The End of the Riot
While the students of the Hogwarts Academy were fighting against the monster army, in a corner unnoticed by anyone, a girl wearing a snake mask sat barefoot, swinging her legs leisurely as she ate a lollipop.
"Looks like I won't need to lift a finger this time," Luna licked her lollipop again, her face expressionless, only her large eyes blinking. "I knew it! A few headmasters, professors, and Slytherin Academy students could handle it. That big bad Su Yu even made me keep an eye on things. I should have gone back to find the Nargles; they stole my shoes again. But thank you anyway, Su Yu always looks so cute when he puts my shoes on..."
As Luna spoke, she waved her hand, and a flash of red light turned the monsters that had sneaked up to her into teddy bears. She muttered to herself, "The Ancient Magic Su Yu taught me is surprisingly useful."
Blue flames enveloped the red fire Phoenix, relentlessly attacking Mazken. The combined power of the two top Demigod was overwhelming for Mazken.
Watching the demon army retreat in defeat, and cursing Mochizuki Seigen as a piece of trash, Mazken unleashed her full demonic energy, preparing to fight Dumbledore and Grindelwald to the death. She knew that even if she retreated and fled now, her master would still come back and kill her. Since that was the case, she might as well see if she could take one of them down with her. With her Demigod strength, she might not be weaker than those two old geezers!
"Be careful, Albus, don't let that monster turn on you before it dies." Grindelwald waved his wand, the tip of which spat out one attack spell after another, joking with Dumbledore.
"Gellert, watch yourself. These old bones of mine can't take this!" Dumbledore didn't seem to like Grindelwald's joke. Grindelwald shrugged and nonchalantly launched another indiscriminate attack on Mazken.
"Hermione, are you alright?" Ginny, having followed her parents to the front of the resistance, secretly returned to the Gryffindor group and looked at the Slytherin Academy students at the front, asking Hermione was also fighting alongside them.
"What could possibly be wrong with me?" Hermione turned around and was quite pleased to see Ginny there as well. Inspired by Hermione, many of the Gryffindor students, after their initial fear and subsequent internal struggle, had picked up their wands and joined the fight against the monsters.
"Our Gryffindor Academy is just as good!"
"Of course, our pride won't allow us to hide behind the Slytherin Academy!"
"But you're just dragging us down..." a Slytherin student uttered a genuine sentiment.
"Keep going, everyone! That monster army is about to give up! Victory is just around the corner!"
"For Gryffindor!"
"You lions are so noisy, so annoying! Don't block my way from casting the Killing Curse!"
Under the combined attack of Dumbledore and Grindelwald, Mazken finally succumbed and collapsed. Grindelwald's Fiendfyre seemed determined not to let her go, burning her to ashes before stopping. He then sat down, panting, with Dumbledore in a relatively intact chair.
"I never expected this," Grindelwald gasped, taking a bottle of water from his Storage Ring. He took a sip and handed it to Dumbledore. "At your age, it's incredible that we can still fight side by side, Albus."
Headmaster Dumbledore was also panting heavily. After glancing at Grindelwald, he took the water bottle offered to him and drank from it, but didn't say anything more.
With Mazken's death, the gates to Hell began to slowly close, and the monsters that had not yet fully emerged were instantly sliced in two by the portal.
"Look! The portal is slowly closing!" a parent shouted.
"It was Headmaster Dumbledore! He defeated that terrible monster!"
More and more students began to cheer, their joy stemming from the relief of surviving a disaster, and some even cried.
Minister Fudge let out a long sigh of relief, collapsing to the ground. Now that the adrenaline had subsided, his limbs were trembling with fear. "I never want to come to the Hogwarts Academy again! I swear..."
But his voice was drowned out by the cheers of the others, everyone was immersed in the joy of victory, while Professor Moody slowly appeared behind Headmaster Dumbledore.
"Albus, the situation is dire." Professor Moody approached Headmaster Dumbledore with a frantic expression, reporting on the battle. Many parents from other houses and Auror from the Ministry of Magic had sacrificed their lives, including even the Headmaster of Koldovstoretz (Russia), that lovable little dwarf who had given his life to hold off the demon knights' charge for the sake of the younger students at the Hogwarts Academy.
"He was a great headmaster. What about the other headmasters who were injured?" Dumbledore sighed, the list of the dead in his hand trembling slightly.
With a "thud," it was the sound of a sharp blade slicing through clothing and piercing flesh.
"What have you done!" Grindelwald waved his hand, and Professor Moody flew into the air. Then, as if his hands were handcuffed, he knelt down.
"Albus, how are you?" Grindelwald didn't dare to waste a second and quickly hugged Dumbledore, who was about to fall to the ground. Looking at the knife that was still bleeding from his chest, he showed a hint of panic.
The professors who were cleaning up the mess were also stunned. Had the world gone mad? Professor Moody assassinated Dumbledore?
While Madame Pomfrey was still urgently treating the wizards carried off the battlefield, she turned around and saw Grindelwald running towards her carrying Headmaster Dumbledore.
"Merlin's beard! What happened?" Madame Pomfrey screamed, rushing to Grindelwald's side, examining Dumbledore's wounds and asking what had happened.
"This knife is cursed! My God," Madame Pomfrey felt a resistance preventing the wound from healing as it continued to bleed. "Quick, put him on the bed."
As she spoke, Madame Pomfrey drew the screens around them again, leaving Grindelwald helplessly isolated on the ground.
"I need blood-replenishing potions! Quickly! Also, immediately reconnect the Floo Network to St Mungo's Hospital; Headmaster Dumbledore's injuries cannot be treated at the Hogwarts Academy!"
Hermione hadn't expected that just moments before, while everyone was still basking in the joy of victory, news would arrive that Headmaster Dumbledore was seriously injured and receiving treatment.