Hogwarts: I'm the only cultivator here!

Chapter 202 16 is even stronger than 16

The individual competition is in full swing, and the restaurant is becoming increasingly lively as more and more people are eliminated.

As night was about to fall, a team finally cleared the Hell difficulty challenge, and the team that cleared Hell difficulty was none other than the Gryffindor school led by Hermione.

As for why Ye Feng wasn't leading the group, it's naturally because he was busy farming normal-level gift boxes and collecting equipment. After all, the real highlight of this Qixi Festival event was tonight, and tonight…

To put it bluntly, at night, if you don't have one or two heavy weapons, you don't even have the right to fire. Even if you have a sniper rifle like the Barrett, it won't be of much use, because the ammunition for each weapon is limited; each person is only issued a maximum of sixty rounds.

As the sun completely set behind the mountains, Ye Feng finished his final challenge. However, when he stepped out of the portal, he clearly sensed that something was off about the atmosphere around him, because no one was paying attention to him; everyone was looking in the direction of Gryffindor.

With a hint of curiosity, Ye Feng also looked in the direction of Gryffindor. When his gaze fell on where Gryffindor was and he saw clearly what was going on, even Ye Feng's eyes couldn't help but widen slightly.

"Hiss~ Ron actually succeeded, and judging from the gift box he's holding, the contents must be quite good." Ye Feng murmured to himself as he glanced at the small gift box in his hand.

Although the size of the gift box does not necessarily indicate the quality of the items inside, because Ye Feng used magic similar to the Infinite Extension Spell on these gift boxes, even if the gift box looks small, the contents inside may be very large.

However, the chances of getting good items from a large gift box are definitely higher than from a small gift box. This is because Ye Feng found it troublesome to make small gift boxes with modified infinite extension spells, so he didn't make many of them. After all, drawing magic patterns on small gift boxes requires more effort.

Because they were so pleased with themselves, Ron and the others didn't even notice that Ye Feng had returned. Seeing this, Ye Feng didn't disturb Ron from enjoying the spotlight.

It was at this time that many people realized that Ron was also a very powerful wizard, capable of doing things that many others could not do without relying on Ye Feng and Harry.

Finally, after a few more minutes, Ron, having enjoyed the rare feeling of being the center of attention, placed the gift box on the table and said loudly, "Do you want to see what's inside this gift box?"

"miss you!"

Although there was some element of jesting involved, many people were genuinely curious to see what was inside, as the items in the difficult gift boxes were quite good. Teams had previously cooperated to open them, but since there was only one gift box, it was difficult to distribute them.

The reason Ye Feng didn't participate wasn't because the difficulty was too high or the cost-effectiveness was too low, but because the items in these gift boxes were prepared for various academies, and there were very few items for individual use, so they weren't very useful to him.

Therefore, when Ron said that, almost everyone smiled and replied "I think so," even the twins who had been eliminated and brought back at some point, both of them looked at their younger brother with a hint of pride and gave the same answer.

Upon hearing this answer, Ron took a deep breath and then suddenly pulled open the ribbon on the gift box. As the ribbon was pulled open, the lid of the gift box was opened, and a faint light shone from inside.

When the light faded, Ron stared wide-eyed at what was inside, for it was a miniature 155mm towed howitzer.

The power of a 155mm howitzer is quite terrifying. The dense fragmentation kill radius is as high as 60 meters, which means that a single shot can cover a football field with dense fragmentation.

In other words, with just one shot, within a 50-meter radius of the blast center, if you don't have any defensive fortifications, unless you're incredibly lucky, you're guaranteed to be wiped out.

Some might say, "When I watch TV dramas or military programs, the flash of a howitzer exploding only lasts a few meters. How could the kill radius be so wide?"

Many people actually misunderstand one thing: the lethality of an artillery shell mainly comes from the fragments produced by the explosion, not the shock wave. A single artillery shell can create a terrifying number of thousands of fragments after exploding, and the effective kill radius of these fragments can even reach three or four hundred meters.

However, the shrapnel from artillery shells is invisible to the naked eye, which creates the illusion that these shells are not very powerful.

Of course, Ye Feng had a reason for releasing such a powerful howitzer; it wasn't meant for human-to-human combat.

However, Ron's grenade launcher wasn't the most powerful. The most powerful equipment was the gift box that Hermione and her Gryffindor team obtained after clearing the game. Hermione opened a Katyusha gun and... two rounds of ammunition.

So while Ron's use of the grenade launcher was surprising, it wasn't particularly awe-inspiring. As a result, when Ron showed off the grenade launcher, the people nearby quickly dispersed.

Not long after Ron came out, the other schools also completed the Hell-level strategy one after another. At this moment, a flash of light appeared in the restaurant, and Ginny, looking annoyed, appeared in the restaurant.

When Ginny appeared in the restaurant after a flash of light, even Ron and the others stared in shock, because they hadn't expected that the 'Individual Gun King Ranking' was still going on at this time.

After Ginny, Luna soon appeared in the restaurant. To everyone's surprise, Professor McGonagall was eliminated right after Luna, followed by Hagrid, which made Ye Feng's eyes widen.

