Chapter 602
The entire army was wiped out
Chapter 602 The entire army was wiped out
At the corner of the dark passage, the shadows of several people were stretched out by the light of the torches, swaying with the jumping of the flames, like a few ghosts trying to grab something.
"Ved Grey dared to challenge all of us. He must have set a trap behind us. We can't let him lead us by the nose."
Ganesh said calmly, "Be careful of a sneak attack from him or his puppets."
Zahid said: "I know a spell - Fire Shield. As long as I use the fire shield to block in front, Gray's puppet will not be able to break through!"
"Fire shield?" Natasha's eyebrows jumped, and she looked at Zahid suspiciously and asked, "What kind of fire shield?"
Outside the streaming camera, although the students were full of anticipation, many principals instantly sat up straight, staring intently at Zahid, who had curly hair, on the screen.
Wizards who have experienced war still remember that Grindelwald has a spell called "Fire Shield", which is extremely powerful and can burn opponents to ashes in an instant. It is almost his trademark.
Headmaster Adso glanced at Dumbledore, and seeing that he had no intention of speaking, he took the initiative to ask, "Professor Usha, is that child related to the Witch Party?"
Professor Usha of Aketim frowned slightly, shook her head as others looked at her, and said, "No, there shouldn't be... Aketim doesn't have this spell either. It's probably taught to Zahid by his parents and elders."
Zahid, who was being watched by everyone, was not aware that he had become the focus of attention. He scratched his hair in confusion and said, "It's just such a spell!"
He extended his wand and pointed it at the front of the passage, saying clearly: "Flame Shield!"
"boom--"
A golden-red flame spurted out from the tip of his wand, and suddenly spread out when it was three or four feet away, expanding into a circular shield. The flames at the edge were burning, and occasionally splashed out, burning some scorch marks on the vines on the ground.
Natasha breathed a sigh of relief, and the hand holding the magic wand secretly relaxed a little, saying, "So this is what the fire shield is like."
Zahid dispersed the magic, exhaled, and said, "Save it for the most critical moment. I can't maintain this shield for too long."
"Actually, I have an idea." Ganesh pointed to the vines on the surrounding walls and said, "Why can't we use these vines to make shields? If we light a fire on them, we can not only burn Vid Grey's puppets, but also prevent him from sneaking up on us with his magic spells."
Everyone's eyes lit up.
To be able to become a warrior in each school, no matter whether they are weak in other subjects, they are at least good at spells, transfiguration and defense against the dark arts.
Several people worked together and soon made several shields that were enough to completely defend the front, back, left and right. They used a levitation spell to suspend them and then lit a fire. The temperature around them suddenly rose, and the somewhat uneasy mood calmed down again.
When they stopped to make shields, Harry had quietly caught up with them. He heard the crackling sound of burning vines and several people talking. He stopped cautiously and stood in the distance, secretly observing.
A very small gerbil had scurried up behind Harry, and it had also sneakily hidden itself under some leaves, with only its black eyes showing.
Abby and the others didn't notice Harry, and Harry didn't notice the gerbil two feet away.
When the four people walked forward, one man and one mouse followed carefully. Some blue birds were scattered in the passage and flying around. Everyone knew that these were equipment used for shooting with the Stream Mirror, so they all pretended that they did not exist.
"Keep the formation and don't rush!"
Abby growled, gritting her teeth as she advanced back to back with her companions.
The flame shield slowly rotated around the few people, forming an airtight barrier, baking the damp and cold underground passage with waves of heat.
"There's a secret room ahead!" Olga, who was walking in front, said, "Be alert. Vid Grey might be inside."
"Leave the shields to us!" Ganesh said, "Olga, Zahid, Abby, get ready to cast your magic!" The few of them had already discussed how to gain the advantage the moment they met, at least to withstand the first wave of attacks from the trap.
As long as they could break the advantage of the puppets' group attack and have a chance to fight Vid Grey face to face, none of them thought they would lose to a fourteen-year-old boy.
Ganesh, Samuel, and Natasha each controlled two shields to prevent sneak attacks from the puppets; the other three held their wands tightly, not even preparing to recite spells, and would cast their most familiar spells the moment they saw people.
Seeing that several people were about to step into the secret room, the gerbil who was secretly following behind suddenly froze. He raised his head and looked at the dark ceiling of the passage.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
A fragmentary sound came from above, Samuel's ears moved, and he suddenly felt uneasy.
He looked at Abby and asked, "Did you hear anything—"
At this moment, countless scorpion puppets poured down like a black rainstorm. Although their bodies were clearly made of weeds and vines, their shells had an eerie metallic luster in the firelight.
Zahid's pupils shrank instantly. He pointed his wand upwards and shouted, "Flame Shield!"
Tongues of fire spurted out, forming a shield above everyone, but the next second, countless puppets wrapped in flames passed through the barrier and fell directly on everyone!
Although they were ignited, the low-temperature flames could not burn the puppets to ashes instantly. What's more, the puppets' bodies were not entirely made of plants.
The raging fire actually increased the puppet's attack power. Since Zahid was tall, the puppet was the first to fall on his head. His black curly hair was instantly ignited. Zahid immediately screamed and tried frantically to slap the scorpion puppet away.
The flaming shield disappeared immediately, and more puppets fell down with a crackling sound, pouncing towards the crowd with their fangs and claws bared.
"Armor protect—"
Before Abby finished the spell, several scorpions landed on her at the same time. The stingers of their tails pierced her skin and a feeling of numbness swept through her body like a tide.
She stumbled to her knees, her vision blurring.
She saw the scorpion puppets stepping over the burning vine shields with a fearless attitude, and rushing towards the warriors who were still resisting;
She saw Samuel trying hard to repel the puppet in front of him, but there were four or five scorpions lying behind him; Natasha's wand was taken away by the puppet; Ganesh seemed to be paralyzed as well; Zahid was the most unlucky, and his body was still on fire when he fell down, but several scorpion puppets jumped up and started to put out the fire for him.
Olga was very decisive. He covered his face with his hands and ran towards the secret room with a roar. The puppets that tried to stop him were knocked away, crushed, and even his robe caught fire, but he didn't stop.
When a glimmer of hope appeared in Abby's eyes, she saw Olga's ankles were entangled by iron chains flying out of nowhere as soon as she rushed into the secret room. Followed by a broken scream, the red-haired wizard was lifted up upside down.
"Clap!"
A magic wand fell to the ground, rolled twice before stopping, and was then picked up by a scorpion puppet passing by.
Abby: “…”
She should have been desperate, but perhaps it was because Olga's final scream sounded like a little girl suddenly seeing a cockroach, so she felt like laughing instead.
"Fortunately... Hope left with the golden egg..."
As this thought flashed through her mind, darkness completely swallowed her.
(End of this chapter)