The years of welding at Hogwarts

Chapter 214 Tide

The Hogwarts Express stops at a mountain that is isolated in the mountains.

On the bridge.

The way ahead had been blocked by an extremely large and heavy rock, and just when they had finally managed to stop the high-speed train, the retreat route behind was also cut off.

The Hogwarts Express is now in a dilemma.

When Noah reached the roof, many students had already responded to Professor Lupin's call and climbed out of the windows of the compartment to the roof.

Most of them were Gryffindor students who were known for their recklessness. Even some little lions below the sixth grade had sneaked up to the roof of the carriage.

This naturally includes the Weasley twins.

Since ancient times, Gryffindor has never lacked warriors. Being a college with courage as its characteristic is not just a simple saying.

In addition to the Gryffindor little brute, Noah also saw the figure of the Hufflepuff Swordmaster in the chaotic crowd.

At this moment, Neville was fully armed. The Mjolnir in his hand was shining silver in the sunlight, and a dazzling blue arc flashed across the surface of the hammer from time to time.

Remus Lupin no longer had any time to spare for those disobedient students who were under the age requirement but still managed to sneak onto the roofs of the cars.

He looked solemnly at the strange creatures that were rushing towards the train from all over the mountains. They were all monsters that he felt somewhat familiar with, but had never seen before.

The eight-eyed giant spider, an ecological invader that originally lived on the island of Kalimantan, is rare in Britain, but thanks to a certain half-giant, a large population of it now lives in the Forbidden Forest.

But now, the eight legs of these huge spiders, which should have been covered with dense spines, have been replaced by eight deformed legs that look like those of humans.

The high-speed rushing appearance seemed a bit funny amidst the horror.

In addition to the mutated eight-eyed giant spider with a spider on top and a human on the bottom, there is also a type with a human on top and a spider on the bottom, just like the centaurs living in the Forbidden Forest.

The only difference is that their lower body is not a horse's body, but a huge spherical spider abdomen with eight thick limbs, covered with large black spines.

The upper half of the body was rendered purple-black by the venom, symbolizing danger and evil, and a pair of protruding eyes revealed confusion and madness.

In addition to the spider-human hybrids, Lupin even saw a group of green-skinned lizard men running wildly, and a group of people with horns that looked like the mythical Minotaur.

There is also a group of ferocious beetles with sharp mouthparts. The thick armor covering their bodies seems to have strong resistance to magic, and there is a chilling sharp spike on the long tail behind them.

The eyes of the Centaurs who were transformed into corpses were flashing with cold green ghost fire. Their withered hands without a drop of blood were tightly grasping short spears and huge bows, and their sunken faces were full of evil.

But these monsters are not the most terrifying existence in this wave of attacks.

Lu Ping looked at the huge figure on the horizon with a serious expression. Even at a distance of nearly one kilometer, he could smell the strong scent of death emanating from the enemy.

That's a giant.

And this is not just any giant.

The giants living in the magical world can only be classified as 4X level in terms of danger, although they still have the blood inherited from the ancient Titans flowing in their bodies.

But after tens of thousands of years, the little blood left in their veins has become extremely thin.

Compared to the Titans, who are hundreds or thousands of meters tall and are almost comparable to the gods in the neighboring universe, the giants living in the magic world now have an average height of only six or seven meters.

The most outstanding ones among them can barely grow to eight or nine meters, but that's all.

In front of wizards, any creature that can be dealt with by Avada is not worthy of being their opponent. No matter how huge it is, it is just a sitting duck.

The giant that appeared before Lupin was so tall that he could obviously not be eaten by a melon.

With a height of nearly sixty meters, he stood in the mountains like a pillar supporting the sky. The thick armor covering his body hid his muscles that contained explosive power.

In its hand, it held a huge axe that was twenty meters long. The extremely thick axe handle was made directly from a whole giant tree by cutting off the excess branches.

The heavy axe created a whistling wind as it was swung.

What's even more terrifying is that the green ghost fire burning in the giant's collapsed eye sockets shows that it is also a walking corpse that has been transformed into a Yin corpse.

It is true that Avada Kedavra is a very powerful single-target killing magic, but when facing a creature that is obviously dead, how can the Kedavra take away the life that does not exist in the first place?

"Merlin's beard..."

