Chapter 354: The civil war of the centaurs

"What's going on in the castle?" Ivan pointed to Hogwarts and asked aloud, "What's that purple energy cloak?"

"You mean the protective measures of those cowardly humans?" Okegiga looked at Hogwarts and said disdainfully, "I went to the castle earlier to ask for help. The old man hoped to persuade them to help us resist the evil god, but those cowards refused. They said it was an internal dispute among the centaurs and they didn't want to interfere."

Okegiga angrily scuffed the ground before him with his front hooves, and landed the long spear in his hand heavily on the ground. He was very dissatisfied with Hogwarts' refusal to help the centaurs.

Ivan didn't know what to say. He didn't think it was wrong to refuse the centaurs' request.

Modern wizards might appreciate the seriousness of such a matter, considering that this Age was not like anything they were familiar with. In the 20th century, all wizards and magical creatures were administered by the Ministry of Magic and it was highly unlikely that a full-scale war would break out.

But this was the Middle Ages 800 years ago, the darkest and craziest time in Europe. At this time, the situation was turbulent and wars were frequent.

Powerful magical creatures did not live in the areas commanded by human wizards, who mostly did not dare to leave their own areas.

As long as they were paid the right price, they would be hired by Muggle aristocrats and dark wizards to participate in warfare at will.

The idea of respecting the strong was deeply ingrained in the hearts of the people. The Ministry of Magic, which had just been created and was still very weak, had no heart or ability to handle such a chaotic situation.

In that sense, it would be a very unwise choice to join a war.

Especially if it was a civil war among the Centaurs, in which the mages had no apparent interest.

If the Four Founders were still there, they could use their four powerful forces to mediate or participate directly in the war to help the centaurs defeat the evil side.

But at that point, it had been over two hundred years since the Founding Four had lived; the current Headmaster and teachers of Hogwarts had no such power. They could only choose to huddle in the castle and protect the young wizards with their limited strength.

"They have a hard time too..." Ivan unconsciously defended Hogwarts.

"Humph, that's how humans have always been - they have no idea what they're up against!" Okegiga picked up his spear and set off again. "I didn't expect their help. We centaurs have our own allies and we can solve all our problems."

Soon, Ivan learned who Okegiga's so-called allies were.

After crossing the dense forests and climbing the steep hills, they finally arrived at the centaur colony, which was very different from the peaceful scene Ivan had seen before.

At that moment, the centaur colony resounded with fighting and deafening screams. Hundreds of centaurs gathered and ran into the colony, and on the opposite side were their enemies.

These centaurs built defensive fortifications and hid behind them to put up resistance.

The battle was fierce, with countless arrows flying and blood splattering.

The whole earth shook, as if in shock at what was happening.

Ivan also looked at the scene before he was completely stunned. He had only seen such bloody battles in books before, and he had never imagined that he would be sent to witness something like this.

Although he knew it was only an illusion, he was deeply shocked.

In front of him, centaurs were fighting madly everywhere. The scale and severity of the Civil War was beyond Ivan's imagination.

As far as he could see, there were bloodied corpses everywhere, and only a few of them were not mangled.

Outside the huge colony gate, in addition to hundreds of fiercely fighting centaurs, there were many powerful trolls, whose bodies were as strong as mountains.

Ivan had seen trolls in Defense Against the Dark Arts class, as Sirius found a way to get them for the young wizards' practice sessions. It was a fact that trolls' brains didn't work well. Although they were strong, they had only one means of attack and were relatively low level magical creatures.

But the monsters in front of him were completely different from what he knew. They were like a different species, with the momentum of giants, awkwardly waving large sticks in their hands and making rude howls.

A troll roared and ran into the most densely populated area of the centaurs.

A centaur was swept carelessly by the stick in his hand, and his body instantly flew backwards. Flesh and blood were blurred where it was touched, revealing thick white bones.

Faced with such ferocious trolls, no centaur dared to come any closer.

They were the best at long-range attacks, and arrows flew at the troll.

As these arrows were about to hit the monster, they suddenly stopped in mid-air, and Ivan noticed that an ugly green monster was hiding behind the troll and waving its fingers.

It was a goblin. It had a malicious grin on its face.

With a thick bony hand pointing forward, arrows flew swiftly back, and the centaurs that had just gathered quickly scattered.

The battle seemed like it had just begun, but it soon turned out to be one-sided.

Okegiga's team had most of the centaurs, but was unable to deal with these mixed attacks.

Unlike the enemies, who had powerful allies, they had only a few Unicorns, Hippogriffs, and many small and weak magical forest creatures on their side.

They could only act to harass the enemies, and were not capable of carrying out strong attacks.

This was not a reciprocal battle at all. If it continued like this, failure was a matter of time.

"Damn, we're late!" shouted Okegiga, grabbing his long spear and rushing forward, and Ivan hurriedly grabbed his leather armor.

He wanted to persuade the centaur to calm down and carefully form a tactic before rushing into battle, but it was clear that Okegiga would not stop to discuss it with him.

He even forgot that Ivan was sitting on his back. With unstoppable momentum, Okegiga rushed to the front of the war with the utmost speed.

Staring at the wooden door that was getting closer and closer, Ivan muttered and drew his wand.

"Charge! Attack!" shouted Okegiga. "By the name of Okegiga, centaurs are invincible!"

He ran straight at the troll, who looked at him dubiously, and the huge wooden stick in his hand shot upward.

Ivan smelled a stench. He looked up and found himself completely covered by the shadow of the monster's body.

His brain stopped working, and he could only see the monster show its yellow teeth, roaring towards him.

Boom!!!

With the violent impact, Ivan felt a strong shock and clung to Okegiga hurriedly.

In the next second, under the hard attack, the huge body of the monster in front of him was knocked down by Okegiga, and the long spear in his hand was brought down dryly.

Bright red blood gushed out and engulfed both Ivan and the Centaur warrior beneath him.

The face of the elf hiding behind the troll showed panic, shocked by the strength of this mighty Centaur. He waved his finger and wanted to cast spells.

Ivan's wand pointed forward and emitted a red light. Suddenly, the elf realized that the magic he was casting had failed. He looked up and saw a silver light coming.

The goblin's eyes opened wide and he fell over. Before he realized what had happened, his head was severed from his body.