The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 684 The Darkest Hour
Harry Potter left, he put the invisibility cloak on again, and left with the blessing and protection given to him by Ada.

He will walk out of the very familiar castle, walk through the playground that he sees every day, and walk to Hogsmeade that was destroyed by the war... The Invisibility Cloak will protect his safety, allowing him to stand in front of Voldemort and face his own death and fear.

Perhaps, Harry would stop along the way to see those he liked, and those who liked him.The professors in the school, the Weasleys, Hermione, Sirius, Lupine, and those DA members, etc.

In order to allow more people to live better, Harry Potter decided to die, and exchanged his own death for Voldemort's chance to become a mortal body, just like Regulus Black 16 years ago.

Ada stood alone in front of the window, looking out at the magic barrier that was constantly shaken by the spell.

That was the protection measure pioneered by Charms Professor Flitwick, which combined many defensive spells and gathered the strength of everyone.

And Ada also reinforced the barrier, which allowed the barrier to persist until now under continuous attacks.

However, there is no invincible fortress in the world, and so is the magic barrier.

The dense raindrop-like curse stopped, and the night returned to a state of darkness.Before Professor Flitwick could re-fortify the defense, a bright light suddenly shot out from a distance, and an angry, frantic roar was heard again—the barrier was broken.

The shattered barrier was like fragile glass, falling down in pieces, and it was like parchment that had been ignited, being burned to fly ash.

Immediately there were shouts of killing.The wrought iron gates and walls of Hogwarts cannot stop the Death Eaters coalition.

There was a muffled sound of "dong dong", and the wrought iron gate and wall collapsed under the attack of the remaining giants.

Thanks to their huge body which endows them with extremely strong attack power and resistance to attack, giants are natural fighters and a powerful race.

When the giant was at its peak, there were at least a hundred tribes in the world, but these tribes gradually disappeared.The wizards killed some, but most of the giants died from cannibalism and tribal strife.

In order to prevent the giants from making trouble and killing them wantonly, the wizard drove the giants far away.There is no way, in order to survive, the remaining giant tribes can only stay together, deep in the mountains.

The brutal giants are not suitable for living together, and the compressed living space makes the fighting between them more frequent.

When Hagrid and Ms. Maxim found the giant camp in 1995, there were only seventy or eighty giants left.

And after tonight, no matter which side wins the defense of Hogwarts, the giant tribe will be the biggest losers, and they may even become a piece of text in the history of magic.

As the wrought iron gates fell, more Death Eaters rushed into the campus, and many dark wizards flew into the school on broomsticks.

There was also noise in the corridors of the castle: running, shouting.More and more students and wizards poured into the playground to support the people staying there and prevent the Death Eaters from invading.

The strong light brought by spells, the flames caused by the explosion of spells, the rumbling footsteps of giants, the fighting sounds of wizards... Sound and light filled the Hogwarts playground, where endless killings were staged.

Ada came to the first floor, and she saw Bill rushing out of the castle with a team of wizards to join the battle on the playground.These people bear the marks of the battle on their bodies, and they obviously rushed over from Dingworth in a hurry.

Ada also saw Mrs. Longbottom, the iconic vulture on her hat was gone, and the old woman disappeared down the hall at alarming speed, shouting as she ran, "Has anyone seen my grandson, Neville Longbottom? I want to fight with him!"

The melee outside the castle has been going on for some time, and more and more people fell.The foyer and corridors were already full of casualties, and weak groans could be heard endlessly.

The house elves are urgently moving the wounded, moving them to a relatively safe place as soon as possible, because from time to time, evil spells will shoot in through the windows and gates, causing secondary damage to the wounded.

In the auditorium, Ms. Pomfrey led several students to give emergency treatment to the injured. Angelina, Alia, Katie and others were guarding the auditorium to maintain order and protect the injured.

Suddenly, the castle trembled, several large vases standing in the corner exploded in an instant, and the broken porcelain pieces flew in the air like shrapnel. At the same time, a ceiling in front of the foyer also collapsed, hitting the wounded and students there.

Ada raised her wand, and the smashed ceiling returned to its original place, as if it had never collapsed.

And those flying vase fragments were also stopped by Angelina and the others, without causing any greater chaos.

Outside the castle, Sirius and Lupine teamed up to deal with Bellatrix. They were obviously a family, but they fought extremely fiercely; Mr. Weasley and Kingsley were also teaming up to fight against the enemy. Hof was forced to scramble; Aberforth faced Rodolphus alone, and the sparks of their wands flew, and the light of the spell was blinding.

Hartman, Sidorov and others who came to support rushed into the Death Eaters coalition army, and the spells shot by the wand kept knocking down the dark wizard...

There is also Hagrid's giant brother Grop, who is born to be a warrior, while he is shaking a stone beast that seems to have been pulled from the roof, while roaring unhappily, the werewolves and Death Eaters around him are constantly screaming. Smashed into pies.

It seemed that the situation was in favor of the side guarding Hogwarts, but in fact the front formed by the Aurors, the Order of the Phoenix, the wizards who assisted in the battle, and the students were constantly being compressed and eroded by the enemy.

The dark coalition of Death Eaters flooded up like a cold black lake, and streaks of green and red light flew very close to the foot of the castle.

Professor McGonagall and the others were supposed to be on the tower, leading the students to condescend to provide support, but at this time they were too busy to take care of themselves.

A group of Death Eaters flew above the tower on broomsticks, pouring vicious spells like Muggle bombers, and red and green spells fell from all directions.

The students who chose to stay in the school to fight were brave and ready to sacrifice, but as their companions fell one after another, and with the screams of the injured, the disadvantages of the students began to be revealed.

They have never walked out of the school gate, let alone experienced the baptism of blood and fire. The brutality and cruelty of the war constantly impacted their senses. This night was more terrifying than any other moment in their first half of their lives.

Even with the support of Professor McGonagall and others, who shot down the Death Eaters from the broomstick one after another, even though Professor McGonagall and others loudly appeased the students' emotions and ordered the students to act in unison, the panic on the tower still did not improve.

Screams, shouts, and the sound of fighting resounded throughout the campus.

The school was supposed to be a sacred place for students to learn, but tonight it became a battlefield because of Voldemort's selfish desires.

Suddenly, the sound of rumbling explosions overshadowed the noise of the battle, followed by a series of loud bangs, which made the whole earth tremble, a corner of the castle was blown away, and the howling cold wind poured into the castle!
The flying dust dissipated, and a more terrifying scene appeared before everyone's eyes—accompanied by a heart-pounding "click click", the descendants of Aragog were artificially driven out of the Forbidden Forest to participate in the battle on the playground.

Before the basilisk was released from the chamber for the second time, before Ada visited the Forbidden Forest, the acromantids living there had no natural enemies, and their barbaric growth made them very huge. Cars are even bigger.

The battle had been going on for a long time, and the midnight hour had passed, and the night sky had grown darker, and not even the spells cast by the belligerents could illuminate it.

This is the darkest moment of the day, and only by surviving the darkness can we welcome the arrival of dawn.

(End of this chapter)