Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 111 The Unlucky Female Professor, A Belated Rescue!

In a life-or-death moment, at the critical juncture, Eckeris unleashed her full potential, rapidly casting her strongest family-inherited defensive magic and shapeshifting spell.

Above the night sky, a ray of starlight fell, forming a solid barrier of starlight in front of her.

At the same time, a large tree nearby turned into a stone wall and crashed down, blocking the starlight barrier.

However, no matter how fast Eckeris reacted, she couldn't outrun the energy beams emitted by the unicorn.

More than twenty energy rays shattered the spherical energy shield that Erkris had previously constructed using the Ironclad Charm and Starlight Shield before Erkris could complete her new defense, and some of them landed on her body.

Fortunately, at this moment, the two new defenses constructed by Eckeris were in place, which barely managed to block the subsequent energy rays.

"boom--"

The unicorn's ray attacks continued relentlessly for a period of time. Even the starlight barrier and the thick stone wall that Eckeris had conjured could not withstand such explosive energy. They lasted for less than three seconds before being destroyed.

Fortunately, Eckeris was quite skilled in combat. In those precious two seconds, she managed to roll twice on the ground, despite her injuries, and escaped the last of the violent energy rays.

However, Eckeris's bad luck wasn't over yet. She avoided the subsequent energy rays, but the stone wall that had been shattered by them wasn't going to let her go.

First, a small slab of gravel, which had been blasted away, unfortunately hit Eckeris on the forehead, knocking her unconscious. Then, two or three large rocks, each bigger than a human head, tumbled and rushed toward the unconscious Eckeris.

"Protect them all!"

The belated assistance from Dudley and his companions saved Professor Eccles from being crushed to death by the boulder.

A sturdy defensive barrier kept all the flying stones away.

It's no wonder that Dudley and his two companions were late in rescuing the damsel in distress; it all happened so suddenly.

When the three of them spotted Ekeris, she was shielded and being tossed around by half a unicorn. They were still quite a distance away from the unicorn herd, about three or four hundred meters away.

Due to the darkness, the obstruction of trees, and the angle of view, they did not notice that the other half of the unicorn was gathering energy rays, preparing to launch a fatal attack on Ecris.

All I could see was a bright white background light.

They thought the light was just from the silvery-white fur of the unicorn as it ran!

Therefore, they planned to proceed slowly with the rescue, letting Eckeris suffer a bit, preferably with minor injuries that would keep her bedridden for three days, to pave the way for their plan.

Unexpectedly, the unicorn herd's revenge came so suddenly and so brutally.

By the time they realized something was wrong and rushed to their aid, it was too late.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late to turn back.

At this moment, Dudley, Old Man Dumbledore, and Hagrid had arrived at the battlefield. Hagrid stepped forward to calm the unicorn herd, lest they attack again... or touch their horns.

Dudley and Dumbledore then went to Professor Ecclesia, who had fallen to the ground.

"Well, thankfully, he's not dead, he's still breathing." Dali withdrew his finger from checking his breath.

"The injuries are quite troublesome! Although unicorns are holy and gentle creatures, their attacks when provoked carry a troublesome curse."

Even if this curse isn't as powerful as the curse of drinking unicorn blood, it's probably still beyond the capabilities of the school doctor, Madam Pomfrey.

Dumbledore used his magic to examine Ecclesia's injuries and said...

"We have to deal with it, even if we can't!" Dudley said ruthlessly. "Do you want to send her to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Arts? Who knows how many unexpected things might happen along the way!"

If Madam Pomfrey can't save her, then get your precious Potions professor to save her, or you can do it yourself.

"I see."

Dumbledore sighed, raised his hand and used the Elder Wand to cast a healing spell and a regular curse-breaking spell on the unconscious Erkris, then said, "I just feel sorry for Professor Erkris, after all, she is also a victim."

Upon hearing this, Dali scoffed contemptuously: "She chose this path herself. Now she's in trouble because she's not as skilled as others. She has only herself to blame!"

Also, weren't you determined to change yourself? Why are you showing unnecessary kindness and backing down at this crucial moment?

You knew the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was cursed, yet you still recruited people to be professors. Why didn't you feel sorry for them back then?

Stop with the pretense and get to work! Any later and it might be too late to save him!

Dumbledore looked embarrassed and awkward after Dudley's retort, but he had to admit that Dudley's words made a lot of sense.

He could only remain silent, silently casting another powerful healing spell on the unconscious Erkris, and then using Polymorph to turn a broken tree trunk on the ground into a stretcher, lifting Erkris up into the air.

Then, Old Deng used magic to carry Eckeris out of the Forbidden Forest and towards the castle.

Apparition is prohibited within Hogwarts grounds, including the Forbidden Forest. Even if Dumbledore wanted to use Apparition here, he would need Fawkes the Phoenix or some specially modified, powerful Portkeys.

"Wait! Don't go, let Hagrid go!"

Dudley stopped Dumbledore, who was about to return home, and said, "You're not the gamekeeper, so why are you running into the Forbidden Forest in the middle of the night to rescue someone? If you just bring her back to the castle like this, who knows how many people, ghosts, and portraits you'll have to silence along the way!"

Old Deng had no choice but to stop; he was indeed not good at considering details.

However, without the blessing of good fortune, it is often the details that determine success or failure.

"Waaaaah... Dumbledore, Dudley! A unicorn is badly injured! You must save him!"

At this moment, Hagrid ran back crying. He had calmed the agitation and anger of the unicorn herd not far away, but he was very worried about the unicorn that had been seriously injured by Eklis's Killing Curse.

"Don't worry, Hagrid! Dumbledore will heal the injured unicorn."

"Take this woman back to the castle and hand her over to Lady Pomfrey. Tell her you found her in the Forbidden Forest, and don't say anything else for now."

Dali made arrangements quickly.

Hagrid trusted Dumbledore implicitly and Dudley implicitly. Upon hearing this, he obediently took out his wand and took the levitation charm from the stretcher. He glanced longingly in the direction of the unicorn herd before leaving with Ecclesiastes.

Dumbledore and Dudley then took the opportunity to approach the injured unicorn.

Dumbledore had dealings with the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest and they had a friendly relationship. Dudley was recognized by the Hogwarts superconscious, and the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, as covenant creatures of Hogwarts, naturally sensed this as well.

Furthermore, since the two of them were Hagrid's friends, the unicorn herd easily accepted them, allowing them to approach the badly injured member of their kind.