Lockhart reluctantly pulled out his wand: "Passed out." ”

Hermione was struck by the Unconscious Charm and fell limply, but he caught it and held it in his arms.

Really, if you have to force yourself to be strong, the girl who hates disobedience the most is Pandora...... Lockhart thought helplessly, touched her smooth face, and couldn't help but kiss it. He then placed Hermione on the bed and pointed his wand at her brow, ready to revise the memory.

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"......" Lockhart couldn't help but curse, he used magic to invade Hermione's memory, only to find that Hermione actually learned Occlumency, and he obviously didn't teach her...... Lockhart is one of the best masters of memory magic in the world, but it only means that he can modify memories perfectly and realistically, and no one can bypass the defenses to modify the memories of a person who has practiced Occlumency in its entirety.

Breaking through the closure and forcibly modifying it? It would be more than worth the loss to make such a smart and clever girl a fool. Leave her and go straight back? It's dangerous for her to wander around without finding a team...... Lockhart sat on the edge of the bed, slumped his shoulders and thought for a while, but reluctantly relieved her of the spell and patted her on the thigh to wake her up.

"How do you know Occlumency," Lockhart asked, "I don't remember teaching you at all!"

"I let Harry teach," Hermione sat up from the bed, and immediately looked angry and aggrieved after the initial dazedness, "You actually want to use the Oblivion Charm on me, do you want to get rid of me so much, am I so annoying." ”

"I don't want you to be in danger!" Lockhart explained in annoyance, slowing down Hermione's tone as she looked like crying again. "You won, okay, I can't help you. ”

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Lockhart followed Hermione downstairs, where she gave herself a Muggle Confusion Charm and began to alter her parents' memories...... It is impossible to erase all memories of the Grangers' daughter, and they can only be temporarily sealed and given fake memories. A few minutes passed, and when she was done, Hermione covered her face and threw herself back into Lockhart's arms, tears streaming down her face.

"If you can't bear them, let's go with them. Wiping tears from her eyes, Lockhart tried to convince her again.

"Don't keep thinking about driving me away - I can help!" Hermione said in a choked voice.

"But in fact, you've been messing with me!"

"I ...... I won't, those few times were accidents!" Hermione stopped her tears when Lockhart told her face that she could only make trouble, and wanted to run to Voldemort immediately and knock down a Death Eater to show Lockhart.

"You're still not going to listen to me?" Lockhart threatened again, "I don't like you anymore!"

Lockhart's threat failed, and Hermione relented: "Don't listen, let's go back to Mad-Eye and them!"

"Disobedient little girl...... "Hermione won't leave, and Lockhart can't leave without concern when he wants to escape!"

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Two hours after leaving the grove with Hermione, Lockhart and her were back here. In the end, he only accompanied Hermione to settle her parents, and by the way, he took some of her groceries, and did nothing...... To be honest, Hermione's strength is indeed comparable to that of a normal adult wizard, maybe she is really too macho?

Scrimgeour glanced at Hermione, but didn't say anything. After all, she was already an adult wizard, and he didn't have to chase her away, and the idea to find the Dementors was this girl's brainstorm.

"Now, let's get ready to destroy that crown. Scrimgeour stood up, "Before we do that, let's find a suitable place." ”

A group of wizards rose from the ground and followed Scrimgeour out into the woods.

"How did you destroy the first Horcrux with brute force in the first place," Scrimgeour asked Moody with a tilted head, "Alastor?"

Albus used his magic to carve out a clearing in the Forbidden Forest, and everyone burned the journal with fire. Moody's recalled, "It burned for a long time, and the ground was roasted. ”

"Then we'll have to find a clearing, and everyone will be able to spell fire. Scrimgeour asked, looking back.

"I won't ......," Harry whispered.

"It's okay, savior, don't learn these black magic, you just have to find a way to deal with the mysterious man. Scrimgeour didn't care, "Just the grass up ahead." ”

Scrimgeour and Moody, using fire magic, emptied a large area of grass and motioned for Lockhart to take out the Horcruxes. Lockhart put the crown on the burned grass, this Horcrux, there is not much protective magic applied by Ravenclaw, theoretically it is only a little more difficult to deal with than that diary, so many wizards should be fine, if it really can't be done, you can go back to Hogwarts, throw it into the room of requirement, and then roast it inside, and it is guaranteed to be destroyed.

