"The Patronus Charm..."
The reason Aurora feared the Dementors was precisely this. She had attempted to practice this magic several times recently, but had never once truly succeeded.
The first setback in one's life tends to make one more timid.
"If I help my grandfather burn all these classmates now, will he change his mind?" Perhaps Aurora cared about the safety of her classmates, but not to any deeply touching extent.
"Miss Grindelwald, are you worried that Dumbledore will fight with your family again?" A little wizard noticed Aurora's anxiety and hesitation at an inopportune time.
Her inquiry did not receive an answer from Aurora.
"You all just shut up."
Aurora touched her forehead speechlessly, watching the group of little wizards' naive expressions. She sighed and returned her magic wand back into her robe.
She weighed her options for a moment.
The German girl still felt it was best to distance herself. She gazed at the professors heading to the Forbidden Forest and began to ponder where she should hide during future Defense Against the Dark Arts classes.
The Forbidden Forest was a good choice.
However, Ian's little hut where he often hid to brew potions was also quite appealing. At least hiding in that little hut on the eighth floor meant she wouldn't have to face any Dementor worries.
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Over ten Fierce Fires assembled into a Fire Dragon, thrashing through the Forbidden Forest as if Ian's minions, frantically searching for Voldemort. He really didn't want Voldemort to escape.
It wasn't just because he wanted to use the [Soul Furnace] to burn some magic power, but also because Ian deeply understood Voldemort's vindictive nature. If Voldemort recovered, who knew how much trouble Ian would be in later.
The potential risk was substantial.
Ian wouldn't overestimate himself.
He knew bullying the weakened Voldemort's remnant soul was manageable, but when it came to hard strength, a full-strength Voldemort was on the same level as Dumbledore.
Never underestimate the dangerous magical transformations and modifications Voldemort conducted on himself. Though they might have side effects like affecting the mind and intelligence, they undeniably granted Voldemort a significant power boost, allowing him to complete a path that should've taken decades to accumulate.
"It could be considered as borrowing and extracting his future potential, quite foolish, but in the short term, it indeed proved to be highly effective, saving many years of effort."
"Even Grindelwald might not be certain of defeating such a guy."
Ian still remembered the information he learned from some legendary old powerhouses, that there's a limit to wizard strength in the human world, and the stronger wizards advance towards this limit, the slower their growth becomes.
Perhaps even at his peak, Voldemort was still inferior to Dumbledore, but the gap certainly wasn't that large and obvious; at least they could barely be considered as being in the same tier of strength.
They were both at the t0 level in the human world.
"My magic power barely counts as Dean level, but in other areas, I still have too little accumulation."
Ian felt that besides his magic power reaching T1 level, whether it's the depth of magical research, experience, or combat skills, he was still far from catching up with the Deans.
Missing not only magic power but also magical foundation and experience.
Precisely because of this.
If facing a full-strength, fully revived Voldemort, Ian's performance likely wouldn't compare to the Four Deans; he's presently like a small King Kong with formidable initial techniques.
Most wizards couldn't withstand his initial techniques, but once some wizards endured Ian's initial strikes, they would discover Ian had no better follow-up tactics.
A Voldemort freely wielding magic could certainly withstand it, so Ian didn't believe he had the assurance to handle a resurrected Voldemort, one reason he was committed to destroying Voldemort's remnant soul before his resurrection.
Whether Harry Potter could continue to be the Savior or whether the Savior trio could use Voldemort as a honing stone weren't issues Ian felt he needed to consider.
He only wanted to eliminate the possibility of noseless Tom causing trouble, so he could gain the time he most lacked and desired to slowly accumulate his foundation. Yes, Ian merely wanted no one to interrupt and disturb his learning, so upon encountering noseless Tom, he aimed to solve it swiftly!
And in the process, burn away this hometown villain to aid his own practice!
"Where did it hide?" Ian was also searching on his broomstick; his transformation technique and application of Fiery Fire hadn't yet reached Grindelwald's requirements from "Advanced Dark Arts Unveiled."
These "Fierce Fire Giant Dragons" transformed by Ian merely carried his will, a will aimed at finding Voldemort's black figure. Though it might already be considered quite impressive to ordinary wizards, it still lagged far behind Grindelwald, who could transform Fiery Fire into an extension of his eyes.
The Fiery Fire controlled by Grindelwald could be likened to a drone with a camera, whereas the Fiery Fire controlled by Ian was merely an automated machine programmed with commands but lacking a camera.
If not for this.
They wouldn't have encountered Quirrell thrice, while Ian remained unaware — the Fiery Fire Dragons flew over Quirrell's hiding cave three times, scaring Quirrell into a shivering wreck each time.