Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

Lockhart said with a smile.

"But this is all about you..."

Harry's eyes widened - if they were to understand each other, it should at least be mutual, right?

"I think that's because I know you well enough, Mr. Potter. You need to finish the questions quickly. There's not much time left..."

Lockhart said with a smile.

"By the way, the wizard with the highest score will receive a signed copy of the manuscript of 'Exploring Ancient Ruins with the Forest Elves'... That's a very valuable item."

So, since entering Hogwarts.

For the first time, Ryan didn't get a perfect score on the exam—to be exact, he didn't even pass.

The one who got full marks in this test was Hermione, and she also got Lockhart's signed manuscript as she wished.

"Beautiful, Miss Granger...perfect answer - five points to Gryffindor for that!"

Lockhart nodded in satisfaction, and Hermione was also excited.

But the other little lions were not very happy - they always felt that the points they got this time were a bit dirty.

After the pop quiz, Lockhart officially began his course.

"Well, today—I have prepared a dark creature for you all."

He waved his wand and conjured up a large metal chest.

At this moment, the metal box was still shaking and vibrating, making clanging sounds.

All the little wizards saw a faint mist coming out of the metal box.

Meanwhile, Lockhart continued to teach, "I had intended to prepare some Cornish pixies, but I thought they were too harmless to teach you about the dangers of dark creatures... So I asked a friend to get me a more special one..."

He said so.

Ryan murmured a little.

Cornish pixies?

Those little creatures that are less than 8 feet tall and can easily knock down even a small wizard with a slap, and the worst thing they can do is hang people from the ceiling?

Those things can't be considered dark creatures no matter how you look at it, right?

Ryan looked at the professor suspiciously - as a powerful adventurer who had dealt with banshees, werewolves, trolls and even three-headed dogs, the minimum requirement for dark creatures could not be lower than the 'Red Hat', right?

But at this moment, he saw Lockhart waving his wand and opening the box next to him.

"So I brought it—a grindylow, a water devil, a dark creature that attacks wizards and Muggles indiscriminately!"

He said so.

This made Ryan feel even more speechless.

Grindylow, of course he knew about it.

That was a little devil in the water, also very small in size.

They have horns, are light green in color, and are as slippery as fish.

And as Lockhart said, they do attack wizards and Muggles indiscriminately.

But you have to know that in terms of magic and combat ability alone, Grindylow is not even as good as the Cornish elves - after all, the latter have the power to lift adult wizards, while the only thing Grindylow can rely on is to spit out some water mist, and their strength is not even as good as that of a cat.

Granted, Grindylows are generally more dangerous than Cornish Pixies, but that's because they live in the water.

Once wizards or Muggles enter the water, Grindylows become very dangerous - they are good at swimming and can manipulate water plants to entangle their enemies.

But now, in this classroom...a grindylow out of the water, Ryan estimated that Ron could kick it away with one kick!

But Ryan couldn't grumble yet.

next moment...

"Buzz!"

Ryan saw that at this moment, dark mist began to spread out from the box.

The dark fog filled the entire classroom in almost an instant.

At the edge of the classroom, the various magical barriers set up by Winky, Barty Crouch Sr.'s house-elf, also flashed with magnificent light at this moment - that was the brilliance of the guardian tree after it felt the strong dark magic.

then...

"wrong!"

Ryan instantly realized something was wrong.

And it is indeed true...

"Roar!"

The next moment, everyone heard a huge cry coming from the dark fog.

Then the next moment, a hideous and huge monster formed by fog appeared in front of a little wizard.

That was Parvati Patil, the most beautiful little witch in Gryffindor's second year.

At this moment, the little witch who had once gone to school on the same ship with Ryan was so frightened that she almost turned pale.

She had no time to react before the sharp claws of the huge monster made of mist were about to hit her.

But the next moment...

"Crack!"

Silently, a hand reached out.

Parvati saw Ryan's figure appear in front of her at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye.

He stretched out his hand and actually grabbed the claw formed by the dark mist!

"Buzz!"

In his hand, the white guardian tree glowed.

Then, the huge and terrifying monster, its body shrouded in fog, suddenly shattered in Ryan's hands!

The giant claw turned into smoke and dissipated, revealing the creature hidden deep within the mist.

It was a dark creature with two horns.

At this moment, it was constantly surging and receding as the dark mist dissipated - as if the mist was an extension of its body.

"really..."

The moment he saw the creature, Ryan said to himself, "As expected."

"It's not the Grindylow, but the Mist Monster Drusval."

He had recognized the creature.

Drustval - Like Grindylow, he is a subspecies of the magical beast 'little devil'.

But it's different from Grindylow.

The 'Mist Demon' Drusval has extremely powerful magic. They are classified as XXXX-level magical animals and are extremely rare.

They resemble Grindylows and summon mist.

But the difference is that Grindylow's mist has no lethality at all, but the thick fog created by Drustval contains powerful magic.

They can manipulate the mist to mimic themselves, transforming into giant monsters to attack passing travelers, or turn the mist into traps and wait for prey to take the bait.

These mists have the effect of blocking most of the perceived magic, and it is even said that it can block the vision and actions of ghosts.

"Lockhart can't even tell the difference between a Grindylow and a Drustwal!"

And if Ryan had just felt it was a little weird before.

Well, at this moment, Ryan was almost certain.

There's something wrong with Gilderoy Lockhart—he might be a fake and a parallel import!

An outstanding adventurer who has experienced countless adventures would never be able to distinguish between Grindylow and Drustval - because once he mistakenly identified the two, it would directly lead to the adventurer losing his life.

What's even more ridiculous is that Lockhart actually dared to bring this dangerous dark creature into the classroom as a 'teaching aid'!

But coincidentally.

After being easily repelled by Ryan.

The Drustvar seemed to realize that Ryan was very difficult to deal with.

So at this moment, it turned around without hesitation and rushed in another direction - and the fog that swept across the entire classroom also obviously spread at this moment.

And at this moment, the direction it was heading towards... was exactly where Lockhart was!

But obviously...

"Ah... this... this... 'Grindylow Expulsion'!"

Lockhart was in a panic. He held the wand in front of him and chanted a spell at the fog demon Drustval, but he didn't know whether it was a spell or not!

And it was obvious—even if the spell existed, it would be of no use to Drustvar.

"Roar!"

So at this moment, the vast fog has once again transformed into a huge, ferocious monster with long teeth.

It roared, and powerful magic gathered in its 'eyes', emitting a fierce red light.

"Don't...don't come over here!"

At this moment, Lockhart also yelled and waved his wand hard to cast a spell, but he couldn't cast a single spell.

"..."

This scene naturally made Ryan confirm his guess.

Lockhart was even more useless than he had expected.

But Ryan is puzzled...

"How did a man like that come up with those experiences—they're obviously real."

"Also, why would Dumbledore invite someone like that to be a professor...to keep an eye on Barty? That's not right, is it?"