Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 481 Thunderbird
Thunderbird, this is a giant, extraordinary bird with six wings and similar to an eagle.

This magical creature flies extremely fast, and can create storms, sense danger, and control lightning to a certain extent. However, although it has mastered such powerful supernatural abilities, the thunderbird's huge size gives it super strength, so when hunting, it mostly uses primitive physical means, that is, swooping from the air like an eagle, using its sharp beak and claws to attack animals on land.

Given that this magical creature that lives near the American continent is extremely destructive and difficult to tame, the International Magical Confederation classified it into the xxxx-level magical creature sequence after some discussion, that is, a magical creature that is dangerous/requires special knowledge/can only be dealt with by skilled wizards.

It is worth mentioning that this handsome and extraordinary bird with superb fighting ability is the object of worship of many wizards in the United States. The Magical Congress of the United States directly placed this creature on their emblem, and the wizarding school Ilvermorny in the United States even set up a Thunderbird Academy. This Thunderbird Academy and Gryffindor Academy have many similar characteristics. For example, they both prefer young wizards who like adventure.

However, such great fame also brought disaster to the Thunderbird. Since the last century, magical creature hunters from all over the world have flocked to the American continent to hunt this epic creature in order to obtain gold galleons and prove their strength. After a hundred years of unremitting efforts, this magical creature, the Thunderbird, is finally endangered.

This introduction and history of the Thunderbird is recorded in the Care of Magical Creatures textbook "Fantastic Creatures and Where to Find Them". The reason why George and Fred were able to recognize this Thunderbird is because they have studied this knowledge in depth.

However, this giant beast that George and Fred once loved so much was now flying towards them rapidly with endless strong winds and lightning, which made George and Fred very nervous.

George rubbed his wand vigorously to relieve his inner anxiety.

As for Fred, he pulled George to lower the altitude early, because it was easy to be struck by lightning if they continued to stay high in the air during a rainy day.

Gradually, the true appearance of the Thunderbird appeared in front of them. It was a handsome creature with a wingspan of more than ten meters. It looked like an eagle but had three pairs of wings. There was a person hanging on his claws. Fred looked closely and found that it was the assassin that Mike was chasing - Clark!

Fred looked a little confused. He couldn't understand why Clark wanted to hang on the Thunderbird's claws. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to lie on its back?

However, just as doubts arose in Fred's mind, a dull roar came from the sky the next moment, and then a thick silver-white lightning suddenly struck from the dark clouds above their heads, twisted and fell on the Thunderbird.

"Hmm!~"

A sharp roar came from the mouth of the thunderbird. It raised its head and stretched its body in the air. The strong wind around it made its feathers dance wildly, and at this moment, there was endless lightning flashing among those feathers!

Fred immediately understood Clark's dilemma. Thunderbirds are creatures that naturally attract lightning strikes. Of course, they are not afraid of lightning. They even like the feeling of being struck by lightning because it can help them clear the parasites from their bodies. But Clark cannot isolate himself from lightning, so he can only hang under the thunderbird.

Looking at the Thunderbird getting closer and closer, George's face had an extremely ugly expression. He turned his head to look at Fred, only to see that the other party had the same expression.

I really don't want to face such a strong enemy!

Both of them read this meaning from each other's eyes at the same time.

But after a moment, the two of them gritted their teeth and pointed their wands at the huge thunderbird in the air!
"Shattered to pieces! Thunder explosion!"

Two light red beams flew straight towards the Thunderbird that was flying rapidly in the air. George and Fred's predictive ability was very good. With the Thunderbird's current flying speed, it was almost impossible for it to avoid these two spells.

But the next moment, the pair of wings at the tail of the Thunderbird twisted, and the Thunderbird's originally streamlined posture immediately changed. Under the influence of the huge air resistance, the Thunderbird's body twisted strangely and flew past the two almost parallel spells.

