Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 482 The end of the road

As mentioned before, the Thunderbird is a magical creature with the ability to sense danger and extremely fast flying speed.

Logically speaking, a thunderbird with both of these abilities should be extremely difficult to hunt, but the fact is that this rare animal has been hunted to the brink of extinction by magical creature hunters.

The reason for this result is Thunderbird’s character flaw.

Thunderbirds are extremely proud creatures. Just like the introduction of the Thunderbird Academy students in Ilvermorny School of Magic, Thunderbirds and those Thunderbird students all possess extraordinary courage and adventurous spirit.

These two qualities may seem like positive comments at first glance, but sometimes courage and adventurousness can also mean recklessness.

Based on this point, the hunters of magical creatures don't need to consider other issues at all. They just need to find the thunderbird, set the trap, and then the thunderbird will obediently fall into the trap, because compared to fleeing like a coward, the thunderbird prefers a tragic death!

This is what the thunderbird in front of Mike is thinking now. This highly intelligent creature actually knows very well that as long as he runs quickly now, he still has a chance to escape, because Mike's target is not it at all, but the human who just climbed on its claws.

But it still chose to fight with Mike. It was not because it was loyal to Clark, but because it simply didn't want to run away!
"Zizzizi!"

The terrifying noise caused by the huge electric current was echoing in the air. Mike, holding the holy sword, just looked at the Thunderbird quietly, with no intention of taking action first.

The Thunderbird on the other side didn't dare to take action. At this moment, every cell in its body was screaming, trying to make it escape.

But the Thunderbird doesn't want to run away. You know, this is the sky, its main battlefield, and it doesn't believe it will lose here!

"Hmm!~"

A piercing scream cut through the sky, and the Thunderbird, bathed in golden lightning, finally mustered up the courage to take action first. It flapped its three pairs of wings violently, and the huge figure disappeared from the spot, turning into a golden lightning that rushed towards Mike!

However, Mike was well prepared for its attack.

Without seeing Mike making any movement, a black and purple fireball floating beside him flew out with a roar and accurately intercepted the Thunderbird's flight path!
The Thunderbird's pupils shrank suddenly. It was now moving too fast and there was no time to change direction!
"boom!"

There was a loud bang, and a huge black-purple flame completely engulfed the Thunderbird. But the next moment, the Thunderbird, covered in golden light, rushed out!

There was a very human-like sneer in the eyes of the thunderbird in mid-air. As it was often bathed in lightning, its feathers had very strong resistance to high temperatures. In addition, its body was now covered with a natural shield formed by high-concentration golden lightning, so there was no problem at all for it to briefly come into contact with Mike's flames.

But it still couldn't avoid the shock wave caused by the explosion. Although the fireball just now didn't cause any substantial damage to it, it made it dizzy and even reduced its speed.

However, these are minor issues!

The Thunderbird was very sure that as long as he could get close enough, the wizard's small body would not be able to withstand a single blow from his claws!

Thinking of this, it shook its head, preparing to adjust its body to continue attacking Mike.

However, before it could speed up again, several black and purple fireballs fell in front of it.

"Boom boom boom!"

A series of loud noises came from all over the thunderbird, and black and purple devil flames raged wildly in the air. In the thick flames, one could vaguely see some golden lightning flashing continuously!

The next moment, the Thunderbird rushed out again, but this time its speed became slower, and the golden light emanating from its body dimmed a little - just now it actively stimulated the electrical energy in its body for defense. Under the protection of the high concentration of electrical energy, it was indeed not injured, but its internal capacity was also consumed a lot!

And the most crucial thing is that all the fireballs Mike aimed at were its head. The horrible impact force almost knocked the Thunderbird unconscious, and it is still a little dazed until now.

It raised its head, and its golden eyes were full of fighting spirit!
It doesn't believe that Mike can instantly cast such a powerful fireball. Now that the fireballs floating around Mike have been used up, it's its turn next!

Thinking of this, the Thunderbird let out a long cry towards the sky and was ready to continue its attack, but its loud cry turned into something extremely terrifying halfway through, because at this moment, more than a dozen fireballs that were a few times larger than before appeared around Mike, and a huge amount of magic power was constantly gathering towards the wand in Mike's hand, condensing into new fireballs!

Mike in the air smiled. He knew very well that the thunderbird in front of him wanted to fight him in close combat. That was its only chance to win, but...how could he give it this opportunity?

"Go."

Accompanied by Mike's whisper, the dozen fireballs surrounding his body suddenly turned into meteors and flew towards the Thunderbird!

The thunderbird on the other side couldn't bear it anymore. It was covered with lightning and several golden ball-shaped lightning bolts were suddenly shot out by it!

Those balls of lightning seemed to have taken away a large number of computers in its body. After throwing out those spherical lightning, the golden light around the Thunderbird completely disappeared. Its originally golden body had returned to gray-brown, and the flashing lightning between its feathers was slowly disappearing.

Obviously, this is its strongest attack!

But to be honest, although it consumed a lot of physical strength and energy, these balls of ball lightning were definitely worth it. They spun towards Mike, and the fireballs along the way were detonated by the huge electromagnetic field around them before they could touch them, turning into large sparks that slowly floated down to the forest below.

Seeing this, Thunderbird's weakened body trembled, and it looked expectantly at the golden spherical lightning balls.

The corners of Mike's mouth turned up even more. For some reason, he felt that this Thunderbird was a little silly. If it had used normal lightning, it might have posed some threat to him, after all, that thing was too fast, but it chose to release ball lightning. That was really bad, because Mike, as a professional Muggle who had lived two lives, had some understanding of the strange physical phenomenon of ball lightning.

