The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Under his leadership, spiders of all sizes surged forward wave after wave, like a tide.

Scott, sitting atop the oak tree, frowned.

As the saying goes, two fists can't beat four hands; there are far too many spiders gathered here now.

Especially the car-sized Aragog, which charged relentlessly, and the already clumsy Oak Guardian couldn't dodge at all, nearly falling down several times.

"Tarantella Dance!"

Scott used the same trick again, and the cursed beam struck the large Aragog at lightning speed.

Aragog immediately started tap dancing uncontrollably.

The Oak Guardian lashed its arms at its head like whips.

At the critical moment, a scream rang out, and a spider half the size of Aragog suddenly leaped up and blocked the whip.

With a muffled thud, the spider was flung away and crashed into a nearby tree, spilling a spray of sap.

"Die!"

Taking advantage of the moment to recover, Aragog charged forward at full speed, and with its huge and sharp claws, one of the Oak Guard's legs was finally shattered.

Then, the unsteady tree-man began to slowly tilt to the ground.

All the spiders' countless eyes were fixed on Scott at the top of the tree, their pincers twitching incessantly, making a series of clicking sounds.

Click click click...

"Capture the prey!" Aragok commanded again!

The spiders screamed in unison and raised their bodies.

In an instant, countless spider silks wove together into a web, enveloping Scott.

At the crucial moment, Scott cast a transformation spell on his cloak with his wand and then raised it upwards.

"Incendio!"

The gushing flames burned a large hole in the tangled spider silk, and Scott's cloak automatically wrapped around his body, floating up and landing on another tree outside the spider encirclement.

At this moment, the magic lamp was left behind, and the floating illumination spell had gone out, leaving Scott with only a few things to see.

The spiders utterly destroyed the "Oak Guardian" and then turned and crawled in the direction Scott had disappeared.

"find him!"

He heard Aragok giving loud orders.

We can't let him leave this forest!

Scott looked over in the dim moonlight and saw the spiders crawling and spitting out silk, turning everything they passed in white.

Moreover, they advance very quickly.

Scott took his flying broom from the morphing lizard skin pouch at his waist.

He wanted to check on Professor Frivi's condition.

He rode his broom through the treetops, circling the forest, but found no other movement.

Rimbaud still hasn't shown up, something must have happened.

But who can take Professor Flitwick away or hold him back?

Moreover, Ms. Grey is a ghost.

Scott was puzzled.

At least he had never heard of any wizard who possessed the means to deal with ghosts.

But he wasn't too worried, since Professor Flitwick was there.

Professor Flitwick is very strong and has a wealth of combat experience. Unless Dumbledore or Voldemort personally intervenes, other wizards can at best only hold him off.

Even so, Scott couldn't do nothing.

After all, it's better to be safe than sorry.

Scott hovered his flying broom in the air, quickly pulled a notebook and pen from his bag, and scribbled a line of text in the notebook.

He thought it best to have someone inform Dumbledore of the situation here.

At the very least, someone should check on Professor Flitwick and Ms. Gray's condition.

After finishing writing, Scott put away his pen, took out a piece of wood, and used his Transfiguration ability to turn it into an owl.

"Give this piece of paper to my friends."

He tore off the page with writing on it.

"They're probably still waiting at the entrance to the Forbidden Forest."

The owl perched on the broom handle nodded, picked up the paper, and flew away.

Then, he rode his broomstick down some altitude and slowed down to fly around again.

But he still came up empty-handed.

Aside from spiders, he could not sense any other magical creatures, including wizards.

At that moment, he heard a loud cracking sound.

Looking back, he found that the tree he had just stood on had also been knocked down by the spiders.

"Keep searching! Find him!"

Aragog is roaring loudly.

"If we can't find that wizard, we'll attack Hogwarts!"

As soon as it finished speaking, all the spiders screamed excitedly.

Scott knew that Aragog was only sparing the wizards as food because of Hagrid.

Now, completely enraged, it has no scruples left.

We must find a solution.

Scott thought.

He wasn't afraid that the spiders could harm the teachers and students in the castle, after all, the professors in the castle were not to be trifled with, and Dumbledore was also there.

His main concern was that if the spiders attacked Hogwarts, he would likely be unable to complete the contract challenge.

It's now clear that Medea is behind this.

The operation encountered unexpected changes, and Scott, who was not initially very determined about the challenge, now made up his mind.

He is determined to complete the challenge, break the oath, and receive the reward.

Of course, this is difficult.

For Scott, killing those spiders, including Aragok, wasn't too difficult.

But there were just too many spiders!

If a small spider is hiding, finding it in this vast forest is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

He originally accepted the challenge because he thought that the group of eight-eyed spiders were social animals and that he wouldn't have to search for them everywhere.

Unexpectedly, Medea tricked them, causing someone to notify the spider clan in advance.

I wonder if Aragog and Mossag, with their intelligence, will have sent the little spider to hide somewhere else beforehand.

Moreover, Scott also had to guard against troublemakers reappearing.

Or rather, it's very likely that it's more than just causing trouble.

He even recalled Snape's warning to him after that Potions class...

It's unclear whether there's any connection between these two events, but that possibility cannot be ruled out.

As Scott pondered this, he rode his flying broomstick up a short distance and came to a stop high in the sky.

In order to deal with the possible appearance of hostile wizards, he must pay attention to rest and recover his strength.

He took out his pocket watch and checked the time; it was already 8 p.m.

In other words, he must complete this challenge within 4 hours.

If it's just about clearing out the spiders that are clustered together, this time is certainly enough.

However, if other obstacles are added, his time is not very abundant.

Ten minutes later, Scott, having finished his rest, began to descend on his broomstick.

Chapter 135 Killing the Spider King

When Scott descended from the sky, he discovered that Aragog had already led the spider clan toward Hogwarts.

Hey! I'm here!

Scott flew over Aragog on a broomstick.

In an instant, countless spider silks shot upwards.

Scott took off to avoid it, pointing his wand backwards.

"Flames are raging!"

Flames erupted from the wand, burning down the spider silk all the way to the ground.

The spiders frantically scattered, creating chaos.

Scott took the opportunity to descend and fly in a circle, chanting incantations as several beams of transmutation spells pierced the darkness and landed on the five oak trees around him.

Accompanied by the sounds of branches twisting and soil cracking, the five "oak guardians" quickly transformed and emerged from the soil.

“Now it’s your turn to be surrounded, Aragog,” Scott said with a laugh.

"Children, charge out!" Aragok shouted.

As he spoke, his eight thick, hairy legs sprang into action, propelling him like a speeding tank toward the gap between the two oak trees.

The other spiders all followed behind it.