Chapter 5: The First Battle of Tumble Alley
"Who?"
Although Li Yang lost his internal strength, the alertness he had exercised in countless battles was still there, and before the hand touched his back, he suddenly retreated, opened the distance, turned around, protected himself in front of him with one hand, made a defensive gesture, and reached into his robe with the other hand, not knowing what to take out.
The owner of the hand obviously didn't expect the protagonist to react so quickly, and was so frightened that he snorted in his mouth, didn't stand firmly, and fell to the ground.
Li Yang saw his appearance clearly at this time.
Dirty, old-fashioned suits, messy gray hair, a wrinkled face, and a chronically malnourished dish, he looks like a destitute magician at all times.
"You are?" After Li Yang looked at it carefully, he was very sure that he didn't know this old man, and he didn't fit the image of any of the people in the plot.
"Oron Bridges, if only you called me Old Oren." Old Oron got up from the ground, patted the dust on the back of his buttocks, and introduced himself.
"You're looking for me?" Li Yang put his hands down, his body relaxed, but he was still vigilant in his heart.
Old Oron pointed to the Blotts, "I just heard that you want to buy a spell book, and Miss Blott doesn't want to sell it to you, does I?" ”
Li Yang nodded.
Old Oren clapped his hands, "It just so happens that I don't want some old books there, if you want, I can sell them to you, the price is good." ”
"Old books? What does that mean, exactly? Li Yang felt that the term "old books" was too vague.
Old Oren boasted to himself: "It is the book I used to study, which not only contains professional spell books, but also various magic potion recipes, as well as my personal experience of magic, this is very precious, little friend, if it weren't for the way you look, like my son who has been dead for many years, I will never sell it to you." ”
I think you're poor.
Li Yang rolled his eyes.
Seeing that Li Yang didn't speak, he rolled his eyes, as if he didn't believe it, Old Oren was a little anxious, "The price is negotiable, it is guaranteed to be much cheaper than the one in the Lichen bookstore, really, what I said is true, you really look like my son who has been dead for many years..."
"Let your son rest for a while." Li Yang impatiently interrupted Old Oren's words.
He thought for a moment, then nodded one last time, "Okay, I bought it." ”
"A wise choice." Old Oren said happily.
"How much?" Li Yang said that he was going to pay for it.
"Wait."
Old Oren stopped him and said, "I can't trade now, my books are all at home, you have to go back with me to get them." ”
Li Yang's gaze fell on Old Oren's dirty jacket pocket, "You didn't bring it with you?" ”
Old Oron turned his pocket upside down.
Li Yang looked at the pocket that was cleaner than his face, and said helplessly: "Where is your home?" Far away? ”
"Not far, not far, just in the alley ahead." Old Oren hurriedly said, and stretched out his hand to point in the direction of his home.
Li Yang saw that the direction was indeed not far, so he nodded and said, "Then let's go." ”
"This way." Old Oren immediately led the way.
Li Yang followed behind Old Oren, along the street, walking past the Blotted Bookstore and the Lady Morkin Robe Store...... All the way to a tall and striking white building.
--Gringotts.
Diagon Lane street splits into two branches in front of Gringotts.
Li Yang stopped at this fork in the road now, "Haven't you arrived yet?" ”
"It's in the alley ahead." Old Oron pointed to the street where the fork in the road was facing west.
"That's Tumbledown Alley, right?" Li Yang asked coldly.
Old Oren's tone froze, "...... Yes, uh, as we all know, the housing prices in Diagon Alley are too high, and a poor person like me can only live in Tumble Alley, children, have you heard your parents say that Tumbling Alley? Don't worry, that's scaring you, Tumbledown Alley is actually no worse than Diagon Alley. ”
"Oh." Li Yang nodded, didn't say anything, and continued to follow, but behind Old Oren's back, his hand reached into the robe again, and when he took it out again, there was already a gadget in his palm.
Since he knew that he didn't have the ability to protect himself before learning magic, he naturally wouldn't wait in vain during the time he was waiting in London, and he also prepared a means of self-defense, and now it was obviously time to use it.
But Li Yang still followed behind Old Oren quietly, even if he had several opportunities to kill Old Oren, he didn't make a move, but hung down his arms and covered his hands with the sleeves of his spacious robe.
Keep going.
All the way into Tumbledown Alley, then into a remote cul-de-sac.
Looking at the wall of the blocked alley in front of him, Li Yang rushed to the old Oren who led the way in front of him, and said coldly: "Does your family live in the wall?" ”
Before Old Oren could speak, a person walked in from the mouth of the alley, "Old Oren, old Oren, you can count on it, look at this brand new pair of dragon skin gloves, look at the fabric of this robe...... It's a rich young master who came back this time, that's great. ”
And accomplices!
Li Yang's heart sank.
Old Oren laughed and turned around, and a thirty-centimeter-long wand suddenly slipped out of his cuffs, "Haha, I've been staring at this little ghost for a long time, I..."
His words were interrupted by Li Yang's sudden movements in front of him.
I saw that when Old Oren just turned around, Li Yang stretched out his hand like lightning, the sleeves of his robe slipped off, and a dark muzzle appeared in the palm of his hand, which was against the forearm of Old Oren's hand holding the wand.
"Bang!" The gunfire was deafening.
Old Oren clenched his hands and screamed, and his wand fell to the ground.
"Guns?!" The man at the mouth of the alley exclaimed, and hurriedly reached into his arms to pull out his wand.
Over there, after Li Yang fired a shot, he didn't stop, but rolled on the spot, actually rolled under the crotch of old Oren, and then without waiting to stand up, he kicked his back leg and kicked on the popliteal socket on the opposite side of Old Oren's knee first.
Old Oren screamed again, his legs went numb, and he knelt on the ground on the spot.
At this time, the man at the mouth of the alley had already taken out his wand and raised his hand to cast a spell.
"Avada suo."
Old Oron was so frightened that his soul flew out and shouted, "Damn, keep your toad eyes open and see clearly, are you going to kill me?!" ”
It's too late.
The man's wand was already glowing green, and he had no choice but to remove it in desperation.
"Whoosh."
A dark green light flew out and hit the wall to the left of Old Oren.
There is no danger!
"Whew."
Old Oron and the man breathed a sigh of relief.
"Bang!" The sudden sound of gunfire made the hearts of the two of them tense again.
This time, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the man at the mouth of the alley.
It's a pity that Li Yang's marksmanship is not perfect, just now he was against the old Oren's forearm, and he could only shoot at close range, but now he is standing behind the old Oren, shooting at the person at the mouth of the alley from a distance of nearly ten meters, so it is naturally impossible to hit with one shot.
"You're a magician, using a weapon made of a lowly Muggle! It's a disgrace to the wizarding world! There's a kind of dueling between us. The man screamed.
In response to him:
"Bang ......"
The man had a wand in his hand, and he didn't even have time to chant the incantation, and when the gunshot rang out, he held his head, screamed, and fled the alley.
Old Oren naturally wanted to run.
But Li Yang shot with a gun in one hand, and pressed the back of his neck with the other.
The back of fate's neck was clamped, and he couldn't even turn his head.
He could only kneel on the ground, his hands carefully groping on the ground at his side.
"Are you looking for this?" A slightly sharp object landed on the back of Old Oren's head, and with years of experience in using it, Old Oren instantly judged that it was his wand.
At this time, the dark muzzle of the gun turned and also aimed at the back of the old Oren's head:
"Or is it this?"