He stood firmly between Cyrus and Dumbledore. The three of them stood in three corners respectively, and the atmosphere and tension between them became increasingly heavy.

In the stands, Hagrid nervously clenched his fist, which was bigger than a casserole.

"Will Grindelwald and Cyrus join forces to deal with Dumbledore?" Every beard on his huge face was worried about Dumbledore.

"Is that wizard named Grindelwald very powerful?" Ginny asked, "Wasn't he defeated by Professor Dumbledore?"

Some legends are so far away that little wizards like Ginny and even Grindelwald don't know much about them. The only knowledge they know comes from the recurring chocolate frog card.

Hagrid thought about his words, then said, "He is one of the most dangerous wizards in the world. Let me put it this way, people call Dumbledore the greatest wizard because he defeated Grindelwald. Do you understand?"

Dumbledore had so many enemies in his life, but the only enemy who could be recorded on the same Chocolate Frog card with him was Grindelwald.

It can almost be said that Grindelwald is the most brilliant of all Dumbledore's achievements.

"He lost to Dumbledore once, a very scary and evil dark wizard. I'm afraid he will join forces with Cyrus to deal with Dumbledore." Hagrid said worriedly, which made Ginny a little unhappy.

"What are you talking about? If Grindelwald was a dark wizard, Cyrus would never have associated with him." Ginny said angrily.

Because of some filters, Ginny thought Cyrus was a little too perfect. Cyrus really didn't intend to join forces with Grindelwald, but it had nothing to do with justice or evil, it was just unnecessary.

Sure enough, just as Ginny said, in the picture, the moment Grindelwald appeared, Cyrus put away his wand. He said something and then left.

After reading it, Hagrid sighed repeatedly: "What a good man! He is an upright man!" He wiped his tears and was relieved for Dumbledore, "I'm so glad that you are friends with him!"

"I kind of want to know what they said," Ginny said, pursing her lips.

In the Forbidden Forest, time goes back to the moment when Grindelwald first appeared.

"You're a little late. We've already finished here." Cyrus said softly, but he paused and corrected himself, "Maybe it's not too late. It should be just right for you. I won't disturb you two."

He put away his wand, turned around and prepared to leave, but added: "The magic drone can only transmit images, and cannot capture sound for the time being. If you have anything to reminisce about, feel free to talk."

Cyrus left in such a cool manner that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

When the two centenarians looked at each other alone, the atmosphere became awkward. After so much time, they should have a lot to say, and Grindelwald should have a lot of distress to talk about.

But they are no longer young and are not so impulsive.

After a long while, Grindelwald finally broke the silence. However, he did not bring up the past immediately. Instead, he looked in the direction where Cyrus had left, with a look of surprise on his face: "How much does he know? I don't think you would spread our affairs everywhere, would you? This is not your character. You must be too shy to talk about our affairs."

"That's what I want to know, too," Dumbledore said calmly. "He seems to know a lot of things that he shouldn't know."

Looking back on everything Cyrus had done in the past year or two, there were many things that Dumbledore thought Cyrus should not have known, but on the contrary, he seemed to know more than anyone else.

For example, Vault 12 and ancient magic, the location of every Horcrux, the Slytherin wand that had been lost for hundreds of years and something that even Voldemort himself didn't know, and...his past with Grindelwald...

However, Dumbledore did not think much about this issue. Cyrus was destined to be different from Voldemort after he was born from the diary. He possessed magical powers that Voldemort could not imagine and could see ancient magic. Perhaps he also had the gift of prophecy?

But Grindelwald's words made him feel painful.

He looked at Grindelwald with his blue eyes. For the first time since they met fifty years ago, he did not look away. He said seriously, "I have never been shy about speaking."

"Ah, I can see that you have changed a lot, Dumbledore. I feel as if I have never known you before." Grindelwald said with regret.

