Chapter 68, Return and End (Part 1)
January 1, 1349, Oxford, Kingdom of England
There were scorch marks all over the ground, ruins and broken walls, corpses strewn all over the field, lingering smoke, and cries and wailings everywhere.
When the faint morning light once again illuminated the earth, the copycat version of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry built by the time-travelers on the site of the original Oxford University had turned into a pile of miserable dilapidated ruins, and the surrounding urban buildings had also suffered a catastrophe. Even at dawn, many buildings in downtown Oxford were still burning, and plumes of black smoke rose from the cracks that had been shaken open, leaving the survivors who had escaped in a mess.
What was originally a joyful and noisy graduation ceremony and New Year's Eve banquet eventually turned into such a bloody tragedy that made people cry.
——The destroyed buildings were far more than just the Great Hall and Banquet Hall of Hogwarts College—in fact, half of Oxford was razed to the ground!
The unlucky Head of Hufflepuff, Anne, and Head of Gryffindor, Jolick, were both unconscious in the banquet hall explosion because they drank too much wine and were already unconscious. Therefore, they were unable to save themselves in time. Although Queen Joan, who is also the head of Ravenclaw, did not suffer much physical harm, she was first forced to watch a bloody horror movie in the middle of the night by the Romanian silver-haired twins and Miss Ma Tong, and then witnessed this earth-shattering incident with her own eyes. The tragedy of the explosion caused me to be mentally overstimulated for a while. I am still in a trance and am forced to stay in bed to recuperate...
Only the head of Slytherin, Boccaccio, a great writer, happened to drunkenly leave the banquet hall with three Ravenclaw girls in his arms on the eve of the explosion, and returned to his residence to have sex together. Tribulation - apart from being frightened to the point of becoming impotent on the spot, he almost had a wind attack.
At this moment, he seemed to be the commander-in-chief of disaster relief. Braving the howling cold wind, with a hoarse voice, he continued to lead the surviving students to venture deep into the ruins to search for the wounded and rescue them. His beautiful robe covered with lace was already dirty. It was as messy as a rag and wrinkled and shapeless.
In addition, the nobles and gentry of the Kingdom of England who had received the news, under the urgent summons of the "angel", also led people through the [Random Gate] to prepare to participate in the rescue. But there were also a number of gangsters who sneaked into the city to take advantage of the situation, robbed the refugees of their belongings, and even took away their children, causing loud cries... The originally elegant and quiet Oxford university town became as noisy and chaotic as a battlefield military camp in medieval Europe. .
But, at the end of the day, how did this damn New Year’s Eve explosion happen?
Although such explosions have become common in the modern world in the future, you must know that it is only the middle of the fourteenth century. It stands to reason that Europeans have just learned about the oldest gunpowder formula through the transfer of Arabs. Without even the most primitive artillery, how could it be possible to carry out a bomb terrorist attack with such high technological content that leveled a building to the ground in an instant?
Well, this... Strictly speaking, it seems to be the evil caused by Doraemon and other visitors from other worlds...
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After the disaster broke out, the English court in London mobilized all reliable personnel as quickly as possible to come to Oxford to perform a rescue mission. The Pope of Avignon, the Queen of Naples who lives in Provence, as well as the leading figures in Florence and the members of the Grand Council of Venice also came through the [Random Door] to check on the status of their students, and were ready to sit down together. Convene an emergency incident management meeting.
In the courtyard behind the Ravenclaw Tower, a large open space has been cleared by rescue workers, and a number of tents have been set up urgently to be used as temporary hospitals. Countless family members of the injured crowded outside the isolation zone built with barbed wire in horror. They watched helplessly as their relatives, whose fate had long been unknown, were carried into tents with red crosses on them. They prayed for God's blessing with tears.
Occasionally, there is a weak and painful groan, or the muttering of "this guy is hopeless", which can cause several nervous family members to fall to the ground and faint, as well as several babies lying in the arms of their mothers. , also burst into tears, making the atmosphere here extremely depressing.
Most of the wounded who had been burned by the fire had their skin ripped open, their skin was charred, and they were in a state of shock. Most of the survivors picked out from the ruins were bloody and miserable, and there were countless broken hands and feet. Even in the modern hospitals of the 21st century, it is quite difficult to deal with such injuries. Although they can inject anesthetics for analgesia, replenish large amounts of body fluids, disinfect and bandage wounds, and other anti-infective treatments, whether the injured can survive is still unclear. , in the end, it still depends on personal will... Fortunately, although it is the fourteenth century where medical technology is extremely backward, with the power of time travellers, the wounded in medieval Europe are fortunate enough to enjoy medical services at the technological level of the twenty-second century... …
"...Meow! Something more dazzling than the sun, something cuter than a holy cat, please appear in the flow of time. In your great name, I swear in this light, to these things Lambs who believe in the Lord, grant equal salvation, Meow! (Japanese)"
Along with the Japanese curses copied from the [Magic Encyclopedia Dictionary] by the students of Hogwarts, which can be called malicious and cute, groups of warm holy white lights fell from the sky like waterfalls, pouring into those who were humming. The chirping wounded instantly eliminated the germs on everyone's body, healed their bones, skin and internal organs, brought them light, warmth and vitality, and replenished their energy and physical strength.
