NOVEL NEXT Hogwarts: more magic than magic
Chapter 171 Severing Contact
Chapter 171 Severing Contact
Accompanied by the appearance of those black shadows, thick dark clouds suddenly floated from all directions in the originally clear sky, covering the bright autumn sun.
The sky was gloomy, and the thick black fog was still pressing down, making people feel a little out of breath.
It seemed that morning turned into night outside the train, and those figures in cloaks gradually disappeared into the darkness, but Keiz knew that they were still speeding up and approaching the train.
There was not much time left for him.
So, he sped up his movements, opened the door of the car with a little force with his hand, and opened a gap that was only wide enough for him to pass sideways.
The moment the door was opened, Keiz found that the entire corridor was noisier than before, because the explosion from the front of the car just now shocked the students. From time to time, someone poked their head out of the car or walked directly into the aisle to ask what happened.
The professor is doing his best to maintain order.
"Where's the conductor? Where's the conductor? Has anyone seen the conductor?"
"The train conductor is at the front of the train, and he should have died unfortunately."
"Everyone, don't run around! Go back to your respective compartments! Close the doors and don't come out no matter what happens outside!..."
"Who the hell is so bold! How dare you attack the Hogwarts Express!"
"Go back! Go back! Do you hear that? Children!", Hagrid's voice seemed a little bewildered, but he still yelled loudly, although he just kept yelling to go back.
"Prefects! Listen to me! Send all the students who come out and run around back to the carriages! You are responsible for standing in the corridor to prevent those little wizards who like to watch the scene come out, pay attention to safety, and call the report as soon as possible..."
A professor whose name Chez couldn't name was calmer than Hagrid, and was orderly directing the students.
Under his command, the students quickly restored order, and the carriage gradually became quiet. All the students who ran around returned to the carriage, and only a few prefects who looked slightly older were left in the aisle to check whether anyone was still staying.
After doing this, the professor who looked very young communicated with his colleagues around him.
"Have you contacted the school?"
The man shook his head solemnly: "I've tried it, the magic item specially used to contact the school has failed! We can't send any information! Someone is deliberately preventing us from sending out information."
The young professor turned pale when he heard this, but he regained his composure and continued to turn his head to look at Hagrid.
"Mr. Hagrid! You should have an owl there that can contact Mr. Headmaster, right?"
Hagrid looked down at him, immediately understood what he meant, nodded and turned back to a carriage, from which he took out a cage containing a brown-gray owl.
"This is Al, he can find Mr. Dumbledore as quickly as possible."
The young professor nodded to him, showing a forced smile, "This is exactly what we need most now."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of parchment from the coat pocket in his arms. After waving his wand, the parchment seemed to be burning with flames. After a burst of green smoke, the burnt lines formed a paragraph of text.
"The Hogwarts Express was attacked and trapped on the plain near New Ravenska Village. It has been discovered that an unknown assailant is attacking in the direction of the train. The purpose is unknown. Help quickly! ——The new Defense Against the Dark Arts class assistant teacher Werther Wright!"
After the text was formed, Wright glanced at it briefly and quickly put it into the small mailbox on the owl's feet. Hagrid walked towards the window with the owl's cage.
Opening the window, he took out half a vole from his coat pocket and fed it to the owl Al, before letting it fly.
The brown-gray owl fluttered its wings and flew higher and higher, and quickly moved away from the train. But just as he was about to disappear from everyone's sight, a strong lightning bolt fell from the sky, hitting the owl directly. The huge energy burned Al into coke, and the distress letter on his body fell down with blue smoke.
"No!", Hagrid, who saw this scene with his own eyes, screamed in his throat, "Ah! My poor Al!"
Wright, who had been standing by the side, also saw this scene, and his trembling eyes revealed a dangerous light.
He clenched his teeth and said a word through his teeth, "Those people don't want us to spread any news!"
After hearing this sentence, the people around were silent for a while.
Another professor stood up, "I'll try to see if I can teleport!"
"It's useless! Have you forgotten that Hogwarts has an anti-apparition spell?"
"Then I'll go to the Ministry of Magic and ask for support!"
"That's the best! Let's stay here for precaution, you go and come back quickly, remember to find someone in the Ministry of Magic to inform Mr. Principal!"
The man nodded and swung his wand quickly, a light and shadow distortion occurred around his body, and after a piercing howling sound, his figure did not leave the spot.
After the magic stopped, the man knelt down on the ground in embarrassment, panting heavily.
After panting for a while, he explained: "This place is also covered by the anti-apparition spell, and we can't get in touch with the outside world!"
Wright's brows frowned even tighter, "What do those people want to do? This kind of super-large and difficult spell is not something that ordinary forces can cast."
No one could answer his question, and after a moment of silence he spoke again.
"Be prepared to deal with the next shock! Those people have done so much, it should not be as simple as stopping the train! Fight later and try to ensure the lives of the students. If it can be delayed for a while, the school will send people to rescue if they detect anomalies!"
"By the way, has anyone seen Mr. Lockhart? He was invited with me to serve as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Now is the time when we need him! With a wizard like him in our future, we should be able to relax."
After hearing this sentence, all the people present looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, but no one knew where he was.
"I saw him before!"
"I didn't see him after the explosion!"
"I saw him going in the direction of the front of the car, maybe it was the first time to check the cause of the accident?"
"..."
They communicated with each other, and soon gave up and continued to search for Lockhart.
Because more important matters hit them head-on, while they were delaying, the black shadows that were rushing quickly approached the carriage, and the nearest one was less than a hundred meters away.
"Don't look for it! Prepare to deal with the shock! Try not to let these people get into the car!" Wright roared in a low voice, opened the car window in front of him and shot a spell at the nearest person.
