Black American Comics: Start with a Snap

Chapter 170 Dumbledore Returns!

The duel started quickly and ended even faster.

The young wizards thought they were going to see a spectacular duel, but they never expected that it would only take one move.
No, that's not right. It should be half a move. Professor Su didn't even make any movement to cast the spell before Professor Lockhart was knocked down directly.

At that time, everyone thought that Professor Lockhart had won, but who could have imagined that the situation would take a sudden turn for the worse, and Professor Lockhart was actually suppressed by a beautiful magic wand.

At this moment, Lockhart felt like a mountain was pressing down on his chest. Although Mjolnir's weight was not enough to crush him to death, the force made it impossible for him to get up.

Lockhart kicked his legs wildly and held the wand pressed against his chest tightly with both hands. He used all his strength to try to move it, but the wand was as motionless as a mountain and did not move at all.

Looking at Lockhart's appearance at this moment, Su Ze wanted to continue admiring him for a while, but he also knew that he couldn't go too far. After all, Lockhart was a professor, and so many students were watching him.

Thinking of this, Su Ze raised his hand slightly, and then Mjolnir suddenly rose into the air. The huge force even pulled Lockhart, who was lying on the ground, to stand up.

The next second, the magic wand fell steadily into Su Ze's hand, extremely light.

Lockhart stood still, completely dazed.

He looked back at the place where he had just been lying, as if wondering how he fell down and how he stood up again.

However, Lockhart reacted quickly. He immediately smiled, as if he was not the one who had made a fool of himself. He turned around and spoke with a smile.

"Beautiful silent spells and wandless spellcasting. It's really nice to let these children see a real wizard fight. But I think it's a bit too early for them to learn such advanced skills, isn't it?"

In just a few words, Lockhart explained his miserable situation just now, as if he wanted to let the students experience the power of silent spells and wandless casting, and thus cooperated with Su Ze.

Su Ze did not expose him, but nodded slightly. "That makes sense, so I think it is better to let the students master the spells they know first."

"Ha, that's right."

Lockhart said, turning to look at the students.

"Next, we will select two volunteers from among the students. Potter, Weasley, you two should not mind coming up and demonstrating for us."

Hearing this and hearing Professor Lockhart call out their names, Harry and Ron looked at each other and responded in unison.

"Of course, Professor."

Since there were no accidents when he entered the school before, Ron's wand was not broken, which allowed him to practice a lot of second-grade spells during this period.

But even so, mastering spells and going on stage to fight wizards are two different concepts. Ron came to the edge of the stage with a conflicted expression, and his hand holding the wand was wet with sweat.

Suze seemed to notice that Ron was a little nervous, so he patted his shoulder gently. "Relax, Ron, this is just a practice. I believe you don't want to hurt Harry, and he won't hurt you either."

Hearing this, Ron nodded silently, then raised his head and looked across the dueling stage. Over there, Lockhart was holding Harry's shoulders and saying something with a smile, while Harry looked reluctant.

"Just use the levitation spell. I heard that you used this trick to knock down a giant monster last year. It was a very heroic performance. I believe you can still do it. What do you think?" Su Ze continued to encourage.

Slowly, Ron was not as nervous as he was at the beginning. He secretly encouraged himself and then turned to look at Su Ze gratefully. "Thank you, Professor Su, I already know what to do."

"come on."

Su Ze nodded heavily and pushed Ron with a smile.

At this moment, Su Ze suddenly saw a tabby cat at the door in the distance. The cat was staring at him straight, which made Su Ze slowly put away his smile.

There weren't many students who had cats in the castle, and even fewer had cats besides Filch and his Mrs. Norris, especially this cat with black stripes like glasses.

Suze only knew of one cat with this special pattern in Hogwarts, and she was not a cat at all, but a registered orthodox Animagus.

Secretly leaving the duel classroom, Su Ze quickly followed the tabby cat to the corridor.

"Professor McGonagall, what happened?"

As soon as Su Ze finished speaking, the cute tabby cat instantly stood up taller and turned into Professor McGonagall in the blink of an eye.

Professor McGonagall was still wearing her iconic dark green wizard robe and an exquisite vintage wizard hat on her head.

She didn't keep the secret, but stared at Su Ze and spoke quickly.

"Dumbledore is back."

"Deng" Su Ze's expression changed instantly.

"He wants to see you."

Professor McGonagall continued, then added another sentence.

"Right now."

