Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

Hunting is one of the earliest skills that mankind has mastered.

From 250,000 BC to the present, more than 95% of the time humans have lived on the earth have been in the age of hunting.

Perhaps many Muggles have long forgotten how to hunt, but wizards do not. One of the imaginary enemies of most wizards in the school is various magical animals, or...dangerous black magic creatures-this is black The main teaching content of the magic defense class.

But before that, there was no professor to tell everyone how to hunt a basilisk that was twenty or thirty feet long.

Fortunately, the "graduates" present have the opportunity to learn some corresponding knowledge on the spot.

"The basilisk has two most dangerous weapons. It will die when you look at each other, and its deadly venom——"

While Dumbledore was checking the magical traps around, one by one in the dark gap between the bright stone pillars, Newt started to make up the lesson at first sight.

"Of course, if there is no direct stare, the basilisk is actually not as dangerous as imagined."

"As a snake-like magic creature, it still has innate weaknesses in physiological habits in many aspects, which is very important."

"First of all, the basilisk has no ears, or, to be more precise, it has no outer and middle ears like most snakes—"

Newt flicked his wand, drawing a vivid snake-like light and shadow in mid-air.

Under the influence of a certain juvenile mixed-blood Veeva, Newt Scamander, who is nearly a hundred years old, has recently supplemented a lot of Muggle knowledge, the most important part of which is aimed at snakes. Anatomy feedback results, and these theories correspond to his previous anatomy.

What few people know is that before Newt was in school, he had dissected magical animals more than once with the help of his mother.

"this means……"

Newt cleared his throat, looked at the unidentified wizards of the Ministry of Magic, and spoke unhurriedly.

"The basilisk may be weak in terms of hearing. In terms of sensing the surroundings, the basilisk uses the olfactory sense of the tongue and the method of sensing ground vibrations to lock the position of the prey, and these are the two key points we will focus on next. In terms of vibration, smell."

"Well, I see... so we have to stay as still as possible and get rid of our own odors?"

Rufus Scrimgeour nodded suddenly, and said in a deep voice thoughtfully.

Just like hunting in the mountains and forests, or tracking some dangerous dark wizards, hiding their whereabouts is an essential ability for every Auror.

"No, on the contrary--"

Newt shook his head, a strange look appeared on his old face.

"In the world of magical animals, the more acutely hearing animals in the silence, the more unable to endure the stimulation of high pitches; the more acutely visual animals in the dark, the less able to withstand the hot and strong light... Maybe the basilisk can easily capture When the footsteps and even the heartbeat tremble, but when the entire site begins to tremble non-intermittently and trembling like an earthquake, its ability to survive will become a hindrance."

Newt's wand twitched, and the originally flat marble ground suddenly twisted and shook, as if some monster was sealed underneath.

Perhaps high-level transformations and spell disguise are troublesome, but disorderly and simple destruction is obviously much simpler.

"Snakes are very suitable for moving at high speeds on smooth paths, but they are obviously more difficult to move on sharp turns and rugged roads, which makes the site irregular and keeps high-frequency vibrations at all times. , This can greatly limit the actions of the basilisk."

As the former Hogwarts interim principal and professor of magical zoology, Newt gave a gentle introduction.

Snakes do not have feet. When they move, they mainly rely on the alternating contraction and relaxation of a series of muscles attached to the spine to crawl forward. Since there are a set of muscles on each side of the spine, one side contracts and the other side relaxes, which makes the snake body bend.

This one-by-one wave motion can transmit power in opposite positions on both sides of the body from head to tail.

If this wave motion does not encounter obstacles in the transmission process, the bending formed by these muscle activities will spread across the province without any hindrance. However, if the ground is uneven or narrow, the wave motion will be disturbed.

At each contact point, the ground will produce corresponding pressure. This pressure can only make the snake move forward smoothly when it is greater than the sliding friction of the snake. On the other hand, because the vital capacity of snakes is generally not as good as that of other mammals, when it is When frequent such high-energy-consuming exercises, the rate of physical exertion will rise linearly.

In nature, badgers prey on venomous snakes, sometimes directly exhausting their prey to death.

The most important thing is that the snake's spine movement is limited by a certain angle, and it cannot be turned back at an acute angle.