"It's not that I don't understand, but how has Hagrid, with his huge physique, managed to hold out this long? Isn't it generally true that the bigger the size, the easier it is to hit?"

Under Ye Feng's puzzled gaze, light flashed again in the restaurant, and Zhang Qiu, his face filled with annoyance and regret, appeared in the restaurant.

After being eliminated, Zhang Qiu looked around and when she saw Ginny and Luna, she immediately took a step forward and walked up to them, saying with self-reproach, "I'm sorry I let you down. I still couldn't beat Professor Grindelwald in the end."

As soon as Zhang Qiu finished speaking, Greenwald, with his short white hair, appeared in the restaurant with a flash of white light.

“Miss Qiu Zhang, although you ultimately lost to me, don’t be discouraged. You are already better than 99% of the people, at least better than some of those who were so confident of winning the championship before the competition started.” As he spoke, Greenwald glanced at Dumbledore and Ye Feng.

Ye Feng: ￣へ￣

Dumbledore: (｀へ?)

These pointed remarks successfully insulted two people, but neither Ye Feng nor Dumbledore could refute them, after all, they couldn't hide it.

Chapter 203 The Monster Siege Officially Begins

After Grindelwald came out, the 'Gun King Ranking Individual Battle' officially ended. No one expected that the final battle would be between Ginny and Luna led by Cho Chang and Hagrid and Professor McGonagall led by Grindelwald.

In the end, when the post-war statistics were tallied, Grindelwald, who had been hiding his true strength as the sixth-place finisher, undoubtedly won the championship, while Professor McGonagall, who had been keeping a low profile, surprisingly came in second place.

But that wasn't the most surprising thing. The most surprising thing was that Hufflepuff, who had only one drop of blood left and decisively self-destructed, actually got fourth place.

Ye Feng, who was killed by him, didn't even make the top five, only getting eighth place, while Zhang Qiu got third place.

As for Ginny and Luna, although they both survived to the end, they didn't have many kills, so they only got twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth. On the other hand, Harry, Ron, and Hermione got fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth respectively.

As for Dumbledore, he fared even worse; he didn't even make the top fifty.

After announcing the final results of the individual battles, Ye Feng did not announce the end of the Qixi Festival event. Dumbledore felt a strange unease looking at the smile on Ye Feng's lips.

Dumbledore's intuition was correct, because Ye Feng was about to announce the biggest and final event of the Qixi Festival.

"Very well, the individual battles are over. I now declare the Hogwarts team battles officially open!"

"Oh, by the way, it's a battle between the entire Hogwarts community and 'monsters,' and I call this battle—Monster Siege!"

Dumbledore: [?_??]

After Ye Feng finished speaking, Dumbledore's mind was instantly filled with question marks. But when Ye Feng snapped his fingers and the ground began to shake, everyone gained a god-like perspective, watching as towering walls appeared around Hogwarts Castle, Dumbledore began to understand what Ye Feng meant.

Once the walls and fortresses were in place, Ye Feng snapped his fingers again and said, "Next, there will be a constant stream of monsters attacking Hogwarts, and what we need to do is use the weapons in our hands to protect Hogwarts and prevent the monsters from entering the castle area."

"Given that many people did not obtain any weapons from the previous activities, I will give each person an additional basic amount of ammunition before we begin."

"Of course, individual weapons alone are not enough to defend Hogwarts against the onslaught of monsters, so the weapons obtained from the gift boxes can be distributed and used."

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention, although the monsters will come from all directions, the terrain will affect their arrival, so the personnel allocation will need to be done by ourselves. I suggest that Headmaster Dumbledore serve as the overall commander, and the heads of the four houses serve as the front-line commanders in the four directions."

"Of course, this is just a suggestion. Anyone who is interested or believes they have the ability can sign up to participate in the competition."

"Alright, I've finished speaking." With that, Ye Feng silently returned to the direction where Hermione and the others were, which was the Gryffindor camp.

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Dumbledore, who had come to his senses, thought for a moment and then cleared his throat and said loudly, "Since I have already said that today, the Qixi Festival, will be entirely under Mr. Ye Feng's command, then even as the headmaster, I must obey his orders."

"Now, let's unite and repel the monster that Mr. Ye Feng spoke of! Children, do you... have confidence?"

"have!!!"

As soon as Dumbledore said this, a deafening roar erupted from Hogwarts, and seeing the confident and radiant smiles on these 'little guys', a bright smile also bloomed on Dumbledore's face.

“Very good. Now, each house can choose its own leader. We old professors will support you wholeheartedly. The future of Hogwarts is in your hands.”

As soon as Dumbledore said this, the restaurant fell silent, but soon erupted into a tremendous uproar, because no one had expected Dumbledore to directly 'relinquish power'.

Ye Feng was slightly different from the others. After hearing Dumbledore's words, he was first stunned, and then a look of pity appeared in his eyes as he looked at Dumbledore.

