The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 753 War Victory
"Ryan, are you okay?" Just as Ryan lowered his head to look at Voldemort's head, a familiar grappling hook hooked the top of the wall. Then Hermione flipped over from outside the wall and asked with concern.

"It's okay, I won." Ryan turned his head and said to Hermione who jumped in from the battlements of the Astronomy Tower, and then pointed at Voldemort's headless body. "Voldemort is there now."

"This - Voldemort is finally dead, and the war can finally end." Hermione was stunned when she saw Voldemort's headless body, but she quickly adjusted herself and a smile slowly appeared on her face.

"Just a little short." Ryan said as he bent down. He originally wanted to hold up Voldemort's head to show everyone like they did on TV, but he found that Voldemort had neither hair nor nose, and there was no protruding part on his head, making it impossible to lift this round thing.

"Let me do it!" Hermione walked up and took out her wand, then used the tip of her wand to touch Voldemort's dark red blood on the ground. As she chanted the spell, the pool of blood seemed to come alive and stretched out a large number of red and black tentacles. Soon, these tentacles found the two broken ends of Voldemort's body and connected the head and body together.

"I never thought you would choose the most un-wizard way to kill Voldemort." Hermione teased as she watched Voldemort's head and body being sewn together. "If he were still alive, he would definitely put you at the top of his kill list."

"Actually, I wanted to shoot him to death." Ryan shrugged. "But no matter what, he is a dark lord who has wreaked havoc on the entire British and even European wizarding world for decades. So I think his death should have some sense of ceremony."

"You're right, just like when you drink top-quality black tea, you must choose the best tea set." Hermione nodded, then glanced at the ground and said, "The body is assembled."

Ryan lowered his head and saw that Voldemort's head, which had been separated from his body just now, had been reattached. Only the red and black mark on his neck explained what had happened just now.

"This magic is quite useful." Ryan praised Hermione, then lifted the forbidden magic field on the floating fortress and spread his wings to fly up. Below him was Voldemort's body, which was hung by one leg hooked by magic.

Seeing this scene, the Death Eaters who were still trying to rush towards the castle collapsed at once. In fact, at least half of them had died in the battle, but the pressure from Voldemort made them dare to move forward desperately. After Voldemort's body appeared, they tried to escape, but were quickly surrounded and disarmed by the rebellious obsidian puppets and steam robots.

It has to be said that Voldemort was indeed a person who never trusted others, so all these obsidian were controlled by Voldemort through a brass lantern burning with the fire of the soul. This also gave Ryan a convenience. After he found this thumb-thick lantern from Voldemort's body, he easily figured out its use, and then controlled these obsidian puppets to fight back against the Death Eaters.

Just like that, all the Death Eaters who besieged Hogwarts collapsed, especially after they discovered that the Death Eater symbol on their arms had completely disappeared, they knew that Voldemort would never come back.

The Death Eaters who besieged Hogsmeade launched a desperate assault under the leadership of Bellatrix, but were soon suppressed by Ryan's alchemical puppets and obsidian puppets. After the suppression, at least 60% of the Death Eaters died in this desperate assault. The only damage they caused was that Bella was caught by an obsidian puppet and then blew up the silver legs given to her by Voldemort and died together with the obsidian puppet.

"Have we -- won?" Professor McGonagall said in disbelief as she watched the disarmed Death Eaters being tied up and gathered into a pile under the supervision of robots and puppets.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall, and everyone else." Ryan heard this, then amplified his voice and shouted, "We really won, Voldemort will never come back."

For a moment, a terrifying silence swept across the entire Hogwarts Castle, and people were stunned because they couldn't believe it. Then, the castle of Hogwarts erupted in a tidal noise, shouting, cheering, and roaring, shaking the earth. The midday sun illuminated everything and dispelled the darkness in the corners of the castle.

Soon everyone rushed out of the castle, shouting incoherently, releasing their inner joy and excitement. Because everyone knew that Voldemort was dead, the nightmare that had lasted for decades was finally over. At this time, a group of people suddenly appeared in an open space by the lake, led by Dumbledore with a silver-white beard. As soon as they stood firm, they rushed to the Hogwarts castle.

However, after climbing up the shallow slope by the lake, they slowed down their pace, and then looked in shock at the Death Eater captives sitting in a pile in the open space in front of the school gate, surrounded and guarded by various puppets, the cheering people, Ryan flying into the sky with pink wings, and Voldemort's body hanging below him.

Soon, the wizards who had completed the task of capturing the Ministry of Magic in London also joined in the celebration. The house elves ran out from the underground kitchen where they had been hiding. According to the instructions of Headmaster Dumbledore, everyone would hold a celebration party on the lawn in front of the door today.

After seeing the house elves move out of the stove, everyone crowded together in a mess, teachers and students, ghosts and guardians, after a fierce battle in the morning, everyone was indeed hungry at this time. Ryan saw Professor Raghorn, who had gotten rid of his worries, laughing heartily, and Professor McGonagall beside him also raised the glass filled with mead with Trelawney in a rare toast.

Ryan landed and joined Hermione, and together they dumped Voldemort's body into a small room next to the hall. Fortunately, due to the effect of the anti-death curse suit, no guards died today, only a few seriously injured soldiers who might need to rest for a few days to half a month.

Just as he placed Voldemort's body and was walking out, he saw Dumbledore walking upstairs with Harry, holding a flask full of memories in his hand.

"This is--" Ryan looked at the bottle in Professor Dumbledore's hand and suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Snape - he died." Professor Dumbledore said in a low voice. Ryan widened his eyes after hearing the news. He didn't expect that after he changed so many things, Snape still fell on the eve of victory just like in the original book.

"Sorry--" Ryan didn't know what to say at this time, but Dumbledore waved his hand.

"You are the one who least needs to apologize. There is nothing wrong with everything you did today in Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. You killed the evil Voldemort and protected so many people from surviving the war. This is already a very good thing." Dumbledore paused for a moment, then continued, "And Snape's sacrifice - may have been his own choice."

After saying that, he shook the crystal bottle in his hand and said, "When I found him, his body had been destroyed by Voldemort. But he left these memories. I think we can see some key things from them. Are you willing to come with us?"

"Of course, Professor Dumbledore." Ryan said as he and Hermione followed the headmaster up the stairs and then entered the headmaster's office. The stone pensieve was still in the cabinet as usual. Dumbledore moved the large stone basin with runic symbols engraved on the rim to the table and poured Snape's memory into it.

"Isn't it inappropriate for us to look at the professor's privacy?" Hermione asked as she looked at the object spinning in the basin.

"Don't worry. Professor Snape wanted us to see these things when he left them behind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let these memories flow out." Dumbledore explained, and then said, "Okay, let's go and take a look."

(End of this chapter)