Chapter 152: Traveling with the Giant
Originally, Snape wanted to continue scaring Ron, but Fish suddenly came out and interrupted his plan.
He curled his lips with regret, then ignored Ron, who was still doubting his life, and strode towards the next room.
Since Ron can't be scared, Snape doesn't plan to waste too much time here. After all, among these levels, trolls are the most dangerous.
Although he passed the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and crammed Harry into many ways to deal with trolls, that boy Potter was just like his annoying father. He was a brainless Gryffindor. God knows what he taught him. How much has been mastered.
"Okay, Ron, you're not dreaming."
Dumbledore smiled and stopped Ron from hitting his head repeatedly, trying to wake him up from his sleep.
"What happened is a bit complicated. I will explain it clearly to you later. Now, let's follow us and see how Harry performs next."
Ron, who still hadn't fully recovered, looked at Dumbledore with a confused expression, not knowing how to react for a moment.
At this moment, Professor McGonagall's cold and stern voice sounded in his ears.
"During curfew time, you went to an area that is expressly prohibited by school rules without permission. Do you want to be expelled?"
Suddenly, the sense of reality that Ron had been lacking came to him.
His face instantly turned pale, his lips trembled slightly, and his eyes were full of horror when he looked at Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall just stared at Ron with a straight face for a while. It wasn't until he felt that he had difficulty breathing and was about to pass out again that a faint smile appeared on Professor McGonagall's face.
"But since you are not afraid of strong enemies, I won't punish you this time... You played well."
Professor McGonagall smiled and nodded to Ron, then led Fish to the next room.
"Minerva, this isn't fair, meow!" (●ΦДΦ●)
Feixu protested angrily: "Why, meow, do you want me to pinch my face when I sneak in?"
"Because they came in to stop bad guys from stealing the Philosopher's Stone, and you came in for fun!"
"It's, it's not Meow! Feixu is here to fight bad guys too!"
"Don't lie!"
"Minerva, you yourself like to lie, meow! No, meow! Fish didn't lie!"
"Let's go," Dumbledore patted Ron, who was starting to become a little confused again, "Don't you want to see if Harry and Hermione got the Sorcerer's Stone in the end?"
"Professor Dumbledore, what is going on?"
Ron followed Dumbledore and asked with a complex expression. Although he still didn't understand the specific situation, he at least understood that every move he and Harry made was actually under the control of the professors. .
It made him feel like an idiot.
Dumbledore could easily see Ron's inner thoughts, and he comforted softly: "You have actually done a good job, but you are too prejudiced against Professor Snape, so you have ignored some details. Of course, Severus has some problems of his own, and I can't entirely blame you."
The two of them talked and came to the room where the troll was. Harry and Hermione were still dealing with the troll, while Snape and Professor McGonagall stood at the door and watched.
Fish, who was standing next to Professor McGonagall, looked at the troll in the field with disgust. (●Benefit)
Although Dumbledore had cast a spell on his body to block the odor, Fish still cast an additional Bubble Charm on himself, causing him to look a little funny now.
Without having to think too much, Ron came directly to Fish.
"Red-haired No. 4, do you want to soak your head and curse meow?" Fish asked, shaking the wand in his hand.
"Uh... no, thank you."
Ron sniffed and realized that he didn't smell anything bad. He shook his head. Just as he was about to ask Fish to see if he could learn more about what happened, Snake suddenly sounded next to him. Puna's annoying taunting voice.
"We knew our opponent was a giant monster a long time ago, but we still delayed it for so long even though we were well prepared. It seems that Miss Know-It-All just barely passed the test in theory, and the actual operation was a complete mess. As for our savior... haha."
“As freshmen, I think both of them have done a great job.”
Professor McGonagall glared at Snape very unhappily and defended her student.
Ron also glared at Snape, "That's because I'm not here! According to the plan we made at the beginning, I was responsible for attracting the troll's attention, Harry was responsible for interfering, and then Hermione gave the final blow. Now Without me, of course they have to adjust their plans!”
Snape glanced at Ron indifferently, gave him a mocking sneer, and then looked away, not even bothering to argue with him.
Ron was so angry that he gritted his teeth at being ignored, but he had only dared to contradict Snape just because of his temporary enthusiasm. Now that his rationality had returned, he could only silently cheer Harry and Hermione on the sidelines.
In fact, the plan they made at the beginning was quite good. Although creatures like trolls are powerful, their brains are not very good and their reactions are relatively slow.
