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Chapter 227 Dumbledore takes action!

Sirius and his companions entered the cave and moved forward. The ambient temperature soon began to rise again.

He pulled out a crystal vial that looked like a test tube. The silver-colored potion flowed in it like mist, and it was cold in his hand.

He wiped his sweat and said, "I think it's time to drink this!"

Tons of tons of tons~
"Hiss~ The things Snape brewed are really not worth the wait."

Although Sirius Black often hurt his nemesis, the effect of the frost body protection potion was still very good. A layer of magic shield like a thin ice shell flashed around his body, and several wizards in the advance team felt cool all of a sudden.

They continued to advance and serve as the vanguard, while the follow-up troops also landed in the sinkhole one after another.

Professor McGonagall and other veterans of the Order of the Phoenix, as well as the Aurors and strikers of the Ministry of Magic led by Moody, also began to prepare.

Hermione leaned close to Ted's ear and whispered, "I think they're a little nervous?"

Ted shrugged slightly: "It can't be helped. After all, they have never experienced such a situation before..."

Ron: "I'm a little nervous too! Can I go to the bathroom?"

Jerry: “You’ve been there three times!”

The last large-scale battle between wizards was more than ten years ago.

The attrition rate of that batch of old Aurors was extremely high. Among the current Aurors, eight out of ten are newcomers. Although they have fought against evil humanoid creatures or dark wizards, they have never experienced such a large scene with dozens of wizards gathered.
If we count the demihumans, dwarves and gnomes who came to support, the entire team, from combatants to logistical personnel, number more than three hundred!

For wizards, this is already on the scale of a small war!

Especially when I heard that we were dealing with strange, unprecedented, alien fire elemental creatures, I felt even more unsure.

Ted ignored all that and instead took his friends to check the magic circle under their feet.

Although Dumbledore comforted him not to feel pressured and not to force himself, and that he could still protect the students from the wind and rain for a while, Ted always felt that his magic circle might not play a big role.

……

Sirius and the others killed two fire elemental creatures and breathed a sigh of relief. Not only was it because the environment was too hot and breathing felt hot, but also because this thing was too difficult to deal with!
According to Ted's appraisal, these fire elemental creatures all have a certain level of magic resistance, level 1 or 2, and a few even have level 3.

Spells like blazing fire are basically just massaging the opponent, while spells like clear water are much less effective in such special places.

As for the remaining spells such as breaking into pieces and smashing into pieces, it is difficult to kill these monsters at once, because they have no flesh and blood. They can only blow away some hot stones, tear up some flames, or even splash some dark red sticky magma.

It would take four or five people casting spells several times in succession to completely smash an elemental creature into pieces, turning it into a handful of ash or a pile of burning gravel.

The vanguard team was exhausted after only clearing out a foothold of more than 200 square meters on the edge of the land of fire.

The magic power consumption is high, and the duration of the frost body protection potion is greatly reduced. Once the cooling effect disappears, it will be so hot that you can't breathe in just ten seconds!
Not to mention fighting!

And these things are too difficult to deal with.

Fortunately, their intelligence doesn't seem to be high. As long as they are far away, they won't care about what's happening here. Otherwise, if they attract a large number of them, it would be difficult to even establish this foothold.

Soon, Sirius's slightly hurried voice came from the communication prop: "We have found a place to stay, come over. However, these things are very difficult to deal with..."

A team of a dozen dwarves wearing metal armor were the first to enter the cave. Their armor was engraved with some special runes, which could greatly resist the damage of fire and reduce the negative effects of high temperature.

Then there were several wizards led by Professor McGonagall, and some dwarf craftsmen wearing special magical equipment. They were going to build a solid base in the land of fire under the cover of the dwarves...

Seeing Dumbledore and a group of old members of the Order of the Phoenix starting to dig a hole, Ted said to his friends, "You guys keep an eye on the magic circle here, I'll follow you in and take a look."

Dumbledore walked forward in the cave with his back bent - he was very tall, and when he saw Ted at the end of the team, he said nothing.

Ted wants to go in and set up the magic circle to connect the inside and the outside.

The outer array is the operating array, and the inner array is the effect array, which is equivalent to the outer case and the inner display. No one else can do this, only he can do it...

When Ted came out of the cave and arrived at the land of fire, the battle was still going on ahead.

A dozen wizards, under the cover of the dwarves, fought against several large fire creatures.

Among them was a Lava Annihilator, a level 12 elite unit that could splash lava with a wave of its hand, forcing the wizards and dwarves to run around in panic, not daring to take the damage.

Sirius and Snape were standing in the front, using magic to restrain them. They seemed to be a little dissatisfied with each other...

Professor McGonagall glared at them both and used Transfiguration to change the terrain to restrain the monster.

Forget it, I don’t have time to care about them.

Ted didn't even have time to see how the runes on the dwarven magic armor worked, nor did he have time to observe how the dwarven magic devices formed a protective shield. He had to quickly devote himself to the construction of the magic circle.

