Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Although the enemy's encirclement was tight, all their means of attack - the light net, silver powder, and arrows ready to be fired from the crossbows.

Every person's position precisely blocked the angle at which they might break out, while leaving enough buffer space to prevent them from resorting to desperate measures.

Their goal is to capture him alive.

To be precise, the ultimate goal... is him.

At this moment, the female knight raised her hand.

The entire encirclement stopped in an instant, all the knights stopped, and only the whistling sound of the night wind sweeping through the mountains and forests could be heard.

Her cold and clear voice pierced the wind and echoed through the mountains and forests, and every word carried unquestionable authority:

"In the name of the Supreme Holy See and the Holy Court!"

Her eyes passed over the knights and locked onto Douglas's face, and she spoke in a cold tone, as if reading a verdict:

"Heretic Douglas Holmes, we have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Your vacation... is over."

Hearing his name being called out accurately, the calmness on Douglas's face did not waver at all. Instead, a playful, even mocking smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough.

His arrangements at the Hotel de Rome seemed to have succeeded in confusing only some people.

But he didn't expect that they would even send out the Holy Shield in order to capture him.

This event really gives enough face.

"holiday?"

Douglas chuckled and ignored the holy light and silver swords flashing around him, as if he was taking a walk in his own back garden.

He lazily raised his eyes and looked at the female knight:

"Sir Knight, I'm afraid you're mistaken. My vacation has just begun, and you... happen to be the most interesting entertainment of my vacation."

The female knight frowned slightly. She obviously didn't expect that under such an absolute disadvantage, the opponent could be so calm and even speak sarcastically.

Anger flashed in the eyes of the knights behind her, and their grip on their weapons tightened.

"Sweet words and flattery cannot wash away your sins."

The female knight's voice was still cold. She thrust the kite shield in her hand forward, and the shield collided with the ground with a dull sound. A holy halo spread out from her, making the sacred aura around her even more intense.

Lupin groaned, fell to one knee on the ground, breathing heavily, sweat soaking his back.

"Remus!"

Douglas immediately noticed his condition and shook his wand, which drew complex runes in the air.

A light blue, translucent magic shield enveloped Lupin, with tiny, star-like runes flowing on the shield, struggling to resist the erosion of the external sacred aura.

This is not a standard armor, but an insulating spell modified by Douglas himself, specifically used to isolate specific energy fields.

Chapter 386…It’s Grindelwald…

"Oh? It's not the standard holy light, but mixed with some kind of...spiritual imprint fluctuations."

While casting the spell, Douglas commented leisurely, as if he was not surrounded by enemies, but analyzing a spell in a Hogwarts classroom.

"It seems your research results are much more advanced than last time. You can already integrate mental attacks into the environmental aura. Unfortunately, the maturity is still a little lacking."

The female knight's attention was indeed attracted by his words, and she did not interfere with his spell. It was not known whether it was because of her confidence or the content of his words.

"It seems that our assessment of you is still too low."

The female knight, Agnese Vieri, looked the seemingly careless man in front of her in the eye for the first time.

"Douglas Holmes, you are suspected of stealing Vatican secrets, inciting the werewolf tribe to fight against the Holy Light, and colluding with corrupt elements within the Italian Ministry of Magic with the intention of destroying the magical order of the Apennine Peninsula."

Agnese's voice was sonorous and powerful, as if he was reading a verdict.

"I, Agnese Vieri, the Holy Shield, Commander of the Third Battalion of the Knights of Saint Sebastian, now give you one last chance.

Give up resistance and return with us to face the judgment of the Holy Tribunal. This is your only path to salvation."

Douglas' smile widened when he heard this.

He helped the weak Lupin up, let him lean on him, and then said slowly:

"Judgment? Oh, no, no, no, Your Excellency, the Holy Shield, you may have some misunderstandings about me..."

Seeing that the other person is attracted by your words.

Douglas's wand-holding wrist, which seemed to be hanging casually, twitched suddenly.

"Get moving, capture the target alive!"

Agnese's heart was filled with alarm and he roared almost at the same time as Douglas took action.

But it's too late.

Douglas pointed the tip of his staff directly at the ground, and an invisible violent cyclone instantly erupted with the two of them as the center!

The strong wind swept up the silver powder and fallen leaves on the ground, forming a high-speed rotating tornado, which not only pushed away the power of holy light that corroded the mind, but also turned it into an insurmountable barrier.

All the knights subconsciously raised their crossbows, and the silver arrows shone with brilliant holy light.

However, Douglas's wand was already raised, pointing towards the gloomy night.

The sky suddenly split open!

The cold raindrops did not fall in a patter, but as if they were cast under an acceleration spell, they turned into thousands of sharp arrows that poured down, hitting the knights' armor hard, making dense muffled "bang bang" sounds and disrupting their aim.

"put!"

Agnese roared and slammed the Kite Shield into the ground. The holy emblem on the shield burst into a dazzling light, forming a huge hemispherical golden shield that barely covered the knight in front of her.

The crossbow arrow left the string, but lost its accuracy due to the dual interference of strong wind and heavy rain, was sucked into the cyclone, and fell powerlessly.

Douglas's mouth curled up in a cold arc, and he cast the spell without a moment's pause.

With the third wave of his wand, deafening thunder exploded in the ears of all the knights!

It was not a simple sound magic, but a shock that directly affected the mind, causing several knights to feel dizzy and unable to hold their weapons steadily.

Then comes the real destruction.

"electricity!"

