great-warnovel Chapter 284 The Stars Disappear
Chapter 284 The Stars Disappear
Chapter 284 The Stars Disappear
"Watch out for those centaurs!" Mrs. Longbottom cried out in the air, holding Mr. Longbottom, who was convulsing from being shot with an arrow and whose skin had turned an unnatural red.
"Their arrows can curve!"
"Take him back to heal!" Moody rushed over and blocked the flying arrows for the two of them.
The pressure was mounting. With the arrival of the centaurs, no one could fly as freely as before. Although these centaurs seemed to be blind, their accuracy with arrows had increased rather than decreased, and they even had a certain tracking ability. Everyone had to fly high and could no longer bombard from low altitudes.
Fortunately, the centaurs didn't just shoot arrows at the wizards; they were like a sharp blade lurking on the edge of the battlefield, constantly weakening either side according to the changing situation.
As the Longbottoms left, they began targeting the werewolves in the monster horde. Precise arrows pierced the scalp of the boar monster, grazed the thigh of the troll, and struck a werewolf squarely in the eye, killing him instantly before he could even utilize his superhuman vitality.
"They're controlling the power of both sides!" Graybury shouted.
"These damn centaurs! They want to leave us all here!"
Clearly, the centaurs alone are not enough to eliminate so many wizards and werewolves.
However, if the wizards and werewolves fight each other, the centaurs can act as a balancer, controlling the rise and fall of their power, keeping them constantly at a loss until they perish together, or until only a small group of people remain, which are then wiped out by the centaurs.
"They're dreaming!" Graybury yelled.
"Let the werewolves change their target and tear apart these hooves of meat to eat first!"
"My lord! If we change targets now, we'll be blown to pieces by the wizards behind us!" his aide said in terror.
Greyback slammed his fist on the chariot's armrest in anger: "Damn it! Are we really going to send out our last remaining troops now?!"
Yes, the Werewolf King was also holding back; he had a carefully prepared assassination squad to deal with Hogwarts.
But this is only the first day of the war, and it is just a tentative clash. He does not want to reveal his trump cards before the foreseeable great battle arrives.
From Hogwarts' direction, the professors had clearly also discovered the centaurs' intentions; their actions were so obvious that everyone could see their motives.
"Bane! Is that you!" Ferenze stood on the high slope, bow in hand, and shouted at the centaur leaders who were running wildly at the edge of the battlefield.
The leader looked just like his old companion, only his fur was brighter red and more eerie.
Hearing the shout, the leader turned around and looked at him with blood-red eyes, the tear-like red marks below his eyes looking particularly ferocious.
"Ferencer, fifty years have passed, and you're still alive!" The centaur leader, Bain, fired an arrow at Ferencer as he ran.
Horsemen also have a long lifespan, but fifty years is enough for a young man from back then to grow into a tribal leader.
The astronomy professor was not surprised. He raised his horse's hooves, leaped down the slope, and charged towards the centaur's ranks while shooting arrows that knocked off Baine's arrows. However, his arrows were not cursed. Although he successfully intercepted his opponent, he was also smashed to pieces.
"Bane! What's wrong with the centaurs! Why have they become like this!" Ferenze shouted as he charged toward them.
Seeing this, the other centaurs wanted to shoot at him together, even though he was their own brethren. But they had parted ways the moment he betrayed them and climbed the castle fifty years ago.
If so many centaurs were to shoot arrows at Ferenze at the same time, he would surely die.
"Everyone, free hunting! He's mine!" Bane shouted, stopping the others from doing so.
Bain left the centaur's group alone and ran towards Ferenze.
"Bane! Why attack Hogwarts! We are returning in peace!" Ferrenze shouted.
"The school is full of foals, and we are protecting them!"
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But Bain shook his head: "The creed of the centaurs has long since changed, and foals cannot change the fact that they are human."
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"Clang! Clang!" The two arrows collided in mid-air as the two men maneuvered through the horde of beasts, talking loudly and firing at each other.
Ferenz kicked Hinkpunk away, narrowly avoiding Bane's vicious arrow: "What the hell happened! I thought you were all dead in the nuclear explosion!"
Bain leaped high into the air, stepping on the head of a small devil, and fired three more arrows in quick succession: "Ha, thank your human masters, nuclear bombs! They've completely changed the Forbidden Forest, and they've changed us!"
"The radiant fire didn't kill us; it only consumed our foolish and pathetic fate!"
"The Forbidden Forest, shrouded in magic, did not abandon us; instead, it shaped new bodies for us!"
"Poisonous clouds have blotted out the sun, and the stars have vanished without a trace. The centaurs can no longer hold onto what they once had! The stars have abandoned us! Fate has abandoned us!"
The tear tracks on his face became even more vivid red, as if he were really crying.
Hearing his shout, the other centaurs echoed with long howls.
"Look up at the sky! The path the centaurs followed is long gone; all that remains are a band of avengers!"
"The stars have faded, the earth has come to an end, and twilight has fallen upon this world!"
"Now, die with your human chews!" Bane's attacks became increasingly fierce, almost overwhelming Ferenze.
"All humans, wizards, and Muggles only bring destruction to this world! All intelligent life should be buried with this world!"
His arrows were wrapped in a scarlet curse, and Ferenz knew that if he were even slightly grazed, he would die here today.
At this critical moment, suddenly, a huge roar of waves came from the Black Lake to the south.
This interrupted their rhythm, and they both looked to the other side without prior arrangement.
The waterspouts controlled by Miranda and the others had been destroyed by an even more powerful force. The mermaids floated to the surface in a daze, then screamed in terror.
Immediately afterwards, enormous tentacles, as large as the sky, reached up from underwater.
One, two.
Three, four!
Like a giant prison, terrifying tentacles surrounded all the mermaids and the entire south bank of the castle.
"It's a giant squid!"
"But—how could it be so big!"
McGonagall's face was ashen. She had been casting spells remotely to repair the damage to the statues and only now had time to look back.
While the giant squid was once large, it was still considered a magical creature. But now, this thing looks more like a submerged mountain! It's almost half the size of Hogwarts!