Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

In a remote and dark alley, two wizards were walking hurriedly.

Hogsmeade is now clearly under control, easy to get in but difficult to leave.

With the Aurors' slow efficiency, some wizards have given up on leaving Hogsmeade and decided to find a place to hide in Hogsmeade.

This idea has been considered by many wizards, and many wizards do just that.

As there were more and more scattered wizards, and everyone wanted to avoid the crowded crowds, many remote streets also welcomed some people.

Some Death Eaters took advantage of their escapist mentality and hid in dark alleys to hunt them secretly.

Death Eaters are more paranoid and more powerful than ordinary wizards. When they really decide to deal with ordinary wizards, basically no one can escape.

"Darcy, are the relatives you mentioned reliable? Will they refuse to accept us?"

"Mail, this is my cousin. Today is Christmas Eve and tomorrow is Christmas. My family visits them every Christmas and they will definitely open the door for us!"

What they didn't know was that while they were chatting, a Death Eater was quietly watching them.

The Death Eater was hiding in a very clever place, on the beam of a shop not far ahead. His hands seemed to be full of stickiness, sticking his body to the wall.

He doesn't even need to wave his wand. As long as a wizard passes him and walks to the trap he designed right in front of him, the wizard will die silently.

Then the Death Eaters would come down from the rafters, bury the body, and continue to wait.

With Lin Xia's current eyesight, standing on the rooftop, she can record the panoramic view of Hogsmeade village below.

The wizards in this place disappeared many times, and she also took note of it.

She used the extrasensory spell to enhance her vision and scanned the area, but she couldn't find out how the Death Eater had caused those wizards to die silently, so she decided to come and see for herself.

This is the first stop set up by Lin Xia.

Just as the two ordinary wizards were about to walk hurriedly to the house where the Death Eaters were, suddenly, a witch's voice rang in their minds at the same time.

"Don't go any further. There is a Death Eater setting a trap for you ahead. Several wizards have been killed."

These words suddenly appeared in their minds. The two wizards were so shocked that they stopped and looked at each other in panic.

They swallowed and quickly turned and left.

At first they just walked quickly, but after a few seconds, they reacted belatedly, and quickly used their wands to cast various spells on themselves and ran out of the alley quickly.

At this time, if you blend into the large crowd, your safety can be guaranteed.

For example, in the accident that happened at the exit before, although there were Death Eaters taking advantage of the chaos to launch attack magic, they were able to quickly find someone to eliminate the attack magic.

There is strength in numbers. Many wizards have stood up. Are they still afraid of a Death Eater?
What they didn't know was that the moment they turned to leave, the Death Eaters on the beam seemed to sense something and suddenly turned their heads to look at the long alley behind them.

This is a one-way street with a turn at the end.

When the two ordinary wizards turned and left, a witch appeared at the end of the alley. She passed the corner and walked slowly towards them step by step.

Although Lin Xia advised Harry, Ron and Hermione not to confront the Death Eaters head-on, they just needed to hide in the dark and persuade ordinary wizards not to fall into the trap of the Death Eaters.

But Lin Xia didn't intend to do so.

The battlefield is in chaos now, and with her abilities, she is able to face off against ordinary Death Eaters head-on.

Coincidentally, Lin Xia also wanted to verify her current strength. Would it be difficult for her to deal with these Death Eaters without activating the magic rune-semi-immortality form?

As soon as the Death Eater saw Lin Xia, he began to tremble with excitement.

This is not fear, but extreme excitement, the excitement of meeting an opponent worthy of treatment.

As soon as the Death Eaters saw Lin Xia, they felt that she was not an ordinary wizard.

Although she looked very ordinary, whether in her attire or with her exposed wand.

But her calm expression was completely different from the group of weak and pitiful skinny dogs outside who were waiting for rescue.

Even though the Death Eater was very excited, he did not show it. Instead, he watched her quietly, watching her step by step into the trap he had carefully set.

Close, closer!

