Chapter 89: Funeral

The Dark Lord Voldemort's ghost fire continued to increase in momentum and heat. Just approaching it would cause one to burn to death, and a tremendous amount of heat was being emitted from the crater. The emperor was watching it without letting his guard down.

However, without any warning, light overflowed from the hole and the cursed flame was blown away. Leonard Taylor jumped out of the hellhole. His body was burnt to a crisp, but it was restored to a completely unscathed body in a few seconds. Furthermore, he had hardened his defense by making his body similar to Ku's combat form.

"Hehe... haha, ahahahahahahaha!"

Leonard Taylor was laughing loudly. He was laughing as if he had seen something interesting, as if he was enjoying it from the bottom of his heart

"Hahahaha! Wow, that's amazing! You're really amazing! Honestly, I didn't think you'd be this amazing! Just imagining that you'll create more and more different kinds of magic makes me happy! I'm looking forward to seeing your new magic the next time we fight, so much so that I want to let you go here! But, I don't want any more of my close friends to get hurt... Yeah, I'll incapacitate you first and then think about it."

The emperor was in a state of mental stability, with no anger in his words. A strong mind is necessary to combine numerous souls. He has become so mentally strong that he no longer gets angry at such words. He silently releases a composite spell of paralysis, shock, and slashing. The speed was so fast that it couldn't be compared to the speed of a Muggle handgun bullet.

"Arm of the Giant God"

Leo easily defends against it. The limiter that had been applied to his body when he came out of the crater, like Kuu, had been released. His reflexes and dynamic visual acuity were orders of magnitude better than before. The glowing giant arm that was summoned crushes the emperor's spell.

"Next, summoning the Giant God."

Light emanates from around Leo and takes shape. The giant arm from earlier, thick legs stomping on the ground, a thick chest, a head that looks down on everything. The giant god of light was manifesting there. Protected by those, Leo's voice echoes from the giant god.

"Alright, here we go!"

The arm of the giant god disappears. To be precise, it was just swung at a speed that was invisible to the eye. The emperor couldn't dodge it, but tried to cancel out the impact with his maximum defense, Protego Maxima. Still, he couldn't completely prevent it and was blown away with enough force to create a huge water column in the red, murky lake.

Cheers rose from the students watching the battle, but as if to deny that, the water column was evaporated by a flame snake before it fell to the water surface. The emperor, standing on the head of the flame snake, was unscathed. The power of the numerous bundled souls also increased the recovery speed of the body.

"Alright, let's go!"

At the Voldemort's command, the group of Dementors, which had become a black wall, rushed towards the giant of light. Like ants swarming to sweet candy, they surrounded the giant. Countless darkness tried to devour the light, but the darkness cleared immediately. Despite the sun having set and the time being dominated by darkness, a dazzling light spread out. Due to this light, all the Dementors were dispersed without a trace.

However, such a result is within the expectations of the Dark Lord. Even a slight delay in the enemy's movements has a significant effect. In the gap between Leonard Taylor and Voldemort, that slight time holds a significant meaning.

"Chains of Flame."

Chains of flame, with a curse and heat surpassing the fire of evil spirits, ensnare the giant. The chains of flame explode and become a pillar of flame rising to the heavens.

"Flipendo Maxima Verote Intahek! Pierce with maximum speed!"

The emperor does not slacken his pursuit. More than ten missiles, which are Muggle weapons of mass destruction, were fired at high speed. It's not just a missile. It has been enhanced magically, and it has become an existence beyond Muggle weapons, with high speed, high strength, and equipped with explosive magic. 

The missiles hit the pillar of flame one after another, causing a huge explosion. Many of the defensive spells cast on Hogwarts Castle were severely damaged by the blast pressure.

The smoke clears. There stood the giant, unchanged in the slightest, with a firm presence.

"Oooooooooooh!"

The emperor roars and charges. A rain of missiles, all kinds of attack magic, he rushes forward, looking only ahead, with all the means he can think of to destroy the greatest enemy. Leo takes all of it. The mighty giant is not invincible. With each attack, the emperor discerns his abilities and begins to make a definite effect.

The giant's arm is blown off.

The emperor is launched high into the sky.

The emperor, wrapped in a storm, pierces and destroys the enemy giant in a straight line.

The re-manifested giant and the flame serpent collide.

The battle, where neither side gives an inch, unfolds over several hours.

