Chapter 104 Unity in Crisis (5k)

Chapter 104 Unity in Crisis (5k)

A wizard who cannot change form and shape lacks sufficient mobility.

The broom is a common means of transportation, but unless it becomes as portable as a wand, it will never rise to first choice in some ways.

For example, when encountering a battle in a narrow area.

Just like in front of him, Quirrell can only retreat in the face of this sudden attack.

In this case, don't say anything about demeanor.Being able to survive is enough, do you still care about the good posture?

No matter how beautiful the dead man's pose is, what's the use...

Quirrell lay down on the ground in an instant, and then rolled to avoid the big claws that were shot down from a high place.

And when he was about to get up, a long scorpion tail stabbed towards the ground.

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

Quirrell waved the wand in his hand quickly, and then blasted the tail.He continued to retreat until he had a relatively safe distance.

At this moment, he finally had the heart to see what was attacking him.

It’s okay if you don’t watch it, but after watching it, Quirrell felt that all the blood and courage he had just now would be consumed.

"Manticore! How is it possible!"

"Voltebat, it really cost me money..."

The front is Quirrell's exclamation, and the back is Voldemort's emotion.

Voldemort really wanted to know now, who on earth thought Dumbledore was so displeased.To use this dangerous creature, which is only stronger than dementors, to attack Hogwarts.

Looking at the Voldebat, which looked like a ragged rag floating in the sky, Voldemort felt a little more vigilant in his heart.

This thing is really too dangerous, but it was okay in his heyday.In the current state, if it is really done, it is natural that the soul will not be scattered, but in contrast, Qi Luo's life will definitely be gone.

As for the manticore, it was powerful, but it was definitely not as dangerous as the Voldebat.

The three magical animals on the opposite side seemed to have sensed that something was wrong with the person on the opposite side, so they assumed a posture of going to attack, but they never actually did it.

Just when the situation on the field was at a stalemate, the cracked box suddenly stretched out a hand.

"Huh? Huh?"

A large moss-green hand pressed down on the ground and propped itself out of the small box.

In Quirrell's surprised eyes, he saw a moss-green monster with a naked upper body, a leather skirt on the lower body, a little carapace-like bulge on its back, a big belly, and a small head.

When this thing appeared next to the three magical animals before, it looked like an Iberian black pig joined in a herd of elephants.

The troll didn't pay attention to Quirrell's weird eyes, but scratched his head, then reached into the box and fumbled.

To Quirrell's surprise, the two manticores and the Voldebat did not take advantage of this time to attack him.

Instead, he took two steps back, looking like he wanted to protect the troll.

Knowledge blind spot, another knowledge blind spot.

Quirrell is not an expert on magical animals, but he understands that even an expert on magical animals can only shout 'knowledge blind spot' when seeing the scene in front of him.

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"Master, is something not quite right?"

Quirrell tentatively asked the slightly wiser head at the back of his head.

"Attack that troll!"

Voldemort didn't need to think too much at all, and the situation in front of him didn't have time for him to weigh the pros and cons and make a calm and rational judgment.What's more, to be honest, he stopped making that kind of judgment more than ten years ago.

Believe in your intuition, go through it first, and you don't have to worry about it if you can clean it up.If a wave of recklessness is not clean, then think of a way and change your thinking.

Quirrell hesitated, but shot quickly.

He thinks that the combat experience is not outstanding, it can even be said that there are very few.In this case, if you don't stop other people's opinions and are stubborn, you are making fun of your own life.

He is not the kind of fearless person who insists on making his own decisions even in the face of death.

So a ball of flames fell toward the troll's feet.

If nothing else, it will explode at the troll's feet, forming a pillar of fire from bottom to top, devouring the troll.Maybe it didn't kill the troll, but it was enough to inflict serious damage on him.

But accidents happened of course.

One of the two manticores swung its long scorpion tail directly, blocking the flames from its attack range.

The fireball didn't hit the troll.Although it hit the manticore's tail, it didn't do much.

Manticore's magic resistance itself is ridiculously high.In other words, none of these dangerous magical animals is weak in magic resistance.

It is too unrealistic to expect that the tail will be cut off after firing the flame curse.

Quirrell looked at the manticore with its tail out, and he saw the human sarcasm.

This made him a little uneasy.

And at this moment, the troll finally fumbled for his weapon.

He took out a steel mace, weighed it in his hand, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Aha!"

Then he turned his head and looked at Quirrell over there with a ferocious smile on his face.

He pointed the big stick in his hand in the direction of Quirrell very imposingly, and let out a deterrent roar.

