Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 521: The Team's Reaction! Umbridge's Satisfying Ending!

Black smoke billowed everywhere, obscuring the sky and the moon; and endless, humanoid, fantastical creatures pounded their chests and stamped their feet, emitting wave after wave of harsh yet soul-shaking howls.

This background, coupled with Grindelwald's reputation, Umbridge's arrogance, and Dudley's analytical and understanding nature, all contributed to the overall effect.

For the professors and team leaders of the seven exchange teams, it was undoubtedly a significant emotional shock.

As soon as Dudley finished speaking, Karkaroff, the former Death Eater and headmaster of Durmstrang, had a flicker in his eyes, indicating that he was interested.

He was never very brave to begin with, and if it weren't for the presence of so many powerful figures at Hogwarts that gave him courage, he would have wanted to run away when he learned that dark wizards had attacked the British Ministry of Magic.

Faced with imminent disaster, and seeing a way out before him, he thought of nodding in agreement.

However, Durmstrang is, after all, a sister school of Hogwarts, and an alliance agreement had already been signed. Karkaroff was too embarrassed to be the first to suggest leaving.

The middle-aged wizard leader from a small Australian magic school also wavered at this moment. He wasn't as timid as Karkaroff, but he was also afraid.

Moreover, in terms of strength and foundation, they are the weakest.

This time, he brought five of the school's best students with him to Hogwarts for an exchange program.

These five students are destined to become pillars of the Australian magical world. If they perish here along with him, the Australian magical world will truly suffer a double loss.

Therefore, the middle-aged Australian team leader spoke directly, before Karkaroff could, addressing Dudley and Dumbledore:

"I am ashamed to stand up and desert at this time, but our school and our Australian magical community simply cannot afford to gamble. Please forgive me, Headmaster Dumbledore, Assistant Professor Dursley, and everyone else."

However, I can decide to leave the Australian Fiery Dragon we brought behind. Professor Hagrid and Professor Newt can use it to help Hogwarts in battle.

Seeing someone take the lead, Kakarov felt he had saved face, so he immediately jumped out as well, hypocritically using his own outstanding student as an example, and proposed the idea of ​​evacuation.

Before Dudley and Dumbledore could say anything, Durmstrang's students protested.

Viktor Krum, as Durmstrang's most outstanding student of this generation, immediately stood up and sternly addressed his timid headmaster:

"Headmaster Karkaroff may leave if he wants, but I will definitely stay and help Hogwarts deal with Grindelwald."

My grandfather was killed by Grindelwald, but the founder of Hogwarts blessed him with magic that brought him back to life. For that reason alone, I am willing to fight for Hogwarts until the last moment of my life!

Not to mention, we learned so much precious magical knowledge and gained so many valuable training resources at Hogwarts this school year that we could never have obtained before, so how can we be deserters at a critical moment for Hogwarts?

And don't forget, what kind of background does Grindelwald have? He was once a student of Durmstrang. Although he was expelled, as his alma mater, can Durmstrang shirk all responsibility and allow him to lead dark wizards to attack a sister school?

"That's right! Senior Krum's meaning is our meaning. If you want to run away, then Headmaster, you should run away yourself!"

Krum's words resonated widely among the student body.

Not only did all the exchange students at Durmstrang express their desire to stay and stand with Hogwarts through thick and thin, but they also all decided to stay.

Influenced by Krum's emotions, students from other exchange teams also expressed their opinions, unanimously stating that none of them wanted to withdraw.

Even the five students on the Australian team were the same.

Children who haven't been influenced by the adult world have simple and pure minds.

This put the middle-aged Australian team leader and Karkaroff at a loss.

At this moment, the professors and team leaders of the other teams also expressed their willingness to fight alongside Hogwarts, even at the cost of their lives.

Their decision was the result of a comprehensive consideration of many factors, including genuine feelings and a weighing of pros and cons.

Some of the smarter ones among them could see that Dudley was testing them.

I don't believe that people and places capable of performing miraculous magic like resurrecting the dead can be easily overwhelmed simply by sheer numbers.

Therefore, they were not intimidated by Grindelwald and did not lose their fighting spirit.

But this makes the situation even more difficult for the middle-aged Australian team leader and Karkaroff.

Dumbledore was about to step forward and give the two a way out to let the matter drop, but unexpectedly, Master Zhengyuan came out with Mr. Liu Tao to speak.

