Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 169: Creatures in a teapot (2 in 1)
Sivanos Kettleburn is getting a little unbelievable.
The two prosthetic legs helped him to gallop on the snow at high speed... Even those four-legged horsemen were far behind him.
This makes him look like a "Doll Gundam"!
In addition, the prosthetic limb on his right arm is holding a magic wand, and he is waving it at an extremely fast speed... The spell that cut a big oak tree that couldn't be hugged by three or four people just now is his. It was used... This old, unremarkable professor suddenly "showed his power" in the face of these horsemen!
"Run!" At the same time, Professor Kettleburn waved at Matthew and the others with his only healthy hand.
The magic wand in the prosthetic limb was still waving desperately, blocking the centaur who were trying to rush over.
A sorcerer in the area is almost an enemy of dozens, or even hundreds of horsemen.
Matthew and the others didn't dare to look back, and ran towards the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest desperately... Fortunately, the footprints on the ground gradually became more orderly, so that they wouldn't get lost in the Forbidden Forest.
Roaring, neighing, howling... began to become more and more distant!
Only the voice of Professor Kettleburn sounded faintly in their ears: "Tell Professor Rozier all this!"
……
Heavy rubber boots, stepping on the snow.
Every time they pull up from the snow, they almost consume all their strength...
It has been a long and tiring escape!
Five second-year Slytherin students with different speeds... Matthew ran first, then Malfoy, then Nott, and finally Crabbe and Goyle...
The two chubby guys seemed out of breath, and they couldn't keep up.
I don't know how far I ran, but anyway, the edge of the Forbidden Forest is getting closer!
"Horse hooves!" Draco Malfoy suddenly screamed, although it sounded weak.
Indeed, the sound of horseshoes stepping on the snow sounded from behind them again.
Maybe Professor Kettleburn has already been dealt with by the centaurs; or maybe there are too many centaurs, even with the help of those three prosthetic limbs, he can't completely stop them in a short time...
All in all, the crisis of the fugitives seems to be approaching step by step.
"Don't use magic!" Matthew once again warned several of his companions loudly, "Don't attack them!"
At the same time, he took a deep breath, exhausted all his strength, and continued to escape along the direction of the footprints...
The scene ahead seems to be becoming more and more familiar. They are already very close, from the edge of the Forbidden Forest...
Perhaps as long as you persist for another two or three minutes, you will be able to reach Professor Kettleburn's cabin. Once there, it should, probably, probably be safe...
In fact, Matthew didn't know the bottom line, because he didn't know whether the horsemen had the courage to break out of the Forbidden Forest...
At the same time, the sound of the horseshoes became very close——
A loud neigh!
"Ah—" Vincent Crabbe let out a scream.
He seems to have been taken away by something... there is no doubt that it is a centaur.
The centaur has caught up!
There is no doubt that the centaurs do not want these children to run away... do not want them to "tip the news" in the castle.
Crabbe's screams became farther and farther away from them.
He was taken away by the centaurs.
Draco Malfoy hesitated, considering whether to go back and save Crabbe and his friends...
However, Matthew didn't turn his head back, and continued to run in the direction of the footprints very firmly... For a while, he opened a little distance from his companions behind him.
Suddenly there was another "bang", as if someone had fallen.
It was Gregory Goyle, his foot accidentally kicked a stake, and he fell hard to the ground.
After the fall, he was so tired that he couldn't get up again... Crabbe and Goyle were so tall, it was really hard for them to escape such a long distance.
As the sound of horseshoes approached again, another centaur chased after him!
Goyle was also captured by them.
……
Of the remaining teams, there are only three people left.
But they also saw the dawn of victory... The end of the Forbidden Forest is close at hand.
The mixed colors of withered yellow, dark green and snow-white disappeared from their eyes, replaced by a pure white snow scene.
They escaped the Forbidden Forest!
However, more and more horsemen came after them.
