Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Following Fudge's order, a row of Aurors standing behind him lined up, raised their wands and began to charge in the direction of the Whomping Willow.

The Whomping Willow moves very slowly in the winter. The huge branches are thrown towards them like whips. It seems that the movement is not big, but the twigs at the end of the branches make a terrifying sound of breaking through the air.

"Protect them all!"

The Aurors shouted the curse in unison, and a fluorescent shield suddenly appeared, resisting the Whomping Willow's attack.

They formed a trapezoidal square and began to sprint towards the main trunk of the Whomping Willow at full speed.

The closer you get to the main trunk, the more violent the Whomping Willow becomes.

I saw it twisting its body wildly, and all the branches in the sky turned into afterimages. When it hit the protective shield, it could only make a crackling sound like raindrops falling to the ground, and it could not hurt the Auror inside at all.

But the Whomping Willow didn't care and continued to twist its body crazily, even if many branches on its body had fallen off due to its excessive movements.

The corners of Fudge's mouth twitched slightly in the distance. It was not that he felt sorry for this internationally protected creature, but that once this matter was exposed, the tabloids would inevitably make an article about it.

He could even think of the headlines in the newspapers!

"Shock! Secretary Fudge actually ignores international law! Wantlessly harming internationally protected species! 》

But now he had no other choice. He could only hope that the Aurors could discover the mechanism of the secret passage as soon as possible and try not to cause too much harm to the Whomping Willow.

As if God heard his inner voice, as a burst of cheers came from the front, the originally violent Whomping Willow suddenly became quiet.

"Report! We found a secret passage!"

"Very good! Go in and check!"

Fudge's face was filled with a smile. Snape's information was correct. There was indeed a secret passage hidden underneath.

"Mr. Minister, please allow me to go and investigate too!"

Snape's iconic husky voice came, and Fudge showed a strange look on his face and said with a smile:

"Professor Snape, it's too dangerous inside. I think it's better for you to stay with me. After all, you have made such a great contribution. If you, the hero, are allowed to risk your life to explore the secret passage again, This is too much."

Fudge could have sworn that he had made it very obvious. In his opinion, Snape's active help in helping them was just to gain glory, but there was no need for him to risk his own life. He could just sit back and get the credit. That's what smart people should do.

Unfortunately, Snape seemed not to accept his suggestion. His expression gradually turned ferocious, and he said, "Black and I have a big grudge! If possible, I want to catch him with my own hands!"

Fudge was speechless now. He looked into Snape's eyes and nodded firmly after a while.

Snape, who received permission, did not say anything and went straight into the tunnel.

After entering the tunnel, Snape had a rare smile on his lips, and he began to get excited.

He still remembered the scene when he was tricked by Blake into entering the attack range of the Whomping Willow in order to track the four predators, and was almost beaten to death by the Whomping Willow. But now, after so many years, he finally entered this secret passage.

"Report, traces of animals crawling were found in the passage. After testing, they should be cat and dog footprints!"

"keep going!"

"clear!"

The Aurors in front were reporting to their captain. After the report, they began to move forward quickly.

This secret passage was very wet and dirty, filled with mud and the roots of the Whomping Willow.

Snape was still wearing his iconic robes, which were very inconvenient to move in this passage and would get stained with mud at every turn.

But Snape couldn't care less at the moment. He followed the Auror team in front and moved forward quickly. After an unknown amount of time, he arrived at the exit.

As he climbed the filthy exit stairs to the Shrieking Shack, he froze.

What appeared in front of him was a clean and tidy room filled with a large number of brand new furniture.

The afternoon sunlight streamed in through the window, shining on the reflective wooden floor and making the entire room golden.

Snape clenched his fists tightly. He was almost certain that Black had once been hiding here. Otherwise, how could a long-abandoned house have such new decorations!

"Where did he go!"

Snape grabbed the Auror squad leader by the collar and roared angrily.