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By the time the sky was getting light, the battle was finally coming to an end. The forest had already disappeared due to the aftermath of the battle, and only mud was left in the lake. The stadium was completely gone, and Hogsmeade Village was nothing but ruins. Hogwarts Castle was still in shape, but the defensive magic wall was almost non-functional. The wizards who had been guarding the inside had also almost exhausted their magical power to maintain the defensive magic. Still, they were trying to burn the outcome of the battle into their eyes, ignoring fatigue and the like.

Two human figures. One is standing naturally. The other is on his knees, breathing heavily with his shoulders.

The former is Leonard Taylor. The latter is the Dark Lord Voldemort.

"Ha. I'm not strong enough..."

"I see. Then..."

"I didn't want to use this, but I have no choice. I'll give you my best shot."

"Do you still have something? Please show me."

Leonard Taylor's bad habit is to think of magic first. The emperor's last trump card. It would have been easy for Leo to avoid it. But that bad habit led to a fatal carelessness.

"You underestimate me too much! It's over!"

Something changed around the Dark Lord. The scenery, the color, the sound, the touch, the magical power, everything remains the same. Just one point. They could feel that the life there had turned into death.

"What is this...!?"

Leo was surprised and opened his eyes to try to analyze it. But he can't see anything. He couldn't read any of the magic structures he had seen so far. Something appears right behind Leo. It can't be seen, heard, or smelled. But there was definitely something there.

"This is it! Even if you have an immortal soul, if you go to the afterlife as it is, you won't be able to come back! I'll kick you out of this world!"

The magic that Voldemort activated forcibly sends the target from this world to the next. Whether it's alive or dead, whatever state it's in, it kicks the soul out of this world. Of course, there are several restrictive conditions to use it. One, the target can only be one person per use. Leonard Taylor alone is enough. Two, the surroundings of the target must be overflowing with death. This is not a problem with the large number of magical creature corpses around. Three, hundreds of souls are needed as a sacrifice. The emperor decided to use almost all of the souls within him to bury Leonard Taylor. This magic creates a door to the afterlife right behind the enemy and turns the surrounding space into the world of death. Only those who have a way to return from the afterlife to this world can break this. There should be no such thing. If there is, it is only those who can transcend death and return from the other side. And once this magic is activated, as soon as the sacrificial souls pass through the door and go to the afterlife, the target's soul is forcibly taken to the afterlife. This is a magic that applies the arch that was in the Department of Mysteries when he took over the Ministry of Magic, which connects to the afterlife. The emperor took over the Ministry of Magic just to get this arch.

"Oh, oh, oh! Impossible!?"

Souls from the corpses of the surrounding magical creatures and the emperor's body are moving one after another towards an invisible door behind Leo. Along with that, Leo is also losing consciousness. This is because his soul is gradually being peeled off from his body.

"Damn it! This! Why can't I see it!? I don't want to! I don't want to die! Hermione! Ku! Help me! Why aren't you coming to help!? I'm Leonard Taylor, you know!? Why...? No, no, no! Why!? Why is this happening!? I'm different! Aaaaaah, I don't want this..."

At the same time as the last soul passed through the door, everything was pulled out of Leonard Taylor's body. Nothing was left in the body that was left behind.

The Dark Lord, who had returned to his ugly appearance because he had used all but one person's worth of souls in his body, was still victorious. He had won. Even the many magical creatures. The disgust of converting the tainted blood of Muggles and Muggle-borns into himself. The fact that he had discarded almost all of his subordinates and used them as his own nourishment. And the fact that he had spent all of that. Compared to burying his archenemy, Leonard Taylor, these were trivial matters.

"I did it...! I won...! With this, this world is...! Everything is mine!"

Voldemort, looking at the body of Leonard Taylor, which doesn't move a muscle, explodes with joy. On the other hand, all the wizards in Hogwarts Castle were experiencing an unprecedented despair.

And... the battle was over.

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The Dark Lord's Victory! The evil demon king, Leonard Taylor, is dead!

Leonard Taylor, who died while exposing his disgrace at the end.

Hermione and Ku, who didn't come to help for some reason.

So what's going to happen?

So, stay tuned for the next chapter.

Last time, the protagonist Leo died, but no one was worried in the comments section.

I wonder why?

Well, let's leave that aside.

This story, "Hermione and the Genius Magic Formula," is scheduled to be completed today, May 6th.

I plan to post episode 90 at 0 o'clock, episode 91 at 12 o'clock, and episode 92 at 18 o'clock.

Well, plans are undecided, so it may not go as planned...