The horsemen's hoofbeats suddenly stopped, and they seemed afraid to leave the Forbidden Forest!
However, Matthew had a bad feeling in his heart——
With trembling hands, he reached into his waist and drew out his wand.
"Swoosh...swoosh...swoosh..."
A series of crisp voices sounded from behind them.
"Protego!" Matthew shouted without thinking.
"Bang... bang..." It seemed that something slammed into Matthew's back hard.
It is the arrow of the centaur...
This was exactly as Matthew had expected. He didn't think that the horsemen had all chased them here, and he wanted to watch them leave.
Arrows are the most powerful means of attack for the centaur. Of course, using the Iron Armor Curse is the most reasonable choice at this time.
On the other side, Theodore Nott and Draco Malfoy were not so lucky.
Malfoy's wand had fallen deep in the Forbidden Forest a long time ago. As for Nott, Matthew felt that he didn't have the courage to pick up the wand at all...
The arrows shot at Matthew were blocked by Matthew's Iron Armor Curse... However, the arrows shot at them hit the target accurately.
Of course, the centaurs didn't attack their vitals...but both Malfoy and Nott had already fallen in a pool of blood.
Several centaurs stopped, grabbed Malfoy and Nott, and took them away.
As for the rest, began to pursue their final goal.
……
Matthew Wakefield successfully escaped from the Forbidden Forest!
After losing four companions and having them all captured by the centaurs.
Besides, the horsemen didn't intend to let him go at all——
A few majestic centaurs jumped out of the forbidden forest without any fear.
In the next flat ground, their speed advantage will be even more obvious!
Matthew didn't run towards the castle at all, because he knew very well that on the one hand, he didn't have much strength left; Captured alive...
Without hesitation, he ran to Professor Kettleburn's cabin.
Out of the corner of his eye, he once again saw the Arima man aiming at him with a bow and arrow.
"Armor protection!" Matthew shouted again, but this time the voice was a little weak.
"When..." With a clear voice, Matthew only felt his left hand holding the wand hurt from the shock; the wand in his hand almost fell out of his hand.
Matthew can be sure that once the centaur tries to attack him with a bow and arrow again, his next Iron Armor Curse will definitely be unable to resist.
Fortunately, Professor Kettleburn's cabin is within easy reach.
And fortunately, the professor of Protection of Magical Creatures doesn't seem to have the habit of locking the door...
Matthew quickly crashed into it——
With a "whoosh", an arrow hit the door frame.
Judging from the sound of footsteps, the number of horsemen leaving the Forbidden Forest is increasing, at least seven or eight... maybe a dozen...
The nearest centaur who was chasing had arrived at the door of Professor Kettleburn's hut, and he was trying to get in.
Matthew had found what he was looking for...on Professor Kettleburn's round table, a small, delicate, antique teapot.
Almost a year ago, before entering the Forbidden Forest for the first time, Professor Silvanos Kettleburn taught Matthew how to use this thing——
And now, it's time to use it.
Without hesitation, he threw the entire teapot towards the door of the hut.
Fortunately, Professor Kettleburn swept away the snow in the area at the door...
Only a crisp sound was heard, and the teapot was smashed to pieces by Matthew.
"Ah!" The horsemen surrounding the hut exclaimed.
Because a snake-like thing suddenly emerged from the broken teapot.
The thing grew bigger at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then showed its true colors——
Reaching almost fifteen feet in length, it is a feathered, winged, two-legged snakelike creature.
And it was very vicious, with a light flick of its tail, the centaur who was trying to break into the hut was sent flying more than ten yards away.
The snake-shaped creature made a "hissing" sound, and then began to wrestle with the surrounding horsemen... The horsemen in the distance took out their bows and started shooting arrows at it, but these arrows did not seem to be Did not cause too much damage to it...
