And Moody, who drank the potion of talent all night, finally returned to the level of his magic power when he was young.

He took his wand and was ready to fight Dumbledore while he still had some strength left.

Seeing him play, Dumbledore's expression showed a trace of regret.

Although Moody's telling Lockhart that his magical eye's name is "The All-Seeing Eye" isn't lying, he's not telling the whole truth.

The name "All-Seeing Eye" is the name given to it by the Muggle Church. They think this thing is a blessing from the gods and represents the power of God's omniscience and omnipotence.

But Dumbledore and the others knew that it also has a name called "Blue Devil's Eye", or "Demon Eye", "Eye of Jealousy", which is familiar to people from Greece-Turkey around the Mediterranean Sea symbol.

In addition to enhancing the wearer's magic power and allowing the wearer to see through invisibility and illusions, wearing it actually has a hidden ability-that is, if the wearer has a strong jealousy, it can make the stared at him. target in doom

Unwitting Muggles thought it could ward off evil spirits, so they imitated the blue eye

Zi made a lot of amulets and sold them to tourists. If ordinary people travel to European and American countries, they can often see imitations of these things in handicraft souvenir shops.

In order to fight the Death Eaters, Alastor Moody still wore the genuine product of this magic eye, knowing that he would pay the price of insanity.

Although Dumbledore objected to him doing so, Moody's attitude was firm and expressed his willingness to sacrifice to fight against evil, so Dumbledore reluctantly agreed to him in the end.

Because Alastr is "revenge," and Mdy is "emotional," Dumbledore can't stop Moody from taking a legitimate revenge, and at least for Moody's character, he will never Will abuse the forbidden power of this magic eye.

"Actually you don't have to, Alastor," Dumbledore said slowly. "Everyone knows you well and trusts you, and you know what I think about the magic eye."

\"Thank you for your trust, Albus, but I can't trust myself anymore." Moody's voice was equally low, "I want to see how much I can do now."

Everyone here knows how stubborn Moody is, so Dumbledore just persuaded him and didn't say anything.

"Come on then," Dumbledore motioned, "I'll try to hurry up.

Chapter 354 Little Gang

Kingsley Shacklebolt, who was defeated, rubbed his fallen shoulder, staggered to sit beside Lockhart, and cast a bone-setting spell on himself.

"Ah, it feels better now," he exclaimed with satisfaction.

Seeing his exaggerated performance, Lockhart felt vaguely that he was planning to say something to himself.

"Hello, Shacklebolt." Lockhart greeted proactively, "You did a good job just now."

Although it was the first time to speak face to face like this, Kingsley seemed very familiar: "My family knows my own affairs, and I don't have much room for improvement."

"It doesn't matter, there should be time to train."

Although Lockhart said so politely, the words themselves were not false.

After all, it has only been two and a half years since he took office at Hogwarts. During this period, all he did was to train himself with extreme self-discipline for 2 hours a day, and the result was to this point. As long as you give someone like Kingsley half a year of professional training, they may not be worse than you.

But that's clearly not what Kingsley had to say:

"I'm so busy at the Ministry now that I can't get away, and sometimes I think if I could just split myself into five and use it..."

Hearing what he said, Lockhart realized that the other party was aiming at the clone magic that he had improved.

Lockhart felt that he shouldn't be too stingy with his comrades in the Order of the Phoenix, not to mention that Kingsley was one of the few people in the Order of the Phoenix who could understand politics. Since he came to approach him, he must not just be Learning magic is as simple as that.

But Lockhart didn't care.

"If it's just for simple business, that magic can do it, but it might be better to go straight to the training portrait," he told Kingsley.

Kingsley understood Lockhart's magical mechanism somewhat: "You mean that your clone used a portrait spell and then materialized it."

In the wizarding world of Harry Potter, wizards can leave their own magical portraits.

Although these magical portraits are exactly the same as their masters, this does not mean that they have the same magic and intelligence as their masters. It is just a mechanical "program" that instinctively imitates the habitual movements of their own primordial body. If you want these portraits to have more skills, then it needs to be trained by the owner of the portrait.

For example, when Dumbledore knew he had only one year to live, he spent a whole year training his portrait so that it could function in the crusade against Voldemort.

In fact, Kingsley also has several magics similar to avatars and illusions, but it can only confuse the enemy, and it can't achieve the point where every avatar can use magic like Lockhart just now, or even still Different magic.

But if it's a portrait spell plus some magic storage technique, it makes sense

Lockhart affirmed Kingsley's judgment: "Yes, so the better the clone.

?The more training time you will need..."

Having said this, Lockhart looked a little regretful: "I spent a lot of training on those three clones, and the principal destroyed them all."

Kingsley nodded thoughtfully, then suddenly remembered something, and Rouge had an expression of sudden realization.

"Ah?? I see, no wonder you like to fill your home and office with pictures and portraits of yourself, so you're using your daily time to train your avatar! When Ogden told us about it, we thought you were Yes…"

Kingsley stopped just in time, but Hao Xuan didn't say anything else.