A large amount of magic silver deformed like plasticine in his hands, and then turned into liquid metal like mercury, flowing diagonally. Finally, under the guidance of the magic wand, it flowed on the ground to form geometric patterns and magic runes...

Dumbledore stood still, squinting his eyes and observing the space. Everything he saw was red, as if they were not in an underground cave, but in a charcoal stove. In the endless land of fire, there were hundreds of fire elemental creatures of all sizes!

He also noticed the molten core giant guarding the lava pool in the central area, the space gate that connected to the other world and continuously gushed out fire magic!
It was more than ten meters high, and seemed to be made of lava and boulders. It had all the facial features and even had lava lines that looked like a beard...

Using spells such as water-making spells and freezing spells in such places would increase the difficulty and consume a lot of energy. Otherwise, the wizards wouldn't have fought so hard.

Even with the dwarves at the forefront and the gnomes' magic devices forming a networked magic protection, it was still very difficult.

The high temperature made everyone sweat profusely, except Dumbledore, who did not sweat at all. However, his long beard fluttered in the wind, and his eyes flashed with magical light - he was observing the door.

If the door doesn't close, everything will be in vain.

After fighting for twenty minutes, the first group of dwarves and wizards retreated, unable to hold out. The second group took over.

Not only was the intensity of the fight high, but it was also too hot. No one could last long while taking a sauna and fighting at the same time!

At this moment, Ted suddenly shouted with joy: "It's done!"

He was also sweating at this time. He had taken off his wizard robe and thrown it aside, and his shirt was wet and stuck to his body - he didn't have time to care about those things. He raced against time to set up the connecting magic circle and finally got it done!
Alchemy array, composition!

Magic circle, start!
With a low "hum", the magic silver pattern on the ground began to light up, and a complex pattern began to expand on the ground. Magic power flowed through it, extending along the magic circle towards the cave where they came from.

Then the fire magic power from the outside world was absorbed into the magic circle, and kept rotating inside the magic circle, and finally changed into ice with Ted as the core!

It was like the air conditioner was suddenly turned on, a cool breeze began to spread like a thin mist, and the surrounding five or six hundred square meters became cool all of a sudden!

Although the coverage area was only half of the captured area, it at least made the people fighting in the front feel much better and also gave them the possibility to retreat and rest.

In the long run, as long as the range of the magic circle can be expanded, the scope of its effect will also be increased, until it reaches the limit of the magic circle or Ted.

This can greatly alleviate the disadvantage of losing geographical advantages.

"Well done, Ted!" Sirius smiled so hard that his beard stood up.

Snape turned his head away from Ted with disgust and wiped the sweat from his face with his sleeve.

Professor McGonagall also smiled, and then cast another spell to raise a stone wall from the ground to block a monster.

Dumbledore was also alarmed. He glanced at Ted, nodded slightly, and continued to observe the "door"!
There were constant sounds of spells and shouts from the dwarves ahead. The further they expanded their range, the stronger and more numerous fire elemental creatures they encountered, and their advancement was not very smooth.

……

In the cemetery outside, Hermione and the others also discovered changes in the magic circle.

"Ted activated the magic circle!" she exclaimed in surprise.

Ron: "How's it going?"

Jerry: “Are you okay?”

"Everything is going well! But..."

"Just what?" Neville asked.

"These supplies alone..." Hermione estimated based on the current consumption rate, "Three hours, they can only last three hours!"

In fact, if Ted didn't have the talent [Unequal Exchange (Orange)] now, the consumption would increase at least ten times!
It is precisely because he has been manipulating the magic circle, using himself as the core to transform the fire magic into ice power. This effect cannot be achieved by the power of the magic circle alone.

That's a place of fire with lava just a few meters below your feet. It's like turning on the air conditioner in a furnace. What effect can that have?
Ted, on the other hand, chose to convert the heat energy directly into cooling effect, which is very unreasonable!

Another hour passed, and some wizards had fought two rounds and could not hold on any longer.

Someone contact the wizarding world, whether it's a wizard family or the Ministry of Magic, and ask them to send more people. At least fifty more people are needed!

To be honest, these wizards had never experienced this kind of battle. Although the danger was not great, the intensity was indeed not low. They had never experienced this kind of high-intensity battle with continuous spellcasting for more than ten or twenty minutes.

In a battle between wizards, if they could last five minutes, they were considered evenly matched. Usually, the winner would be decided in two or three minutes.

Many wizards felt the feeling of running out of magic power for the first time. And the number of wounded began to increase!
Another thirty minutes passed, and a new group of people came in. They had cleared out a safe area of ​​about 3,000 square meters and started to deal with a large number of high-level fire creatures. Then Dumbledore finally moved.

He raised his wand high, his hair and beard moved without wind, and he muttered vague spells quickly.

The wide sleeves of the wizard's robe slid down to the elbows, revealing his shriveled forearms that had long lost their muscles.

He is already a centenarian!
It took him about thirty seconds to finish the lengthy spell. His wand slid down and pointed at the alchemy circle under Ted's feet, and he chanted the last scale!

"…Change accordingly!"

(End of this chapter)