If the plan is successful, there won't even be three people needed. One person can lure the other person and cast a spell, and the troll can be easily eliminated.
But plans are just plans.
When facing the troll that was 12 feet tall, ugly, and smelly, Hermione's mind was instantly frightened and blanked out. Although Harry still had some courage left, he had completely forgotten the plan they had made before.
Fortunately, after being frightened, Hermione was soon awakened by Harry's anxious shouting. She hurriedly raised her wand and shouted at the troll's feet: "Quickly imprison!"
A thick rope flew out from the tip of Hermione's wand and wrapped around the troll's ankle. Although the rope was broken by it almost the moment it was wrapped around, it also successfully completed its mission - tripping the troll.
"The trolls are extremely powerful, but also extremely stupid. Their thick skin and flesh can withstand some weaker spells. Especially for beginners like us, don't dream of using spells to directly harm the trolls. Try to choose ways that can cause indirect damage..."
Hermione kept repeating Snape's teachings in class, while her brain was working rapidly, recalling the battle plan they had made before.
Seeing that the troll was about to get up again after being tripped, Harry quickly swung the wand in his hand and kept casting the leg-locking spell on it.
"Legs stand stiff! Legs stand stiff! Legs stand stiff!"
Unfortunately, it had little effect.
It was still Hermione who turned a stone next to her into a mouse in time to divert the troll's attention, otherwise Harry would be chased by it all over the house again.
Originally, seeing Hermione's performance, Snape, who had been mocking her, became quiet, but after seeing Harry's poor performance, he laughed at him again with contempt.
"Hmph! I don't know what this idiot has heard in class."
"...The trolls are slow to react, which is related to their underdeveloped pain nerves, so most of the injuries on them, the trolls don't care too much... Harry, don't use this kind of spell that acts directly on it."
Hermione continued to chant, while lowering her voice to remind Harry.
"Then what should I use?!"
Harry roared back, and then successfully made the troll chasing the little mouse turn its attention back to him.
In the eyes of Fish, who is very good at fighting, Harry's performance is like those stupid chickens who barked randomly and exposed their positions when he was only hunting.
The kitten didn't have any idea of taking care of his classmates' face, and laughed directly.
"Meow ha ha ha! Minerva, Scarhead is so stupid!"╭(●`●)╯
Fish pulled Professor McGonagall's sleeve and laughed forward and backward.
Ron, who was standing next to him, covered his face with his hands. As a bystander, he was able to make a calm analysis and naturally felt that Harry's behavior was a bit stupid, so stupid that he didn't have the confidence to refute Snape's ridicule.
"As the absolute representative of a simple mind with strong limbs, trolls have a small brain capacity. Their stupid heads are their biggest weakness. This is not only reflected in their IQ. As long as the troll's head is hit hard, they will easily faint... That's it!"
Hermione finally memorized the solution that Snape "sent" to them, and also remembered the plan she had made before.
She shook the wand in her hand violently and shouted at the huge wooden stick in the hand of the troll who was chasing Harry: "Wingardium Leviosa!"
The wooden stick suddenly broke free from the troll's hand, rose high into the air, and then fell down suddenly, hitting its owner's head, making a shocking explosion.
The troll swayed on the spot, fell face down on the floor, and with a bang, the whole room was shaking.
"Well done! Hermione!"
Ron raised his fist high, jumped up and cheered for her loudly, even though she couldn't hear him at all.
"Humph! When facing a dark wizard like me who wants to steal the Philosopher's Stone, she doesn't have so much time to memorize the text."
Snape's mouth curled down slightly and continued to mock, causing Ron to glare at him again.
"You've done a great job. When I was in the first year, I didn't have the confidence to deal with a troll."
Professor McGonagall was quite satisfied. She smiled and praised.
As a result, Fish on the side was a little jealous. He tugged at Professor McGonagall's clothes and said, "If these guys weren't so smelly, Fish could easily defeat them!" (ˇˇ)
In order to prove that what he said was true, he further emphasized, "Even the big spiders in the Forbidden Forest are no match for Fish!"
Then Professor McGonagall grabbed his ears and yelled at the top of her voice, "When did you go to provoke the giant spider again?!!"
"Minerva, I was wrong!"∑(●QДQ●)
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Compared with the original book where he stuck the wand into the troll's nostrils, Harry here has made great progress... At least he can use spells.
The title is one of the seven textbooks for the next semester's Defense Against the Dark Arts, one of Lockhart's works.
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