Of course Lockhart knew what he was trying to say, nothing more than \"narcissism" or something.

It's a pity that you misunderstood. "I" was because of narcissism at the time, that's why I hung pictures of myself in my residence.

And Lockhart's doppelganger is indeed inspired by what the original owner did - after all, not everyone will have their own activity photos in their home, bedroom, office, or even mother's house.

He originally wanted to burn all these photos on fire to bid farewell to his past self. But the original owner left too many magical photos, and if Lockhart was to attack now, he would inevitably feel like he was killing someone, so he didn't do it.

In the end, he still thought of a way - instead of burning them with fire, he might as well use them as waste, hang them in the basement where he trains spells, and let them watch his usual movements of training spells.

When they could use a form-only spell in a picture frame, Lockhart would take it off, give it a fake entity with illusion, and store three spells for it with spell sequencing. Then put on a new photo and hang it in the basement, and repeat.

Although each of these clones can only use three of the same spells, each Lockhart can take a lot of photos!

After figuring out the principle, Kingsley seemed very excited.

"It's a nice way to spread the word to my colleagues in the Auror office," he said.

"Great, Scrimgeour and Robards will be happy." Lockhart agreed.

It's not that Lockhart didn't know that Kingsley "later" became Minister for Magic, very

Might be his own opponent, but he's not stingy enough to be jealous of it TtdT

Fu

After all, that was the "future", and the "future" was not destiny. He didn't believe that the current Order of the Phoenix would be so embarrassed in the face of Voldemort, that he had to need a quasi-first-class figure like Kingsley. The point of a pillar.

In the original book, Deng successfully succeeded Deng by relying on his responsible performance against Voldemort with McGonagall and Slughorn in the Battle of Hogwarts, and his performance of stabilizing the Muggle community when he was the assistant to the Muggle Prime Minister. Bulido's political legacy.

And now the biggest channel of communication with Muggles is Lockhart. There are no less than seven or eight people in the Order of the Phoenix who have the same magical power as Kingsley. In this case, the position of Minister of Magic is not yet a priority. Considering him, Kingsley would hardly have that kind of ambition.

Ambition, to put it bluntly, develops step by step. Even if it is a "child of destiny" like Jack Ma, he will not dream of becoming the richest man when he is still in his early years. to think about that

So Kingsley must be looking for himself to talk about something else.

Sure enough, Kingsley began to reveal his true purpose.

\"Robards is recruiting Aurors to be sent to Nigeria." He said to Lockhart seemingly casually, "I heard there is a shortage of people on Lupin's side? You know, I also have Hausa blood, I know Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo, and my mom keeps telling me to go back home."

Lockhart knew what he wanted: "Very lacking, and most lacking is availability.

Instructors to train security forces. Only the locals can govern the locals well, and we have to give the local wizards face. "

"Hopefully I can change some of that."

"Of course you can! Sniff Drilling will donate to the Auror Office for this.

, in return for the Ministry of Magic's protection of citizens abroad. "

When Kingsley heard this, he knew there was no need to go on.

If you take any money, you have to act for whomever you take. This is not even an unspoken rule.

At this moment, the final duel in the secret room was also decided.

Although Moody's resistance was no less valiant, as he passed the spot to which Dumbledore's "missed" spell had pointed, many green spurs suddenly sprung up on his wooden prosthetic leg. The branches, he was firmly bound in it, unable to move.

Although this is also not considered black magic, considering that the opponent is Moody, Dumbledore does not need to use it on him, because he has seen enough.

Lockhart could be proud now, because he was the only one in the room who made Dumbledore use Transfiguration to solve the battle, even Moody was knocked down by the Growth Curse.

Apart from Voldemort, the only people who can enjoy such treatment are Professor Flitwick and Snape, right?

Dumbledore taught everyone here a lesson without using Transfiguration - who said a duel was all about slamming wands at each other? Is magic such an inconvenience?

Chapter 355 entrusted with important tasks

After the contest was over, the members of the Order of the Phoenix sat down and chatted for a while.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although the people of the Order of the Phoenix are united because of their belief, or their trust in Dumbledore, when they really start to talk, people still unconsciously divide into several factions. .

Most of the veterans of the two dynasties, such as Moodys Dorje Podmore and Emmeline Vance, have merits, and they are not too young, so in the face of Lockhart and Shacklebolt, they will There is an involuntary alienation akin to the veteran's detachment from the recruit.

It's not about what they think of Lockhart, or about the generation gap or camaraderie, but it's like the kind of situation explained in "Band of Brothers" - because you don't know when recruits will die, so at first Just keep a distance from the recruits, so that you will not be too sad at that time, which is a kind of stress response of the human body.

Lockhart knew this, but he didn't care.

Anyway, this short-term psychological isolation is nothing when everyone is in a trench, so when he is mixed with Kingsley, Hessian, Arthur, and Nymphadora Tonks, it is a heart. No hindrance.

