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The Short-Snout, driven to even greater fury by its wounds, launched an even more savage assault. But no matter what it did, none of its attacks could harm Yinsen.

All kinds of spells flowed forth one after another with each wave of his wand, as if the spells that gave many upper-year students headaches and that some adult Wizards could not cast at will were merely cheap goods sold wholesale.

With a light clench of Yinsen's empty left hand, the Short-Snout discovered that the chains around its body were tightening more and more. Its range of movement gradually shrank. Soon, it could no longer freely raise its claws, and its wings and tail could not strike the enemy before it. In the end, it had to crouch down, relying only on the twisting of its neck and the flames spewing from its nostrils and mouth to attack Yinsen.

When even its neck had been forced flat against the ground, several vines suddenly burst from the earth and wrapped around the dragon's neck, pinning him firmly to the ground and leaving him unable to move.

"Roar~"

The enraged Short-Snout stared at Yinsen, so close at hand, then finally spat out another burst of blue flame. At such close range, even without striking him directly, the heat it radiated was more than a human could endure.

It was still useless. Yinsen raised his wand, and the magic surging from its tip cut off the blue flames and all the searing heat they carried, preventing them from coming anywhere near him.

"Patronus Charm!"

Holding up his wand with one hand and maintaining the Patronus Charm, Yinsen strolled over to where the Golden Egg lay and reached out to pick it up.

The instant the Golden Egg was in his hand, his wand gave