The Hungarian Treetopsaurus, the Hesidian Islands Black Dragon, and the Ukrainian Ironbelly are all fire dragons with extremely strong physical strength.
Just when the professors at the observatory were using magic to defend the iron bellies, a Hungarian Tree Peak Dragon and two Hesidian Islands Black Dragons suddenly crashed into the edge of the tower!
The castle was shaken violently!
This is the highest point of the entire school, which is equivalent to a slender individual extending from the main body of the castle, so the defense is not that strong.
The shaking ground caused most of the professors who were maintaining the universal spell-removing spells to lose their footing. Two or three fell to the ground on the spot, and a few staggered a few steps. Naturally, they could not continue to cast spells in their hands.
It was precisely this gap they exposed that the fanatical dragon breath finally broke through the blue obstacle!
The golden-red flames swept across the entire astronomical tower in an instant, and the blazing heat made the professors who were first hit by such an impact couldn't help but scream.
Alecto's robe was on fire, and she screamed like a rolling ball, trying to escape from the astronomical tower in the flames.
However, before she could even run to the door, a bright red spell hit her!
"Heart-breaking and bone-cutting!"
The astronomy tower, which was in a state of panic, instantly became quiet because of this spell. Every professor present looked in disbelief at Little Barty, who was holding up his wand to cast a spell on his colleagues.
Little Barty's expression was as ferocious and cold as ever.
Alecto screamed wildly under his torture, but he stepped on her fat face without mercy, then raised his head and looked at everyone present.
"I warn you, don't forget your identity! You are the master's servants, and you should protect his property at all costs! This castle is the most precious thing of the master. If it is destroyed in the hands of these beasts,
Then without him taking action, I will kill you all first! Then I will commit suicide to apologize to him! Even if this castle is going to be destroyed, we must die before the castle collapses!!!"
Little Barty roared like a madman.
Everyone present knew that he was not joking. This wizard's worship of Voldemort had reached a pathological level. Otherwise, how could a normal person kill his parents for an outsider?
As a confidant, Barty Jr. knows the importance of Hogwarts Castle to Voldemort better than anyone else. His words are not threatening. If it really comes to that level, then he will definitely
Do what you say and let everyone in the castle die before this school collapses!
His cruel words shocked everyone present. Looking at Alecto who was still lying on the ground moaning, everyone temporarily gave up the idea of escaping from the observatory, even the professor whose body was already ignited by the dragon's breath.
They all hurriedly extinguished the flames on their bodies, then turned around and pointed the wands in their hands at the fire dragons in the sky who were accumulating power for the next wave of attacks.
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Inside the castle, the entire Hogwarts was in chaos.
Luckily for pure-blood students, they have dedicated lounge administrators and even three house elves dedicated to serving them.
So when the fire dragon attacked the castle, these pure-blood students were quickly led to a safe auditorium. Unless the entire castle collapsed, they would not be in any danger.
The mixed-race students were not so lucky. Their dean, Greengrass, was still in the astronomy tower, and there was no administrator responsible for their safety.
These people could only scurry around the castle like headless flies, and finally returned to the lounge in panic and fear under the leadership of their prefects.
But it is not safe here. The lounge for mixed-race students is in a separate tower. It is very likely that it is also the target of some fire dragon attacks. In order to enter the castle, these guys are looking around for a way to break through the fortress.
A passage for them to enter and exit.
Only the auditorium is the safest, because if anything bad happens, the students here can escape from the castle in the shortest time, and if that happens, the mixed-race hiding in the lounge
There is only a dead end for students.
As for the "Mudbloods" who were locked into the basement as soon as dinner was over, no one cared at all. But their current situation was actually very safe, and no dragon could want to dig a tunnel out from them.
Break into the castle.
In addition to the students, the professors in the castle were also in great confusion.
Amycus followed Barty Jr.'s orders and continuously summoned the other remaining professors to fight back against the fire dragons that were attacking the castle. He also ordered the Auror leaders stationed in the school to go to the astronomy tower immediately.
Go for reinforcements.
The attacks of these dragons were not concentrated, but Little Barty and the others faced the greatest pressure in the astronomical tower.
But even if they organized all the forces in the castle, the professors and the Aurors who stayed here only had more than thirty people in total. When facing these fire dragons, there was no way for two people to deal with one!
Fire dragons have never been an easy target to deal with. Even the most professional dragon trainers or dragon slayers in America require the cooperation of at least five people to defeat them one by one and easily control the number of dragons or kill them.
They train them.
At this time, regardless of whether the people in Hogwarts Castle have professional knowledge related to dealing with dragons, they are naturally at a disadvantage just in terms of numbers.
So this battle to defend Hogwarts Castle is very difficult for them.
At the same moment when the fire dragon launched an attack on the castle, on the fourth floor of the castle, in a secret passage, Hermione was holding the Marauder's Map and carefully observing every move of everyone in the school.
She saw that most of the professors and Auror guards were heading to the astronomy tower. The names of the professors were crowded on the tower, and their positions were constantly changing. It seemed that the scene was very chaotic.
The students have all taken shelter in suitable places, and Hogwarts Castle now looks emptyer than at any other time!
Hermione didn't know exactly what happened, but the dragon roars coming from outside from time to time, and the castle that was already shaking, made her guess almost instantly that something must have happened during the game in the Forbidden Forest, and such an accident
There is a great possibility that it has something to do with Jon.