Lin Xia was only one step away from reaching the trap, and the Death Eater couldn't help but open his mouth.

As soon as she fell, he would immediately crawl on her and suck her blood!
The Death Eater thought to himself, he must taste this wizard. She is definitely different from those skinny dogs. Perhaps even the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic cannot compare to her.

He had never longed for a person's blood so much, as if some force was attracting him and making him want to get this person's blood.

The black bugs in his body seemed to be boiling!

However, just one step away, Lin Xia suddenly stopped, as if he had discovered something.

She observed the hidden spider webs spreading all around ahead and figured out why the wizards couldn't see the trap, and why she couldn't see it when she looked from above.

Lighting problem!
This spider web is very different from ordinary spider webs. Ordinary spider webs easily blend in with the surrounding scenery under the light, making them difficult to detect.

This is even more true for this spider web. Not only can it integrate with its surroundings, it can also distort light and hide the light that originally hits the web.

In good weather conditions, it is difficult for people to find spider webs. Today, the weather is bad, so it is even more difficult to find them.

When a wizard walks in here without any precautions, he will step into a trap without any defense.

Lin Xia had been prepared for this and knew there was a trap in this place, so she made special observations.

With her carefulness, it was as if she wiped away a layer of gray fog covering the front, and the true appearance of the spider web was revealed before her.

It is clearly a spider web, but it has been specially modified by the Death Eaters, and each spider web is covered with serrations.

Lin Xia took out a stone from the ring and gently threw it onto one of the spider webs. The web caught the stone but was also shaken.

During the shock, the teeth on the spider web will tighten. The principle is the same as the devil's vine entangles the wizard. The harder the person struggles, the tighter the teeth will shrink.

But if the person stops struggling, the devil vine will think it is harmless and will let go automatically.

But the teeth of a spider web are not like that. Once they tighten, they will consciously tighten more and more, so even a stone will be crushed into powder by the fine teeth.

Lin Xia suddenly looked up and saw that the spiders guarding the webs were not spiders, but insidious Death Eaters. On the other side, Hermione Apparated to a street in Hogsmeade.

Her body seemed to be stuffed into a rubber tube. After being twisted and folded many times, her bones made groans. Finally, she was able to shrink out of the narrow space. From then on, the sky was high and the earth was vast, and the restraints on her body were finally released.

Hermione breathed deeply, taking in the scene around her, touching her heart, feeling a pain in her head and her heartbeat about to explode.

She didn't know what she was thinking of, and quickly looked down at herself.

In good condition.

There were no accidents during this apparition.

Hermione suddenly reacted and a happy smile appeared on her face. She did it, she really did it!

She can Apparate in the heat of battle!

Hermione murmured, "Don't be too proud. I'm still not very good at controlling it, and I haven't been in a fierce battle yet. I need to use it more."

Hermione looked a little strange as she looked at the scene around her.

This wasn't where she expected to be, so although she successfully used Apparition, she used it in the wrong place.

Fortunately, although the location was wrong, she did not suffer any physical harm.

There were many lush trees around, far away from the hustle and bustle of the crowd. The air was filled with a strong smell of dust, and occasionally a breeze blew, and Hermione could still see the floating dust.

A thought flashed through her mind: "This place must have experienced a war before, so there is so much dust and many potholes on the ground."

She took a few steps forward and suddenly saw a streak of blood on the ground.

This strand of blood is abnormally black, as if it has been here for a very long time.

But this is impossible.

She had not heard of any recent cases in Hogsmeade. The order in Hogsmeade village had been very good this year. There was an alley not far ahead, and although not many people came on normal days, there were still people coming.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Hermione had just used the extrasensory spell when she heard a heavy breathing sound coming from the woods. This breathing sound was very different from human breathing and was obviously the breathing of some kind of animal.

She felt something was familiar, and pretended to be calm on the surface while investigating the blood.

Looking at the pool of black blood, a light bulb suddenly lit up in her mind, and she finally recognized it -

This is the blood of the corrupted polluter!
The reason why the blood turns black is that it contains a lot of black bugs, and there is very little real human blood left.

