The Mightiest Badger at Hogwarts

Link's eyes sparkled with brilliant blue light.

That is the unique light that occurs when the super-sensing spell is fully cast after advancing to LV6.

Through this magical aura, Link could clearly see through the body structure of the old woman in front of him.

There is no flesh and blood inside it at all, it is just a combination of various machines and crystal stones condensed with magic power.

In other words, this is simply an alchemy doll, essentially no different from the alchemy butler and gardener in Nico Flamel's old house.

"I can't believe that those French guys would use this kind of thing to serve as receptionists at the Ministry of Magic. Their alchemy skills are really amazing. They are worthy of being the hometown of Nico Flamel." Old Kled also saw the old man in front of him. The woman was surprised and sighed, "But why did they design it like this? If it were younger, it would be more popular, right?"

Link glanced at him and explained with a chuckle:

"That's because the French Ministry of Magic not only receives wizards, but other creatures such as goblins, centaurs, and even mermaids and giants often come to the French Ministry of Magic to handle business or even find employment. In this case, the door reception The appearance design of the characters cannot only conform to human aesthetics. After all, the French magic world is free, but excessive freedom also creates many contradictions.

The image of the old woman is quite perfect now.

Her elegant temperament and aloof posture can not only satisfy human vanity, but her old appearance will not make the super intelligent life of other races feel threatening. "

Old Kelie was a little stunned when he heard this.

Although he himself was born a house elf, he still couldn't stand this practice.

Because as far as he understood, the French magic world was free, but the rights of non-human and extraordinarily intelligent creatures were really not much higher than those in the magic world elsewhere.

However, the French Ministry of Magic has always regarded itself as the white lotus of freedom and equality. This is really hypocritical.

In comparison, the group of statues of the Magic Brothers placed in the hall of the Ministry of Magic of China are pleasing to the eye.

After all, discrimination against statues is discrimination, but the most important thing is truth.

"Visitor, please state your identity and purpose of visit. I will show you the way after completing the registration."

Perhaps it was because the two people in front of them didn't move for a long time, but the old woman's alchemy doll once again said the same greeting, and even the tone and movement of speaking did not change at all.

Hearing this, Link also closed his eyes and said expressionlessly:

"Where are the others here?"

"Unfortunately, if you are referring to the staff of the main hall management office, then I can't answer for you because they are no longer here." The old woman tilted her head and smiled, "In fact, it is not only the main hall management office, but also the staff of the main hall management office. Nowadays, the entire Ministry of Magic is basically empty, and most of the staff from various departments are absent. Currently, only Mr. Minister is still stationed in the Minister’s Office.”

As soon as the old woman finished speaking, Newland, who was previously responsible for leading people to search the surroundings, came over, got close to Link and reported in a low voice:

"Sir Foley, there is still nothing unusual happening around us. This reception hall is even more normal than the previous hall, because there is not even a trace of blood visible here, it is exactly the same as usual.

But I think this is the biggest anomaly! "

Link nodded.

He agreed with Newland.

This time, in order to rally people's hearts, they declared war on the French magic world nearly a week in advance.

Such a long time should be enough for the French magic community to take defensive measures.

However, from the time they arrived in France until now, except for a stupid French Auror, they haven't even seen half a semblance of defensive measures.

The French Ministry of Magic was even more deserted.

It was as if everyone evacuated after hearing the news of the war declared by the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China.

But is this really possible?

You must know that this is the French Ministry of Magic, the center of power in the entire French magical world!

unless.

It was the group of shadow people who had done something else.

Sighing, Link said calmly:

"It seems that we need to have a serious talk with the Minister of Magic in France."

Old Kled and Newland immediately agreed upon hearing this and began to assemble the dispersed teams.

The old woman sitting behind the counter said cheerfully:

"So sir, are you going to visit Mr. Minister?"

"So what?"

Link said with interest.

He really thinks that things like alchemy dolls are quite good.

