Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

[Shocking! Azkaban attacked by unknown assailants, ten high-ranking criminals escape!!]

Is the rumor of the mysterious figure's return true?!

Christmas hasn't even started yet, and another earth-shattering event has already occurred in the wizarding world.

An explosion occurred in Azkaban yesterday, destroying the city's protective barrier and blasting open a building where serious offenders were being held, allowing at least ten prisoners to escape.

Moreover, the source of the attack is still unknown.

Then, because of this incident, rumors of the mysterious man's return intensified.

Even without the Phoenix Order's efforts to spread the word, the wizarding world was gripped by fear, and the Ministry of Magic couldn't suppress it.

"Dumbledore warned Fudge, but those guys still didn't take any precautions."

At the dinner table, Hermione looked at the newspaper with a disappointed expression and said...

During breakfast, Kevin and his friends were sitting together discussing this matter.

They received the news even earlier than the Daily Prophet, because the Order of the Phoenix had received the information last night and informed everyone.

With the Christmas holidays approaching, this incident highlights the need for students to be extra careful about their safety during the holidays.

Because of his Umbridge identity, Moody can no longer protect Harry at all times, so the Order of the Phoenix has assigned Sirius Black and Professor Lupin to take care of the child.

They were naturally very happy to go, and I heard they set off for Hogwarts early this morning.

It's not that Hogwarts is unsafe, but rather that Headmaster Dumbledore said he also wanted to take advantage of the holidays to investigate Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Since completing his alchemy research with Kevin, he had been busy with it, but at least back then he still went back to school every day.

Now that the holidays are almost here, he's decided to take a long trip and come back after the holidays.

Dumbledore's decision to travel far away at this time is actually related to a plot development.

Without Umbridge causing trouble, and without hiding a bunch of crucial information from Harry like in the movies, the Order of the Phoenix was united against external forces and had no internal conflicts, so Dumbledore could travel far away with peace of mind.

However, what Kevin was most concerned about was the change in events.

According to the normal plot development, the Azkaban prison break should have happened after the Christmas holidays, and last night should have been the attack on Mr. Weasley.

He had already planned it all out: if Mr. Weasley was attacked, the badge would issue a warning, and then Dumbledore would teleport over to save him, while also managing to catch the snake.

Although Kevin had no proof, he was 90% certain that the snake was one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Even if that wasn't the case, given Voldemort's attitude towards the snake, he believed that the snake was very important to Voldemort, and capturing it would be entirely beneficial.

The current situation is that Voldemort didn't send the snake out to attack people at all; instead, he went to save Azkaban's Death Eaters first.

Hmm, could Dumbledore's sudden trip be another attempt to find that Horcrux ring, only to be ambushed by Voldemort's Horcruxes...?

I don't want that kind of thing.

Although Kevin didn't know how Dumbledore had been tricked, he was certain it was caused by that Horcrux ring.

No, I need to contact Dumbledore.

"Kevin, what are you thinking about? You're so calm."

Harry, who was standing next to Kevin, nudged Kevin, who had been silent all along, and asked.

"It's nothing... I was just wondering if my Christmas date with Hermione will be able to go on as normal this year."

Instead of sharing his thoughts with them, Kevin changed the subject and talked about something lighthearted.

"..."

Harry and Ron were speechless, Hermione blushed slightly but did not refute.

After Kevin said that, the group stopped talking about Azkaban and started discussing what to do during the Christmas holidays. After all, they were in a passive position and didn't really have much to do except rest and recharge.

Kevin is an exception; he spends all his time either lecturing, preparing lessons, or brewing potions, and even his rest time is spent researching curses.

Fortunately, curses are also considered part of the spell talents, so Kevin found them relatively easy to learn.

"By the way, Kevin, do you have any suggestions for our intensive training program?"

"We used to practice spells one-on-one, but recently everyone has been learning very quickly. We've almost mastered the knockback spell, disarm spell, stun spell, and defense spell."

"But I always feel like something's missing."

At that moment, Harry suddenly asked Kevin.

Kevin ate his meal while thinking for a moment.

"Training is just training after all. Perhaps you could try some real combat?"

"I'm not talking about the kind of turn-based combat where you take turns, but rather a battle where each side wins by using their own methods."

"Moreover, future wizard battles will definitely not be one-on-one duels; chaotic group fights will be the mainstream."

"You can split into two groups or multiple teams to fight each other. Try fighting in a group, get used to the chaos of a group fight, and practice your teamwork."

Hearing this, Harry's eyes lit up. He had always subconsciously thought that fighting was like a wizard duel, a one-on-one duel.

After all, he had never been in a group fight before; the enemies he encountered were either single or not human at all.

"I understand, Kevin. When I come back from the holidays, I'll have everyone practice this."

Harry nodded after listening.

"Hmm, if I have time then, I can be the big boss and let you all gang up on me. Let's see if the spells of dozens of you can withstand the spells of one person like me."

Kevin suddenly became very interested and said that he also wanted to experience what it was like to be the big boss.

"..."

Harry was speechless. "Are you here to be the boss? You're here to cause trouble. Don't make them lose confidence."

......

Afterwards, Kevin wrote a letter to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore is by no means the kind of person who would easily get carried away and step into a trap without any preparation.

What he could think of, Dumbledore could certainly think of as well.

But even such a person was ultimately tricked by Voldemort, and he didn't know the specific reason.

Based on my memory of the plot, I can only speculate that after Dumbledore was affected, his right hand became charred and withered. There is reason to suspect that this was caused by wearing the ring.

It's possible that, like the incident in Hogsmeade this year, the Horcruxes were cursed, and touching them would cause them to be affected.

So Kevin simply reminded Dumbledore to be careful and to contact him anytime if he needed help.

It's worth mentioning that the locket they found earlier has not yet been destroyed.

It's not that Kevin didn't mention using the snake fangs from the secret room.

Instead, Dumbledore wanted to keep them so that when Voldemort appeared, he could deal with Voldemort and then have the Horcruxes destroyed.

He wanted to see how much connection Voldemort still had with those Horcruxes.

If Voldemort didn't even know his Horcruxes had been taken, would he be able to sense if they were destroyed?

If Voldemort couldn't even sense the destruction of his Horcruxes, then there's a lot to say about that.

The Horcruxes that Regulus obtained at the cost of his life have never been discovered by Voldemort to this day to have been switched.

Perhaps in the end, Voldemort will think that he still has at least one Horcrux that hasn't been destroyed, thus making a wrong judgment, which will become the key to their defeat of Voldemort.

Only a few people at the Order of the Phoenix that day knew about this, oh, and the house-elf Kreacher.