Chapter 73: Final Battle with Lupin

Under the fur that looked tough and thick, there was a strong human-shaped body with bulging muscles. Just by looking at it effortlessly climbing the window sill with one hand and jumping to the roof of the building next to it, you can know that the hidden power is absolutely explosive.

Supported by pure physical strength, the figure jumped high and fell heavily, constantly leaping on the spires of the castle, and leaped straight towards Xie Lin.

A little closer, even its face could be seen clearly - it was a hideous and terrifying wolf head, and it roared from time to time.

Xie Lin sighed, and regardless of Blake's reaction, he ran straight to the werewolf. Normally, werewolves would not attack animals, so its target was obviously himself.

As Xie Ling ran, his mind was racing through various spells and tactics, and he did not forget to observe the surrounding environment, keeping all the environmental factors in mind - today the moon was full and cloudless, the light was abundant, and there was no chill in the air. This place was close to the forbidden forest, and the grass was covered with black clay, which was suitable for plant growth...

When the distance between the two was less than three feet, the werewolf flew up. The werewolf's jumping ability was really no joke, and it covered the three-foot distance in one leap. Xie Ling raised his wand calmly, pointed at the werewolf and said "Clear water like a spring", and a high-pressure water column like a fire hydrant water gun sprayed out from the tip of the wand, hitting the werewolf's body head-on, and shooting the werewolf away in mid-air!

The werewolf fell on the grass a few feet away, and when he wanted to stand up, he found that what was poured on him was not pure water, but a sticky liquid similar to a strong paste - this was the "sticky spell" created by Xie Ling by adjusting the viscosity of the liquid in the water-making spell!

Xie Ling performed the next combo smoothly. He pointed his magic wand at the ground and performed Transfiguration. Under the grass was black clay, suitable for turning into a swamp!

Just as the werewolf was still trying to free his body from the paste, he found that his body was sinking rapidly. The more he struggled, the faster he sank. He let out a long howl, bent his body to slow down the sinking speed, and grabbed the dry land around him to try to climb out of the swamp.

Xie Ling would not give him this opportunity. He saw the magic wand in his hand shaking rapidly. Black clay is also suitable for the growth of plants. Dark green vines suddenly emerged from the swamp, as thick as an adult's arm. Under Xie Ling's control, the vines tied up the werewolf in circles until only the head of the werewolf was exposed.

Poor werewolf, he couldn't even move a finger.

Schelling knew from the beginning that the werewolf's skin had a strong anti-magic effect, so he had no intention of casting a spell on the werewolf directly, but used Transfiguration to physically bind it. Now it seems that this tactic is indeed effective.

Schelling turned his head and looked in the direction of Black, only to find that the black dog had disappeared at some point.

The noise caused by this battle was actually not big, after all, Schelling did not use any powerful magic. Although the wolf's howl was loud, it did not attract the attention of the professors, after all, it was no secret that there were wolves in the Forbidden Forest.

Schelling first fired a red spark into the sky, then cast the Invisible Apparition Charm and secretly rushed to Hagrid's hut. In the middle, he passed by Hagrid. Hagrid probably saw his signal and rushed to check what happened.

Outside Hagrid's hut, Schelling saw Buckbeak tied to a pillar. Schelling gained Buckbeak's trust in the way taught in class, and then turned it into the suitcase space.

Schelling also sneaked into the hut, first vandalizing and making a mess inside to create signs of burglary, and then took away all the unicorn tail hair hanging on the wall that Hagrid used as a bandage. This is a valuable item. A small handful of unicorn tail hair is worth 10 Galleons, and the amount Schelling took away is at least worth more than 100 Galleons. Anyway, it would be a waste to leave it with Hagrid.

[Unicorn tail hair obtained! 】

(Note: There is a bug in the original book. Slughorn said that unicorn tail hair is 10 Galleons per wand, but the wand made of unicorn tail hair is only sold for 7 Galleons, so the price of unicorn tail hair is changed to 10 Galleons per small handful, which is about 5 strands)

It is estimated that at this time, the professors who saw the red sparks have rushed to the location of the werewolf. Schelling has no confidence that his invisibility magic can hide from Dumbledore. In order to avoid Dumbledore who might find him, Schelling made a detour and returned to the castle from another secret passage, and then quietly returned to the dormitory without alerting anyone.