Perhaps some smaller snakes are not obvious in this respect, but if it is a behemoth like a basilisk that moves tens of meters at every turn, its ability to steer at acute angles may even be inferior to that of a Muggle pilot in the air. Certain flying aerobatics operations.

"Destroy the venue and make it the home of wizards... It really deserves to be Mr. Scamander."

Under Newt's brief explanation, Scrimgeour and others quickly understood, and they drew out their wands and began to perform environmental magic.

The originally flat and clean marble floor became hideous. Numerous odd-shaped bumps and folds turned up. Irregular bumps appeared on the surrounding stone pillars. The ground was covered with simple deformed gravel and rough drum heads. Vibrate.

It has to be said that as the top magical animal master in the magic world, Newt is once again giving young people a practical lesson.

With Kingsley’s supplementary proposal, they even went a step further on the basis of Newt Scamander, constructing some hidden bunkers in the folds of the rolling rock formations, and huge stone thorns carefully camouflaged. It is like a thorn trap surrounded by layers of thorns in the hall. If the basilisk dared to swim in the hall recklessly, then it would definitely appreciate what is called the despicable hunting wisdom of human beings.

At the same time, while waiting for the wizards of the Ministry of Magic to perfect the "thorn trap", Newt also took out some horrible water altars.

There was a red and unknown liquid flowing in those jars, and a pungent, pungent smell could be smelled even from far away.

As Newt directed his wands to smear them on the corners of the hall little by little, the crimson liquid gradually adsorbed on the surface of the broken marble like dried blood, emitting a hot and unbearable smell. Live the hot scent that you want to escape.

"Don't worry, these are all special treatments that are harmless to the human body to repel snakes and dispel cold potions——"

Newt Scamander said calmly, and before Scrimgeour could ask, he took the initiative to pass one of the cans.

"Didn’t I just say that? Basilisk’s perception also relies heavily on smell. When you see them sticking out their tongues, they are capturing the various scents in the air-this is also the most difficult to limit. Links, therefore, at the request of Professor Dumbledore, the Hogwarts potions professors prepared a batch of extremely irritating potions, and they were lucky to hear it. If you accidentally lick it... …"

"...Yes, how?"

Scrimgeour glanced at the crimson potion exuding death in his arms, and swallowed subconsciously.

After this hunting, he roughly understood the difference between himself and the top wizards.

Environment, potions, information... Even if there is no magic power and magic skills, just relying on wisdom and understanding of various knowledge, the two wizards Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore can easily The dangerous beast played between his palms.

"I don't know, but—maybe it will burn? Of course, it's just a metaphor."

Newt Scamander recalled what a certain little devil had said when he described it, shrugged and added.

"Of course, these are mainly restrictive methods, not the most important means of attack-how to deal with the basilisk, these still depend on Professor Dumbledore's ideas. I have not been particularly good in Defence Against the Dark Arts. student."

The amazing thing is that although Dumbledore spent most of his time teaching transfiguration before becoming the principal.

However, during the time Newt was in school, Dumbledore happened to practice Defence Against the Dark Arts for a period of time.

Although Dumbledore was removed from this course as Grindelwald later started the Wizarding War in Europe and the world, but in Newt Scamander's mind, Dumbledore has always been a dark magic The professor of defense skills, not the professor of transformation skills.

"Well, Professor Dumbledore, what shall we do next..."

Scrimgeour and others stood there, subconsciously looking at Dumbledore who was checking the magic trap not far away.

However, Dumbledore did not answer them immediately, but took a roll of parchment from his arms.

The old man’s wand tapped on the parchment, and after looking through the half-moon glasses on the parchment for ten seconds, he put the parchment away again and turned his head to look at those behind him that were almost finished." The undergraduates and graduates of "Hunting Place".

"It's very simple. I will summon the basilisk in a while, and then everyone will cast spells towards different positions one by one."

Dumbledore said softly, as if there was a reassuring magic in his voice.

"However, a little extra explanation is that, except for me, you all have to close your eyes and cast the first round of spells. As for the signal to release the spell, it is the ending sound of my spell-wait until I send it out. After the instruction, you will recite the spell forward together."

"But Professor Dumbledore, if we close our eyes, how can we..."

Scrimgeour glanced in the spacious, vast hall of the secret room, seeming to think it was a bit weird.

