Preemptive Strike

"It's hard, Lupin."

William spent some time assigning tasks to the adult wizards, and then stood on the land licked by the flames, thinking about the next thing.

"Yes, good players are rare - we cannot expect wizards in peaceful times to have outstanding combat capabilities."

Lupine shook his head. Just now, they tried to find a group of wizards who were good at apparation to quickly search the area together in order to gather the children who were running around in panic. But unfortunately, this plan just came up.

Declared bankrupt.

Most wizards just master the apparation. They can memorize a few ranges deeply and then transfer there. The so-called three D points can still be observed when they don't use them often, but if they are allowed to do so in a short period of time,

It is impossible to even think about using it continuously for a long time, or even requiring apparation as a method of movement instead of walking.

There were a few wizards who were willing to come forward, but after a brief assessment, William found that they were not suitable for this job - Bai Xian was able to take care of it, but the wails and chaos caused by the separation would not be helpful to the search, and would even be obvious.

Lagging behind.

This is completely understandable. Apparition sounds cool, but it is very, very uncomfortable to use in practice. It is like forcing you into a narrow pipe and pulling you from one end to the other. Even William himself, if

Not considering the convenience of running around with this thing, it is impossible to put so much energy into practice.

"It's impossible to go out and find students who are running around because they're afraid——"

William shook his head, "They can only rely on themselves. Professor Lupin, can you put the Hogwarts school logo? Hit one out to prove that this place is safe and you can come and assemble."

There is definitely a certain risk in walking in the dark, but there is nothing we can do, we can't find anyone.

At least two of William, Black, and Lupine must be retained in order to make those who remain feel that this place is safe - the reliability of the two self-defense professors is still sufficient. As for Sirius, everyone is more

Don't worry.

Although he was cleared of all charges, he had chased the guy who had committed that kind of crime until he was cornered. It was written clearly in the newspaper.

There were no good people in the camp, and William couldn't go out and kill people by himself. He could only put out the school logo to let people around him know that this place was safe.

He didn't study at Hogwarts, but it stands to reason that Lupine, a professor who had been a prefect all the way through school, should be able to set off the school emblem fireworks.

However, this method, which he considered very practical and had been used by many smugglers, aroused Lu Ping's extremely surprised look.

"mark?"

Lupine repeated something that in William's opinion should not be repeated, and then looked at Sirius...

"Why are you looking at me so strangely? Is there any rule in the Hogwarts school rules that prohibits the indiscriminate use of the school badge outside the school?"

William guessed, "How long has it been since we still pay attention to those systems? Dumbledore will forgive us - besides, are you confusing the students' school rules with the professors'? I have never heard of such rules!"

"

"That, the Dark Mark - Professor William, do you know that?"

Sirius was a little unsure.

"He can use it, why can't we?"

After being reminded by Black, William immediately thought of the infamous Mark of the Dark Lord, but he didn't feel that deeply about it - besides, it would be a bit silly to abandon such a useful thing as the Mark just because the Dark Lord has used it.

"Use it with confidence, make the colors brighter, more vibrant, and have love - even the black places should be made colorful black..."

While William encouraged Lupine to use it, he used humorous jokes to make everyone relax.

Marking out meant a direct provocation to the thugs. Although he didn't think the two helpers would be afraid, it was best to make everyone less nervous.

"You make the mark more attractive, Professor Luping, and I'll set up some traps - if the other party has the courage to return, I will give them enough respect."

…

…

Sirius and Lupine looked at each other, and then shook their heads together - you just cast black magic without any preparation, what are you going to do now?

——

"Okay, okay, everything is safe. You can go back and rest. There are enough people outside to watch."

Harry felt that his face was a little stiff, but he had to continue to maintain a smile.

He was performing an important task assigned to him by William - pulling out his wand and trying his best to persuade those underage wizards who couldn't have a good rest due to the chaos in the outside world.

This is quite a challenge for him.

To be precise, he doesn't like living under people's eyes like this, and prefers to say or do something with familiar friends.

But there were two important reasons that kept him firmly in his post, wanting to run away immediately.

