Was Dumbledore Old?

Any wizard who knows Dumbledore will say this: You can always trust Dumbledore!

That's certainly true, even William agrees, but he'd rather say, "Could you please stop coming right on time every time? Are you making HP beat-matching videos?"

Many years later, William had a three-way discussion on this issue with Care of Magical Creatures Newt Scamander and famous wizard Harry Potter.

To paraphrase Newt Scamander, Dumbledore fan (and sycophant), "This is the Headmaster's test for us!"

Whether it was a test or not, William didn't know, but Dumbledore's entrance was as high-class as ever.

Fawkes circled twice and a half in mid-air. A gentle breeze stirred, and flames erupted from its body, forming a golden vortex. Dumbledore floated down from the vortex.

The emerald ring on Dumbledore's index finger flashed.

The pebbles on the ground transformed into a phoenix, which suddenly flew up and landed between William and Voldemort, spreading its wings to protect William.

That Avada Kedavra shattered the phoenix.

Dumbledore waved his left hand, throwing William and Firenze behind him, and with his right hand he held his wand upright, sending all the arrows flying into the air.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of arrows rained down on Voldemort.

Voldemort chuckled, waved his wand, and a magical barrier formed around him, preventing the dense rain of arrows from harming him in the slightest.

Dumbledore struck his wand three times in succession, and a giant golden bow appeared before him. An arrow shot out like a rainbow piercing the sun, its white light blinding, and hurtled towards Voldemort amidst the flying dust.

The magical barrier shattered instantly, and Voldemort's Apparition and left, but the golden arrow, curving its way, relentlessly shot towards him once more.

Voldemort hastily retreated, narrowly missing his target, but the golden arrow, carrying unparalleled power, pierced the spot where he had landed, creating a crater a full meter deep.

Voldemort snorted and began to fight back.

Two wands shot out bright light, and spells flew around, carrying terrifying power. They not only shattered the obscuring dust, but the light also blasted countless craters when it landed.

The two kept appearing in Apparition, and wherever they went, magic swirled and flew, immediately creating crisscrossing ravines, leaving William dumbfounded.

This is what Professor Flitwick meant when he said: Dumbledore old?

Dumbledore old... This is the biggest joke William has ever heard in his life!

Sweat beaded on Voldemort's forehead. His current strength was less than 40% of his peak, making him no match for Dumbledore.

I can't believe that even after ten years, he's still so strong!

Does this person never grow old?

With this thought in mind, Voldemort fired a green flame at Dumbledore, but it missed and landed on the lake, causing the lake to burst into flames.

Dumbledore waved his wand, and a surge of magical power suddenly erupted.

At this moment, he made no attempt to conceal his power!

At the wand's command, the entire lake rose up, cascading down like a tidal wave and crashing over Voldemort's head like a giant ocean wave.

The lake had turned into a crater, far deeper than the water dragon William had encountered before!

The torrential lake water, like a cocoon made of glassy water, enveloped Voldemort.

It felt like the entire lake was suppressing him, trapping him at the bottom!

Voldemort raised his wand and recited a complex incantation. Moments later, a loud explosion occurred beside him.

The giant wave was blasted into still, motionless curtains of rain, visible to the naked eye, like gates falling from the sky.

Having escaped the lake, Voldemort snorted and prepared to Apparition away.

Dumbledore, and thousands of raindrops shot towards Voldemort's back, but he still disappeared from the spot.

The raindrops lost their target and suddenly crashed onto the ground, creating a huge crack in the ground!

Dumbledore frowned, pondering the events of the evening.

That's so strange.

Everything is so strange!

Gringotts Voldemort a reason to intervene, but not tonight; this was simply using Quirrell's life to his advantage.

He shouldn't be so hasty. What other tricks does he have up his sleeve?

While Dumbledore pondering, William had already walked towards the Centaur.

The battlefield was already riddled with ravines and in ruins; in the fierce battle, the Centaur suffered heavy casualties.

William pulled the arrow from one of the Centaur, took out a healing potion from his pocket, and poured it on the Centaur.

William simply dripped three drops onto the wound, and green smoke immediately rose up. After the smoke dissipated, the bleeding stopped, and the wound looked as if it had healed for several days, with new skin growing on tender flesh.

The Centaur looked at him with gratitude. "My name is Ronan, thank you so much..."

Before he could finish speaking, Bane limped over.

"Young wizard, I appreciate what you've done, but you must leave the Forbidden Forest immediately!"

"Bane, what are you doing?" Firenze shouted, "William just saved us, otherwise we would have lost many more comrades!"

His words drew the attention of Centaur.

"Firenze!" Bane roared, "Wasn't the one who just killed our companion a wizard?"

"Not all wizards are the same!" Firenze was furious.

"No, all wizards are the same. Firenze, we swore an oath never to defy the will of Heaven. Didn't you see the signs indicated by the planetary movements?"

Ronan lay on the ground, pawing anxiously at the dirt with his hooves. "Bane, I don't think it's necessary to be so prejudiced against wizards."

"Ronan, we Centaur are concerned with the Prophecy of the stars! We should not participate in wars between humans, nor should we have any dealings with any humans!"

Enraged, Firenze suddenly stood on his hind legs and roared at Bane, "Didn't you see the slain Unicorn? Didn't you see our people who died tragically tonight?"

We can't escape; we must resist that creature lurking in our forest!

Bane, yes, if necessary, I will stand with William and Dumbledore, and fight alongside them!

Firenze's words resonated with some Centaur, but the Centaur listened to Bane.

William continued to squat down and administer the blood-replenishing potion to Ronan, seemingly unconcerned about the divisions within the Centaur tribe.

He whispered:

"Ronan, just use one drop each time you go back."

I still have a large quantity of Potions. I know you are skilled in magical healing, but Potions are even more effective.

William chuckled, "If you have any extra herbs, you can trade with me."

Ronan glanced at Bane, then nodded almost imperceptibly.

William did this with a purpose; the Forbidden Forest is indeed too dangerous, as can be seen from tonight.

Therefore, Cedric and the twins must not be allowed to venture deep into the Forbidden Forest in the future.

But they needed a lot of herbs, so William decided to trade with the Centaur.

As for Bane, the Centaur leader, William really didn't care.

Having done all this, he stood up, glanced at Bane, and said without fear, "Bane, you Centaur only live in the Forbidden Forest, but that doesn't mean the Forbidden Forest belongs to you!"

If you want to cause me trouble, go ahead!

Bane glanced at Dumbledore behind William, his face flushed, but he said nothing.

William and Dumbledore turned and left.

(Thanks to the three esteemed contributors "Daoyou Qing Liubu You", "Fengling Shiwu", and "Benbang Caifan" for their generous donations (//?//))