Chapter 643: The invisible enemy is the most dangerous
Lu Ping introduced the storage room to the students: 辁
"If something breaks in the school, anything that can't be completely repaired will be piled here."
He picked up a short stick at hand and said, "It's like this oak arrow, which was the first flying broomstick made."
The one that Cedric took away was relatively complete, but the small section in his hand was more abstract.
You can recognize him at a glance, either because he has a lot of knowledge about brooms, or he often came here to explore when he was in school.
Lu Ping briefly talked about the history here, and then asked the students to take a look around.
The accumulated debris is not only dirty, but most of it is useless waste.
"Okay, everyone, come back!"
The students gathered in front of him.
"Places like this maze always contain hidden dangers.
So who can tell me what kind of danger I will encounter?"
Hermione quickly raised her little hand, "Professor, the environment here is very suitable for setting traps, and it is also the favorite place for some magical creatures to live."
"What are the common magical creatures?"
She thought for a moment,
"There are boggarts, ghouls, vixens, red hats..."
Lupine nodded with satisfaction and added 2 points to Gryffindor House.
He turned to look behind him where the light was dim, "Yes, as everyone guessed, there is one of the things Hermione just mentioned hidden here.
So, does anyone want to guess what it could be?"
Vincent was the first to raise his hand, "Red Hat."
Needless to say, Boggarts can be dealt with by ghouls and foxes with bare hands, so they are not dangerous at all.
The remaining ones are not too difficult, so the closest answer is the XXXX level red hat.
"Congratulations, Vincent, you guessed it right."
The red hat is a difficult little creature that looks like a goblin and lives mainly in Northern Europe.
The head is big and the body is small, and the body shape is like a dwarf.
They usually lurk in castle dungeons, battlefield trenches and other places with blood stains, waiting patiently for those who are lost to come over.
When night falls, they will try to beat people to death with sticks.
Although there are records of killing wizards, they can be driven away with simple spells.
Lupine's wand lit up blue,
"The red hats themselves are not very aggressive, but they are very latent. Even adult wizards have a hard time finding them."
His wand pointed at the dark corner of the ceiling where the light group could not illuminate,
"The range of the Apparition Spell is too small, and when they are discovered, it is already too late."
There are a lot of waste and debris here, which is perfect for hiding.
However, Lu Ping must be confident in his ability if he dares to bring students here to attend classes.
"There are many spells to find red hats. Today I will teach you a more practical one."
Lupine smiled at the students, then looked back at the dark corner where the wand was pointing.
"Trace appears——"
The blue light from the tip of the staff flew past like a pulled arrow.
It seemed to have no entity, passing straight through a shabby old wardrobe and disappearing.
The door of the closet was glowing, and something must have been lit inside.
"Bah!" It sounded like a faint sound of tearing clothes.
Lupine put away his wand and faced the students,
"I have marked one of the red hats. No matter what it wants to do, the tracking spell will reveal its whereabouts."
The spell itself is not very difficult. The main thing is that automatically retrieving and marking objects requires strong control.辁
The old wardrobe made a clanging sound, and a conspicuous blue light group came out of it and kept running around, as if looking for a better hiding place.
Invisible enemies are far more dangerous than visible enemies.
As long as the red hat is exposed, it is not even as troublesome as the ghouls and vixen.
"Anyone want to try it?"
"Me!" Vincent stood at the front.
Lupine nodded slightly and motioned for him to come over.
"The tracking spell can make specific objects continue to glow. If you are not sure whether there is danger ahead, you can use it to search again..."
After theory comes practice.
Vincent raised his wand and chanted the spell: "Traces appear——"
After the blue light was emitted, four strange positions were vaguely felt.
One of them is running around, probably the red hat marked by Lupin.
Able to shape various alchemical props with control, easily making magic spells turn in mid-air.
It passed through a rusty iron gate and finally disappeared into the darkness.
"Very good, Vincent!" Lupine raised his hand and pointed to the light behind the iron door.
"The second red hat is hiding there, and their danger level has been reduced a lot."
There are 4 in total, of course you have to find them all.
"Harry, would you like to try it?"
Lupine's roll call made Harry feel a little at a loss.
After encouragement from Hermione and Ron, he stepped forward, raised his wand, and chanted the spell.
The tracking spell made a long circle, and then passed through a large broken mirror, revealing the location of the third red hat.
"You succeeded!" Ron was even more excited than Harry, "I knew you could do it!"
The last one belonged to Hermione.
Her tracking spell flew to the ceiling, and then passed through a rusty iron shelf in a small arc.
"You are all great!" Lupine smiled and added 6 points to Gryffindor House.
"Okay, now I'll teach you how to remove the spell."
The mark on the body disappeared, and the four red hats quickly hid again.
"Hannah, it's your turn...Justin, come here...relax, Ernie, you're next..."
Just like when dealing with the Boggart yesterday, the pace of the class is getting faster and faster, and every student has the opportunity to cast the tracking spell.辁
Of course, with success there will be failure.
But even Neville, who had failed seven times, was not discouraged. The eighth time he just marked a red hat that was trying to move its position.
There are still 5 minutes left before get out of class ends, and all students are marked as successful.
With a bright smile on his face, Lupine added 2 points to each of them.
"There will be no homework assignments today. When everyone goes back, think carefully about how to defeat the red hat."
The next Defense Against the Dark Arts class will probably be a practical class, which will involve confronting these red hats who are lurking and waiting for an opportunity to attack.
It's not boring at all, and the students are looking forward to next week's class.
"Of course you have to use the coma spell!" Seamus walked out of the storage room and suddenly pulled out his wand.
"Just wait, I will definitely knock them all over!"
This posture was so impressive that Dean next to him couldn't help but gesture with him.
After making a fuss, the two of them met in the activity room to practice.
Vincent, who secretly used the time turner to attend arithmetic divination class, was surrounded by the little lions as soon as he came back.
The party is no longer important and they don't want to embarrass themselves in practical class.
"No problem, I just don't have anything to do on the weekend."