Soon, another school year passed, and everyone else went back for vacation, but Ellie didn't enjoy it so well. In fact, she was invited by her "superior" to a secret military base to teach some soldiers about magic.

From this, Ellie could see that the other party had obviously started to make some plans, and she was also very curious about how powerful modern technological civilization was in the face of magic, so she was happy to cooperate with the other party in conducting a series of experiments.

As for the results... it can be said that there are both good and bad ones.

According to Ellie's arrangement, the spells in the Harry Potter world can basically be divided into two categories.

Acting on the environment and acting on a person.

The concept of a spell that acts on someone is very clear, that is, a spell that is cast on a target, from Legilimency to Amnesia to Avada Kedavra. The effects of these spells are very clear and difficult to resist, but the problem is that the targeting and range are extremely limited. Basically, they only work on one target, and the range is very short, not much farther than a pistol.

As for spells that affect the environment, they are more harmful, such as flying sand and rocks, thunder explosions, Muggle shielding, etc. Basically, this is the reason why wizards pose a threat to ordinary people - the number of people killed by Avada Kedavra is probably not as many as those who died in collapsed houses and ground subsidence.

Of course, for those high-ranking officials, the most dangerous spells are not these, but spells that act directly on the mind - such as Legilimency, Oblivion, Confusion, and the three unforgivable spells of the soul. Imagine if a wizard used the soul to control a high-ranking official, the prime minister or the queen... that would be really troublesome!

In comparison, they were not worried or concerned about Avada Kedavra and Cruciatus... After all, humans had so many ways to kill people, and they didn't care if they had one more or one less.

The final test results can be said to be mixed. On the one hand, it can be confirmed that although wizards are powerful, they have no reaction and resistance to long-range sniping. In medium-range combat, regular wizards can use some spells that act on the environment to attack soldiers. Of course, they can't do anything if there are too many people, but if they are just dealing with a few teams, it is no problem at all.

As for close combat - a wizard who can get close to soldiers should just die somewhere as soon as possible.

On the other hand, weapons that act on human senses, such as stun grenades, flash bombs, and tear gas, have a more obvious impact on wizards, because the most troublesome thing about wizards is that they need to wave wands and chant spells to cast spells. Except for a few extremely powerful wizards such as Dumbledore, other wizards cannot escape this law. Therefore, if you want to fight a wizard, you should try to focus on how to prevent the opponent from chanting spells and waving wands, rather than really fighting head-on.

Of course, if all else fails, using poison gas bombs is also an option.

As for the wizard's most famous protective spell, armor protection, after Ellie's test, it was found that the armor protection released by a general wizard can withstand the shooting of pistols and assault rifles, but if the opponent switches to a Gatling gun or a Vulcan cannon, then the only way out is to be beaten into a meat paste.

As for the power of missiles... Ellie couldn't say for sure. Although the missile itself was indeed very powerful, its target was also very obvious. Once the missile was seen by wizards, they might fly over and point their wands at the missile, turning it into a flying whale.

In comparison, rocket bombardment is more suitable for dealing with wizards' cluster attacks.

In addition, there are thermobaric bombs... white phosphorus bombs...

If you think about it this way, there are quite a few weapons that can kill wizards.

In this way, Ellie spent a busy summer vacation in the secret base - until one day her owl brought her a copy of the Daily Prophet. Seeing the Dark Symbol and the incident at the Quidditch World Cup, Ellie raised her eyebrows.

It seems that Voldemort was successfully resurrected, which is cause for celebration.

For Ellie, the resurrection of Voldemort and the troubles caused by the Death Eaters are a good thing, because this will only push more Muggle wizards to their camp - the Ministry of Magic can do nothing in this regard, and they themselves cannot join the Death Eaters, so they can only join the government.

Ellie shared the news with her "superiors", and it was obvious that they were also quite concerned about it. Of course, due to their usual vigilance and caution towards wizards, they never met Ellie in person. This was not because they were wary of Ellie, but because they were worried about other wizards. After all, according to Ellie, those wizards could use their wands to erase their memories at will, turning them into idiots or lackeys at their mercy.

