"Creak, creak, creak -"
There were no strong winds, no heavy rain, and no lightning or thunder... The sea area where the Change was located was actually still calm. The gentle waves caress the bottom of the boat, and the salty sea breeze is trying to create a peaceful sea scenery just right.
It was as if the sea was trying its best to declare that everything happening at this moment had nothing to do with it.
However, the harsh groaning sound of the twisted and dented wooden planks unbridledly shattered this tranquility, messing up the hearts of everyone who was still "awake" on board the Change.
In the thick fog, some indescribable atmosphere was building up, and tension spread quickly.
"Back off! Get out of the way!"
Snape, who was still annoyed that his spell failed to hit any target, suddenly shouted again. At the same time, he reached out his hand again, grabbed Enns, who had just escaped from his grasp, and pulled him back forcefully.
"boom!"
A flying sand and stone curse shot out from the tip of Snape's wand, and its impact point was not the unknown enemy outside the railing, but the deck right in front of him. The reaction force pushed him and Enns in his hand, sending the two of them flying out.
"ah!"
At that moment, Snape felt his back bump into someone again—it was actually Alexander who arrived a step later than Beans. However, he obviously didn't have time to care about who was behind him.
Because the enemy... or rather, the danger is ahead.
The next moment the three of them collided into a ball and rolled back along the sloping deck, a columnar shadow that was thicker than the main mast of the Change suddenly rose into the sky from under the bow railing. And then, out of the corner of Snape's eye, it came down hard like a giant whip.
"boom-"
In an instant, there was a loud noise and sawdust flew, and the originally raised bow fell back down again. But that inexplicable shadow has penetrated deeply into the deck.
There is no doubt that if Snape had not noticed the blow in time, they would have been shattered to pieces by now.
"retreat!"
Snape, who had rolled some distance just now, hurriedly got up and shouted briefly again, with the wand in his hand pointing straight ahead again.
"Stealth appearance."
Blind attacks are ineffective, Snape has just proved this with his own practice. Therefore, perhaps before finding the opponent's true form, it is meaningless to cast any offensive spell... It may even backfire on oneself.
However, even if the detection spell is supposed to be the most correct choice, whether it will work depends on the situation. Just like now, he only saw the shadow falling on the bow of the ship, but it dissipated in an instant.
This is not because his response method is wrong, but... this spell is obviously not strong enough to break through the mystery of the other party.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw two identical shadows suddenly rising up from below, and crashing onto the bow deck again.
"Crunch—"
There was another harsh sound of the hull being overwhelmed. This time, the Change had begun to tilt forward.
"Be careful, don't slide forward..."
Flitwick's sharp voice came from behind, seeming to remind others to stabilize their bodies. Obviously, even if there is fog blocking it now, we should be able to guess what happened on the bow of the ship later.
"Everyone, hold on to the vines."
Professor Sprout's voice then sounded, followed by large green vines that climbed and spread across the entire deck. In just a few seconds, even the bow of the ship was covered with vine ropes, saving everyone from the embarrassment of being unable to stand on the increasingly forward-leaning deck.
Unfortunately, although these magic vines are very tough, they are not enough to entangle the enemy at the bow of the ship. When they quickly wrapped around the three thick gray shadows, they were easily broken apart with only a slight twist of the other party.
Then, Snape, Enns and Alexander, who were nearby, saw a truly huge shadow suddenly rising from under the bow of the ship and rolling towards the deck.
In fact, now Snape and the three of them could finally barely see it - the three thick tentacles that climbed up the bow of the ship at first, and the head that followed. That... seemed very much like the shadow of a giant octopus.
Although it was indeed a bit larger in size, since this "creature" did not seem too unfamiliar, Snape was not sure whether it was a magical creature that originally lived in the ocean.
Or... is it still related to the disaster caused by Haierbo
"Back up, keep backing up! Don't stop."
Seeing that this ridiculously large shadow octopus was obviously trying to climb onto the boat, and their attacks were completely ineffective against the opponent, their only option seemed to be to retreat and retreat again.
However, if we retreat...where can we retreat to? After all, it seemed that the only option they had left was to abandon ship and run away. Moreover, he left most of the immobile students behind and fled on his own.
"Buzz-"
Snape was thinking about going to find his sister Tia when he suddenly felt a sudden shock in his mind. Then, the tinnitus-like sound that he had already experienced once seemed to burst out from the depths of his soul.
Is this the cry of the octopus monster in front of me? No one knows... because everyone no longer has the energy to think about this kind of problem. Even Snape, who was proficient in Occlumency, had his head turned into a mess at this moment, as if his brains were churning.
However, there are two exceptions on the entire Change ship, and one of them is Enns!
Perhaps no one in the classroom could notice it before, but now, Snape, who could barely keep his eyes open, saw it. He saw that in this terrifying soul scream, an unknown layer of light green light emerged around Enns, which seemed to be faintly offsetting part of the mental impact of the scream.
Therefore, although Enns' expression was also distorted and overwhelmed, he still managed to hold on. After a few seconds passed, he opened his eyes again and looked up ahead. It was obvious that he had not received much substantial impact.
And right after that... maybe Enns was also completely annoyed by the scream! He was seen grabbing the vines released by Sprout and climbing up, decisively pulling out Slytherin's snake staff, gritting his teeth and reaching forward.
"Damn you guys, why are you making such a fuss!" he roared angrily.