Chapter 380: The Actual Practice of Peaceful Guarding

The Hogwarts Castle was pitch black in the middle of the night. The curfew had come. According to school rules, all professors and students, except Filch who was on night watch, should have fallen asleep.

However, the Request Room on the eighth floor was very lively. Dozens of students of different grades gathered in this huge classroom. The sound of laughter and the explosion of spells resounded throughout the classroom.

Mike, who was sitting on the sofa, had a slightly red face, narrowed his eyes, and was shaking his legs. He looked in a good mood.

At the dinner party with Professor Flitwick, Professor Flitwick was in a very good mood, so he drank a lot of wine.

As a drinking companion, Mike naturally drank a lot. In addition, Mike's current body was not yet an adult and his tolerance for alcohol was not high. Therefore, although he did not lie down directly like Professor Flitwick, he also fell into a state of tipsiness.

Fortunately, in the past few months, Mike has taught most of the commonly used spells to these DA members. If they were taught too many spells in a short period of time, many of them would become confused.

So in the recent few classes, Mike didn't teach them anything new, but let them form groups and start practicing a lot of basic skills including spell shooting and casting speed.

This led to the fact that Mike didn't care about them now.

"Mike, you'd better drink this!"

Hermione looked at Mike on the sofa with a worried look on her face, and handed him a glass of light blue liquid.

Mike glanced at it, didn't say anything, just waved his hand slightly.

He recognized the liquid that Hermione handed over. It was a very simple hangover medicine. The effect of this medicine was very strong. With his current state of tipsy, he only needed to drink a small sip of wine to sober up completely.

However, Mike didn't want to drink it.

He hadn't touched alcohol for a long time, and he had never been drunk since he came to this world, so Mike now actually enjoyed this state of tipsy.

It's a pity that with Mike's current physique, the effect of this alcohol on him will not last too long, that is to say, Mike's current state of tipsy is likely to disappear at any time.

This also made Mike cherish this state even more. He squinted his eyes and looked at Franklin and others gathered around him through the slits of his eyes, but saw Harry on another sofa looking up, staring at the snow-white ceiling with a look of despair.

Then, under the influence of alcohol, Mike sat next to Harry, patted his shoulder and said:

"You...what's wrong with you? Why do you look like that?"

The smell of alcohol on Mike made Harry frown. He moved his head slightly to the side, but did not speak.

Mike wanted to ask more questions, but Franklin shook his head and said:

"Mike, don't ask. Harry lost today, and he just came back from Snape's office."

Suddenly, Mike figured it out.

And this afternoon, the Quidditch League officially started. As the opening game, the two sides of the game were Gryffindor and Slytherin.

Judging from Harry's current state, they should have lost that game.

As for Mike's brain-blocking spell learning in Snape's office, Mike knew without thinking that it would definitely be a not-so-good experience.

The matter between Snape and Harry was a mess, and Mike had no interest in it.

Nodding, Mike decided not to ask any more questions, and gently patted Harry's shoulder to comfort him, but the latter turned to the side again.

Mike saw that Harry seemed to hate the smell of alcohol on him, and he was immediately amused. A smirk appeared on his face, and he reached out to wipe Harry's face.

However, his hand froze in mid-air when he was halfway out, and his expression became serious.

"Everyone!" Mike suddenly stood up, "Leave the Room of Requirement immediately!"

Mike's voice echoed in the Room of Requirement, and then everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him in confusion.

"You...what's wrong with you?"

Harry asked in confusion, and Mike explained without even looking at him:

"The warning magic I set up around has been triggered, and many people are approaching this side! Quick! Everyone pack up your things and retreat from the secret passage!"

As soon as these words came out, the entire Room of Requirement was in an uproar, and people quickly took action.

In order to prevent the DA army gathering from being discovered, Mike actually made an emergency plan, and the first one was the escape secret passage.

And that secret passage was the one that Mike often used when he was in the lower grades, which could lead to the Ravenclaw Tower.

At this time, the quality gap between the mutual aid members and the ordinary DA soldiers was reflected. When Mike issued the retreat order, the long-trained mutual aid members quickly packed up their belongings and began to retreat from the exit in an orderly manner, while many ordinary DA soldiers were still at a loss.

"You! What are you still standing there for? Don't pack up your things, go!"

Mike's sharp shout seemed to wake them up. The DA soldiers led by Qiu Zhang and several other girls finally moved and squeezed out of the door screaming.

However, this speed was still not enough. There were more than 60 members of the DA army in total. Such a large group of people could not retreat quickly without high order maintenance.

Thinking of this, Mike took out his wand and walked towards the door.

"Mike!" Hermione screamed heartbreakingly, "What are you going to do?"

"You go first, I'll hold them back!"

"No! You can't go!"

Hermione stretched out her hand to grab Mike's arm, but Franklin grabbed her, and together with several other members of the mutual aid society, he dragged Hermione, Harry and others towards the secret passage.

Franklin could be said to be one of the people who knew Mike best. He knew very well that since Mike dared to face Umbridge alone at this time, he must have the confidence to retreat safely. If he and others went there, they would only hinder him. Mike

could hear the voices of the people behind him clearly. After hearing the voices of Hermione and others getting farther and farther away, Mike's face also showed a smile, and at the same time, in the darkness, his steps became more and more firm.

Mike walked forward in the darkness until he reached the staircase leading to the seventh floor on the eighth floor. According to the results of the warning spell, the main force led by Umbridge will appear from here, and only a few stragglers will arrive at the Room of Requirement from other places. All he can do is to block the main force here. As for those stragglers, Mike believes that Franklin and his team have a way to solve them.

