Chapter Seventy-Four: Escape
Snape frowned and said in a mocking tone, "What about your desires?" Ning'an? The sword? I didn't know you had a habit of collecting treasures - why did you have to take this sword with you? ”
"That's not your business, Professor."
"You think - you'll be able to deal with your teacher after a few days of studying magic!? - Ning'an!? ”
Snape's voice suddenly became high-pitched, his hair seemed to be blown up with anger, and a pair of gloomy eyes stared at Ning An.
Ning An suddenly moved.
"Dig into the bones—"
His face was expressionless, and the clutch pointed forward along his arm, a burst of red light.
However, it didn't hit, and Snape reacted very quickly, and he subconsciously sank his shoulder, and the spell flew past with his arm.
"The Unforgivable Curse ——!"
Snape looked at Ning An with a shocked and disappointed expression, and he muttered incredulously, "Good, very good—I didn't expect you to master this skill—Ning An." ”
Snape shouted in hatred, "You think you can beat your teacher with this?!" ”
Seeing that his spell didn't hit, Ning An secretly screamed badly, he subconsciously continued to raise his wand and shouted loudly:
"Except for your weapons—"
Almost at the same time, a red light also shot out from the tip of Snape's wand: "Drill into the bones—"
Two red rays staggered through the air, and Snape's spell hit Ning An's chest in a flash, knocking him out with a strong force, and at the same time, the pain in his heart swept through his body, and he fell to the ground in an instant.
And Ning An's disarming spell also hit Snape, and the power of the spell not only bounced his wand away, but also caused Snape to crash into the stone pillar behind him. The magic of the two hurt each other almost at the same time.
Harry watched from afar as Snape and Ning An were hit by a red light, and both of them flew upside down, for the first time in his life, he was a little worried about Snape, but he was already too busy to take care of himself.
It had taken almost all of his strength to slay the basilisk just now, and he could barely resist when Walter came towards him with his wand, but fortunately Hermione temporarily disrupted Walter with a confusion charm, and the two of them dodged behind a stone pillar.
Now Walter's curses were coming at them one after another, the thumping and popping sound was incessant, and only Hermione could barely hold on to the pillar to fight back, and Ron's wand was of no further help except to spew slugs.
"Why did it become like this......
Harry couldn't figure out how Ning An, who was still helping them deal with the basilisk a moment ago, suddenly turned his gun and snatched the Gryffindor sword.
At Harry's side, the other felt equally sad and disappointed, Hermione had thought for a moment that Ning An's sudden willingness to join them in their search for the secret room might be a trap, but it was only a momentary conjecture.
Unexpectedly, the conjecture turned into reality
"Why? Why did Ning An snatch Gryffindor's sword? She only felt that her mind was now in a state of confusion, and that her logical thinking, which she had been proud of, had all fallen into trouble.
Walter's flying stun spell crackled the stone pillars, and Hermione kept telling herself that she didn't have time to think about what Ning An was going to do, but her brain seemed to be disobeying, and she was still thinking about one thought after another.
The inability to think and judge calmly made the situation on Hermione's side anxious, and she was helpless like this for the first time.
At this moment, Riddle, who seemed to have been forgotten, suddenly moved.
"The diary is flying!"
Riddle had been hiding behind the pillar for a long time, and the fighting crowd had accidentally ignored him, and seeing a perfect time, Riddle aimed his wand at the brown journal on the ground.
The diary slowly rose and fell into Riddle's hands like a tired bird returning home.
"Hahaha-ha-hahaha" Riddle laughed with satisfaction as he held his wand and diary as he floated towards the exit of the chamber like a ghost.
"No—"
Seeing Riddle about to escape, both Harry and Ron screamed. However, being suppressed by Walter's spell, they were unable to do anything.
At the same time, Professor McGonagall, who was fighting fiercely at the moment, faced Samantha, Pani and Laurel, and McGonagall manipulated two huge stone statues, and she did not lose the slightest blow.
A very important reason is that Laurel has been working hard, she hides behind the pillars, and from time to time uses a few small evil charms that do not hurt, and they are floppy and completely unable to pose a threat to Professor McGonagall.
