A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 578 Near the End
"Granger—and, oh, my God!" Professor McGonagall ran over from a distance, lowered his head quickly in the middle of speaking, and a few brooms passed over her head.She stared at Neville and the others in the distance, her chest heaving violently.

"What's the matter with you—they—?" she said angrily.

"Well, pretty obvious, isn't it? They're going to help Harry—" Hermione kept her tone as light as possible.

"Is there anything about Harry in here?"

"Hagrid is in danger—"

"I know, I've let Sirius and Snape go."

"And little Gramp—"

"Don't tell me you know the giant, Miss Granger, or that you just made up a name?" Professor McGonagall gasped.

"I know," Hermione said bravely. Now that no one else is here, she thinks she has the responsibility to explain, especially to say good things for the little Gramp who has been exposed: "That's Hagrid's brother, we will be together when we are free Listening to music, watching movies. He's kind of a 'hot pot of love'-"

She couldn't go on, Professor McGonagall clutched his chest and couldn't breathe, as if he was about to faint.

"Professor? Can we help?" Hermione asked cautiously.

The dozen or so students following her nodded silently, even though they were quite shocked from the expressions - giants are quite brutal creatures in the records of wizards. Harry and Ron, who were not there, were in awe.

If it weren't for the wrong timing right now, they must have brought up a hundred thousand questions.

Professor McGonagall stared at Hermione, and glanced at the students behind her, "I heard that Professor Black taught you how many actual combat formations in class? Let me see your results, three people, hiding in armor and Behind the statue, don't show your head easily, only attack the ghouls that the professors missed, remember! Once you are injured, report it immediately, even if the skin is broken, the claws and teeth of the ghouls are poisonous."

The students nodded silently, and the excitement on their faces subsided a little.

"Luna, Ginny, come with me." Hermione whispered, and Ginny pulled Luna closer.Hermione stretched out her hand and grabbed the air. The golden flames created by the ancient magic culture poured out from between her fingers. Before it landed, it condensed into the shape of a firebird. It stretched its swan-like wings and flew away quickly. .The other students looked at her enviously.

The firebird passed under the castle, illuminating a wide flat land halfway up the mountain, where armor and statues stood neatly, they were big and small, and even animals were lined up in a row at this moment, forming a solid wall , to block the Inferi, behind them stood a dozen adult wizards, including professors from the school and people from the Ministry of Magic.

But they pale in comparison to the huge number of Yin corpses, and they can only guard the main road.

These people had to stand scattered, each responsible for an area, but they could do nothing for the farther places. They stopped by a pine tree before, and seemed to be very interested in things.

"We can only guarantee to clear a road first, and the rest will be discussed at dawn." Professor McGonagall said, she rejoined the battle, waved her wand, and the grass that just poked its head on the ground grew wildly, tripping the approaching corpse, Hermione controlled the firebirds and dropped clouds of flames, burning them to ashes.

In the distance, two dementors floated in the air, like tattered cloth heads blown by the wind.They seemed a little afraid of this place, and when Hermione looked up again, the dementor had disappeared.

There were wolves howling in the Forbidden Forest, and she wasn't sure if it was a werewolf.

"I hope there are no dead people. Although we have made preparations in advance, some things cannot be controlled." Professor McGonagall said, looking at the green skull hanging in the sky.

As soon as the words fell, the huge constellation-like Dark Mark suddenly became extremely dazzling, and countless dazzling fireworks exploded from inside.People all over Hogwarts raised their heads one after another. With the sound of a huge explosion, the jaw of the skull was shattered, and the wriggling snake in its mouth disappeared, replaced by a colorful fire dragon swimming happily.

The skull's eyes are also replaced by two wheel-like fireworks that spin and sputter sparks at the same time, and the whole scene looks ridiculous.With the help of the dazzling light, Professor McGonagall saw several black dots rushing out of the green cloud, and she moaned softly, "It must be Fred and George. Even at this time..."

"They did a good job this time," said Ginny, staring into the air as she jerked her wand and threw a spell.

"The Bat Charm won't work on an Inferi, Ginny," said Hermione, "you'll have to use fire magic, try Bright Fire—" She froze, staring at the hapless Inferi.

"Wow, what a big bat." Luna said in amazement.

Eventually the Dark Mark disappeared along with the Weasley fireworks, and the castle darkened again.Hermione, Ginny, and Luna were standing in front at the moment, Luna controlled a white flame, turned her head and said, "We need a little light."

