Chapter Twenty-Nine: Mana Recovery and Strange Flames
"Dudley!Hermione!" Harry and Ron pushed open the door to the Charms classroom and hurried in.
They were so scared because they had locked the trolls in the Charms classroom when the trolls came in the first place, and if Dudley and Hermione couldn't get out of the classroom because the door was locked, and something bad happened, they would regret it for the rest of their lives.
Now Dudley didn't react in the slightest, and Hermione's foot was also broken, so she could only wait for rescue, and suddenly heard the voices of Harry and Ron, Hermione was so excited that she shouted: "Here, you guys hurry up and lure the trolls away." ”
Harry and Ron picked up the broken pieces of wood from the ground and threw them at the troll, the troll stopped blowing, it turned awkwardly, blinking stupidly, trying to see what it was before hitting it, its ugly little eyes saw Harry, it hesitated for a moment, and then walked towards Harry, raising the stick in his hand.
"Hey, big fool! this way!" Ron shouted as he ran to the other side and threw a plank at the troll, who didn't care about the small blow, but when it heard the shout, it stopped, and it turned to Ron, its little head couldn't go around the corner, it didn't understand how the little one ran to the other side, and Harry took the opportunity to go around the other side.
"Run, Hermione!" Harry shouted, trying to pull Hermione up, but Hermione didn't move, Harry looked at Hermione suspiciously, he followed Hermione's gaze, it was Dudley, he was hiding behind a door that was floating diagonally in the air, which caused Harry to not see Dudley at all at first.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Harry, confused.
"Now is not the time to ask this, he can't move now, he can't let the trolls come here again. ”
There were voices coming from front and back, its brain was not big enough to analyze such a complicated situation, which seemed to drive the troll crazy, it raised its little head and roared, ignoring nothing else, only approaching Ron, because Ron was closest to it, Ron retreated in terror until Ron had his back against the wall, and there was no way out.
Harry did something very brave and stupid, and he rushed over the troll as it scooped the stick behind him, and with such a leap he grabbed the stick with his arms. He was lifted by the troll along the stick, jumped to the side and jumped onto the troll's neck.
The troll didn't mind that, but Harry stuck his wand straight into one of the troll's nostrils. The troll roared in pain, writhing and waving the stick in his hand, Harry clinging to its neck. The troll will throw him off at any moment, then grab him and give him a terrible blow with a wooden club.
"Yo, Harry, what kind of acrobatics are you performing, playing trolls?" Dudley didn't know what to do, standing with his hands on his chest and watching the show, one of his hands tapping his wand on his shoulder.
"Dudley!" Hermione and Ron shouted in surprise, Harry didn't have time to deal with Dudley right now.
"Float into the air. Harry floated from the troll under Dudley's spell. He staggered a little on his legs, "Harry's spell is flying. ”
Harry's wand flew straight out of the troll's nose, sending out a large chunk of gray gelatinous substance. It was disgusting to Dudley, and he didn't want to touch it, and he flew a flashing wand straight into Harry's arms.
"It's... The nose of the troll, it's really disgusting. Harry wiped his wand against his cloak.
"You're enough," Dudley pulled away from some Harry, "and you're rubbing such a disgusting thing, admire!"
Dudley despised Harry, "My stupid cousin, why can you be stupid like this when I'm not here for a while." ”
Harry tried to defend himself, but Dudley didn't give him a chance, "You're a wizard, not a warrior, you dropped your wand and went to fight the trolls, you tell me what it is?"
Harry scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed.
"Ahh
The troll's nose was free, it was comfortable, and soon it was attracted by a few small dots in front of it, and it raised its stick and waved it down.
"Armor for protection. Dudley was at ease, the troll's attack seemed to hit an invisible wall, and it was forced back by the force of the shock, and finally it fell to the ground with a loud bang that shook the room.
It's easy to protect yourself from damage, but it's hard to hurt a troll, and ordinary spells don't work on her, and creatures with high magic resistance are really a headache.
Dudley thought of the flames, and he thought of giving it a try, "The flames are blazing." ”
But Dudley was stunned by the effect of the spell, and the color of the flames released by the spell was normally red, making people feel burned. What he released was a dark blue, and the flames were not scorching, but only cold.
As soon as the dark blue flame came into contact with the troll, it screamed heartbreakingly, rolling all over the ground, the room was filled with gray layers, and the flames were not big at first, only the size of a fist, but the flames kept eating away at the body of the troll, and after a while, the troll was covered in dark blue flames.
