Chapter 284: The protagonist of the attack
Time flashed back about an hour ago.
Harry was groping his way through a large passage formed by a dark crack, holding his wand, and groping his way through the light of the fluorescent spell......
Mad-Eyed Moody followed closely behind him, limping slowly, just in time to keep up with Harry.
Tuk-tuk
The crutches slammed on the ground, the dull thud of the crutches ringing rhythmically, echoing through the huge dark tunnels, mingling with Harry's own heavy breathing and gasping sounds, eerie and human.
Harry heard this, and despite his efforts not to think about it, he still felt his scalp tingle and his heart pounding.
Especially when he felt that Professor Moody's terrible gaze had been hanging over him, staring at the back of his head, not to mention his uncomfortable energy...... I can only try to comfort myself, saying that this means that Professor Moody is always behind him, which means that his safety is guaranteed.
And Harry didn't dare to think too much, most of his energy was still on the road in front of him and under his feet, his eyes widened vigorously, and with the help of the power of the fluorescent spell, he carefully searched for a way to continue.
Because this dark tunnel was full of dangers, not to mention the increasingly alarming heat and radiation in the air, even the ground was rugged, and there was rubble and even smaller crevices, and in many places there were raised sharpness, which were not only sharp, but also deadly......
He just fell hard because of accident, and half of his body is still hurting until now.
Especially his arm, which was in pain, he suspected that it might be a broken bone...... But fortunately, with the help of the faint light, he hastily checked, and found that the situation was not so bad that it was finally done, and it was good to deal with it simply with a charm, and because it was his left hand, it did not affect his right hand to use the wand.
Even he had been strengthened by surprise before the project, after all, grinding the gun in battle, it was not fast and light, and it didn't need to reach the level of Madam Pomfrey in the school, but magic was originally a magical power.
Moreover, although it is strange to say this, and it is not worth showing off at all, he is very experienced in injuries, and if he has been safe and sound after any semester, he will feel that there is a problem.
For example, when he was in the second grade, he was even pulled out of the bones of his entire arm by a spell by Professor Lockhart's straw bale...... So much so that Madam Pomfrey was so shocked and furious that she could only make his bones grow back.
It was not a pleasant thing to have the bones removed from scratch, and it was an even worse experience to grow the bones from scratch, and the time he spent lying in the hospital bed in the school doctor's office was probably the hardest experience he ever had.
Until now, Harry wasn't too willing to recall that memory......
However, it has to be said that these experiences did give him more tenacity than his peers, and the ability to endure pain, so Harry was able to continue to persevere at this time instead of thinking about giving up.
Of course, there may be more critical influencing factors
That is, considering that Professor Moody is following behind him, and what he is doing at the moment, all the performances are being presented in front of the eyes of the teachers and students of the whole school......
Therefore, the idea of giving up in his mind was just instinctively appeared for a moment, and he was immediately thrown out of the clouds.
That's right, there must be no back-down! How can you hold back!
As long as you persevere, then you will definitely succeed, and you must be the one who has the last laugh! Because he is a brave Gryffindor, Harry Potter, and a boy who never dies!
These are things that have been proven for a long time, and he has been like this from birth until now......
Think about who defeated the mystery man more than ten years ago! Who protected the Philosopher's Stone three years ago! Who killed the secret room basilisk two years ago! Who was it a year ago......
This series of experiences made Harry's subconscious believe that only he could do certain things, and that he was a man of destiny.
Besides, his fame is indeed too great, especially in the society of the wizarding world.
For example, Muggle society has a population of billions at every turn, and what kind of traffic fresh meat and basketball superstars are blown up to the gods, and how many tens of millions of fans...... You don't have to wait for the box office to collapse to see how much water their fans have, just as tens of millions of fans are real, but compared with the base of billions, it is still too small and too little.
Tens of millions of people know about them, and at least a billion people have never heard of them.
But the wizarding world is different, the number of wizards is too small, and the circle is too small, although there are really only more than 3,000 wizards in England, but there will not be many of them...... And as Voldemort, who was in the limelight more than ten years ago and can even be recorded in the history of magic, there is no doubt that he belongs to the celebrities of this century.
And Harry, who defeated Voldemort at birth, is naturally bound together in his name.
It can be said that his name has really become an important symbol in the wizarding world
Before he knew anything, his name had been written into several books...... Everyone who meets him for the first time will make a fuss and pay attention to his lightning-shaped scar......