Perhaps Dumbledore wanted to use this opportunity to cultivate young people and see if the students of Hogwarts could shoulder the future of the wizarding world, but this event was designed by Ye Feng, and his initial design was aimed at making it so difficult that it would require the entire Hogwarts community to exert all their efforts to pass.

Now that Dumbledore has taken the professors into the background, it means that Hogwarts' command and coordination in dealing with monster sieges will drop by at least one level, which means... they might not be able to win.

Of course, this was a surprise Ye Feng had prepared for Dumbledore, so he didn't remind him. Moreover, the look of pity in his eyes was fleeting. As a result, although Dumbledore noticed something, Ye Feng had already returned to normal when he turned to look at him, so he was just a little puzzled.

Although puzzled, Dumbledore didn't pay too much attention to Ye Feng's previous performance. After all, no matter how much trouble Ye Feng caused, could he possibly blow up Hogwarts? Therefore, after speaking, Dumbledore signaled to the various houses that they could begin to elect their commanders and general commanders.

After Dumbledore signaled that it was time to begin, the dining room instantly transformed into a bustling market. Zhang Qiu, who had been sitting with Ye Feng and the others, had to return to Ravenclaw, as she was the most popular candidate to lead the Ravenclaw team, having placed third in the individual battle.

Ultimately, as expected, Cho Chang, who came in third in the individual battle and was the top student among those other than the professor, was elected Ravenclaw's commander with an overwhelming number of votes, while Cedric Diggory became the commander of Hufflepuff.

The Slytherin Conductor is undoubtedly Malfoy. As for why a third-year student could become the Conductor, we have to talk about his father. After all, not everyone in Slytherin is a 'noble' or rich, and money can solve ninety percent of the world's problems.

Coincidentally, becoming the Slytherin Commander fell into the category of things that could be bought with money. Of course, the Malfoy family's immense influence within Slytherin was also a factor.

There was little controversy regarding the selection of conductors for the first three houses, but it was different for Gryffindor, as Gryffindor had a slightly larger pool of candidates.

Ye Feng goes without saying; he's even more popular than Harry at Hogwarts, so he's the first one nominated.

However, there is a consensus at Hogwarts that Ye Feng is one of the most reliable people when there is danger, and one of the most unreliable people when there is no danger. So, although he is very popular, these people are not really willing to choose Ye Feng as their commander, because who knows what outrageous things he might do.

After Ye Feng, it's Harry's turn. After all, Harry is quite famous. Surprisingly, Ron, Ginny, and even Luna were also nominated.

Of course, Wood, as the captain of the Quidditch team at Hogwarts, was also nominated. However, Ye Feng withdrew before the vote, arguing that he designed the event and the monsters, and that he knew the monsters' weaknesses. He felt it would be unfair to the others if he became the commander.

Ultimately, Harry became the director of Hogwarts, but to avoid mistakes, each house selected several people as advisors or similar figures.

Nearly an hour later, Ye Feng saw that the various colleges were almost ready and the defensive zones had been marked out, so he snapped his fingers.

"Very well, now, the Hogwarts Monster Siege event—officially begins!"

As Ye Feng's voice echoed, roars resounded from the Forbidden Forest, the Black Lake, and the hills surrounding Hogwarts.

Chapter 204 Appetizers

"Roar!"

"Attack! Flatten Hogwarts!"

"Ow~"

After Ye Feng announced the start of the monster siege, roars echoed all around Hogwarts, and the Hogwarts students, who had been assigned their weapons and stood on the city walls, were filled with trepidation.

Although they had become thoroughly familiar with their weapons through individual battles and challenge missions, this was their first time facing such a large-scale offensive and defensive battle. More importantly, it was now dark, and their weapons could not see what was happening around them.

Because of their experiences during the day, they were no longer afraid of various monsters, but they inexplicably became afraid when everything around them turned dark. Darkness sometimes represents the unknown, and the unknown often represents the uncontrollable, and the uncontrollable often makes people instinctively afraid.

However, when they saw the various heavy weapons behind them, such as mortars, howitzers, heavy machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns, their hearts calmed down again.

As they waited anxiously, the roars drew closer, but because it was pitch black outside and nothing could be seen, no one fired. Ye Feng couldn't help but sigh at this situation.

"Sigh, without magic, you don't know how to use other things to see?" With a low sigh, Ye Feng pulled down the thermal imaging on his individual combat helmet, and at the same time stuffed a flashlight into the firing gun and raised it.

"Bang~"

"Shh~~"

A red flare slowly rose, illuminating half of the defensive line. When the flare lit up the area ahead, the Hogwarts students on the city wall all gasped in shock.

The reason they were so terrified was simple: they saw house-elves riding giant wolves over a meter tall, clad in leather armor, and wielding spears and bows and arrows, covering the entire mountainside.

The sight of these house-elves wielding bows and arrows and riding giant wolves stunned countless people. When flares were also launched from the other three directions, revealing the surrounding situation, it sent chills down their spines. Even Dumbledore and his companions, who were observing the entire situation from the tower, were no exception.

"Is this... the monster siege Ye Feng was talking about? Perhaps the great battle between the wizards and the house-elves back then was nothing more than this."