During the time that Dumbledore was away from Hogwarts, Su Ze had so many things he wanted to discuss with him. Now that he was finally back, Su Ze immediately ran towards the principal's office.

It must be said that Dumbledore was away for a really long time this time.

You know, even Suze has been attending Hogwarts for more than a month, and even the dark corridor where he fought the basilisk has been repaired, which shows how long Dumbledore has been gone. Few people know where Dumbledore went, and it is estimated that he only mentioned it to Snape and McGonagall when he left.

After unlocking the password and climbing the stairs, Su Ze arrived at the principal's office with ease.

At this moment in the headmaster's office, what caught the eye was that Dumbledore was standing with his back to Suze, just like when he first met him. His broad shoulders blocked the table, making it unclear what he was doing.

"Oh my god, the vacation is so long. Do you know how much happened in Hogwarts while you were away?"

Su Ze stared at Dumbledore's back and said in a deep voice.

"I heard about the hero who killed the basilisk in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets." Dumbledore sighed softly and smiled with a hoarse voice. "With you here, the students are much safer."

"'Much safer'?"

Su Ze raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but speak.

"Do you know how dangerous Hogwarts is now? I know you don't trust me or Rocket, but I have found clues now. Although I can't be sure yet, I have evidence to prove it."

"I believe."

Before Su Ze could finish his words, Dumbledore interrupted him.

"Excuse me?" Su Ze tilted his head, not understanding why Dumbledore suddenly changed so much.

But the next moment, Su Ze's expression froze on his face.

Dumbledore turned his head slowly, and his face, which originally had three-dimensional and deep features, now looked distorted and hideous.

His eye sockets were deeply sunken, with dark circles around them. His blue pupils were somewhat faded, and his originally aged skin had lost its original luster and became waxy and rough.

Although Headmaster Dumbledore was still strong, his face was thin and his whole body was trembling slightly, as if he might fall down at any time if he stood there.

This scene made Su Ze stand there in a daze.

At the same time, Su Ze keenly noticed Dumbledore's fingers. The veins on the back of his hand were bulging, not because he used too much force, but because he was too weak.

As for Dumbledore's fingertips, all five fingers turned extremely black, looking as if they had just been wiped in ink, but Su Ze knew that it was not ink.

His eyes stayed on the blackened fingers for two seconds, then Su Ze immediately raised his head and shifted his gaze to Dumbledore's face.

"Don't tell me you went looking for a Horcrux."

Hearing this, Dumbledore stared at Su Ze in a daze, then forced a smile. "Do you think I was struck by the dark magic of the Horcrux?"

Su Ze did not answer, but fell into silence.

He was too familiar with this scene. In the movie, in order to destroy Voldemort's Horcrux, Dumbledore personally put on Marvolo Gaunt's ring, and thus suffered a fatal dark magic curse.

It was because of this curse that Dumbledore's fingers turned black, looking as if they had been poisoned by some kind of poison, almost exactly the same as they are now.

Dumbledore seemed to see what Su Ze was thinking. He shook his head slightly and stretched out his charred palm in front of Su Ze.

"This is indeed dark magic, but it has nothing to do with Horcruxes."

"What's going on? What happened?" Su Ze frowned and stared at Dumbledore, hoping that he could give him a reasonable explanation.

"Ever since you told me about the invasion of a force that does not belong to this world, I have been looking for clues in this regard. In fact, I have concealed something from you, Su, please forgive me."

Dumbledore sat down on the chair tremblingly and sighed.

"Something did happen in Hogwarts, but I don't know what it was. I discovered it by accident, but I don't know where that power came from, so I didn't make it public."

"So you also noticed the fire?" Su Ze narrowed his eyes.

Dumbledore nodded slightly. "That shouldn't have happened. I have been looking for the truth about the fire until you and the Rocket showed up. I decided to get to the bottom of it."

"you"

Suze glanced at Dumbledore's fingers.

"what have you done?"

"I went to visit an old friend who is quite knowledgeable in this area." Dumbledore did not hide anything but answered truthfully.

"He has a talent that allows him to see some real illusions. I tried to seek his help and successfully convinced him, but it is not easy to see the illusion clearly. That kind of talent is difficult to control."

"It took the combined efforts of the two of us to barely open the door to the truth, but I just reached out and pushed aside the curtain."

As he spoke, Dumbledore raised his hand.

"The next moment, my hands were burned to charcoal."

(End of this chapter)