Now is the time for monsters, hunters, and people!

So the three magical animals rushed towards the direction where Quirrell was located almost at the same time.

Voldebat swooped down from a height and smashed towards Quirrell's head.

Quirrell could even see the sharp, yellowish teeth beneath the rag-like exterior.

A manticore charged Quirrell like a runaway magic train.

The other manticore stood where it was, turned around, and flicked its tail fiercely.

The sharp, black-purple deadly poisonous hook just stabbed Quirrell.

At this moment, Qi Luo was stunned, he really didn't know how to deal with the matter in front of him!

He hasn't learned it, and he really won't!

But the next moment, his body understood.

A roll towards the side and rear made himself closer to the door.Then he waved his wand, and a mist spread in the utility room.

The utility room is very large, even much larger than ordinary classrooms. After all, no one knows whether this room was a utility room in the first place.

But the fog still filled the room very quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, the thick fog filled the entire room, and the visibility was terribly low.

Several magical animals all lost their targets.And when they were just about to go crazy and destroy at will.A shocking roar made them return to a state similar to before.

Calm, orderly, hardly a beast.

And the giant monster, which should have been civilized with great strength and amazing stupidity, had the light of wisdom shining in its eyes.

"what!"

He pointed the big stick in his hand forward again, and the three magical animals walked out towards the door one by one.

And he leisurely carried the stick on his shoulders, and walked behind them carelessly.

As for Quirrell...

Smoke is banned, if you can't fight, you still don't run, waiting to die?

After walking out the door, the noses of the two manticores moved, and then walked in another direction.

……

Luke looked at Quirrell who ran over to report, and touched his chin.

"what happened?"

Taylor saw that something was wrong with Luke, so he took the initiative to ask.

To be honest, in the current situation, if she was not nervous, she herself would not believe it. Both the Manticore and the Voldebat were famous and dangerous creatures.The former are more famous, but only because they are more numerous and more widely distributed.

The latter is undoubtedly more dangerous in the eyes of sensible people.

To deal with the former, there are still many spells that can be used, and those spells that can be used to deal with fire dragons can be used, it is nothing more than a different fighting style.

But the latter is completely different from the former. Even if normal spells cannot be said to have no effect at all, they are only minimal.The only thing that can effectively kill it is the Patronus Charm.

In this regard, it is almost the same as the Dementor.In the early research, it was even suggested that the origin of the dementor might be the Voldebat.But because there is no more detailed evidence, and the proposer is not a well-known person in the academic circle, and does not have a deep academic background, this idea was thrown into the trash after being criticized by mainstream thought pile.

And in the knowledge about magical animals that Luke gave her, Luke agreed with the idea of ​​this unknown scholar.Luke believes that if it is not the origin, at least it has a lot to do with it.

This level of resemblance cannot happen without reason.

Both Luke and Taylor understand one thing. If this idea is brought up again by Luke later, then many people will agree.

At least it will also cause a discussion, instead of one-sided criticism like it is now.

With such a group of insects, how can you study magical animals!

Of course, Newt Scamander, who is well-known in the field of magical animal research, did not speak out on this matter.Maybe I didn't have time, or maybe I didn't see it.

It's not uncommon for things like this to happen every day in academia.

"Remember when I gave you the science popularization, the three biggest characteristics of the manticore?"

Luke didn't answer directly, but asked another question like an exam in class.

"Wisdom, brutality, and vengeance."

Taylor said it casually, and she will never forget such knowledge points after listening to it once.If you have to say it, this thing is not much more difficult to memorize than the potion formula.Just knowing doesn't mean it's useful.

Unlike potions that are almost fixed, magical animals are alive, and living creatures mean individual deviations.It also means that these summarized characteristics can only be used as a reference, not as a standard.

That's why she doesn't like the science of magical animals.

It's so random and full of uncertainty.People who like this kind of knowledge must have considerable curiosity about these thousands of unknowns.

They must love to explore.

Thinking of this, Taylor looked at Luke.Silently set a limit in his previous judgment.

within the scope of their control.

If it's really beyond their control...

"That's right, among them, the concentrated expression of these three manifestations is that you can remember the smell of an enemy, even after more than ten years, you can still recognize this person, and when you meet again, you will do your best to try your best. It may kill each other cruelly. And it will not be eaten."

Luke's tone didn't change much, but Taylor and Gemma on the side already heard a little creepy.

"They'll come! But only Professor Sprout and Hagrid are here!"

