Sorry, Lockhart wasn't interested. Based on the address provided by Professor Smith, the group found the friend he said was researching hydraulic presses.

From this Muggle mouth it became known that the largest hydraulic press in the world was now in Russia, and the Celestial Empire was designing a hydraulic press to surpass it...... But not to mention it before it was built, and both countries were too far away, Lockhart asked where the largest hydraulic press in Britain was, and decisively apparitioned and found a place.

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It was a factory that provided ultra-high-level forging services to many of the UK's large airplanes, ships, and automobile manufacturers, and of course it had nothing to do with the wizarding world, and Lockhart didn't feel any sign of wizarding here, so they walked in with a big grin and used the Confusion Charm to affect and control a large number of Muggle staff.

"Maybe you can apparition and wait for me on the mountain over there, and if you don't have time to destroy this thing in ten seconds, I'll just give it up and come and join you. Lockhart made a suggestion.

"No, can't you come up with a better idea, except for the hero?" Hermione protested loudly. "This machine is here, and it's not a consumable, so won't you get some magic item to test its destructive power first, and just bet that it can destroy the Horcrux in ten seconds or less?"

"Uh...... "Okay." Lockhart admits that he didn't expect to do this at all, and after making the Horcruxes, he was in such a state of mind: he could finally wave casually!

So when he saw this machine just now, he immediately began to think about whether it could destroy the Horcrux in ten seconds.

"Good idea, Hermione. ”

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Then let's make something to experiment, Hermione took a one-pound coin and came out, the reason why she didn't use gold Galleons was because of the magic interference of fairies on Galleons.

The test was the crushing destructive power of a hydraulic press, so that there was no need to think about whose soul to protect, second, that there was no need to guard against all kinds of destruction methods like Horcruxes, and third, that all magic worked in harmony with each other and restored itself - so Lockhart and Black roughly attached a dozen protective spells inside and out. It's all physical protection.

"Ahem, it's very rough, this coin can only resist blows and pressure, not other forms of attacks, and the protective magic on it can't be repaired automatically. Lockhart held up the coin that was almost rapidly dissipating the fluctuations of mana outwards and said, "Even if you don't touch it, it will be dead in a few days, but it is close to a Horcrux if it is only able to resist pressure for a short time, and if it can last more than ten seconds in a 30,000-ton hydraulic press later, then we don't need to try the crown." Go straight to other methods or go to Russia with the biggest water press. ”

"Let's experiment quickly, it's better to give it a try. Hermione urged.

"Does the machine explode when it crushes?" asked Cyris worriedly.

"Hey, it's going to explode, you stay away......" Albert joked.

With the help of the Muggle staff, the enchanted pound was placed on the anvil of the press, and the five wizards waited quietly next to the press.

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Looking up at this large machine, it is tens of meters high and has a complex structure. It is full of a strange and rugged sense of power...... Lockhart suddenly felt that maybe this thing could really destroy the Horcruxes, but he didn't know how long it would take.

"I've added an alert spell to the pound center, and if a dozen protective spells outside are broken, I'll be alerted. Lockhart explained.

"Hmm. That's time to start the timer. ”

The hydraulic press began its work with the sound of mechanical operation, and the anvil slowly slid down four huge steel columns with a large set of equipment, with the sound of metal grinding...... Finally, it came to the pound sterling, which was placed underneath.

At the same time, Lockhart began to time it: "One ......"

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"What's wrong. Count?" Cyris looked at him strangely, "You read one and then counted silent......ly?"

"Nope. It's not that I can't count, it's—" Lockhart was shocked, "and in less than a second, all the magic on that coin was destroyed, even the innermost alarm magic was gone. ”

"How is it possible, could it be that our enchantment is too casual and there is a conflict between us?" Cyrius was dumbfounded, and it took a moment to make his first guess.

"Isn't it, ruined in an instant?" Harry asked, "Didn't you say that its protection was close to that of a Horcrux?" ”

"Let's try again, this time seriously and make experiments. Albert said.

"Let's see what happened to that pound. Hermione said as she let the Muggle operating the hydraulic press lift the anvil.

When he went to get the pound, Lockhart could barely find it...... The pound, which was originally quite thick and beautiful, has now turned into a palm-sized iron sheet, and even the patterns on it are blurred.

"Merlin's little vest, what a terrible destructive force. Blake was surprised, "A wizard can't do this kind of damage with any spell......

"The power of Muggles has long been beyond the imagination of wizards...... Hermione said proudly, as a Muggle wizard, the strength of Muggles made her proud. "But let's stop blowing it and try again. ”

So they changed the coin, this time without casting any more spells, after a rough calculation, Lockhart evenly applied eight protective spells on the coin, complementing each other, although the protection ability decreased, but the stability increased, and the magic no longer leaked out involuntarily.