"What the hell are you thinking!? Laurel! ”
Samantha was already impatient, and he took advantage of the gap between battles to scream at Laurel in anger.
Of course, Laurel has her own calculations, she originally planned to follow Ning An to defeat the basilisk and become one of the heroes to get rid of the basilisk, at most she bullied and bullied a few Gryffindor children, and helped Ning An grab something or something.
But when McGonagall and Snape appeared, Laurel flinched, she wasn't the depressed and even bullied student like Samantha and Walter, nor was she the weirdo like Pani who seemed to have a unique interest and confidence in Ning'an.
Laurel thinks that she has a good background and family in the wizarding world, and she doesn't mind using Ning'an's momentum to increase her prestige and add weight, but openly confronting the professors at Hogwarts is obviously something she absolutely does not want to do.
It's just that just now, it seemed that because of the power of Ning An's spell, she had to obey Ning An's orders, and at this time, the effect of the spell had decreased, and Laurel began to actively resist.
The voice in her head kept encouraging her to attack Professor McGonagall, but the mark on her arm was no longer hot, and Laurel calmed down, ignoring the noise in her head.
She suddenly burst out, stretched out her wand, and pointed it at Samantha, who was standing in front of her, and shouted:
"Faint!"
A red light struck Samantha in the back of the heart without any suspense, and he reluctantly turned his head to look behind him, Laurel, who was holding her wand, and fell to the ground with a hideous face.
"Professor McGonagall! - I am being persecuted! Trust me! ”
Laurel knocked Samantha down and hurriedly shouted at McGonagall on the other side.
However, Parney beside her had already aimed his wand at her, and a vicious curse bullet was fired at Laurel, as if she had been hit by an invisible hammer, and her whole body flew into the air, hitting the wall of the chamber in a straight line.
Then he slowly slipped off the wall, and it looked like he had been knocked unconscious.
"Pani? Starr! ”
Seeing Laurel, who was knocked to the side and collapsed to the ground, Professor McGonagall angrily called out Pani's name, and with a wave of her wand, she lost the two stone statues that Samantha had contained, and rushed towards Pani at the same time, and the situation was instantly precarious.
On the other side, Snape and Ning An were still facing each other, and after a confrontation, the two returned to the original state, panting, but still holding their wands intently, staring at each other, always looking for flaws in their opponents.
Laurel's rebellion and Samantha's fainting only happened in an instant, and they were still noticed by the two, Snape sneered and looked at Ning An, provoking his mind and said:
"Looks like your little organization is finished, Ning An."
A mocking smile spread across Snape's face, as if he had deliberately made his expression extremely arrogant, as if to ignite Ning'an's anger.
Although the magic confrontation between the two of them was often completed in a flash of lightning, the spiritual confrontation never stopped for a moment, and while shaking each other with words, Snape's Spiritual Mind Technique was like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity, ready to invade Ning An's brain at any time.
But Ning An, who also possessed a superb brain occlusion technique, lost all emotion in his eyes at this moment, and looked at Snape coldly and was not moved by his words at all.
"Oh? And where is Del? Looks like you're not going to catch him, Professor? ”
Ning An didn't give in, just as Harry and Ron's exclamations were heard, Riddle was dragging his diary and wand through the side of the chamber, and he was about to pass Snape and Ning An and go up the steps to the entrance of the chamber.
"Even if it's just a memory, it's Voldemort's memory."
Ning An grinned and sneered: "Besides, if you don't catch him, that little girl who has absorbed his vitality? Are you still awake? ”
After Ning An's words were finished, Snape's face was still gloomy and did not change in the slightest, but Ning An could see that his pupils had shrunk suddenly, and his heart was by no means as calm as it appeared on the surface.
Golden opportunity!
Ning An said secretly, and at the same time suddenly raised his wand and pointed at Riddle, who had already passed him and Snape, and shouted loudly: "Transposition!" ”
Two rainbow-like beams of light erupted from his wand, one striking Snape's right hand, and the other heading straight for Riddle's arms, enveloping the journal in his hand in an instant.
"Fainted—"
Snape was a little half a beat behind, he also raised his wand, and subconsciously aimed at Ning An to cast a spell, but only halfway through the reading, the colored light wrapped around his right hand flashed brilliantly, and then, Snape found that he was no longer holding a wand, but a brown diary.