George and Fred's eyes almost popped out of their heads in shock. They really didn't expect that the Thunderbird could be so flexible and could even adjust its body posture at such a speed.

As for the Thunderbird in mid-air, a trace of disdain flashed across its eyes in a very human way. You know, it has the ability to foresee danger. It had predicted the two spells of George and Fred long before they were released. It would be strange if it couldn't avoid them.

Under normal circumstances, with Thunderbird's character, it would definitely fly down to teach these two bold guys a lesson, but now Thunderbird just wants to leave this damn place as soon as possible, because its danger perception is frantically sounding an alarm, reminding it that there is an extremely dangerous thing approaching rapidly not far behind it!
George and Fred quickly recovered from their shock and gritted their teeth to continue casting spells at the Thunderbird in mid-air. Their mission was to delay the escape of Thunderbird and Clark. As long as they waited for Mike to arrive, everything would be over!

Dense spells were fired at the Thunderbird like fireworks. The spells were not dense, but they were all carefully calculated predictive attacks, which gave the Thunderbird a headache.

The two pairs of wings behind it twisted wildly to adjust its body shape to avoid attacks. This would undoubtedly slow down the flying speed of the Thunderbird, and unfortunately, the shooting angles of these spells were too tricky. Although the Thunderbird tried its best to dodge, a few spells still hit it.

"Hmm!~"

Another sharp cry came from the Thunderbird's mouth. Compared with the slightly joyful cry just now, this time the Thunderbird's cry was clearly filled with strong anger.

George and Fred completely pissed it off. Although the feathers of the Thunderbird have a high resistance to magic, it still hurts when it is hit by a spell.

The speed of the thunderbird suddenly dropped sharply, and lightning surged among its feathers. These lightnings were converging towards its largest pair of wings, causing the light on the wings to become brighter and brighter!

Immediately afterwards, the thunderbird flapped its three pairs of wings violently, and two huge red balls of lightning were thrown out from its wings!

The two balls of lightning flew at an extremely fast speed. They carried infinite power and a strange sound like a ghost, and fell straight into the forest below the Thunderbird.

The next moment, an explosion sounded mixed with fire and lightning from the point where the ball lightning landed. Everything around the two balls of lightning burst into flames in the huge electric current and eventually turned into ashes!
George stared at the area burned by lightning in amazement. He had only seen such power in the fire spell released by Mike before. But soon George's expression turned into horror.

Because the two balls of lightning did not dissipate after landing, but bounced up like bouncy balls.

At this moment, a strong wind controlled by the Thunderbird swept over, and the two balls of lightning, as light as nothing, were blown towards George and Fred by the strong wind.

"Merlin's beard! Run!"

The two balls of lightning kept attracting each other and spinning, leaving no grass wherever they went. George and Fred suddenly felt as if they were scared to death. They screamed and began to fly low over the forest on their brooms.

However, it was all in vain. The ball lightning was blown faster and faster by the strong wind. In a flash, it drew a wide, charred road in the forest and caught up with George and Fred.

George and Fred were now feeling numb all over, with their fiery red hair standing on end, and their minds were going blank.

The thunderbird above their heads cried out in joy; it couldn't wait to see the two ants being engulfed by lightning.

Clark on its claws was poking its calves frantically with his wand, while loudly issuing orders for the Thunderbirds to evacuate quickly. Clark had been doing this since the beginning of the battle. Unfortunately, the Thunderbirds were unruly creatures and would only listen to those who could tame them, and Clark was clearly not qualified.

Perhaps it was hurt by being poked, and the Thunderbird shook its claws irritably, and the annoying tingling sensation disappeared.

Thunderbird blinked in satisfaction and prepared to continue running away.

But before it could speed up again, a terrifying sense of danger suddenly came over it. All the muscles in the Thunderbird's body tensed up, and its three pairs of wings suddenly flipped from their original streamlined shape to a flat shape. The three pairs of wings that suddenly deformed were like three groups of windshields composed of wings, blocking the oncoming airflow, causing the Thunderbird's speed to drop sharply while it also began to climb rapidly.

