HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

The average dragon is only about ten meters long, but the demon dragon Anmoli reached an astonishing forty meters.

Those patches of black and red scales were as terrifyingly defensive as a city wall.

Those hundred-meter-long fleshy dragon wings, when spread out, blotted out the sky and the sun.

Those four strong legs are powerful enough to easily crush the earth.

Those cold, sharp claws...

The scorching heat that escaped with each breath...

Annemarie's dragon body gave Albus Dumbledore an unprecedented, existential shock.

He shuddered. The magical world he knew so well actually contained such a terrifying and deadly dragon—a demonic dragon.

He was horrified. Such an unheard-of dragon had actually appeared brazenly and without warning in his Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

When Dumbledore was at Carter Castle in London, he saw Andre and other dragon-armed dragonmen, but he never saw the 'dragon'.

“Teach Carl…”

"As a professor at Hogwarts, you must give me an explanation," Dumbledore demanded again, suppressing the fear that had gripped him from Ambrosial's dragon eyes.

Andrei was furious when he saw that Dumbledore, despite his sister's warning, still dared to speak so arrogantly and presumptuously question the head of the Teach family.

But just as he stood up to retaliate, Teach waved his hand dismissively and said, "Don't get so worked up, my family, Andrei."

After calming the fiercely loyal Andre, Teach chuckled at Dumbledore, "Old Dumbledore, you really are a bit too narrow-minded."

"You should know best that the Apparition ban within Hogwarts Castle only prohibits wizards, not everything."

"Like house-elves, they can use their racial magic and come and go as they please."

As he spoke, Teach turned to the side and waved for Andrei/Siberian and the other three to stand up.

He then said, "Headmaster, it seems inconvenient for you to enter the Dark Forbidden Forest. In that case, I will take my Karl family members and go ahead first."

After saying that, Teach swooped down.

Seeing this, Andri, Sibilan, Qiluoluo, and Yeva followed closely behind, their cloaks rustling in the night wind.

Meanwhile, the demonic dragon Anmoly slowly ascended into the sky, allowing Teach and the others to dominate the heavenly realm.

Dumbledore stood on his flying broomstick, watching the dragon Anne Molly fly away, unable to recover for a long time.

Seeing Teach lead his men into the Forbidden Forest, he immediately sensed something was wrong: [No, I have to follow them.]

Dumbledore had fought Andrei at Carr Castle, so he was quite aware of how formidable their fighting prowess was.

Dumbledore had already struggled to deal with Andre alone, let alone this time with four dragon-armed dragonmen plus a demonic dragon.

No, I can't let them destroy the Forbidden Forest while chasing Lake. I have to follow them.

The extent of the damage must be kept within a manageable range...

Otherwise, if the entire centaur race were to become enraged, it wouldn't be Teach Cal that would be expelled, but rather all the professors and students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Realizing the extraordinary nature of the situation, Dumbledore gritted his teeth and anxiously gave chase: [Fuck~]

Why, why is it that all my plans and schemes, as long as Teach is involved, as long as they are related to Teach, always unpredictably exceed my control?

Merlin's wand, this old man just wants to enjoy his twilight years.

[With Teach Carl, this ticking time bomb with no end in sight, and Voldemort, the Dark Lord, making a comeback, I'm exhausted and miserable! Damn it~]

Xia Ke did not participate in the pursuit of Lake in the Forbidden Forest.

She has her own things to do.

In order to create danger, Dumbledore, under the pretense of binding the Griffin to Hogwarts, removed some of the school's defensive magic, making it not difficult for some unscrupulous wizards to break in.

Because the plan was decided by Dumbledore on his own, the professors were unaware that the House was in danger of being invaded.

Therefore, without Dumbledore at this moment, Shake cannot allow the school to suffer losses or casualties among its students.

Because her master/lover/husband, Teach, has other desires in this Hogwarts.

Teach's purpose was that, as her 'wife,' she had a responsibility to protect and safeguard him.

Xia Ke, outside the Forbidden Forest, retracted her dragon wings and then slowly ascended into the air using natural magic.

Suspended high in the sky, Xia Ke transformed her eyes into purplish-red dragon eyes, gazing upon the Forbidden Forest.

Looking down over the entire Hogwarts.

……

'Boom boom boom...'

The sounds of magical explosions echoed repeatedly on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.

Harry/Tom, who was secretly practicing dark magic in the forest, was startled and became alert.

Hearing the explosion, Harry had no doubt that his nightly sneaking out of the school castle to practice dark magic in the Forbidden Forest had been exposed, because the Cloak of Invisibility, one of the three great magical artifacts, was really useful.

Disturbed, just as Harry decided to stop watching the commotion and return to his castle dormitory to sleep, Nagini around his neck suddenly perked up.

