Chapter 266: Dementors by the Lake

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"Sirius…" Harry shouted, struggling to break free from Snape's arm.

"Don't go over there, Potter!" Snape said, he had no intention of giving way.

As the two of them kept arguing, Sirius, who was originally held in the air, whimpered and slapped Lupin's head with his claws, but it didn't do much good, Lupin didn't intend to let go.

Suddenly, a wolf howled from the forbidden forest not far away, as if a werewolf was responding to Lupin's call.

Everyone's mood fell to the bottom. If another werewolf came at this time, even Professor Snape would take them away. He couldn't fight two werewolves at the same time and protect these children.

Professor Lupin seemed very confused, and his movements stopped, which made everyone's heart hang in the air.

The werewolf Lupin whimpered, and he seemed to be hesitating. His head kept wandering between the Forbidden Forest and the crowd. Snape pointed his wand at Lupin. If Lupin rushed over, he didn't mind using a spell to kill him directly.

Finally, the werewolf seemed to have decided something. He stopped tearing Sirius' body apart. He grabbed Sirius with one hand and threw him to the end of the hillside like a rag doll. Then he started running towards the Forbidden Forest on all fours.

"Sirius..." Harry shouted, but Sirius didn't mean to come over because of Snape's presence. Harry saw Sirius returned to his original appearance. He put one hand under his armpit and hurriedly walked towards the Forbidden Forest. His steps were a little staggering. It seemed that the battle just now had caused him a lot of damage.

Fanlin looked back at Snape. He was not sure whether Professor Snape was going to chase and kill Sirius, but a chill came over and made Fanlin shudder.

Fan Lin couldn't help but look up at the sky. The dark clouds that had dissipated returned to the sky above their heads, but this time the dark clouds were moving, and they were moving very fast.

Under the moonlight, a large black or gray mass was constantly moving towards the Forbidden Forest. It seemed to be... Dementors. They found Sirius and were chasing him.

Fan Lin had a very bad idea in his mind. He just wanted to stop Harry, but in a blink of an eye, Harry completely broke free from Snape's arm. He called Sirius' name and chased after him.

"Sirius..." Harry's voice was a little hurried. In his opinion, Sirius's condition was undoubtedly bad. The place he covered with his hand was the damage caused to him by the werewolf incarnated by Professor Lupin.

Harry was a little anxious. He stared into the darkness. He was undecided for a moment, but they couldn't do anything for Ron at the moment. Peter also ran away, and Professor Lupin listened to his companion's call. What was worse at the moment was the seriously injured Sirius. From the sound, Black was in trouble... Harry ran away.

Fan Lin followed closely behind. He wanted to remind Harry to look up at the sky, but his body was too weak. He couldn't keep up with Harry's speed. Hermione and Ron were stopped by Professor Snape. This was the only thing that made Fan Lin feel relieved.

The barking seemed to come from the other side of the lake. They ran desperately there. Harry ran as hard as he could and felt cold, but he didn't think about what being cold meant - the howling suddenly stopped.

They came out from behind the trees. There were usually many magical creatures on this lakeshore in the Forbidden Forest. This was the best water source, and within the scope of Hogwarts, they didn't have to worry about any overly powerful creatures attacking them when they were drinking water.

But there were really no animals on the lakeshore today, perhaps because it was too late. Or maybe it happened that there were no animals coming. In short, these were not within Harry's consideration, because the figure by the lake made Harry put all his energy on it.

"Sirius!" Harry shouted, he didn't dare to pause for a moment, he just ran straight towards Sirius.

Sirius was lying next to the lake, his face was pale, and his blood was still flowing slowly along the wound under his armpit, which made Harry feel very panicked.

He suddenly remembered the spell used by Professor Lupin, and he had also read it in the book about magical animals recommended by Fan Lin, the bandage spell.

Harry groped up and down his body with his hands, he was a little anxious, his wand was inserted in the pocket inside his clothes, and he quickly took out the spell.