Looking back at the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China, he is also planning to hire a few to serve as receptionists and attendants. The security check registers currently in the main hall management office of the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China are simply more impressive than him.

After hearing this, the old woman opposite smiled even more happily.

"We're finally waiting for you, Your Excellency. Mr. Minister has already warned me that someone might come to look for him, but he also said that you must be prevented from going to the Minister's office, so..."

The old woman stopped talking and clapped her hands gracefully and slowly.

As crisp and regular applause rang out from the empty reception hall, a series of mechanism triggering sounds rang out from the three passages behind the old woman, and pairs of eyes with blue light also appeared in the darkness of the passages.

"Ow—"

A sharp cat meow sounded.

Thousands of black cats poured out from the three passages.

They are much larger than normal cats, closer to black panthers, and their big eyes are like round sapphires, with no pupils at all, and a large, split mouth is full of sharp teeth. , which is daunting.

There is no need for Link to give orders at all.

The Auror and Striker troops that began to gather behind Link quickly dispersed into several squadrons. One group stepped forward and pushed forward with a blazing white translucent magic shield wall, blocking everyone's path. , while the following squadrons raised their wands rhythmically.

boom boom-

A continuous curtain of magical rain roared out.

The invading cats were instantly pushed back into the three deep passages.

But just a few seconds later, more and more black cats continued to pour out of the passage, and they rushed over again against the dense rain of magic attacks.

"What the hell is this?!"

A shield-wielding striker at the front of the team shouted in panic.

He had just witnessed a black cat being blown into pieces of flesh and blood by a thunderbolt explosion.

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But in the next moment, those debris actually took root and sprouted like wheat seeds that had been cast a 'quick growth spell', and before they hit the ground, they turned into a dozen black cats that were exactly the same as the previous one. Keep charging at them!

With the blessing of this virus-like self-replication ability, the stronger the firepower of the wizards at the rear, the greater the pressure on the shield-wielding wizards at the front.

Finally, less than a minute later, the first black cat rushed to the translucent blazing white shield.

It used its mouth and claws together, biting crazily.

At first, the wizard responsible for defense behind the shield didn't pay too much attention.

After all, this black cat is actually not that big. At least for Aurors who are used to seeing all kinds of fire dragons and truly ferocious magical animals, this is really just a small cat.

But soon they stopped laughing.

Because with the biting action of the black cat, the unbreakable magic shield wall tore out a big hole like a tough film!

This startled the wizard hiding behind, and he hurriedly increased his magic output before repairing the shield wall.

"This is Madago Cat!"

Looking at the black cats in front of him who were constantly attacking the magic shield wall like a wave, Si Gefen said, "This is a magical animal unique to the French magic world. They have extremely strong tolerance and destructive power to magic." , are agile in movement and have the ability to self-replicate. They are often used by some wizards in France as pets to guard their homes. In fact, in terms of individual strength, they are not very strong. Because they are different from their strong restraint on magic. What’s interesting is that their capabilities in physical attacks are actually not outstanding.”

Newland frowned and continued:

“If they self-replicate, do they have a replication limit?”

"50 times. Someone has specifically tested it. Each Madago cat can only replicate itself up to 50 times in a day."

"Oh! This is exactly the same as the upper limit of human cell division! So the question is, can the individual Madago cats split from the Madago cats continue to proliferate?"

"Of course! The second-generation individuals that are self-replicated by Madago cats also have the ability to self-replicate, and the limit is also 50 times. However, the third-generation individuals that are self-replicated from the second-generation individuals do not have the ability to self-replicate. That is, a true ceiling for replication has been reached.”

"According to your statement, I remember that the first wave of Madago cats that came out of those three passages was about a thousand, which means..." Newland rubbed his chin and performed mental calculations. After a few seconds, Suddenly his eyes widened and he said, "In other words, what we will eventually face is an army of cats with more than 250 million people?"

Si Gefen said with some surprise:

"Oh! How did you calculate so quickly? It's amazing!"