Ball lightning is of the same nature as will-o'-the-wisp. It does not have the ability to move on its own and is able to float entirely relying on the wind. However, unlike will-o'-the-wisp, since ball lightning often appears in stormy weather, its speed is generally extremely fast under the influence of strong winds.

Just like those balls of lightning, they were able to fly towards him thanks to the strong wind created by the flapping of the thunderbird's wings.

And it is so easy to deal with this kind of attack!

Mike shook his head helplessly, then raised his wand and swung it at the golden electric balls.

A gust of wind blew from the side, and the golden electric balls suddenly changed direction, flew past Mike's side, and landed on the scorched forest below, blasting a series of large holes.

The Thunderbird opposite Mike instinctively flapped its wings and stayed in the air, its eyes wide open. It turned its head to look at the big holes that were still emitting black smoke, and then looked at Mike, with confusion written all over its face.

The next moment, the thunderbird let out a shrill wail and turned and fled.

Although it was a bit reckless, it had played all its cards at this stage and still hadn't hurt its opponent at all. It would be a fool if it didn't run away!
This action also made Mike a little confused. He didn't expect that the Thunderbird, which was fighting hard just now, would directly choose to escape.

But Mike is not an ordinary wizard. He reacted quickly and threw out an orange-red fireball in an instant, which hit the thunderbird's wings directly with a long tail flame.

With a loud explosion and a slight wail, the Thunderbird, which had lost its lightning protection, was blown away and fell on the scorched earth below.

After landing, the Thunderbird struggled to get up. Just as it was about to take off and escape, a streak of sword light whizzed from top to bottom and pierced directly into its left wing, pinning it firmly to the ground.

And that’s not all. As the thunderbird howled in pain, more than a dozen stone chains as thick as an adult’s head broke out from the ground and tightly wrapped around the thunderbird’s body.

Thunderbird still wanted to continue struggling, and even forced its body to discharge electricity, but it was all in vain!

You have to know that Mike was using the 'Dragon Trapping Spell' that dragon tamers use to subdue fire dragons. This powerful spell specifically designed for large and novel creatures is so powerful that even fire dragons can't break free, let alone thunderbirds.

After waving his hand to summon the holy sword back and confirming that the thunderbird could not escape, Mike flew towards George and Fred on his broomstick. He had wasted too much time trying to capture the thunderbird alive. Although Clark had George and Fred to hold him back, judging from the intermittent information coming from the Masonic gold coin, George and Fred's situation was getting worse and worse.

Mike's guess was correct. George and Fred were facing a tough battle at the moment.

They had limited knowledge of Ravenclaw College, so at first they thought that this so-called Clark was probably a loser like Draco, and that he was only able to assassinate Mike by relying on the powerful black magic props passed down in his family.

But after they really caught up with each other, they found that they were wrong, and extremely wrong!
In fact, it is wrong to say that they caught up with Clark. To be precise, Clark found them, and his purpose was to steal the brooms of George and Fred. This is easy to understand. In the current situation, this is almost his only way out.

So George and Fred were caught off guard.

As the seventh-year head of Ravenclaw College, Clark was definitely one of the top students at Hogwarts. He also seemed to be a wizard who specialized in the Petrification Spell. He had extraordinary attainments in this simple spell, and not only could he cast it silently, but also at an astonishingly fast speed, almost instantaneously.

Fortunately, Clark's aim was not very good, which was a common problem for many academic wizards. So although George and Fred were unable to raise their heads due to his continuous petrification spells, they were able to hold on with the broomstick skills they had acquired in the Gryffindor team, and were even able to fight back occasionally.

But this was of no use. Clark was in a dense jungle at the moment. With the cover of the tree canopy, George and Fred couldn't find his exact position at all. They could only rely on the trajectory of the opponent's spell to counterattack.

It is conceivable that such a counterattack is completely a matter of luck. George and Fred both know that it is only a matter of time before they are defeated.

Now they can only hope that Mike can get rid of the Thunderbird as soon as possible and come to support them. Otherwise, if Clark really steals the broom and escapes, then all their efforts today will be in vain.

And just at this moment, Mike's support arrived.

Several flaming meteors, with long tails of flame, passed by George and Fred and landed in the forest in front of them.

Immediately afterwards, a series of roars were heard, and the entire forest that had troubled George and Fred for a long time was directly turned into ashes under the erosion of the magic flame. The scarlet flames were burning completely on the scorched earth. Under this horrifyingly high temperature, there were even a lot of crystals emitting red light on the ground in that area - that was the sand in the soil that was directly turned into glass!
George and Fred instinctively controlled the flying broom to pull up, but even so, a large area of ​​their hair was singed by the high temperature below.

Clark, who was in the forest below, was in an even worse situation. The place where he was now had completely turned into a fiery hell. Although he had managed to avoid being killed instantly thanks to his excellent reaction ability and powerful magic, the oxygen around him had been almost exhausted due to the flames. All that remained was magma all over the ground and endless poisonous gas!
Clark held his breath, gritted his teeth and looked up at the sky.

There, Michael, holding a magic wand in his right hand and a holy sword in his left hand, was slowly falling from the sky.

The glaring sunlight prevented Clark from seeing Mike's expression, but he knew clearly that the other party must be grinning at this moment.

Suddenly, Clark felt an irrepressible fear in his heart.

The direction of events now has far exceeded his expectations. He originally thought that Mike would find a way to capture him alive and force him to reveal the information about the mastermind behind the scenes.

But looking at Mike's current posture, it is obvious that he is planning to kill him directly!

Clark's body began to tremble slightly, and he instinctively opened his mouth to beg for mercy, but before he could make a sound, Mike threw his left hand violently, and the holy sword in his hand turned into a shadow and flew towards Clark!
(End of this chapter)