The materials on the thirty-six-pointed star turned to black ash and scattered on the ground. The last pale green droplet fell onto Sean's chest, completely driving away the black patterns on his body.
Sitting up from the thirty-six-pointed star, Sean suddenly coughed violently. When he coughed up a large black blood clot, he suddenly felt his breathing become smooth, his whole body incredibly light, no longer having that feeling of being seriously ill or dying of old age like after being struck by the Killing Curse.
Jumping straight up from the ground, Sean moved his body around. At this moment, he suddenly felt that not only had he recovered from his injuries, but also his body had become somewhat stronger, just like...
With this thought, Sean decisively opened his status panel to look at his detailed information. As expected.
On Sean's panel in the talent column, both Troll Strength and Troll Hide had reached Level 5. These two talents that would have needed at least another year or more to grow to Level 5 had prematurely grown to that level under the effects of life alchemy just now.
This could be considered an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Without continuing to check what abilities those Death Eaters he killed had given him, Sean turned to look at Dumbledore and Gavin waiting there and asked, "Professor Dumbledore, Grandfather, has Barty Crouch from outside already escaped?"
Dumbledore nodded without any surprise. "That's right. When we first saw the abnormality here, we prepared to find Ministry people to enter and check the situation, but we discovered those Ministry people were all under control. At that time we realized that Barty Crouch, as the main official of the Triwizard Tournament, must have problems. Unfortunately, when we went back, Barty Crouch had completely disappeared."
Regarding Barty Crouch's disappearance, Sean wasn't surprised at all. He looked at Dumbledore and said, "If there's no accident, the real Barty Crouch should already be dead. The replacement should have always been his son, Barty Crouch Jr. Even among the many Death Eaters, Barty Crouch Jr. is absolutely Voldemort's most trusted servant. As for his strength and personality, Professor, you should know very well. I won't say more."
"With Barty Crouch Jr. among Voldemort's Death Eaters and you in the Order of the Phoenix, compared to us worrying about Barty Crouch Jr., I think Voldemort should be more worried about your existence."
As soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, Gavin immediately said, "Dumbledore, since you mentioned the Order of the Phoenix, I think we should have a good talk. As his grandfather, I don't really agree with Sean joining the Order of the Phoenix."
Blinking, Dumbledore's face still wore his familiar gentle smile. "I will give you an explanation for this issue, but this explanation—let's discuss it after we leave here; how about that?"
"Alright, I'm waiting for your explanation."
Nodding, Dumbledore looked at the Order of the Phoenix members gathering over, then looked at Sean and the others, smiling. "The Triwizard Cup should still be hidden here. Do you still want to continue looking for it?"
Hearing Dumbledore's words, both Fleur and Krum shook their heads. They had no intention of continuing the competition. Having just walked between life and death, now they just wanted to go somewhere safe to rest properly. Things like finding the Triwizard Cup no longer interested them at all.
But at this moment, Sean looked at Dumbledore and suddenly said, "Actually, there's no need to search. I saw the Triwizard Cup during the battle earlier. I can just send an alchemical puppet to bring it back now."
As he spoke, Sean threw out a metal ball. The metal ball immediately enlarged, transforming into an alchemical puppet dog that quickly ran toward where Sean had accidentally discovered the Triwizard Cup earlier.
About five minutes later, the alchemical puppet dog returned to Sean's side carrying the Triwizard Cup.
Taking the Triwizard Cup, Sean showed it to Dumbledore. "I said the Triwizard Cup is mine."
"Since the Triwizard Cup has been obtained, there's no need to continue staying here. Let's leave. The rest can be left to the Ministry."
"Professor Dumbledore, are you sure those Ministry people won't conceal the truth?"
"If they really want to conceal the truth, it won't matter even if we stay here, will it?"
As his words fell, Dumbledore first transformed into white mist shooting skyward, escaping into the fire phoenix in the sky above. With Dumbledore's departure, Order of the Phoenix members also transformed into white mist and left.
Gavin looked at Sean. "Alright, let's leave too."
Hearing Gavin's words, Sean, Fleur, and Krum also followed Gavin, transforming into light mist that drilled into the fire phoenix, leaving this space, and returning to before the competition grounds.
Order of the Phoenix members and Gavin appeared at the judges' platform backstage, while Sean and the other two champions appeared at the entrance to the third-round maze.
The crowd, who didn't know what had happened and were whispering among themselves, saw the three appear at the third round entrance and immediately looked at them. When they saw Sean slowly raising the Triwizard Cup, deafening cheers immediately rang out—cheers, applause, whistles, and shouts resounded endlessly, echoing for a long time.
Handing the Triwizard Cup to Professor McGonagall, Sean refused the Daily Prophet's interview, temporarily said goodbye to Fleur and Krum, and went straight to find Dumbledore, Gavin, and the Order of the Phoenix members.
Just arriving here, Sean saw Kingsley Shacklebolt, the famous Ministry Auror and Order member, approach Dumbledore and say something quietly. Due to the distance and very low voice, even Sean only heard the general idea.
Something about Ministry, Fudge, Dementors, refusing to admit the return, etc.
Although he didn't hear the complete picture, Sean could roughly infer some content. Nothing more than Fudge still refusing to admit Voldemort's return, and even someone bringing Dementors who gave the captured Walden Macnair a Dementor's Kiss directly, extracting his soul and cutting off the lead.
At the same time, Snape also came over, telling Dumbledore directly, "Dumbledore, that werewolf is dead; he died from a severe poison. It was done by a house-elf who recently came to Hogwarts. She was originally the Crouch family's house-elf, called Winky!"