Homecoming from Hogwarts

Lucius Malfoy is dead?

This man, shrewd, cunning, and undoubtedly one of Voldemort's most trusted Death Eaters... dead?

It took Harry a few seconds to process what he was seeing.

In the second year, it was Lucius Malfoy who secretly stuffed that terrible notebook into Ginny's schoolbag in order to create chaos in Hogwarts and force Professor Dumbledore to step down.

He almost succeeded, if they hadn't found the secret room and destroyed the notebook.

Harry thought he should be happy.

After all, whether it was when Lucius Malfoy served Voldemort for more than ten years, or this time after Voldemort's resurrection.

Death was worthy of Lucius Malfoy's evil deeds.

but
Looking at Draco, who was in grief beside the corpse, Harry couldn't feel the slightest bit of happiness in his heart.

Herod!
A dozen demon centaurs raised their front hooves and neighed violently!

Harry finally figured out some of the patterns of these terrible monsters.

They are always attracted by more people. Previously, this group of monsters and centaurs were clearly hunting Malfoy and his son, but when they appeared, they turned around without hesitation, and their cold eyes filled with gray reflected their figures!

Neville's parents hurriedly pulled Harry, who had unconsciously walked out of the team, and then Professor Hansen also came out from the rear.

Harry could sense the panic of several adult wizards. But even Professor Slughorn, whose body was trembling, still raised his wand bravely.

"I'm not sure we can stop them, Neville—"

Mr. Longbottom tensed up, his eyes fixed on the centaur crouching and ready to charge a few dozen feet away.
"So, while we're holding them back, rush over and take that Malfoy boy down to the Great Hall, understand!"

Just as Neville was about to argue, something unexpected happened.

"Defend Hogwarts!"

The people who were preparing for a fierce battle suddenly saw more than a dozen transparent figures with a pearly luster suddenly emerge from the ground in a classroom next to the four-branch corridor.

The ghost in the lead tilted its head comically, but its blurred face was filled with a fanatical expression. It brandished a knight's sword and bravely charged towards the monsters.

"If you kill more than I do, Nick!"

A large, bearded ghost behind it laughed loudly,

"On behalf of all ghosts, I agree that you can join the Headless Horseman Hunters!"

"Just wait and see, Patrick!"

The ghost with its head tilted laughed, and then--
Clang!
Before Harry could say anything about this ridiculous scene, the Ghost Knights emerged from the ground and collided with the monster centaurs.

The ancient and exquisite knight swords collided with the spears in the hands of the monster centaurs, making a crisp sound like metal collision!
"Nick!"

Hermione screamed.

"How did you guys do that?!"

Harry saw Nick swinging the Ghost Knight sword in his hand to make sword flowers, blocking the wooden spear in the hand of the monster centaur that was fighting with it several times, and then finding a flaw and stabbing it sharply, and the Ghost Sword pierced the centaur's eye socket!

hiss--
A burst of gray mist rose up and left the body. The centaur's sturdy body shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye. After he fell to the ground, only a mummy-like dry skin was left!
"Oh, it's hard to explain, Miss Granger, but in a way, these guys are just like us!"

Harry could even hear some joy in Nick's erratic voice.
"What are you still standing there for, young men?"

Sir Patrick was fighting two centaurs alone. Harry saw that the armor he was wearing was scratched by the wooden spears shrouded in gray mist, and it did not recover.

"Hurry to the Great Hall, they are trying to break out of the castle!"

“This is incredible”

Ginny gasped.

No one could have imagined that the ghosts running around in the castle all day long, making the castle eerie, could actually fight against the monsters flying down from the island in the sky!
"go!"

Nick suddenly roared, and the knights of the Headless Hunters also roared in unison. They fought fiercely and anxiously with the centaurs, and opened up a path for Harry and the others! Draco Malfoy was held up by Fred and George on the left and right.