Someone thought of going with her.At the gate of the castle, Cedric held a bright ball of light in his hands. The ball of light emitted a soft light to the surroundings. The students standing behind him stretched out their hands in unison. Soon, the balls of light were like lanterns. Flying into the sky like the moon again, dotted over Hogwarts.

After all this was done, they trotted down the stone steps and came to Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall has become a little numb, "Thank you, children, in groups of three, don't get too close to the front..."

"Professor McGonagall, Mr. Kingsley asked me to tell you that the back door of the castle has been secured. He doesn't need so many people there," Cedric said.

"Great." Professor McGonagall said with satisfaction, "We are in need of manpower here, and there are too many places to defend...Since you are here, I can draw out a few professors...There is more than one battlefield."

She was right.Apart from the Ministry of Magic far away in London and the village of Hogsmeade adjacent to the school, the school is also divided into several battlefields—the fence near Hagrid’s hut, the front and rear gates of the castle, and even the relatively peaceful headmaster’s office. Is a 'battlefield'.

Umbridge made a mess of the office.

At first, she disguised herself as a curious student, claiming to have Dumbledore's permission to do an interview for the "Riddle Wall Tabloid".She looked around, touched things here and there, and grabbed the Sorting Hat and shook it off vigorously, but she got nothing but tears choked by the dust.

She rummaged through everything she could find. The books on the bookshelf were scattered all over the floor, the wine in the wine cabinet was roughly pushed aside, and there were a few oily finger prints stuck to the inlaid wood, as if she was checking for hidden compartments. .

Seeing the time passing by, the shouts and commotion outside spread here like a plague, but Umbridge showed no panic or surprise. She even wanted to break into Dumbledore's private room on the second floor. In the bedroom, the portraits of previous principals finally could not ignore her anomaly.

The portrait in the principal's office yells at her angrily—

"I've never seen a student like you!"

A fat wizard with a red nose said in the portrait: "Stop! What house are you from?"

Umbridge tried a few more times, and found herself blocked by an invisible membrane, her magic completely ineffective.As a last resort, she shifted her gaze to the principal's desk. Umbridge sat down on the principal's chair with Mafalda's face in his face, and looked at it for a while.

"Obviously, I'm a Slytherin," she said casually.

"Liar!" said the portrait of Phineas Black, Sirius' great-grandfather and voted Hogwarts' most unpopular headmaster, squinting his eyes as if he had just woken up.

"My name is Mafalda, and you can have someone look it up," Umbridge said sweetly, "if you can do it, Headmaster Black." Then she ignored the accusations from the portraits and focused on A desk drawer.

The drawer was locked the first time she checked, and she tried the usual breaking spell, with no response.

There is no other way at the moment, she can only focus on this again. "I need a key," she said to herself, "I don't want him to wear it, and I'll get nothing." She tried to think, "If the key were in the house, where would it be? ""

It took not a short time, and she finally found the key from the bottom drawer on the other side. The key was hidden under a thick stack of documents and a few letters.If she is usually interested in spying on Dumbledore's privacy and social network, it is best to get some black information.

But she just rolled up the documents and letters indiscriminately, and after fumbling around inside, she took out an ancient key.

She held her breath, and stuffed the key into the lock cylinder. The sound of "click" was like the sound of heaven. She pulled the drawer suddenly, and the magical glow instantly illuminated her eyes.She stared greedily at the contents: the yew wand, the black gemstone ring, the locket, the diadem, the tattered diary.

Apart from the wand, locket, and diadem, the other two items looked lackluster.

"Slytherin's locket... Ravenclaw's diadem..."

Umbridge was trembling with excitement. She ignored the portraits and shouted "Thief! Shameful thief!" The goal of this trip is said to be the mystery of the power of Slytherin and Ravenclaw among the four giants of Hogwarts. ' stuffed into his pocket, then jumped off the chair to escape.

She knew that she had delayed for too long, and the mysterious man promised to buy her time, but she couldn't be sure.

After walking a few steps, she suddenly stopped.

An idea popped up uncontrollably in my mind: the mysterious man's desire for the locket and the crown is endless, so what about other things that can stand side by side with these two treasures?Is that wand a mighty wand?Does the Black Gemstone Ring have any secrets?Journal……

Umbridge, however, dismissed the tattered diary with a big hole in the middle.

