Chapter 247
Are Wizards the Lagging Party?
Chapter 247 Are the wizards the lagging party?
Professor Abigail then demonstrated various other weapons.
Rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, mills bombs, mines.
And there is no way to show it, and people can only understand it through models and videos——
Atomic bombs, intercontinental missiles, white phosphorus bombs, thermobaric bombs, and depleted uranium bombs.
Tanks, fighters, bombers, battleships, aircraft carriers.
Many little wizards who knew nothing about Muggles were shocked again and again. Malfoy couldn't help but say: "Muggles have made so many terrible weapons? Who do they want to fight against?"
The students looked at each other, and finally looked at the Muggle-born students.
Justin Finch-Fletchley of Hufflepuff couldn't help but say: "Don't look at me, I'm just as shocked as you are."
Seamus Finnigan of Gryffindor pretended to know everything and said, "Well, Muggles often go to war, and many Muggle countries are keen on invading other countries, such as... uh..."
He glanced at the professor teaching in front of him and swallowed the rest of his words.
Instead, Professor Abigail herself said: "Yes, for example, the United States. In recent decades, the United States has invaded North Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Libya, Panama, Iraq..."
She looked at the confused looks on most of the students' faces, smiled with a complicated expression, and said, "Those are countries in other parts of the world. Even in Iraq, the US military used depleted uranium weapons."
The students thought of the depleted uranium weapons shown in the video just now and felt a little more realistic about it.
One girl raised her hand.
Professor Abigail called the name: "Susan Bones?"
The girl with pigtails asked in a trembling voice under the gaze of everyone: "Professor...is your country a bad guy? Just like...just like the mysterious man..."
Many children held their breath for a moment.
After a while, Professor Abigail said:
"Who is a good person and who is a bad person? In fact, everyone has their own judgment criteria for this matter. You can think according to your own ideas - the good or bad of a country, the good or bad of wizards and Muggles, the good or bad of a matter. Only after thinking these things clearly can you decide what to do."
She seemed to have said a lot, but also seemed to have said nothing. Bones' head seemed to be full of question marks.
But raising her hand to ask the question just now had exhausted her courage, and she really didn't dare to ask again.
Theo whispered to Wade, "I think even in the professor's eyes, America is a bad guy. But that's her home country, so it's not easy to say bad things directly, right?"
Vader nodded in agreement, looking at Professor Abigail with a more serious look.
He had never met a wizard who knew more about Muggle weapons than Professor Abigail.
Moreover, we are not in the era of self-media yet, so some information is very difficult to find. Some of the latest information may not be known even by non-magical people who pay close attention to current affairs.
But Professor Abigail just casually told it to a group of underage students as if it was a very ordinary teaching course.
Then, seeing that the students seemed frightened, Professor Abigail told a few short stories to ease everyone's tension.
"In fact, the probability of wizards encountering such weapons of mass destruction is very low. It takes a long time for them to be launched and truly explode with power, which is enough time for wizards to escape."
"As long as you don't become like my friend the wizard from Africa, Makena, who stubbornly thought he could withstand the power of the bomb, and almost turned into pieces..."
"The greatest danger to wizards is the arrogance that comes from ignorance."
"I also have a friend named Dewinter. He was wandering around the Muggle streets once, and he encountered a teenage boy who pointed a pistol at him and robbed him." "He didn't know what a pistol was, and he thought the boy's actions were funny. He laughed out loud on the spot, and before he finished laughing, he was shot through the chest... In the end, the boy stole all his gold Galleons and broke his wand."
Because Abigail told the story with a smile, the students laughed too and thought De Winter was stupid.
After she finished laughing, Abigail said seriously, "So... don't look down on any Muggles, kids. You have magical powers, but that doesn't make you superior to others."
"Any Muggle...even a child...as long as he has a pistol in his hand, he has the ability to take the life of any wizard."
"Remember this."
……
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was over, and the weapons that smelled of motor oil were covered up again. Professor Abigail didn't want to say anything more, so the students had no choice but to head towards the castle.
But the discussion about this lesson is far from over.
"Is what the professor said true, Harry?" Ron asked his friend curiously, "Are Muggle weapons really that powerful?"
"Well... maybe..."
Harry said vaguely.
Although the Dursleys have a TV, they rarely watch programs related to weapons and war. Aunt Petunia prefers brainless soap operas, while his cousin Dudley likes animation and boxing.
Harry looked at the other two Muggle-borns.
But Hermione frowned, which was rare.
These things had nothing to do with her academic performance. Although she had read a lot of history books, none of the books she had read provided a detailed introduction to the weapons used by both sides of the war.
"It's true." Wade said, "And there are many things that the professor didn't mention - such as weapons like poison gas, bacteria, and sound waves."
"……what is that?"
After a moment's silence, Ron asked politely.
So Wade briefly explained it to everyone.
"Silent weapons of mass destruction..." Hermione summed it up.
Harry tilted his head and thought for a moment: "So even a very strong wizard would have a hard time surviving if he was within the attack range?"
"That's right." Wade nodded. "Unless you use some means like Apparition to leave before the attack... you will definitely not be able to stop the Armor Spell."
"Why are Muggles so keen on inventing these things?" Ryan asked, "Even pistols and cannonballs are already powerful... Why do they keep inventing more dangerous weapons?"
"Because they are backward, they will be attacked, right?" Wade said, "If those invaded countries also had nuclear weapons, the United States would not dare to bomb their land at will."
"That……"
Ryan thought for a while, and finally raised a soul-searching question:
"Compared to Muggles now...are wizards lagging behind?"
Everyone paused at the same time, like unprepared students being forced to face an exam they didn't want to face.
The next chapter will be later
(End of this chapter)