Chapter 18: Down

Taking advantage of the time when the troll was in a dizziness, Daphne and Caridora had already arrived in front of Ning An, and the six of them looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

"How did you get here?" Ning An asked the same thing as Hermione.

"I ...... We looked for you in the auditorium for a long time and didn't see you, and then we heard that the trolls had attacked the basement, and Calidora was worried...... Worried you're stuck in the break room...... So we're coming down to you......" Daphne had just finished the 100 meters, and she was still a little out of breath.

"Yes...... It was Daphne who said she wanted to ...... I'm going to come to you. Caridora suddenly argued.

"Okay, okay......" Ning An scratched his head helplessly, "Now we have to solve this big guy......"

"Trolls have a lot of magic resistance, and our spells won't work against them." Hermione also calmed down, and she analyzed it calmly.

By this time, the troll had slowly stood up, it shook its head vigorously, and stomped the ground with its right foot, and it had just been hit by a series of spells, igniting its anger.

Several people were a little anxious, Ning An thought quickly, he remembered that in the book he had read, Harry and Ron had also dealt with a troll, and it seemed that they had stunned him with the troll's own weapon.

"Yes, the Levitation Charm!" Ning An smashed his fist and turned around and said.

"Levitation Charm?" Daphne asked, confused.

"Oh yes, that spell, we just learned it in Charms class, Eda Dim Leviosa...... But what's the use of that? Ron seemed impressed, but he didn't understand how the Levitation Charm could save them.

"We can make the troll's stick float and hit it on the head with that one." Ning An said excitedly

"But the stick is held by the troll, and we can't make it float." Hermione worried.

"Leave it to me." Ning An smiled, and then arranged, "When its weapon is out of hand, the two of you will use the levitation charm to control the wooden stick to smash his head." "Ning An chose the two people he thought were the best in casting spells.

By this time, the troll had come to its senses, and it roared angrily and rushed towards them, and everyone could feel the fishy smell in their faces.

Hermione was still wondering what Ning An would do to make the troll's rod float, when she saw Ning An stretch out her wand without hesitation, and shouted at the troll:

"Except for your weapons!"

A red light shot out of the wand and onto the thick wooden stick in the troll's right hand.

As if it had been subjected to a strong impact, the wooden stick flew away with a "brush" and flew upside down. meanwhile

"Yuga Dim Leviosa!"

Two spells followed, and Daphne and Hermione, commanding their wands, easily grabbed the massive wooden stick that flew out and flew high above the troll's head.

The troll seemed to wonder how the weapon in his hand could have disappeared, when Hermione and Daphne abruptly withdrew the spell and finally controlled the wooden stick to smash downward.

"Bang!" With a loud thud, the stick slammed into the troll's little cocoa bean-like head, and then fell to the ground with a clatter.

At the same time, under the nervous gaze of the six people in Ning'an, the huge and stupid giant monster went straight backwards, fainted like a corpse, and smashed to the ground with a "bang", splashing a puff of smoke and dust.

"Whew......" Ning An breathed a long sigh of relief, only to feel covered in cold sweat, and he also sat on the ground, while Harry, Ron, and Daphne all jumped and cheered.

"Wow! See! We've defeated the trolls! Ron exclaimed, "That levitation spell is awesome!" As he spoke, he jumped up with Daphne and slapped his palms.

"You guys are great too, and your courage is to be admired." Daphne walked over and high-fived Harry, who lowered his head happily and a little embarrassed.

"It's all your fault." Calidora said reproachfully to Ning An, but Ning An still saw the concerned look in her eyes.

"Sorry, not next time." He smiled happily and nodded.

Hermione sat on her knees on the ground, crying bitterly and then facing the trolls, she felt very tired, but she was very happy, although she sat there silently watching the crowd celebrate, and did not say anything, she felt that she was very happy now.

However, before a few people could cheer for a moment, a rush of footsteps came, accompanied by Professor McGonagall's angry cry

"Oh my God! You guys...... What are you guys doing! ”

Snape, McGonagall, and Quirrell rounded the troll's fallen body and came to the six, where Quirrell glanced at the troll as if he had been frightened, clutching his chest and slumping on the ground. Snape looked at Ning'an, Daphne, and Calidora in amazement, and then silently walked up to inspect the trolls.

"You...... How can you ...... Why don't you evacuate! You should be glad you didn't die at the hands of this monster! ”

Several people looked at each other, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, this time it's miserable, I'm afraid I will have to deduct fifty points for their respective colleges.