"I'm not going to use the fire curse either. Hermione whispered.

"Look, you can't help that. Lockhart shook his head, "Stay in the back, it's dangerous, pull Harry away." ”

Lockhart pulled out the Elder's wand, what was so magical about it? He had added protection to himself from burns, but he didn't feel anything out of the ordinary.

"Alright, everyone stand out of the way, give yourself some protective magic, and burn that crown with fire at the same time. Moody looked around, nodded in satisfaction, and motioned for everyone to prepare. "Quickly solve, finish lunch, and then discuss the next move. ”

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A large group of wizards, far from the crown in a circle, wand facing the Horcrux.

"Devil's Flame. Scrimgeour struck first, white flames erupting. "With all your strength, it's okay to set the woods on fire, let the Ministry of Magic do its work!"

Lockhart cast the Fire Spell with all his might with the Elder's wand—it immediately recognized the extraordinaryness of the wand—and it stands to reason that the Elder Wand should recognize itself as Lord by now, but it doesn't have any sense of heart-to-heart connection or human wand, on the contrary: the Elder's wand is like a root stuck in his hand, frantically pumping out his own mana, and his mana leaks out like the water that has opened the floodgates, and it is not controlled at all.

A fire that was more spectacular than anyone present erupted from the tip of the Elder's wand, attracting everyone's sideways attention. Everyone has the same idea in their hearts - Lockhart is really strong, he has always hidden his strength!

Dozens of fierce fires shot at the crown, and quickly began to consume the defensive magic on it, as long as the destruction speed is greater than the repair speed, anything can be destroyed! But Lockhart panicked - the arm holding the wand, and even the entire right half of his body, began to sore, and the magic output speed was almost beyond the range of his ** could bear!

The fierce flames converged together, conjuring up a huge creature image, and under the control of many wizards, the crown was always scorching......

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"Voldemort senses danger!" Harry felt a headache in his head, "he knows we're—"

"Don't say that name," Scrimgeour was startled, immediately interrupting Harry, "that name is monitored by magic!"

But late, for the first time, Lockhart regretted not correcting Harry's broken habit sooner, and a series of "crackling" sounds sounded, and six Death Eater apparitions shifted around them, first startled by the fierce fire in the sky, and then quickly began to attack them.

With a monstrous fire on one side and a few Death Eaters making trouble on the other, I'm afraid I won't be able to destroy this Horcrux this time.

"Damn, don't fight, meet at the next agreed location!" Moody put away his fire and began to fight back against the Death Eaters.

Lockhart didn't care about his physical discomfort, he turned around and disappeared for several consecutive blades, the power of the elder's wand was indeed extraordinary, a powerful Death Eater with good strength and almost qualified for the mark of the dark devil, under the attack of several elder's wands, the iron armor spell was easily broken, and the whole body flew out with blood, life and death were unknown.

Six Death Eaters, Phantom Shifting into the Forty Aurors - a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, minutes and minutes...... No, it can be solved in seconds. But they had called for backup, and the Death Eaters began to come in scattered, but in a steady stream of apparitions—some next to Harry, some even in the middle of the Aurors, and bad luck.

The battle is about to escalate, but now the Aurors have now become rebels in the wizarding world, and they will not be able to replenish their living forces for a long time, and they will not be able to fight a war of attrition!

"Withdraw!" scrimgeour and waved his wand to knock out a Death Eater again.

"Hermione, Harry. Lockhart yelled at the two children, "Phantom Shift!"

Although Voldemort was injured, no one knew the extent of his injury, and he couldn't take any risks if he knew that Lockhart didn't care that his magic was about to run out, and after strengthening his body protection magic, he frantically used a spell to disperse the fierce fire that rushed into the sky, rushed into the flames, grabbed the crown, and took advantage of the cover of the flames to transform the phantom.

- (To be continued.) )