In addition to the old soldiers and their new recruits, people such as Lupin and Blake who were once suspected of being traitors were also very embarrassed. They and Dedalo Digo, who often made troubles, and had petty thefts Mundungus and Fletch of Mundungus were mixed up and regarded as "unwelcome people"

However, Tonks soon went to invite Lupin to come and speak together, and Lockhart also took the opportunity of "cooperating with the Muggle government" and "the person in charge of the Nigerian side" to invite Lupin and Blake to speak together. , and naturally brought the other two.

And this scene was also seen by Dumbledore.

After everyone had dispersed, Dumbledore kept Lockhart in the name of teaching magic, but when Lockhart thought he could be instructed, he realized that what Dumbledore was going to say was not the same at all. .

"In addition to Alastor, I'm going to set up two new secondary command centers in the Order of the Phoenix," Dumbledore told Lockhart. "So, Gilderoy, are you ready?"

Lockhart was really confused this time: \"What preparation?"

"Prepare to become a pillar of the Order of the Phoenix." Dumbledore said with a serious expression, "Hogwarts has Minerva, Filius and Severus watching, it is a very solid iron triangle. But If only Alastor is staring outside, I'm a little worried."

"So..." Lockhart's heart thumped.

"Kingsley has discussed this issue with me. I originally wanted him to contact the Muggle government, but he told me that you are obviously more suitable for this work, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to contact foreign wizards." Dumbledore told him.

Lockhart said in his heart that Kingsley and Shacklebolt really knew how to play, and with one move, he gained the favor of the populists of the Order of the Phoenix, the Lockhart industrialists, and the Auror Office at the same time. Eighteen" veteran Lions pureblood family member

A man like this, Lockhart must not make him his opponent

...Why don't you wait until you're Minister of Magic and have Kingsley be Deputy Minister? Divide a part of his real power and form a cabinet together, which can not only increase the political power of his own faction, but also prevent others from saying he is authoritarian.

It's just that now is not the time to think about it carefully, he has to reply to Dumbledore's question immediately.

"Of course there's no problem, that's what I'm good at." He hurriedly told Dumbledore

Lido assured, "Although Sirius and Remus are handed over to me, I will build a command center before that person returns, and have an independent combat force.

He didn't ask Dumbledore why he did such a thing similar to "Too Gu". Outside, he can be a powerful political star, but in the Order of the Phoenix, he is a soldier. The only duty of a soldier is to obey orders. Like Forrest Gump, you don't need to think about anything, just do whatever the boss asks you to do

After listening to his statement, Dumbledore nodded in satisfaction.

However, your side still lacks veterans who have really experienced the war, and Remus and Sirius are still too young. Dumbledore added, "I'll send you one more person—Emeline Vance, and my old friend Ephias Dorje." Emmeline is proficient in the identification of the Imperius Curse, but she lacks in frontal combat ability. Ephias is the special advisor of Wizengamot, and you can consult him legally. "

"It turned out to be those two seniors, I will definitely ask for more advice." Lockhart hurriedly agreed.

"Emeline is a stronger person. I hope you don't stimulate her self-esteem. Older people like me are more stubborn." Dumbledore added.

"no problem."

"If I'm not here, don't contact Alastor and Minerva directly, just contact Aberforth. There is a secret passage leading to Hogwarts behind the Hog's Head Bar."

"So that's why your brother won't let us remodel his bar."

The three members of the Order of the Phoenix that Dumbledore just mentioned did not come here to participate in the "bootstrapping" today, and it seems that Dumbledore knew a lot about their combat effectiveness - they belonged to the kind of people who would cause chaos in the frontal battlefield.

Dumbledore wasn't so much about plugging people into Lockhart as it was about putting him in charge

Protecting them is something Lockhart can still handle.

But does this also mean that after today's fundamental test, Dumbledore also regards himself as a part of a reliable fighting force?

If this is the case, then this is really not easy enough - since Lockhart became a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, he has handed over an unknown number of votes, and has done an unknown number of things for Dumbledore. How many times of responsibility and how many times to show strength to get this drudgery.

And it looked like he had to keep going.

After explaining the matter, Dumbledore finally took out his wand.

"It's almost like this... The next spell I'm going to teach you, it originally required three uses of the mind to cast, and the difficulty is relatively high, so I didn't plan to popularize it in the Order of the Phoenix.

But you are different. Although you can only use two minds, you have a small skill that can release three magic spells at the same time, and you are very good at this kind of memory and soul level magic, and the magic power is also very well controlled. I After thinking about it, I think you should be able to do it.

Although I want to tell you \"It doesn't matter if you can't learn it for a while, you can practice 77 slowly, but I can't say that because time is running out... I want you to learn it as soon as possible, I'll send it out to find Voldemort's weakness soon already."

Seeing that Dumbledore was serious, Lockhart took a deep breath and took out his wand.

"If you lack talent, you can make up for it with diligence. Even if I have to run out of my stock of Bafa's brain-boosting agent and invigorating agent in these three days, I have to learn it."