Then, Professor Abigail demonstrated various other weapons.
Rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, Mills bombs, landmines.
And those that couldn't be demonstrated and could only be understood through models and videos -
Atomic bombs, intercontinental missiles, white phosphorus bombs, thermobaric bombs, depleted uranium bombs.
Tanks, fighter jets, bombers, battleships, aircraft carriers.
Many young wizards who knew nothing of Muggles were repeatedly shocked, Malfoy couldn't help but say, "Muggles made so many terrifying weapons? Who are they planning to fight?"
The students looked at each other, finally turning their gaze to the Muggle-born students.
Justin Finchley from Hufflepuff couldn't help but say, "Don't look at me, I'm just as shocked as you are."
Seamus Finnigan from Gryffindor pretended to understand and said, "It's like this, Muggles often have wars, and many Muggle countries are fond of invading others, like... uh..."
He glanced at the professor teaching ahead, swallowing his words.
Professor Abigail herself said, "That's right, like the United States. Just in the past few decades, the United States has invaded North Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Libya, Panama, Iraq..."
She looked at most students who showed confused expressions and smiled complexly, saying, "Those are countries from other parts of the world. In Iraq, the US military even used depleted uranium weapons."
Students thought of the depleted uranium weapons shown in the video earlier, feeling a bit real about it.
A girl raised her hand.
Professor Abigail called on her: "Susan Bones?"
The girl with the braid, under everyone's gaze, trembly asked, "Professor... Is your country the bad guys? Just like... like the Mysterious Man..."
Many children held their breath instantly.
After a while, Professor Abigail said:
"What is a good person, and what is a bad person? Actually, everyone has their own criteria for judgment. You can think according to your own ideas - the good or bad of a country, of wizards and Muggles, of an event, think clearly about these, then you can decide how to act."
It was as if she said a lot, yet as if she said nothing, Bones seemed to have a lot of question marks over her head.
But her courage was exhausted after the question, she didn't dare to ask again.
Theo whispered to Vid, "I think even in the professor's eyes, the United States is a bad guy. It's just that it's her homeland, so it's not easy to criticize directly, right?"
Vid nodded in agreement, looking at Professor Abigail with more seriousness.
He had never seen a wizard more knowledgeable about Muggle weapons than Professor Abigail.
Moreover, it's not the era when self-media is ubiquitous, some information is very difficult to find, and some are the latest intelligence, even non-magical people who often follow current affairs might not know.
But Professor Abigail just casually talked to a group of underage students as if it were a normal teaching material.
Then Professor Abigail saw the students seemed to be scared, she told a few small stories to ease the crowd's tension.
"Actually, wizards are very unlikely to encounter these weapons of mass destruction. They need a considerable amount of time from launch to truly unleash their power, and during this time, wizards have enough time to escape."
"Unless you are like my wizard friend Markna from Africa - he stubbornly thought he could resist the power of the bomb, and almost ended up in pieces..."
"For wizards, the greatest danger is produced by arrogance out of ignorance."
"I have another friend Divent, once he was wandering on a Muggle street, and encountered a teenage boy trying to rob him with a handgun."
"He didn't recognize the handgun, thought the boy's actions were funny, laughed out loud, and before he finished laughing, a bullet pierced through his chest... The boy ended up taking all his Golden Galleons and broke his wand casually."
Since Abigail was smiling while telling this story, the students laughed too, thinking Divent was very foolish.
After the laughter, Abigail said seriously: "So... don't underestimate any Muggle, kids. You have magic power, but that doesn't make you superior."
"Any Muggle... even a child... as long as they have a handgun, they have the power to take any wizard's life."
"Remember this point."
...
The Defense Against the Dark Arts class ended, those oil-smelling weapons were covered again. Professor Abigail didn't have much else to say, and the students had to head towards the castle.
But the discussion about this class was far from over.
"Is everything the professor said true, Harry?" Ron curiously asked his friend, "Are Muggle weapons really that powerful?"
"Uh... maybe..."
Harry said ambiguously.
The Dursley family had a television, but they rarely watched programs related to weapons and warfare, Aunt Petunia preferred brainless soap operas, and his cousin Dudley liked cartoons and boxing shows.
Harry looked at the other two Muggle-borns.
But Hermione rarely frowned.
These things have nothing to do with academic performance, though she has read many books related to history, the books she read didn't introduce the weapons used by both sides in detail.
"It's true." Vid said, "And there are still many things the professor didn't mention - like chemical, bacterial, and sonic weapons."
"...What is that?"
After a moment's silence, Ron politely asked.
So Vid explained briefly to everyone.
"Invisible weapons of mass destruction..." Hermione summarized.
Harry tilted his head and thought for a while: "So, even the strongest wizards, if within the attack range, it's hard to survive?"
"That's right." Vid nodded: "Unless they use Apparition or other means to leave before the attack... Otherwise, the Iron Armor Spell definitely can't block it."
"Why do Muggles like to invent these things?" Leian asked: "Even handguns and explosives are already powerful... Why do they keep inventing more dangerous weapons?"
"Maybe because if you're backward, you get beaten?" Vid said: "If those invaded countries also had nuclear weapons, the United States wouldn't dare to casually bomb their territory."
"Then..."
Leian thought for a while, finally raising a soul-searching question:
"Now compared to Muggles... Are wizards the backward ones?"
Everyone suddenly paused, like students who weren't prepared being forced to face an exam they didn't want to face.