Chapter 79 - Post-War (1)

The domain collision violently tore through space; everything within a radius of ten kilometers shattered, torn apart, crushed, and exploded.

It resembled the explosion of a nuclear bomb; a magnitude 10.1 earthquake spread from the epicenter.

Fortunately, Asterion was within Rose's Domain Expansion, so he was unaffected; otherwise, he would have turned into a seasoned tomato sauce with his internal organs.

Rose, sensing the collision, smiled with a crazed grin and infused even more magical energy into the domain expansion. When it came to magical energy, she was proud to say she wasn't afraid of running out!

"Let's see who runs out of magical energy first," she exclaimed with an excited look.

Herpo began to sweat coldly at the sight; he hadn't expected his own words to turn against him. Asterion and Rose weren't underestimating him and Voldemort; it was he who was underestimating these thirteen-year-old kids.

They forced him to use his Domain Expansion only to defeat him more easily when he ran out of magical energy.

"Very well..." Herpo gritted his teeth and spoke. "I thought my arrogance had disappeared over two thousand years, but today I see that was not the case."

Feeling he could no longer bear the drain of the Domain Expansion, Herpo knew he had lost this battle but not the war.

Snapping his fingers, an explosion reverberated in the air; a specific part of Hogwarts had been blown up!

This made the victorious smile on Rose and Asterion's faces change dramatically.

Rose gradually retracted her Domain Expansion, and Herpo did the same.

Looking at Hogwarts, which had nearly a third destroyed in the explosion, Asterion glared coldly at Herpo. He gritted his teeth and spoke.

"You planted bombs in Hogwarts!"

"Coward!" Rose glared at Herpo with fury, but she didn't move. Who knew how many bombs he had planted in Hogwarts? If they exploded, all the students inside would likely die.

"Do you remember when I appeared in front of you in the cafeteria?" Herpo didn't care about being called a coward. "Before that, I took a stroll through certain places in Hogwarts, leaving some gifts in those specific places."

"Could you kindly remove the barrier around that space?" Herpo spoke with a gentle smile. Seeing the grim faces of Asterion and Rose made him feel that all the anger and punches he had endured today were worth it, especially after gathering countless pieces of information about Rose.

Rose clenched her teeth and closed her hand tightly.

Herpo's face remained indifferent as he felt the space around him compressed. If she continued to compress the space, this body would die.

Considering the consequences of continuing, Rose opened her hand; her blue eyes practically gleamed with the anger she was feeling at that moment.

Feeling the space return to normal, Herpo's lips curved into a gentle smile, and without any hesitation, he apparated away. Today was a truly relevant day for his future plan. He not only gathered enough information about Rose but also about Asterion, especially the pale monster that could adapt to any attack and action.

Voldemort, who was still trying to kill Mahoraga, felt the confinement in space disappear. He apparated away without hesitation, leaving a still-living Mahoraga, although already adapted to his Domain Expansion.

Another loud pop, similar to a car's exhaust, sounded not too far away, making Asterion's face even darker.

Herpo and Voldemort had fled!

Rose was also not happy at this moment.

Today, she learned that you shouldn't let your guard down until the opponent is dead, especially with opponents as cunning as these.

Rose and Asterion exchanged glances and vowed to themselves that when they next encountered Herpo and Voldemort, they would kill them as quickly as possible.

Suddenly, the faces of Asterion and Rose became solemn as they looked towards the barriers where Dumbledore and Grindelwald were fighting.

Even at this distance, the heat wave spread, causing the grass still alive after so many battles to burst into flames instantly..

"This war is over." Sensing Grindelwald's magical aura disappear, Asterion murmured, though obviously he didn't think Grindelwald had died. Killing a powerful seer was incredibly difficult.

As expected, a serious-looking Dumbledore emerged from the barrier and walked towards them with firm steps.

The man seemed in perfect condition, but both Rose and Asterion noticed that his face had a sickly pale tone. Obviously, he had been injured during the fight against Grindelwald, but to avoid causing panic or fear in England, the man had to remain strong and intact.

