Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1668 A War without a Winner (One Hundred and Eighteen)

The radio was playing a broadcast from the Wizard Lookout Station, and the familiar announcer was repeating what he said last week and continuing to educate everyone about werewolves.

Most listeners thought the announcer was noisy, but few wizards actually reached out to turn off the radio. Because today is a full moon, patients infected with lycanthropy will transform into werewolves without human reason during the full moon period.

Although there have been some rumors in the wizarding world that everyone felt were alarmist, but now that the Ministry of Magic has chosen to guard against it, it never hurts to believe a little.

Especially since the last full moon, the announcer at the Wizard Lookout Station has taken one day a week to provide popular science about werewolves.

This is the main reason why everyone is willing to stay in front of the radio at this moment and listen to the announcer on the radio chattering about popular science to everyone.

Moreover, even if there is no werewolf attack today, there is always no harm in learning more knowledge about werewolves and more methods of self-protection.

At least when you encounter a werewolf unfortunately, you won't be in a hurry or at a loss. If you can calmly deal with this crisis that may endanger the life and safety of yourself and your family, you can completely avoid the sad tragedy.

In the words of Lee Jordan: When facing a werewolf, you can never be too careful.

"As we all know, the necessary condition for becoming a werewolf is to be bitten by a werewolf that transforms into a wolf during the full moon. Once the werewolf's saliva comes into contact with the victim's blood, infection will occur, which is the so-called lycanthropy."

"Werewolves before the full moon transform are not very dangerous to wizards, and they are not even dangerous. At least after being bitten by an untransformed werewolf, there is no risk of contracting lycanthropy, nor will they become lycanthropic during the full moon. Werewolves will only leave an ugly permanent scar... Well, it is undeniable that they are very dangerous. "

"If one day the werewolf before the transformation suddenly pounces on you and bites you, then you'd better kill him. Because a normal lycanthropic patient with some sense will never bite anyone before he transforms and loses his mind. Desire and wanting to bite you means that he is probably insane or a psychopath himself.

Don't try to sympathize with lunatics and perverts, they could very well be the next Fenrir Greyback, and killing a werewolf who shows signs of that will help reduce the number of werewolf bite victims in the wizarding world. "

Lee Jordan still rambles on about werewolves.

"... If you hear wolves howling, it means that there may be werewolves active near you. It is normal for those monsters to howl during the full moon, but you can't always rely on their howls to judge whether there are werewolves around you. So prepare a spy Mirrors or similar black magic protection props with detection properties are still very important.”

"Of course, if you don't have a similar detector on hand, it's best to use the method I mentioned last time. Releasing early warning protection magic around the house can effectively prevent your home from being attacked."

It sounds like a lot of nonsense, and in fact it is a lot of nonsense to most wizards who hear it.

But for ordinary wizards who don't know enough about werewolves, these nonsense still have great value, and most ordinary wizards have very limited knowledge of werewolves. Such constant repetition is actually to those who have not heard the broadcast.

This caused many wizards to think that Lee Jordan was very noisy, but no one hated the Wizard Watch Station broadcast or Lee Jordan who was chattering incessantly. They were even willing to turn on the radio and listen to it again.

If you are really unfortunate enough to encounter a werewolf, or hear wolves howling around you, I suggest you use the parchment prepared in advance to send a letter to the Ministry of Magic through an owl as soon as possible. However, this letter is not used to ask for help from the Ministry of Magic. Yes, but inform the Ministry of Magic that there are traces of werewolves here as well.

So don't expect to be rescued by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic immediately. Generally, if there are traces of werewolves near your home, it probably means that there are traces of werewolves everywhere in the Ministry of Magic.

In this case, you need to make sure your doors and windows are closed first. It is best to use magic to strengthen the doors and windows. I remember I taught you a similar spell last time.

Of course, this cannot ensure your personal safety. It can only bring you psychological comfort. If the werewolf really wants to bite you, it may be difficult to stop them from breaking into your house, but they can Help you buy time.

Therefore, you need to prepare a broomstick in advance, use the doors and windows to buy yourself time, and escape through the broomstick or Apparition.

Never risk being bitten to fight a werewolf. Not everyone has the courage to face a werewolf, and never overestimate your courage.

If you are brave enough and try to stand up to protect your home, you can try to ride a broomstick and maintain a sufficient height with the werewolf, and use magic to perform a long-range high-altitude strike on the werewolf.

Don't think this is something shameful, because you are responsible for your own life.

Believe me, no one wants to be bitten by a werewolf, otherwise even if they can successfully kill the werewolf, they will not be able to save a completely ruined life.

Next, Lee Jordan blabbered a bunch of spells to deal with werewolves, and reminded everyone not to underestimate the werewolves' resistance to spells, reminded them to finish off the werewolves after defeating them, and reminded them that it was not illegal to kill a werewolf that had already endangered their lives during the full moon, and that they could even get a small amount of Galleons as a reward as long as they cooperated with the Ministry of Magic.

Even if you can't bear to kill a werewolf, don't rush to approach it after defeating it, because you can't tell whether it is playing dead. You can wait until dawn, until the werewolf regains its human form, or notify the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic to come and deal with it.

Although many people were already impatient, they still patiently listened to the radio while checking their homes to see if there was anything missing.

After all, safety is the most important thing, even if it may waste their time for a night, it is better than being at a loss when they really encounter it.

In the words of Lee Jordan: It never hurts to believe a little bit.

At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted the chattering voice on the radio, followed by a whisper.

"Ahem!"

After two dry coughs, Lee Jordan's voice sounded again.

"I'm here to inform you of a bad news: I just received a message that a wolf howled nearby. I don't think this is an accident. After discussion, we decided to go out for a patrol and deal with the werewolf to prevent them from harming others. So tonight's Wizard Lookout Station broadcast ends here."

"Everyone should also be alert to the surrounding situation. I believe this is not an accident. Remember the key points I just mentioned. Pay attention to safety. Let's meet tomorrow. I will tell you about my heroic story of fighting werewolves."

As soon as the voice fell, there was only a dead busy tone in the radio.

"It's over."

Sirius handed the flying broom to Lee Jordan.

Lee Jordan took the flying broom and asked curiously: "How many werewolves are there?"

"I don't know, but I guess there will be no less than three werewolves." Sirius's face was not good.

"Are those guys completely crazy?"