Chapter 1284 The "Devil King" In Jail

The next morning, the Hogwarts Great Hall suddenly became lively again and again.

The changes in Hogwarts Castle are still somewhat hidden for the time being, but the news from the Daily Prophet is not so subtle.

Perhaps eager to reverse the situation, Cornelius Fudge gave a high-profile account of Lockhart's arrests and the rationale for them.

Along with him were officials from the International Confederation of Wizards and a serious-looking Kingsley, who is now temporarily serving as Director of the Auror Office, but the new appointment has not been made because Cornelius Fudge is being impeached. stage, of course, the arrest of Lockhart was naturally directed by him personally.

"Developing werewolf potions, advocating that werewolves and wizards are on the same level, and trying to put all squibs, aliens and wizards on the same level..."

Cornelius Fudge looked indignant in front of reporters. His chest heaved violently, like a fighter in a duel.

"This is such an appalling, evil and crazy idea. The Ministry of Magic responded immediately after learning about this situation."

"Under the command of Acting Director Kingsley Shacklebolt, we successfully arrested Gilderoy Lockhart in a tavern next to the Salzburg Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies. Judging from the current situation, Mr. Lockhart He seems to have close contacts with many werewolves, and he even advocates that werewolves are harmless and can cure werewolves. As for how he fell from a dark warrior to what he is now, the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic, the International Federation of Wizards and other parties have also revealed We are continuing to conduct in-depth investigation and evidence collection.”

Perhaps the young wizards at Hogwarts cannot understand the subtleties of magical politics for the time being, but they can see the changes from the content of professors and newspapers.

Umbridge's arrogance has returned a little. Now, except during grammar class time, she takes her notebook and asks around whenever she has time.

"Professor Lockhart" has done a lot of good things at Hogwarts. She plans to dig out more dirty information and find an opportunity to return to the Ministry of Magic.

Professor McGonagall ignored her, and the older cat lady was now more worried about another problem: Elena hoped to recruit werewolves next year.

The news about the two "young" principals is only known to McGonagall, so the decision on the recruitment list will ultimately be made by the apparent vice principal, Professor McGonagall.

Professor Lupine began to communicate frequently with Professor McGonagall. People didn't know what the two were talking about, but there were rumors that the young wizards heard Professor McGonagall and Professor Lupin talking about the word "werewolf". Not surprisingly, the professors He is also paying attention to the Lockhart incident - at least in the eyes of the students, this reasoning is very reasonable.

And in addition, with the subsequent reports of the "Daily Prophet", everyone learned more details about the "arrest operation".

Gilderoy Lockhart did not surrender. He put up a fierce resistance in the tavern in Austria.

According to the Ministry of Magic, Lockhart's true magical strength belongs to "Demon King level", which is at the same level as Dumbledore.

Faced with such a wizard whose strength was at the level of "Dumbledore", the British Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards summoned nearly forty wizards.

After a fierce battle, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic finally succeeded in arresting Gilderoy Lockhart after paying the price of more than a dozen wizards being knocked down.

Since the battle took place late at night and the "arrest operation" was carried out secretly, people can only know the intensity of the battle through Kingsley Shacklebolt's answers to reporters and "battlefield photos" during the next day. "Come to imagine - people have rarely seen such terrible and intense scenes:

The pub belonging to the "Aibo-Leaky Cauldron Restaurant Group" was almost razed to the ground.

There are deep potholes all around, and the charred wooden fragments are still smoking, but in some places they look like they were struck by lightning.

Judging from subsequent feedback from local Ministry of Magic officials, most of the house fragments and wreckage were destroyed by magic, and the repair spell could not restore them.

As more details and comments from prominent figures in the magical community were revealed, people's focus gradually began to shift.

For the first time in the history of the Ministry of Magic, an "ordinary Auror" challenged a "Devil-level" wizard.

This means that what Cornelius Fudge and the magical government have been insisting on has been confirmed - Aurors can also arrest and restrict top wizards.

Of course, on the other hand, Lockhart's personal magical strength has also become the focus of discussion.

Without any preparation in advance, facing the siege of more than forty elite Aurors, he was able to knock down more than a dozen people in one go.

"Professor Lockhart is so amazing. I knew that his autobiographies were probably somewhat modest."

Seamus excitedly said that he was now a big fan of Lockhart and continued to spread the word.

"'Demon King level' wizard - I didn't expect that there is such a level. If Umbridge had met Professor Lockhart -"

"Then she probably won't be able to find even half of her scum now. That nosy woman..."

George Weasley said bitterly, while chopping the steak in front of him, looking very dissatisfied.

Although the farce of the "acting principal" has come to an end for the time being, some of the school rules promoted by Umbridge continue to be implemented.

Nowadays, the love affairs of male and female students at Hogwarts are beginning to be controlled. All "premarital sex" is expressly prohibited, and parents will also be required to supervise it.

Even though Mrs. Weasley didn't like Umbridge at all, she still stood by Umbridge when it came to George and "Miss Peach".

You know, George won't graduate for more than two years, and Molly doesn't want her son to become a father early while he's still in school.

