Chapter 36 36. The second night attack
Jon panicked and lifted Slughorn, who was covered in blood, from the ground.
"professor!"
The old walrus's face was bloodless, and it was obvious that he had turned pale from excessive blood loss. He fumbled for a bottle of potion from his robe pocket, and waved his hand at Jon.
"Don't worry, you won't die."
At the last moment when the Explosive Charm was in effect, in order to protect the student in front of him, Slughorn had only time to cast a Silent Armor Charm.
The effect of the spell cast silently must have been weakened. Although the spell saved his life and that of the students, it also made Slughorn lose the ability to fight back. He could only use it under the cover of Dumbledore's magic. Apparation fled to the side of the carriage.
Lily and Mag, who had originally settled the students in the carriage, also heard the movement and ran out of the carriage at this time.
They saw Slughorn, who was covered in blood, drinking the blood-replenishing potion. At the same time, they also saw black-robed wizards with metal masks emerging from the woods one after another on the edge of the red flames all over the ground.
These people are obviously not Aurors. Even the Ministry of Magic under the control of Voldemort will never let the Aurors who maintain the order of the magic world face the public with such a terrifying image.
They were embroidered on the left sleeve of the robe, and the tattoo-like pattern of a poisonous tongue passing through a skull revealed the identity of these people.
There is only one organization in the entire magic world that is qualified to embroider this kind of logo called the Black Demon Mark on clothes—
Death Eaters!
The man who used to be loyal, is now under his sole control, and his power is much higher than that of the Auror Command's wizard guard.
Seeing that pair of metal masks, every professor at Hogwarts knew very well that this attack was obviously different from the last time.
Lily's hands were shaking.
She looked at these Death Eaters shrouded in darkness, her eyes bloodshot with hatred.
McGonagall felt the change in her mood, and said with a frown.
"Lily, help Horace go in and see..."
"Professor!" She gritted her teeth and interrupted McGonagall.
Lily and Mag looked at each other, and her almost overflowing emotions made it impossible to ignore.
McGonagall sighed, she and Jon held Slughorn's arm together.
"I know you have never let go of it in your heart. I will go to see the students. Be careful if you stay here."
Lily jumped out of the carriage without the slightest hesitation, and the cold night wind brought snowflakes to blow the hem of her robe.
Looking at the masked Death Eaters not far away, her sharp and resentful voice pierced the night sky.
"Where is Severus Snape!"
All the Death Eaters were silent, no one responded to her, but everyone had red lights on the tip of their wands!
No one used the Death Curse, and no one used the Explosive Curse, which has a chance of causing death, but the scene of dozens of petrification curses shooting out in volley is still terrifying!
But the never-extinguished red flame rose up, and the moment the dense petrification curse came into contact with the flame, it was instantly melted like snow meeting fire!
Lily didn't care whether they answered or not, Snape was just one of her biggest enemies, which didn't mean she would turn a blind eye to Voldemort's other subordinates.
These people dare not kill her, but Lily dares to fight back!
"Thunderbolt Explosion!"
This is almost the most powerful and wide-ranging spell among all spells.
The Death Eater who was the first to attack just now chose the Explosion Curse instead of the Killing Curse. He also wanted to reap the lives of two people with one spell.
When she was in Hogwarts, she was a genius of Gryffindor. Although she was born in a Muggle family, she was favored by Slytherin head Slughorn because of her extraordinary magical talent.
During these years in exile, hatred and constant conflicts with people from the Ministry of Magic made her strength increase at a speed beyond ordinary people's imagination.
Much louder than the previous exploding spell, the rumbling sound exploded in the crowd of Death Eaters!
Countless transparent masks were infected by the flames and turned into a bright golden red. There was a sound like glass being shattered, and the Iron Armor Curse that had been wearing on more than a dozen Death Eaters was blown away. Smash!
The Death Eaters began to disperse quickly. They raised their wands to deal with the red flame cast by Dumbledore, and at the same time they aimed at Lily and Flitwick to fight back.
For a moment, red and green lights shone in this forest that was originally only black and white!
Inside the carriage.
After McGonagall and Jon helped Slughorn into the carriage, Hagrid immediately drew the reins, and the carriage, which had been stalled for a day, started running again.
Slughorn was sent to the infirmary of the carriage, and they returned to the restaurant together.
The condition of the old walrus is not too bad. As long as he is still conscious, he has enough means to take good care of his injuries, and there is no need to leave anyone to watch.
McGonagall didn’t forget that there might be someone hidden in the carriage who shouldn’t have appeared, and the Death Eater’s attack tonight confirmed her previous guess.
The whereabouts of the Hogwarts carriage was completely without any planning. Even Hagrid, who was driving the carriage, might not know where they were going that day in advance, unless someone had been sending out the route in real time on the carriage!
If the last night attack can be explained by coincidence, then the second attack happened just three months later, which is absolutely impossible to be a coincidence.
Just in case, she once again gathered all the students in the dining room, and she herself has been staying here.
At this moment, the students' joyful mood at Christmas completely turned into fear and fear. Everyone huddled in their sleeping bags, few of them fell asleep, but no one made a sound, only the occasional weeping of a few timid girls. sounded.
After Jon entered the dining room, he could choose a place close to the door to sleep. Neville and the others didn't understand his move, because the place near the door was the coldest place in the whole room, and no student would choose to sleep there. Sleep here.
But Jon didn't explain that much to them. After getting into the sleeping bag given by Professor McGonagall, he has been waiting quietly with his face facing the side of the door crack.
The cold wind blew the bangs on Jon's forehead through the crack of the door. His face was numb from the cold, but he didn't have the slightest intention of changing to another place to sleep peacefully.
He felt that there might be a possibility that the purpose of the Death Eaters outside was not to keep or kill them, but to make the carriage appear in the current situation.
Most of the professors were absent, the students were gathered together, and the entire carriage was completely empty except for the dining room and the infirmary!
(end of this chapter)