Chapter 252 The Bizarre Adventure of Blind Eyes
boom!
At the back door of Hogwarts Castle, beside the tunnel connecting the inner and outer lakes, two figures were fighting on the water.
On one side is Mad-Eye Moody standing on the boat, his magic eyes are moving nimbly, always paying attention to the attack from the air; on the other side, it is obvious, just look at the cloud of black air circling back and forth in the air. You know, that's another Black Death.
The experienced retired Auror judged very accurately. When the main entrance was attacked by a large number of Death Eaters, the enemy really had arrangements at the back entrance.
Voldemort had studied at Hogwarts in the first place, so he must know the terrain here very well. It was for this reason that Moody rushed to the back door in a hurry.
But this route is actually not suitable for attacking, because not only people and mermaids live at the bottom of the lake, but there is even a giant squid of astonishing size.
Although these aborigines never attacked the school's ships due to the agreement with Hogwarts, they would not be so polite to outsiders.
Therefore, taking the route of the underground dock of Hogwarts Castle can only be a sneak attack.
At this moment, Moody was holding a magic wand and continuously releasing spells into the air, but found that it was difficult for him to hurt the opponent with all his strength.
Although he is not in any danger for the time being, it is definitely not possible to consume it like this.
boom!
There was another extremely impactful muffled sound, and the Black Death Apostle who had just rushed towards Moody was shot off the angle of flight again, and flew away for a long distance by rubbing against the lake.
What the hell is this! Old Moody said angrily, I don't know when that kid will come back!
As he spoke, he tapped his crutches hard, forcing the boat that was shaking due to the impact to stabilize.
Although Maca also mentioned the existence of the Black Death, but even he himself has not figured it out, so how could he explain it clearly?
For most modern wizards, this stuff is really difficult to deal with.
As a last resort, Moody had no choice but to keep pushing him back, while controlling the boat under his feet to retreat a little bit.
It is really not in his favor to meet him on the boat.
...
In the auditorium, the three of Harry, like the other students, were also discussing the situation outside in low voices.
Of course, this is more speculation than discussion. After all, they are nesting here, and they don't know what's going on outside.
...Don't you want to go out and have a look?
Sure enough, this sentence was said, but what was surprising was that it was Hermione who said it.
Hey! This isn't like you! Ron looked at Hermione with weird eyes and said, Since just now, you've been a little strange. You must be the first to disagree with such a thing!
Really? said Hermione, glaring at him. I'm just not sure about Hagrid, and... and we haven't seen where Maca is...
Upon hearing the word Maca, Ron scratched his hair vigorously, and closed his mouth with a strange expression.
Hermione was obviously using Hagrid as an excuse, but she was still thinking about Maca!
yes! Ron had indeed given up completely, and even encouraged Hermione by the way. But once I heard her mention Maca, I was still a little depressed.
Harry, what do you think?
Seeing that Ron was silent, Hermione looked at Harry again.
But Harry looked hesitant. To be honest, he really wanted to go out to see the situation, and he was also a little curious about where Maca and Fleur were.
But……
Oh, yes... Harry stammered, But...how are we going to get out? The professors are all watching!
Hearing this, Hermione suddenly smiled smugly.
Look! She pulled it out of her pocket, and then took out a black potion bottle, This is what Maca gave me when the three-final match just decided the candidate for the warrior...
birthday present.
She said this word in her heart, and immediately felt a warm feeling creeping up,
This made her even more determined to go out.
...This is the 'Xianyin Potion'... If we have three points, although the invisibility time will be shorter, it must be enough for us to leave here!
She looked around, then quietly pointed to the passage of the side corridor and said, Let's go from the hall, where only Professor Sprout should be guarding there! The door must be closed now, if we want to go out, You have to go through the back door!
Be careful, don't make any noise.
After that, she gently uncorked the potion bottle, poured some into her mouth, and handed it to Harry.
If it was any other invisibility potion, people would definitely find out if it was used in public, but the characteristics of the Immortal Hidden Potion made Hermione disappear without anyone noticing.
As Hermione's sense of presence gradually diminished, Harry and Ron only blinked a few times before they could no longer find her.
They looked around subconsciously, and it was really hard to imagine the principle of this kind of invisibility.