Greed got the upper hand again, and she turned back, reaching for the drawer, when she heard a high-pitched, sonorous cry, and a phoenix emerged from the flames in the circular office.

Umbridge was terrified.She hadn't considered the situation at all, was Dumbledore coming back?Her appearance could only fool stupid portraits, not Dumbledore... For a moment, she seemed to have forgotten how to breathe.

Fawkes spread his wings and landed on the gilded perch by the door, watching her scrutinizingly.

There was some silence in the circular room. Umbridge slowly retracted his hands, showed Phoenix his empty hands flatteringly, and moved towards the door step by step, "Don't let her go! Fox, she's a thief!" A portrait shouted.

Umbridge's mind buzzed, damn, stupid portrait, it will destroy you if it has a chance!She thought so in her heart, but her body was doing the exact opposite. She frantically stretched out her hand to press the doorknob, and twisted it hard. She had already heard the sound of the phoenix's angry chirping and flapping wings. She pulled hard, The door opened, and thanks to her small stature, she was much smaller than a phoenix with outstretched wings. At the last moment when the door closed, Umbridge saw Fox's long, pointed beak pecking at the door frame, knocking against the door frame. Get a few sparks out.

"boom!"

The door closed, and Umbridge was overjoyed. "Boom!" There was another sound, she jumped up in fright, and jumped onto the spiral staircase in a panic. The stairs began to descend slowly automatically, but she couldn't wait any longer, and stepped on the steps with her short legs to speed up. As soon as a gap opened, she couldn't wait to jump out, and then ran wildly in the empty corridor.

When she heard the sound of the door being knocked open, her heart rose in her throat, and she crawled all the way to the moving stairs of the main building, and almost fell down the stairs.She took a few breaths and ran down desperately, looking extremely embarrassed.But she wouldn't care, since it wasn't her face that was used anyway.

She had planned it from the beginning, to make that girl a scapegoat.

What she had to do now was to run to the abandoned classroom on the first floor and exchange it with the real Mafalda. Umbridge's eyes gleamed fiercely as he ran.

In order to destroy evidence and get rid of suspicion, it is the best choice to let a corpse appear in the school.

The crowing of the phoenix echoed in the corridors of the castle, and Umbridge was startled, and the speed increased.

But she doesn't need to worry too much, that phoenix cry was not aimed at her, but an ancient magic text professor who was behind the black hand.Fox slammed open the door, only to be grabbed by the neck by a hand that suddenly stretched out of the air, and the hand shook. Fox, who had never been treated so roughly, was about to explode.

"Take it easy," said Felix with a smile, hugging Fox like a hen, and stroking its beautiful feathers with the other hand, "Calm down, you have to give her a little escape." Time, otherwise it won't be able to go on..."

Fox raised his slender and graceful neck, his eyes were full of anger.

Felix leisurely took out a silver pocket watch, flipped open the front cover and looked at the time, "Hey?" Warren's voice came from inside. "It's not over yet, you're safest staying inside." Felix comforted.

"Hi!!!"

"Uh, I'm sorry, I can't give you the little snake yet. There are potential risks in nesting the traceless stretching spell, and you don't want it to explode suddenly..."

Felix closed the watch cover, carried Fox down the stairs of the principal's office, and looked into the distance through the window in the corridor on the eighth floor.

It was as bright as day outside, and a broom flew over the castle.He saw some familiar faces, and—as if they were comparing each other, light balls of illumination flew out from various places in the castle, and the soft white light superimposed together, turning Hogwarts into a world of light.

The Yin Corpse hiding in the grass, behind the tree, or beside the stone immediately jumped out of the hiding place like a headless fly, and instinctively fled to the distance, only to be ignited by the white flames sprinkled by the broom that whizzed past in mid-air .

Dozens or hundreds of lighting techniques converged, and even half of the Forbidden Forest was lit up.

Felix finally let go, Fawkes broke free from his arms, angrily sprayed a few golden sparks at him, Felix waved at it, "Go, go, let Umbridge move, Don't be idle, Voldemort can't wait..."

Fox gracefully turned around in mid-air, the two long feathers trailing behind slammed onto Felix's arms, and flew towards the moving stairs of the main building without looking back.

