Chapter 97: Escape from Death

Mike flashed past the basilisk's bloody mouth.

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

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

"Avada Kedavra!"

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

"Hiss!"

Although the soul damage attached to the Kedavra curse did not cause instant death to the basilisk, it still caused the basilisk to suffer certain damage.

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

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

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

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

However, such an obstacle was nothing to the basilisk. The basilisk, which had recovered from the severe pain, shrank back and made a common accumulation action for snakes to hunt, and then pounced and knocked away the pile of rubble blocking the road.

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

After breaking through the obstacle, the basilisk behind him spit out its snake tongue, and then found that Mike had escaped not far from the infirmary, and knew that the night attack tonight had failed.

But it did not give up. It opened its eyes and watched Mike fleeing 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 the basilisk was that you couldn't accurately know its position when facing it.

Now the basilisk didn't know what had happened, and it took the initiative to open its eyes and expose its position.

Without such an advantage, the basilisk could only be regarded as a thick-skinned python. Mike thought he could kill it even if he tried hard.

But when Mike just shifted his attention to the two light balls, he felt a sharp pain in his brain. The basilisk's eyes could actually hurt people who used magic to perceive and look at it.

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

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

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

The attack of the basilisk just now did not cause much damage to him. The tingling came fiercely and disappeared very quickly. Mike was fine except that his consciousness was a little trance.

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 irrelevantly.

Professor Flitwick was shocked 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 let go of its temper and killed, with its eyes that would kill anyone who touched it, Hogwarts would become a Shura field.

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

Mike's injury was 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 perception.

Mike and Flitwick took two senior students to circle the previous battle site several times, but found nothing except a small broken snake fang. Mike knew that this section of the snake fang should have been broken by his own killing curse, and he breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the harm of the killing curse to the basilisk is not low. This is easy to deal with. As long as its damn eyes are dealt with, the basilisk will not be a big deal.

The most frightening thing is that the killing curse cannot break the defense of the basilisk.

Professor Flitwick quickly confirmed that the small fang was indeed the fang of the basilisk, which also confirmed that what Mike said was true.

So the whole Hogwarts was boiling.

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 announce the truth about the basilisk. After experiencing the gathering last year, these students also had experience with this situation. Instead of being afraid, they speculated about the reason for their sudden gathering.

After the students evacuated, Dumbledore and many professors began a carpet search of Hogwarts Castle. Most of these professors graduated from Hogwarts, so they were familiar with the various secret passages in Hogwarts. They were very confident about finding the basilisk. After all, there were not many places in Hogwarts Castle where the basilisk could hide with such a large body.

However, the idea was beautiful, but the reality was 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 to be checked carefully.

Although Mike kept saying that he was fine, he even performed his "automatic tracking suspension explosion fireball technique" in front of Flitwick. But in the end, he couldn't beat Flitwick and lay 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, but he was 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.