Malfoy heard Luke's words too, and made a simple but terrible judgment.If you don't understand the characteristics of the manticore, I'm afraid everyone will only think that Malfoy is panicking and talking alarmistly here.

Unfortunately, the seemingly alarmist words are the closest to the truth.

"Don't Hagrid know about this?"

Taylor frowned and said in a low voice.

Hagrid is an expert on magical beasts. Even though he doesn't have the title of professor now, anyone who knows him knows that his knowledge in this area is not much worse than that of a well-known expert or current professor.

"Don't make it too difficult for Hagrid. Manticores and Voldebats are relatively rare magical creatures. There are still some of the former in the Forbidden Forest, but the latter is really rare."

Luke didn't deny this at all. To be honest, Luke himself was surprised when he saw the name Voldebat. The price of such a rare thing on the black market is definitely a top-notch high price.

And absolutely no worries about selling.

But put it in Hogwarts, this thing is a dish on the plate.

It may be a bit strenuous to eat, but it shouldn't be a lot of effort.

"So, it's very difficult to react to this kind of thing in an instant. At least you have to maintain a calm and analytical state at all times. Do you think Hagrid is such a person?"

Luke didn't mean to be sarcastic either. Everyone has their own personality, and whether it is good or bad depends on their perception.

No bad guy thinks he is a bad guy.Even if he admits that he is violating public order and morals, he absolutely does not think that what he is doing is wrong.

Taylor shook her head helplessly, let alone Hagrid, even she might not be able to recover from such a sudden encounter.

However, there was no worry or fear on Taylor's face. If there was really a great danger, then Luke would not sit here with himself.

The panic among the students did not spread.They trust their professors.I believe that this matter itself will not have any impact on them.

Hogwarts is the safest place in the world, this is their common cognition.

But when the low roar of the beast came, their cognition finally changed.

"What kind of sound is this...?"

Hannah Abbott sat in her seat and said in a trembling voice.

Hagrid stood up abruptly.

"No, they're here. Damn, those things must have smelled of Professor Quirrell!"

After hearing this, Qi Luo felt that he was wronged too.This kind of thing is not what he thought.The injuries on his body were all caused by himself. If it was just a small disturbance, he would pretend to be unconscious now and go to investigate.

But now, he obviously couldn't leave.Especially according to Hagrid, if the other party remembers his taste, then the primary target must be himself.

He took Hagrid's word for it.Because Voldemort believed it.And Voldemort knew Hagrid back then. He might look down on this half-giant, but he didn't doubt Hagrid's ability.

"I'll lead them away!"

Quirrell struggled to get up, ready to leave here.It doesn't do me any good to stay still, and it doesn't matter if I get hurt, but today I must find a way to find out where the Philosopher's Stone is hidden, and what is there.

"It's useless, Professor."

Luke's voice sounded, once again attracting the audience's attention.

When facing everyone's eyes, Luke didn't feel nervous at all, and said very naturally: "Professor, you are not only here, since it is a beast, no matter how much you hold grudges, looking for food is the first priority. Except In the basement kitchen, that's where the food is most abundant."

"Since we're already close here, even if you leave, their goals will probably not change in any way. In this way, if you leave, we will only lose one powerful helper."

Luke's eyes were very sincere, and his tone was quite gentle.

"Professor, we need you. If Professor McGonagall didn't return quickly, it means there must be something wrong with them. The defense here is already weak. We can't lose you."

In this way, Quirrell was trembling all over, and he was sweating in the cold weather.

This is obviously putting him on the fire to roast!

But he also knew very well that everything was said here.It was impossible for him not to agree.Voldemort is no stranger to this kind of method, but it is really a novel experience for someone to use it on himself.

He looked at the real 'Gunter' with Quirrell's eyes, and nodded expressionlessly.

The students looked at Quirrell when they were listening to Luke just now. They did not expect that a professor who was unknown on weekdays, although he occasionally performed amazingly, but not everyone had seen it, was in Luke The words are actually so important.

At this moment, they agreed with Luke's words.

The growl did not come again, and no footsteps were heard, but it was clear to everyone that they were approaching.

Whether they are students or professors, they are all nervous, quite nervous.

Marcus was even more desperate.He didn't expect that the agreement between Luke and him at that time would be fulfilled so early!

"Calm down, everyone."

Luke spoke again, tapping his fingers lightly.Look around at the students and professors present.Fortunately, Professor Sprout stayed here.If it was Snape or Professor McGonagall, he would never have had the chance to say such a thing.

"In this time of crisis, we must be united!"