Even though Matthew hasn't been exposed to the protection of magical animals, he already knows what this creature is based on some extracurricular materials:
A harpy... a creature that expands and contracts in size at will, so it can either be as large as to fill any space, or shrink in size as the space available. So they can usually live in teapots.
Also, when provoked, they are extremely aggressive...
There is no doubt that the centaurs have thoroughly angered it.
"I'm saved..." Matthew finally took a breath.
But he will not pin all his hopes on that bird and snake...
In fact, the reason why he broke into Professor Kettleburn's cabin had another purpose.
After only resting for a while, he walked quickly to the fireplace that was still burning...
Then, he reached out and grabbed a handful of shiny green powder from the flower pot beside him.
"Principal Vita Rozier's office!" He threw the powder into the flame in the fireplace, and then spoke clearly.
Then, he walked straight into the flames and disappeared completely.
……
The body seemed to be sucked into a huge washing machine, spinning around, very painful!
The fireplaces in the Hogwarts special professor's office are all the same, but they usually don't visit in this way... because it's rude!
Of course, Matthew has no time to take care of this.
After about ten seconds, his body finally calmed down, and then he rolled out from another fireplace—
"Who is it?" The vice-principal, Professor Weita Rozier, was sitting on the desk and grading something... She looked up in surprise and looked at the boy who "rolled" out of the fireplace.
"Wakefield?" She said in great surprise.
"Professor Rozier...in the Forbidden Forest...the centaur riot...Professor Kettleburn is trapped in the Forbidden Forest..." Matthew said weakly.
As a matter of fact, the long escape before had completely exhausted all his physical strength... He only persisted here relying entirely on his willpower to survive.
Professor Rozier's complexion changed slightly: "What's the specific situation?"
However, Matthew could no longer answer her.
Because he had lost consciousness due to exhaustion, and then passed out in the arms of Professor Rozier.
……
I don't know how long I fell asleep.
"Matthew... Matthew... Matthew..." In his sleep, he faintly heard someone whispering his name.
A pair of brown things flickered above his head. Matthew wanted to reach out and grab it, but found that his arms were too heavy to lift.
He blinked, and everything in front of him became clear.
The face of Hermione Granger appeared in front of him... Those brown things just now were actually Miss Granger's piercing brown eyes.
"Matthew!" Hermione exclaimed, with a happy smile on her face, "Neville, come here... Matthew is awake!"
Matthew gave Hermione a blank look, and then looked around.
Soon, he saw the familiar face of Neville Longbottom again.
In addition, he realized that he was in a hospital, because he was lying on a hospital bed covered with clean white linen sheets, and on the bedside table next to him were many bottles and jars of medicine...
"What day is it?" Matthew asked without thinking~IndoMTL.com~It's Sunday noon, Matthew. "Hermione hurriedly replied:
"Would you like to eat some chocolate...or drink some recovery potion?"
"No rush..." Matthew shook his head.
I followed Professor Kettleburn into the Forbidden Forest on Saturday morning... In other words, I have been unconscious for a day and a night.
"What happened to Hogwarts... What happened to the centaurs rebellion... Where are we now..." He threw out another series of questions.
"Calm down first, Matthew!" Neville quickly pressed Matthew's shoulder and comforted him softly.
"We are in St. Mungo's now..." Hermione replied on the sidelines, "Yesterday morning, Professor Rozier suddenly sent someone to evacuate us. She was going to send us all to Diagon Alley. ...As a result, Neville and I heard that you were sent to St. Mungo's hospital, so we took the initiative to apply to come here... Anyway, we are all in London!"
"Evacuate..." Matthew frowned.
"Because of the centaur rebellion..." Hermione continued, "all the teachers and students of Hogwarts have been safely transferred... except for Professor Kettleburn and a few boys in your year, who are still missing. Unknown..."
"How about Hogwarts?" Matthew asked softly.
"Hogwarts has fallen!" Hermione's voice was slightly heavy:
"Occupied by horsemen and dark wizards..."