Tom saw a pool of red blood spreading rapidly on Hermione's chest. In the middle of the blood stain was a blade.
Behind her, a familiar figure emerged.
Tom recognized it immediately. This shadow was the general, or [Senior].
"Unfortunately, the stab was crooked." She tilted her head, glanced at Tom with emotionless eyes, and then slowly pulled the knife out of Hermione's body. According to her calculations, the stab she just made would definitely be enough.
She killed both Tom and Hermione at once, but the sudden explosion caused her to make a mistake and only killed Hermione.
Tom could clearly see that Hermione's beautiful eyes had lost their former agility, leaving only a dead silence. After the knife was pulled out, she leaned against Tom limply, and her blood stained Tom's armor red.
"Is it fake? Is this an illusion..." Tom held Hermione's body with trembling hands, but the real touch and the thick bloody smell clearly told him that Hermione was really dead.
.
The warning bell and the defensive magic props were unable to play a role in the chaotic battlefield. The girl Tom loved most passed away lightly, killed by the explosion and the blade.
Tom felt that a string in his mind was broken.
Then, he let out a desperate and angry roar, like the wail of a wounded beast dying.
The general killed someone on a whim. Seeing that she could not kill Tom, she quickly conjured up a rope and threw it to a pillar on the second floor. She stretched it out and flew to the second floor. The body she needed was just there.
There.
Stay and fight to the death with Tom? She doesn't think it's necessary.
How could Tom let her escape? The staff in his hand hit the ground, and the gravel after the collapse of the stairs automatically arranged itself and transformed into a clean platform. Tom gently placed Hermione in his arms on the platform.
, then turned the remaining stones into a staircase, and chased after him on the stone steps.
At this time, Tom's mind was empty. He had only one thought: to completely turn that damn doll into parts!
The general didn't run very far. There was only a few dozen meters between Tom and her, so after seeing her back, Tom's eyes immediately ignited with the flames of hatred. As soon as he raised his hand, a blue fire snake rushed out.
, flew towards the doll.
After realizing that this battle was unavoidable, the doll stopped dodging and turned around to confront Tom.
She turned her sword sideways, and a layer of pale blue flame emerged from the sword, entangled with Tom's fire snake.
"Why are you so angry?" The doll glanced at Tom and said calmly: "People always die, don't they?"
The puppet's words made Tom even angrier.
"I understand," the doll said with a look of realization. "She is your partner? Then you should thank me. I killed her, so you can get a new one."
"You may be reluctant to let go, but one day you will understand me, because sooner or later you will get tired of Senior Granger, and when you get tired of playing with her, you will have to find a way to get rid of her." The doll is completely for you.
He looked considerate of Tom and his tone was almost sincere, like a caring little cotton-padded jacket who thinks about Tom at every turn...
"It's a waste of time to talk to a completely inhuman object." Tom replied coldly. After a few words of conversation, Tom realized that the part of Peggy's soul that escaped after being torn apart was pure evil, and its values were completely contrary to human beings.
, there is no need to communicate at all.
Now, the anger in Tom's heart seemed to have exceeded a critical point, but it calmed him down. He could feel the majestic power emerging from his body.
"Things that don't understand love are really pathetic." Tom pressed forward with his staff, and the fire snake suddenly became stronger several times, and the flames spread towards the puppet little by little.
The puppet shook his head, and a rune suddenly lit up on the armor.
"Let me show you the true power of this doll!" The next moment, the floor between Tom and the doll exploded.
Before the dust had dispersed, several magic spells flew towards Tom, but they were all stopped by Tom with an iron armor spell.
Then, a ring of fire appeared at Tom's feet, expanded rapidly, and swallowed the puppet. However, the flames that were enough to melt steel did not hurt the puppet. It used the iron armor spell to isolate the influence of the flames, and then controlled it.
He used the magic spell attached to his body to fight with Tom.
According to the doll's thinking, it is only a matter of time before it defeats Tom. Because as long as the magic power is sufficient, it can perfectly control the profound magic imprinted on itself, but Tom's strength exceeds its expectations: those magic spells have been
Tom used a shield made of flames to protect him, but it couldn't hurt him at all.
As time went by, Tom's attacks became more powerful, and the doll felt a little overwhelmed. Tom approached step by step, and the doll slowly retreated. Finally, she was blocked by Tom in a blind corner.
"Why?" it yelled a little rudely, "This is unrealistic. I obviously have so many profound magic spells on me. I am perfect-"
"Because you don't understand human emotions." Tom was so close to the doll that he could even hit it directly with his staff.
If Dumbledore were here, he would definitely say this is the power of love, right?
Tom glanced at the ceiling, which was distorted by the heat wave, and smashed the staff in his hand with all his strength.
After a struggle, the defensive magic text on the doll's body had been completely destroyed, and all the joints were stuck, so Tom's staff had a very simple and clear effect - the doll's armor was smashed by him
A piece of it was dented.
Tom raised and lowered his arm, like a pestle in a mill. Tom turned into a ruthless pile driver and repeated the same action. At first, he just hit it with his staff, but later, the tip of Tom's staff was wrapped with a layer of blue.
Colored flames.
As the staff waved, the puppet in front of him gradually fell into pieces. He didn't stop until the puppet was beaten into a pile of rags by Tom.
At this time, the doll was completely dead, and the remaining soul residing inside was completely gone.
Tom stopped numbly and was in a state of confusion. He really didn't know where he should go.
Hermione died, what should he do?
At this moment, he remembered that Hermione was still lying alone on the stone slab. Tom didn't want to leave her there alone, so he turned around and returned to the first floor.
The battle on the first floor was no longer as intense as it was at the beginning. The teachers and students who were originally sniping at the intruders at the top of the castle came to the first floor and helped Professor McGonagall stabilize the situation. When the two sides were in a stalemate, Hagrid led a large number of magical animals to kill from behind.
As soon as they came out, Aberforth and members of the Order of the Phoenix also appeared in time, giving this group of people the final straw.
The balance of victory instantly tilted towards Hogwarts.
So when Tom packed up the dolls and returned to the auditorium, the Purifiers and the Japanese wizards were already defeated.
Tom casually knocked down several wizards who were fleeing blindly, and walked straight to the site of the explosion. A huge gap was opened in the wall there, and cold wind was rushing in from the outside.
Hermione was still lying on the stone slab, as peacefully as if she was asleep, no different from when Tom left. Fred and George had gotten rid of the stones that were weighing them down and were standing by Hermione's side.
"Tom..." Seeing Tom coming over, Fred hesitated. He really didn't know what to say to Tom.
"Thank you." Tom nodded towards the two of them. He thanked them for protecting Hermione's body from being affected by the battle.
After a brief exchange, Tom picked up Hermione and walked out of Hogwarts Castle through the gap in the wall.
"Where are you going?" Fred's voice came from behind him, but Tom ignored it. The moment he saw Hermione, Tom knew what he was going to do.