Mastering Thunder from Hogwarts

"Haha!" Harry scratched his head in embarrassment, "The situation was really dangerous at that time. I didn't even have time to think about it. I relied entirely on instinct to cast the spell. All I could think about was getting rid of the artillery team.

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"At that critical moment, you have to go all out!" Percy patted Harry's head appreciatively and looked at Cedric with relief. "In addition, it was also thanks to you that I was able to bite Wood tightly. At that time

It must be very hard to persevere.”

"I just did what I had to do." Cedric smiled shyly, "It's thanks to you that I actually thought of this trick and frightened them. In fact, the situation at that time

It's very dangerous. If you were one minute later, the temporary resurrection point would have been cleared."

"It should be said that for the success of this decisive battle, everyone's efforts are very crucial!" Percy glanced at the people around him, and then raised his right hand excitedly, "Then let's work together to win the second phase of the task!"

"Take it! Take it..."

The wizards surrounding them all raised their right hands in response. Obviously, they had gained a lot from this victory. This kind of pleasure in fighting with their companions in a bloody battle was something that no one had ever experienced before.

After a brief celebration, Percy asked everyone to gather around the map and analyze the second phase of their mission.

"Looking from the map, the target we want to overcome in the second stage is this level deep in the valley." Percy pointed to the middle section of the map and introduced, "The entire level is located between two high mountains, with both sides.

It’s a steep cliff.”

"It's probably less than 10 minutes away from our current location. The defenders must have teleported to the inside of the level to set up defenses at this time."

"The checkpoint is divided into two parts. The first is the city wall with a total length of nearly 100 meters, a height of 8 meters, and a thickness of 5 meters. The second is the gate in the middle of the city wall. The gate is a double-open steel structure with an ominous thickness and no moat.

.”

"What we have to do is to cross this level and seize the enemy command post in the rear. The occupation method is similar to the stronghold. As long as our people stand on it, the progress bar will be pulled."

"As for our resurrection location, it has also been changed to the headquarters nearly a hundred meters in front of the checkpoint. Our knight commander is probably also moved there."

These contents were all information that Percy had already noted after getting the map. Now all he has done is share the complete information with everyone.

"So, the second stage is a siege?" Ginny frowned, "This seems to be much more difficult than attacking a stronghold. Why is it given less time than the first stage?"

"Because there is only one level, unlike the first stage where you have to occupy three strongholds at the same time, this greatly saves the movement time." Percy smiled, "And the time left in the first stage can also be carried over to the second stage.

stage, so our siege actually takes 50 minutes."

"Well...then what are your thoughts on this level?" Cedric also understood the content of the second stage at this time.

"Before I saw the actual situation of the level, I didn't have much idea." Percy shook his head, "But there are only three attack routes. Either break the city gate from the front, or start from the city wall. You can also consider taking the

Use the air route to directly cross the checkpoint and attack the enemy command post."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to strike from the air. Their air defense methods are very sharp, and they also have their own air power." Neville felt his scalp numb as he recalled the blows he encountered when he arrived above the position.

"So I want to conduct a frontal attack first to test the defense strength of the other side." Percy nodded, "And there are also many engineering equipment in the exchange list. The specific situation can be studied in detail later."

"Then what are you waiting for?" Ginny rolled up her sleeves like a boy, "Let's go, I haven't fought enough yet!"

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On the other side, the defenders who had lost their stronghold and were teleported to the level were standing there with unwilling expressions on their faces.

They really didn't expect that they would fail in such a dramatic way after they defended well and didn't even use their full strength.

"Sorry." Wood lowered his head in frustration, "If I hadn't been held back by Cedric and failed to alert everyone in time, we wouldn't have lost so quickly."

"Don't say that, Wood." Hermione quickly comforted her when she saw this, "No one has ever encountered this kind of situation before, and we also have the responsibility. If our team can remove the temporary resurrection point faster, it will not happen.

This situation.”

"Yes, I can only say that Percy is too cunning."

"As long as we learn lessons, the next battle may not be unwinnable!"

Several captains in the crowd spoke out to cheer for Wood and the team.

And Draco reminded decisively, "Don't think about the previous failure anymore. What is before us now is how to hold on to the level in front of us."