"Please don't do that, Professor McGonagall, it's all because of me, they're looking for me." Hermione, who was sitting on the ground, stood up at once, came to the front of several people, faced Professor McGonagall, and said ashamedly:

"It's all because of me...... I learned about the creatures of trolls in books...... I thought I could handle it. ”

"Oh my God, Miss Granger......" shouted McGonagall in surprise, she didn't expect it to be Hermione's fault, "Silly girl...... How can you want to fight trolls on your own? ”

Hermione's head lowered, and she said guiltily, "Ning An and Harry, they found me, Ning An used magic to knock the troll's weapon away, Daphne they controlled the weapon and stunned the troll, if it weren't for them, I might have died." ”

Ron looked at Hermione in disbelief. Hermione actually lied to them for them? Daphne opened her mouth slightly in the same surprise, she had the impression that Hermione had always been a good and old-fashioned student.

"Oh, that's terrible, Miss Granger." Professor McGonagall looked at her protégé with regret and said:

"Gryffindor is going to deduct ten points for your recklessness, I'm disappointed in you, if you're not hurt, you'd better go back to the lounge and clean up, the party is about to begin."

Hermione didn't say anything, but Ning An saw her make a V-shaped gesture to them behind her back, and then left the basement with her head down.

"As for the ...... of you," Professor McGonagall walked over and looked at Ning An with a headache, "Mr. Ning An, I'm disappointed in you too, you shouldn't use your talent for this kind of thing, don't you think you can deal with trolls?" ”

"You should rejoice in your luck, but not many first-year students can take on trolls. Each of you adds 10 points to your respective house. Professor McGonagall said with a straight face:

"Now, go wash your hands, I think you'll be in time for the banquet."

"Huh......" Ning An and the others glanced at each other, and they all felt very lucky, so they agreed and prepared to leave here.

However, as they passed by the troll, Snape, who was still checking on the troll, suddenly stood up, his face gloomy, and said in a low tone:

"Ning An, I think you should stay, I have something to say to you."

Several people stopped, Harry and Ron looked sympathetic, and Daphne and Caridora also looked at Ning An with worried looks.

"Okay professor." Ning An nodded and stopped walking, he snorted at Daphne and the others, signaling them to go first, he was fine.

After a few worried glances, the four of them had no choice but to leave here, but Snape was not a troll, and he would not eat Ning An no matter what.

Ning An didn't understand why Snape kept him, although it was said that he was in trouble this time, but Ning An asked himself that the recent relationship with Snape should be a honeymoon period, because of his talent in potions, he was almost regarded as a protégé by Snape, and Snape had no reason to find fault with him because of this kind of thing.

After a few moments, Snape walked over and spoke with Professor McGonagall and Professor Quirrell for a few more words, and the three of them made sure what to do with the troll, and then Snape led Ning An to his office.

Snape's office was also on the basement level, with dimly lit walls, a dim old chandelier on the roof, and a multitude of wooden shelves with all sorts of glass jars containing disgusting things.

Ning An was a little uncomfortable with the gloomy atmosphere here, but Snape was very relaxed, he came to his desk and gently flipped through a notebook on the desk a few times, and said gloomily

"Mr. Ning An...... Very talented...... Yes, I'm optimistic about you. ”

Listening to his praise, Ning An didn't understand what Snape wanted to do, but he could only keep his head down and continue listening.

"But! You made a mistake! Snape's tone suddenly became harsh, and he trembled like a black vulture.

"You shouldn't be messing with Harry Potter!" Snape stared at Ning as if he had made some big mistake.

"Uh...... Professor......" Ning An asked tentatively, "You mean...... Let me not engage with Harry. ”

"Ning'an! You are very talented. Snape's tone was filled with genuine appreciation, "I appreciate you. At this point he changed his tone again and became stern

"But! Harry? Porter! He's a bad boy, Ning An! Just like his father......" Snape seemed to be caught in a memory, but he stopped in time and continued:

"With him, you will also become like him, getting into trouble everywhere and getting into trouble! I just want to be the center of attention! Is this what you want? - Ning'an! It's a waste of your talent! ”

Ning An was a little dumbfounded, he thought that Snape was looking for something to do with him, it turned out that he was just letting him stay away from Harry, it seemed that Snape really admired himself, if he and Harry became friends, Snape would probably be very embarrassed.

Especially if he leaned on Harry's side and helped him deal with Snape, Snape might have the heart to commit suicide by then, so he had to cut off his connection with Harry before he was trained as a protégé.