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Chapter 701 Before the war

boom!

A bolt of thunder landed on the protective shield outside Hogwarts. The protective shield, which had been crumbling during the previous bombing, finally reached its limit, and finally turned into little pieces and disappeared in the air under the expectant eyes of everyone.

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But its existence is not meaningless. It buys valuable time for the teachers and students of Hogwarts.

The moment Hogwarts was invaded, Professor McGonagall was awakened. She stood up from the bed in her dormitory, got dressed faster than expected, and came to the window.

She looked at the firelight at the school gate with a solemn expression.

Dumbledore activated the defenses of Hogwarts before leaving and set up defenses around the castle, but these methods could only delay and could not be defended for a long time, so she had to make a decision now.

Professor McGonagall walked to the door of the dormitory and raised her wand. The next moment, three silver cats with spectacle-shaped markings around their eyes popped out from the tip of her wand. They were Professor McGonagall's patron saints. These three cats

The patron saint ran back quickly, casting a silver light on the corridor.

Professor McGonagall wants to contact the other three deans to discuss the plan.

After the three patron saints ran away, Professor McGonagall suddenly remembered that the other two magic schools seemed to have been affected, so she gave Beauxbatons and Durmstrang a patron saint each.

After doing this, Professor McGonagall quietly waited for the arrival of the dean and principals, and secretly calculated in his heart how many cards he had left.

After weighing the pros and cons, Professor McGonagall had her own idea, and the deans also rushed over.

A soft footsteps sounded in the corridor. Professor McGonagall looked towards the sound and found that it was Snape.

"Someone is invading Hogwarts, and we need to do something." Professor McGonagall said.

"Of course." Snape just said this and then fell silent. He was waiting for the other two deans.

Soon, Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout came outside Professor McGonagall's office.

"Minerva...Severus...what happened?" Professor Flitwick ran out of breath.

"Hogwarts has been invaded."

The two of them immediately gasped.

"Where is Professor Dumbledore?" Flitwick asked in a high voice. "What if Albus -"

"He is in the Ministry of Magic now." Snape gave the answer, "He is carrying out his own plan."

Flitwick immediately frowned, and Professor Sprout next to him said solemnly: "Then we need to wait until Albus comes back..."

"That's right, Pomona." Professor McGonagall glanced at her friend, "I think the common rooms of each college should be sealed off. If there are students who are willing to come out to fight, only senior students should be allowed to participate."

"Of course." Professor McGonagall's proposal was supported by all the deans.

"Hagrid, I need you to help me mobilize the magical animal tribes in the Forbidden Forest." After making arrangements for the students, Professor McGonagall looked at Hagrid, who was rushing over.

Hagrid was stunned for a moment, then turned around and headed back to the Forbidden Forest.

He didn't like to take advantage of his good friends who lived in the Forbidden Forest, but if it was to defend Hogwarts, then he was willing to go there...

As for the two principals Maxim and Karkaroff, Professor McGonagall also made arrangements for them: once the protective shield is broken, students from the two schools can evacuate immediately. The target of the invaders is Hogwarts Castle, and

We won't confront them immediately, this is their best time to evacuate.

"Okay, but I will stay here and fight side by side with you." Mrs. Maxim did not hesitate, and made the decision after just thinking for a moment. She wanted to stay in Hogwarts with some adult students to help Hogwarts.

Gwartz's teachers and students guard the school.

As for the reason? If you get the right way, you will get a lot of help, if you don’t get the right way, you will get little help, that’s it.

Mrs. Maxim's statement made Karkaroff's face turn green: Olim, you do know how to do favors! But what should I do?

Karkaroff felt that Madame Maxime must have been kicked in the head by her pegasus. How about returning home quickly? Karkaroff is a man who can’t even protect Durmstrang. How can he stay?

Why don't you come down and fight for the people of Hogwarts? You're the only one who knows how to sell favors, right?

Wait, selling favors?

Karkaroff understood.

This is Albus Dumbledore's school, so what do you have to worry about when he's here?

"Where is Professor Dumbledore?" However, out of caution, he still asked about Dumbledore's whereabouts.

"He's not here."

"He's not here? This is his school!" Karkaroff became anxious upon hearing this: Hogwarts' strongest combat force is actually missing? This group can't fight! It's not suitable to stay here for a long time.

Professor McGonagall glanced at Karkaroff's arms, which were well covered by his robes. His gaze seemed to be warm and burned Karkaroff, making him feel uncomfortable.

"He is fighting that person." Professor McGonagall said coldly.

Karkaroff suddenly trembled. He could no longer care about his appearance. The enemies were Voldemort and Death Eaters. Is there anything else to say? Hurry and run.

Karkaroff had only one idea: to sail away.