"There are some things that Headmaster Dumbledore and Assistant Professor Dursley, as the hosts, cannot say outright. But now that life and death are at stake, I will say them!"

Master Zhengyuan spoke in Chinese with great confidence, while Mr. Liu Tao provided real-time translation in English.

"The reason why we teams from all over the world applied to come to Hogwarts for exchange and study was definitely not for pure purposes."

It was because they wanted to find out the details of the blessing magic bestowed by the founder of Hogwarts;

This is to address the situation where black magicians in various countries and regions are inexplicably being recruited and taken away by others;

They want to gain the benefit of becoming stronger from Hogwarts;

The goal is to secure powerful allies like Headmaster Dumbledore and Assistant Professor Dursley to alleviate pressure in the face of potential future calamities.

The dark wizards will attack Hogwarts sooner or later. I believe many of us guessed this before we even came to Hogwarts. We all wanted to help Hogwarts in its time of need so that we could receive more blessings from the magic.

Now that we've truly reached the point where we need to offer timely assistance, can we back down just because the Black Wizards outnumber us?

To put it another way, if we back down now, what good will come of it?

Dark wizards from all over the world, pressured by the invisible white wizards created by blessing magic to eradicate them, united and formed a tightly knit evil organization under the leadership of a powerful and ambitious figure.

Would such an evil organization stop after destroying Hogwarts and the British wizarding world?

Will they go back to their own homes, fall apart, and return to the bitter days when they were suppressed and dominated by the righteous forces of our countries after the blessing magic is destroyed?

The answer is obvious. If the dark wizard wins this battle, we will be defeated piecemeal by the dark wizard's concentrated power, becoming the next British wizarding world and Hogwarts!

People all over the world, whether superhuman or ordinary, will be shrouded in the evil shadow of the dark wizard.

By then, it will be too late for us to unite.

We now have the protection of blessing magic, and after more than half a year of working together, we are now most united. If we all back down now, what hope will we have after Hogwarts is destroyed?

Moreover, I believe that as long as we work together and are not afraid, we will not lose.

If a bunch of rats from the gutter gather together, will they turn into a dragon?

"I'd like to see if they still dare to scream and howl when my lightning magic turns them into charred corpses in droves!"

Although the words of the patriarch Zhengyuan were translated by Mr. Liu Tao and lost some of their true meaning, they still stirred the hearts of all the white wizards present and made them extremely excited.

At the same time, they also felt varying degrees of reflection, shame, and awareness.

Umbridge was both shocked and horrified, thinking that these people in front of him had gone mad, but he dared not say anything unpleasant at this moment.

She couldn't even handle Filch, the doorman, and now her life depended entirely on Dumbledore's mercy. After her lust for power subsided temporarily, she suddenly regretted becoming the messenger.

Just as Umbridge was trying to make himself inconspicuous, the Founder of the Righteous Source looked at the middle-aged Australian team leader and Karkaroff, and asked in somewhat broken English:

"So, do you still want to leave now?"

“I’ll stay, with my students,” the middle-aged Australian tour leader replied, his tone devoid of fear and hesitation, only filled with composure.

“Me...me too,” Karkarov stammered.

Clearly, he had not yet overcome his fear.

“If you can’t settle your mind, Mr. Karkaroff, I suggest you stay at Hogwarts Castle,” Master Zhengyuan proposed.

This proposal is suitable for Karkarov, but if Karkarov accepts it, he will definitely lose face.

Because those who remain in Hogwarts Castle now are either young wizards among the first-year students of Hogwarts whose minds and magical skills are insufficient to cope with the brutal battle, or a few adult wizards in the British magical world whose strength is relatively average, who have no great ambitions, and who have not made much use of the dream realm for cultivation.

Dudley's parents, the Dursleys, and his Aunt Maggie were also in there.

It could be said that the castle was nominally Hogwarts' last line of defense, but in reality it was the safest and most peaceful area, unless all the white wizards outside had perished.

Moreover, as the most important part of the defense, after learning of the attack on the Ministry of Magic and holding a short meeting, all the powerful individuals in Hogwarts joined forces to create an extremely powerful defensive barrier around Hogwarts Castle, and further enhanced the anti-Apparition/Revelation Charms within it.

Tests showed that even phoenixes and house-elves couldn't teleport in.

Therefore, leaving Durmstrang's principal to guard the castle was, in a sense, an insult to Karkaroff.

