great-warnovel Chapter 320 Intercepting Red Star
Chapter 320 Intercepting Red Star
Chapter 320 Intercepting Red Star
"The front line has collapsed. Activate Plan B," the order was relayed over the radio.
The bomber that flew in, escorted by numerous fighter jets, was carrying an atomic bomb with a yield of 2 tons.
Encouraged by the goblins, the Muggles have never given up on the research and production of nuclear weapons. They could even produce weapons with larger yields, but those were weapons to deal with the Vigilantes and Grindelwald, and were also a means of mutual destruction. Given the area of Hogwarts and the shores of the Black Lake, a yield of 20,000 tons was more than enough.
"I cast down the fire of destruction, burning away all heresy and evil—"
The pilot in the bomber was muttering nervously. He must have also inhaled an excessive amount of hallucinogenic drugs. Even as he flew through the radiation cloud, his body was blistering and festering, but he remained unmoved.
Muggles had long been taught by wizards that ordinary bombing methods would be intercepted and diverted, or even used to bomb themselves. It was better to treat the entire plane as a disposable item; it would only consume one life, which was nothing to them.
On the contrary, the MiG-21s escorting them were the real killers, supersonic jet fighters. Those devils' brooms couldn't catch up at all, they were even faster than their magic!
This is the culmination of a true Muggle scientist's invention, completely different from the strange technological creations that goblins interfere with. However, it is precisely because the goblins do not want Muggles to possess such weapons that the development of the MiG series has stagnated for many years.
In the war against the UMNO, the appearance of the MiG-21 often meant that the Soviet Union was at a disadvantage, but they always managed to turn the tide and restore the balance of the war.
Unless Grindelwald intervenes personally, ordinary wizards are simply no match for such a fighter jet; once it takes off, Muggles will be able to dominate the skies.
The UMNO party couldn't always rely on its own "black devil" to deal with these iron birds, so they always chose to send people to infiltrate Soviet military bases to find and destroy these warplanes in advance.
The power struggle between the two sides has kept the number of MiG-21s in service at a very low level. The fact that they sent several MiG-21s to escort the mission this time shows their determination to wipe out Hogwarts.
On the battlefield, Krum's air squadron turned upwards, seemingly intending to intercept the aircraft.
Meanwhile, the fighter jets around the bombers scattered and swooped down. Compared to the lightning-fast fighter jets, even the best military brooms used by the shamans were as clumsy as a fat duck. They couldn't catch up with them, and their magic couldn't even catch the exhaust fumes. Instead, they were tossed around by the huge air blasts generated by the fighter jets.
Compared to the unprotected bomber pilots, the fighter pilots were equipped with the most comprehensive protection, so even when flying through dust clouds, they would not suffer any serious aftereffects.
Fortunately, the Muggles' weaponry was limited, and the fighter jets' cannons and rockets posed no threat to the wizards. But that was enough; the planes outmaneuvered the entire air cavalry column, giving the bombers behind them time to get closer.
"Dumbledore!" Voldemort shouted, for he too had seen the bomber piercing through the clouds and rushing into the midst of their battle.
The familiar voice seemed to remind the White Wizard of the plane that flew over Hogwarts fifty years ago.
He reached out and grasped, and the surrounding clouds transformed into a churning cage.
"We absolutely cannot let him drop the nuclear bomb!" Even though there was no indication of what was going on, he immediately knew what the Muggles were planning.
But he didn't know that after so many years of development, Muggles had long since found a better way.
Before the two great wizards could even react, the bomber shrouded in thick clouds suddenly exploded!
In an instant, the white light almost tore the sky apart, and the deafening roar seemed to rip everyone's eardrums apart.
"It's over——."
Everyone who knows what a nuclear bomb is has only one thought in their mind amidst the blazing white flames.
Although it was detonated in the air, the power of a nuclear bomb was enough to destroy everything within several kilometers of the blast center!
Before anyone could even react, in the blink of an eye, the destructive shockwave and intense radiation would kill everyone here, friend or foe.
But the expected high fever didn't materialize the next moment.
Under the blinding light, the wizards cast color-changing spells on their eyes, as if wearing sunglasses, before looking up at the sky.
The golden moon had vanished, replaced by a boy who looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old. He had black hair and wore a white robe, holding aloft a stone that shimmered with blue light as he faced the exploding sphere of light and heat.
From that stone, faint blue light radiated out like lines, forming a large net that blocked the explosion and the castle below.
The blazing fireball encountered the thin blue light net as if it were meeting a kindred spirit, and was quickly transformed and absorbed. This is why the small stone and its weak defense were able to withstand the nuclear explosion.
"Does Hogwarts still have such tricks up its sleeve?"
"That boy is a great wizard too! He single-handedly stopped the nuclear explosion!"
The deafening roar caused temporary hearing loss, but it didn't stop people from having all sorts of thoughts.
The Muggle soldiers had been lying on the ground waiting to die, but the long delay in their deaths made them raise their heads in bewilderment.
The photochromic lenses on the hazmat suits allowed Muggles to see with difficulty, and also allowed them to see the boy who was fighting against the nuclear explosion with his own body.
"What kind of being is that—even a nuclear explosion couldn't kill a wizard?"
Hermione stood below, holding a spear in one hand and a staff in the other, looking at Hilmi with some satisfaction.
This half-body proved quite useful at the crucial moment. Although he didn't know what was inside that bulky plane, his mind worked quickly. When he realized something was wrong, he used Hermione's authority to summon the Radiant Stone Core directly from the castle.
Fifty years ago, Dumbledore used this trick to withstand a nuclear bomb exploding overhead, and he can do it again this time. Back then, the stone was just a pure Philosopher's Stone, but now it's a more compatible Brilliant Stone!
Aside from some bright light and loud bangs, most of the explosive force was blocked by Hilmi; most of the power of the entire nuclear bomb was absorbed.
Everything was absorbed and transformed by the pyroxene core, making the stone exceptionally brilliant, with dazzling blue light almost overflowing.
"Unfortunately, Dumbledore and Voldemort were high in the sky, and they were almost at close range when the nuclear explosion occurred—"
Some wizards had this thought in their minds.
"Even a great wizard wouldn't be able to escape in a situation where apparition is impossible, would they?"
Generally speaking, the methods that Muggles use to commit mutual destruction are beyond the resistance of normal human beings.
But what they didn't know was that the two who had been locked in combat in the air for so long were no longer human.
Voldemort completed his transformation in an evil way. His immortality was many times stronger than that of the Death Eaters under his command. Even if he were completely turned to dust, he could not be killed.
Dumbledore, though he used Transfiguration to make himself look like a human, never changed his status as a dead soul. His soul bond ritual was powered by the core of the Shining Stone, which meant that as long as Hogwarts didn't explode, he wouldn't be banished back to the world of the dead.
When the power of the nuclear explosion finally dissipated, the dust cloud was pushed aside by the immense force, revealing a rare clear starry sky. Hilmi wearily held up the splendid core, its turbulent energy seeming as if it would crack open at any moment, making one's heart pound with fear.
In mid-air, the light gradually faded, darkness returned, and two whirlwinds suddenly rose in the empty air.
A dark green mass was the first to be formed, representing Voldemort. His face was grim, as the nuclear explosion had cost him a great deal of power. Opposite him, pale dust swirled and coalesced into a skeleton, then flesh and blood, and finally took the form of Dumbledore.
"Old man, you've been dead all along! You ghoul! You stinking ghost! You've been lying to me all along!"