#804 - Parseltongue?

Faced with the swarm of summoned creatures from the defending army, the battle instantly became extremely intense.

Various explosions and the roar of spells filled the air, making the center of the battlefield resemble a continuous fireworks display.

At this moment, Harry and his group in the sky, as if feeling the situation wasn't chaotic enough, launched another round of dive bombing at the gap in the city wall.

Ultimately, at the cost of three flying broomsticks, they managed to drop all two sets of blasting charms they carried.

This time, the bombs landed directly in the heart of the battlefield, even encompassing many of their own members. This reckless air raid greatly exceeded the defenders' expectations, resulting in surprisingly extensive damage.

Two rock golems were blasted into fragments before they could even approach the enemy, and an anti-air scattering cannon, along with over ten wizards from both sides, fell victim to the ensuing explosions.

However, the remaining defenders stubbornly held off the attacking wizards, and due to the narrowness of the attack front, the two lava cannons at the rear were able to perform perfectly, making it impossible for the attacking wizards to even get close to the gap for a time.

"What a pity," Snape said regretfully outside the instance. "If Harry had targeted the artillery with this air raid, it would have been much better. And what was Wood thinking? He knew the opponent's air power was strong, yet he didn't take precautions. They clearly have their own air force."

"In war, the allocation of resources is always a headache," Anduin said with a smile, shaking his head. "Moreover, air bombing tactics like this are difficult for even the defenders' air force to completely prevent."

"Doesn't that make this tactic invincible then? A flying broomstick plus a few bombs doesn't cost much, but the effect achieved far exceeds expectations," Snape looked at Anduin, somewhat puzzled.

"Actually, they have long-range equipment that can resist air raids," Anduin revealed. "It's just that the price is relatively high, and they probably don't think it's worth it."

"But in that case, if the attacking side puts more force into the air, wouldn't they be in trouble?" Snape shook his head in dissatisfaction.

"Indeed, but it's hard to say if this isn't a trap Wood specifically set for the attacking side. If Percy strengthens the air force, they might be in trouble," Anduin, who was good at digging pits for others, couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Snape watched as a dozen flying broomsticks rose from the attacking side's position, while the defenders countered by summoning a team of Grindylows, shaking his head slightly with regret.

"It seems the defenders still think those long-range anti-aircraft devices are too single-purpose," Anduin also said with a slight smile of regret.

On the screen, the battle between the two sides had entered a white-hot stage. The entire section of the city wall was destroyed by spells, and everyone seemed to have returned to the open plain battle of the second stage.

This was not good news for the defenders, not because they couldn't hold on, but because after losing the city wall, the numerous defense devices deployed on it were also without wizards to operate them.

So, after discovering this situation, Percy's side began to summon giants to join the battle. Although the defenders' cannons and exploding snakes could suppress these summons, the attacking side's occasional air raids made the defense very painful.

This fierce battle continued for more than twenty minutes, and now there were less than ten minutes left until the end of the defense war.

In fact, if the defenders had been able to hold out longer in the first stage, the battle might have already ended by now.

Under such intense combat, each wizard had probably died a dozen or twenty times, and the various military supplies of both sides were destroyed and replaced with new ones, which were quickly destroyed again.

Even the air forces of both sides, after repeated engagements, had completely annihilated each other, and one by one they turned back into infantry to participate in the battle.

As a result, the wizards' bodies gradually couldn't hold on. They inevitably felt fatigue, and their magic power gradually depleted.

So, by the end, the spells everyone launched no longer had the accuracy and power they had at the beginning, and at this time, what was being compared was only resources.

And in terms of resource control, the defending side was obviously more reasonable than the attacking side, so they had saved significantly more merit points.

Perhaps seeing victory in sight, Wood couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and couldn't help but exchange for a large number of exploding snakes, pressing them towards the attacking wizards.

Seeing this scene, Anduin knew that the attacking side's momentum was gone. If this round of attack was repelled again, there would probably be no chance for another one.

Thinking of this, Anduin prepared to turn around and leave. If Snape hadn't been interested in this, he wouldn't have stayed here to watch. It wasn't that he wasn't interested in it, but he still had many experiments to rush to do, and he had to seize every minute.

Whoosh!

However, just as Anduin was about to leave, a burst of exclamations suddenly came from the crowd behind him, as if something frightening had happened.

Seeing this, Anduin couldn't help but turn his head curiously to take a look, and then he couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression.

It turned out that just as the large batch of exploding snakes released by Wood surged towards the opponents, they suddenly turned their guns around in an instant for some reason and attacked the defenders instead.

Such a change was truly beyond everyone's expectations. The originally well-behaved tactical weapons actually turned against them at a critical moment.

And this betrayal was very deadly. The defenders originally thought they were going to win, so they didn't have any defenses at all. As a result, they were annihilated by more than half of their people in an instant.

As a result, those attacking wizards, with a blank look on their faces, stormed into the defenders' headquarters and won the second stage of the victory.

"Hey!"

Outside the instance, Snape, who had seen this scene clearly, couldn't help but approach Anduin and asked with a puzzled face, "Could it be that those broken snakes you made are broken? How can they turn around and attack their own people halfway? I didn't see the attacking side use any special props either."

"No, they are not broken, this... this is Parseltongue?" Anduin was also taken aback when he saw the scene just now, but after a brief identification, he discovered the problem.

"Parseltongue?" Snape's eyes widened when he heard this. "Are you saying that someone used Parseltongue to control those exploding snakes? Among that group of children?"

Snape's face was full of disbelief. He was no stranger to Parseltongue. The rarity of this language was not enough to describe with once in a century. Could such a person appear among a group of young wizards?

