great-warnovel Chapter 169 Fairies and Fiery Blaze
Chapter 169 Fairies and Fiery Blaze
Chapter 169 Fairies and Fiery Blaze
"You weren't stunned?" Ron looked at Draco in front of him. They had just watched as Alecto hit him with a Stunning Curse.
Draco, with a stern face, pointed to the Slytherin badge pinned to his chest: "Hermione's Christmas present; on the back is a protective plate containing a Stunning Charm."
It was this anti-curse shard that successfully neutralized Alecto's Stunning Curse, but Draco still acted decisively...
He pretended to faint and fell to the ground, playing a crucial role at a critical moment.
But Harry remained vigilant. Holding the chain, he pointed it at Draco: "Whose side are you on? You colluded with the Death Eaters to lure us here, what are you planning to do?!"
If Draco's answer doesn't satisfy him, the incredibly powerful iron ball will crack his skull open.
But the blond boy remained silent. Fortunately, before Harry's patience ran out, Professor McGonagall emerged from thin air, followed by Dumbledore, who arrived in mid-air with Hermione and Amycus.
"I'm sorry, children, this is a trial. We didn't tell you the truth so that we could test your ability to cope with a sudden crisis." As before, Dumbledore took all the responsibility upon himself.
"This was originally Voldemort's plot, but on my advice, the professors didn't expose them immediately, but instead used it as a test for you," Hermione said, not wanting Dumbledore to take all the blame.
Professor McGonagall stood to the side, not saying a word, but her eyes were full of satisfaction.
Harry saw Amicus, bound tightly and kneeling on the ground, then looked at Alecto, petrified and missing an arm, lying on the ground.
Suddenly, he grinned and exclaimed, "This is so cool!"
"But Hermione, you should have handed both Death Eaters over to us!"
"This woman is too weak, and her vigilance is also very poor." He grinned foolishly, boasting shamelessly.
"It would probably be the two of them working together that would cause us some trouble."
Ron chimed in, "Exactly! She can't even get past my defenses!"
Neville just scratched his head, smiling without saying a word.
Hermione didn't hold back in criticizing Harry: "Come on, Alecto: Carol isn't a Death Eater focused on combat. If it were her brother instead, you probably wouldn't last more than a few rounds of spells!"
"And your supposedly brilliant disguise—you could have attacked directly, but instead you shouted it out! Who taught you that bad habit!"
"And Ron, he didn't watch his step when he charged straight ahead, which made him easily trapped and unable to keep up with the others' attack rhythm."
"Neville's magic is still struggling to cast sword spells. If Draco hadn't helped you at the last moment, you might have been killed!"
She listed the various small mistakes the three had made: "One of the Death Eaters was seriously injured by a sneak attack right from the start because of carelessness, and he's still struggling so much. I'm starting to doubt whether your special training these past few days has been effective."
The three men felt guilty after hearing her words, and it seemed that if they thought about it from a different perspective, they did indeed perform only so-so.
"Don't say that," McGonagall said, unusually gentle.
"This is the most spectacular second-year sparring match I've ever seen, except for Hermione, of course. The perfect teamwork, the skillful use of spells, and Harry's incredible roll," she exclaimed.
"To be honest, at that moment I was already planning to make a move."
Dumbledore was about to speak when he suddenly sensed something and laughed, "It seems we underestimated the other professors. Your disappearance was quickly noticed by Philius."
As he spoke, he waved his hand and deactivated the anti-phantom teleportation.
The next moment, with a snap, Flitwick appeared from the air. Before he could land, he turned into a bolt of lightning and flashed away, creating distance before reappearing. Living Silver held his wand and cautiously observed his surroundings.
"Sorry, Philius, we secretly gave you a little pop quiz," Dumbledore joked in a good mood.
Flitwick looked at the crowd: the two headmasters, Hermione, the four boys, and the two Death Eaters in terrible condition. He was completely bewildered: "What on earth is going on?"
First Lockhart and Hermione suddenly disappeared, then Draco, acting suspiciously, ran off with three Gryffindor students. Flitwick checked all the students' fire-starting spell levels but found many were missing. Following the trail of the tracking spell, he discovered the fluctuations left by the Portkey.
As a top-tier professor of spells, he easily deduced the location of the portal key, but Wen was blocked by the anti-Apparition technique until it was suddenly dispelled just now.
"We can discuss the details when we get back to school," Dumbledore said, glancing at the open space on the other side.
"Sir, you who have been hiding over there, you may now reveal yourself."
There were actually people hiding there! And even McGonagall didn't notice, except for Dumbledore!
Everyone immediately turned to look, and saw a small figure appear on the desolate open ground, as if a splash of paint had been poured from mid-air. It was a fairy!
He wore sophisticated silver armor, but not the medieval kind; it was more like the power armor of Muggles, with complex gears and transmission structures. However, it was neither steam-powered nor nuclear-powered. A faint silver light flowed beneath the armor, making it look somewhat similar to Flitwick's prosthetic arm.
"Hello, I didn't mean to peek, but you guys were fighting near the Fairy Cave."
The fairy spoke calmly, but everyone remained vigilant. In this day and age, the conflict between humans and fairies is the most acute.
"Gonuk! It's you!" Flitwick immediately recognized the fairy in front of him. Humans had difficulty distinguishing their appearances, but the half-fairy spellcaster could.
He turned to the crowd and said, "Don't be nervous, Gonuk is the fairy of the coexistence faction."
Second-grade students also learned that the coexistence faction is the fairy faction that advocates merging with humans, and it is also the smallest and most marginalized group.
"He made my prosthetic arm for me," Flitwick continued.
Upon hearing this, the hostility among the crowd immediately lessened considerably. As a half-elf professor, he was disliked by both races. It was said that his severed hand was caused by an attack from an extremist among the fairies. The fact that the professor was willing to make a prosthetic limb for him showed that this fairy was not so bad, and his relationship with Flitwick was at least quite good.
"Yes, cowardly Gonuk, that's what they all call me," the fairy said, shaking her head and sighing.
"So, Mr. Gonuk, what brings you here?" Dumbledore asked kindly.
Gonuk pointed down the cliff, where explosions and roars were still coming from.
"Like I just said, you were fighting fiercely near the Fairy Cave, and you even blocked Apparition."
"So it's true that there's a fairy cave here," McGonagall said softly. It was rumored that this place was burned down by the cultists because of the fairy cave.
"It was the fairy herself who leaked the information," Gonuk said calmly.
"The Extinction Faction believes that we have betrayed the fairy race, and therefore revealed the location of our most important secret realm to the Wushi Party."
"Beneath these caves lies the largest independent secret realm of the Coexistence Faction. If we are destroyed, Lanlock II will be able to completely subdue the neutral Hermit Faction and unify the power of all fairies."
"Didn't the Fiendish Fire destroy the Fairy Cave?" Hermione asked curiously. Since Gonuk was here, it meant that the secret realm had not been destroyed. But according to Lockhart, land burned by Fiendish Fire could no longer be used to build Fairy Cave.
"This thing is really similar to the mad fire," she thought to herself.
The fairy sighed, "Not for now."
Flitwick peered curiously down the smoke-filled cliff: "What's going on down there? It looks like some giant beast is going berserk?"
"Oh, it's the teacher qualification exam we're preparing for Professor Lockhart," Dumbledore told a dry joke.
"So even the professor got a trial from you! Hermione, you're really something!" Harry exclaimed excitedly. "Let's see how Gilderoy performs!"
As Dumbledore spoke, he waved his hand, summoning a strong wind that easily dispersed the smoke screen that ordinary wizards couldn't penetrate, revealing the battle below in detail.