Merlin, If You Truly Possess Any Power

At that moment, Gilderoy Lockhart, carrying Nancy's daughter on his back, had just dealt with a Death Eater.

They had only just climbed the slope when they spotted the Death Eater standing in a tree, looking around. Lockhart, who had already been through several life-and-death duels, set the little girl down and moved closer under cover of the trees, then, with quite a professional air, knocked him out of the tree and down to the ground with a healing spell.

The Death Eater's arm turned into a boneless tube of flesh. His wand fell to the ground with him, and from the look of him, the height had left him dazed for the moment. Lockhart gripped his wand cautiously and slowly approached with Patricia. While they were still some distance away, Lockhart said nothing and first extracted all the bones from the man's legs as well.

The Death Eater, finished off by that follow-up, came fully awake this time. He watched Gilderoy approach step by step with Patricia on his back and tried to shrink away, but with no bones in his arms or legs, he had no way to push himself back.

Anxious, shocked, and furious, the Death Eater roared at Lockhart, "Gilderoy, stop this pointless resistance! Our people are all ahead. Even if you manage to deal with me, you'll be caught up there all the same. Surrender quietly and come back with us to see the Master, and you'll suffer less before you die!"

"Obliviate!" Gilderoy lifted his chin and turned slightly sideways. The spell struck the man in the chest and shut him up. Then he turned, picked up the little girl again, and continued up the mountain. When the Death Eater opened his eyes once more, he was in a trance, his gaze blank and