Looking at the devastated terrain around Hogwarts, as if a war had occurred, Dumbledore's eyes grew cold, especially seeing the ruins of Hogwarts atop the hill.

This was his home, which he would give his life to keep safe. Seeing it in this state deeply hurt his heart.

His pale blue eyes then focused on Rose and Asterion. His gaze softened, and he spoke. "Well done, Rose and Asterion. If it weren't for you, Hogwarts would have been destroyed, and the students would have died."

"No need to thank us; they mainly attacked me, I just retaliated." Rose shook her head, her tone slightly guilty.

In her eyes, all this destruction and death were caused because of her. If she hadn't been at Hogwarts, none of this would have happened in the first place.

"Don't blame yourself, child. People kill each other for the stupidest reasons," Dumbledore said, his tone gentle and weary.

Asterion didn't want to talk to Dumbledore at the moment; he simply apparated to Hogwarts. He wanted to see how Daphne was after participating in a battle of this scale.

"At least we killed one of the Special Grade Wizards who invaded," Dumbledore remarked indifferently, watching the lifeless body of the Archbishop of the Aurora Society.

"It was Asterion's Cursed Spirit," Rose replied with a wavering gaze.

Seeing Asterion disappear, Rose showed a complicated look and turned her attention back to Dumbledore. Her eyes grew firm and determined, as if she had decided something important.

"I accept your proposal," she said, looking at Dumbledore, her voice as serious as it could be.

Dumbledore's lips curved into a gentle and genuinely happy smile.

He had found a successor!

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Looking at Vinda Rosier holding a black box in her hands, a smile appeared on Aurelius's lips.

Raising his arm, Aurelius clenched his fist, signaling to all his comrades.

"The pure world is coming, Minerva." Then, Aurelius apparated away, followed by all of Grindelwald's acolytes.

Before Minerva could respond, in the next moment, she saw a boy with black hair and red eyes appearing in the middle of the battlefield.

With a simple movement from him, all the fanatics of the Aurora Society had their bodies torn apart by a huge crimson serpent that emerged from a dark portal beside him. Red blood from dozens of people splattered across the ground and walls of the courtyard, blood and organs painting the scene like a painting worthy of being depicted in hell.

The teachers were indifferent to this scene, but the students, both older and younger, all showed disgusted expressions; some vomited up everything they had eaten today.

Covered in blood, Asterion walked up to the blonde teenager and held her face, looking directly into her eyes.

"You did very well, Daphne," Asterion said with a satisfied smile on his lips.

Daphne nodded and remained silent; she had killed at least five people today. Although trained to kill without hesitation, she was still processing that she had taken five human lives.

Asterion naturally knew what Daphne was feeling at the moment. He wasn't a psychopath who felt nothing when killing; he felt the weight of every person whose life he took. But he killed those dozens of people in an instant not because he enjoyed killing, but out of necessity.

He would live with all those deaths until the end of his days, and if necessary, he would answer for each death.

After a while, Daphne recovered from the emotion of killing and looked at Asterion with concern.

"You're covered in blood," Daphne didn't mind the pungent smell of blood on his body. She used her thumb to try to wipe the blood off his cheek, although it only made things worse, spreading the blood even more.

Asterion laughed at her attempt and held her hand, kissing her fingers tenderly despite the blood staining them.

Suddenly, a teasing voice sounded beside them.

"You only care about your little girlfriend, Asty!"

Asterion looked at Tracey as she approached him. The girl had a pale face, though she still teased him, showing that she had a good mindset despite the bloody scene earlier.

"Yeah, yeah, we're your friends too," Theodoro approached with Zabini beside him.

Even Draco and Dorea approached Asterion; any resentment they had towards him seemed to have vanished at that moment. Both twins looked tired and quiet but much more mature after experiencing something like this.

"Seven Special Grade Wizards fought at Hogwarts today; one died, and the other three fled," Asterion said, looking at them as he spoke about the details of the war.

Asterion didn't hold back, and his voice was heard by everyone in the courtyard.

The teachers fell silent; they knew Special Grade Wizards were fighting outside, but they didn't expect there to be seven!

And a Special Grade Wizard had died!

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