It was just a whisper, but it seemed like a decree of divine punishment.

boom--! ! !

Nine terrifyingly thick dark purple lightning bolts, like spears cast by an angry god, tore through the night sky, descended from the sky with the momentum of burning everything, and hit the golden shield with incredible precision!

"Divine protection!"

Agnese poured all his strength into the holy emblem, connecting it with the power of other knights, and the shield's light surged to its extreme.

The lightning and the shield collided with a loud bang!

In that instant, the world lost all sound and color, leaving only a destructive white light. Raging magic and divine energy collided and annihilated each other, creating a gust of wind that uprooted surrounding trees and shattered rocks!

Agnese felt an unmatched force coming from the shield, and was pushed back several meters, with his feet plowing two deep grooves in the ground.

The knights behind her were staggering and their formation completely collapsed.

After doing all this, the opponent's carefully arranged ambush magic circle was completely destroyed by Douglas with even more brutal force.

He didn't want to fight at all. He put his arm around Lupin's waist and with a flick of his Disapparition, the two of them disappeared into the storm.

When the light of the explosion faded, Agnese steadied himself and looked up, only to see the devastated ground and the still howling whirlwind mixed with cold rain, which kept hitting the slightly trembling golden shield.

The simple and natural spellcasting technique and the unreasonable and absolute control over the elemental power made her pupils shrink suddenly.

She clenched the hot kite shield in her hand, staring at the direction where Douglas disappeared. For the first time, pure fear appeared in her eyes.

There are no gorgeous light and shadow effects, no deafening sounds, only the purest and most essential use of magic.

This kind of natural casting technique was something she had never seen in even the Knights' most elite instructors.

I thought the Vatican had already shown enough respect for them by sending me, but I didn't expect...

He truly deserves to be on the Vatican's blacklist.

I originally thought that the other party just relied on some cleverness and luck to kill the cardinal who had betrayed his faith and was abandoned by God.

It seems that he has learned a lot from Dumbledore in Hogwarts over the past few years.

No, that wasn't Dumbledore's magic.

She stared at the scorched earth plowed by lightning. The air was not filled with the freshness of the remaining elemental magic, but a kind of... arrogant will to tear the rules apart and rebuild order with violence.

She had seen this kind of will in the description of "Forbidden File of the Divine Inquisition: No. GG-01" - it was not Dumbledore's protection and order, but belonged to another person, and made the whole of Europe tremble... revolution and destruction.

Agnese's lips moved slightly, and a few dry syllables came out:

"…It's Grindelwald…"

It wasn't a question, but a confirmation with a hint of trembling.

The magical veil created by the heavy rain and strong wind slowly dissipated.

Only a mess was left on the spot.

Like a battlefield plowed by an enraged Norwegian Ridgeback.

The air was filled with ozone and the smell of burning holy light.

On the broken ground, several knights struggled to stand up.

The fine armor on his body was covered with charred marks from electric shocks, and the light of the holy emblem was dim.

Agnese was directing his men to clean up the scene with meticulous movements, as if what they had just experienced was not a fierce battle, but a routine drill.

At this moment, several explosions sounded one after another, and Piero's figure appeared from the distorted air, followed by a team of solemn-looking Italian Aurors.

One of the Aurors nearly stumbled as he landed on the soft earth and a smoking crossbow part that flew in from nowhere.

Piero strode forward, ignoring the wary glances of the knights.

There was suppressed anger in those deep eyes, but a hint of bureaucratic, undisguised sarcasm hung at the corner of his mouth:

"Commander Vieri, conducting such a large-scale military exercise in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Italian Ministry of Magic without prior notice is inconsistent with our agreement."

Chapter 387 God’s will is above mortal laws!

Agnese Vieri didn't even raise her head. She was slowly wiping a shallow scratch on the kite shield with a piece of white linen. It was the mark caused by the aftermath of Douglas' lightning.

He stopped in front of Agnese and said coldly:

"I, Piero Rossi, in my capacity as Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Italian Ministry of Magic, hereby give you a formal warning.

The actions of the Order of Saint Sebastian are suspected of violating Article 73 of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy and the Memorandum of Understanding on Magical Matters between Italy and Brahma signed by my country and your side in 1929.

The memorandum clearly stipulates that before the Vatican’s armed forces carry out missions on the mainland, they must—”

"Chief Piero."

Agnese finally looked up and interrupted him.

"We are hunting down A-level heretics on the Vatican's blacklist. The authorization for this operation comes from God, not your cumbersome bureaucratic paperwork."

Her voice was cold and calm, as if she was stating an irrefutable fact.

A young Auror who had come with Piero finally couldn't contain himself anymore and stepped forward, his face flushed. "But you almost caused a large-scale Muggle sighting! Once the Statute of Secrecy is broken..."

Agnese didn't even bother to look at the young Auror. His icy blue eyes stared directly at Piero, and a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of his mouth:

"The will of God is higher than the laws of mortals. When the threat of heresy is enough to shake the foundation of faith, purification itself is sacred, no matter what means are used."

Piero laughed angrily.

He took a step forward, almost right in front of Agnese, his perfectly straight collar almost touching her chin. He lowered his voice and spoke word by word:

"Don't forget, Vieri, this is Italy, not the Vatican! Your divine right of kings tricks won't work in the Ministry of Magic!

If you make such a big noise and alert the Muggles, will you take the responsibility, or should I write a report to the International Confederation of Wizards on your behalf?"

"Isn't that a problem your so-called memory processing team needs to deal with?"