But now, no one has expressed any objection to Master Zhengyuan's proposal, including Karkaroff.

This guy was such a coward, he lost all face and didn't care about being insulted at all. He used the excuse that his mind was in turmoil and he could no longer work together with others to make use of the Twin Wands to return to Hogwarts Castle.

Dudley used the castle's defensive barrier to open a small door for him and sent him inside.

They weren't afraid of Karkaroff causing any trouble. That guy didn't have the guts, and even if he did, he wouldn't cause any trouble under Dali's influence.

After this incident, everyone on the playground became more motivated and united in their fight against the enemy.

Dali cast an admiring glance at Master Zhengyuan.

Although he knew that Master Zhengyuan initially kept his stance silent, allowing his probing questions to take effect among the professors and leaders of the seven exchange teams, he later revealed the true nature of the matter openly and honestly after the purpose of the probing was achieved, thus persuading everyone to be more united.

This was because before his departure, Master Zhengyuan consulted a highly skilled master of the array cultivation lineage to divine the future. The divination indicated that as long as he firmly stood on the side of Hogwarts, the journey would be extremely auspicious.

However, this does not diminish the sincerity and heartfelt nature of what Master Zhengyuan just said.

Dali took everything that had happened into his evaluation of the seven exchange teams, then temporarily put the matter aside and looked at Umbridge.

The waste has been utilized; it's time for disposal.

Umbridge felt a chill run down her spine when Dudley looked at her. To make matters worse, a twisted spiral of portal keys appeared in the open space next to the crowd.

It was at this moment that the Malfoys completed their rescue operation and returned.

"Assistant Dursley and Headmaster Dumbledore, you have accomplished your mission. All the captured Ministry of Magic members have been rescued, and all the dark wizards remaining at the Ministry of Magic have been eliminated."

Lucius showed the large bag he was holding and reported.

"very good."

Dali nodded to them, then looked at Umbridge with a half-smile.

“What…what are you going to do? I’m just a messenger, you can’t…Headmaster Dumbledore, you need to control him, you can’t…Croak, croak…”

Umbridge frantically tried to save her life, but as she spoke, she felt Dudley, Dumbledore, and everyone else turn into giants.

And the words she uttered turned into the unpleasant croaking of a toad.

She then realized that the one who had changed was not others, but herself.

She turned into a pink toad!

"You, a traitor who defected to the enemy, have heard so much of our intelligence information, and you still think you can go back unharmed? Aren't you being a bit too naive?" Dali said casually.

This was both a well-intentioned attempt to clear up Umbridge's confusion and an explanation for the white wizards present.

But Dudley didn't explain that what he used on Umbridge was more than just the transfiguration into a pink toad.

He also placed a powerful curse on Umbridge, making it unable to communicate with other creatures in any way. All living beings would feel disgust upon seeing it, and would make things difficult for it and reject it.

If it does not see intelligent beings for a long time, it will feel numb and itchy all over, and suffer unbearable pain.

If Umbridge harbors resentment, she will experience a continuous, excruciating pain.

Finally, on top of Polymorph and curses, Dudley added a conceptual repair spell, ensuring that these negative effects would always accompany Umbridge, keeping it forever as a despised pink toad.

As long as Umbridge does not truly repent and remains in a state of repentance for a full seven years, she will never be freed, will never age, and will never die.

Even if the conditions for liberation are met, she will not regain her human form and start anew; instead, she will die on the spot and her soul will return to the world of the dead.

【Congratulations to the host! 】

[Successfully resolved the S-class regrettable incident - the unforgivable pink toad!]

[The host punished Umbridge with a powerful, all-encompassing method, turning her into a real pink toad.]

This unfortunate incident has been perfectly resolved!

[Special offer, fixed reward: 1 S-rank magic item fusion opportunity.]

[Bonus Reward: 1 S-Rank Magic Item Fusion Opportunity.]

[Currently possesses: 4 S-rank attempts, 1 A-rank attempt.]

Dudley silently accepted the now-negligible system reward and kicked the pink toad away.

The Malfoys then opened their pockets and released the captured Ministry of Magic members.

The time perspective is back on track.

At that moment, Grindelwald, having waited in vain for a response and no longer wanting to waste time, raised his wand and fired a huge and bright marking spell into the night sky.

A huge, silvery Deathly Hallows symbol gleamed in the northern night sky.

Upon seeing this, the saints and magical creatures surrounding Hogwarts immediately launched an attack.