"F... Ferula!"

A small section of bandage emerged from the tip of his wand, but before the bandage touched Sirius' body, it broke into pieces in mid-air.

"Damn..." Harry cursed, and he kept shaking his wand, hoping that it would make his wand more powerful, but it was useless.

Bandages kept appearing, and then kept flying around, and soon the ground in front of Harry was covered with white bandage fragments.

"Ferula!"

Finally, after Harry's continuous attempts, his wand emitted a strong light. He spent a considerable amount of magic power, and his wand barely turned into a not-so-rich bandage, at least this time it did not break into pieces.

Harry quickly controlled the hard-earned bandage to wrap around Sirius's wound.

However, the bandage did not last long. As soon as it was wrapped, it was stained red by the blood on Sirius's wound.

"Sirius..." Harry called Sirius' name in a panic. He tried to cover Sirius's bleeding wound with his hands.

The red blood flowed through the bandage onto Harry's palm, which made Harry feel very panic. It was the damn blood and wound again. He didn't know how many such situations he had seen since he came to Hogwarts.

His own, Vanlin's, Rocky's, Ron's, and Sirius's in front of him now, Harry only felt a little tired, his body was a little cold, his consciousness began to become blurred, he always felt that something was passing away in his body, he couldn't hear Sirius's breathing, and even his own voice.

Suddenly, Harry heard the sound of a vague spell. He was very familiar with the spell. It was the Patronus Charm, which he had learned from Professor Lupin.

"Epecto Patronum!"

A silver flesh Patronus rushed past Harry. It was a ferret. Harry couldn't remember whose Patronus it was for a moment.

Then, the Patronus rushed over his head. He seemed to hit something. Harry turned his head with a dull look in his eyes. He followed the direction of the Patronus and forgot about it.

The next image was definitely something he would never forget. The silver light of the Patronus had completely dissipated in the air. Some scattered silver spots fell on Harry's body, which made Harry feel better. Of course, this was only physical warmth.

The surroundings became even colder. The creature that had just been knocked away by the Patronus was a creature in a gray robe. It was... Dementors!

Harry's pupils shrank sharply. This was his fear. Although Professor Lupin helped him learn how to resist Dementors by using Boggart, when he really faced Dementors, the fear in Harry's heart still rose uncontrollably.

In addition to the Dementor that Fanlin had just blown away with the Patronus Charm, there were still hundreds of Dementors hovering in the sky. They were like a dark cloud, completely covering the three people below.

They occupied the sky, as if forming a domain that belonged exclusively to Dementors, and their cold breath slowly froze everything.

The lake not far from Harry had been completely covered by ice, and the trees in the Forbidden Forest behind him had also been covered with frost. In just a few breaths, a whole tree became withered.

"Harry, get up!" Fanlin shouted, and the Patronus Charm he had just released had completely disappeared.

"Use your wand... Harry!" Fanlin said, and he ran over. Harry quickly stood up. They stood back to back, and next to them was Sirius, who had completely fainted.

"Think of something happy... You know the spell..." Fanlin said, he looked up at the sky, the Dementors that he had repelled had returned to their team, a team of hundreds of Dementors, it is said that this is not the full force of Azkaban.

Finally, they were a little impatient, they worked for the Ministry of Magic according to the agreement, and their target was now lying on the shore, they did not hesitate to kiss.

Feel the fear!

They seemed to have received some signal, and the figures that were originally hovering in the sky dispersed in a blink of an eye.

Like a destroyed water surface, they dived towards the lakeshore together, and the surrounding trees were withering rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. This is their innate ability to absorb all beautiful things, including life of course.

Frost instantly spread across the entire land. There were too many Dementors here, and Fanlin's body couldn't help but tremble.

The loss of both physical strength and magic power made his condition extremely bad, and now he had to face so many Dementors... He just hoped that they would let him, Harry and Sirius go.

However, this idea was obviously a fantasy. No matter what, they would never let Sirius go. (To be continued)