Since escaping from Nurmengard Prison, he has been frantically searching for newspapers about Dumbledore. He saw a witch named Rita Skeeter attacking Dumbledore as a rotting zombie in the newspaper, but Dumbledore seemed not to care about it.

Over the years, he has become cold and rational.

But the Dumbledore in Grindelwald's memory was actually not such a person at all. At that time, he was passionate and ambitious, cherished his reputation and cared about his honor. His talent and everything about him was so addictive that it was hard to open your eyes.

It was not until this time that Grindelwald realized that all he knew about Dumbledore came from just those two short months in Godric's Hollow.

"You have only seen flowers blooming, so of course you will be surprised at their ugly appearance after they wither. But withering is the norm of life. My beard did not grow this long yesterday," Dumbledore said calmly, "We are more than a hundred years old." - Cyrus walked into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

He did not head towards the end at all, but instead began to search horizontally for the magical animals in the forbidden forest.

The International Confederation of Wizards placed information about the next game in the Forbidden Forest, and as expected, it was guarded by magical creatures.

“Not being able to fly is still a bit of a hassle.”

Walking in the huge dense forest, even the direction is difficult to identify. However, with so many foreign creatures appearing all of a sudden, the most annoyed must be the original creatures in the forbidden forest.

"It all depends on where the noise is the loudest."

He picked up the wand and pointed it lightly at the ground. Then a jet-black snake suddenly emerged from the ground. It stretched out its tongue in confusion and then swam towards the depths of the forbidden forest.

Then, another one came out. Countless black snakes emerged one after another like water from a punctured pipe. The twisted and cold snake bodies were entangled with each other, densely packed, one after another...

Just looking at it gives me goose bumps.

Cyrus was unaware that the ground beneath his feet was covered with snakes. The red-gold pupils were emitting the power of magic. He opened his mouth and let out a hoarse roar.

"Go, help me find a powerful creature."

At his command, the snakes dispersed.

The wizards of Slytherin College were obviously divided into two camps in their attitudes towards Cyrus. You know, some of their parents had already followed Voldemort and Barty Jr. to France.

But no matter which faction the little wizards came from, their eyes sparkled when they saw Cyrus's move, and they wished they were the ones who commanded the snake group.

It only took Cyrus a few minutes to figure out the current structure of the entire Forbidden Forest. Those black snakes were not real snakes, but products of his magic. After integrating ancient magic, they almost shot out like black lightning, bringing the map of the entire Forbidden Forest back to Cyrus' mind.

He quickly locked onto the location of a fire dragon.

This is a Romanian longhorned dragon. Against the backdrop of its black scales, its pair of huge golden horns are particularly eye-catching.

It is very large, as long as six or seven people combined. On its rugged back are devilish wings connected to strong forelimbs. The wing membrane is very thick and is also covered with scales for protection.

Under it, a huge horned poisonous beast was lying in a pool of blood. Its thick skin could not be pierced even by magic, but it was torn by the fire dragon's claws, spilling blood and internal organs all over the ground! The Romanian longhorn dragon seemed to be about to eat, but the sudden appearance of Cyrus immediately aroused its vigilance and anger. It roared at Cyrus like a lion driving away a hyena, and its forelimbs crossed over the corpse of the horned poisonous beast to protect its prey. The longest of its four fangs was longer than Cyrus's arm!

Cyrus looked down and did not find any dragon eggs under it. It was obvious that the second project might have nothing to do with the Black Lake.

This is a male fire dragon. Although he is not as sensitive and irritable as the female fire dragon in the incubation period, in order to protect his eggs, he will attack any creature that approaches as a potential threat. However, the male fire dragon is more dangerous.

They are better at fighting! Such a huge and terrifying monster, just appearing on the screen is enough to make people suffocate, not to mention the people who face the fire dragon in person.

But Cyrus didn't take it seriously at all.

He ignored the fire dragon's warning and walked straight towards it.

