"...Can't you figure it out yet?"
"Yeah! It doesn't seem that easy."
Early the next morning, on the hillside outside the school gate, Maka was sitting on the ground holding a stack of manuscript paper.
It can be seen that there is a small pile of scrap manuscripts pressed with stones next to him, which is also filled with various diagrams, formulas and notes.
More than half a month has passed since the last time I made an emergency escape from that black and white space. This time Maka wanted to take the initiative to go in again, but unfortunately without the guidance of the circular stone slab, he has not been able to find a way back until now.
What's more important is that the magic node discovered by Luna when she came out has now disappeared without a trace.
As a result, Maka, who had no suspicion at first, now had to guess that the round stone slab buried deep in the ground might just be something Haierbo left there deliberately to disturb his sight.
Stuffing another piece of parchment under the stone, Maka put down the stack of blank manuscript papers piled on her body, and then stretched out.
Suddenly, a gust of breeze blew by quietly, and while stirring the blades of grass around him, it also unintentionally took away a few pages of paper.
He subconsciously wanted to wave his hand to call the manuscript papers back, but he was stunned for a second, and then he got up and picked them up with his own hands.
There was nothing he could do. There were only Muggles in front of the hillside, so he had better not reveal his magic easily.
After picking up the blank manuscript papers that had been blown away, he saw Maka standing there, turning his head and looking not far away.
The first thing that comes into view is naturally the huge panel.
On a base that was about the same size as the Weasley family's burrow, there was a square metal panel with supports. The panel was pointing straight to the sky, with almost no inclination visible.
There is no doubt that this is the early warning radar, a Muggle detection tool that Maca borrowed from the old bishop and the Queen of England through Scrimgeour.
Of course, since many devices are still in the process of being assembled, this thing can only be seen for the time being.
If we can say whether this big thing can be put into normal use in the end, we may have to wait until the trial operation to see the "face" of Hogwarts.
After all, the large amount of magic in Hogwarts Castle will have a huge impact on modern electrical equipment. Even if the radar is placed on the hillside outside the school gate, it may not be able to avoid interference!
On this point, even Maka couldn't be sure.
"If it can be used, at least it should be able to determine the position of the meteorite after it breaks into the atmosphere in time." He raised his head and looked at the blue sky, thinking to himself.
In fact, using early warning radar is not a great idea. After all, the data provided by Maca includes the specific time and landing point.
The main problem is how to destroy it in just a few dozen seconds after it enters the atmosphere.
According to old Victor's calculations, it is impossible for a missile to complete such an arduous task, because as long as it cannot explode, no matter how powerful it is, it is useless.
Therefore, the task of trying to destroy the high-speed falling boulder will only fall on Maka.
After looking at the sky for a while, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
"Do you want to continue counting?"
Next to Maka, the windbreaker wizard who always followed him suddenly asked again.
"Of course."
…
Just as Maka was preparing to pick up her pen again outside the school gate, the bell for the end of get out of class happened to ring again in the castle.
Recently, a new round of Quidditch match was about to start again, but it had nothing to do with Harry anymore.
After quitting the academy team, he and Neville spent more time together than before. And Neville is also a good friend. He usually spends more time with Harry to exchange magic experiences with each other than he does with Hannah.
No, after the second period of class ended, the two people who had no classes scheduled went upstairs together and walked to the Requirement Room together.
"Harry, how are you today?"
"Yeah, it's not bad—so I want to try it again."
"Then come on! If you can make it bigger than last week, it will be worth looking forward to... But if you ask me, mine is definitely bigger!"
"Hey, don't worry! I will definitely let you know how powerful I am..."
On the stairs, three Slytherin students passed by the two of them. They turned back secretly and stared at the backs of Harry and Neville.
"What are you looking at!"
Harry felt the needle-pricking eyes keenly, and immediately turned around and glared at them.
"Look what's wrong with you!"
One of the Slytherin juniors seemed a little unconvinced and couldn't help but said something back, but was immediately pushed behind by another senior senior.
"Uh... No, it's nothing. We'll go down right now."
"snort!"
Harry curled his lips and was too lazy to talk to the three Slytherin snakes. He greeted Neville and continued to go up the stairs.