The result did not change, and the moment the upper and lower anvils were closed, all the protective magic on this coin was instantly destroyed, and it did not hold up for even half a second.

"Do you want to try?" Lockhart asked, "There's no need, although the physical protection of the magic on that coin just now is less than half of the residual magic on the crown, but it doesn't last even a second, and even if it is conservatively estimated, it is absolutely impossible for the Horcrux to last more than five seconds." ”

"You said that in order to destroy a Horcrux, you have to ensure that the damage is faster than its repair, so is it up to the mark?" asked Hermione.

"There's no need to estimate at all, it's definitely exceeding, the destructive power of this Muggle machine far exceeds the repair speed of the Horcrux itself. "So be it, you go and wait a few miles away, and I'll watch from here if I can destroy it." I'll instantly apparition over, and if I can't, I'll snatch the Horcrux out in five seconds, and I'll never risk it again. ”

"No, I'm going to be with you. Hermione disagreed, hugging Lockhart's waist.

"Let's stay too, if something happens, we can help. Harry also insisted on not parting.

A magic item with one protection can last for one second, and another item with two protection can't last only two seconds, which is not the case. But it's absolutely impossible to hold on for ten seconds...... What's more, the two pounds just now were squashed in less than a quarter of a second.

This Horcrux definitely can't last three seconds, this is Lockhart's judgment, and it is only conservative to say that five seconds just now.

"Okay, let's watch it together here," Lockhart compromised, this time there was really no danger, unless Voldemort could directly apparilate in front of them, otherwise he would not be able to catch them even if he had great ability. "I'll count to three later, if I haven't been able to destroy the Horcrux yet. You four directly apparition away, I'll find a way to snatch the Horcrux out in less than a second, OK?"

"Good. Blake nodded.

"Nope. I won't go first for a second!" Hermione stubbornly grabbed Lockhart's waist.

"Well, I was touched by you, Hermione. Lockhart joked.

The upper anvil of the press was raised again, and they placed the crown squarely on the lower anvil, and there was no magic fluctuation here. It didn't feel threatened and lay there honestly.

"Gildero, get the Muggles out of here. If the mysterious man comes later, he will kill everyone here. Hermione said worriedly.

"Makes sense. Lohart nodded, and used the Muggle Expulsion Charm to disperse everyone here, leaving only one to start the machine, and teach them how to start it. Albert, as the man with the best knowledge of the Muggle world, had the honor of taking on the task of pressing the start button of the hydraulic press.

"You'll be right over as soon as you've started the machine, ready to apparition. Lockhart told him.

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The machine started again, and Albert jumped out of the console and ran over to grab Harry's hand, and the five wizards watched nervously as the anvil slowly fell...... Inch by inch, they approached and finally touched the crown.

"One. Lockhart began to count.

The remnants of a large amount of protective magic were activated instantly, but in less than half a second, the outermost part of the outermost part disintegrated, and the upper anvil directly touched the crown, and the first thing that suffered was the large gem in the middle, on which the magic set by Ravenclaw lasted about a fraction of a second, and then the entire gem shattered into countless pieces - the metal part could not support it even more, and began to deform. At the same time, for the third and last time in its life, it frantically begged other souls for help.

"II. ”

The crown had been crushed into a thick, notched ring shape, and the subtle and powerful protective spells left by Voldemort and Miss Ravenclaw were crumbling layer after layer, so fast that no layer could stop the Muggle machine from descending slowly but firmly...... Even if it's a fraction of a second.

"Ahh

"Let's go!" Harry didn't need to say, they could see that they had succeeded, the crown had been pressed into a C-shaped piece of metal, and some bloody, jet-black sticky something was squeezed out of the upper and lower anvils of the press, along with skyrocketing magic fluctuations and a huge black mist.

Lockhart reached out to Harry and grabbed his shoulder hard, and Blake reacted in the same way as him...... Then they began to phantom.

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Harry was so impressed by Voldemort or the Horcrux's powerful psychic attack that he couldn't condense his magic at all, and relied on the magic of Lockhart and his godfather Black to protect him from splitting up the entire apparition process.

Their apparitions appeared on a hill a few miles away, and Harry sat down directly on the ground while Lockhart and the others began to search for the factory.

"Over there. Albert was the first to see.

Even from this distance, they could feel the powerful resentment that arose when the Horcrux was destroyed, and then the explosion, the fire, and the entire factory burned......

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[Thank you for the reward and monthly pass, but don't forget the recommended ticket, the recommended ticket can be voted repeated~]

――(To be continued......)