Chapter 674 The Battle of Hogwarts (2)

It was approaching midnight and Hogwarts was getting ready for battle.

Flitwick, Sprout and Professor McGonagall respectively led the combat teams to the three highest towers-Ravenclaw Tower, Astronomy Tower and Gryffindor Tower-where the view is wide and the location is favorable for easy operation. magic.

Sirius and Lupine led the team into the playground, physically blocked the Death Eaters' attack, and built the strongest wall in front of the castle.

Someone still needs to organize and guard the entrances to the school. Fred and George volunteered to take over the task. The two brothers will complete the important task of guarding the entrances and exits together with the members of Dawn.

The outside of the school will be defended by the Ministry of Magic. Mr. Weasley and Kingsley will be responsible for directing the battle outside the school, trying to keep the Death Eaters in Hogsmeade and prevent the war from coming to the school.

The remaining students crowded in front of the podium, jostling for position, waiting to be assigned teams and receive instructions.

Ada's eyes were locked on Harry, and she wanted to know what choice the seventeen-year-old Harry would make between life and death. Should he die generously, or should he choose to escape and live an ignoble existence?

Based on her understanding of Harry, Ada already had a guess in her mind that escaping was not his character. However, it was a bit cruel that Harry, who had just turned seventeen, had to choose death for the sake of winning the war.

The students crowded in the auditorium dispersed and went to their respective places. The professors also performed their duties and jointly guarded this thousand-year-old castle.

If you look out through the windows of the auditorium, you can see the light of the curse rushing into the night sky like meteors flying backwards, converging and solidifying in the blue velvet sky, forming a magic barrier to protect the school.

Before walking up the tower, Professor McGonagall waved her wand and shouted, "Piertotum Locomator!"

I grant you souls and move you forward, all loyal warriors!

All the statues and armor along the corridors jumped from their pedestals, and from the echoes of the crash upstairs and downstairs it seemed the same thing was happening in every corner of the castle.

"Hogwarts is under threat!" Professor McGonagall shouted, "Get in position outside the school, protect us, and do your part for our school!"

With clicks and shouts, a group of moving statues - including some animal statues - scurried past the students, some small, some larger than people, clad in clanking armor waving swords and Conical balls strung on a chain.

"Professor McGonagall seems to like this spell very much?" Fred said. He, George, and Ada had already moved to them, and he would go to inspect the entrance and exit with his twin brother later.

Minerva McGonagall's usually serious face turned red, with a hint of excitement.

"I think so," Ada said. "Do you still remember the giant chessboard guarding the Philosopher's Stone? Those chess pieces were given 'soul' and 'mission' by Professor McGonagall."

"What an amazing spell!" George snapped his fingers and then said, "It's time for us to go. The task is difficult, Fred."

Fred glanced at the night outside the door and said, "Of course, George, let me enjoy this beautiful night!"

As he spoke, Fred looked away and searched the hall filled with students. He then said: "Seamus, Seamus Finnigan! Let us see your talent, okay!"

Gryffindor, who had light brown hair, squeezed through the crowd and said, "Uh... Fred, George, do you really want to do that?"

The twins did not answer, but Ada said: "Boom! Mr. Finnigan, art is explosion!"

This sentence was said by a neon architect who is very famous. He is called the Picasso of neon. Not the Patrick star who blew himself up without killing anyone.

After hearing Ada's words, Seamus Finnigan's face showed excitement. For the first time, Gryffindor's explosives genius was praised for his "explosion".

At this moment, a harsh, cold and clear sound appeared out of thin air, echoing over the castle and the playground. No one could tell where it came from. It was like the sound coming from the wall itself, like a person who had been sleeping for hundreds of years. The beast wakes up.

"I know you plan to fight." The murderous voice frightened many students. "I don't want to kill you, and I don't want to spill the blood of pure blood. But since you want to die, I have to satisfy you. ."

There was a silence in the castle foyer, a silence that pressed against the eardrums. It was so huge that it seemed that it could no longer be contained in the hall.

"Now, the war begins," Voldemort's voice continued, "Death Eaters, kill everyone you see!"

Silence once again engulfed people, and then there was another explosion, and a green flare seemed to rise in the distant night sky. That light exploded in the dark sky - a green, huge skeleton appeared, and a large python emerged from the skull's mouth.

The Dark Mark! That was the signal for the Death Eaters to attack Hogsmeade! It is also the signal for this decisive battle!

Ada walked out of the castle step by step. She stood on the playground and watched the Dark Mark rising higher and higher. Ada was waiting, waiting for Snape to bring her good news or bad news.

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In Hogsmeade, more than a hundred Aurors were waiting. They could see the green Dark Mark in the night sky more intuitively, because the mark was right above their heads, right in Hogsmeade.

The Dark Mark once frightened the entire British wizarding world, and fear inevitably arose in the hearts of Aurors. Despite this, not a single Auror retreated. They were gathered here for the final decisive battle to stop the Death Eaters' attack.

Sacrifice, many people are ready to sacrifice.

As the Dark Mark takes off, the decisive battle begins. Death Eaters, werewolves, giants, dementors, etc., the coalition forces under Voldemort poured into Hogsmeade like a tide.

The thumping footsteps of giants, the terrifying howls of werewolves, and the killing cries of Death Eaters filled all directions of the village.

"Auror, meet the enemy!" Mr. Weasley shouted. With a voice of determination that was not drowned out by the shouts of killing, the Aurors raised their wands and pointed them at the enemies surging in the darkness.

Kingsley Shacklebolt took the lead, and a thick red light cut through the night and hit the Death Eaters running towards him.

Screams, shouts, and screams of falling to the ground instantly rang out in the small village, and colorful spells illuminated Hogsmeade like daylight.

The fastest ones were the werewolves, howling and charging at the Aurors, hungry for blood. However, the werewolves were greeted only by the continuous curses of the Aurors. As if they were queuing up to be shot, the werewolves fell one after another.

But the werewolves were not useless at all. They stretched the Auror's energy and prevented the Auror from taking care of the more lethal giants.

The thick-skinned giants rushed forward, waving their weapons and hitting the Aurors who stood firm again and again. The giant successfully disrupted the Auror line and disrupted the Ministry of Magic's prior arrangements.

Suddenly, the weather in November became colder and colder, and the Aurors felt a sense of despair in their hearts. It was clear that the battle had just begun, and the Death Eaters were still being dragged into the village, but despair was wrapping people up like a tide.

It's a dementor! Densely packed and countless dementors drifted into Hogsmeade with despair!