Chapter 206: Red and Black
Along the way, Hermione had been escorted in the middle of the line. And in fact, the actual situation is indeed as she said before - with the comprehensive strength of this team now, it doesn't seem to be a big deal if she is just missing her.
In this regard, Hermione is naturally still calm on the surface, but she is a little lost in her heart after all.
To this day, she obviously puts in no less effort than anyone else, but at the end of the day, she still seems to be a dispensable existence.
Of course, this kind of thing will definitely not be said by others, and they may not even think so. But in her own psychology, it has finally become an insurmountable hurdle.
As a person who is born to be strong and not admit defeat, Hermione feels that she is afraid that this problem will not be entangled for a lifetime.
But fortunately, the significance of this trip is so heavy that she no longer always has the heart to care about her "little things" all the time. Paying tribute to Percy's sacrifice is the most fundamental and important goal of this trip.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine riding a broomstick myself."
Spotting Ginny on the side, she turned her head to look at herself from time to time, and Hermione couldn't help but say so. But at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little annoyed - she was so useless, it was time like this, and she had to let Ginny, who was already sad about Percy's death, worry about herself.
"Well," Ginny nodded, "then be careful...... Don't worry, Harry's going to get rid of all the living corpses. ”
"Oh! Of course, I'm reassured by them. ”
After saying this one more sentence, Hermione turned her head again and looked at the battlefield ahead.
As you can see, this is the time when the battle is fierce.
In the dust, Monsieur Blois's giant fiery serpent rampaged through the ruins of the residential streets, leaving blackened marks on the ground;
On the other side, Safina and a dozen of her subordinates controlled a large number of black flames, and it was like a series of tsunamis, constantly engulfing the living corpses on the street.
And right next to Safina, Harry was waiting for an opportunity with his bright sword. When the first wave of the two of them had come to an end, he would immediately rush forward and harvest the fish that had slipped through the net and some of the living corpses with a high degree of evolution one by one.
These three people alone were enough to match the entire wizarding army stationed in Weymouth...... No, it's even stronger!
There is no doubt that this is a "qualitative" gap - if the strength possessed cannot hurt the enemy, then even if there are many people, they can only resist in vain. After all, even if there were more wizards, there would certainly not be as many living corpses.
Hermione looked at this scene and could only hold her wand tighter in her hand...... Tighter one.
"Hermione."
Suddenly, a palm gently grasped her fist clenching the handle of the staff, and then a gentle voice suddenly sounded next to itself and into her ear.
"Earlier Delphi mentioned the seven deadly sins, which I found very interesting—excessive desire is greed, and excessive self-shame is arrogance. No matter what, if you are too attached to it to go beyond a certain limit, good things will become bad things, and bad things will always have no good results...... What do you think? ”
"Luna?" When Hermione heard this, she turned her head slightly, looked at her and said, "Hmm...... Oh, yes! That's true...... But where exactly is that 'limit'? ”
"Then it's up to you!" Luna shrugged her shoulders and said leisurely, "Everyone's limits are different, but if you think about it...... When you feel that something is too much, it must be really too much. ”
To be honest, although whenever this happens, Luna's tone is always a little flustered, as if she is back to her original self. But compared to before, at least now, what she wants to express is much more straightforward.
It's just—
"Your words are still so inexplicably convincing."
Hermione shook her head, and couldn't help but smile slightly wryly - it was worthy of Luna, who had chosen the rules of empathy, and what she was thinking seemed to have been seen through by the other party.
But when Luna heard this, she just blinked and said:
"It's not that my words are convincing, but I know that you have the same thing in mind. It's just that the reality in front of you makes you hesitate, so it becomes difficult for you to choose. ”
Speaking of this, she spread her hands and said:
"So, all I'm doing is helping you calm down."
"Okay!"
Hermione smiled at her, only to feel that her heart was indeed much calmer, and she was no longer as restless as she was before.
And at this moment, she suddenly turned her head to glance ahead, and then she wrinkled her brow in confusion.
"What is Harry talking to her?"
The "she" in Hermione's mouth naturally refers to Safina.
As Hermione said this, Harry, who was on the front line, suddenly turned his head and glanced at them slightly. Probably because Harry was looking at Ginny and Ron, he didn't notice that Hermione and Luna happened to be looking at him at the moment.
Soon, though, Harry retracted his gaze, and then stomped on the road with the Gryffindor sword, heading straight for the battlefield ahead. Safina's black flames immediately gave way to him, allowing him to swerve diagonally through the crowd of living corpses, rushing towards the lone individuals on the side.
It wasn't long before Harry shouted as he circled his way to the enemy's rear. Blois's fiery serpent erupted into a spur of flames, transforming into a formidable flaming dragon, and Safina began to wipe out the remnants of the enemy's power left and right.
Obviously, Devon's side is a little out of the way, and the damage from living corpses is far less serious than that of Winchester. The two of them cooperate to deal with the group of living corpses, which is more than enough at present.
In this way, about half an hour passed, and the three waves of large groups of living corpses were all overpoweringly cleared by the red and black flames, and their team did not receive any damage.
So far, although I have witnessed a large area of desolation on the road, I can't help but feel more and more heavy. But if I have to say, everything is actually going well.
Finally, Harry, who had just returned from the scorched streets, looked behind him, exchanged a glance with Hermione, and waved his hand.
"Keep going!"
Although a fierce battle ended in a complete victory, the movement of the battle was so great that the scattered living corpses around it were still moving closer to this side - this was obviously not a suitable place to rest.
"Hermione, Delphi...... You're all right? ”
Neville, who was in the center, straddled the back of his lion patronus and turned around to ask, only to see Hermione and Delphi shaking their heads without hesitation.
"No problem, let's go!" Hermione said firmly.