Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Although it is also a castle, Durmstrang and Hogwarts have obvious differences in architectural layout.

Because the latter was originally the ancestral home of the Slytherin family, while the castle of Durmstrang was gradually built up by a Nordic Viking merchant.

Therefore, Durmstrang Castle as a whole is in the shape of a "U", with a huge open space in the middle of the castle that is comparable to the area of ​​a football field.

From the corridors on each floor, you can look up and see nine fire dragons flapping their wings and hovering over the castle. Friends who often rob tombs know that when you see the "Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin", you must not be blinded by the nine dragons, because the real horror is mostly hidden in the coffin.

However, the headmaster and professor of Durmstrang, who made a decision against their ancestors, took out their wands at the same time and used the "Eye Disease Curse" and "Transfiguration Torture Curse" respectively to attack the nine fire dragons.

These fire dragons are all Norwegian Ridgebacks that look very similar to Hungarian Horntail Dragons. Their usual habits are to live in fjord terrain and feed on various land mammals and sea mammals.

Fire dragons are generally peaceful and docile, but the Norwegian Ridgeback is one of the most aggressive fire dragons.

Hagrid had hatched a Norwegian Ridgeback at Hogwarts two years ago. It was a newborn baby dragon, but it was enough to injure Hagrid, a half-giant.

So you can imagine how emotional they would be when they were attacked by a spell over Durmstrang Castle.

This is true.

I can go to the sea to hunt whales and I won't get scolded. But I come to hang around on a broken stone castle and you dare to shoot spells at us!

Nine Norwegian Spinosaurus stood tall.

Those "Eye Disease Curse" and "Transfiguration Torture Curse" did not cause much damage to them because they were not fired densely and at a long distance.

They began to fly over Durmstrang in a figure-8 formation like bees, and opened their mouths to spray hot flames towards the castle.

"Protect them all!"

Fortunately, Alfonso Ripa reacted quickly, raised his wand, and cast a protective spell on Durmstrang Castle in time.

A magic shield like a soap bubble, seemingly slowly but actually quickly covered the sky above the castle and blocked the first round of breath of these fire dragons.

"Odin's eye boogers," the dean of Thor Academy cursed. "Where did these fire dragons come from? I remember there were no dragon nests near Durmstrang. Also, why would they attack in groups? Did someone train them in the past?"

The answer is obvious.

It's just that they didn't expect it.

Before making a decision that went against their ancestors, did these professors at Durmstrang think about whether their predecessors really chose to keep quiet just out of respect for the founder, and there was no other reason? For example, they had no good way to deal with the dragons flying in the sky?

Very few wizards can use a spell to fly freely in the air in human form. Currently, including Bourne, who learned this trick from the young Tom Riddle, there are only three wizards who can do this, the other two being Voldemort and Snape.

Wizards can usually only fly on broomsticks.

Although the earliest flying brooms appeared in the Middle Ages, even before the founding of Hogwarts, the flying brooms at that time were just rough, unpolished ash sticks, with a few hazel twigs tied casually at one end, which was neither comfortable nor aerodynamic.

Spells cast on it are basic stuff: it only flies forward at one speed; it doesn't rise, fall, or pause.

In 1107, a Scottish wizard named Gutley Lochlin wrote after flying from Montrose to Arbroath: "... my buttocks are all pricked with spikes and ulcers."

At that time, all flying brooms were made by each wizard family, so the speed, comfort and craftsmanship of each broom varied greatly.

It wasn't until the 20th century that wizards began to practice barter (officially), whereby a skilled broom maker could trade his broom to his neighbor for a potion that might be better than his own.

As a result, some magic companies gradually emerged in the wizarding world, such as the Nimbus Company, which specializes in manufacturing flying brooms.

It was only after the great development of the flying broom as a tool and the widespread use of faster and more sensitive flying brooms that it gradually became a little easier for wizards to deal with fire dragons.

Before that, even if a wizard other than Dumbledore discovered the 12 uses of dragon's blood, an institution like a dragon farm could not be opened.

The reason is very simple: fire dragons are very good at flying, and this magical animal is born to be the overlord of the sky.

In the absence of a suitable flying broom, unless the magical powers are strong enough to "do whatever they want", the average adult wizard can only try every means to trick a fire dragon to the ground, and then use magic to control or even defeat it.

Note that it is "possibly" rather than "certainly". Because the dragon's scaled skin is highly resistant to spells, even some black magic that is not so effective immediately may not be able to penetrate the dragon's magic resistance.

The many professors at Durmstrang were not mediocre wizards, and the spells they fired from the ground at least hurt the Norwegian ridgebacks.

But that’s just the effect.

Those fire dragons were obviously well-trained. No matter how the Durmstrang professors on the ground provoked and attacked them, they always hovered in the air and breathed fire instead of falling to the ground and biting and attacking in a fit of rage.

These guys are extremely cunning.

If these professors had not taken turns using the "Universal Protection", this stone castle of Durmstrang would have been set on fire long ago.

However, Bourne felt a little anxious about how these Durmstrang wizards, who had always claimed to be good at "war and combat" magic, displayed their poor tactical capabilities in an almost ridiculous way, after silently watching from the dark.

"Although you don't know how to fly, has anyone ever thought of using a broomstick to take off and seize air superiority?"

"No need for a broomstick. As a professor, you should be able to use Apparition skillfully. You can Apparite above the dragons and attack them! Even Durmstrang has anti-Apparition restrictions, but the headmaster is standing there. Doesn't Karkaroff even have the authority to unlock Apparition? No way..."

"If the powerful spells don't work, use the Transfiguration Spell. What's the point of just using the Transfiguration Torture Spell? Don't you realize how high the magic resistance of dragon skin is? Add a thousand-pound weight to the ankles of these dragons and see if they can continue to flap their wings?"

"..."

Now, this is called professionalism.

After just watching for a short while, Bourne came up with three or four targeted tactics, while the professors from Durmstrang were still giving the fire dragon a scrape.

Finally, after more than ten minutes of "friendly exchanges" with the fire dragons, Durmstrang's side was the first to show a loophole.

It was supposed to be Principal Karkaroff's turn to release a "Universal Blessing", but he released it a little slowly, which eventually resulted in the dragon's breath of a Norwegian Ridgeback hitting one of the school's towers.

The flame of dragon's breath has strong adhesion and can stick to things and continue burning for a long time, so it is easy to cause a fire.

"Ok?"

Bourne frowned.

Because the tower that was sprayed by the dragon's breath was where the Potions Championship participants were arranged to live. The luggage that Bourne brought was still in that tower.

"Oh no, how did I become Da Ying?"

Bourne secretly thought that this was not good. He had originally wanted to cause trouble for Blaise Zabini, who was plotting against him behind his back, but he did get into trouble, but it seemed like he was also hit by a boomerang.