At the same time Riddle's shrill whistling sounded:
"You're looking for ——! death"
A brilliant green light went straight towards Ning An, who had already prepared, rolled on the ground, and narrowly avoided the evil curse.
He took the opportunity to shout:
"Pani, Walter, go!" Then, without hesitation, he raised his wand and aimed it at a supporting stone pillar in the center of the chamber
"Powerful Blast!"
Dazzling golden light emanated from the wand and hit the stone pillar, creating an unprecedented explosion in the chamber, as if the explosives had been tied to the pillar and exploded.
There was a loud "boom", and the air waves with sand and dust swept towards everyone, and the smoke and dust filled the sky, and almost everyone subconsciously closed their eyes and covered their mouths and noses.
Ning An completely ignored the dust rushing from all directions, he clenched the sword of Gryffindor, and ran towards the exit of the secret room by hiding in the smoke and dust, Pani was already waiting for an opportunity to escape, he followed closely, ignoring the mud and sand in his mouth and the nostrils were almost filled with dust, and ran towards the exit after Ning An.
Rushing out of the dust, the cold stones covered with moss in the secret room were like a pair of malicious eyes, staring at Ning An, he had no time to pay attention, and looked down at the Gryffindor sword shining with ruby brilliance in his hand.
He finally got the sword.
"Resurrection Stone...... Carly ......" Ning An muttered in a low voice, and then heard footsteps beside her, it was Pani.
"Walter is left behind, Laurel has rebelled, and Samantha has been charmed by her stun—"
"I see, Pani." Ning An interrupted Pani? Starr's words, looking at the exit of the secret room that had appeared in front of him, dark and deep, far away from Hogwarts several miles deep water pipe, said coldly.
He made a "snapping" sound when the upper of his shoe stepped on the damp and wet stone in the secret room, turned his head, and took a final deep look behind him, and in the darkness he could faintly feel that someone was running from not far away.
"Let's go our separate ways—"
After speaking, Ning An no longer hesitated, and as soon as he lifted the hem of the wizard's robe, he took the lead in climbing into the long pipe, this water pipe extended in all directions, branching out in all directions, like a carefully built labyrinth, Ning An didn't know which of the Big Four designed these complex water pipes.
But he has reason to believe that Rowener? Ravenclaw is highly suspicious, and presumably only this shrewd and erudite witch could have caused such a large and complex plumbing system that pervades the entire school.
"Fluorescent flicker—"
Pani followed Ning An into the water pipe, using a fluorescent spell to light up his surroundings, his face devoid of any nervousness, as if he had taken everything that happened as if it were an adventure.
"Which side do you choose?"
Ning An's ears were slightly cocked, always paying attention to the noise coming from behind him, it sounded like Walter seemed to buy them a little time, Snape and McGonagall might not have chased after them right away, or maybe Riddle was causing them trouble? - The diary was still in Snape's possession, after all.
"I guess there must be more than one outlet for this pipe." Parney smiled, tilted his head in thought for a moment, and then pointed in a direction
"I'll go here—" He looked at the thickest pipe in the middle, the one they had used to slide down, which presumably led to the girls' bathroom, but it was too tall and too long to climb up on his own.
"Hopefully the path I've chosen will lead to the outside so I can apparition."
The boy, who had just turned 18, was still smiling, and it was hard to imagine whether he was optimistic or if he was the kind of person who pursued excitement to the extreme.
Ning An doesn't care about this, he rushes to Pani? Starr nodded silently
"Good luck then, Pani—maybe we'll see each other again."
"That would be my pleasure." Pani leaned forward slightly and bowed, as calmly and politely as he had had breakfast with Ning An for the first time before Christmas.
The parithmetrious Pani? Starr turned around and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye, Ning An heard a violent explosion behind him, followed by hurried footsteps approaching him, and it seemed that Snape and McGonagall had solved the problem and were chasing after him.
"Show me the way!" Ning An whispered to his wand, and it floated from his hand, spun in the air, and then slowed down, finally pointing steadily at a pitch-black pipe.
Ning An took the wand into his arms, and in his left hand carried the sword that belonged to Gryffindor, and disappeared into the tunnel.