Anna had always thought that she was a mature little wizard who could deal with any unexpected situation in the magic world. However, when she was being chased by a giant red monster, she realized that she was wrong.
The battle-hardened warrior Moody nimbly threw one curse after another on the red giant. The incantation in his mouth sounded like a rap. The red giant's body was full of scars, but it still did not stop moving forward.
"Roar!" The red giant was obviously angry. "My skin is rotten!" It pounded the ground with its small fists, making Moody lose his balance.
"No — it has something on its body that is resisting my attacks — the souls that are surrounding it!"
Moody panted as he returned to the fleeing team. He took out a bottle of potion from his leather pouch and gulped it down to recover his mana and HP. "I've asked the Auror team to set up a large trap by the stream. We have to lure it there!"
Arthur nodded and carried the boy on his shoulder. He had mastered the 'Light as a Feather Spell' mainly because of his office, which was smaller than a broom closet. In order to watch the battle of the spirits comfortably, Arthur had to use the remaining space above his head. He borrowed a sofa from the Auror department next door to reduce the weight so that it could be safely placed on top of a pile of debris. Now, he could finally stretch his legs.
"It's catching up!"
The boy on Arthur's shoulder pointed at the red giant and yelled. He was not dressed for running. He had fallen down several times and was out of breath. Only now did he have the strength to continue screaming.
"Take a deep breath, child. Take a deep breath." Arthur comforted the little boy. He waved his wand with his free right hand and cast a floating spell to move away the stumps and rocks that were in the way. Anna followed behind him and picked up the mouse that had accidentally fallen off the boy.
Mouse Harry screamed at Anna for help. Fortunately, although Anna could not understand what he was saying, she could roughly guess. She took out a small pair of glasses from her pocket and put them on Harry. The world in Harry's eyes became clearer.
"Leg Lock Spell!"
The white light emitted from Moody's wand hit the red giant. The spell worked very well. The giant's legs instantly closed together and bent a few trees. Although the spell did not cause much damage to it, it finally stopped it from moving forward.
Moody lifted up the short-legged Anna and pointed his wand at the forest in front of him. Then, he chanted a spell that was so strange that it did not seem like a spell.
"Δρπων Δρειν Ων Δρειν Ων Δρχε Ται!"
A miraculous scene appeared. Anna found that the trees and shrubs that were standing in the same place were moving to the sides neatly as if they had turned into spirits. The weeds on the ground suddenly retracted into the ground and then grew in other places. A somewhat narrow but incomparably smooth dirt path was temporarily built.
Anna's eyes widened. This curse was indeed a little cool.
"Quick!
The incantation cannot be maintained for too long! "
Moody sprinted forward with Anna in tow. They could already see uniformed Auror waving a glowing signboard.
"Run this way!" The Auror who was leading the way shouted.
They finally rushed out of the forest and rushed into the fog in the direction indicated. The fog was filled with the faint smell of grass, which quickly relaxed their tense muscles.
"This is the new equipment of the Troll Protection Association. Please don't be nervous." The woman wearing the funny troll hat walked to Arthur. She put the teapot that released the fog on the ground and was about to help Arthur put down the boy on his shoulder. "Trolls can't see things in the fog. They are usually not very smart. You can rest for a while …"
"Ah —" Arthur, who was about to breathe a sigh of relief, was stunned when he saw the woman who had just said 'trolls are not very smart' being taken away by a big hand.
"Clean it up!"
At this critical moment, Anna took out her wand and cast a Defilement Spell on the red giant's hand. The woman wearing the troll hat quickly slid out of the red giant's hand. Her body was covered with sticky red liquid from the red giant's hand, and she reeked of blood.
The woman screamed even louder.
The red giant stretched its hand out of the fog, looking confused. It found that its hand had faded, revealing the pale skin underneath.
"Did it shrink in size?"
Moody ran out of the fog and stayed inside, completely unable to see the enemy. However, the enemy could easily see that there was a strange fog here. He did not know what the Troll Protection Association was thinking. Perhaps the person who came up with this method was the real Troll?
"Everything is ready, Senior Moody!"
A young Auror ran over. Moody nodded and stared at the red giant. "Let's get started."