So he didn't even bother to say a few words to Professor McGonagall, and ran towards Durmstrang's ship without looking back.

Madame Maxime looked at Karkaroff's back with disdain, then turned and told Professor McGonagall that she would be back in a moment.

"Thank you very much." Professor McGonagall said from the bottom of her heart. Without stopping, she headed directly to Gryffindor Tower. As the Vice-Principal of Hogwarts, she had too many things to do.

At this time, the common rooms of the major colleges in Hogwarts were already in a state of panic.

The generals and Purifiers made a lot of noise outside, waking up many young wizards from their dreams. Not long after they woke up, they learned of such a sudden bolt from the blue.

Everyone fell into a brief panic, but the deans quickly stabilized everyone's emotions.

"Hogwarts Castle was built for war," Professor Sprout looked at the Hufflepuff students gathered in front of him and patiently reassured them: "The structure of the castle is extremely complex, and the entrance to the lounge is...

Hidden by clever magic, intruders cannot get in."

The four founders of Hogwarts considered the possibility of Hogwarts being invaded when they built the castle, so they made the structure of the castle extremely complex. It was so complex that it might take a week for freshmen to complete it after they enroll.

Know the way back to the common room. The stairs here will move everywhere, and there may be a secret door under each mural. Even the students who have been here for seven years do not dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they have mastered most of the information.

Secret passage.…

These are all protective measures prepared for war.

As for the entrance to the common room, it is perfectly hidden. For thousands of years, only the students of Hufflepuff House have known the location. The entrance to the Hufflepuff common room is hidden in a pile of wine barrels. Gryffindor rests

The Fat Lady at the entrance to the room looks like an ordinary mural from the outside. The entrances to the Ravenclaw and Slytherin lounges are a little more conspicuous, but they are not exaggerated to the extent of having signs and slogans.

They are all hidden in some corner of the castle.

I don’t know what the reason is, even if the entrance to the Gryffindor lounge is opened, you still have to crawl in through the passage behind it. During this period, if a petrification spell is cast... so the common rooms of each college are actually closed.

It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as the little wizards keep calm, they can survive this disaster in the lounge safely.

After Sprout finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the common room. After a while, Cedric squeezed to the front and broke the silence. He asked: "Professor, we can't do anything

If you don’t do anything, just let those invaders walk freely on the land of Hogwarts?”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately became excited. As if they had found a backbone, the Hufflepuff students vented their emotions in all directions.

Students are quite dissatisfied with the invasion of outsiders.

Professor Sprout used a lot of effort to get the students to quiet down.

"Children in the upper grades can go out with me - those who are not yet in the upper grades can go back to their dormitories and rest. Everything will be back to normal tomorrow morning!"

Some Badger Academy students who were not senior students showed unwilling expressions.

The scenes in the other three houses were not much different from what happened in the Hufflepuff common room. It was just a question of whether there were more or less people willing to stand up to defend Hogwarts.

The students of Slytherin House were very obedient and went back to their dormitories to rest. Some senior students in Ravenclaw who met the age limit stood up and were willing to defend the sovereignty of Hogwarts with the professors. As for the Ravenclaw students,

Llanffindor...

"Go back here!" Professor McGonagall's pupils narrowed as she looked at the sea of ​​people in front of her.

More than half of the students in Gryffindor were willing to come out to fight the invaders. If the scope was expanded to third-year students and above, the proportion would be even more alarming. Professor McGonagall had no choice but to forcibly expel those students who had joined the team but were under age.

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"Colin Creevey, get out! And you, Longbottom... Fred—"

"Professor, I am a sixth-year student!" Fred shouted dissatisfied, "I am not qualified for the Triwizard Tournament. Are you still not qualified?"

"If you were more mature, I wouldn't think that you two are still children." Professor McGonagall sent Fred back to the fighting team.

This made the twin brothers beam with excitement - it doesn't matter if they missed the Triwizard Tournament, they will not miss the Battle of Hogwarts!

The senior students lined up in a long line and walked out of the common room under the admiration and envy of their junior students. They will gather in the auditorium and wait for the next instructions from the professors...

There was also chaos in Durmstrang's ship and Beauxbatons' carriage. Madame Maxime announced her plan loudly and quickly determined the list of people who were willing to stay, including Fleur Delacour.

, a total of five Beauxbatons students were willing to stay and participate in the war, which surprised Madam Maxime.

"Isn't it our duty to help each other? And after all, we have been taken care of by them for nearly a school year." Fleur said in a normal tone, as if she was talking about an insignificant matter.

"Very good." Mrs. Maxim was very happy. She was quite worried that no student would respond to her. Fortunately, her children did not disappoint her.

