Chapter 485: I'm not leaving!

"It's amazing how quickly you started working for him..." Ivan said rudely.

In his impression, even though the vampires were helping Voldemort, they still had their own bottom line.

It was like the last time at the centaur relics. They did not fully obey Voldemort's orders.

"I don't think I need to say that this is merely an exchange of interests between allies!" Caresius retorted.

"Exchange of interests?!" Ivan shook his head. "I see you are looking for a dead end, appearing here in front of mages from all over the world. This is not in keeping with your principles. You and your people are going to be wanted for tomorrow. "

"To achieve more worthy goals, there is a price to be paid.... My people and I are already living on the edge of the wizarding world." Caresius pointed his wand at Ivan, with an expression of unprecedented seriousness on his face. "If so, let them be sought out - we have nothing to lose!"

"But... "Ivan wanted to mention Elaine.

But the vampire shouted rudely at him, "Wave, Ivan, don't waste your time, you know dueling etiquette!"

It was the first time Ivan saw Caresius' face like that.

At that moment, Ivan was no longer a young man like Elaine in his eyes, but a worthy opponent.

For the plight of his race, there was the one mentioned in the ancient prophecy.

Caresius had been speculating that even if the road ahead was hard, there was no failure of space, and he would never allow it.

Whether for his own sake or for the sake of his people, who had always believed in him, he had to succeed.

Caresius chose Voldemort, but he did not give up on Ivan either.

He saw Ivan as a backup, indulging Elaine and Ivan in a good relationship and giving them the utmost care.

Just like the last time at the ruins of the fallen centaurs, when Caresius gave Ivan the philosopher's stone.

Voldemort was already strong enough and Caresius didn't think he needed more power. He just needed to restore his strength.

This was in the interest of Caresius and his people, and he hoped that Ivan could get stronger quickly.

But when Ivan stood in front of him, he didn't mind giving him a hard lesson to let this young wizard know how big the gap was between the two sides.

The Ministry of Magic Aurors wouldn't be able to come up for a while, and Caresius had plenty of time.

He was going to take Harry Potter and let Voldemort complete that magic and regain his strength.

As for the other team dealing with Barty Crouch Jr.... they must have succeeded by now.

He had to eliminate Ivan and bring Harry Potter tied up, to Voldemort.

Caresius saluted Ivan; only a respectable opponent was worthy of such courtesy.

The next second, a triangle of red light flew towards Ivan.

Ivan dodged to the right and continued running fast.

His body moved quickly, and the wand in his hand emitted several red lights.

Caresius did not use his rare apparition. He chose to face Ivan head-on.

From the tip of his wand, sparks flew, taking all of Ivan's magic and fighting back.

In just a few seconds, the two sides had several magical exchanges, and the combat was very technical.

Caresius' spells were endless, all of them blood magic that Ivan was unfamiliar with, which made him feel a bit overwhelmed and stressed.

In fact, besides these varied spells, the technical aspect had always been Ivan's weak point. He had great theory and strength, but not enough opportunities to put them into practice to perfect his dueling techniques.

Theory could be obtained quickly from books, and powerful magic was also obtained from the Slytherin Reliquary and the Philosopher's Stone.

Ivan's strength had increased too quickly, but his skills and experience had not kept pace.

Under Caresius' unreserved attack, he soon felt unprecedented pressure.

After repulsing another spell, Ivan felt in his heart that it was terrible and realized that it was not going to work.

Going on like this, he feared it would not be long before he would be defeated by Caresius.

However, Ivan now had the Philosopher's Stone! He could not give up his advantage to compete with his opponent where he was weakest.

In the blink of an eye, he thought of a bold plan.

Ivan aimed his wand at the huge stones falling from the ceiling, and they quickly turned into five trolls.

The trolls roared, waved their giant sticks and pounced on Caresius with teeth and claws splayed open.

Caresius frowned, and in his opinion, these monsters made no sense. He just waved his wand and they turned to black smoke.

Taking this opportunity, Ivan took the Philosopher's Stone from the medallion on his chest and held it in his hand.

The red fluorescence of the Philosopher's Stone flashed, the powerful magic hovered around Ivan's body, and all his magic was instantly completely replenished.

"The Philosopher's Stone!" Caresius said in surprise. "You restored that broken Philosopher's Stone?!"

"Yes!" Ivan nodded his head.

His mouth did not stop reciting spells, and light blue fire erupted from the end of Ivan's wand.

Unlike before, these flames had no temperature and quickly approached and swirled around Caresius.

A deep red light flickered, and blue flames roared around.

Ivan quickly waved his wand and with a mighty stand of magical power, they quickly shrunk in size!

The flames quickly deformed, turning into chains that trapped Caresius.

No matter how he resisted, Ivan gritted his teeth and insisted on sending out the magic. He would not let Caresius break this chain.

He could feel the magic in his body being consumed quickly, and the power of the philosopher's stone being added quickly.

These forces were different from the magic Ivan was not so familiar with, causing a certain degree of damage to his body.

It was extremely unfavorable to continue to persist.

It was like hurting the enemy by 1,000 and hurting himself by 800. It was hard to say if he could really beat Caresius.

Ivan had his own plans. He didn't expect these chains of pure magic to trap Caresius.

However, it was enough to buy time.

Without holding back, he used all the spells he knew so far on Caresius.

If his power was not enough, he could get it from the Philosopher's Stone.

That was his advantage, the one thing he was stronger at than Caresius.

Soon, the colorful light of countless spells surrounded Caresius.

And Ivan, who had also gone to great lengths, was so tired he could barely keep his eyes open.

Because of the circuit of magic between him and the stone, he felt as if his body was collapsing.

But now was not the time to fall, Ivan did his best to turn around, and the wand in his hand was pushing hard.

Click, click, click, the chains attached to Harry, Ron, Hermione and the Quidditch players broke instantly.

"Come on, get on your brooms!" Ivan shouted. "I can't hold on much longer. "

Hearing their shouts, everyone jumped on their brooms as fast as they could, and no one dared to stop.

Only Hermione hesitated, looked at the motionless Ivan and slid off Krum's broom.

"What are you doing?" Krum said with a frown.

He reached out his hand and grabbed Hermione. He didn't understand why the girl was coming down.

Didn't she hear the boy say that the powerful dark wizard was about to break free?

"Let go of me!" Hermione shouted in a firm voice, "I want to stay with Ivan!"

In battle, her voice became hoarse for Ivan, and she sounded devastated. Her eyes were red, and her tears flowed uncontrollably.

Hermione clenched her wand in her hand and wiped her eyes. Her little face was full of determination.

She didn't know where her courage was coming from, but it was the only thought in her mind at that moment. She was going to stay with Ivan, even if she was going to die by his side!