"Baker, why don't you let me say a few more words-don't the two of them just rely on their good relationship with McClain! What's so great about it."
"Yes!" Another little girl in the same grade as him also said, "And Professor MacLean is not the kind of person who helps whomever he has a good relationship with. Last semester, the red-haired Weasley and Malfoy almost had a quarrel. , wasn’t it Professor MacLean who persuaded us to open it!”
But who knew, the senior Slytherin immediately waved his hand and said:
"Who said that's what I did? Alas, you are still young and don't know about those dirty things. Look at that Potter and Longbottom, they have been together all day long this semester... tsk tsk tsk tsk."
"What?" The little girl asked in confusion at that time, "What's the 'dirty thing'? What happened to them?"
"Hey," the senior student couldn't help grinning after hearing this, "Don't you understand? It's better if you don't understand... Just forget about today's matter! If you understand it, I'm afraid you will feel sick during lunch. Can’t eat!”
"Ahem."
Just when the little girl looked puzzled, a dry cough suddenly sounded behind them.
"What are you doing here? If you have classes, go to class as soon as possible. If there are no classes, go to the common room to study - or do you want to follow me to the Forbidden Forest?"
"Professor Snape?"
When the three of them heard this, they hurriedly looked back and then went downstairs in a hurry.
Snape, who suddenly appeared here, glanced at them sideways for a few times before raising his head again and looking in the direction where Harry and Neville left.
After a while, he didn't say anything, just clicked his tongue in displeasure and turned around to leave.
…
On the other side, Harry and Neville didn't know that they were almost being regarded as "good partners" who had some illicit relationship.
Of course, even if they heard about it, it wouldn't actually be too painful - after all, in this regard, there are still rumors spreading widely behind Ron's back to block them!
After Harry locked the door, Navieden, who had already walked inside to light up the room, waved his wand and gestured to Harry:
"Hurry up! There's only one class left, and there's a History of Magic lesson coming up later!"
After saying this casually, Neville suddenly pointed his wand forward and shouted:
"Call the gods to protect you!"
Although he has already been able to use the silent spell technique to cast the Patronus Charm, according to the theory in Maka's information, only by reciting the spell clearly can it be possible to exert the most powerful effect of a spell. strength.
As Neville waved his staff and recited the incantation, a large cloud of silver-white brilliant light mist immediately erupted, condensing into a strong and shining lion in front of him.
Here, Harry took a good look at Neville's lion patronus, and then took out his phoenix tail feather wand.
If it had been a certain time in the past, when he saw Neville, the patron saint, he would have immediately felt envious. But now, he can no longer do it.
From the time he sincerely asked Neville for advice to today, Harry already had a deeper understanding of the Patronus Charm.
Moreover, his understanding was not realized by chance and coincidence like Neville, but something that he truly studied and figured out on his own.
Obviously, the reason why Neville was able to summon the current lion patron saint must be because his intention to protect grandma completely broke through the cowardly appearance of the past. The moment when his courage suddenly burst out, the courage of the guardian made his true inner heart stand out in an instant.
However, the image of the patron saint is actually just a symbol. It does not represent the strength of the patron saint spell itself.
Harry's own patronus is a stag, so if he wants his patronus to grow, the best way is not to try to change his image, but to continue to explore the meaning of the "stag".
"To cast the Patronus Spell, you need happy memories or the belief of protection."
After reciting these words silently again, Harry also took out his wand, his eyes no longer confused as before.
"Call the gods to protect you."
At the moment when the silver light erupted, the figures of his long-dead parents flashed in his heart, and then Dumbledore's kind smile flashed in his mind, and of course Ginny, Ron, Hermione, Neville and a series of others. companion.
But in the end, those flashing images finally settled on Maka's back.
The next second, the huge amount of silver light mist surrounding him suddenly shrank, and a stag with huge antlers as big as a tree crown suddenly ran out of it and jumped around him.
There is no doubt that this patron saint is still the image of a stag, but it is quite different from the past in many details.
More importantly, its size is not inferior to that of Neville's lion.
"Hey! Look! It's definitely bigger than yours this time!"