……
(End of this chapter)
Accompanied by the appearance of those black shadows, thick dark clouds suddenly floated from all directions in the originally clear sky, covering the bright autumn sun.
The sky was gloomy, and the thick black fog was still pressing down, making people feel a little out of breath.
It seemed that morning turned into night outside the train, and those figures in cloaks gradually disappeared into the darkness, but Keiz knew that they were still speeding up and approaching the train.
There was not much time left for him.
So, he sped up his movements, opened the door of the car with a little force with his hand, and opened a gap that was only wide enough for him to pass sideways.
The moment the door was opened, Keiz found that the entire corridor was noisier than before, because the explosion from the front of the car just now shocked the students. From time to time, someone poked their head out of the car or walked directly into the aisle to ask what happened.
The professor is doing his best to maintain order.
"Where's the conductor? Where's the conductor? Has anyone seen the conductor?"
"The train conductor is at the front of the train, and he should have died unfortunately."
"Everyone, don't run around! Go back to your respective compartments! Close the doors and don't come out no matter what happens outside!..."
"Who the hell is so bold! How dare you attack the Hogwarts Express!"
"Go back! Go back! Do you hear that? Children!", Hagrid's voice seemed a little bewildered, but he still yelled loudly, although he just kept yelling to go back.
"Prefects! Listen to me! Send all the students who come out and run around back to the carriages! You are responsible for standing in the corridor to prevent those little wizards who like to watch the scene come out, pay attention to safety, and call the report as soon as possible..."
A professor whose name Chez couldn't name was calmer than Hagrid, and was orderly directing the students.
Under his command, the students quickly restored order, and the carriage gradually became quiet. All the students who ran around returned to the carriage, and only a few prefects who looked slightly older were left in the aisle to check whether anyone was still staying.
After doing this, the professor who looked very young communicated with his colleagues around him.
"Have you contacted the school?"
The man shook his head solemnly: "I've tried it, the magic item specially used to contact the school has failed! We can't send any information! Someone is deliberately preventing us from sending out information."
The young professor turned pale when he heard this, but he regained his composure and continued to turn his head to look at Hagrid.
"Mr. Hagrid! You should have an owl there that can contact Mr. Headmaster, right?"
Hagrid looked down at him, immediately understood what he meant, nodded and turned back to a carriage, from which he took out a cage containing a brown-gray owl.
"This is Al, he can find Mr. Dumbledore as quickly as possible."
The young professor nodded to him, showing a forced smile, "This is exactly what we need most now."
As he spoke, he took out a piece of parchment from the coat pocket in his arms. After waving his wand, the parchment seemed to be burning with flames. After a burst of green smoke, the burnt lines formed a paragraph of text.
"The Hogwarts Express was attacked and trapped on the plain near New Ravenska Village. It has been discovered that an unknown assailant is attacking in the direction of the train. The purpose is unknown. Help quickly! ——The new Defense Against the Dark Arts class assistant teacher Werther Wright!"
After the text was formed, Wright glanced at it briefly and quickly put it into the small mailbox on the owl's feet. Hagrid walked towards the window with the owl's cage.
Opening the window, he took out half a vole from his coat pocket and fed it to the owl Al, before letting it fly.
The brown-gray owl fluttered its wings and flew higher and higher, and quickly moved away from the train. But just as he was about to disappear from everyone's sight, a strong lightning bolt fell from the sky, hitting the owl directly. The huge energy burned Al into coke, and the distress letter on his body fell down with blue smoke.
"No!", Hagrid, who saw this scene with his own eyes, screamed in his throat, "Ah! My poor Al!"
Wright, who had been standing by the side, also saw this scene, and his trembling eyes revealed a dangerous light.
He clenched his teeth and said a word through his teeth, "Those people don't want us to spread any news!"
After hearing this sentence, the people around were silent for a while.
Another professor stood up, "I'll try to see if I can teleport!"
"It's useless! Have you forgotten that Hogwarts has an anti-apparition spell?"
"Then I'll go to the Ministry of Magic and ask for support!"
"That's the best! Let's stay here for precaution, you go and come back quickly, remember to find someone in the Ministry of Magic to inform Mr. Principal!"
The man nodded and swung his wand quickly, a light and shadow distortion occurred around his body, and after a piercing howling sound, his figure did not leave the spot.
After the magic stopped, the man knelt down on the ground in embarrassment, panting heavily.
After panting for a while, he explained: "This place is also covered by the anti-apparition spell, and we can't get in touch with the outside world!"
Wright's brows frowned even tighter, "What do those people want to do? This kind of super-large and difficult spell is not something that ordinary forces can cast."
No one could answer his question, and after a moment of silence he spoke again.
"Be prepared to deal with the next shock! Those people have done so much, it should not be as simple as stopping the train! Fight later and try to ensure the lives of the students. If it can be delayed for a while, the school will send people to rescue if they detect anomalies!"
"By the way, has anyone seen Mr. Lockhart? He was invited with me to serve as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Now is the time when we need him! With a wizard like him in our future, we should be able to relax."
After hearing this sentence, all the people present looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, but no one knew where he was.
"I saw him before!"
"I didn't see him after the explosion!"
"I saw him going in the direction of the front of the car, maybe it was the first time to check the cause of the accident?"
"..."
They communicated with each other, and soon gave up and continued to search for Lockhart.
Because more important matters hit them head-on, while they were delaying, the black shadows that were rushing quickly approached the carriage, and the nearest one was less than a hundred meters away.
"Don't look for it! Prepare to deal with the shock! Try not to let these people get into the car!" Wright roared in a low voice, opened the car window in front of him and shot a spell at the nearest person.
……
(End of this chapter)
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