A Wizard's Path in Hogwarts
Chapter 520

Hellfire Rain

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While the method to remove the Corrosion Curse is simple, it has one drawback.

That is, this kind of magical counteraction that doesn't involve any technical skill is quite energy-consuming.

So here's the problem: the magic source within Mad Bear is a Inferior Philosopher's Stone. And recently, Bell has even been planning to replace it with a genuine Philosopher's Stone.

However, making an authentic Philosopher's Stone is too difficult.

Magical materials are relatively easy to obtain; given the current power of the Menethil Family, they can acquire quite a few.

However, the production of the genuine Philosopher's Stone is extremely time-consuming, taking nearly two years to complete.

The one Bell had previously tried to make had been stolen by his own father.

(Actually, because it was the first time it was made, the Philosopher's Stone had some flaws. Although it was still much better than the inferior version, Bell, who was obsessed with perfection, just didn't want to use the Philosopher's Stone.)

Ahem, let's get back to the main topic.

Among all Magical Creatures, wizards' total magical power is not particularly outstanding.

Therefore, when facing Mad Bear that can continuously output magic power, the magic-consuming magic-counteracting curse removal method is arguably the worst choice.

But because of its very nature, the Corrosion Curse can only be dispelled in this way.

In other words, unless you don't get hit, this move is almost impossible to counter.

This can be seen from the dozen or so wizards who have now turned into pus.

"What are you all standing there for? Let's go!"

Bell glared at the prisoners with displeasure.

These guys have absolutely no sense of self-discipline. He only looked away for a second, and they already started slacking off!

"Charge! Charge! Everyone, charge! Kill them all—!"

Upon hearing Bell's rebuke, the prisoners were immediately startled and rushed towards the Skull and Bones headquarters across the street in a noisy commotion.

If these people had any ideas or wishful thinking before, now they have unhesitatingly thrown away their own minds and resolutely obeyed the orders of the great Menethil Family.

Are you kidding me? Those Stone Giant covered in dark green flames were terrifying enough before, but who would have thought that something even more terrifying would appear now!?

That's the Skull and Bones's Defense Barrier!

It's impossible to imagine how many wizards, and how much precious magical materials and magic power they used, finally managed to create this powerful Defense Barrier!

If we let them attack, even if these 300 people go all out, we don't know how long it would take to dismantle it.

The terrifying giant bear thrown out by that little girl from the Menethil Family was defeated in less than 10 seconds with a single Curses?

Merlin's flowery shorts! They're not magical at all!

Could the Menethil Family be aliens? They don't seem like anything from Earth!

And most importantly, who knows if this giant bear is the Menethil Family's ultimate weapon?

In short, the prisoners, who did not want to end up like those unfortunate Skull and Bones and Bones wizards who were just now, being corroded into a puddle of pus, were now charging into the battlefield with all their might, howling and shouting.

Thanks to the prisoners' surge in morale, or more likely because the Skull and Bones wizards were terrified of the Mad Bear, the battle ended quickly and hastily.

But Bell was not happy at all about this result.

Before they could completely cover the battlefield with fog, their movements were discovered by Skull and Bones patrolmen.

To prevent the Skull and Bones Side-Along Apparition away, Bell had no choice but to order the barrier to be activated ahead of time and launch the attack.

This, in turn, led to the leakage of magical energy fluctuations.

Especially the attack that Mad Bear used to break through the Skull and Bones's Defense Barrier; the intense magical fluctuations caused by the fierce collision could probably be faintly sensed even 100 kilometers away.

Not to mention the American Mafia are already on edge and have heard about the Skull and Bones and Bones attack, even the Auror of the Magical Congress of the United States of America are probably already in the process of mobilizing.

"There's no time to deal with the prisoners!"

Go tell those Skull and Bones and Bones prisoners that they either join our ranks and fight alongside us against other gangs, or they die now!

Furthermore, if anyone dares to escape, we will chase them to the ends of the earth and kill them!

And it's not just him personally; his family and friends will also be implicated because of him!

In the crucial moment, Bell no longer cared about any Martial Morality!

Of course, his main purpose was to scare those people.

Just kidding, he's busy every day (busy playing with his younger sister, busy exploring the origins of life with his girlfriend), where would he find the time to hunt down those random passersby?

Needless to say, the members of the Special Operations Team are constantly on the go. They're genuinely busy!

Cough cough.

In short, if any prisoners really did run away halfway, then they really did run away...

This is what they call "the bold get rich, the timid starve."

"Bring me the map!"

With a wave of his hand, Bell accepted a map of the entire United States.

This map depicts in detail the locations of the headquarters of various gangs.

Skipping over the small, insignificant gangs, Bell quickly selected a dozen or so relatively powerful targets from the map.

Time was limited, and he had less than 300 Hellfire Stone left. He decided to reduce the number of targets to ensure a more effective attack.

Suddenly, a dazzling azure light shot out from Bell's eyes as he poured a large amount of magic into his mind, focusing all his energy on Arithmancy.

Finally, after about half a minute, Bell raised his left hand and slowly stroked it across the map.

The map's surface suddenly became blurry, and to the perception of others around, multiple folded spaces appeared above the map, each leading to a different direction.

Then, with a flick of Bell finger, all the remaining Hellfire Stone in his pocket flew out.

Depending on the strength of the target, the Hellfire Stone split into more than a dozen pieces in the air, and then quickly disappeared into the map.

The next moment, a keen-sense wizard noticed something and suddenly looked up at the night sky.

In the pitch-black night sky, one shooting star after another streaked across the horizon and disappeared in different directions.

Given the sheer scale and wide area of this Hellfire Rain, its successful execution already involved an element of luck. Bell simply didn't have the energy to deal with concealing the Hellfire's movements.

And there's no need to do that now.

Since they've already been exposed, there's no way to achieve perfect stealth except by eliminating all the witnesses.

So he didn't care about being stared at a little more.

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