After Ron also drank the potion and disappeared before Harry's eyes, Harry took a deep breath, picked up the potion bottle that Ron put on the ground, and drank the rest of the potion with a tangled face. .
But to be honest, it's actually a very bad thing for three little wizards who can't see each other to go the same route.
The advantages of Xianyin potion are indeed obvious, but the disadvantages are also obvious. This kind of potion cannot speak, cannot make attention-grabbing noises, and more importantly, it must not be touched by anyone.
But right now, there are really only two ways to leave here and go outside.
One is naturally the gate of the auditorium, although it leads directly to the lawn outside the castle, but now the gate is full of professors; while the other one leads to the foyer through the corridor, and then exits through the gate of the castle.
Generally speaking, the gate must be an important defensive line. But because there is the Knights of the Magic Stone Pier, the self-defense defense of Hogwarts Castle, so only the herbal medicine professor Pomonas Prout is guarding there.
Yes, there was certainly nothing wrong with Hermione choosing that path. But the point is, the three of them can't see each other at all now!
If they bumped into each other accidentally, the invisibility effect would be invalidated immediately.
Hermione had read the instructions for using the potion written by Maca, but she didn't remember this problem until after drinking the potion.
……How to do?
Hermione stood where she was, watching Harry and Ron drink the potion in turn, but couldn't speak, so she took a step forward anxiously.
I'm sorry, Harry, Ron! She walked quickly towards the corridor, praying in her heart with an innocent face, ...that...good luck to you!
When Hermione walked lightly into the hall, she immediately found that the heavy door had been tightly closed.
Professor Sprout was not at the gate. Hermione glanced at the spiral staircase on both sides of the gate. The professor was probably guarding in the watch room above!
She glanced cautiously down the hallway to the right, then tiptoed around the stairs and down the long passage that led to the subterranean dock at the back door.
...
Leaving aside Hermione's side, Harry and Ron had just passed the side corridor one after the other at this moment.
There was no way, after they found out that they couldn't see each other, for some reason, they immediately felt a little guilty.
The three of them can be taken care of when they are together, at least if there are people around them, at least they can feel more at ease. But now they all felt as if they were the only ones sneaking out of the auditorium.
The two stood there with their heads shrunk for a while, looking back and forth constantly, until they remembered that there was still a time limit, then they had to move from the middle of the students to the aisle of the side corridor with their legs wide open in a panic.
If anyone can see through invisibility, they will see such a scene. Two little wizards in Gryffindor wizard robes are walking on tiptoes with their heads hunched, walking towards the hall like two thieves one after the other. .
They even took the same route, with Ron in front and Harry in the back, cowering to the corner at the other end of the side corridor.
Then, Ron stopped suddenly.
Oh ah!
Accompanied by two overlapping whispers, Harry's entire face was pressed against Ron's back. Needless to say, both of them were taken aback!
Ron turned around suddenly, and the two of them covered their mouths and stared wide-eyed, looking at each other in horror, and looked at each other at a loss.
Harry hurriedly pointed to the corner, Ron nodded immediately, and glanced at the hall outside.
When Ron finally saw that there was no one in the hall, he turned around, waved vigorously at Harry, and then pointed to the passage behind the stairs.
After Harry nodded, the two of them looked into the foyer again, and after confirming that there was no one there, they ran lightly into the dark passage.
Their figures were just submerged by the darkness in the passage, and immediately a person came down from the spiral staircase beside the gate.
It was the chubby Professor Sprout. She looked at the foyer vigilantly for a while, and even checked with a magic spell. After finding that there was no one there, she returned to the lookout room with a puzzled look on her face. .
The battle at the school gate is still going on, and she must stay here so that she can be ready to notify Professor McGonagall to come over and open the Stone Pier Knights.
...
In the dark passage, there are torches at a long distance to provide light that can barely see the ground ahead.
This passage is slightly sloping downwards, leading directly to the underground dock at the back door, where every freshman will go to the auditorium to attend the welcome dinner.
At the moment, Hermione was walking as lightly as possible to avoid echoes as she walked.
But just when she could almost see the outline of the back door, she found a sound of footsteps behind her that made her hairs stand on end
Those two fools! She hurriedly leaned sideways against the wall, clinging to the wall of the corridor, not daring to move.
Who?
A stooped figure suddenly walked in from the back door, holding a lantern and looking inside, it was Filch, the gatekeeper!