……

Harry looked at the empty wall and heaved a sigh of relief. When he hit the back, he knew that the enemy would never succeed, and the support from their side continued to flow——

In the beginning, there were only Hagrid and Grapp, but he came and knocked down several dark wizards in one go, and also dispersed the dementors here; then they joined Mad-Eye Moody and Tonks smoothly, and then Ron rushed over with Neville, Fred, and George. They obeyed Moody's instructions and formed a bullhorn formation, letting little Grapp hide behind and throw stones. Can't get up.

Sirius and Snape were also assigned by Professor McGonagall; Hagrid called for the centaurs, and when Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout also rushed over, the situation was completely stable.The intruder had to retreat beyond the broken wall.

"Let's double-team!" Moody shouted, snatching broomsticks from Ron, Fred, George, Neville -- the twins swearing and reluctantly, but tonight he and Don Kex didn't use the compound potion because he was guarding the school wall, which made the magic eye in his eye socket turn rapidly, and the deterrent effect was astonishing.

Moody glanced at Harry, and Harry was relieved not to ask him for the Firebolt.

He divided the brooms among Sirius, Tonks, and Snape, and kept the last one for himself.Moody stared at Harry and said irrefutably, "You stay here and don't interrupt! Listen to me—" he growled, "I hear you're a rare Seeker, so use your skills." role. I don't assign tasks to you."

Moody, Sirius, Tonks, and Snape rode brooms and flew outside the fence. This action undoubtedly caught the other side by surprise. There were screams and the sound of bodies falling heavily outside. "It's time for us to move too, boys," Flitwick said sharply. "Stay behind me, please."

He and Professor Sprout stood together, like a sharp arrow, and walked towards the huge breach in the wall. There was plenty of light in front of him, and he was not afraid of being attacked.The four students followed closely behind, followed by the centaur, Hagrid, and Grawp.

Harry held the Firebolt in a daze, then turned over and climbed onto the broom and flew into the air. This time he could see more clearly: the four of Moody just flew to the opposite side with the help of the broom, and got off the broom after they passed. Suddenly I understood my position.

The sky is his home field.

He swooped down, the Firebolt seemed to merge with him, Harry flew past a Death Eater like a ghost, he could even see his reflection in the man's pupils, a flash of red light flashed, and the dark wizard fell to the ground .

"Watch out! It's Harry Potter, he-he's flying!"

"Nice job, boy!" Moody exclaimed happily, taking advantage of the opportunity Harry created to knock down two dark wizards in an instant, and the others also had their own results.

Harry manipulated the Firebolt with ease, and his body was covered with the Humanoid Iron Armor Charm. He kept flying at low altitude and high speed. The ear-piercing whistling sound from his body made the dark wizard terrified. After a few downs, the remaining enemies couldn't stand it anymore.

They apparated and fled one after another, and in a panic, more than one person had a very serious separation phenomenon.

"A few got away," Moody mumbled.

Harry fell slowly, Sirius ran over excitedly, and slapped Harry hard on the shoulder. Harry sat down on the ground, hurt by the stones, and he couldn't help baring his teeth at his godfather .

Sirius giggled, sitting near him, "You're doing well, Harry."

"What about us?" Fred came over with resentment. He was still obsessed with the broom. George, Neville and Ron were also sitting around. They were all exhausted in just ten minutes.Watch as Professors Flitwick and Sprout comment on the huge gap in the school wall.

"It's a lot of work to repair..."

"It's better than starting from nothing." Professor Sprout said, she sprinkled a few seeds in the gap, waved her magic wand, and sprouts emerged from the soil, growing rapidly, and soon blocked along the wall. Live more than half of the fracture. "Wait a minute, Pomona—" Moody gruffed from outside as he and Tonks dragged the tightly bound Dark wizard in. "There."

Professor Sprout waved his wand, and the vines immediately filled the last gap.

"At least until dawn," she said.

Gropp held a stone the size of a human head in his hand, as if he was bouncing a small stone, and seemed to be aiming at the vine wall. Hagrid hurriedly stopped him. Six or seven centaurs watched the giant sitting on the ground vigilantly. But because they had been through a battle together, they were too embarrassed to point their bows and arrows at him right now.

"It's over. I'm dying of exhaustion," said Ron, who had just watched a wonderful performance. He leaned on George, and George leaned back, so Ron lay on his knees, and George bowed his head. , Staring at his younger brother.

"Do you want me to fix your nose?"

"Cough cough cough!" Ron got up immediately and said solemnly, "I don't know what's going on in the castle now?"

　It is estimated that I can finish writing this plot tomorrow, because it is a group play, and I want to express too much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)