Although he was frightened, Lupin's hands did not slow down at all. The wand appeared in his hand, but before he could make any move, the giant in the distance suddenly threw the axe in the direction of the train.

The axe did not fall on the Hogwarts Express itself, but on...

An attack that was almost as fast as sound approached the viaduct under the train in the blink of an eye!

A golden magic with a diameter of more than 40 meters

The disc appeared in the void in an instant and intercepted the air between the viaduct and the axe.

Seraphim Shield!

This is the most powerful defensive magic that Noah currently possesses.

With a clear and mournful cry like breaking glass, the complex and irregular polygonal structure of the inner circle of the disk was shattered by the boundless and surging strange force, and a circular shock wave visible to the naked eye exploded in an instant.

However, the golden energy threads on the outer periphery of the round shield were still stubbornly binding the inner circle's magic structure, preventing it from being blown apart in an instant.

The huge battle axe ultimately failed to break through the obstruction of the Seraphim Shield. After exhausting all its kinetic energy, the battle axe fell powerlessly into the abyss below the viaduct.

Because all this happened so quickly, the students on the train only reacted belatedly.

Many students who did not know their own limitations began to retreat, and those who hid in the carriages began to scream and cry because they were overwhelmed by fear.

After looking at Noah with gratitude, Lupin held his wand in front of his chest and chanted obscure ancient magic words. Surging magic power surged out of his body and poured into the train under his feet.

As he chanted, the Hogwarts Express beneath his feet suddenly emitted a bright light.

Under the shocked gazes of all the students, a large number of lines glowing with magical light appeared on the walls, the floor and even the ceiling of the train. The gradually brightening lines connected with each other to form mysterious ancient magic patterns.

That is the large-scale defensive magic engraved on the Hogwarts Express.

Chapter 215: Thundergod Neville!

The Hogwarts Express carries the arduous task of safely sending the younger generation of the British wizarding community to school.

This old 19th century style steam locomotive, which can only run at a speed of 70 to 80 kilometers per hour, has functions that are not as simple as its humble appearance would suggest.

According to the records of magical history, in the early days of Hogwarts, students were allowed to arrive at school in any way they found interesting when the school term started, and they all showed off their magical powers.

However, allowing students to wander all the way to school is not only unsafe, but also makes it easy for the Muggles everywhere to witness things that they shouldn't see.

So, in order to resolve this thorny issue, the then Minister of Magic, Ottaline Gamble, finally proposed a very bold and controversial method.

She had a keen interest in Muggle inventions and saw the potential of trains.

The idea of ​​using trains, a device invented and built by Muggles, as a means of transportation for wizards was initially rejected by those stubborn and conservative pure-blood magic families.

In their view, this practice was quite strange, as if “My Lord, foreigners are coming to build railways for us.”

In order to quell the controversy, the Ministry of Magic directly issued an announcement -

Either take the train or don't go to school.

I have to say that this simple and rough one-size-fits-all approach is quite effective, and the voices of opposition were instantly quelled.

Of course, the fact that the dispute has been settled does not mean that everything is fine. The safety of students is still the top priority that the Ministry of Magic must carefully consider.

Forcing such a policy would mean that the Ministry of Magic would take full responsibility for the safety of all students.

If any student was harmed while riding on the Hogwarts Express, it would be a serious dereliction of duty by the Ministry of Magic, and even if the Minister of Magic stepped down himself, it would be unable to calm the parents' anger.

At the beginning, the British Ministry of Magic dispatched a large number of Aurors to protect the students' personal safety when Hogwarts opened every year.

However, this practice required a lot of manpower, so it was soon abandoned. Instead, alchemists were hired together with Hogwarts professors to set up a large number of defensive magic on the car body.

As long as the magic composed of a large number of ancient magic runes is properly maintained, it can last for a long time.

Moreover, there is no need to send Aurors every year when school starts. As long as Hogwarts school sends a professor who knows how to activate defensive magic to follow the car, the students can be well protected.

Even in the era when Voldemort and his Death Eaters were at their most rampant, the Hogwarts Express still maintained a record of zero accidents and zero casualties.

However, with the fall of Voldemort and the precious peace that the wizarding world has ushered in, wizards have gradually been blinded by this false illusion of peace.

Hogwarts no longer sends professors to trains.

They can proudly declare that the passively triggered defensive magic on the train alone is enough to deal with most emergencies.