[Hippogriff Buckbeak is obtained! ]

At breakfast time the next day, Professor Lupin did not appear at the professor's seat. The young wizards talked about it, but no one knew what happened.

On the contrary, another thing aroused the interest of the young wizards. The hippogriff named "Buckbeak" that attacked Brays disappeared. It is said that Hagrid's cabin was burglarized and the thief also stole Buckbeak.

The Ministry of Magic specially sent officials to investigate. They suspected that Hagrid had secretly released it, but after searching the castle and the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest without any results, several officials decided to give up and leave. After all, no one really cared about the life or death of a hippogriff.

After Hermione heard about this incident, she knew that Sherlin had taken action, and sent a thank-you card to Sherrin. Although there was only the word "thank you" on the thank-you card, Sherrin knew that this was because the cautious Hermione did not want to write anything in the letter. There is too much information leaked about this matter.

Schelling is more concerned about Professor Lupine turning into a werewolf.

He knew that Professor Lupine regularly took the Wolfsbane potion prepared for him by Snape every month, so Dumbledore could rest assured that he would teach in the school without endangering the students. And Banban’s early appearance is also very strange.

Putting the two things together, it is not difficult to guess that Peter Pettigrew had tampered with the Wolfsbane potion, and then appeared at that place at the right time to seduce Black, so that Black would have a fight with Lupine, who had turned into a werewolf. .

Generally speaking, werewolves will not attack Animagus, but Black should be an exception. With Lupine's hatred for Black, even if he turns into a werewolf, he will attack because of his subconscious hatred. Thinking about it this way, the whole story makes sense.

Xie Lin didn't know what caused the change from the original plot, but he didn't care too much about it. He had long made up his mind to face Voldemort on his own strength - that guy would definitely come back, With or without Peter Pettigrew, the outcome would probably be similar.

However, he needs to remind himself not to rely too much on the benefits of predicting the plot, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.

February is over.

The first Saturday in March was the Quidditch match between Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Hufflepuff, who had no hope of winning the championship, seemed to have lost all fighting spirit in this game and was severely crushed by Slytherin - Draco caught the Golden Snitch when the team led by 100 points.

This allowed Slytherin to achieve a record of winning two games, with a net victory of 300 points (50 points against Ravenclaw and 250 points against Hufflepuff), leading the second place team. Gryffindor 200 points. In other words, if Gryffindor wants to win the championship, it must defeat Slytherin with a net score of 210. This is an almost impossible task!

Nothing happened in March in the original novel. Xie Lin, who originally thought that he would spend March in an ordinary way, received a very unexpected letter on this day.

There was only a place and time on the letter. There was no signature at the bottom, but a scarab was drawn on it. Schelling had already guessed the identity of the writer.

At midnight, Schelling cast an invisible phantom spell on himself, sneaked out of the castle, and met the person who wrote a letter asking him to come out on the outside of the Forbidden Forest - the seventh-grade prefect Gemma Farley.

In the dense forest, Gemma stood alone in the shadow under the tree. Xie Lin couldn't see the expression on her face clearly in the darkness, but he was able to make her go through so much trouble to get him here in the middle of the night. Obviously it couldn't be for trivial matters, let alone a secret tryst with him. Well, the latter sentence was because Xie Lin was overthinking it.

Gemma was very alert. When Xie Lin came closer, Gemma had already raised her wand and shouted softly: "Who is it?"

"Don't be nervous, it's me." Sherin replied in a low voice, and Gemma put down the wand. "What's going on? You've made yourself so mysterious in the middle of the night," Xie Lin rolled his eyes, and on a whim, he teased her and said, "Gemma, are you really planning to date me here?" A tryst?"

