readx;Researched by Muggles? Sorry, Lockhart has no interest. According to the address provided by Professor Smith, the group found the friend he said was studying hydraulic presses.

From this Muggle's mouth, I learned that the world's largest hydraulic press is now in Russia, and China is designing a hydraulic press that surpasses it... But let's not mention it before it is built, and the two countries are too far away, Lockhart asked. After where is the UK's largest hydraulic press, decisively Apparated and found the place.

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This is a factory that provides ultra-high-level forging services for many large aircraft, ship, and automobile manufacturing industries in the United Kingdom. Of course, this has nothing to do with the wizarding world. Lockhart does not feel that there is any sign of wizards here, and they leave carelessly. Go inside and use the Confusion Charm to influence and control a large number of Muggle staff.

"Perhaps you can apparate to the mountain over there and wait for me. If it's too late to destroy this thing within ten seconds, I'll just give up and come over to join you." Lockhart offered a suggestion.

"No, can't you come up with a better idea, other than being a hero?" Hermione suddenly became furious and protested loudly. "This machine is here, and it's not a consumable item. Why don't you get some magic item to test its destructive power first? You have to bet that it can destroy the Horcrux in ten seconds or less. Lose?"

"Uh..." Okay. Lockhart admitted that he had no idea that he could do this at all. After finishing the Horcrux, he was in such a state of mind: Finally, he was free to roam!

So he just saw this machine and immediately began to wonder if it could destroy the Horcrux in ten seconds.

"Good idea, Hermione."

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Then do something to test it. Hermione took a one-pound coin and came out. The reason why Jin Galleon was not used was because of the magic interference of goblins on Galleon.

What we need to test is the crushing and destructive power of a hydraulic press. First, we don’t need to consider who’s soul to protect. Second, we don’t have to guard against all kinds of destruction methods like Horcruxes. Third, we don’t need to consider the harmony between all magic and self. Restoration - so Lockhart and Black have roughly attached a dozen or so protective spells inside and out, all of them physical protection.

"Cough, it's very rough. This coin can only resist blows and pressure, but it can't prevent other forms of attacks, and the protective magic on it can't be repaired automatically." Lockhart held up the magic fluctuations that almost quickly escaped outward. The coin said: "Even if you don't touch it, it will fail in a few days. But if it is only able to withstand pressure for a short time, it is close to a Horcrux. If it is later, it can be in a 30,000-ton hydraulic press. If it persists for more than ten seconds, then we don't need to try the crown, just find other methods or go to Russia to use the largest hydraulic press."

"Hurry up and experiment. It's better to give it a try." Hermione urged.

"Will the machine explode when crushed?" Sirius asked worriedly.

"Hey, it will explode, stay away..." Albert joked.

With the help of Muggle staff, the enchanted pound was placed on the lower anvil of the hydraulic press, and five wizards waited silently beside the hydraulic press.

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Looking up at this big machine, dozens of meters high, with a complex structure, full of a strange and rough sense of power... Lockhart suddenly felt that maybe this thing could really destroy the Horcrux, but he didn't know how long it would take.

"I put an alarm spell on the center of the pound. If the dozen or so protective spells outside were breached, I would get an alert," Lockhart explained.

"Well, it's time to start the clock."

The hydraulic press began to work with a mechanical sound, and the upper anvil, with a large set of equipment, slowly slid down four huge steel columns, with the sound of metal rubbing... Finally, it touched the pound placed underneath.

At the same time, Lockhart started timing: "One..."

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"What's the matter, count?" Sirius glanced at him strangely. "You read one and then counted silently? It feels weird, okay? You can either keep counting silently..."

"No, it's not that I don't count. It's-" Lockhart was shocked, "in less than a second, all the magic on that coin was destroyed, even the innermost alarm magic. Disappeared."

"How is that possible. Could it be that we enchanted too casually and conflicted with each other?" Sirius was stunned, and it took a while to make his first guess.

"No, it's destroyed in an instant?" Harry asked. "Didn't you guarantee that its protection is close to a Horcrux?"

"Let's try again, this time, be more serious about the experiment." Albert said.

"Let's see how the pound is going," Hermione said, letting the Muggle who was operating the hydraulic press lift the upper anvil.

When to get that pound. Lockhart almost couldn't find it... The pound, which was originally thick and beautiful, has now become a piece of iron the size of a palm, and even the patterns on it are blurred.

"Merlin's little vest, it's really terrifying destructive power." Black said in surprise, "Wizards can't cause 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 power of Muggles made her feel proud. "But don't blow it for now, let's try again."