Compared to the excitement in various colleges and Beauxbatons, the atmosphere on the Durmstrang ship was very bad.

"Professor Karkaroff, why did you wake us up in the middle of the night and sail the ship?" Krum looked puzzled. He stared at his principal with his falcon-like eyes, waiting for a

reply.

"Viktor, my dear Viktor, someone is attacking Hogwarts, and it is no longer safe here. I want to bring you back to Durmstrang safely. This is my responsibility as the principal.

Obligation." Karkaroff had already thought of his words on the way back to the ship, and it was natural that he would move out in a high-sounding way at this time.

"Are we leaving like this? What should the teachers and students of Hogwarts do?" Krum's thick eyebrows knitted together.

"That's Dumbledore's business, hurry up and weigh the anchor!" Karkaroff calmed Krum patiently, and then urged other students to start the boat.

As long as the big ship is launched, he can take the students back to Durmstrang. Next, he will have to learn more about the situation here...

It's just that he failed to escape last time. Can he really escape this time? Karkaroff suddenly felt that his future was bleak. He could only pray that Dumbledore would win.

At the principal's order, some students moved, but Klum remained standing.

"Is there anything else?" The busy figures of the students made Karkaroff feel much better, so he even had time to care about Krum's mental state.

"Professor, I want to stay here." Krum thought for a moment and then made a decision, "There are my friends here, and there is justice here."

Karkaroff:?

"Victor, you are crazy, you will die here!" He lowered his voice, almost roaring at Krum.

"I know."

"But you still want to go?" Karkaroff stared at Krum, as if he had met this student the first day.

Krum responded silently.

"Get out, hurry up and get out!" Karkaroff waved his hand fiercely, almost hitting Krum's chin, "Don't delay the sailing."

Krum left. Several of his close friends disembarked with him.

As soon as they arrived at the edge of the Black Lake, they saw their alma mater's boat sinking little by little.

A short wizard shrugged his shoulders, looked at Krum and asked: "How are we going to go back after this battle? We don't know where the school is."

"Let's survive first." Krum didn't want to think about this problem...

Krum took his friends to the Great Hall of Hogwarts. When they entered, there were already many people here.

Sprout, Flitwick and McGonagall each led their students to stand in the auditorium. Madame Maxime and her students also occupied a small space. Only Snape stood alone in the corner.

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"Professor Snape, where are your students?" Looking at Snape alone, Mrs. Maxim was a little confused. "If they have other arrangements, it would be better to let us know in advance, so that -"

Mrs. Maxim subconsciously thought that the students of Slytherin House had some special mission, so she did not appear in the auditorium.

However, after hearing what Madam Maxime said, Snape's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He came here alone not because there was a big chess game to be played, but simply because no student from Slytherin House was willing to come out to protect Hogwarts.

Madame Maxime's face also became strange: Even the French are willing to fight on the soil of Hogwarts, but no one from the huge Slytherin House is willing to come out?

Snape:......

Stop talking, stop talking!

Normally, Professor McGonagall would definitely have to take a dig at this "old enemy", but now was not the time for a verbal spat. She briefly explained the division of tasks, and then asked everyone to start preparing for the war.

Professor McGonagall's method of play is very simple: professors take their students to occupy key positions to block the enemy. As for the advantageous combat positions, they are naturally the three towers of Ravenclaw Tower, Astronomy Tower and Gryffindor Tower.

It has a wide field of vision and can cast magic from a high position.

It’s no wonder that she couldn’t come up with a more precise strategy. The main reason is that everyone really has no experience in large-scale combat.

"Mandrake, devil's net..." Professor Sprout muttered and left. She was looking for magical plants that could be used in war. She would fight with her students on Gryffindor Tower.

Professor Flitwick also left. He wanted to personally guard Ravenclaw Tower. He left in a hurry because he remembered some exquisite spells that could be arranged in the school playground in advance to provide some obstacles to the invading enemies.

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Professor McGonagall was not idle either. She pulled out her wand and shouted: "Stone Dun is out!"

The whole castle seemed to come alive, and the sound of rumbling echoed throughout Hogwarts.

The armors that were originally only used as decorations in the corridor jumped off their pedestals and rushed toward the auditorium.

"Hogwarts is under threat, it's time for you to fulfill your obligations!" Professor McGonagall shouted: "Guard Hogwarts and destroy the invading enemies!"

A large number of armors and sculptures came to her, and then passed by her. They were about the same size as a real person, holding various weapons in their hands. As for the animal-shaped sculptures, they were even more diverse and varied.

One of the sculptures of a knight riding a hippogriff caught Professor McGonagall's attention because she had never seen such a thing before.

Professor McGonagall didn't recognize the thing until it got closer.

"Yordel, what are you doing?"

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