But now, the current emergency is obviously not included in this "vast majority".

As the magic power spread, activated magic runes appeared one after another on the surface of the train, and soon spread to cover the entire train.

The centaur corpse army in the distance raised the heavy bows in their hands in unison, and the taut bowstrings bent the bows.

As the bowstring was released, the arrow broke through the air sharply, like a dense raindrop falling from the sky, stabbing towards the train below with great momentum.

The arrow made of fine steel did not touch the car body and was blocked by an invisible barrier when it was still several meters away from the car.

Arrow and barrier collision

, apart from producing a lot of sparks through friction, it was unable to move forward at all.

The young wizards on the roof of the carriage who had witnessed the entire spell-casting process of their professor of Charms looked at each other, and all of them looked at their professor with reverence and shock in their eyes.

The ignorant young wizards thought that this super-large defensive magic covering the entire train was cast by their professor alone.

They were totally overthinking it.

Such a large-scale defensive magic cannot be set up in such a short time even if the four deans take action at the same time.

Seeing that those powerful arrows that were strong enough to pierce the fire dragon's hard scales could only cause a few ripples on the barrier, Lupin's heart, which had been in his throat, finally settled down a little.

But the crisis has not been resolved.

Just now, in order to prevent the students from falling into greater panic, he lied to them.

The unknown enemy in front of them had obviously planned this ambush for a long time.

They not only blocked the Hogwarts Express's way out and retreat, but also blocked any possible means of space transmission and communication in the area.

In other words, they are now completely an isolated island.

None of their information could be passed on to the outside world. No one, whether it was the professors at Hogwarts or the Aurors at the Ministry of Magic, knew what was happening here.

It was only when the Hogwarts Express, which was supposed to arrive at King's Cross Station, did not arrive that the slow-witted Ministry of Magic realized something was wrong.

If they don't kill all these enemies, how long can they hold out relying solely on the defensive magic on the car for passive defense?

But if he wants to kill all these enemies, he definitely can't rely on these students, relying on his own strength...

While maintaining the defensive magic, Lupin's mind was full of thoughts. Limited by the power he possessed, even if a genius was in his current position, he would not be able to come up with any effective countermeasures except to wait for death on the spot.

After all, it’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

"Neville! Come back soon!"

Draco's exclamation interrupted Lupin's chaotic thoughts in an instant. He turned his head sharply and looked in the direction of the sound, but he never expected to see a scene that horrified him -

A figure jumped out of the carriage, and where he landed was an endless wave of monsters among the mountains below.

"Do not!!!"

A whip swung out from the front of Lupin's wand, but failed to wrap around the student who leaped into the air.

Lupin could only watch as he fell into the gaping mouths of the monsters below.

The roar of thunder sounded synchronously at this moment. The sharp and swift blue thunder tore the air in an instant, leaving a winding track in the air, and struck the opponent at the moment when the human figure and the beast tide came into contact.

That is……

That's Hufflepuff's Thunder God! Neville Longbottom!

The shining thunder turned into a majestic steel armor covering Neville. Behind the medieval style armor hung a bright red cloak, fluttering in the strong wind, making him look extremely majestic.

The violent thunder that exploded turned the monsters within a ten-meter radius around the landing point into charcoal in an instant.

The heavy warhammer in his hand was surrounded by dazzling thunder. Neville was like a majestic god of war, roaring and rushing into the group of monsters. Wherever the warhammer touched, tendons and bones were broken.

Chapter 216 Ott Nods

Looking at Neville killing his enemies below, Noah shook his head, "This guy is still so impulsive."

Sure enough, even if he tried his best to trick the Gryffindor swordsman of the original time and space into Hufflepuff House, he could not change the trait of "reckless" flowing in Neville's blood.

Thanks to the armor that Noah had spent a lot of effort to create, which was mixed with mithril and vibranium. It not only had good magic conduction performance but also had extremely high defense.

Na'vi, who was charging alone into the beast tide, only needed to protect his face which had no protective measures, and it would be difficult for him to get hurt.

The continuous thunder woke up the shocked Lupin, and also woke up the other dazed students.

Lupin needed to maintain the operation of the train's defensive magic and could not take any action at will, but other students who reacted quickly drew out their wands and began to cast magic at the group of monsters in the distance.

The magic light bullets flying everywhere in the sky look very impressive, but they are actually useless.