When the pillar of electricity ceased, the archbishop still stood on the ground, his priestly red mantle long gone, burns of varying degrees appearing on his body.
He breathed heavily as he watched the Cursed Spirit regenerate and return unscathed in a matter of moments.
Gritting his teeth, he spoke almost growling, "You let yourself be struck to create an opening for an attack, well done. I didn't expect a filthy beast like you to be capable of such thinking."
"But you will die now," he said, crossing both arms to make the sign of the cross and murmuring coldly.
"Domain Expansion – Great Expansion of the Universe!"
All the noise around him ceased completely.
The barriers were formed in an instant, and he manifested his Innate Technique within the barrier, smiling victoriously.
The entire Domain Expansion occurred in a mere second, no, even less than a second.
0.0000001 milliseconds!
The Domain Expansion stretched up to the sky and covered the War Maiden.
If anyone were to see the Domain Expansion from within, they would see an entire space dark, cold, and lifeless. In the vastness of this space, there was a single bright point. All matter concentrated into a singularity in space and time.
Then, an extremely rapid explosion occurred, a number inconceivable for human understanding.
With a blinding glow, the entire Valkyria evaporated in an instant, she didn't even have time to react or do anything.
When the Domain Expansion barrier broke, the Archbishop arrogantly smiled and walked, wounded and ragged, toward the castle.
Never in his life had anyone come out alive from his domain expansion, and today was no different!
Although feeling almost half of his magical energy disappear, the Archbishop smiled bitterly. The Domain Expansion, though powerful, cost a lot to manifest in the real world.
Grindelwald, who watched the entire fight up close, calmly looked at the Archbishop. Though he was a madman, he had the capital to be arrogant; such a powerful Domain Expansion was truly rare and frightening.
Suddenly, the Dark Lord heard a loud, sharp snap behind him.
Smiling gently, he turned and saw who was waiting.
"You took quite a while, Albus," he said, looking at the most powerful man in the world.
Albus Dumbledore didn't respond and looked at Hogwarts with a cold, pragmatic calmness. The surroundings of Hogwarts seemed to have been the scene of a battlefield, with huge craters and the ground charred and blackened.
After looking at Hogwarts through what was left of the barrier, Albus confirmed that everyone was okay, although they were all fighting their respective opponents. This relieved his concern.
Then, he turned to his old lover and spoke with a smile. "Gellert, you look handsome in that outfit."
"Of course I do, I prepared extensively for this occasion," Grindelwald laughed and arrogantly lifted his head. Both seemed like old friends rather than enemies about to kill each other.
Albus laughed too and transfigured his blue robe into a sleek blue suit, much easier for fighting.
"You will die here, Gellert," he said with a gentle, compassionate tone.
Grindelwald's smile grew, his eyes beginning to glow with a phosphorescent light.
"We shall see about that, Albus," Grindelwald replied, laughing.
But before the battle, they both raised extremely strong barriers around them. The entire environment changed into a world filled with grass and a blue sky.
They could fight within this barrier without sinking the entire island of Britain!
With preparations made, they both spoke at the same time.
"Innate Spell Manipulation – The Inevitable Future – The Future I See."
"Innate Spell Manipulation – The Eternal Flaming Sun – Radiant Sun."
White flames surrounded Dumbledore while Grindelwald's body remained unchanged, though his eyes glowed like two pale moons.
Dumbledore waved his hand, and a gigantic sword of white fire manifested in his hand. With a gentle smile, he thrust the sword into the ground, and in the next moment, everything within ten kilometers around him burst into flames instantly!
The massive wave of heat swept through the entire environment within the barrier, increasing the temperature hundreds of degrees.
"Don't die, Gellert." Looking at the intact man, Albus laughed and spoke.
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Inside Hogwarts.
Rose and Herpo were engaged in an extremely fast-paced hand-to-hand battle, though the disadvantage was obvious to everyone, as Herpo couldn't even touch Rose in the first place.
Dodging Rose's leg, Herpo showed no anger at seeing his attacks being ineffective; he had already expected this for a long time. Rose was virtually invincible within the [Infinity], the space around her extending to an incalculable distance, making any attack, whether physical or energetic, impossible to reach her.
Herpo had to admit, fighting someone like this made you feel like you were worthless with no combat power. The world was truly unfair, always favoring some, and Rose Potter was the Chosen One.
But Herpo wasn't unarmed against this invincible defense. Magic was incredible and could truly perform miracles, but miracles cost an immeasurable amount of magical energy.
So, he only had one chance, a chance to manipulate the space around Rose for 0.5 seconds in exchange for all the magic in his body, which is why he needed an assistant, who had just arrived at the scene.