But his struggle was even more violent than Cedric's just now. His pair of grey eyes were bloodshot and he looked crazy, as if he wanted to bite Fred or George to death!
Snapped!
The clear sound of Harry's heavy slap was extremely clear in the roaring battlefield.

Ron, Hermione and others stared at Harry in shock, including Draco who was being beaten.

"Don't make me despise you for the rest of my life, Malfoy!"

Harry roared, his green eyes glowing with a blazing light.

His grief is no less than Malfoy's!
Looking at Potter who was so close to him, Draco was in deep sorrow. He looked into Potter's eyes and for a moment he recalled the time in his second year when he and Potter took part in Professor Blaine's Defense Against the Dark Arts test.
Suddenly, Draco began to tremble, as if he had been electrocuted, and every part of his body, including his fingertips, was trembling.

His handsome, slightly feminine face was distorted and he looked like he was in extraordinary pain.

Nick has been anxiously urging them to leave, as some ghost knights have already dissipated under the attack of the monster centaurs.
what! ! !
Draco suddenly let out a miserable scream, and he broke free from Fred and George's grip. He turned his head away, not even looking at his father lying on the ground, and ran downstairs while howling.

This is a battlefield. There is no time for anyone to be sad, unless you intend to leave your life here!
"Let's go, follow me!"

Frank urged them anxiously, and they all started rushing downstairs.

"If we are all still alive, I will hold another celebration party. Young people, I hope you can attend as living people!"

Nick laughed, swung his sword to swing the wooden spear away, and shouted at the backs of Harry and his group.

"See you there, Nick!"

The rapidly fading sound of metal clashing made Harry's eyes hot. He resisted the urge to look back, roared, and jumped down the stairs.

Finally, they arrived at the second floor platform.

Things were pretty much as Harry expected.

Most of the young wizards in the school gathered here, and a chaotic and fierce battle was taking place in the auditorium.

Kingsley and his men were blocking the monsters in the foyer that wanted to rush into the auditorium. A bone dragon and an ermine beast almost filled the foyer!

The auditorium is already in ruins.

Roar!
Grawp swung what Harry believed to be a supporting column of the Great Hall and blasted a leopard-like monster out of the hall as it leapt into the air!
Many monsters were pouring in from the walls on both sides of the auditorium and the small courtyard in front of the auditorium.

Hermione looked around anxiously, and was slightly relieved that the casualties were not too serious.

In the face of these ferocious monsters, young wizards below the fourth grade have almost no ability to fight back. Even young wizards in higher grades can hardly cause any fatal damage to these monsters.

All the little wizards were gathered in the center of the auditorium.

The faculty and staff of Hogwarts, the goblins from the exchange group, and all the ghosts of Hogwarts built a line of defense to protect the students.

Especially ghosts.
The depression that had been dormant for thousands of years completely erupted in the face of a rival enemy.

Harry saw Slytherin's gloomy ghost, the Bloody Baron, howling and swinging bloody chains to fight monsters, and the fat monk from Hufflepuff was also fighting with a huge cross!
Boom, boom, boom!

The chaotic cursed light within the field of vision bombarded the auditorium and the castle continued to shake.

Harry saw Draco, who rushed down first, swung his wand like a madman. When he found that the Killing Curse had no effect on these monsters, he immediately changed his method.

The wand he held high shone with a star-like brilliance and slashed down like a sword of judgment!
click!
The starlight blade, as thin as a cicada's wing, was extremely sharp and cut a demonized hippogriff in half without any hindrance!
This move made Harry gasp, but Malfoy was obviously exhausted.

After using this move, Malfoy bent down and gasped on the spot, and then was pulled back into the defensive circle by Professor Victor!

Alice turned around and looked at Neville, her eyes flickering with hesitation and her face showing reluctance.

"No one can protect us, Mom!"

Clang!
Neville drew out the gleaming silver sword, took a deep breath, and then looked at Harry calmly.
"Fight, Harry!"

(End of this chapter)