Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 97 Escape from Death
Mike dodged and narrowly avoided the basilisk's bloody mouth.

Although he didn't open his eyes and still couldn't detect the basilisk in his magical perception field of vision, Mike was still able to confirm the location of the basilisk's head by the fishy smell coming from its big mouth.

It has been confirmed before that the scales on the basilisk should have strong resistance to magic, and the fire spell is basically ineffective against it, so this time Mike decided to give it a ruthless blow.

"Avada Kedavra!"

A green light with an ominous aura flashed by and hit the basilisk's open mouth directly.

"hiss!"

Although the soul damage caused by the Killing Curse did not cause instant death to the basilisk, it still caused it to suffer certain damage.

Listening to the basilisk's shrill scream, Mike realized that his previous attack had worked.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mike stepped on the ground continuously. With the help of the wind speed spell, Mike's speed was extremely fast. In just a few seconds, he rushed out more than ten meters and once again distanced himself from the basilisk.

However, Mike knew that the basilisk would soon catch up with him at its speed, so he tapped his wand and released several "Shatter" attacks directly above his head.

Although Split Into Pieces was not Mike's major spell, it was still very powerful after the magic power in Mike's body was amplified. The bluestone ceiling immediately shattered after being hit by Split Into Pieces, and countless pieces of rubble immediately blocked the corridor behind Mike.

However, such an obstacle was nothing to the basilisk. After recovering from the severe pain, the basilisk shrank back, made a common charging action for snakes to hunt, and then pounced hard and knocked away the pile of rubble blocking the road.

Although Mike had his eyes closed at this time, his powerful magical perception provided him with a clear vision. He turned several corners in a flash and came to the passage where the infirmary was located.

The basilisk behind him spit out its tongue after breaking through the obstacles, and then he realized that Mike had escaped not far from the infirmary, and he knew that the night attack had failed.

But it did not give up. It opened its eyes and watched Mike running away through the wall.

At the same time, a pair of lantern-sized light balls emitting amazing magical auras appeared in Mike's magical vision. Mike was overjoyed when he noticed this. The most difficult thing about dealing with a basilisk is that you can't know its exact position when facing it.

Now, for some unknown reason, the basilisk opened its eyes and exposed its position.

Without such an advantage, the basilisk is just a giant python with thick skin and flesh. Mike believes that he can kill it even if he grinds it hard.

But just as Mike shifted his attention to the two balls of light, he felt a sharp pain in his brain. The basilisk's eyes could actually hurt people who looked at it using magic perception.

Mike, who was moving at high speed, lost his balance due to the sudden pain. He staggered and fell out.

At this time, the two senior students who were guarding the infirmary also heard the noise outside and rushed over. These two senior students had extremely high combat skills, and when they saw Mike in such a miserable state, they had no intention of helping him. Instead, they took out their wands and looked vigilantly in the direction where Mike came from.

Mike climbed up with difficulty and shook his head to keep himself as clear as possible.

The attack by the basilisk just now did not cause him much harm. The stinging pain came fiercely and disappeared very quickly. Mike was fine except that he was a little dazed. He opened his magic perception again to look for the basilisk, but to Mike's disappointment, the treacherous basilisk had disappeared long ago.

"Mike, are you okay?" Professor Flitwick ran towards Mike with his short legs. "I'm not late. I rushed here as soon as I received the warning signal."

"I know what the monster in the secret room is. It's a basilisk!" Mike answered the question irrelevantly.

Professor Flitwick was horrified when he heard what Mike said. As the head of Ravenclaw College, who was known for his intelligence and erudition, he certainly knew what a basilisk was, and what the consequences would be if a basilisk ran rampant in the school. If it were to let loose and kill, with its killer gaze, Hogwarts would become a hell.

"Are you sure?!" Professor Flitwick said sharply. "Let's not talk about this for now. Go to the infirmary first. I'll go and see what's going on."

Mike's injuries were not serious, so he did not accept Professor Flitwick's kindness and followed Flitwick directly. At the same time, he told Flitwick the information that the basilisk could not be detected by magic.

Mac and Flitwick took two senior students to the previous battle site several times, but found nothing except a small broken snake fang. Mac knew that this snake fang must have been broken by him using the Killing Curse, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the Killing Curse has a lot of damage to the basilisk, so it will be easy to deal with it. As long as the damn eyes are removed, the basilisk will not be a threat.

The most frightening thing is that even the Killing Curse cannot break the basilisk's defense.

Professor Flitwick quickly confirmed that the small fang was indeed a basilisk's fang, which confirmed what Mike said.

Then the whole Hogwarts was in an uproar.

Dumbledore and other professors acted quickly and gathered all the students from their beds to the hall. In order not to cause panic, Dumbledore did not disclose the truth about the basilisk. After the gathering last year, these students had experience with this kind of situation. Instead of being afraid, they speculated on the reason for the sudden gathering.

After the students were evacuated, Dumbledore led many professors to start a carpet search of Hogwarts Castle. Most of these professors graduated from Hogwarts, so they were familiar with all the secret passages in Hogwarts. They were very confident about finding the Basilisk. After all, the Basilisk was so big that there were not many places for it to hide in Hogwarts Castle.

However, the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. After a whole night of searching, the professors returned with nothing.

Mike was not in the hall that night.

After investigating the scene with Professor Flitwick, Flitwick forced him into the infirmary, because he was afraid that he had some hidden injuries and needed a thorough examination.

Although Mike kept saying that he was fine, and even performed his "Automatic Tracking Levitation Exploding Fireball Technique" in front of Flitwick, he was still unable to defeat Flitwick in the end and was put in the infirmary ward.

Facts have proved that the first law of true fragrance discovered by Mr. Wang Jingze is indeed one of human instincts.

Mike, who said no, fell asleep like a dead pig in a few minutes after lying on the bed. Madam Pomfrey was going to do a small check on Mike, but when she saw that Mike was sleeping soundly, she had to give up. As a doctor, she could see that there was nothing wrong with Mike's body, he was just too tired recently and he would be fine after a good sleep.

Looking at Mike who was snoring, Madam Pomfrey smiled and shook her head, then carefully left Mike's ward and closed the door.

(End of this chapter)