Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

Snape, who had become Slughorn, was waiting for Lily's arrival in an empty classroom.

Naturally, he did not enter the Gryffindor lounge, but asked a painting in the castle to help him call Lily out of the girls' dormitory.

Not long after, there was a gentle push on the door, and Lily, who was wearing a robe over her pajamas, poked her head in.

"Professor Slughorn? Why are you looking for me so late? And why not in your office?"

It could be heard from the tone of voice that Lily was indeed very familiar with Slughorn.

Snape kept a smile on his face, trying to show the gentle smile that Slughorn usually showed.

"I have something to ask you, Lily. Come on, come and sit down here."

Even though Snape had tried his best, Lily still looked at him with a strange expression.

"Professor, are you in a bad mood? It feels like you are forcing a smile."

Snape said reluctantly.

"Some accidents happened, but they are not important. I have something to give to you."

He didn't say anything unnecessary. The more he talked, the easier it would be for him to reveal his secrets. So he went straight to the point and took out the experimental notebook that Sherlock gave him from his pocket.

"Take this thing and try to learn the contents before graduation! It will help you one day in the future."

Lily took the experimental notebook from his hand with a puzzled look on her face and flipped through it briefly, but didn't see any clues.

"Why are you giving me this? Magic about the soul is generally very profound, and I don't think I can learn it yet."

"You have to work hard to learn even if you don't know how. I can't tell you the specific reasons, but it is very important to you!"

Lily felt a little confused, but she didn't ask any more questions and put the notebook into her pocket.

Snape continued his instructions with a serious expression.

"This thing must be kept well. Don't let anyone find it. No matter who it is, don't mention it to anyone in the future, including myself!"

Hearing his emphasis, the expression on Lily's face became even more confused.

However, out of trust in Slughorn, she nodded hesitantly.

"alright, I got it."

The scene became silent. Originally, at this time, Snape had successfully completed the mission and it was time to leave, but his face was struggling and he was not willing to leave directly.

A stiff smile appeared on his face, and he was extremely eager to talk to Lily one more time, as if this was his only chance.

"How...how have you been at school lately?"

...

Sherlock stared at Eddie.

"There are a lot of them, and you're not like me. It's dangerous to go there."

Eddie didn't show any nervousness on his face at this time, but he laughed easily.

"Do you remember the three words I said to you that night?"

Sherlock nodded silently.

"I am an Auror in the magical world, and my responsibility is to fight against these people, so I can't back down and hide behind you at this time." Eddie said in a calm but powerful voice, "No matter what the reason is, I I should all stand in front with you!”

Thinking back to the time he met Eddie and spent so long together, Sherlock also saw clearly what he was like, and knew that telling him to back off at this time would be tantamount to ridicule.

So, he finally nodded.

"But don't be brave. If you should give up, just cherish your life and think more about Amy."

Eddie's smile was a little bitter.

"I haven't forgotten that I'm still a father, even though I was never a good father to begin with."

"It's best if you know it yourself."

They didn't say anything more. They left the brightly lit hall together and walked back into the dark maze.

Under Bella's leadership, the Death Eaters' movement was not much slower than Sherlock's.

The memory of Mrs. Selwyn that little Barty brought back was very comprehensive, including not only the location of each door, but also the complete route through the maze.

Just when they were about to reach the end and walk out of the maze, hundreds of bright lights suddenly flashed in the darkness ahead!

It wasn't until those lights lit up that Sherlock's belated spell came through.

"Thunderbolt explosion!"

The partition walls in the maze were very strong. He had tried many times before but failed to blow them open with explosive spells.

Therefore, with the wall separated, Sherlock could control the wands unscrupulously, letting them be in front of the wall on the Death Eater's side to use explosive spells, without worrying about affecting himself and Eddie.

The darkness here can absorb light sources. Even if his control magic is slightly suppressed, even if it is suppressed, the control magic can be extended to a distance of about eight meters.

Within a radius of eight meters, darkness ceased to exist for him, and he could intuitively observe the location of the Death Eaters.

Hundreds of explosive curses exploded in silence like fireworks blooming in the night sky, exploding on the straight road where Bella was leading the Death Eaters!