For the first time, she disobeyed Harry's orders and quickly crawled towards the explosion site.

Harry Potter was wrong about one thing from beginning to end: Nagini did not recognize him as her master, but rather Tom Riddle within him.

The explosion caught Tom's attention, so he contacted Nagini and led Harry to investigate.

In his opinion, the one most likely to cause such a disturbance in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts was one of Voldemort's Death Eaters.

He is Voldemort, Voldemort is him.

If he is indeed a Death Eater, then Tom's first step in replacing Voldemort and taking revenge on Voldemort will begin with gradually absorbing and recruiting the Death Eaters' forces.

Sure enough, influenced by Tom, Harry wouldn't ignore Nagini and followed after her, donning the Invisibility Cloak.

……

"Fuck, fuck, fuck squid~"

"You bunch of uncivilized bastards! You can't even catch me, so you call for reinforcements!" Lake, chased by a hail of artillery fire, cursed angrily.

Although he had 'precognition' to save his life and the magic carpet to escape, he was still exhausted from the intense blocking attacks by Teach and the others.

Hermione, the little witch, flew around Lake, constantly looking for opportunities to fire her gun, trying to slow down Lake's escape speed and route.

Andri rushed toward Lake at lightning speed, then unleashed his [Power], leaping onto the magic carpet with a burst of power, each punch and kick destroying the aura.

Yevaf flew to the side, looking for an opportunity to fill in the gaps and make up for any shortcomings.

Siberian waited in the shadows, her dragon arm flashing out. She aimed her [Long Range] ability at Lake and then slashed down with her claw from a distance.

Kira uses her [Direction] ability.

Although her magical flight speed is slightly slower, she propels herself by stepping on the air and using her 'directional' abilities to generate reaction force.

After Andri, he leaped onto the magic carpet, and the dragon's arm reached out to grab Lake.

On the magic carpet, Lake's precognitive abilities are overloaded as he faces attacks from Andri and Kiraro.

With a single punch, Lake's bronze scale gauntlets, wielding power exceeding ten tons, were evenly matched with Andre, who was enhanced by [Power].

This situation greatly surprised Andrei.

But he was only surprised; he hadn't used all his power yet.

Andri withdrew his fist and grabbed the boxing gloves on Lake's hands, then clenched his fists tightly.

"Hah!" With Andri's furious shout, the magical bronze scale gauntlet shattered.

What... this guy actually, actually did it with his bare hands!

The boxing gloves were crushed by Andrei, and Lake couldn't believe it, couldn't believe it.

Before Lake could even be alarmed, Qi Luoluo made her move.

A stinging pain, a sharp, intense stinging pain.

The warning magic that Lake had placed between his eyebrows was piercing his nerves, reminding him of the impending danger.

"Quickly, my precognitive magic, catch up!" Lake looked at the woman with a youthful face beside him and desperately urged his precognitive abilities.

There was no wind when the claw marks were made. Kirara's dragon claws, which could cut through the air, left no wind when they passed by.

This claw was stained with blood.

At the critical moment of life and death, Lake's premonition of Qiluoluo arrived just in time, costing him a scalp scrape, and he narrowly escaped.

But is it really possible to avoid it?

Teach had given orders to Andre and his three men beforehand to capture Lake alive.

Therefore, after attacking once, Kira lowered her dragon arm and did not finish off Lake.

Lake clutched his bleeding forehead in pain, retreated to the edge of the magic carpet, and looked at Kira, who was giving him an innocent smile.

He was extremely puzzled as to why this youthful-looking woman didn't press her advantage.

But the next second, Lake understood why.

Because a picture suddenly flashed in his mind, a picture that appeared in his mind after his precognitive ability was activated.

Belatedly realizing what was happening, Lake tried to dodge, but it was too late.

'Sizzle~'

The sound of clothes being cut and ripped rang out from Lake's back.

What...? My back, how did this happen?

The pain and injury from the cutting of his flesh caused Lake to lose his balance and fall off the flying magic carpet.

As he fell, Lake, still conscious, looked down at a man and a woman on the magic carpet.

My heart was filled with doubt, resentment, and fear.

What's going on? What happened?

[What's up with this guy who can crush my legendary bronze gauntlets with his bare hands?]

[How did this attack, which allowed her to escape my premonition about the woman, become so strange?]

【besides……】

As he fell, Lake looked around, his mind reeling.

[A woman with an eccentric expression who can extend her attacks out of thin air, touching things that are untouchable.]

[A dead-eyed man standing next to me, watching me intently, but not yet making a move.]

What exactly happened?

Lake fell to the ground, spitting out blood.

Then, he shouted in a loud, terrified, and furious voice, "What on earth is going on with you guys?"

"Who exactly are you 'people'?"