The squad leader was frightened by the ferocious expression on Snape's face. He stuttered and said, "No...not here. According to the traces, it seems that he went to the east..."

Before he could finish his words, Snape turned into a black mist and burst through the window and flew out.

The squad leader glanced in shock at the direction where Snape disappeared, and after a while, he spat fiercely at him.

But Snape was completely unaware of this, as he was currently flying towards the east at high speed.

To the east of the Shrieking Shack is a wilderness. Snape lowered his head and could see many Aurors searching in his direction, but their speed was too slow compared to him. Snape It whizzed over their heads, arousing exclamations of surprise.

I don't know how long it took, but Snape could no longer see those Aurors in his field of vision.

At this time, a dirty black dog also appeared in his field of vision.

Snape looked at it and saw that it was struggling to move forward in the overgrown wilderness. In line with the principle of preferring to kill the wrong one, Snape shot it with a body-shattering curse without even thinking about it.

"Snapped!"

There was a clear snap of fingers, and the house elf Shuke suddenly appeared and used magic to pull Black hard, so that he avoided turning into a puddle of minced meat.

The red light hit the ground and made a big crater in the ground.

Black was startled by this sudden turn of events. When he reacted, he immediately faced Snape in the air and made a gesture of tearing his teeth and mouth.

Snape's cold eyes glanced back and forth at Black and Shuk. After looking at them for a while, he said, "Whose house elf are you?"

Shuke was trembling all over and looked very scared, but he clenched his teeth and tightly protected Blake behind him.

Seeing this, Snape suddenly had a possibility in his mind, and pointed the wand in his hand at Black.

I saw the big black dog with some messy hair suddenly howling miserably as if being held tightly by a pair of big hands. At the same time, his body was twisting crazily, his hair kept shrinking inward, and his bones and flesh began to swell. After a while, He turned into a middle-aged man.

Snape's mouth opened in surprise, but then his surprised expression turned ferocious again.

"Blake!"

Snape's voice was distorted by excitement. Black, who was lying on the ground panting, looked up at Snape, who looked eager to try, then turned to look at Shuke, who was also trembling. He forced a smile and said :

"How long will it take for your master to arrive? If he is later, I'm afraid we will be finished together."

"I...I don't know, the communicator has failed, and I can't contact the owner at all!"

"Haha, it seems that the Aurors have also cast a confusion spell on this area. Your junk alchemy communicator is useless, throw it away!"

After saying that, Blake opened his chest in the air and roared: "Come on! You stinky snot-nosed man!"

"I really didn't expect you...you are actually an Animagus, and your transformation is still a dog! Hahaha! This really suits your identity, a mangy dog!" Snape fell to the ground and said with a wild smile, "Don't worry, I won't kill you. I will hand you over to the Ministry of Magic. The dementors in Azkaban hate you so much that they won't mind giving you a kiss!"

After saying this, Snape raised his wand and pointed it at Black.

However, before he could release the curse, a translucent curse flew from a distance and headed straight towards Snape.

"boom!"

Snape reacted very quickly. He held up the wand in his right hand and with a backhand wave, he smashed the incoming curse into pieces.

"who is it!"

Snape let out a shrill roar in the direction of the curse, and then saw Mike and Lupine approaching from a distance.

As soon as he got close, Lupine, dressed in rough clothes, shouted to Snape: "Snape! Black is innocent. It was Peter Pettigrew who killed Lily, and Peter is still alive..."

I have to say that Lupine still has some wisdom. He knows that Snape's eagerness to kill Black is not actually because they have bullied him, but because Black killed his lover Lily.

But he ignored the current situation. Lupine directly told the fact that Snape liked Harry's mother in front of Mike, a student, which made Snape extremely embarrassed.

In anger, Snape waved his wand directly at Lupine and Mike, and at the same time cursed:

"Lupin! Mike! You two actually attacked the professor. I think you are Black's accomplice!"

Seeing this, Lupine hid Mike behind him and raised his wand in an attempt to block Snape's attack.

