noveltune Chapter 87 Soul-Hooking Reaper
Chapter 87 Soul-Hooking Reaper
Chapter 87 Soul-Hooking Reaper
Time seemed to slow down.
Harry stared blankly at the green light flying towards him, and for a moment, he felt a sense of familiarity.
He remembered the green light he had seen many times in his dreams, and that light was extremely similar to the one before him.
But before he could think any further, the green light was already right in front of him.
Harry didn't know what the consequences would be after the green light hit him, but every cell in his body was screaming to get away, but he was powerless to dodge it.
Just then, an invisible rope wrapped around Harry's body.
A tremendous force pulled Harry violently to the side, causing him to fall sideways onto the stone path.
The green light missed Harry, continuing its flight straight ahead, crossing the stone path, and striking the ground on the other side, leaving a small, dark mark.
Quirrell was taken aback when he saw Harry dodge his attack with a strange movement.
He immediately realized what was happening, and with a flick of his black robe, he prepared to disappear back behind the tree.
But before he could slide two steps, with a "boom," a burst of eerie blue flames exploded in front of him, forcing him back.
Quirrell turned sideways and changed his direction of travel.
But a burst of eerie blue flames still exploded in front of him.
He kept changing direction, but each time he was forced back to his original position by the same flames.
Quirrell stood there, his heart sinking to the bottom.
He turned his head in alarm and looked around.
He saw the several wisps of eerie blue flames in front of him suddenly expand and connect together, the flames changing to form a towering curtain of fire that blocked his way.
The curtain of fire stretched on and on, forming a huge circle of flames in the woods, enveloping him, Harry, and Hermione.
But miraculously, although the flames burned among the huge trees and low shrubs, they did not ignite any of them, and even the dead branches and fallen leaves on the ground remained unharmed, as if the flames were a phantom that did not exist.
Quirrell gritted his teeth and decided to try to pass straight through the flames.
"Stop! You idiot!" The sudden shout in his mind halted his actions. "I woke up to find you trying to burn yourself alive! What are you doing!?"
"Master::" Quirrell obediently stayed where he was, quickly explaining the cause and effect to Voldemort in his mind.
"Wait quietly...do what you need to do...I will assist you if necessary..."
"Yes, Master!"
On the other side, when the first burst of ghostly blue flames exploded in the air...
Hermione rushed to Harry's side: "Harry, are you alright?"
"I'm alright, thank you, Hermione, you saved me again."
Harry's head had been aching ever since the man in black appeared, though the intensity of the pain varied. At this moment, the pain wasn't as intense as before; it was something he could bear by gritting his teeth.
"But Harry, I didn't save you just now," Hermione said, shaking her head and denying Harry's guess.
"What? Not you, that's...:" Harry asked, looking puzzled.
The sudden bright light interrupted their conversation and drew their attention to their own light.
Harry and Hermione turned to look and saw the dark blue curtain of fire quickly closing in, enveloping them and the man in black robes.
Harry's headache suddenly intensified. He groaned, curled up on the ground, and clutched his head, trying to relieve the sudden increase in the burning pain.
"Harry!" Hermione hugged Harry's upper body worriedly.
Just then, a calm voice rang out in the arena, briefly drowning out all the commotion within the ring of fire.
"So you're the guy lurking around in the Forbidden Forest... Finally... caught you..."
Hermione, holding Harry, turned to look.
She saw the curtain of fire on the stone path suddenly part, and a smartly dressed figure in a suit walked out of the flames.
"Professor Lynch!"
Hermione exclaimed in surprise.
All the students at Hogwarts know that Professor Lynch is a powerful wizard, and many even believe that he is the most powerful wizard at Hogwarts besides Headmaster Dumbledore.
At this critical moment, when he and Harry were being hunted down, Professor Lynch's appearance was undoubtedly a ray of hope, meaning that they were safe.
Lynch glanced at Hermione on the stone path and Harry, who was trembling in his arms: "Is Harry alright?"
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When Lynch was in the stone house, the instant he sensed someone touching the stone path and stopping, he had Thortz apparate him to the scene, just in time to see Quirrell pull out his wand, preparing to use the Killing Curse to kill Harry.
So he immediately used his most familiar spell—the Soul-Snatching Curse—to summon an invisible rope.
But unlike before, this rope wasn't around someone's neck to take their life; instead, it was around Harry's chest, pulling him away from the shadow of the Killing Curse.
Then, as he used flames to continuously block Quirrell's path, he realized why Harry and Hermione were there.
Although he had been keeping to himself and not asking about anything else during this time, news still reached his ears that Harry and his friends had caused a major disaster, resulting in Gryffindor losing 150 points.
So Harry and Hermione appearing here late at night is probably part of the detention punishment they received after that incident.
Quirrell and Voldemort, wandering in the Forbidden Forest, encountered Harry, who was practically alone. It was like wolves seeing sheep; it would be illogical not to give chase.
Thinking about this, Lynch couldn't help but feel speechless at the professor at Hogwarts who agreed to the terms of this detention punishment.
Just a few months ago, six wizards from Vagado died tragically in the Forbidden Forest.
The Ministry of Magic's ban had only been lifted recently, yet they so readily sent first-year wizards to wander around the Forbidden Forest.
Professor McGonagall also believes that her teaching philosophy is too dangerous.
But Lynch believes that actions like those in the wizarding world, which show no awareness of their own dangerous behavior, are the real danger to young wizards.
But Lynch had to admit that, at this moment, this action had actually helped him a lot.
First, he lured Voldemort, who had been avoiding him, right in front of him.
Secondly, with Harry and Hermione, the two young wizards, present, he probably wouldn't need to worry about how to let Voldemort go without leaving a trace.
All he needed to do was create a plausible opening; if he couldn't capitalize on it, he wouldn't deserve the serious attention he and Dumbledore would give him.
"Harry's head hurts terribly! He needs treatment as soon as possible!" Hermione's brows furrowed, the joy she felt when Lynch appeared had faded from her face, and now her small face was full of worry and anxiety for Harry.
"Don't worry, I'll be done soon."
Lin Qi's gaze fell on the black-robed man who remained quietly in place.
His hand suddenly rose, making a grasping motion towards Quirrell:
"Soul-reaping ritual!"