As soon as he finished speaking, Anna, who was following behind Moody, noticed that the seven Auros had taken their positions and surrounded the red giant. Then, they raised their wands at the same time, as if to cast a spell together. For a moment, the leaves in the forest rustled, and a strange wind blew.
"Freeze everything!"
The Auros shouted as they stabbed their wands into the ground.
There was a cracking sound, and a cold light that was visible to the naked eye shot out from the seven wands. The surrounding temperature dropped instantly. First, a snowflake fell on the red giant's shoulder, and before it could react, another snowflake fell on its head.
Ten seconds later, the circle formed by the Auror seemed to have turned into a world of ice and snow. When the red giant realized that something was wrong and wanted to escape, it found that its feet could no longer move. It howled loudly, but in the end, it could not escape the fate of being turned into an ice sculpture.
"This method is pretty good against stupid monsters," Moody interrupted and commented. "But it's definitely not wise to use it in a duel with a wizard. After all, not every wizard is so good-tempered as to wait for you to complete a long spell preparation."
Anna nodded thoughtfully. This freezing spell was not very practical, but the spell that Moody had shown her in the forest to open a path to escape looked good. Perhaps she could go to the library to look it up.
Harry the Mouse crawled out of Anna's pocket and squeaked to attract the attention of their human friends. Anna quickly took him out. "Mr. Moody!
This is my missing friend!
Can you restore him to his original appearance? "
Moody used the Breaking Spell to quickly restore the Rat and Mouse trio to their original appearance. Everyone looked very energetic, if you ignored the small bald spot on Harry and Ron's head, and Hermione's small leather shoes that had disappeared without a trace.
"You look like you've suffered a lot." Anna patted Harry and Ron on the shoulder. "Fortunately, it's all over now. Oh!
Why is there a bald patch on your head?
Don't worry, your hair will grow back soon! "
Ron and Harry looked at Hermione silently.
That was Hermione's doing. She was too nervous and accidentally pulled the two of them. "Ahem." Hermione coughed. She was putting on the shoes that Arthur had conjured for her. "We did go through a lot. It was too dangerous back then …"
Hermione began to tell the whole story. "We were captured by Burns, the community doctor!
He also captured other little wizards and used their blood and magic to prolong his wife's life. "Hermione pointed to the frozen Red Giant." That monster was Burns' wife, Mary!
She should have died decades ago! "
"We escaped from the cage, and then escaped through the vent!" Ron added, dancing with joy. "We climbed up the bookshelf, and then jumped on the lamp and swayed!
Old Burns was so angry that he was breathing fire! "
"Breathing fire?" Anna tilted her head.
"Well … It's not that exaggerated … but Burns was really angry!"
Harry continued Ron's words. "We came to the vent pipe and then met Ms. Nagini!"
"You mean … you met a lady in the vent pipe?" Mad Eye Moody wanted to make sure that he did not mishear.
Anna opened her mouth wide. The moment she heard Nagini's name, there was a sudden noise in her head. [… Warning … Warning … Important deviation … Remove … Remove …] She quickly realized that it was a warning from her System.
"Yes!
Ms. Nagini, "Harry suddenly hissed. A huge viper quickly coiled around his waist. The snake's eyes casually glanced at Anna and the other wizards who were staring at it in shock.
"Ms. Nagini is a poor witch who was cursed by the Blood Curse. I promised to help her break the curse —" Harry touched his glasses. "— and to read her The Tales of Beedle the Poet. In exchange, Ms. Nagini helped us save Pandora, uh, I mean Andy!"
"Andy is a little wizard who was kidnapped by Burns. He was dressed up as Burns' dead daughter and has been in the dungeon for almost two months!"
Everyone looked at Andy sympathetically. The child in the princess dress looked a little flustered. "Burns is a madman!
He locked me in a room full of dolls and kept calling me Pandora!
I thought I was going to die until I found a pendant in one of the octopus dolls. "Andy touched his arm." The pendant contained a portrait of Pandora — "
"Pandora told me a lot of things." Andy waved his hands. "She wanted me to throw the pendant into the blood pool where her mother was imprisoned, but I couldn't escape until the weird combination of the giant snake and the three mice found me!
"Where is Burns now?" Moody gestured for the two Auros to come over. He took out a small notebook and was ready to record.