"Harry, you should know that you are better suited to comfort them than anyone else. They have grown up listening to your stories. As long as you stand in front of them with a wand, they will know that they are protected."

The professor who forcibly pushed him up said, "Theoretically, their parents are more suitable for this job, but we are short of manpower, so you must do a good job of comforting them - I believe you can complete all of this well."

Another reason was that the eyes that were still looking at him were still looking at him - this made Harry's shy heart suddenly filled with courage.

"there!"

The older children who had not yet reached the tent cheered.

Those children who were still persuaded to go to bed looked up at the sky. The Hogwarts school emblem was shining in the sky, and the shining fireworks even temporarily overwhelmed the bright starry sky.

A red lion, a green snake, a yellow badger and a blue eagle wrapped around a gleaming capital H form a huge mark, floating in the sky above the camp, attracting those who are already studying or those who have not yet gone to school.

The children started pointing in the air.

——

"Lupine's aesthetic..."

William looked at the badge that Lupine had made after considering it for a long time, and looked at Sirius who came to help, and read these words from each other's expressions and actions.

How should I put it, the badge should be very impressive, but the Lupine one just looks like that--well, yes, the killer color scheme...

However, the deal is already done, and although it is not impossible to use transformation to change it, I am afraid that the students will be able to see the dueling lessons during the holidays...

"Just make do with it, at least it looks alive..."

While William complained, he carefully poured a small bottle of potion into the ground without shaking his hands.

"This is?"

"The magic potion that supports combustion should theoretically increase the speed of flame spread by more than three times in a short period of time after encountering strong fire."

"theory?"

"Well, there were several direct explosions during the holidays. The lethality would be greater, but it is currently uncontrollable and the probability is relatively low..."

"How many times, the probability is relatively low?"

"Some herbal medicines are really cheap over there, so I did more experiments."

William covered the burned soil and restored it to its original state - normal wizards would not go this way, that is, only people with bad intentions would think that the burned place might not be so convenient to burn.

"The last trap is here - the badge is revealed, and many people will arrive next, so we can't set up more traps, as it is easy to accidentally injure them."

"It's up to you, Professor William."

Sirius resisted the urge to look at the school badge above his head and responded - he was afraid that if he laughed out loud, Lupine would give him this embarrassing job.

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"Hogwarts' school crest!"

The huge mark is hung there, allowing wizards hiding in bushes and paths to see it when they look up.

Because the color was so bright, it took everyone a while to recognize that this thing was indeed the school emblem.

This suddenly sparked hope for them who were scattered by the chaos - although many of them had even left the school for many years, everyone knew that there was absolutely no way those masked guys were under this mark.

Several anxious wizards immediately tried to apparate over, but after spinning around in circles, they fell to the ground in pain.

Before releasing the mark, in order to prevent sneak attacks, they deployed enough anti-Apparition spells - although the punitive measures are not as powerful as Hogwarts's thousand-year-old defense, it is enough, and attempts cannot be made

Will the teleported friend also be seriously injured?

However, the person who groaned in pain was very happy, "It's Hogwarts! I tried this kind of anti-Apparition when I was a student, and it took me a week in the hospital to get better!"

…

After hesitating for a while, the Gryffindor graduates and students came over to hug each other with disgust - when they couldn't even wear all these clothes, hugging with people from their own house would make them feel like they were in a group.

middle.

They have been fighting, but they have never fought - the other side is a good fighter, and there are many of them, so they can only protect the children with the protesters from other colleges and run to such a safe place.

"Let's walk there. It's not far. Just don't go towards the main road."

"We are on the bright side. If we meet, we will reveal our identities as Slytherins to delay!"

The few Slytherins who were mixed in with the fleeing crowd stood on the side of the team closest to the road - they were relatively the safest. Since those people were torturing Muggles, they generally would not choose to attack Slytherins.

Leitlin students hands-on.

The gathered crowd spontaneously formed a flow of people, and then walked along the remote path towards the Hogwarts school badge over there.

Along the way, there were countless tents that were trampled on, tents and trees that were set on fire, which made the entire team's heart beat faster.
To be continued...