"Calibrated shooting, and fixed attack angle—"

Dumbledore said softly, as if he had foreseen Scrimgeour's problem in advance, and said with a smile unhurriedly.

As the old man spoke, he raised his wand and lightly moved it towards the tall Salazar Slytherin statue not far away.

The next moment, a golden-red light spot appeared on the face of the Slytherin statue.

"Before summoning the basilisk, we can first use a straight line of light to mark the direction of our spell-and then temporarily fix the angle of the arm through the petrification spell. After the spell is activated, your magic power should be automatically released Those superficial magic."

Dumbledore explained lightly, as the wand moved back and forth in the secret room, leaving light spots in various places.

"Here is the first group. The time of casting the spell is consistent with my ending."

"This is the second group, release it when you hear the heavy object hitting the ground."

"This is the third group..."

Before arriving in the Slytherin Chamber, Elena and Grindelwald deduced him a very detailed battle plan.

Perhaps in other matters, Dumbledore did not believe these two demon kings very much, but in this kind of magical warfare of multiplayer hunting, the combination of the fairy queen and the first dark lord is indeed the most trustworthy plan-Dumbledore Lido won't miss this kind of thing.

And the importance that "Prophet" Elena showed in this, also made Dumbledore silently add a lot of weight in his heart.

Magic traps, potion weakening, segmented shooting, magical firepower net...

With so many sets of combined punches, he, as the last attacker who performed the attack, naturally didn't have the idea of ​​keeping his hands.

Not to mention...

After roughly arranging the various groups of personnel, Dumbledore fumbled out a small package from his arms and threw it high in the distance.

A giant cobweb that was gray, sticky, and dense as if it were a thick white fungus blanket spread out on the face of Salazar Slytherin's stone sculpture.

From a distance, it looks like it was wearing an airtight cobweb mask. Maybe the basilisk can break through the "cobweb headgear" on its head with bite force and brute force after breaking through, but it absolutely cannot At the first moment, he opened his eyes and gave a lethal look.

Even in the worst case, it will take at least 2-3 seconds for the basilisk to break the spider web around.

According to the estimates of Elena and Grindelwald.

Three seconds.

The wizards present can almost release at least two rounds of spells.

Not to mention that Dumbledore and Newt’s full spell casting were added to this. If this does not make the basilisk lose most of its combat effectiveness, directly fall into serious injuries, or even be directly killed, then they You can start thinking about escape.

Of course, if it has room to escape back.

Or if it ran away from another place, that would be another derivative battle plan.

After the final confirmation, Dumbledore used the "real-time communication" capability of the academy to send a signal to enter the battle upwards.

"Now everyone, close your eyes and cast two spells before you can turn around and open your eyes—"

Immediately afterwards, Dumbledore took a deep breath and lifted his steps to shuttle between the deformed and weird stone pillars.

He stopped in front of the towering stone statue, looked up at the face of the Slytherin stone statue hidden behind the cobweb headgear, opened his mouth and made a hissing sound-although no one understood what he was talking about. But everyone knows the "human language" meaning of that passage.

[Speak to me, Slytherin-the greatest of the Big Four of Hogwarts]

Behind the invisible spider web, the huge stone face of Slytherin moved.

Its mouth opened and opened wider and wider, finally forming a huge black hole.

Something moves in the mouth of the statue.

Something rustled up from the depths of the statue.

Finally, just as everyone’s nerves were tense on the verge of breaking off, people heard the strange muffled sound of a heavy object hitting the spider web, as well as Dumbledore’s somewhat surprising, full of breath at the same time. The sound of power.

"Faint!! The first group!"

With the sound of Dumbledore's curse, more than a dozen crimson lights lit up in the dimly lit room.

A behemoth fell violently on the rocky ground~www.readwn.com~ People felt that the secret room was trembling violently.

Like drops of water dripping into boiling oil.

The next moment, the entire chamber trembles more violently. Almost all the boulders are colliding and trembling. The marble floor twists and swings crazily, just like crazy rock tentacles, twitching and hitting crazily in the narrow space.

In the noisy and chaotic trembling, people could vaguely hear the painful and terrible hissing of the giant snake.

as well as.

Professor Dumbledore was calm, like a steady voice in his ears.

"The second group! Attack!"

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Great! Oh big chapter!

(End of this chapter)