Gemma seemed to have lost her joking mood, and did not respond to Xie Lin's teasing, but looked serious. She frowned, as if trying to organize her words, and then said, "Xie Lin, have you ever heard of the student organization 'Ghost Society'?"

Xie Lin thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, what's wrong?"

Gemma explained: "So - what about the 'Knight of Walpurgis'?"

Xie Lin always had a calm and calm expression on his face, but at this moment he had to frown: "Could you be talking about the predecessor of the Death Eaters?"

Gemma nodded, "That's the organization. Most people think that this organization was founded by a mysterious person during his student years. The purpose is to recruit soldiers in Hogwarts so that they can join the Death Eaters after graduation. However, the fact is On the other hand, the name of the Knights of Walpurgis has a much longer history. If you have to count it, it can be traced back to the period of Grindelwald, the other Dark Lord... This is an organization similar to the fanatical belief in 'pure blood supremacy'. It is somewhat religious in nature. Its members come from various European countries and are all the oldest pure-blood families in the area. When Grindelwald was in trouble, this organization sent people to join the Saints and strengthened the Saints..."

Schelling drew inferences and said, "So, when Grindelwald fell, the Walpurgis Knights returned to hiding in the dark until the mysterious man rose up and sent people to join the Death Eaters again? So let's put it that way. , both Dark Lords were used as guns?"

Gemma nodded solemnly, and the two of them were relatively silent for a moment.

Xie Lin swallowed to moisten his dry throat, and then asked: "So - what does this Walpurgis Knights have to do with the Ghost Society you want to talk about?"

"When the mysterious man recruited soldiers in Hogwarts, he used the name of the Knights of Walpurgis. Perhaps he felt that this name did not match his terror, so after graduation he gave his forces another name, the Death Eaters. However, the name of the Knights of Walpurgis was passed down in Hogwarts and became the code name of a mysterious underground student organization. Under the suppression of two principals, Armando Dippet and Albus Dumbledore, the organization was destroyed on the surface, but it survived privately, but changed its name to the Ghost Society, and the whole style became more low-key and mysterious."

"So, you can also understand that the Knights of Walpurgis is the predecessor of the Ghost Society. It's just that the Ghost Society has a smaller number of people and is more The confidentiality is even stricter. As far as I know, they are now only recruiting students above the fifth grade, and only those who are at the top of their academic performance and come from pure-blood families can be invited... Joining the Ghost Club will receive personal guidance from the leader and gain powerful power..."

(Note: The Knights of Walpurgis is an official setting, which was mentioned by Rowling in an interview with IIGHT in 2003. It is the predecessor of the Death Eaters, but the author feels that the title of the Knights is really incompatible with the evil student organization, so it was privately renamed the Ghost Club)

Sherin nodded to show that he understood. To put it bluntly, it is a student organization that specializes in studying and spreading black magic, using the powerful power of black magic to lure students to fall and go to the path predetermined by the organization, such as quasi-saints, quasi-Death Eaters, etc.

But, somehow, Sherin suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. Gemma came to him to talk about these things, which meant that it was definitely related to him. When thinking about his style of winning over half-blood wizards and Muggle wizards in the past two semesters, it is not difficult to imagine that the Ghost Club, which is fanatical about "pure blood supremacy", wants to deal with him.

Just as he was about to speak to confirm this, he suddenly found something wrong, and the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger, "Gemma, if this organization is as mysterious as you said, how did you know about it? Could it be that..."

Gemma's face finally showed a trace of bitterness, and she nodded, "You guessed right, I am a member of the Ghost Society. What you did in Slytherin has violated the interests of the pure-blood diehards. Someone asked our leader to send someone to deal with you, and that person is me!"

After discussing with several readers, it was decided not to change the translation of Aberforth Dumbledore, and continue to use the official translation. The biggest reason why the author wanted to change it earlier was that the names of the two brothers Aberforth and Albus were too similar, and it was easy for the author to type it wrong and the readers to read it wrong. However, since everyone doesn't like it, forget it, but I will make it clear that this is the only one and it will not happen again.