Dudley was startled when he looked at the flames, completely unexpected, in just three seconds, it spread all over the troll's body, a bit similar to the Calendar Fire Charm, which could continue to grow itself, but the effect was different.
The troll stopped moving, and the dark blue flames gathered on the troll's chest, and they turned into a blue ice crystal lotus.
"Merlin's beard!" Ron sighed.
A long silence ensued, with Hermione being the first to speak.
"It's... Is it dead?"
"Probably. Dudley frowned and pondered, the effect of the flames was unexpected, he didn't even react, but the troll should be dead like this, not dead.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound of footsteps, and Harry and Ron in the room followed the sound. They didn't realize what the commotion had just been, and moments later, Professor McGonagall rushed into the bathroom, followed closely by Snape and Quirrell at the end. Quirrell only glanced at the troll before letting out a feeble sob, and sat down on an intact desk, clutching his chest tightly.
Snape stooped down to look at the troll. Professor McGonagall caught a glimpse of Harry and Ron, as well as Dudley in deep thought. Harry had never seen her so angry, her lips turned white.
"What the hell are you guys up to?" Professor McGonagall said, with a cold anger in her voice. Harry and Ron looked at Dudley, who was still frowning at his wand. "You're lucky not to have been killed by it. Why don't you stay in the dorm honestly?"
Dudley realized that the professors had arrived, and he hid his wand behind him like a thief.
"Our legs are out of control. Harry was nervous, and he opened his mouth several times to explain something, but he couldn't.
Dudley secretly gave Harry a thumbs up, and Harry had +1 for his death talent.
"You ......," Professor McGonagall kept clapping her chest and exhaling.
At this moment, a low voice came from the shadows.
"Please don't do that, Professor McGonagall, they're coming for me. ”
"Miss Granger!"
Hermione limped over.
"I'm looking for trolls because I... I thought I could deal with it on my own, I had read about them in books and knew them well. ”
Harry and Ron looked at Hermione in disbelief. Because she lied to a teacher!
Dudley pursed his lips and snickered, Hermione had learned badly.
"If they hadn't found me, I'd be dead by now. They can't be blamed, because they simply didn't have time to find someone. Hermione's face flushed at first, and her lies became smoother and smoother, "The trolls were about to swallow me when they came in. I didn't expect trolls to be so powerful......"
"Miss Granger, wait a minute. Snape interrupted Hermione in his deep voice, and he said, "I wonder which of you used some unknown dark magic to pull the troll's soul out of its body and turn into this ice crystal lotus. ”
"Professor, are you mistaken?" Dudley stepped forward, saying, "I'm using flames, not dark magic. ”
"Directly extract the soul of a creature, I can't be wrong about such an evil magic. Snape said with certainty, and he stood up, "I think Azkaban will have one more young wizard." ”
Snape's grim gaze was on Dudley, a matter that had to be taken seriously, and he had used a dementor on Dudley.
Dudley sensed it immediately, and he responded in his mind, "The professor doesn't have to try to read my thoughts, you really don't have a bottom line." ”
"You surprised me!"
Dudley looked at Snape's unchanged expression, he cracked his mouth at Snape and smiled, he took out the wand hidden behind his back, and raised it to face the professors, "The flames are raging. ”
A dark blue flame poured out of the tip of the wand.
"Severus, this is indeed a flame. Dumbledore sprang out from behind several professors.
"But that's clearly not the case with a raging flame. ”
"It's like my flames, and it's not like yours. Let's get here first," Dumbledore said, looking at Dudley gently and saying, "You follow me to the office." ”
Dudley stopped his magic and pouted helplessly, and Maka warned him that he would never go to Dumbledore's office again, but he still had to go.
"Professor Dumbledore. Hermione took a few steps forward in pain, "Dudley shouldn't be blamed for this, it's actually me ......"
After listening to Hermione's words quietly, Dumbledore pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, Miss Granger, you have to pay the price for your recklessness and lack of judgment, and Gryffindor deducts ten points. ”
His gaze flickered over Dudley, Harry, and Ron, "As for you breaking the school rules, but this friendship is worth recognizing, and you work together to take down the trolls, and each of you will be rewarded with twenty points." ”
Harry and Ron glanced at each other, and this wave was not a loss, but also a big profit.
Dudley thought casually: "Old Deng is still quite powerful." ”
Dumbledore started to be indecent as soon as he finished talking about business, and he patted Dudley on the shoulder and winked at him playfully, "I think you should send Miss Granger to the infirmary to find Miss Pomfrey now." ”