#682 - Fight back (ask for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"Levitation Charm?"

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Ron's reminder sparked an idea in Hermione's mind. "That's right, why can't we use the Levitation Charm to fight back?"

"Fight back with the Levitation Charm? There's nothing around here that we can control and throw. Using it directly on people is even more fanciful. With our level of the Levitation Charm, I'm afraid it would only work on people who can't resist, right?"

Before Hermione could finish speaking, Malfoy poured cold water on the idea, but what he said was indeed correct. They were currently on the ring road tightly surrounding Hogwarts Castle. The surroundings were either walls or open plains, without even a single stone. Google search to read

"But we can use it on ourselves!" Hermione shouted urgently, "In another two hundred meters, there's a corner. I can send some of you up to the platform on the wall."

Then Hermione turned to Neville and asked, "If I send you up there, are you confident in taking down one person?"

"Me?" Neville frowned timidly, then gritted his teeth and said, "If it's close combat, I can try. Maybe I can restrain one person."

Among the first-year students, Neville is recognized as the number one in combat readiness.

Of course, this is mainly because their current spellcasting level is too poor. They haven't even learned many spells. Furthermore, in tactical training, they are currently only focused on physical fitness and combat training. Perhaps these young wizards are better at fighting than dueling with spells.

"Then there are two left." Hermione didn't have time to think carefully while running, so she could only look at the others around her with hope. "Ron, Harry, I will send you two and Neville to the protruding platform on the wall to lie in ambush."

"Pansy, Daphne, and Malfoy will distract those dark wizards with me. After they reach the ambush location, you will launch a surprise attack from above. Try to use the pinning techniques you learned in training to control them as much as possible, preferably knocking their wands away!"

"Then we will cooperate with you to attack together. This might give us some chance of winning. Harry was right, those dark wizards are fast and will catch up with us sooner or later!"

Speaking while running was originally very difficult, but Hermione forced herself to remain calm and continue to state her plan.

"I think it's feasible!" Ron glanced back and, after discovering that there were only a few young wizards still standing behind him, immediately agreed.

In the current situation, he didn't have time to judge whether Hermione's plan was reliable. Ron just wanted to end everything quickly, so when someone proposed a strategy, he didn't have the mind to hesitate.

Harry and Neville nodded immediately to express their agreement. Malfoy, Parkinson, and Daphne also glanced back at the pursuers and could only grit their teeth and agree. They had no other choice. The three dark wizards were getting closer and closer.

After confirming the plan, the group immediately took action. They first gathered all their strength to accelerate and sprint, slightly increasing the distance between them and the dark wizards.

After passing the corner ahead, Harry, Ron, Neville, and Hermione immediately slowed down and stopped, while Malfoy, Parkinson, and Daphne continued to run forward for a while, stopping about twenty meters away from the corner.

"Be careful not to resist. My Levitation Charm can't control people who are trying to break free." Hermione nodded solemnly to the other three, then drew her wand and pointed it at them. "Wingardium Leviosa!"

Under Hermione's skilled spellcasting, Harry and the others were lifted high and then landed on the platform more than two meters above the ground.

But the place where they stood was more like a decorative stone ledge protruding from the middle of the wall than a platform. After Harry and the others stood on it, they found that they had to stick close to the wall behind them to avoid falling. The foothold couldn't even accommodate their entire foot.

But at least they finally landed successfully, and the screams coming from the other side of the corner had gradually become sparse, which precisely meant that those dark wizards had already dealt with most of the people.

It was even possible that they had dealt with everyone except them!

After sending Neville and the others onto the ledge, Hermione also quickly came to Malfoy and the others, ready to face the corner with bated breath. They could only put all their eggs in one basket now, catching those dark wizards off guard.

At this time, Malfoy also nervously took out his wind wand from his body and gestured to Hermione next to him.

Seeing the wind wand in Malfoy's hand, Hermione immediately understood Malfoy's idea and returned a look representing confirmation.

As the muffled footsteps of the three dark wizards grew closer, everyone clenched the wands in their hands tightly, swallowing nervously, but soon their eyes gradually became firm, as if they had all forgotten about life and death at this moment.

"Wind Blast!"

"Sandstorm!"

Just as the three dark wizards showed themselves, Malfoy and Hermione completed their spellcasting almost simultaneously.

Malfoy waved the wind wand in his hand heavily, and soon a whirlwind was generated at the feet of the three dark wizards and quickly rolled upwards.

