Chapter 357 355 Hermione's Attack

Chapter 357 355. Attack of Hermione

The Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon, the Hesidian Islands Black Dragon, and the Ukrainian Iron Belly are all fire dragons with extremely strong physical strength.

Just as the professors at the observatory were using magic to defend those iron bellies, a Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon and two Hesidian Islands Black Dragons suddenly crashed into the edge of the tower!

The castle was shaken violently!

This is the highest point of the entire school, which is equivalent to a slender individual extending from the main body of the castle, so the defense is not that strong.

The shaking ground caused most of the professors who were maintaining the universal spell-removing spells to lose their balance. Two or three fell to the ground on the spot, and a few staggered a few steps. Naturally, they could no longer maintain the spells in their hands.

It was precisely this gap they exposed that the fanatical dragon breath finally broke through the blue obstacle!

The golden-red flames swept across the entire astronomy tower in an instant. The blazing high temperature made the professors who were hit by such a shock for the first time couldn't help but scream.

Alecto's robes were set on fire, and she screamed like a rolling ball, trying to escape from the astronomical tower in the flames.

However, before she could even run to the door, a bright red spell hit her!

"Heart-breaking and bone-cutting!"

The astronomy tower, which was in a state of panic, instantly fell silent because of this spell. Every professor present looked in disbelief at Little Barty, who was holding up his wand to cast a spell on his colleagues.

Little Barty's expression was as ferocious and cold as ever.

Alecto screamed wildly under his torture, but he stepped on her fat face mercilessly, then raised his head and looked at everyone present.

"I warn you, don't forget your identity! You are the master's servants, and you should protect his property at all costs! This castle is the most precious thing of the master. If it is destroyed in the hands of these beasts, Then I will kill them all without him taking action! Then I will commit suicide to apologize to him! Even if this castle is destroyed, we must die before it collapses!"

Little Barty roared like a madman.

Everyone present knew that he was not joking. This wizard's worship of Voldemort had reached a pathological level. Otherwise, how could a normal person kill his parents for an outsider?

As a confidant, Barty Jr. knows the importance of Hogwarts Castle to Voldemort better than anyone else. His words are not threatening. If it really comes to that level, then he will definitely Do what you say and let everyone in the castle die before this school collapses!

His cruel words shocked everyone present. Looking at Alecto who was still lying on the ground and moaning, everyone temporarily gave up the idea of ​​​​escaping from the observatory, even the professor whose body was already ignited by the dragon's breath. They all hurriedly extinguished the flames on their bodies, then turned around and pointed the wands in their hands at the fire dragons in the sky who were accumulating power for the next wave of attacks.

Inside the castle, the entire Hogwarts was in chaos.

Fortunately for pure-blood students, they have dedicated lounge administrators and even three house elves dedicated to serving them.

So when the fire dragon attacked the castle, these pure-blood students were quickly led to a safe auditorium. Unless the entire castle collapsed, they would not be in any danger.

The mixed-race students were not so lucky. Their dean, Greengrass, was still in the astronomy tower, and there was no administrator responsible for their safety.

These people could only scurry around the castle like headless flies, and finally returned to the lounge under the leadership of their prefects in panic and fear.

But it is not safe here. The lounge for mixed-race students is in a separate tower. It is very likely that this is also the target of some fire dragon attacks. In order to enter the castle, these guys are looking around for ways to break through the fortress. A passage for them to enter and exit.

Only the auditorium is the safest, because if anything bad happens, the students here can escape from the castle in the shortest time, and if that happens, the mixed-race hiding in the lounge There is only a dead end for students.

As for the "Mudbloods" who were locked into the basement as soon as dinner was over, no one cared at all. However, their current situation is actually very safe. No dragon can want to dig a tunnel and break into the castle from them.

In addition to the students, the professors in the castle were also in great confusion.

Amycus followed Barty Jr.'s orders and continuously summoned the other remaining professors to fight back against the fire dragons that were attacking the castle. He also ordered the Auror leaders stationed in the school to go to the astronomy tower immediately. Go for reinforcements.

The attacks of these dragons were not concentrated, and Little Barty and the others faced the greatest pressure in the astronomical tower.

But even if they organized all the forces in the castle, there are only about thirty people in total including the professors and the Aurors who stayed here. When facing these fire dragons, there is no way for two people to deal with one!

Fire dragons have never been an easy target to deal with. Even the most professional dragon trainers or dragon slayers in America require the cooperation of at least five people to defeat them one by one and easily control the number of dragons or kill them. They train them.

At this time, regardless of whether the people in Hogwarts Castle had professional knowledge to deal with dragons, they were naturally at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

So this battle to defend Hogwarts Castle was very difficult for them.

At the same time when the fire dragon attacked the castle, on the fourth floor of the castle, in a secret passage, Hermione was holding the Marauder's Map and carefully observing the every move of everyone in the school.

She saw that most of the professors and Auror guards went to the Astronomy Tower. The names of those professors were crowded on the tower, constantly changing positions, and the scene looked very chaotic.

The students had also hidden in the right place, and the Hogwarts Castle now seemed more empty than at any other time!

Hermione didn't know what happened specifically, but the roar of the dragon from time to time outside and the shaking castle made her almost instantly guess that there must have been an accident in the game in the Forbidden Forest, and such an accident was very likely related to Jon.