At first, Harry was uncomfortable, but over time, he realized that he was unusual.
I am different, and I am destined to be extraordinary...... Although he doesn't seem to have such thoughts on the surface, he does have a similar perception in the deepest part of his subconscious, after all, people are always susceptible to environmental influences.
When the people around him emphasized his unusualness again and again, and when the remarks around him repeatedly emphasized his specialness, Harry was naturally affected......
Coupled with Dumbledore's black-box operation all the time, he is always invincible, and he has the last laugh, and over time, he will feel that he is really a different person of destiny.
If he hadn't had to leave the wizarding world every year and return to Muggle society, where he had been re-educated by his aunt's family, which allowed him to maintain a more sober understanding and self-positioning, he might have really considered himself a savior.
The deeper you go, the hotter the air becomes, and a faint glow of fire appears in front of you, as if it were flowing magma.
Harry felt uncomfortable, he had used his knowledge to cast a few protective spells as much as possible, but after all, it was still too low-level, and although the effect was there, it was not ideal.
He also felt his lips start to dry up, his body was running out of moisture, and his whole body was hot.
Behind him was still the sound of heavy limping footsteps, and the crutches slammed heavily on the ground, and there was a dull but obvious sound......
Tuk-tuk
To be honest, it was creepy in the dim environment, and although Harry tried to think as much as he could in terms of peace and security, he really couldn't.
At this time, with the sound of "rumbling", there was a sudden and obvious shaking of the ground.
It was in such a sudden event before, because Harry couldn't react, so he fell hard. Now he naturally won't make the same mistake again, he subconsciously squatted down as soon as possible, and reached out to support the stone wall next to him.
The rumbling noise quickly died away, and the tremors didn't last long, except that he noticed a few more noticeable cracks in the ground, and that there was rubble and broken stone chips falling from the top of his head.
A frightened Harry waited until the tremor had passed, and then slowly stood up and glanced back at Mad-Eye Moody behind him.
Unfortunately, it was too dark for him to see the other person's face......
But even so, Harry was just as sure that the man of steel didn't seem to have any special mood swings, as if nothing had just happened.
This reminded him of a wise quote from the ancient East:
The mountain collapsed before my eyes, and my face was expressionless.
"Professor Moody, are those fire dragons we're looking for really in the depths of this mountain?" After hesitating for a moment, Harry couldn't help but ask.
Mad-Eye Moody hesitated for a moment, then pondered and said, "Harry, I can't answer this question, you need to confirm it yourself...... By tracing and surveying those traces, it is up to you to determine where the fire dragon has gone. ”
"I know this, but ......" The boy smiled wryly, and glanced back ahead, only to see that the tunnel formed by the cracks in the mountain still seemed bottomless and dark.
One wonders what the hell is at the end of the front, or should I say...... There is no end to the end.
But the heat in the air was getting more and more terrifying, and he suspected that if he continued to walk, he might become a dried corpse...... From this point of view, it is very likely that those fire dragons are perched in front of them.
Of course, Harry wasn't a professional dragonologist, and he didn't know if the dragon really liked "red-hot" and "magma" and other ecological environments, but he just made guesses based on his own impressions.
However, what Mad-Eye Moody said also makes sense, in this short period of time, he can be regarded as a hunter in terms of leaps and bounds, mainly reflected in the tracking of fire dragons in the wild.
He was already adept at identifying the footprints of the dragons, searching for traces of their tails dragging on the ground, and distinguishing the scratches of the giant reptile......
As for the scorching degree of soil and plants on the surface to determine whether there is a fire dragon retained, it is determined by shedding scales, blood stains, and other drops to determine whether the fire dragon has been in a fight......
This kind of thing is also a basic skill for him.
And chasing all the way to this big crack is also Harry's own judgment based on the clues he has found. The only help Professor Moody was responsible for providing was to hide the existence of the rift from the four Muggles for the past few days.
This doesn't count as a minus, because even if Harry doesn't ask for it, Professor Moody has an obligation to hide from the wizarding world.
And now, Harry can only go on with his head...... He had been delayed for a few days, and he didn't know where Cedric and the others had taken on the other routes.
He didn't want to lose, especially knowing that his performance and Cedric's performance would be presented in front of the whole school at the same time, in the eyes of Qiu Zhang, in stark contrast......