harry potter book of crimes

Hermione woke up early again today.

There is no choice but to get up earlier, because Safina and Mr. Blois, who are out on patrol, have been discovering that the living corpses a little further to the east have begun to move strangely again.

The density is increasing, the activity is also increasing, and these phenomena have an obvious tendency to spread here. Even if it is only an optimistic estimate, this will at least be a precursor to a large number of living corpses migrating here; and in the end

The worst possibility is that there will be demons driving a wave of living corpses.

Because of this, Safina and Blois did not come back to rest in the evening as usual in the past two days - the two extended their patrol route again, even at night, just to prepare for the event of large-scale activities.

When a zombie wave comes, they can detect it in advance.

Although the current stronghold built around the Burrow has been built like an iron wall through the unremitting efforts of everyone. Even if there is a real tide of living corpses, everyone believes that this place can withstand it.

However, leaving aside the high-level zombies, at least if there are demons coming... Whether this heavy protection can withstand it is still unknown.

"Hermione, Longfro in the east tower asked me to find a time to ask if there is a need to add more other magic traps in addition to the gravity trap on the east side? At present, the main thing we are guarding against is the east side, no matter how many

Be careful and you will never go wrong..."

While Hermione was taking advantage of the little time before breakfast to stare at the map and calculate in the living room downstairs, Neville had already returned from a trip to the east tower. Apparently, he got up earlier than Hermione today.

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After hearing what Neville said, Hermione thought about it for a while, then shook her head and said clearly:

"It makes some sense, but it still doesn't work - at present, the magic traps that can really produce sufficient effects must be designed and made by Hannah and I based on the rule runes. Otherwise, we have to trouble Sarah to use alchemy.

You have to do it. But when the traps placed outside really need to be activated, they cannot be maintained well at all and will eventually become consumables... That is such a waste."

When Neville heard this, he nodded immediately, but he couldn't help but said:

"However, there is no way to configure more magic spells on the tower, and just arranging protection on the defense line within the alchemical barrier is not very effective -"

Neville actually wanted to say more about the stronghold's defense measures, but Hermione suddenly waved her hand to stop him from continuing.

"I know all what you said, and I also understand everyone's urgency and worry about the safety of the stronghold after experiencing the attack of the giant demon... But, as you said, we actually have no way to arrange more

More protection." She said seriously, "This is the fact - at least with our current capabilities, this is the limit."

Yes, Hermione was right.

In fact, to be honest, almost none of the people who come here voluntarily are afraid of death, but they are all afraid of dying without any achievements, without any achievements, and without any struggle.

Today, this stronghold is very important, both in terms of practical and symbolic significance.

But because the enemy is too powerful, everyone can only continue to arm this stronghold in the best way possible, so that they can gain some peace of mind in the non-stop action.

However, there is always a limit to what can be done. When everyone finds that they have armed the entire stronghold to the teeth, but still do not have absolute confidence to deal with the crisis that may come, every time during this period

A drop of sweat turned into a weight of pressure, weighing on everyone's hearts.

Of course, Neville also has this kind of pressure in his heart...or, in fact, almost everyone in this stronghold is the same.

But at this moment, Hermione suddenly looked away from the map, and then suddenly raised her head.

"So, in fact, the 'bad news' brought back by Miss Geoffrey and Mr. Blois may actually be a good thing for us!"

"Bad news?" When Neville heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he soon came to his senses, "You mean, the group of living corpses in the east are moving strangely?"

"Yes!" Hermione explained, "Because we have made all the preparations we can, then the next step is to wait for an opportunity to verify the results - everyone is holding their breath. It must have been a long time.

It will create anxiety and may even lead to a loss of morale.”

"You know so much!"

Neville thought about it and felt that it did make sense, because the situations Hermione mentioned were actually happening in the stronghold.

But Hermione was not very happy to receive Neville's praise. She just shook her head slightly and said:

"I'm just trying a little bit according to what's written in the book! I told you to read more books at the beginning... But now, I don't have that much time to read."

"Oh! Hermione, you remind me of those days at Hogwarts."

Neville sighed, then quickly waved at her, turned around and walked towards the door.

"Anyway, I understand what you mean - I'm going to make another trip to the east tower so that Longfro and the others don't have to think about useless things anymore."

Behind him, Hermione, who was still sitting at the table, just looked at his leaving figure for a moment, and then returned her attention to the map in front of her.

Needless to say, Neville's words just now reminded Hermione of some memories.

To be honest, life when I was a student at Hogwarts was not all pleasant. Even Voldemort's constant torment at that time left many bad memories for everyone.

But now that I think about it, no matter how bad the experience was at that time, it has gradually turned into a kind of luxurious beauty in the much more terrible days now.

Yes, it's so beautiful that people don't want to think about it too much, because it will make everyone feel more and more sad when they have to return to reality.

A moment later, Hannah came over with today's breakfast as usual. However, following her into the living room was Mr. Blois, who should still be patrolling the east side.

"...Miss Granger, the zombie swarm is moving here at an accelerated speed, and...from the perspective of Geofein and I, they seem to be organized."

As soon as she heard Blois say this, Hermione immediately put down the breakfast she had not started eating and stood up.

"That is to say... the matter may be more serious than we initially expected?"