Rebellion

The new school year at Hogwarts started, and it just so happened that the school's popularity had risen after the summer's vampire attack.

McGonagall gazed at the students with a broad grin on her face, which was unusual from her usual stern face, and said, "It's fantastic to see Hogwarts brimmed with students again."

Asura said, "Umm... Yes," drawing the admiring looks of the other professors in the room.

Asura did not reduce their salary or decrease the school's standards because of the fewer students, no donations were made to Hogwarts last year. Not only did Asura spend his own money, but he also made a number of upgrades to Hogwarts, for which the professors are quite appreciative.

"So, are you going to arrange a Tri-Wizard Tournament for us this year, Headmaster?" enquired Filius, the charms teacher despite being a half-goblin.

"The safety of the students is at stake, so it is with great regret that I must announce the suspension of the contest," Asura explained.

Asura reasoned in his head, 'I only postponed it for a year because I was already aware of the vampire invasion.'

Asura had been informed of the attack owing to the spies he had planted in a variety of vampire bars. And this was a major factor in his decision to delay the competition.

The fact that vampires are now being hunted and seen as a nuisance hasn't stopped him from seizing the opportunity to show off his skills and help Hogwarts' image.

Does the fact that so many were slaughtered concern him? Certainly not in any shape or form. As a matter of fact, he nabbed a very talented Veela.

"Oh Mr. Filius and Miss Babbling. Someone I know who is an accomplished witch is eager to become your apprentice. When it comes to using charms and runes, she is even more proficient than Daphne. Due to personal reasons, she has temporarily withdrawn from Beauxbatons."

It was clear that Asura's response had a positive effect on both instructors. Who wouldn't desire a bright student who, in the long term, has the ability to improve their standing?

Asura had already taken on an apprentice, so he allowed Fleur to study under the tutelage of another Hogwarts professor. She is able to benefit from Asura's knowledge and guidance while keeping up her respectable public front.

"We wanted to have her as an apprentice, so we decided to put her through certain tests first," Filius said. They had spoken about maybe bringing her on as an apprentice. They knew that if Asura said she was gifted, it meant she might become very strong; therefore, they didn't want to miss the chance to teach the promising youngster.

With a smile and a definite nod of approval, Asura said, "Her name is Fleur Delacour, and I will let her know of your decision."

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Another shocking development in the wizarding realm caused widespread chaos and bewilderment throughout the United Kingdom in August of 1994.

The man with the red hair who was standing in front of the Great Hall yelled out, "Students!"

More than six months had elapsed since the announcement that Dumbledore had died and that Harry Potter had become "Dark."

Posters of Harry's were distributed throughout all of Great Britain and even in some other nations since those places were also aware of the dangers posed by the Obscurial. Unfortunately, no one was ever able to discover what happened to him or where he went.

Today everything was going well; the kids were heading to their courses while some of them were skipping and shagging in the broom closets. Nothing was out of the ordinary at all.

Students were sitting down at the dinner table, eating, sharing food, and conversing with their friends while others... intellectuals had their noses buried in their books throughout the meal.

Some of the children were taken aback by Aurors' appearance. Some students started to worry that another monster was going to show up at Hogwarts, while others, who were more... sensible, guessed that it had something to do with the recent events that had been occurring daily.

An instant after the Aurors arrived, the man with the flaming hair sprang up from his throne and greeted them. After some whispering back-and-forth, the man with the red hair returned to his seat and delivered the official announcement.

"Students... Starting today, all Gringotts will be inaccessible, and... Goblins will be treated as enemies!"

In response, the professors sitting next to him stood up, led by the half-goblin charms teacher Professor Filius Flitwick. "Headmaster! Do you mind elaborating on that?"

Suddenly, the Aurors beside the headmaster drew their wands and aimed them towards Filius Flitwick.

A tremendous rush of magic was released from the man with the red hair's word "ENOUGH," knocking almost all the Auror to the ground and leaving just a select few who did not raise their wands.

Although he had no intention of harming his students, many of them experienced a new level of respect and fear for their headmaster at this moment. The waves of magic flowing from the man with the flaming red hair could be felt by anybody, regardless of their degree of expertise.

"Aurors, I believe it is time for you to go at this moment…" The gentleman with the red hair cautioned without fear, startling everyone who lifted their wands. "AND Be it a warning, never raise your arms against MY staff and students."