Clark, who was hanging on the Thunderbird's claws, almost vomited because of the sudden stop and climb. He held the Thunderbird's claws tightly and looked up.

For a moment, Clark's mouth slowly opened, and he stared in amazement at the sudden appearance of a large hole in the low dark clouds above him. A beam of golden sunlight pierced through the dark clouds like a sharp sword along the hole and shone into the forest below.

Clark couldn't help rubbing his eyes. Just now... he seemed to have really seen a sword... a cross sword.

The next moment, before Clark could react, a streak of sword light with a sharp scream passed over his nose from top to bottom and went straight into the center of the two balls of lightning, killing two birds with one stone!
"Hey!"

A huge sound of electric current resounded throughout the forest. The two balls of lightning were actually pierced apart by the sword that fell from the sky. With the sword that pierced the ground as the center, the surrounding forest with a diameter of 100 meters was completely turned into scorched earth!

George and Fred were also attracted by the loud noise. They turned back instinctively, and then were filled with ecstasy.

They recognized the long sword that had sunk into the ground with only the hilt exposed in the air. It was Mike's 'Holy Sword'!
"Hmm!~"

The thunderbird screamed towards the sky, its cry was like an order, thick dark clouds suddenly surged, and the gap made by the holy sword was blocked again in an instant.

At the same time, there was a loud thunder among the dark clouds. Countless silver-white lightning flashed wildly in between, and finally gathered on the top of the thunderbird's head and struck down fiercely!
At this moment, the thunderbird has been completely bathed in lightning. The light brown feathers on its body, which had become somewhat dull due to the release of ball lightning, are now emitting a holy white light. As more and more lightning strikes it, the light on its body becomes more and more blazing, and later it even begins to faintly turn into golden yellow!
The thunderbird in the lightning was still screaming, its expression painful. It was obviously very uncomfortable to absorb so much lightning power in a short period of time, but it could only do this now, because its innate danger perception ability told it that the terrifying existence that had been chasing them was about to arrive!
"Wow!~"

The heavy rain that had been brewing for a long time finally fell, and in the rain, the thunderbird had completely transformed into a bird of light shining with golden light. The heat emitted by the lightning on its body was so high that it even directly evaporated all the raindrops within a diameter of two meters around it!
George and Fred were running fast in the forest. Just now, when the Thunderbird was bathed in lightning, they clearly saw a black dot falling from it. If nothing unexpected happened, it must be Clark. They must catch him!
At the same time, an orange-red light was slowly emerging from the dark clouds. The moment the light appeared, alarm bells rang in the thunderbird's heart. It instinctively flapped its wings towards the light, and two golden thunderbolts shot into the dark clouds.

Unfortunately, Thunderbird discovered it too late.

Suddenly, there was a big fire in the dark clouds, and then endless light and heat exploded with the orange-red light as the center. George and Fred in the forest only heard a loud bang, and then everything around them lit up. The thick dark clouds above their heads were actually blown away!

The heavy rain stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and Mike's figure gradually emerged.

He was seen riding on a flying broomstick and hovering right above the Thunderbird, surrounded by several basketball-sized black and purple fireballs, which was intimidating.

"Holy Sword, come here."

Mike hooked the magic wand in his hand, and the holy sword above the scorched earth below soared into the sky and fell straight into Mike's hands.

At this time, the power of thunder and lightning on the holy sword had not completely dissipated, and from time to time there would be streaks of lightning flowing on it, but Mike didn't care. He had already put on dragon leather gloves on his hands. This excellent alchemical protective gear could completely block the electric current.

"Hmm!~"

The golden thunderbird roared at Mike, and at this moment, all its feathers stood up. Although the expression on its face could not be seen clearly, the piercing scream contained extreme fear!
(End of this chapter)