But there is another very important question.

That is, how did Umbridge find out about the DA Army gathering?

You know, I told all the members about the existence of the curse, so it stands to reason that there should not be an informer like in the original book.

But the final result is that Umbridge still discovered their existence!

Thinking of this, Mike slowly closed his eyes and waited quietly in the darkness.

...

I don't know how long it took, but a ray of light suddenly came from the silent staircase, followed by intermittent human voices. In

the darkness, a pair of blue eyes suddenly opened, and Mike clenched the wand in his hand and stared at the corner of the stairs.

He had a feeling that the enemy would appear soon.

Mike's feeling was correct. Not long after, a Slytherin student holding a glowing wand appeared in front of Mike. Judging from the sound, there should be many people behind him.

With the help of the light, the Slytherin student spotted Mike in the dark almost immediately.

He was stunned for a moment, and then he began to retreat quickly, with a very exciting expression on his face.

"It's Mike! Mike Townley is here! Everyone be careful!"

As soon as these words came out, Mike heard a burst of exclamations from the crowd behind the man. Obviously, these people were shocked by his name. Mike

's mouth corners rose. He was not surprised by these people's behavior. A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. With the notoriety he had earned in Hogwarts over the years, it was not surprising that these people would behave like this.

The commotion of the crowd continued, and Mike stood still.

If possible, he wanted to send all these people to the sky with a fireball, but unfortunately he couldn't do that at this stage, otherwise not only the Ministry of Magic, but also Dumbledore and the school's top management would not let him go.

After a while, the commotion in Umbridge's team on the opposite side finally stopped. The Slytherin students who appeared in front of Mike at the beginning had disappeared, and were replaced by three adults in uniform.

Judging from their uniforms and the badges on their chests, these people should all be staff members of the Ministry of Magic, but their uniforms are different from those of the Aurors. Mike guessed that they should all be strikers.

Striker and Aurors, these two organizations constitute the conventional military force of the Ministry of Magic and even the entire European wizarding society, among which Aurors exist as elite combat forces.

Not only are they very strong individually, but they also have a very high teamwork ability and can cooperate with each other to release some combination spells.

If Aurors are elite special forces, strikers are ordinary army.

They are numerous, their individual combat effectiveness is not high, but they also have the ability to cooperate in a team.

In previous wars, these strikers were often used as cannon fodder.

The moment he saw them, Mike's brows furrowed.

It wasn't that Mike was afraid of these strikers, but the fact that they were here represented a lot of things. You know, strikers, like Aurors, represented the Ministry of Magic!

At this moment, Umbridge's fat and short figure squeezed out of the crowd and stood behind the strikers.

"Aha! Mike!" Umbridge said triumphantly, hiding behind the strikers as she spoke, as if she was afraid that Mike would suddenly attack her. Unfortunately, the figures of those strikers were very well-proportioned, and they couldn't hide her huge body at all. "I knew you were doing this in secret! Now I've caught you!"

Looking at her frightened and proud look, Mike wanted to laugh very much, but with the purpose of delaying time, Mike seemed to force himself to hold back his smile and said:

"Oh? You said you were doing this in secret, do you have any evidence?"

The smug look on Umbridge's face became more obvious. She wanted to say something, but a Slytherin next to her suddenly grabbed her and said something to her.

Then, Umbridge's face changed drastically, waved her finger at Mike and shouted:

"Don't let him delay time, catch him!"

Hearing this, the strikers waved their wands together, and the Slytherins behind them hid behind the strikers and secretly shot cold guns.

Mike shook his head, and seeing that the delay plan failed, he didn't hesitate any more. With a wave of his wand, a group of translucent mist like gauze enveloped him!

Safe guard!

The strikers' faces changed drastically when they saw Mike's action, and they quickly withdrew their magic power and deployed their armor to protect themselves.

However, the Slytherins behind him had no intention of retreating, and they continued to shoot coldly with a grim smile on their faces.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Dozens of spells of different colors fell on the 'gauze' in front of Mike in an instant, but the next moment, the Slytherins' grim smiles froze, because the spells were reversed the moment they touched the 'gauze' and began to reflect in all directions!

Mike smiled.

The Peace Guarding Charm can deflect most of the incoming evil curses. If this kind of protection spell is released during a collective battle, the deflected evil curses will undoubtedly accidentally hurt friendly forces, but now Mike is fighting alone!

Moreover, the battle site is a small place like the staircase, and the deflection effect of the Peace Guarding can be said to be outstanding!

"Merlin's beard!"

"Damn it, who cast the disarming spell! My wand is gone!"

"Ah! It's the front teeth stick! Woohoo!"

...

For a moment, as spells were constantly rebounded, the crowd was in chaos.

The strikers' faces turned black. They had long seen that Mike was not an easy enemy to deal with. Originally, they thought that they should be able to fight with him with their mutual cooperation, but now there are so many stupid teammates behind them, what should they do! ?

After suffering this, the Slytherins no longer dared to attack at will, and the strikers maintained a vigilant posture and watched Mike.

The longer the Safeguarding Charm lasts, the more spells will be deflected, and the more magic power the caster consumes.

So the strikers are waiting, waiting for the moment when Mike's magic power is exhausted before launching an attack.

Unfortunately, they obviously underestimated the level of magic power in Mike's body. With the intensity of their attacks, Mike can hold on for days and nights alone.

And Mike did not attack the Slytherins.

It was understandable that he used the Safeguarding Charm to trick them before, but if he really took the initiative to attack them, it would be unreasonable.

For a moment, the scene in the stairs was strangely deadlocked!