In this way, after the treatment spell is completed, no matter how seriously injured the person is, as long as they are still breathing when they are brought in, they will heal quickly at a speed that can be seen with the naked eye, and will soon be fully healthy again, and it seems that due to After bathing in the holy light, they all felt waves of warm current flowing through them. Entering his own internal organs, his whole body was filled with inexhaustible vitality... Then, under the gaze of the family members, one after another, the wounded who had been bruised and dying a moment ago, sat up in confusion one after another as if nothing had happened. , and then he was hugged tightly by his tearful wife, children, relatives and friends, crying. Everywhere is filled with the excitement and joy of Fu Ji's success, as well as the warmest thanks and cheers...
However, in the face of those corpses that had already expired when they were brought in, even "healing" could not bring them back to life.
Therefore, in this joyous atmosphere of the survivors, you can occasionally hear a few desperate and sad cries, followed by a few dejected guys with dull expressions, carrying a stretcher covered with white cloth and pushing through the crowd, and then Place it on the open space outside the isolation zone. Next, one or more women and children's family members would rush up next to the stretcher. They would half-kneel down regardless of their filthiness, clutching the edge of the stretcher with both hands, and cry until they died.
In addition, while these survivors were being saved, others were dying: the English soldiers and the Papal Guards who were ordered to come to Oxford to maintain order soon erected a row of gallows on the banks of the Thames, and visited the ruins of Oxford. Caught pickpockets and robbers are executed collectively - no There was a trial and defense, and no will or last prayer was recorded. The prisoner was simply hung on a shelf, pulled the springboard door and fell down. The death row prisoner died without even having time to kick his legs and struggle... There was no way, in the chaos It is common sense both at home and abroad in ancient and modern times to use ruthless tactics and heavy codes.
If it were normal times, watching executions has always been a popular entertainment activity for the people, the gallows would have been surrounded by all kinds of idle spectators from all walks of life, and perhaps pickpockets and hawkers would take the opportunity to appear. But in this moment of sadness and destruction, no one cares about the death of these sinners at all. Their corpses can only hang lonely on the gallows, swaying in the wind and dancing "tap dance"...
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On the other hand, Paladin Levi, who had not slept all night and had been working continuously for more than ten hours, was sitting on a broken stone pillar with a dull expression, his hair as messy as a chicken coop stained with a lot of dust. , his bloodshot eyes were staring blankly at the ground... Opposite him stood a surviving Hogwarts teacher, who was stammering to report to Levi the number of casualties that had just been calculated.
——The number of casualties is actually just the number of dead and missing. Under the incredible curative effect of [Healing Technique], any wounded person who is still breathing can be rescued as long as they can live and bathe in the holy light. And those who cannot be rescued will naturally be dead.
"...Haha, so to speak, in the disaster last night, our Hogwarts house lost two deans, three teachers, at least one hundred and fifty students, and two teachers. With more than 100 students, no body was found and the whereabouts were unknown. I'm afraid it was a disaster... In the banquet hall at that time There were more than 200 servants, prostitutes, musicians, and singers, but only ten survived in the end. In addition, there were more than a thousand Oxford citizens due to the bombardment of [Meteor Fire Shower] and [Dragon Breaking Slash], as well as fires. Death or disappearance due to spread...At least 800 houses were reduced to ashes..."
After listening to the other party's stammering and incoherent report, and combining the information reported by others, Levi gritted his teeth, suppressed the resentment in his heart, and recounted almost word for word, "...and such a huge catastrophe The reason was just that two students from Gryffindor House were fighting for a spot. The favor of a popular prostitute, openly jealous at the New Year's banquet, using the magic gift of God to fight each other? Damn it! How dare they know what they are doing? This is such a waste! Blasphemy! ”
"...Well...Mr. Paladin, I think that before they took action, they should have been so drunk that they didn't know anything."
——Well, I should have thought of it earlier. Judging from the reputation of British football hooligans in later generations, once these British guys master the powerful magic, what incredible stupid things will they do? No wonder the magicians described in Western fantasy novels often have to abstain from alcohol... Looking at the pile of ruins of buildings not far away that have been turned into rubble and ruins, Levi couldn't help but rub his temples with throbbing veins. thought.