But this does not mean that they have no way to contact those wizards. Humans have lived for such a long time, and their reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance technologies are very advanced. Unlike wizards, they have long been able to obtain information, intelligence and communicate in various ways anywhere without leaving their homes.

At least there's no need for an owl.

This year, Ellie returned to Hogwarts earlier than usual, and there was only one reason why she came back early...

"Please explain to me why I have to temporarily give up my position as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."

Ellie slapped the letter in front of Dumbledore without any politeness.

"Oh, Miss Ellie, please don't be so excited."

Looking at the letter in front of him, Dumbledore smiled bitterly.

"Look, I think you know that because Professor Lupin's werewolf identity was exposed, we had to let him leave Hogwarts."

"What does this have to do with me? If there is any connection, it is your connection...including Sirius Black."

Ellie stared at Dumbledore, her bright red eyes filled with icy coldness.

"But we currently don't have a qualified teacher for Care of Magical Creatures. I found someone to help, but he is better at Defense Against the Dark Arts... So I hope you can let him teach the class temporarily. It will only take one year, and you will return to the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher next year."

“…”

Hearing this, Ellie was silent for a moment. Strictly speaking, she didn't want Dumbledore to succeed. But Ellie knew that the teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class this time was Mad-Eye Moody - in fact, he was a fake Death Eater who played a very important role in Voldemort's complete resurrection.

After all, if he hadn't been the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, he wouldn't have been able to get close to the Triwizard Tournament trophy, turn it into a key, teleport Harry Potter to another place, or completely revive Voldemort...

"Okay, just this year."

Thinking of this, Ai Li made a decision quickly.

"But I have one condition... Care of Magical Creatures... I can take it any time I want, right?"

"Of course."

Dumbledore seemed a little uneasy when he heard Ellie's question, but he finally nodded.

"You can do whatever you want."

That's good.

Soon after that, everyone welcomed the opening ceremony again. At the ceremony, Dumbledore also introduced the news that Ellie would be transferred to the Care of Magical Creatures class this year, and that Mad-Eye Moody would replace her as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

This immediately caused dissatisfaction and confusion among many students. They were also very curious about why Ellie was transferred to this position - after all, no matter what, a beautiful and cute girl is much better than a scary man with a limp and a prosthetic eye.

However, the students' doubts were soon interrupted by the second news announced by Dumbledore - the resumption of the Triwizard Tournament. This was a competition between three schools to compete for the championship. It was once suspended due to too many casualties, but this year, for some unknown reason, the Triwizard Tournament was held again.

If the Triwizard Tournament was not open only to students over the age of seventeen, most of the students would have signed up by now.

For the students, the Triwizard Tournament is naturally the focus of their discussion, but besides that, there is another topic.

That is...what kind of protected animals will Teacher Ai Li tell them about?

With anticipation, Harry, Ron, Hermione and others came to the Care of Magical Creatures class in the wild the next day, but to their surprise, when they arrived at their destination, they only saw a roiling pot and a cage next to it. The tempting aroma came from the pot, and almost all the students couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they smelled the aroma inside.

"I don't know what magical creature would eat that."

Ron now leaned close to Harry's ear and whispered.

"Harry, you know what? I really want to taste what's cooked in there. I feel like my saliva is about to flow out!"

"Teacher Ellie, what are we going to learn today?"

Because she was familiar with Ellie, Hermione asked curiously, and the others also showed some expectation and anxiety in their eyes.

However, hearing Hermione's question, Ellie just narrowed her eyes, glanced at her, and then looked away.

"I heard about the Care of Magical Creatures class in the past two years. I think it's impossible to understand these animals just by contact, so..."

As she spoke, Ellie walked to the cage, lifted the curtain covering it, and revealed a large group of silly and weird birds to everyone.

"Today we are going to learn about the habits of the Scottish round-faced fat chicken, and...how to cook it."

“…”

Meow meow meow?

At this moment, all the students were stunned.