And what about the students in the school? I remember yesterday when the school was still in session. After stepping down two stairs, Hermione nervously asked Moody, "Where are they now? Have they left here?"

"All the students are in the castle because we really didn't expect Voldemort today to launch Armageddon directly today. A hint of regret flashed across Moody's face, "The result of our discussion with Albus last night was that Voldemort would fight us in the Ministry of Magic today, and at most some Death Eaters would come to Hogwarts to harass the people who were dragging the castle." ”

"So we thought it might be safer for the students to stay in Hogwarts Castle, but to make sure there weren't any major problems. We still mobilized most of Azkaban's guards to protect the castle. That's why we've been able to hold on until now, if we had relied on the professors alone, that protective layer would have been broken five or six minutes ago. ”

By this time, they had quickly entered the foyer of the Great Hall, where Vice Chancellor Professor McGonagall was standing and directing several senior students to set up a defensive line in the castle. When she heard the sound of the stairs, she turned her head and saw everyone coming downstairs.

"Ryan, Lupin, how did you get in?" Professor McGonagall smiled excitedly, then quickly turned incredulous. "I remember all the secret passages were blocked. ”

"There's one thing left that basically no one knows, and its entrance is inside the Pig's Head Bar. Ryan said, "That's what Headmaster Dumbledore's brother Aberforth told us today. ”

"There's also a working passage, which is great. McGonagall let out a long sigh of relief before turning to the two seniors standing there. "Seamus, you and Neville go and call Professor Flitwick now, and then go with him to the basement kitchen and take the junior students hiding there to the eighth-floor Responsive Room, where there is a passage to the Hog's Head Bar, and I'll send a few sculptures to help you. ”

"By the way," Ryan stopped as Seamus and the one were ready to leave after receiving the order, and handed them a thumb-sized pink gem. "When we opened the door, we thought we would have a way to the pig's head bar. Remember to take this gem with you, as long as the gem is in the room, those traps won't kick in. The trap will be reactivated two minutes after the gem leaves or if the gem holder closes the door. ”

"Got it," Seamus nodded and took the gem and ran in the direction of the kitchen, while Neville ran out the door to inform Professor Flitwick, who was now in the courtyard,

"Alright, you come with me to the courtyard. After watching the two men run towards their respective targets, Professor McGonagall spoke to Ryan and their reinforcements. "We'd better be able to delay a little longer to allow enough time for the younger students to evacuate. ”

"Understood, Professor McGonagall. Ryan and the others said in unison, and then each raised his wand and aimed it at the shield in the sky to inject his own power. With their help, the already shaky shield was once again stabilized.

The next ten minutes were a pure tug-of-war, with the Death Eaters on the periphery directing the obsidian golems to pound on the shield, while themselves constantly unleashing magic into the shield to consume the magic in the shield. And Ryan and the others added magic to the shield from time to time to make up for the consumed parts, and the battle was deadlocked.

"My mission is accomplished. "Just as Ryan and the others had emptied the magic shield with a batch of energy, Professor Flitwick walked out of the castle gates with Seamus, Neville, and seven or eight pieces of armor. "I sent the junior students out, and they should be safe now. ”

"That's good, that's good. Professor McGonagall visibly relaxed a lot, but at this moment, several bright lights suddenly shot out in the distance and hit the shield, and a large number of cracks appeared in the translucent frosted glass-like shield.

Under everyone's nervous gaze, these cracks spread faster and faster, enveloping an area larger and larger. Finally, when the cracks covered the entire shield, the entire shield turned into a sky full of splinters like a light bulb that fell to the ground.

"Is Voldemort crazy?" As a wizard of the same level as Voldemort, Ryan knew that the spell that shattered Hogwarts Castle with one blow was definitely not something that could be unleashed simply, and he didn't know what made Voldemort give up his mind when this kind of decisive battle broke out, and directly started to do it at the cost of huge consumption.

But it didn't take long for Ryan to figure out why, because as the shield shattered, a strange, mournful scream reached everyone's ears. As someone who could understand snake language, Ryan could hear Voldemort's cry be one name: Nagini.

"Is this, what happened to Voldemort's snake?" After being indoctrinated with knowledge before, Hermione naturally understood Voldemort's roar. To her surprise, Voldemort's roar could tell that something was wrong with Nagini, the Horcrux that had been the focus of the battle.

"I don't know. Ryan shook his head. "But something should have happened, the blow just now was not something that could be done simply, he did it should have something important about Nagini that made him lose control of his emotions for a while, of course, from that roar, you can also hear that his current mood is indeed in extreme anger. ”

Ryan's guess was very close to reality, and now Voldemort was standing in a room in the Quidditch pitch. There was a mess in front of him: Nagini, who was supposed to sit quietly in the protective cover, had turned into a serpentine black ash on the ground, and a silver dagger encrusted with rubies was thrown aside.

Snape, who had been sent here to watch Nagini, had two huge snake fangs left on his neck, and black blood was pouring out of these two large holes. His face was pale, and the fire of life in the depths of his dark eyes was rapidly fading. Voldemort could clearly see that Snape was in his final dying.

Dozens of minutes ago, while the puppets were attacking from the lake, Voldemort immediately abandoned the army that had been cut off in the rear and accelerated towards Hogwarts Castle. He believed that part of the army, led by Bellatrix, could and should be able to hold back the enemy in the direction of Hogsmeade, leaving Ryan with no help to rescue the school.

When Voldemort's soldiers were in the city, he asked Snape and Nagini to stay in a room in the newly occupied Quidditch pitch to take care of Nagini in order to ensure the safety of his Horcruxes, and in Voldemort's opinion, Snape was one of his most reliable Death Eaters. At the same time, out of unease, he took Snape's wand with him. Voldemort believed that in this way, Snape without a wand would not be able to harm Nagini hidden in his protective shield under any circumstances.

But now he realizes that he has made a big mistake, Snape is definitely not as loyal to himself as he acted, and the rare magic dagger shows that he has been planning for this day for a long time. This also means that the great Dark Lord was actually deceived by a person using Occlumency, and at the cost of the most precious Horcrux.

"Good thing I don't just have this one Horcrux. Voldemort took a deep breath and muttered to himself, then looked at Snape who had fallen to the ground and asked calmly. "Tell me, why are you doing this?"

He was genuinely curious, for Voldemort believed that he had given Snape absolutely enough knowledge, wealth, status, and trust. He couldn't understand why Snape had done the kind of thing he was doing at a time when he was about to win.

After all, for a wizard, if he loses his wand, he wants to kill a giant viper like Nagini with a short dagger. Especially in the current scene, Voldemort could tell that Snape had allowed Nagini to bite him on the neck while he was using a dagger to break his magical protection, and then endured the severe pain and suffocation to deliver a fatal blow to him. Voldemort didn't know what had allowed Snape to die so resolutely.

By this time, Snape was in a terrible condition, and it was not only blood that was bleeding from his body. There was also something silvery-blue, neither a gas nor a liquid, that came out of his mouth, ears, and eyes.

Hearing Voldemort's question, Snape made a terrible grunting sound in his throat. Then, with the last bit of strength, he looked up and watched Voldemort spit out a word.

"Lily......"