"We apologize, Lord Black... Now that the Goblins have upped the ante, the trainees are in a dangerous position…" The squad leader dropped his head and continued, "I will take responsibility for what occurred, and I will make sure that they are punished."

The squad leader could have filed charges against the headmaster for this infraction, despite the lack of any actual spell casting, but he knew that the headmaster was Asura Black, the most powerful wizard and most influential man in the world at the present time, as well as the Lord of Black and Peverell and the Headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

When it comes to the development of healing elixirs, potions, and charms, Asura is a pioneer. Several of the healing spells we use today were developed by him; they range from the simple removal of scar tissue to the complete restoration of health to an injured body part without the need of a ritual or potion. His job description describes him as "A Miracle Doctor."

Asura's response was short and to the point: "It's okay, I hope it won't happen again since many innocents may accidentally suffer."

After Asura released the Auror, they fled immediately while Filius thanked him.

The students were in turmoil after hearing the Auror say that the Goblins had rebelled. All of Britain's wizarding currency is now in the Goblin's grasp.

"Students!" Asura tried to comfort the children by raising his voice.

The students who had just seen Asura's ability were stunned into silence, as Asura had predicted they would be.

"Most of you probably by now know that the Goblins have declared war on the British Kingdom. However… the school will remain open, and any students who have requested to leave will be safely returned to their homes. Hogwarts will serve as a safe haven for students of all backgrounds throughout the conflict, especially those of Muggle descent." Asura made the announcement.

…

The fact that it occurred again didn't improve the teachers' moods, even if it wasn't the school's responsibility that so many students departed Hogwarts.

Despite this, enrollment at Hogwarts was at an all-time high, as many Muggle-born students elected to send their whole families to the school. And Asura was true to his word, making sure everyone had a secure place to live and enough to eat. Obviously, Hogwarts is not where parents are now residing.

The Homestead has evolved into a battlefield. In the Wizarding World, all of Great Britain is a bloody game of combat.

Following the first Goblin rebellion, several countries altered their economic systems to prevent goblin rule. Britain, whose wizards are about as bright as its trolls, has the only financial system in the world run by Goblins.

Wizards' bank accounts have been drained by the expense of war, and goblins have stolen almost all of their resources.

Only a few Ancient and Noble Houses can be relied upon, and even those tend to keep the bulk of their wealth stashed away.

Like House Black, Grimmauld Place was where they kept their money, but unfortunately, almost all of it was plundered by the Ministry of Magic and Death Eaters, led by Voldemort.

Even though Asura got their money back from the ministry, it still wasn't as much as they had before Tom started dipping his fingers into Black's fortune.

'Umm… Should I raise up a legion of wizards?' Asura pondered several means by which he might use this conflict to his advantage as he sat in his office chair, as expected of Asura.

"When are you going to hand up your cloak and the wand?" Shikamaru inquired, indicating the Elder Wand and an exquisite crimson robe that were hanging on a wall.

Asura quickly replied, "Soon... but not now."

"Is the sacrificial chamber having any issues?" Asura had decided to perform a ritual on himself for the first time.

Asura designed a total of seven ceremonies, all of which were in some manner related to one another.

Each of the seven rituals can be traced back to a single ritual that was banned by the International Wizarding Conference and dubbed the "Unforgivable Ritual" (IWC).

The unforgivable ritual not only increases the user's strength by twofold, but it also increases the user's access to magic, effectively defending them against certain sorts of spells.

To use it, however, one had to swear an oath to a cause and forcibly kill their loved ones; as a consequence, there were only two users—Voldemort and Dumbledore.

Asura has no qualms about sacrificing a helpless victim, but he would never kill someone he cared about to achieve his goals. Perhaps he would have done it without a second's hesitation if he were still Naruto or Killua, but Asura is no longer the same person he once was.

Such, he made adjustments so that the ritual had seven separate phases. Seven distinct magical monsters' blood will be used to immunize him against any spells involving those creatures.

A ritual that, depending on the magical creature you sacrifice for the ritual, can increase your strength by double, increase the flow of magic within you, and make you immune to certain spells. Both outcomes are reliant on the sacrifice made during the ritual.

The last ritual is the most important since it will give him access to the extra half of his prior power and make his "energy" flow more freely.

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