The Romanian longhorn dragon felt provoked and prepared to exhale without hesitation. It took a deep breath, and its abdomen immediately bulged up like Popeye's chest muscles after eating spinach. The black scales on its throat turned red due to the high temperature.

The next moment, fierce dragon fire poured out!

The flames distorted the air in an instant. In that short moment, the trees touched by the flames seemed to have no time to react. They were directly turned into charcoal and then shattered into white ashes!

The damp forbidden forest immediately became dry. The slippery ground under Cyrus' feet dried up in an instant. The moisture on the wet and smelly dead leaves was also evaporated. The leaves twisted, turned yellow and burnt, and seemed to break at the touch.

Even places that were not affected by the flames began to burn due to the sudden high temperature.

The flames engulfed Cyrus.

It would be better to say that this small forest had been engulfed in a sea of ​​fire. The blazing flames instantly ignited from the surface of the ground, engulfing the trees dozens of meters high! The overwhelming flames were like a sea of ​​​​hot blood!

"roar!!!"

The Romanian long-horned dragon roared triumphantly, and it was surrounded by flames, like a devil crawling out of hell!

"He wouldn't be burned to death, right?" Although Seamus didn't know Cyrus, he couldn't help but become nervous.

There were many other young wizards who had the same idea as him. In their opinion, the dragon was already one of the strongest magical animals, and it was impossible for anyone to survive the attack of a dragon. Not to mention the terrible flames, even the rocks were burned red and almost melted under the high temperature! However, Cyrus soon proved that their worries were unfounded.

I saw a black figure walking in the blood-red flames.

Cyrus was surrounded by flames, but the flames could not avoid him. Every time he took a step, the flames would automatically separate to both sides.

He walked against the red background like a god controlling fire, until he uttered clearly: "God of Fire, lead the way!"

In an instant, the sea of ​​fire separated!

The blazing dragon fire surrendered to his sides and never spread again. The scorched black land was as holy and untainted as the road to heaven! More than a thousand wizards watched this scene in amazement, watching the handsome Cyrus controlling the power of fire like a god descending from heaven under the light of the fire.

"My God, he is simply a god..."

Many young wizards from Muggle families seemed to be struck by some kind of faith, and they thought of Moses who parted the sea in the Bible.

There are no gods in this world. If there are gods, they might be right in front of us! However, for Cyrus, this is just a piece of cake. He was tired of playing with fire.

The Romanian long-horned dragon seemed to be frightened by Cyrus's strength, but it was a top predator after all, a fire dragon! The most dangerous part of it was not its dragon fire, but as its name suggests, its pair of golden dragon horns!

The pair of dragon horns are like two upright golden spears. Usually when the Romanian long-horned dragon encounters a tough enemy, it will use the pair of sharp horns to pierce the enemy.

Its body, which was larger than a train carriage, lowered its head like a bull gathering strength. It was not surrendering, but showing off its sharpest weapon—

Its torch-like dragon eyes stared directly into Cyrus's red-gold eyes! "I have no doubt that it can smash the Hogwarts Express to pieces," Ron said worriedly, "and the diagonal angle can directly pierce the carriage!"

"It's nothing." Hermione held Ginny's hand tightly, her voice trembling, "Remember? The dragon pulling Ilvermorny's carriage! Cyrus can tame it!"

The muscle lines on the Romanian Longhorn's forelimbs were still clearly visible under the dragon scales. Its sharp claws pierced into the ground, leaving deep claw marks! It moved!

Instead of sprinting, he flew directly into the sky surrounded by flames.

Ron stared at the scene in a daze, and collapsed in his seat as if he had been struck by a gas leak, muttering to himself as if he had lost his soul: "Am I seeing this correctly?"

"You read that right, the Romanian long-horned dragon escaped..." Hagrid's eyes filled with tears, "Look how scared it is. I know dragons are not dangerous at all. They are all cute babies. Wizards are dangerous!"

(End of this chapter)