Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 255 The Biggest Crisis
As a ghost, Nick has spent nearly a thousand years in this world.
Time is enough for a conscious creature to see many things clearly, and Nick is worthy of the years he has spent.
He met enough people, went to the Hogwarts library in his spare time and read enough books. After leaving Hogwarts Castle, he traveled to many places.
With so much experience, Nick can actually teach Jon a lot, like now.
His words made Jon gradually relax the restraint he had when learning Unforgivable, and things really happened just as he said.
The Unforgivable Curse is just a means of casting spells. Many dark wizards have fallen into darkness because of it, but there are also many great people who have used it to create their own glory.
Jon thought about what Nick had said to him and no longer suppressed the emotions that he had been afraid to release.
He looked at the crab tied , which was fished out of the sea and used as a guinea pig. His mind couldn't help but think of the numb and dead eyes of the Muggle-born students he saw in Hogwarts Castle.
Although that memory was still extremely clear, it happened more than a year ago. What really aroused his emotions was the scene before the collapse of the tower half a month ago.
The old man and his house-elf stood on the top of the tower, between the dark clouds and the blue sea. The moment the rocket that carried all his dreams and wishes flew out of the sea, everything was like a bubble, and in the loud noise and heat, it turned into nothingness as if it had never appeared.
It's sad, and still fresh in my memory, but there's not a single positive emotion in such a deeply impressed image.
It was a kind of anger, an anger that the progress of the times was destroyed, an anger that lofty dreams were strangled by shameful greed.
Such anger can bring about many emotions, and those negative emotions that are unknown to outsiders are released from repression!
Jon's expression didn't change at all, instead it became calmer and calmer, as calm as a dead silent pool.
He waved his wand and coldly uttered the unforgivable spell.
"Avada Kedavra !"
A pale green beam of light shot out from the tip of the magic wand, and in the blink of an eye it crossed the short distance of less than 5 meters, and then accurately hit the center of the bull's eye, on the crab that was constantly waving its claws.
The next second, the crab stopped all signs of life. There were no scars on its body, but it was as if its soul had been wiped out. It was silent and there was no movement anymore.
This was the best effect John had ever achieved since he started learning the Killing Curse.
This poor crab has been suffering torture in his hands for a week. In the past few days, John's killing curse on it was not even as effective as the stun spell. At most, it made it spit out a few bubbles, and then it would wave its claws to protest and struggle its legs. There was no sign that its spirit was affected at all.
Now, it can finally die peacefully.
Nick, who was watching from the side, praised Jon's performance with great excitement.
"Your talent is indeed among the top three students I have ever seen, Jon! As long as you can figure out the problem in your heart, no matter what kind of magic you use, it will not be difficult for you. It only took you a week to use the Killing Curse to take a life. Even the most evil dark wizards I have ever seen were not as fast as you in learning the Killing Curse. What's more, you are only 14 years old this year!"
Jon rubbed his forehead helplessly.
"I can't tell whether you are praising me or scolding me."
"Of course I'm praising you!" Nick consoled. "Don't forget what I said. Don't feel so burdened by the Unforgivable Curse. No matter how notorious it is, it is still magic used by wizards. As long as you control it, instead of it controlling you, there won't be any problem."
Jon looked at the wand in his hand. The old chestnut wand bore many marks of time, but it was also obvious that its successive owners had protected it very well, so there was not much damage on it.
"But casting spells on crabs is definitely different from casting spells on humans. Now that I can use it during normal practice, I can't guarantee that it will have the same effect in actual combat."
Nick nodded in approval.
"You are right. There is a difference between practice and actual combat after all. But if you can use it in practice, then applying it to actual combat is just a matter of experience and habit. These two points will naturally be solved as long as you use them more."
While they were chatting, the door of the Charms classroom was suddenly opened from the outside.
Neville stood outside the door panting, his face pale and somewhat uneasy. He looked at Jon solemnly and said.
"You told us to keep an eye on the two wizards hanging behind us, and now there are more people around them!"
Jon's eyes immediately became sharp.
He knew that the two wizards did not go far away and were always following their ship from a distance, so Jon had actually anticipated the current situation.
It’s just that although some things can be thought of in advance, the solutions are not so easy to find.
Until now, he can only choose to deal with the situation as it comes.
"I'll go over and take a look."
Jon and Nick walked out of the Charms classroom together, and when they came to the cabin corridor, Fox flew to his shoulder.
No matter what situation we encounter, it is the greatest reliance of the entire ship.
When Voldemort's status and whereabouts were unknown, Fawkes on the ship was equivalent to Dumbledore on the ship, and as long as Dumbledore was on the ship, the Hogwarts was absolutely safe.
When they arrived on the deck, there were not many people gathered here. Most of the students were still in class. Only George, Neville and Colin, who was assigned to the surveillance mission, were still there.
Even without Neville and the others pointing out specifically, Jon could still see from a distance, with his eyes squinted, a group of wizards approaching on broomsticks, who made no effort to conceal their whereabouts.
Because the distance was still quite far, the number of people could not be seen accurately, but judging from the dark mass, the group of people approaching the Hogwarts was at least more than twenty people.
This couldn't help but make Neville and the others nervous, and Jon also looked solemn.
This can be said to be the biggest crisis they will encounter after going to sea.
How to deal with the more than twenty wizards, most likely all of them are Voldemort's most elite Death Eaters? This is an extremely serious issue.