This is not because she knows anything, but because she has absolute confidence and trust in Jon.
Hermione didn't know what the situation was like outside and who was benefiting from the situation, but what she knew was that this was simply her best opportunity to take action in the castle!
At this time, no one would notice what was happening in the castle, because the professors did not have enough manpower, and there was no way to send more people to patrol the castle.
Moreover, the noise caused by the fire dragon was so loud that it could completely cover up some of the preparations Hermione had to do next, giving Hermione, who had been waiting in this secret passage for a long time, finally a chance to go out.
"Fox, don't sleep, we have to get ready to go out."
The little girl whispered to the phoenix on her shoulder.
At this time, Fox also opened his pale golden eyes and opened his sharp beak, as if he was yawning.
After making sure that everything was safe outside, Hermione didn't hesitate at all. She straightened a small satchel on her body, held her wand in one hand and the Marauder's Map in the other, and walked out of the secret passage wearing an invisibility cloak.
There was no one in the corridor, but it didn't seem quiet. The surrounding walls and ground were shaking from time to time, and the roar of the dragon outside was shaking people's eardrums.
Hermione's steps were fast.
She didn't know how much time it would take for the professors and Aurors to deal with these fire dragons. She could only prepare for the worst and give herself twenty minutes.
She must quickly eliminate all wrong options within these twenty minutes. Even if she still can't gain anything today, she must verify all the objects that Mr. Slytherin and Professor Dumbledore suspected at the beginning.
Along the stairs, she did not slow down and ran downstairs quickly, arriving at the first floor.
After walking down the stairs, her hands and feet began to relax, because the pure-blood students were gathered in the auditorium, where there was an administrator and many house elves guarding there. Hermione had to be careful about what they discovered.
There was movement.
But as she walked along the corridor to the left, she saw that she was getting farther and farther away from the auditorium, and after making sure that there was no one else around, she started walking again and even started to jog all the way.
The shoes she wore were specially cast by Dumbledore for her, which could greatly eliminate the sound caused by the contact between the soles and the ground. Unless they were standing very close to her, no one would be able to notice it.
Fox stood firmly on her shoulders and could even open his wings slightly to help her hold up the invisibility cloak she was wearing to prevent the clothes, which seemed to be made of water, from accidentally slipping off her body.
Soon, Hermione came to the area assigned to her by Slytherin, and the girls' bathroom where she last discovered the faucet with the snake-shaped mark was also in this area.
Only this time, Hermione did not choose to enter the bathroom directly. Instead, she wandered along the corridor in this area, while constantly making a slightly hoarse and unpleasant hissing sound from her mouth.
The sound she made was not quiet, but it was all covered up by the movement outside the castle. There were no other people around, and no one could hear that there was a little girl here imitating the cry of a snake.
After three or four minutes of this attempt, nothing unusual happened in response to Hermione.
Hermione was not disappointed. She left here immediately, ran towards the stairs again, and climbed up to the upper floors until she came to the corridor on the seventh floor.
This place is undoubtedly emptier. Not to mention this floor, there is no one on even the three nearby floors.
Wearing the invisibility cloak, Hermione quickly crossed the restricted area that was an absolute limit for others in the castle, and finally stood in front of an office door.
This place is no stranger to her. More than a year ago, it was here that she personally caught Jon, who had just finished killing the basilisk. It was here that she truly got to know the man who claimed to be "Dumbledore's professor."
boy.
Now he has indeed become a professor, but it is Durmstrang's.
Revisiting her old place didn't make Hermione think too much. She knew very clearly how important the mission she had was.
Arriving at the door of the principal's office, Hermione opened the door and walked in.
Although Jon had broken into this place once and taken away things that represented the foundation of this school, Voldemort would definitely strengthen its defensive measures in the future.
She just touched Fox's smooth feathers, and then the entire body of the phoenix turned into a golden light.
The light lasted for a long time, and Fox did not disappear directly like the previous Apparition. The castle was deliberately deepened with anti-Apparition magic, so that Fox could not directly and successfully Apparate so easily.
But just two or three minutes later, the golden-red light disappeared from Hermione's shoulders, and then Hermione stood in front of the door of the principal's office, making that "hissing" sound again.
There seemed to be a burst of movement in the principal's room, but the sound soon disappeared again.
Hermione didn't show any impatience, she just waited quietly.
This wait did not last long, and soon Fox's golden light lit up around her again.
After Fox came back, he was obviously more embarrassed than before he went in. His feathers were a little messy, but his pale golden eyes were still bright.
After coming back, it shook its head at Hermione, which made Hermione feel a little discouraged.
This was the last place they could guess, and they still found nothing. Although Professor Dumbledore would certainly not blame her, Hermione herself also felt a sense of frustration.
However, just when she was about to turn around and leave here, returning to the secret passage, something flashed in her mind that Jon had once mentioned to her while chatting with her on the Hogwarts.
She suddenly became a little excited, but quickly took a deep breath to calm down. Then without any hesitation, she walked straight towards the eighth floor. It didn't take long to find the place according to the impression in her memory.
There is a tapestry here, and what is painted on the tapestry is a funny scene of a giant monster hitting a ballet teacher with a wooden stick.
Opposite this tapestry, there is a blank wall.
Hermione took a deep breath, and stood in front of the wall just as Jon had told him to do, walking back and forth while thinking in her mind.
"I want a room that leads to the Slytherin Chamber!"