The smell of burnt human flesh hung in the air, causing Rose and Herpo to look at the man wearing tattered clothes with a strange look.
Rose laughed and taunted loudly, "Do you want me to get salt? Unsalted meat is a very sad thing."
The Archbishop grimaced upon hearing this, he gritted his teeth and spoke with a cold, venomous voice. "Finally, I've met you. Abomination."
"Sorry, I don't give autographs to... Undercooked meat?" Rose spoke with a smile, her tone dripping with sarcasm and amusement.
The Archbishop breathed heavily; at this moment, the pain from the burns on his body was infinitely less painful than Rose's taunts.
With a flick of his hand, a violent whip of light tore through the walls of Hogwarts as if they were made of clay and flew towards Rose, who stood still in the face of the attack.
"Don't be shy, come closer," Rose lifted her head and spoke arrogantly, approaching the Archbishop with an excited smile on her face.
The Archbishop transformed the whips of light into two broadswords in both hands and attacked.
He stomped on the ground forcefully, creating a crater beneath him, and flew towards Rose. He reached her extremely quickly and struck with both swords.
But to the Archbishop's surprise, the swords didn't even come within twenty centimeters of her before stopping completely.
Trapping the burnt man with the Limitless, making space act as a second skin for him, locking him in place, Rose raised her index finger and murmured with a gentle smile on her face.
"Innate Spell Manipulation – Limitless – Red."
Above her finger, a swirling red ball of energy formed, altering the gravity of the environment the moment it appeared.
"Don't die, Mr. Undercooked Meat." With her words, the innate spell was cast, hitting the man's abdomen.
The Archbishop only managed to reinforce his body with magic and spit out a large amount of blood before being thrown backward, crashing through wall after wall, one after another.
Herpo looked at the scene and placed his hand over his face. Fighting against a strong enemy wasn't despairing; plans could mitigate the power difference. But having incompetent allies, that was truly despairing.
But Rose didn't stop there.
"Innate Spell Manipulation – Limitless – Blue."
Under Rose's index finger, a swirling blue ball of energy formed.
Rose looked at Herpo and smiled gently.
Herpo didn't react before being pulled towards Rose at extreme speed.
Grabbing Herpo by the neck, Rose showed a somewhat frightening smile and spoke.
"I promised that when I found you, I would beat you up so badly that your mother probably wouldn't recognize you."
"My mother has been dead for over two thousand years; I thank every night that she's burning in the flames of hell." Herpo spread his arms and spoke with a smile.
"Even better that she's dead; at least she won't see her son getting beaten up by a thirteen-year-old girl." Rose retorted with a bright smile, showing impeccably white teeth.
"Has anyone ever told you that you're an annoying girl?" Herpo contorted his face and replied in a helpless tone.
"No, everyone says how incredibly beautiful, intelligent, and powerful I am, like the reincarnation of a Greek goddess," Rose responded with a narcissistic and arrogant tone.
"You and Asterion were made for each other," Herpo gritted his teeth and muttered, finding the shamelessness of both teenagers incredible.
Before Rose could unleash an unprecedented beating on Herpo, a whip of light tore through the air at that moment, but instead of aiming at Rose, it was directed towards Herpo.
Instinctively, Rose released the neck she was holding, and Herpo jumped back while holding his neck with a smile.
Emerging from the hole in the wall, the blood-covered Archbishop returned to help Herpo.
Arriving by his side, Herpo spoke while keeping his gaze on Rose, who seemed unconcerned. "Don't attack again without thinking, you stupid lunatic. The Infinity around her protects her from any physical and energetic attack."
"You could have said that earlier, you stupid heretic," the Archbishop spoke with a dissatisfied tone.
"I thought you already knew, after all, we're attacking her," Herpo spoke in a tone of injustice.
"Humph! When my lord needs me, he just points, and I obey. I don't need to research about this abomination," the Archbishop spoke piously while not hiding the pride in his voice.
"..."
At this moment, Herpo just wanted to turn around and leave this place as quickly as possible; both his allies were troublesome. One was a stupid lunatic and leader of a cult, the other was also a lunatic, though more pragmatic.
With her hands behind her head, Rose spoke at this moment. "If you want, I can give you some time to formulate a strategy. I'm having a lot of fun right now; having two punching bags is really comfortable."
Whether Herpo or the Archbishop, both wanted to rip Rose's tongue out; they had never encountered someone so irritating in their lives.
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Author's Thoughts: I had a lot of fun writing these two chapters, writing Rose's fight was quite funny... at least for me. If anyone hasn't noticed yet, Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore's powers were inspired by Bleach. As for the inspired characters, I don't need to say, it's pretty obvious.
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