Hermione cast the 'Sandstorm' spell, summoning a large amount of sand and stones to entangle the three, and these sand and stones, combined with the newly formed whirlwind, even produced considerable power, crackling and hitting the bodies and masks of these dark wizards. For a time, the dense sand and stones seemed to block their vision.

"Attack!"

Seeing that Hermione and Malfoy's offensive had taken effect, Neville immediately shouted and then took the lead in jumping up, delivering a flying kick to the dark wizard farthest from the wall.

There was no other way. Among the three above, he was the most skilled. Since it was decided that one person would entangle one, he naturally had to deal with the farthest and most difficult one. Even if the other two jumped down, they probably wouldn't be able to reach that person.

At this time, Ron and Harry also cheered themselves up and jumped down from above.

Ron took the lead in pouncing on a dark wizard, using his left arm to tightly choke the opponent's neck, and his right hand reached for the enemy's right arm holding the wand, preparing to first restrict the opponent's spellcasting.

Harry's choice next to him was almost exactly the same as Ron's, both using a locking technique similar to a 'guillotine'.

However, the effect of the three's surprise attack was not as good as they had imagined.

Neville, who charged at the front, kicked the head of the dark wizard with all his strength, but only staggered the opponent.

Ron and Harry, who used the 'guillotine' on the dark wizard, only felt that what they were choking was not a neck, but a solid metal pipe. Even though they had used all their strength, the opponent didn't even lean back slightly.

Feeling the strange touch coming from the soles of their feet and their hands, Harry, Neville, and Ron instantly showed a look of horror.

"Something's wrong! These guys aren't human!" Neville hysterically shouted to the others in the distance.

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Hermione and the others on the opposite side were all full of question marks after hearing Neville's words.

What was going on? Seeing that their surprise attack plan was about to succeed, why was Neville cursing?

However, everyone didn't have time to think about the meaning of Neville's words. The four young wizards on the opposite side launched attacks on the dark wizards in unison!

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Impedimenta!"

"Incendio!"

"Expelliarmus!"

Malfoy and the others cast their best attacking spells one after another, flying towards the three dark wizards.

Among them, the fastest in speed and accuracy was Malfoy's leg-locking curse. This spell was the first one he learned after getting his wand. Although it was initially used as a prank spell, it was undoubtedly the most proficient.

The target of this curse was the dark wizard who was being choked by Ron.

The opponent's response at this time was quite barbaric. He quickly raised his left hand and probed backwards, instantly grabbing Ron's neck that was hugging him, and then slammed him forward as if he were doing a back throw.

Immediately afterwards, Ron flew out with a 'whoosh', hitting the leg-locking curse head-on. However, before Ron had time to experience the feeling of his legs being locked, he fainted.

On the other side, the dark wizard who was staggered by Neville was the focus of attention of the four-person group on the opposite side. Daphne and Pansy Parkinson's Impediment Curse and Disarming Charm were both shot at him.

But what everyone didn't expect was that this dark wizard was obviously already unsteady due to Neville's kick, but he could still calmly cast a spell even when his upper body was crooked, directly silently casting a Shield Charm to block the attack, and at the same time had time to launch a counterattack on Daphne and Pansy.

The two Slytherin girls on the opposite side were quite skilled. Faced with the incoming spell, they instinctively pounced to the side, barely dodging this round of attack.

Seeing that the two had dodged his spell, the dark wizard was preparing to take advantage of the situation, but Neville had already landed at this time and directly delivered a high whiplash kick to his neck from behind.

This powerful sweeping kick accurately hit the dark wizard's neck, but it was Neville who suffered the pain first. He felt like he had kicked an iron pillar, and his entire right calf went numb instantly.

However, Neville didn't have time to think about these things, because his attack had already attracted the dark wizard's hatred. The opponent turned around and returned a side kick.

Although Neville noticed the enemy's attack trajectory, the injury to his right foot made him unable to dodge. As a result, he could only watch as the opponent kicked his lower abdomen heavily. The huge impact even sent him flying several meters away.

Until the moment he was about to faint, Neville was still wondering in his mind, why was this guy's close combat so skilled? And the attack moves looked so familiar? Could it be…

However, before Neville could figure it out, he had already lost consciousness.

The dark wizard who was attacked by Hermione's 'Incendio' was also preparing to imitate his companion who was being choked by Ron, directly grabbing Harry's collar and throwing him towards the incoming fireball.