The result after discussion between Professor McGonagall and others was to divide the most powerful professors and volunteers into several teams to guard the entrances of several schools, while teams composed of students patrolled each floor of the castle in pairs.
I have to say that this is the most reasonable arrangement under the current circumstances. The professors with the strongest combat effectiveness are placed in the most dangerous places, while students with lower levels of skills are placed in relatively safe floors.
.Theoretically, if there are really intruders, they must pass through the professors' defense before they can reach the students who come to help.
Soon Professor McGonagall began to allocate personnel specifically. Ryan and Hermione were assigned to the seventh floor, while Malfoy and Pansy were assigned to the eighth floor, where the Room of Requirement is located. Ryan felt that this might not be a coincidence, but
It was deliberately arranged by Snape when the professors got together to discuss it.
However, this also further confirmed that Malfoy should take action tonight. Fortunately, Ryan was assigned to the seventh floor this time. For him, this is the best place tonight, just right to monitor what Malfoy is doing.
What.
"Okay, you can all take your places now. I think tonight will be a peaceful night that is not much different from before. It just requires everyone to be a little more tired." When everyone went to their patrol positions, Professor McGonagall said to everyone
Speaking of.
"I really hope it will be peaceful tonight, but I don't think it will be like this." Ryan said to Hermione through the Phoenix Brand as they stepped onto the grand staircase to the seventh floor.
"Is Malfoy's conspiracy about to succeed?" Careful Hermione had already observed the changes in Malfoy's state before, and now she knew the truth immediately when Ryan mentioned it. "I want to see what you have been bragging about for most of the semester.
How effective is the trap?"
"Just watch." Ryan seemed confident, "I will surprise those intruders."
Because the two of them were walking faster, Malfoy and the others had not yet come up when they reached the seventh floor. So Ryan motioned to Hermione to look at the stairs for him, and then he ran to the eighth floor and placed it on the vase next to the tapestry.
Several alchemy monitors he made by himself. After everything was ready and he went down to the seventh floor, Malfoy and Pansy slowly walked up from the stairs.
After seeing Ryan and Hermione standing in the corridor of the seventh floor, Pansy made an expression as if she saw chewing gum stuck on the soles of her shoes and twitched her lips, as if she wanted to say something sarcastic. However, Malfoy pulled her sharply and walked upstairs.
go.
Less than five minutes after Malfoy went upstairs, a small badge on Ryan's body vibrated, which meant that there was only one person left in the corridor on the eighth floor. Ryan immediately pulled Hermione and pointed to the stairs upstairs.
, Hermione nodded to express her understanding. Then the two of them ran upstairs along the stairs.
Pansy was looking nervously down at the stairs at this time. After seeing Ryan and the others, her face suddenly turned pale, and then she said in a sharp tone, "You two mudbloods shouldn't come up now, tonight
You shouldn’t come here, I’m warning you—”
But before she could finish her words, Hermione pulled out her wand and waved it at her without any warning. A red beam flew directly towards Pansy, but when the beam came close, Pansy's body
A white barrier suddenly popped up in front of the beam, neutralizing the attack.
Just when Pansy raised her chin slightly and was about to say something with a smile, Hermione's left hand with the ring suddenly made a fist, and the white barrier immediately shattered like glass, and then another coma
The curse hit her chest. Pansy's knees immediately gave way and she fell forward, then rolled down the stairs to the seventh floor platform before stopping.
"Don't the Weasley twins care about people when they sell things?" Hermione stepped forward and walked to Pansy's side and rolled up the sleeve of her left hand. Ryan immediately saw a copper bracelet on her hand.
It should be one of the dozens of bracelets sold in the store before.
"No way, this kind of low-end bracelet won't be sold with too much investigation before it is sold. And we also know that most of the people who can spend money to buy this kind of thing are purebloods. If we don't sell it to them, I guess we will
The market will be reduced by more than half." Ryan explained while looking at Hermione who was removing the bracelet and wand from Pansy.
"Okay, let's go upstairs and wait." Hermione said after collecting the loot and using magic to tie Pansy into a rice dumpling and throw it into a compartment where the brooms were kept.
The two people came upstairs and found that the corridor was empty, with no one around. So Ryan asked Hermione to help keep an eye on the exit of the Room of Requirement, while he arranged alchemy arrays at both ends of the corridor to create barriers to prevent intruders from bypassing the room.
Pass the interception and run to other places to hurt others.
After spending more than 40 minutes setting up the alchemy array, Ryan and Hermione were just about to set up enough magic traps at the door of the Room of Requirement when they heard Professor McGonagall's voice from the corridor. "Patrol personnel on all levels please hold your ground."
At our post, there are people trying to attack from the direction of the Forbidden Forest. We are confronting them at the main entrance of the castle, but there is no need to worry, the attackers should not be able to break through the castle's defense."
"Is this attracting attention?" Ryan immediately thought of this aspect. He first attacked the Ministry of Magic to attract Principal Dumbledore, and then attacked the castle entrance and dragged the professors to the first floor. It seems that this time he attacked Voldemort and his
The subordinates have spent a lot of money! This also shows from the side that the group of people brought by Malfoy will not be simple.
Maybe he could catch a big fish this time, so Ryan thought and threw a few silver badges into the corridor. Then he and Hermione hid aside and used the alchemy array to hide themselves.
The next ten minutes were pure waiting, but Professor McGonagall downstairs never lifted the alarm. Ryan thought this was probably because the number of Death Eaters coming from the direction of the Forbidden Forest was not large and their strength was not strong.
.But once they hide their bluff, Professor McGonagall and the others have no other good solution except to be vigilant at the door.
Even if Professor McGonagall and the others could guess that the people outside were attracting their attention at this time, they would not take the initiative to attack, because she did not dare to risk the safety of the entire school's students on this possibility. After all, for her, as long as she can ensure the safety of the students
Just stay there until Principal Dumbledore comes back. If she takes the initiative and the enemy lures them out and kills them before attacking Hogwarts Castle, she will definitely regret it.
After waiting in silence for more than ten minutes, a door appeared on the wall in front of Ryan and the others. Malfoy sneaked out of the door alone, with a black bruise on his face.
There was no wound before he went in. He should have been beaten just now. In addition, he also held up a disgusting withered hand. There was a candle in the withered hand, but from Ryan's perspective, the candle did not appear.
Not lit.
"What is he doing?" Hermione asked through the Phoenix Brand.
"Malfoy is observing the situation around him. He is holding the Hand of Glory. It is made from the hand of a hanged man, wrapped and soaked in mandrake or other herbs. The person holding the hand
It can be used to illuminate in the dark, but other people cannot see it. This kind of thing is a good companion for thieves or robbers, and it seems very appropriate for Malfoy to use this thing now."
At this time, Malfoy shouted in the direction of the stairs: "Pansy, Pansy, where are you?" But now that Pansy had been knocked unconscious and tied up and stuffed in the broom cupboard downstairs, it was impossible to answer his call.
.
After shouting twice, Malfoy also realized that something was wrong. He immediately turned around and prepared to run back to the Room of Requirement. However, Hermione moved faster at this time. She waved her wand and released a thin line of black mist that wrapped around Malfoy.
Fu raised the left hand of the Hand of Glory and pulled hard. Malfoy's left hand immediately fell to the ground together with the Hand of Glory.
Malfoy let out a scream, but rushed straight into the Room of Requirement without stopping.