This was not because she knew something, but because she had absolute confidence and trust in Jon.

Hermione didn't know what the situation outside was like or who was in favor of it, but she knew that this was the best opportunity for her to take action in the castle!

At this time, no one would notice what was happening in the castle, because the professors were not enough and there was no way to send another person to patrol the castle.

Moreover, the noise made by the dragon was so loud that it could completely cover up some of the preparations Hermione was going to make next, so that Hermione, who had been waiting in this secret passage for a long time, finally had a chance to go out.

"Fox, don't sleep, we are going to get ready to go out."

The little girl whispered to the phoenix on her shoulder.

At this time, Fox also opened his light golden eyes and opened his sharp beak, as if yawning.

After confirming that everything was safe outside, Hermione did not hesitate at all. She straightened a small bag on her body, held the magic wand in one hand and the Marauder's Map in the other, and walked out of the secret passage with an invisibility cloak on her body.

The corridor was empty, but it was not quiet. The walls and ground around were shaking from time to time, and the roar of the dragon outside was shaking people's eardrums.

Hermione's steps were fast.

She didn't know how long it would take for the professors and Aurors to deal with these dragons. She could only plan for the worst and leave herself twenty minutes.

She had to eliminate all the wrong options within these twenty minutes. Even if she still couldn't gain anything today, she had to verify all the objects that Mr. Slytherin and Professor Dumbledore suspected at the beginning.

She didn't slow down her pace and ran down the stairs quickly to the first floor.

After walking down the stairs, her hands and feet began to lighten up, because the pure-blood students were gathered in the auditorium, where there was an administrator and many house elves guarding there. Hermione had to be careful that they discovered the movement.

But as she walked to the left along the corridor, she saw that she was getting farther and farther away from the auditorium. After confirming that there was no one else around, she let go of her steps again and even trotted all the way.

The shoes she was wearing were specially cast by Dumbledore, which could greatly eliminate the sound produced by the soles of the shoes contacting the ground. No one could detect it unless they were standing very close to her.

Fawkes stood very steadily on her shoulders, and even opened his wings slightly to help her hold up the invisibility cloak she was wearing, preventing the clothes that seemed to be made of water from accidentally slipping off her body.

Soon, Hermione came to the area that Slytherin had told her, and the girls' bathroom where she found the faucet with the snake mark last time was also in this area.

However, this time Hermione did not choose to go directly into the bathroom, but wandered along the corridor of this area, while constantly making a slightly hoarse and unpleasant hissing sound from her mouth.

The sound she made was not small, but it was all covered by the movement outside the castle. There were no other people around, and no one could hear that there was a little girl imitating the sound of a snake here.

After three or four minutes of such attempts, nothing unusual happened to respond to Hermione.

Hermione was not disappointed. She immediately left here and ran back to the direction of the stairs, climbing up to the upper floors until she came to the corridor on the seventh floor.

This place was undoubtedly more empty. Not to mention this floor, even the three floors nearby were empty.

Hermione, wearing the invisibility cloak, quickly crossed the restricted area that was an absolute boundary for other people in the castle, and finally stood in front of an office door.

This place was not unfamiliar to her. More than a year ago, it was here that she personally caught Jon who had just solved the basilisk. It was also here that she really knew the boy who claimed to be "Dumbledore's professor".

Now he has indeed become a professor, but at Durmstrang.

Revisiting the old place did not make Hermione think much. She knew very well how important the task she was carrying out was.

When she came to the door of the principal's office, Hermione wanted to push the door open and walk in.

Although Jon had broken through here once and took away something that represented the foundation of this school, Voldemort would definitely strengthen its defense measures in the future.

She just touched Fox's smooth feathers, and then the whole body of the phoenix turned into a golden light.

The light lasted for a long time, and Fox did not disappear directly like the previous Apparition. The castle was deliberately deepened with anti-Apparition magic, so that Fox could not Apparition so easily.

But just two or three minutes later, the golden-red light disappeared on Hermione's shoulder, and then Hermione stood in front of the door of the principal's office, and the "hissing" sound came out of her mouth again.

There seemed to be a movement in the principal's office, but soon the movement disappeared again.

Hermione did not show any impatience, just waiting quietly.

This wait did not last long, and soon Fox's golden light was lit up again beside her.

After Fox came back, he was obviously more embarrassed than before he went in. His feathers were a little messy, but his light golden eyes were still bright.

After returning, he shook his head at Hermione, which made Hermione feel a little discouraged.

This was the last place they could guess, but they still found nothing. Although Professor Dumbledore would definitely not blame her, Hermione herself felt frustrated.

However, just as she was about to turn around and leave here and return to the secret passage, her mind suddenly flashed back to something that Jon had mentioned to her when they were chatting on the Hogwarts.

She suddenly became a little excited, but soon she took a deep breath to calm down, and then walked straight to the eighth floor without any hesitation. Soon she found the place according to her memory.

There was a tapestry here, and the tapestry was painted with a funny picture of a giant monster holding a wooden stick and hitting a ballet teacher.

And opposite this tapestry, there was a blank wall.

Hermione took a deep breath, and stood in front of the wall as Jon had said he would do, walking back and forth while thinking to herself.

"I want a room leading to Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets!"

My my, I had said I would finish writing it this morning, but I broke my promise because I was too lazy, so I'll do more tomorrow to make up for it.