Chapter 582 Contact War

After discussions between Professor McGonagall and others, the most powerful professors and volunteers were divided into several teams to guard the entrances of several schools, while teams of students patrolled each floor of the castle in pairs.

I have to say that this is the most reasonable arrangement under the current circumstances. The professors with the strongest combat effectiveness are placed in the most dangerous places, while their students with lower levels are placed on relatively safe floors. . In theory, if there were intruders, they would have to pass through the defenses of the professors to reach the students who came to help.

Soon Professor McGonagall began to assign people specifically. Ryan and Hermione were assigned to the seventh floor, while Malfoy and Pansy were assigned to the eighth floor, where the Room of Requirement was located. Ryan felt that this might not be a coincidence, but a deliberate arrangement by Snape when the professors got together to discuss it.

However, this also further confirms that Malfoy should act tonight. Fortunately, Ryan was assigned to the seventh floor this time. For him, this is the best place tonight, just to monitor what Malfoy will do. what.

Okay, take your places now. I think tonight will be a peaceful night not much different from before, but you need to be a little bit tired. When everyone went to their patrol positions, Professor McGonagall said to everyone Speaking of.

I wish it would be peaceful tonight, but I don't think it will be. Ryan said to Hermione through the phoenix brand as he walked up the grand staircase to the seventh floor.

Is Malfoy's plot about to succeed? The careful Hermione had observed the change in Malfoy's state before, and now she knew the truth as soon as Ryan mentioned it. I want to see how effective the trap you have been bragging about for most of the semester is?

Just watch. Ryan seemed confident, I will surprise those intruders.

Because the two walked faster, Malfoy and the others hadn't come up when they reached the seventh floor. So Ryan signaled Hermione to help him watch the stairs, and then he ran to the eighth floor and placed a few alchemy monitors he made on the vase next to the tapestry. Malfoy and Pansy walked up the stairs slowly after everything was prepared and he went down to the seventh floor.

After seeing Ryan and Hermione standing in the corridor on the seventh floor, Pansy squirmed his lips with an expression of seeing chewing gum sticking to the sole of his shoes, as if he was about to sarcastic. But Malfoy gave her a jerk and headed upstairs.

Less than five minutes after Malfoy went upstairs, a small badge on Ryan vibrated, which meant that there was only one person left in the corridor on the eighth floor. Ryan immediately grabbed Hermione and pointed to the stairs upstairs, and Hermione nodded in understanding. Then the two of them ran up the stairs.

Pansy was looking down the stairs nervously at this time, his face turned pale when he saw Ryan and the others, and then he said in a sharp tone. You two Mudbloods shouldn't be coming up now, you shouldn't be here tonight, I warn you—

But before she finished speaking, Hermione pulled out her wand without warning and waved at her. A red beam flew directly towards Pan Xi, but when the beam got close, a white barrier suddenly popped up from Pan Xi's body, blocking the front of the beam to offset the attack.

Just when Pansy raised his chin slightly and was about to say something with a smile, Hermione clenched her ring-wearing left hand violently, and the white barrier immediately shattered like glass, and after that, another coma The curse hit her chest. Immediately, Pansy's knees gave way and fell forward, and then rolled along the stairs to the seventh-floor platform before stopping.

Don't the Weasley twins disregard people when they sell things? Hermione stepped forward and walked to Pansy's side and rolled up the sleeve of her left hand. Ryan immediately saw a copper bracelet on her hand, which should be one of the dozens of bracelets sold in the store before.

No way, there won't be much investigation before selling this kind of low-grade bracelet. And we also know that most of the people who can spend money to buy this kind of thing are pure blood. If we don't sell them, we may The market will be reduced by more than half. Ryan explained, looking at Hermione who was removing the bracelet and wand from Pansy.

Okay, let's go upstairs and wait, Hermione said after collecting the loot and magically binding Pansy into a dumpling and throwing it into a broom compartment.

When the two came upstairs, they found that the corridor was empty and there was no one there. So Ryan asked Hermione to help keep an eye on the exit of the Room of Response, and he arranged alchemy arrays on both ends of the corridor to create barriers to prevent intruders from bypassing the interception and going to other places to hurt others.

After spending more than 40 minutes setting up the alchemy array, Ryan was about to set enough magic traps at the door of the Response Room with Hermione when he heard Professor McGonagall's voice in the corridor. Patrollers on all levels, please stick to their posts. There are people trying to attack from the direction of the Forbidden Forest. We are confronting them at the main gate of the castle. But you don't need to worry, the attackers should not be able to break through the castle's defenses.

Is this attracting attention? Ryan immediately thought of this aspect, first attacking the Ministry of Magic to attract Principal Dumbledore, and then attacking the castle gate to drag the professors to the first floor. It seems that this attack on Voldemort and his men cost a lot of money! This also shows from the side that the group of people brought by Malfoy must not be simple.

Maybe he can catch a big fish this time, Ryan thought and threw a few silver badges into the corridor. Then hid with Hermione and used the alchemy array to hide himself.

The next ten minutes were pure waiting, but Professor McGonagall did not lift the alarm downstairs. Ryan felt that this was likely because the number of Death Eaters coming from the direction of the Forbidden Forest was not large, and their strength was not strong. But once they hide their bluff, Professor McGonagall and the others have nothing to do except keep vigilant at the door.

Even if Professor McGonagall and the others can guess that the people outside are attracting their attention at this time, they will not take the initiative to attack, because she dare not gamble on the possibility of the safety of the whole school students, after all, as long as the safety of the students can be guaranteed for her Just wait until Principal Dumbledore returns. If she takes the initiative to attack, if the enemy lures them out and kills them before attacking Hogwarts Castle, she will definitely regret it.

After waiting in silence for more than ten minutes, a door appeared on the wall in front of Ryan and the others. Malfoy sneaked out of the door alone. There was a bruise on his face. This wound was not there before he went in. He should have been beaten just now. In addition, he held a disgusting withered hand high in his hand. There was a candle in his withered hand, but from Ryan's point of view, the candle was not lit.

What's he doing here? Hermione asked through the Phoenix Brand.

Malfoy is observing his surroundings. What he holds in his hand is the Hand of Glory. It is taken from the hand of a hanged man and made by wrapping and soaking a mandrake or other herb. The person who holds the hand It can be used to illuminate in the dark, but other people can't see it. This kind of thing is a good companion for a thief or a robber, and it seems very appropriate for Malfoy to use it now.

At this time, Malfoy shouted in the direction of the stairs: Pansy, where are you, Pansy? But now that Pansy was knocked out and tied up in the broom cupboard downstairs, it was impossible to answer his shout. .

After shouting twice, Malfoy also realized that something was wrong, and he immediately turned around and prepared to run back to the Room of Requirement. But this time Hermione moved faster. She waved her wand and released a thin thread of black mist that wrapped around Malfoy's left hand, which was holding the hand of glory, and then pulled hard. Malfoy's left hand immediately fell to the ground along with Glorious Hand.

Malfoy let out a scream, but rushed straight into the Room of Requirement without stopping.

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