Hermione felt her scalp tingling instantly.

She knew that once the black bugs left the host's body, they would not be able to survive for long outside and would need to meet certain conditions before they could fall into hibernation.

This pool of blood has been outside in the sun for so long, all the black bugs in it should have died, but what if there are some that have escaped?

At the same time, she also realized why the surrounding scenes felt familiar. It was because she had seen similar scenes on the rooftop.

At that time, the Aurors besieged the three werewolves near the edge of Hogsmeade, away from the crowd.

She was not currently at the battlefield, but at another forest that was also on the edge.

As for the breathing sound hidden in the dark, it is easy to explain. That breathing sound is the werewolf's breathing!
The traces on the ground could not be faked. There was indeed a fierce battle here. She had not observed it on the rooftop before, but she could quickly sketch out a picture at the scene:
An Auror discovered the werewolf and started a chase, chasing the werewolf into the woods.

Because there were too few Aurors, they were unable to blockade the werewolves in time, causing the werewolves to escape into the woods, where they took advantage of their physical strength and wore down all the Aurors!
Hermione took a few gentle breaths, quickly thinking of a solution in her mind.

During this semester, Professor Snape had temporarily taken over several classes for Lupin. Snape specifically taught them how to deal with dark creatures, including how to fight werewolves.

The words Snape had said in class flashed through her mind one by one.

“Werewolves have an extremely developed sense of smell, so you can use it to confuse their nerves and make them unwilling to approach.

Werewolves have a high resistance to magic. Ordinary attack magic is like a tickle to them. It has no effect and will consume the wizard's magic power."

A young wizard muttered, "If the magic power is not strong enough, wouldn't it be completely helpless against werewolves? Except for the sense of smell, it has almost no weaknesses."

Snape stared at the young wizard coldly and asked, "Who said there are no shortcomings? Their abnormally developed sense of smell and the madness that can never keep their sanity are their biggest shortcomings.

Werewolves are just irrational beasts. The more damage they suffer, the more excited they become, and they will ignore a lot of physical damage. So when facing this type of dark creature, don't fight head-on, but use your wits to defeat it."

Hermione stared at the pool of black blood on the ground, clutching her wand tightly in her trouser pocket.

Smell, lose your mind, use your wits...

Soon, Hermione thought of a way. She took out a bottle of something from the ring and smashed it hard on the ground!
A brown glass bottle was smashed, but no liquid leaked out because the bottle was filled with gas.

It was a stench that she had accidentally purified while doing research in the laboratory. She only smelled a little bit of it, but it made her so nauseated that she vomited all the food she had eaten that day.

Not only that, her body was also under stress. Although she had left the laboratory, she always felt that the gas was following her. Even when she went to the dormitory, she always felt an indescribable stench in her body.

Because she was so depressed, Lin Xia made her a bottle of powerful air freshener specifically for her symptoms.

She extracted essential oils from various fruits and purified them multiple times. The scent was so rich and overbearing that it made people feel as if they had entered a world full of fruits.

At first, Hermione sniffed it several times before she felt her olfactory system had returned to normal.

But in reality, the stench was not only smelly, it also subsequently invaded her senses, making her believe that she still had stench on her body and she disliked herself many times.

So even though she no longer smelled bad, she still felt that she had a bad smell. It was completely because of the mental and psychological effects. She always felt that she had not gotten rid of the smell.

The air freshener Lin Xia made was truly overbearing and rich, restoring her senses and allowing other students to smell the scent as well.

If it is too strong, it will become an unpleasant smell, as if you have eaten several kilograms of essence.

The smell that she thought was pleasant during those days became a smell that others tried to avoid, so everyone else was avoiding her during those days.

At this point, Hermione blew out the stench and covered her mouth and nose with her hands.

Worried that she would also be affected, she took out the powerful air freshener that Lin Xia had given her before.

Lin Xia made a full bottle, even though she had only used a few drops before. (End of this chapter)