Faced with Scott's praise, Newland would most likely say triumphantly, 'This is Muggle wisdom! '.

But at this moment, he couldn't be proud no matter what.

Because there are a total of 250 million cats, this number is really terrible.

The only good news now is probably that the self-replication trigger point of these Madago cats is actually very low. In other words, low-power but high-frequency attacks should be able to make the Madago cats split as quickly as possible. cap, thereby defeating them.

But how can that be done?

Thinking this, Newland subconsciously looked in the direction of Link.

However, at this moment, Link obviously had no time to pay attention to the situation here.

Because at the same time that the Madago cats poured out of the passage, the old woman's alchemy doll hidden behind the counter also underwent new changes.

The cracked corners of his smiling mouth stretched longer and longer, and finally stretched directly to the base of his ears, revealing a large number of sharp teeth hidden in his mouth.

She grinned and chewed the counter in front of her.

And as the sawdust flew, the old woman's full appearance truly appeared in front of everyone.

It turned out to be an alchemical monster with a human head and a cat body. Its overall body length reached an astonishing 5 meters. The ends of its four slender limbs were equipped with five sharp blades that flashed with cold light. The silver-white metal tail behind it was like a whip. Generally, with a huge sonic boom, she was thrown towards the giant fire python behind her that was about to pounce on her.

This is actually quite stupid behavior.

Because Lihuo is essentially flame and magic, and both flame and magic are intangible, which means they are almost immune to physical attacks.

But what's surprising is that as an afterimage passed by, the terrifying giant fire python was whipped into pieces in an instant!

Although this cannot completely eliminate Li Huo, this level of damage can also make Li Huo Python lose its combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Link's pupils shrank slightly when he saw this scene.

Because this is very similar to the previous situation where the Madago cat tore apart the magic shield.

In other words, the old woman with a cat body in front of her also has the ability to break demons like a Madago cat.

And this ability to break demons is not destruction in nature, but energy blocking.

Only by blocking Li Huo's magic power transmission channel can it be possible to prevent Li Huo from continuously devouring other combustibles to grow and truly disperse them.

But how is it possible to imbue an inanimate alchemy doll with the properties of a magical animal?

Has the current alchemy technology really reached this level?

The cat-bodied old woman didn't give Link much time to think.

She was seen lying on all fours, her sharp claws digging deeply into the hard floor made of pure mithril alloy.

Then a charge shot out like an arrow.

Link's reaction was not slow either.

As the wand moved slightly, several invisible giant hands composed of cursed magic struck at the cat-bodied old woman from different angles, blocking almost all the movement directions of the other party.

But at the next moment, the cat-body old woman's eyes that turned into sapphires flashed with light, and then her entire body disappeared directly, teleporting to the top of Link's head, and her sharp claws swung down!

boom--

The moment the alloy claw collided with the wand, a dazzling white light erupted.

In just a split second, the old woman with a cat body was blasted away by the huge amount of magic power erupting from the tip of Link's staff.

But before Link could pursue the old cat-body woman who lost her balance in the air, the other party's figure teleported to the group of cats more than ten meters away again, walking on cat steps, looking at Link with fear.

Link's expression was also a bit ugly.

The opponent not only has the demon-breaking properties of the Madago cat, but also has the ability to teleport within the range of the French Ministry of Magic's anti-Apparition spell.

With such terrifying destructive power and mobility, he is simply a professional wizard killer!

Coupled with millions of Madago cats, with such an arrangement, I am afraid that no matter how many wizards below the legendary level come, they will just deliver food.

It's a pity that Link himself is a legendary wizard, and he's in the middle of it.

Facing an absolutely crushing level of power, this kind of targeted arrangement is meaningless.

"Ah--"

Link raised the corners of his mouth and sneered.

Immediately, the wand in his hand was raised high, and raging white fire poured out from the tip of the wand like a tide. Almost instantly, it covered the entire reception hall, including the phalanx of war wizards from the Kingdom of China and even the Madago cats. Into the flames!