"On the way out, we took advantage of the chaos and threw the pendant into the blood pool. Then, the monster opened its eyes. It moved so violently that the entire underground building collapsed. I guess Bowens was buried under it." Hermione recalled the scene at that time, stroking her chin and adding, "But there's no guarantee that Bowens didn't use Transfiguration."
Moody nodded. "You have done well." He ordered the Auros to search the surrounding area and sent two Auros to investigate the area where the cave-in had occurred.
The remaining Auros began to contact the memory erasing department. Many Muggles saw the red giant.
"Children!" Arthur hugged them. "I didn't know you had been through so much danger!
But it's all over now!
You've done well! "He patted Ron on the shoulder." Ron!
If Molly was here, you'd be scolded. But, son, I have to say, you've done well this time! "
"You're indeed a child of the Weasley family!" Arthur praised. "Brave and excellent!"
Ron had never received such direct praise before. He was not the best among the children in the family. It was always his brothers who received praise. At this moment, his face was flushed. "Ahem, I didn't do anything …" He wanted to talk about his experience, but he found that he was too clumsy to say anything in front of his father.
Ron wanted to be noticed. There were too many children in the family. He was not excellent or naughty, and he was not the only girl in the family. His parents did not pay much attention to him as they did to the other children.
"Ron opened the lock and let us escape from the cage!" Harry patted Ron on the shoulder and praised him sincerely. "That's amazing!"
"Indeed." Hermione nodded in agreement. Ron had played a big role in the escape of the Three Mice.
Arthur laughed and patted Harry and Hermione's heads. "If you're really that good, then I think I should invite Mr. Ron to modify the Ford car with me …"
"Really!?"
Ron shouted, the excitement in his eyes almost overflowing. "But after Fred and George drove it last time, you never allowed us to touch it again!
You didn't even allow us to get close to the Ford, saying that our breathing would disturb its rest! "
"You're with me this time. Of course, I won't watch you torture my precious car." Arthur shook his finger. "You've lived in the muggle world for so long. I think you can bring me some new ideas. How about it?
Ron, do you want to join the Weasley car research team? "
"Of course!" Ron's eyes widened, and his body language became rich. "Ron's assistant is happy to serve you!" Then he cheered at Anna. "Anna!
You must tell Fred and George!
They'll be jealous of me — "
Anna smiled, then looked at Ron and suddenly lowered her voice. "Maybe I'll have a chance to engrave my name on the engine!
Or make a jacket with duck feathers for the Ford's exhaust pipe? "
Anna felt that she suddenly understood why Mr. Arthur didn't want the children to get close to his Ford car.
"Leave her!
Get away from Mary! "
The old voice came from afar, panting. An Auror flew past Anna and fell to the ground. He clutched his stomach, his face in pain. Blood kept oozing out from the place where the Auror was clutching.
"Stop the bleeding!
Who has extra Viagra? "The scene suddenly became chaotic. A female Auror screamed and pounced on the injured Auror." Romeo!
Why is it you?
Romeo! "
"Juliet … cough." The Auror Romeo on the ground coughed up a mouthful of blood and smiled almost sadly. "I'm fine. I'm still waiting to marry —"
Before the Auror could finish, Anna suddenly appeared and covered his mouth. Anna frowned and stopped him from saying anything. "Okay, stop talking." Then she took out a bottle of Viagra from the blue floral cloth bag and poured it on his wound.
"Ah!" The Auror Romeo howled silently. Although the Viagra potion had healed his wound, it was still not good. An attack similar to an icicle had pierced through his stomach. His internal organs must have been damaged.
Everyone looked in the direction of the old voice. Andy's face turned pale when he heard the voice. "It's him!
That demon — Bowens, Bowens is here! "
As Andy screamed, Mad Eye Moody and Bowens had already started fighting. The two old men, whose ages added up to more than 150 years old, jumped around, bursting with vitality and vigor that didn't belong to old men. They proved to the Auror that the old man was still the old man after all.
After a series of dazzling spellcasting and positioning, Bowens first showed everyone a less than honorable way of fighting. He put on an Iron Armor Charm and a Bubble Head Charm, then took out a pair of old man's earmuffs and put them on.
Moody was shocked. He covered his ears and yelled behind him, "Cover your ears!"