The three curses issued by Snape connected into a long beam of light in mid-air, and hit the shield set up by Lupine in an instant.

Then there was only an explosion, the shield shattered, and Lupine himself flew out.

Mike, who was hiding behind Lupine, shook his head. Lupine's strength was really too poor. His year-round wandering life left him no time to continue to think about improving his strength.

This resulted in his strength being no less than that of Snape, who had been staying at Hogwarts.

Snape didn't want to kill them at all. He didn't use any advanced spells just now. He just defeated Lupine with three Expelliarmus.

"Looks like I have to do it myself!"

With this in mind, Mike took out a shining golden sword from the bag of traceless stretching spells, holding a wand in one hand and a sword in the other to confront Snape.

Snape couldn't help but chuckle when he saw Mike wanting to fight him. In his opinion, a third-year student like Mike who wanted to fight him was just looking for death, even if Mike was from Hogwarts. The same goes for Duel Champions.

Not to mention the difference in strength between the two, even Snape's combat experience was far behind Mike's.

You must know that Snape was a Death Eater and one of Voldemort's most effective men. Countless wizards died under his wand.

And what about Mike? Duel champion?

This title was a complete joke in Snape's eyes.

Actual combat is not a duel. In the eyes of top experts like Snape, Mike's duels were similar to children's fights.

Snape was about to laugh, but before he could speak, Mike flicked his wand and an invisible spell was fired.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

The Shen Feng Shadowless Curse has no trace of casting at all, and its firing speed is extremely fast, making it impossible for ordinary people to guard against it.

However, Snape is the creator of the Shadowless Blade, and there is no one in the world who understands this curse better than him.

He waved his wand vigorously, without even reciting a spell. The magic power condensed on the wand dispelled Mike's magic blade.

"How dare you! Attack me with the spell I created!"

Snape roared crazily towards where Mike was. Today's series of events had completely made him lose control of his emotions, and he could no longer maintain the Occlumency technique.

But when he calmed down, he found that the place where Mike originally stood was already empty.

Suddenly, Snape felt a murderous intent coming from behind him.

It turned out that Mike's Sharp Edge had no intention of hitting Snape at all. He was sure that Snape would be furious when he saw him using this curse, so he deliberately used it to attract attention.

While Snape was distracted, Mike quietly activated the Wind Speed ​​Curse and the Disillusionment Curse.

During this period of time, Mike has not given up on physical exercise, which has made Mike's physical fitness better and better.

And this strong physical fitness also makes the effect of the Wind Speed ​​Spell more and more abnormal. Now Mike's speed under the Wind Speed ​​Spell is so fast that you can't even see it clearly if you don't pay attention.

As a result, under the blessing of these two magic spells, Mike carried the shining golden sword of victory and oath and completely turned into a phantom, and rushed to Snape's back and struck a heavy blow!

Mike's blow was completely useless. In his opinion, if a master like Snape couldn't deal with this situation, his death would be in vain.

And things went as he expected.

When the Sword of Victory and Oath was about to chop on Snape's head with a breaking sound, the wand in Snape's hand suddenly made a series of sounds like exploding firecrackers. Then, Snape in front of Mike lost his mind. Traces, the sword of victory and oath also slashed hard on the ground, stirring up a large area of ​​soil.

"Apparage?!"

Mike muttered instinctively, and in just a moment he had an idea of ​​what happened.

Sure enough, the next moment, Snape's voice chanting a curse came from not far behind him.

"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"

An invisible blade swept over, easily shredding the protective layer automatically released by the duel champion badge, and stabbed Mike's chest steadily.

Immediately, a terrifying slash mark appeared on Mike's chest, and others were also knocked away by the shock wave carried by this magic spell.

Large streams of blood spurted out from Mike's chest like a fountain, instantly staining a large area of ​​dead grass red.

A little further away, Blake and Lupine, who had witnessed everything, shouted in unison:

"Mike!"