So they changed a coin. This time, they did not cast spells randomly. After a rough calculation, Lockhart evenly applied eight protective magics on the coin, which complemented each other. Although the protective ability decreased, the stability improved. It is no longer self-sufficient to release magic power to the outside world.

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

"Do you want to try again?" Lockhart asked, "Isn't it necessary? Although the physical protection of the magic on the coin was less than half of the remaining magic on the crown, it didn't last for even a second. Even if it is conservatively estimated, it is absolutely impossible for the Horcrux to last for more than five seconds."

"You said that in order to destroy the Horcrux, the destructive power must be faster than its repair speed. Does it meet the standard?" Hermione asked.

"There is no need to estimate at all, it is definitely beyond the standard. The destructive ability of this Muggle machine far exceeds the repair speed of the Horcrux itself." Lockhart said, "That's it, you go a few miles away. Wait outside, I'm watching here, if it can be destroyed, I'll Apparate immediately, if not. I'll grab the Horcrux within five seconds, and I'll never take any more risks."

"No, I want to be with you." Hermione didn't agree with anything else, and hugged Lockhart's waist.

"Let's stay too. If something happens, we can help." Harry also insisted not to part.

A magic item with a protection ability of 1 can last for one second, of course another item with a protection ability of two cannot last for only two seconds, it is not calculated like this, but it is absolutely impossible to last for ten seconds... Both pounds were almost squashed in less than a quarter of a second.

This Horcrux will definitely not last for three seconds. This is Lockhart's judgment. Just saying five seconds was just conservative.

"Okay, let's watch together then," Lockhart compromised. This time there's really no danger. Unless Voldemort can Apparate directly in front of them, he'll catch him even if he has the ability. Don't live with them. "I'll count to three later. If you haven't destroyed the Horcrux yet, the four of you will just Apparate away, and I'll find a way to grab the Horcrux. Within a second, ok?"

"Okay." Blake nodded.

"No, I'm not going for a second!" Hermione stubbornly grabbed Lockhart's waist.

"Well, I'm touched by you Hermione," Lockhart joked.

The upper anvil of the hydraulic press was raised again, and they placed the crown squarely on the lower anvil. There was no magic fluctuation here, it felt no threat, and it lay there honestly.

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

"Makes sense." Lockhart nodded and used the Muggle Banishing Charm to disperse everyone here, leaving only one to start the machine, and teach them how to start the machine. Albert as the person who knows the most about the Muggle world. Honored to undertake the task - pressing the start button of the hydraulic press.

"Come over as soon as you start the machine, ready to Apparate," Lockhart told him.

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

"One." Lockhart began to count.

The remaining large amount of protective magic was activated instantly, but less than half a second. The outermost part all disintegrated, and the upper anvil directly touched the crown; the first to suffer was the big gem in the middle. The magic set by Ravenclaw on it lasted about 0.1 second, and then the whole gem was broken into countless pieces. Pieces of debris - the metal parts are even more unsupportable ~lightnovelpub.net~ begin to deform. At the same time, for the third and last time in its life, it frantically cried out to other souls for help.

"two."

The crown has been pressed into a thick, notched ring shape, and the subtle and powerful protective spells left by Voldemort and Lady Ravenclaw, layer after layer, quickly collapsed, without any One more floor would stop the Muggle machine from slowly but surely descending... even for a fraction of a second.

"Ah—" Harry suddenly broke free from Hermione and Blake's grasping hands, and shouted, hugging his head, "Success, let's go!"

"Let's go!" They didn't need to say Harry, they could see that they had succeeded. The crown had been pressed into a C-shaped piece of metal, and some blood-like, black and sticky things had been squeezed out from the upper and lower anvil surfaces of the hydraulic press. There were also soaring magical fluctuations and a huge black mist.

Lockhart reached out to Harry, grabbed him by the shoulders, and Blake reacted the same way...then they began to Apparate.

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Harry was unable to gather his magic power at all due to the powerful mental attack of Voldemort or the Horcrux. During the entire Apparition process, he relied on the magic of Lockhart and his godfather Blake to protect him from separation. the fate of the body.

They Apparated on a hill a few miles away, Harry slumped to the ground, and Lockhart and the others started looking for the factory.

"Over there." Albert was the first to see it.

Even though they were so far apart, they could feel the powerful resentment generated when the Horcrux was destroyed, followed by explosions, firelights, and the entire factory burning...

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——(To be continued.)

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