As soon as he finished his words, a loud, mournful cry pierced through the air. Bowens was grinning ferociously while holding a wrinkled baby-like creature in his hand. The baby had leaves on its head and its skin was covered with fluffy green spots.
"Mandrake!"
Hermione covered her ears with a pained expression. She couldn't help but explain it to everyone, but unfortunately, no one could pay attention to her.
The loud and sharp sound made everyone feel like their heads were buzzing.
"Clear Water Spring!"
Anna couldn't stand the noise anymore. Even if she covered her ears, the Mandrake's scream could still penetrate her ears. She ran into the fog, took out her wand, and cast a Water Spell in Bowens' direction.
Professor Fleetway had already introduced this spell in class, and most of the young wizards could already use it flexibly. They could summon a small blob of water to drink, or put out the fire in the fireplace in the lounge as a joke.
Anna was one of the few young wizards who couldn't cast a Water Spell flexibly in class, mainly because she didn't know if her Water Spell was a simple Water Spell.
She was now glad that she didn't cast the spell in class, because the moment she chanted the spell, the water rushed out at a terrible speed. Anna's wand instantly turned into a high-pressure water gun. Whoosh! The water hit the Mandrake and Bowens.
"Gurgle — Cough, cough, cough!"
The Mandrake began to cough violently, as if choked by a huge amount of water. The shrill scream finally stopped.
"Damn it!"
Bowens threw the coughing Mandrake aside. Then there was a click, and blue fragments floated around Bowens. His Iron Armor Charm had been broken by Anna.
Moody shook his head, trying to get rid of the noise left in his head by the Mandrake. He struggled to cast the spell. "Grin!"
The Arm Charm successfully hit the defenseless Bowens. He froze for a moment, then laughed uncontrollably. He laughed so hard that he rolled on the ground. The wand in his hand fell to the ground, and Moody caught it in his hand with a Flying Charm.
"Phew …" Moody breathed a sigh of relief and asked Auror to control Bowens. Anna sneaked out of the fog and hid among a group of children. The crisis was finally over.
Bowens, who couldn't stop laughing, was tied up with a firm rope and handcuffs on his hands. He looked as if he would be sent to a mental hospital in the next second. Bowens turned his head to look at the frozen giant, and then quickly shifted his gaze back.
He stared at Auror Juliet, who was taking care of the wounded. "It's useless, hahaha …" Bowens laughed even harder. His hands and feet kept twitching. "That Auror is dead!" He kept provoking Juliet with words.
Auror Juliet quickly stood up and walked to Bowens with a sullen face. The Auror next to her wanted to hold her back, but she shook him off. "Juliet, calm down." Moody noticed the situation. "Bowens will be put on trial by the Ministry of Magic..."
"Burn it hot!"
Juliet pressed her wand against Bowens' body. A few seconds later, all kinds of boils grew on Bowens' body. His laughter began to turn into screams.
"Juliet." Bowens frowned. He knew that his subordinate sometimes couldn't control her temper well. "That's enough." He tried to grab Juliet's wrist.
"Hahaha … Torture me!" Bowens laughed like a madman. "The dead can't come back. No matter how brave, smart, and beautiful you were when you were alive, you're just a cold corpse when you're dead. She took everything with her. She left a hole in your heart, tearing your heart apart, torturing you day and night …"
"Madam, I hope you can enjoy life like this. Hahaha …"
Juliet stared at Bowens fiercely. She snorted and moved her wand to Bowens' heart. She took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind. "Heart Piercing …"
"Wait!"
Moody shouted to stop Juliet. If she used one of the three forbidden spells, Piercing Bone, Juliet would probably lose her job and be locked up in Azkaban for ten days to half a month.
"Crack —" A strange and subtle sound attracted the attention of a few Auror. "Senior Moody!
The monster in the ice sculpture seems to be moving! "
Bowens closed his eyes and muttered some vague sentences, "Close your eyes, close your breath … You're the light, you can't tolerate any darkness in your eyes. You're the resurrection of everything … You're the continuation of life. You're the beginning and also the end …"
"I offer you a sacrifice." Bowens' breathing began to weaken. He struggled to say the last words. "As always … Let Mary live."
"Thud." Bowens fell to the ground.
At the same time, the frozen red giant opened its eyes as if it was awakened.