great-warnovel Chapter 285 The First Battle Ends
Chapter 285 The First Battle Ends
Chapter 285 The First Battle Ends
"The entire Black Lake wouldn't be enough for it to eat! How does it feed itself?!"
"Oh no! I think our magic woke it up! It must be consuming energy by sleeping!" Miranda exclaimed regretfully.
"Good heavens, if only we could tame this big guy—" Newt stood in the courtyard, tilting his head back, and muttered to himself.
The giant squid, waking up grumpy, was clearly very agitated. Its two tentacles were gripping a sea monster and a horse-like creature, which were slapping mercilessly in the water.
The mermaids cried out in terror, making strange sounds that sounded like singing, and danced strangely in the water, seemingly trying to calm the giant squid, but to little avail.
"Wait! It's coming!" Flitwick shouted.
Perhaps it was the presence of a castle by the water that made it feel both strange and familiar; the giant squid stretched out its tentacles, as if it wanted to pluck a tower to study.
At that moment, a massive beam of light, carrying unparalleled power, slammed into its tentacle.
"Get back!" Hermione's loud shout echoed through the castle.
The blue specks of pyroxene left a trail of light in the air.
The full-powered sapphire cannon severed one of the giant squid's tentacles in an instant.
Painful cries echoed across the lake, lashing the surface relentlessly and shattering the mermaids and water monsters into dust, splashing patches of crimson into the black lake.
This was only against one of its tentacles. Hermione remembered Dumbledore's request that the giant squid be treated kindly and that its life should be spared if possible.
This was Hermione's first time controlling the full power of the Brilliant Core, and its power was indeed astonishing. Perhaps because she had recently absorbed too much radiation, the energy within the core seemed somewhat uncontrollable.
Fortunately, it didn't come back to attack again. The immense damage made it feel pain and fear, so it quickly left the south bank of the castle.
Realizing that the black rocky mountain was not to be trifled with, the giant squid didn't even bother to bluff before gurgling and diving back underwater.
"It's gone!" Flitwick jumped up and cheered.
"Not just it! The mermaids have retreated too!" Miranda exclaimed with delight. The damage caused by the giant squid was mostly borne by the mermaids, who suffered heavy losses. The sea monsters and water monsters they rode were also frightened and fled, leaving them unable to fight any longer and forcing them to retreat back into the water.
"Go and support the north!" The battle isn't over yet! The pressure on the north is even greater!
However, Greyback also saw all of this through his telescope, and the mermaids' retreat made him unwilling to face the pressure of Hogwarts alone.
"Hmph, that's enough for today. We need to deal with those centaurs first." The werewolf king took a sip.
"withdraw troops!"
The wolf's cry rang out again, and as dusk approached, the werewolves turned and ran into the forest.
To the west, the Pied Piper and the Dark Wizards, having also received the news, abandoned their pursuit of the Phoenix Guardian.
Seeing that there was no advantage to be gained, the horsemen also chose to retreat, using their high mobility to return to the Forbidden Forest from a more distant location.
Bain and Ferenczer stopped fighting and stood facing each other in silence for a long time.
"Keep your pathetic life to grind grain for mankind. The next time we meet will be your death day." With that, Bain spurred his horse and galloped away.
Only those mindless monsters remained, struggling in vain in the shallow water and on the slopes.
The sky was getting darker and darker; night was approaching.
The northeast wind was blowing harder and harder, but no one was in the mood to rest.
After the battle came a period of arduous rest and recuperation.
Although the wizards suffered few casualties, the magical creatures and spiders were badly injured, and most of Mag's army of stone statues were also damaged.
The magizoologists collected the bodies of the animals that died in battle, and also took the wounded back to the boxes for treatment.
The giant eight-eyed spiders suffered the most heavy losses. They were at the forefront and endured the most attacks. Now, on the slopes and in the shallow water, one could see the mangled spider corpses everywhere.
However, these ferocious Class 5X dangerous creatures do not know what sadness is.
The surviving spiders would clatter excitedly as they feasted on the ground, accepting whatever came their way, whether it was from monsters or their own kind.
Their reproduction is also quite rapid; in just one and a half months, a newborn giant spider can grow to the size of a washbasin.
Professor Sprout, along with many of his best students from the Herbalism class, examined the plants on the gentle slope with a heavy heart. After being forcibly forced to grow and then going through a major battle, many had withered and died on their own, and only a few tenacious ones still had a chance of being saved.
The willow tree survived by chance, but it didn't look well. Many of its branches were broken, and the remaining ones were drooping and swaying weakly.
Despite the intense spellcasting they had endured, the professors and the magazine's wizards were unable to return to rest. They wielded their wands, repairing the damaged traps and reinforcing the barrier that had been hit by numerous explosive charges.
McGonagall also pieced the broken statues back together and placed them in front of the castle, as they would be needed for the next great battle.
Although the students were in the safe tower, the joint spellcasting was still exhausting. At this moment, everyone was gathered in the auditorium, exhausted, where the elves had prepared a sumptuous dinner.
Hermione, Dumbledore, Moody, and others went to the school hospital, where, apart from Mr. Longbottom, many members of the Order of the Phoenix had sustained minor injuries and were receiving treatment.
With Lily absent, Ms. Pomfrey and Narcissa were extremely busy, but fortunately, the perfumers could also act as caregivers, using potions and trigger sprays to assist in the treatment.
In addition, with the Fountain of Youth provided by Little Barty, the vast majority of people will be able to recover their health before the next war.
Only Mr. Longbottom, who had been shot in the abdomen by a centaur arrow, was in a coma and terrified under the influence of the curse; the wound had festered and split open, looking extremely gruesome.
"We can't dispel this curse; we can only keep Frank alive and prevent things from getting worse," Pomfrey said, frowning.
Alice and Neville stood quietly by their family's side, waiting for others to come up with a solution.
Dumbledore and Hermione went forward to try, but no matter what spell they used, they could only suppress the spread of the curse at best, and could not remove it without harming the human body itself.
"The centaurs hate humans. Without the guidance of the stars, they want to kill all intelligent life." Ferenze stood dejectedly in the school hospital. He looked at Longbottom's injuries and was helpless with his healing magic.
"That's all we can do for now. Let's wait for Lily to come back and see if she has any ideas." Dumbledore also seemed a little listless. Maintaining the Patronus Charm for so long had made even this ghost feel somewhat tired.
"I wonder how she is doing, but with Barty protecting her, her safety shouldn't be a problem." When the two Hogwarts professors travel together, very little can stop them.