Percy and Charlie, who were on the same side of the table, exchanged gloating glances and did not continue to laugh at George at this time.

Charlie picked up a glass of juice and took a sip carefully - in Gryffindor House, juice is limited in supply - and said seriously.

"I heard that Professor Apokalis originally suggested that Mr. Lockhart should take over as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but after careful consideration, Professor Lockhart chose to continue teaching literature in the grammar class instead of teaching magic. It seems that , he probably feels that his magic is too powerful, and may be too much for teaching lower-grade students. The same is true for Professor Dumbledore. The theories and strengths of the top wizards are too advanced, even for teaching seventh grade students. Too wasteful.”

"Well, what do you think... about the wizards we know and those at the 'demon king level'?"

Ron asked curiously, his attention mainly focused on other aspects, "What exactly does 'Demon King' mean?"

In fact, most young wizards are more interested in this - it is easier for them to understand the outstanding achievements than politics.

"Demon King Level" seems to have become a goal, and everyone is discussing its definition and which wizards have reached this level.

“It can dominate small wars, it has the potential to subvert small countries...it is almost impossible to bridge the gap with numbers.”

Ginny Weasley's voice floated faintly from the side, and she glanced at her curious brothers.

"It was introduced in the internal publication of the Witch Association that the so-called devil is a walking natural disaster."

"Lockhart's Demon King level... either he didn't really reach that definition, or he didn't fully display his strength——"

"Similar to Professor Dumbledore's level of wizards, the number of elite Aurors is meaningless in front of 'Demon King' wizards. Top wizards can even cast spells with all their strength to wipe out a city with one blow. Do you think that in such a powerful and unreasonable society? In the face of strength, what is the difference between fifty people and five hundred people?"

Ginny said excitedly with her eyes shining, the shining yearning in her eyes vaguely reminiscent of the four witches of Hogwarts.

"There are many known 'Demon King-level' wizards at present, and there are several in Hogwarts——"

She turned her head and looked in the direction of the faculty seats at the end of the auditorium, counting on her fingers.

"In addition to Professor Dumbledore, Professor Nico Flamel, Professor Newt Scamander, Professor Otto Apocalypse..."

"The three of them are definitely not much weaker than the principal. In addition, the Dark Lord Tom, who was killed in public, and Grindelwald, who was imprisoned in Nurmengard."

"Many of the famous wizards recorded in the history of magic are Demon King-level existences. When you want to compare whether a person is a Demon King-level, you only need to imagine whether this person can sit on the same table as the above wizards on an equal footing. Negotiate around the table, or draw your wand in a tit-for-tat confrontation to find out if he fits the bill.”

"Hmm? So, the deans of the four colleges and the Minister of Magic... are still far behind now?"

At this moment, Ron raised his eyebrows and glanced at his youngest sister suspiciously.

"Then I don't think Professor Lockhart can reach that level -"

"I'm not sure, but even if it doesn't reach it, it should be pretty close."

Li Jordan suddenly stepped in, glanced at the other people at the table mysteriously, took out a newspaper from his arms and shook it.

Different from the common publications, the layout, text, and even the color scheme look a bit unfamiliar.

"This is an Armenian daily. I have a distant cousin who happens to be there helping Gringotts explore the ruins."

"You guys still remember the werewolf encirclement and suppression operation not long ago, right?"

"The Umbridge one?" Ron asked uncertainly.

"Ha, of course it's not that thing," Lee Jordan snorted and quickly opened the daily newspaper in his hand, "I'm talking about that pan-European operation."

"You still remember, the Ministry of Magic of various countries was breached that day - because most of the Aurors gathered in the Armenian forest, planning to take advantage of the gathering of werewolves to surround and suppress those guys, but you definitely don't know why the werewolves gathered there. Right? They are out for revenge, or a fight to the death——"

"A fight to the death? Are those werewolves planning to gather together and elect a chief to lead the werewolves across Europe?"

Seamus also came over, looking at Lee Jordan with curiosity, and started making random guesses excitedly.

"No--"

Lee Jordan pointed his finger at the center of the cover.

"Professor Lockhart, do you remember the book "Wandering with Werewolves"?"

"Werewolves from all over Europe gathered together and planned to cause trouble for Lockhart, but they didn't expect-"

"The Ministry of Magic has a mantis stalking the cicada, followed by an oriole?" Ron said suddenly.

"It's almost... Judging from our reports, it looks like this..."

Lee Jordan shrugged. He did not continue to explain, because everyone had now seen the contents of the daily newspaper in his hand.

【1VS500? ! A young legendary wizard from England defeats the European werewolves all by himself! 】

"The Ministry of Magic...I mean, all the Ministry of Magic..."

"He's just a clown usurping credit."

Li glanced at the classmates around him, put the newspaper on the table with satisfaction, and said firmly.

"Professor Lockhart has solved the werewolf problem. I believe Professor Lockhart will never collude with werewolves."

"Just wait and see, Cornelius Fudge and the International Federation of Wizards will not be able to overthrow or discredit Professor Lockhart so easily."

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