The moment the light lit up, it was swallowed up by the weird darkness again, but the huge roar that followed suddenly sounded as if it was about to blow through people's eardrums!

"Boom!!!"

The whole world seemed to be shaking, and even Eddie and Sherlock had to hold on to the wall beside them to prevent themselves from falling to the ground due to the shaking feeling.

The Death Eaters who faced this scene felt it more intuitively!

The moment the light came on, Bella's expression changed drastically, and an uncontrollable sense of panic arose in her heart!

In just one second, she made the right decision. She threw herself backwards and fell under the Death Eater who was only half a shoulder behind her.

Just as she reached the ground, the other Death Eaters had just reacted.

But it's too late at this point!

That shock wave that could tear everything apart, along with the blazing heat wave, ravaged the entire corridor!

The partition wall closest to the center of the explosion could not withstand the nearly devastating power. The wall suddenly collapsed, and countless stone-like debris was blown everywhere.

The Death Eaters were still some distance away from the place where the explosion was most powerful, but when the wave spread to where they were, the Death Eaters walking at the front suddenly lit up with orange light shields.

These armor curses worked immediately, but even the partition wall couldn't stop the power. The Death Eaters' armor curse couldn't last for two seconds before it shattered!

The iron masks on the faces of the three Death Eaters standing at the front and the black robes on their bodies were directly blown to pieces. They were almost inhuman shape. Their faces and front bodies were all bloody and bloody. They died on the spot and fell to the ground. .

The corridor was very narrow and there were many Death Eaters, so the queue was stretched very long.

As a result, only the three Death Eaters at the front were actually fatally injured. The further the aftermath of the explosion went, the more its power was weakened.

The armor spells were broken one after another, but the people behind were only slightly injured.

Bella was destined to die.

However, she reacted quickly and used her companion's body as a human shield.

The three Death Eaters who were killed fell on her body, which not only helped her block the impact of the explosion, but also blocked many small stones blown down from the wall, leaving her with only the broken iron armor spell and hair. Baked at high temperature, it becomes more fluffy.

Under the observation of controlling magic, Sherlock could not see all the Death Eaters, but he could "see" the most severely affected people in front of him clearly.

The power of nearly two hundred explosive spells was beyond normal people's imagination, but far lower than Sherlock's expectations.

Taking advantage of the dark surroundings, the location he chose to detonate was very close to the Death Eaters. It should have caused greater results, but in the end, only three people died.

There's something strange about the darkness in this room!

Not only can it swallow light, but it can also affect the power of the inverted spell.

In addition, he used a lot of spells continuously today. In addition to the hundred rounds of general cracking spells used every day on the locket containing the time turner, there were fifty rounds of petrification spells in the Time Hall. , and two hundred transformation spells.

There were three hundred and fifty rounds of magic spells. Counting the two hundred rounds of explosive spells he had just used, a total of five hundred and fifty rounds of spells had exhausted his body.

Eddie obviously also noticed this problem. He stared at Sherlock's pale face.

"Your physical strength is exhausted too much. You can't force yourself to cast spells continuously like this."

"I know, this time it was just a good opportunity for a sneak attack." Sherlock said regretfully, "But the effect was mediocre. Only three people on the opposite side died."

Sherlock was in a very bad state, but the Death Eaters didn't know it.

"Back off! Back off everyone first!"

Bella stood up from the ground in disgrace and screamed.

Even without her reminder, these people did not dare to move forward and kept retreating to a corner behind.

Among the three people who died was Bella's brother-in-law and Rodolphus's brother Rabastan.

But Bella didn't even look at the unrecognizable corpse, and retreated back among the Death Eaters.

Although it was important to get what Voldemort asked for, the Death Eaters here also couldn't have too many casualties, otherwise Bella wouldn't be able to explain.

"There are at least fifty Aurors casting explosive spells together! Where did they come from?"

The Death Eater who asked the question was a young voice, Bella stared at him and frowned and said

"It's impossible for the Ministry of Magic to have so many Aurors! There was something wrong with the man in the Time Hall just now. He could use a lot of spells by himself!"

She took another look at the big hole blown by the explosive spell on the partition wall of the corridor, and quickly came up with a countermeasure.

"Lucius, you take fifteen people and continue to hang out with him here. I'll take the others and go around from there!"