Chapter 51: Madman, He's Definitely a Madman!

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"Don't misunderstand, I just can't stand their behavior!" Cassandra added.

"Got it, got it!" Kael casually put his arm around Cassandra's shoulder, unfazed.

Alright, fair enough! Kael was pleased—he approved of this free helper!

"Don't worry, Professor Dumbledore won't do anything to me," Kael said confidently. After all, Hogwarts couldn't possibly expel the only wizard in a thousand years to pull out the Sword of Gryffindor, right?

"Hmph!" Cassandra glanced at Kael's hand on her shoulder, her face flushing ever so slightly.

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Soon, all the Slytherin students had been summoned from their dorms. As they entered the common room, they saw the Fiendfyre still floating ominously above them.

"By Merlin, what is that?"

"Is that really Fiendfyre?"

"How is it controlled so precisely?"

Many of the students, who came from prestigious families, immediately recognized the terrifying level of control Kael had over the Fiendfyre.

[Ding! Detected shock!]

[Ding! Drawing a treasure chest for the host!]

[Ding! Congratulations! You've received a silver treasure chest!]

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[Ding! Detected shock!]

[Ding! Drawing a treasure chest for the host!]

[Ding! Congratulations! You've received a silver treasure chest!]

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[Ding! Detected shock!]

[Ding! Drawing a treasure chest for the host!]

[Ding! Congratulations! You've received a silver treasure chest!]

...

In an instant, over forty treasure chests were collected. Though most were silver and bronze, the sheer quantity was enough to satisfy.

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"Alright, everyone's here, right?" Kael smiled as he approached the Slytherin students. Despite standing alone, the terrifying Fiendfyre above him made it impossible for any of them to meet his gaze.

"I believe I've warned you before," Kael began. "With Professor Dumbledore at Hogwarts, there are many methods I cannot use. But that doesn't mean I'll tolerate your repeated provocations."

"But Kael, we didn't do anything!" the female prefect Gemma Farley couldn't help but protest.

"Oh? Is that so?" Kael raised an eyebrow. "Just now, Draco Malfoy said that Slytherin belongs to pure-blooded nobles and that I'm not welcome here. So, I've taken that as a challenge from all of you."

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With that, everyone turned to glare angrily at Malfoy. Damn it! Why did you provoke this madman? If you're not welcoming him, fine, but why drag the rest of us into it? One of Slytherin's mottos is self-preservation!

Malfoy, feeling the weight of their fury, instinctively lowered his head, resembling a scared quail, unable to meet anyone's eyes.

"I hate trouble, and I hate constant trouble even more..." Kael snapped his fingers, and the objects in the common room transformed into black, slithering serpents that began to coil around the Slytherin students.

"So I've decided to solve this problem once and for all!"

"Kael, don't go too far! We have members of the Sacred Twenty-Eight pure-blood families here. Are you planning to go against all the pure-blood families?" Marcus Flint shouted, his psychological trauma surfacing.

"Oh? The Flint family?" Kael chuckled and pointed a finger.

"Avada Kedavra!"

This time, it was the real Killing Curse. The green beam, enhanced by the "Heart of Dark Magic," was three times thicker than a regular Killing Curse, brushing past Marcus's nose.

"AAAAAAA, Don't kill me...please don't kill me!" Marcus had never encountered anything like this before and collapsed in terror. A foul smell began to emanate from him.

[Ding! Detected fear!]

[Ding! Drawing a treasure chest for the host!]

[Ding! Congratulations! You've received a golden treasure chest!]

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"If we were outside Hogwarts, that Killing Curse wouldn't have missed. I'd welcome the Flint family to seek revenge anytime! Or I could challenge your family to a pure-blood blood feud," Kael said with a cold smile.

A pure-blood blood feud was an ancient and bloody tradition. If two families had irreconcilable differences, all family members would participate in a fight to the death until one family was entirely wiped out. Even in the chaotic medieval period, this practice was extremely rare, and it hadn't occurred in hundreds of years. Yet, it was still recorded in wizarding history. If one family issued a blood feud challenge and the other refused, it would be a devastating blow to the rejecting family's honor.

"Now, does anyone else want to try resisting me like Mr. Flint?"

Kael scanned the room of Slytherins. Every one of them instinctively lowered their heads.

Madman!

He's definitely a madman!

He had just entered school, and already he was talking about blood feuds with pure-blood families!

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