But soon Snape noticed something was wrong, "That's not right, aren't those exploding snakes alchemical items? Even if they look like snakes, they can't understand Parseltongue, right?"

"They are indeed alchemical creations, but that doesn't mean they don't have consciousness," Anduin replied calmly, his brows furrowed. "These alchemical snakes are experimental samples I developed some time ago when researching soul magic."

"I incorporated a part of the soul of snake creatures into them. Originally, I intended to test whether existing souls could be fused with matter, but later I found that these snake souls, although they can survive in alchemical objects, do not last long."

"So later I made use of them and made them into this kind of exploding snake. They can automatically track enemies very cleverly, also because of the assistance of consciousness."

"Soul and matter fusion? Why are you researching this?" Snape stared at Anduin like he was looking at a monster. He was increasingly unable to understand this guy.

"Just curious."

Anduin casually prevaricated. In fact, he would study this project, or be inspired by Horcruxes, wizards who made Horcruxes could split their souls and store them in items, and achieve immortality by doing so.

But the side effects of Horcruxes were also very obvious, the items that became Horcruxes became difficult to restore, and the souls residing in them could not escape from the Horcruxes.

So he was thinking, could he develop an alchemical creation that would allow the soul to enter and exit freely, and use it to complete high-difficulty operations.

This is actually equivalent to making a new body made of alchemical items, and if this can really be done, Anduin can use the characteristics of the Three Pure Ones Mantra to create two alchemical clones.

However, this research is still in the development stage, although thanks to the information obtained from Nick, as well as the knowledge of Horcruxes and the Three Pure Ones Mantra, there has been a lot of progress.

But because the matter of the Deathly Hallows was more urgent, it was temporarily put on hold by him, but there were still early finished products, that is, the exploding snakes that were thrown into the battlefield instance.

However, compared to the exploding snake, he is now more interested in the young wizard who can use Parseltongue. This is a super rare special skill, and he has nowhere to learn it.

Moreover, Anduin had not forgotten the Chamber of Secrets buried deep in Hogwarts, the secret door there had to be opened with Parseltongue.

Originally, he was thinking about whether to find another way to open that door. Now that there is a more convenient channel, he is naturally overjoyed.

However, when that wizard used Parseltongue just now, Anduin happened to turn around to leave, and now he doesn't know who did it.

Moreover, looking at the state of everyone on the scene, they should not have seen clearly who caused this change. Everyone only felt that everything happened inexplicably, and many people even suspected that there was something wrong with those exploding snakes.

Faced with this situation, Anduin was too lazy to explain. He now just wanted to quickly find the wizard who could speak Parseltongue. Fortunately, there were backup recordings of the live broadcasts on the scene.

Therefore, Anduin did not hesitate and immediately turned back and left. As for the result of this battle, as expected, the attacking side should be able to achieve the final victory.

After all, in the previous high-intensity battle, most of the defenders had exhausted their physical strength. If they could end the battle in the second stage, it would be fine. If they dragged it to the third stage, they probably would not have the energy to continue.

After returning to the office, Anduin immediately retrieved the recording of this battle, and then kept watching the movements of the attacking wizards before that scene happened.

However, because the positions of the on-site recording devices were relatively tricky and the distance was relatively far, it was still quite difficult to actually check.

"Looking at the situation at the time, only a few wizards on the front line of the attacking side could do this, including Ginny, Percy, Neville, Harry, and a few high-grade wizards, and before the exploding snakes turned against them, there was an abnormal move..."

"Could it be Harry?"

Anduin moved closer to the screen, looking at Harry's inexplicable bending over movement before the exploding snakes approached them, and muttered in disbelief.

"Good fellow, this kid has this ability? Why haven't I ever seen him show it before?"

After observing it several times, Anduin believed that Harry was still the most suspicious, which made him couldn't help but complain.

But soon Anduin had doubts in his mind again.

"Harry is a Gryffindor student, how could he know Parseltongue? According to records, this kind of talent should only appear in the descendants of Herpo or Slytherin. He is clearly a descendant of Ignotus, this is completely unreasonable..."

Faced with this strange discovery, Anduin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Could it be that Parseltongue is just a unique talent, and it actually has nothing to do with bloodline?"

"Or is it that Harry has some special connection with Herpo or Slytherin, but to say this connection, the only thing I can think of is Voldemort, this guy is a descendant of Slytherin."

After a long while, Anduin, who was puzzled, finally shook his head, "Don't think about it so much, there is too little information now, and the answers obtained by forced interpretation are also unrealistic."

"What needs to be done now is to find Harry and find out what's going on."

Anduin made up his mind, then left the office and returned to the training square.

At this time, the battle in the battlefield instance had also produced results, and sure enough, the attacking side still achieved victory in the end.

At this moment, the wizards of both sides who were teleported out didn't even have time to celebrate or be frustrated, and they all fell to the ground in the square, breathing in fresh air.

They were really too tired to fight this battle. The strength of the wizards on both sides was equal, and in the end, they used hard power to fight to the last moment.

When they were on the battlefield, everyone could still persevere in fighting due to mental excitement and willpower. When they came out, everyone unloaded that energy, and suddenly they couldn't hold on anymore.

Seeing Anduin appear, Wood, who had a relatively strong physique, struggled to get up and complained with some dissatisfaction, "Professor, why did those exploding snakes inexplicably lose control when we fought to the end? If it weren't for this, the victory of this battle should have belonged to us!"

"I saw the cause of this incident from beginning to end," Anduin replied indifferently in the face of Wood's protest, "What I can tell you is that this was not caused by accidental factors, and those exploding snakes did not malfunction, everything that happened was reasonable."