"That's right!" Hermione nodded, "The time left for us is not as ample as imagined, and perhaps we should try to think about future defensive countermeasures from an overall perspective."

"What do you mean by...the overall angle?" Ron frowned in confusion.

Hearing this, Hermione explained, "You must know that there are three stages in the battlefield dungeon. We may have underestimated the opponent's strength before, and always wanted to completely defeat the opponent once and for all relying on Position 2."

"But after the previous battle, the other side also let us see clearly their determination and methods. Obviously this offensive and defensive battle is not as simple as everyone imagined."

"So the first thing we have to do is to put away our chances and don't set the goal from the beginning to completely stop the opponent within the stage." Hermione blurted out almost without breathing.

"I think I understand what you mean." Wood nodded when he heard this, "Indeed, we took it a little too much for granted before. As a result, in order to completely complete the game in the first stage, we wasted too many resources on unnecessary places.

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Since they had successfully ambushed and annihilated the attacker once at the beginning, many people, including Percy, had a sense of luck and always wanted to completely suppress the enemy's offensive in position 2.

As a result, in order to stabilize the position, they spent a lot of resources on areas where the risk was actually very small, such as the minefields at the back of the position. Now that I think about it, it was really wasteful. They only killed Neville from the beginning to the end.

Although this kind of idea and tactics that strives for perfection may seem to cover all aspects, it actually does not focus on the specific point.

So when faced with an aggressive attacking side, they are like kraft paper that looks hard but breaks when poked.

In fact, thinking about it now, if the initial strategy was to delay time, the most suitable tactic for them is actually mobile warfare, constantly moving between several strongholds and specifically attacking the enemy's weak positions.

In that case, the risk may be particularly high and the situation will be even more chaotic than before.

But that's better than putting all the defense centers on one stronghold and losing everything if something goes wrong.

"I understand." Wood's eyes flashed with determination again, "In the next second stage, we will set the goal to delay as much time as possible."

"We wasted nearly 20 minutes in the first stage. At the end of the second stage, we'd better shorten the remaining time to less than 10 minutes."

"Yeah!" Hermione nodded in approval, and then smiled bitterly, "But our second phase of the mission seems to be similar to the situation in the first phase. We are all holding on to the same place."

"How can this be the same?" Ron rolled his eyes, "This level is much better than Stronghold 2 in terms of geographical location. You forgot how much merit points we spent before to build it into a fortress.

of?"

"No." Wood shook his head, "For us wizards, a mere city wall is really as strong as imagined. Simply thinking about it from another's perspective, I can think of two things: crossing from the air and using deformation to directly change the structure of the city wall.

A means."

"Not to mention that the opponent can still launch a strong attack steadily. In addition, they have just won the first stage of victory, and their morale must be high. It is possible that the fighting intensity will be very high at the beginning."

"What do you think?" Ron couldn't help but remain silent after hearing this, and then asked after a while.

"We have to save resources as much as possible this time!" Wood said calmly, "Now I also want to understand that this battle is essentially a resource exchange."

"There is not much difference in staffing between the two sides, and since we have the geographical advantage, for the sake of balance, our opponent's resource conversion rate will definitely be higher than ours!"

"So what we have to do is to use as few resources as possible to replace the opponent's resources, just like the scatter cannon corresponding to the flying broomstick. As long as we can exchange their resources one by one, we will make a profit!"

After the previous stage of the battle, Wood's understanding of the battlefield dungeon became more and more profound. He had been wondering before, why the opponent's people died much more than them, but the armaments exchanged for meritorious deeds were still strong.

Outrageous.

Presumably this itself belongs to the balance system within the dungeon. Everyone knows that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There is no reason why the advantage should be given to the defender. Therefore, providing the attacker with high-quality and low-cost armaments can balance the two sides well.

combat effectiveness.

But the defenders are not useless. In fact, their defensive materials are not expensive, but since most of them are passive props, such as traps and mines, they need to be spread out over a large area to achieve good results.

Therefore, on the actual battlefield, a large part of the armament was actually wasted, so Wood, who woke up, decided to use more resources for active defense and try his best to target the opponent's offensive resources instead of simply targeting personnel.

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The latest first release.