Harry Potter: I started checking in from Diagon Alley

A deep-seated fear suddenly swept over me.

Dementors!

Just as Harry thought of the word, he heard another painful scream erupt from the depths of his mind.

It was exactly the same as when I was on the train.

A sharp, contracting pain instantly gripped Harry's entire body.

His face turned deathly pale almost instantly. He gripped the broom tightly, lowered his body, and lay on the broom, barely maintaining his balance.

The golden thief was right in front of him, fleeing at high speed.

But Harry felt he could no longer catch it.

He completely lost control of the broom, swaying in the air, and finally had to stop.

call!

A mix of tension and fear gripped Harry, who involuntarily began to take deep breaths, watching puffs of white air escape from his mouth.

Following the white vapor, Harry saw a large dark shadow appear in the sky above the stadium at some unknown time.

That is……

Not only Harry, but soon everyone present noticed the large dark shadow that had suddenly descended over the stadium.

To be precise, those weren't shadows, but hordes of Dementors, overlapping each other!

They were unusually excited and rushed in from outside the stadium in droves.

Everyone felt a powerful pressure, as if it were squeezing the air above them.

Like a plague, the joyful mood was rapidly disappearing from the crowd as the Dementors approached.

Many students who had encountered Dementors on the train, especially those with weaker mental fortitude, couldn't help but start crying at this moment.

The cheers subsided, and Li Qiaodan stared wide-eyed, instinctively wanting to say something through the microphone, but when he opened his mouth, nothing came out.

Gryffindor's goalkeeper, Wood, watched in disbelief, not even noticing Hufflepuff breaking through his defense and scoring at that moment.

While Harry was distracted, Cedric flew past him at high speed, gave Harry a strange look, and snatched the Golden Snitch in his hand first.

He didn't know why Harry suddenly chose to give up when he was so far ahead.

At this moment, the body's instincts outpace thought, and Cedric's instinctive choice was simply to secure victory first.

Cedric and Harry exchanged a glance. He wanted to say something to Harry. In his opinion, his victory was not honorable. It was only because Harry chose to give up that he was able to catch the Golden Snitch.

It was only then that he noticed something was wrong with Harry and the arrival of the Dementors.

Then, Harry's vision went black, and he fell straight down right in front of Cedric.

"what!"

Harry's actions elicited another gasp from the stands.

Everyone stared in disbelief as Harry, who had been perfectly fine just moments before, plummeted from the sky like a kite with a broken string.

Cedric's expression changed drastically. He was the closest, and he lunged down on his broomstick, trying to pull his wand from his clothes to save Harry.

But Harry was falling so fast that he was about to hit the ground, while Cedric had only just picked up his wand.

"Shock reduction and speed stop!"

At the critical moment, a transparent magical wave shot out from the Gryffindor stands and landed around Harry.

Under the influence of magic, the space around Harry suddenly lost its forward momentum, and Harry, who was falling from the sky, came to a standstill.

Harry abruptly stopped a few meters in the air, halting his descent. After a few moments, the shock-absorbing spell wore off, and Harry landed back on the ground.

The soil on the pitch was soft and filled with water, like a soft, sagging bed that caught the unconscious Harry.

Shock-absorbing spell! Who is it?

Cedric arrived late, jumped off his broom, and ran to Harry's side.

He witnessed the entire process of the spell saving Harry, and after confirming that Harry was unharmed, he turned to look at the spot where the spell had been cast.

The people in the stands were also looking this way.

Eric, having cast the spell, waved to Cedric. Beside him stood Ron and Hermione, both looking anxious, and Luna, who wore a giant lion's head.

Eric Clapton!

Cedric suddenly realized that Eric had become quite famous at school recently, so he naturally knew him.

He was still wondering who had such excellent decision-making ability. If it was Eric, then there would be no problem.

The timing of that shock-absorbing spell was exquisite.

It's important to know that shock-absorbing spells are generally used at close range and are applied to oneself.

This is to ensure that the shock-absorbing effect is maximized.

Using shock-absorbing spells over long distances requires the wizard to have sufficient confidence in their spellcasting skills and to take into account the movement trajectory of the target.

It can't be too slow or too fast, because the shock-absorbing spell's effect only lasts for a very short time.

Eric's shock-absorbing spell was perfectly timed and saved Harry.

Cedric's expression turned serious. He nodded gratefully to Eric and bent down to examine Harry's condition.

Eric looked up at the Dementors' location and muttered to himself, "You're just unlucky..."

Chapter 81 Attaching a Guardian Charm

The Dementors were unaware of what was about to happen.

They can communicate with wizards to a limited extent, but most of the time, they are really just acting on instinct.

Just like wild animals.

Dementors have an instinct to constantly absorb the emotional energy of the creatures around them in order to strengthen themselves.

They couldn't understand why this behavior was opposed by wizards.

Naturally, they also could not comprehend the wizard's anger.

From the Dementors' perspective, they were simply filling their stomachs.

Today is Quidditch match day, and the lively and joyful atmosphere has been constant since the start of the game.

This atmosphere is perfectly normal for other people.

But for Dementors, it is fatal.

Fatal temptation.

To the Dementors, the entire circular Quidditch pitch looked like a giant, round cauldron.

It was filled with the food they had been dreaming of.

So they came.

There is no need to notify the Ministry of Magic, nor is there any need to ask.

No Dementor can resist such temptation.

They had been starving for too long after leaving Azkaban.

As soon as the Dementors descended over the stadium, Eric immediately activated his Psychic Force.

From a spiritual perspective, everything manifests itself in the form of energy.

This includes the body of a Dementor, as well as the magic of other wizards.

In Eric's vision, a vast magical force began to condense and gather from the stands opposite him.

That was the stands where the professors and faculty members were.

This is also why Eric feels pity for the Dementors.

Eric could clearly see the materialization of magic, which was the first time he had observed the simple release of magic from someone else.

Just by looking at it from afar, you can feel the terrifying pressure emanating from that place.

It wasn't simply a gas-like substance, but rather a gel-like material surrounding a person.

The magic of this quality, if left unchecked, could destroy half the stadium.

Under Eric's gaze, a wizard in a white robe slowly stood up, expressionless, his pupils filled with undisguised disgust.

Dumbledore.

This was probably the most powerful wizard of his time, and he was undoubtedly enraged by the uninvited arrival of the Dementors.

Unlike Eric's reckless behavior in Diagon Alley, Dumbledore carefully concentrated his magic around himself, avoiding harming the other professors nearby.

But the professors weren't fools. Sensing the danger, they all stood up and retreated in all directions, forming a circle with Dumbledore at the center.

"Get out of here!" Dumbledore said, his mouth slightly open, in his usual tone, but his voice was loud enough to be heard throughout the entire stadium.

Deafening.

He took out his wand and pointed it directly in the direction where the Dementors were gathered. The next second, the massive magical power that had just been gathered scattered out in a semi-circular shape.

It covered the entire sky above the stadium!

The target was the Dementors in the sky.

boom!

Dumbledore's magical outburst even produced a muffled thud in mid-air, and the aftershocks of his magic spread throughout the entire stadium from him.

The torrential rain froze before him, then, with the fluctuation of magic, swept away in the opposite direction, forming a hemispherical mist, a truly spectacular sight.

A strong wind blew, splashing water mist in all directions, even creating a brief vacuum around Dumbledore.

Every stand began to shake involuntarily.

Many of the standing students lost their balance and fell to the ground.

The instant Dumbledore's magic struck the first Dementor.

A sickeningly loud crash erupted from its body.