fear on Nicol's face. He guessed Nicol might be preparing to Apparate away, so he swaggered out, took out four Auror wands, and began taunting Nicol to draw his hatred.

To Teach's surprise, Nicol didn't seem to show much anger when he looked at the four wands in his hand; instead, it strengthened his determination to escape.

Seeing that he had not provoked Nicol's anger, Teach stared intently at the wand in Nicol's hand, ready to activate another technological weapon the moment Nicol made the Apparition gesture.

After exchanging glances with Teach Carl for a few seconds, Nicol stopped worrying about the dignity of wizards in front of Muggles and decisively waved his wand to Apparate.

But the instant he waved his wand, Teach pressed a button in his hand.

The next second, a horn-shaped ultrasonic weapon rose from the ground and launched a sound-induced vibration frequency attack at Nicole.

Under the sound wave frequency, Nicol's spellcasting was instantly interrupted. His brain became confused due to the frequency interference, his thoughts became blurred, and the heartbeat of the blood in his body changed with the frequency.

Ultimately, a wizard's body is no different from that of an ordinary person.

This is also the source of Teach Carr's confidence to venture into the wizarding world alone, armed with guns and ammunition, as a Muggle.

Nicol was affected by the sound wave frequency. As he watched Teach Carl stride towards him victoriously, he struggled to control his body and intermittently waved his wand to raise a defensive shield.

With his brain disrupted, he could no longer apparition. This was the only defensive tactic Nicole could use to survive.

Teach approached Nickel, who was kneeling on the ground amidst the sound waves. The image of his foster mother, Maggie, lying on her sickbed flashed through his mind, and hatred and anger instantly filled Teach's handsome face, making him look like a hideous demon from hell.

Then, roaring, he asked, "What crime has my mother committed? Tell me—what crime has my mother committed?"

"If you have a problem, come at me. Why are you hurting and tormenting her?"

"You dare to harm my mother, you deserve to die!"

“I want you to experience the pain you inflicted on my mother.”

After saying that, Teach raised his hand and unleashed an endless barrage of bullets at Nicole.

After firing pistols, they switched to rifles, and after rifles, they switched to sniper rifles. Under Teach's continuous fire, Nikol's two-layered defensive shield was broken.

Using the same method, Teach destroyed Nicol's wand and then broke his limbs before shutting down the sonic weapon.

What does a dead dog look like?

Teach Carl then grabbed Nicol, who was lying like a dead dog, and cruelly sneered at him, "I hope your vitality is strong enough."

After saying that, Teach dragged Nicole to a flat spot on the battlefield, which was riddled with craters from the explosives, and began to prepare to inscribe the magic circle.

After Teach used mercury to draw a special transmutation circle, he took out a dagger and slashed at Nicole.

Take its blood, cut its flesh, and dig out its bones.

Teach took a small piece of everything from Nicol's body, placed these flesh and bone materials on the array plate, and then placed the fully viable Nicol in the center of the training array.

When the training array was activated by the energy of the Life Emerald, Nicole, whose limbs were all severed, let out a deafening cry of pain.

The sound reached Rubeus Hagrid's ears very clearly as he arrived on his way.

[This is... a human voice. Has it been attacked by magical creatures?]

With this thought in mind, Hagrid quickened his pace.

The instigator, Teach Carl, listened to Nicol's screams and heard his mangled body convulsing in agony, thinking to himself: [I wonder if the transmutation array I created is as painful as the 'Heart-Piercing Bone Crusher'?]

But judging from this damn Nicole situation, it's probably not true.

After all, the excruciating pain in the wrist not only causes physical agony but also agonizes the soul.

That kind of pain is so intense that you can't even make a sound.