Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 302: Life and Death Fight
The passages in the underground labyrinth were never very spacious.
Before, John and Gabrielle had to be careful when they encountered searching Death Eaters here while wearing invisibility cloaks to prevent being discovered by them. Now that it was their turn to escape, it brought a lot of restrictions to John.
His voice calling out to Fox echoed in the maze, but the red flames and the song that usually came with the background music when the Phoenix appeared never appeared.
John didn't dare to run around in the maze recklessly. According to his thinking, even if Fox was not near him, he should not be far away from him.
If he ran far away and Fox couldn't find him, that would be real trouble.
And at some point, Bella and Rodolphus, who had been chasing Jon on their flying brooms, were now left with only Rodolphus.
Not only did Jon not relax his vigilance, but he became extremely alert!
Just as his body flipped sideways in mid-air and once again avoided the killing curse shot from the tip of Rodolphus's staff, Jon suddenly stopped his original movement of flying forward.
At the same time, Rodolphus was behind Jon, braking the flying broom, holding the wand in his hand and looking at Jon coldly.
Bella, who had disappeared behind Jon at some point, was blocking Jon's path!
She gambled on Jon's choice at a fork in the road, took a shortcut and got ahead of Jon, and then she and Rodolphus formed a front-and-back flanking attack.
Finally, God was on her side in this matter, and he caught Jon right here!
Jon's face was solemn. He was no longer suspended in the air, but touched the levitation spell on his body and slowly fell to the ground.
Bella and Rodolphus also abandoned their broomsticks, and the couple stood in front and behind, pointing their wands at John.
Three different people's breaths sounded in this narrow maze under the ice.
This brief silence did not mean that the two sides had any harsh words to say. At the current situation, they had already been fighting to the death, and there was no need to say any other nonsense.
However, even though they had the advantage in numbers and were surrounded from the front and back, Bella and Rodolphus not only did not relax at all, but became even more nervous.
At this point, neither of them would think of Jon as just an ordinary third-year student who hadn't graduated yet.
No third-year student from ancient times to the present has ever been able to do something to this extent. Even with Bella's almost crazy worship of Voldemort, there is no guarantee that her master would be able to accomplish such a feat as John did when he was as old as he is now.
If all of Dumbledore's Hogwarts third-year students were like Jon, there would be no need to fight this war.
But no matter how cautious she was, in this explosive atmosphere, the first spell finally came from Bella's mouth who was blocking Jon!
"Thunder explosion!"
A sharp and frantic voice echoed in the maze.
John was a little surprised that the spell Bella cast first was not the simplest and most direct killing curse.
But he still didn't let his guard down. Even though the universal antidote spell he maintained on his body could offset most of the power of the blasting spell, John could not remove the impact of the spell on his surroundings!
A huge roaring spell sounded beside him, and the walls and ceiling made of solid ice began to shake constantly in the violent explosion, and the sharp ice cubes that were shattered splashed all around.
John always maintained the Iron Armor Spell on his body, which could resist some physical attacks, but he still needed to actively dodge some larger ice chips.
And just as he dodged, right after Bella cast the blasting curse, Rodolphus's killing curse sounded behind John!
"Avada Kedavra!"
The dead light instantly filled the entire passage. Although the couple seemed to be in harmony with each other, they maintained a perfect coordination in attacking.
When it comes to the mastery of the Killing Curse, Rodolphus is definitely not as good as Bella, but the reason why Bella assisted him in the attack and created a real offensive opportunity this time is because John still had the petrified Nick blocking in front of him. No matter whose Killing Curse it was, it would not have any effect as long as it was shot from in front of him.
Only Rodolphus, who is behind Jon, is in the best position to be the main attacker!
John had already seen signs of their attack plan when Bella first used the blasting spell.
While he was dodging the shattered ice, the hand holding the wand kept touching a piece of broken ice under him without stopping.
The next moment, Transfiguration came into play. The piece of ice that was touched by his wand began to expand wildly in an instant, forming an ice wall at an extremely fast speed to block behind Jon!
As expected, Rodolphus's killing curse hit the ice wall that John had created!
There was a loud shattering sound, and the ice wall, which was originally built only to block the spell and was not very strong at all, suddenly collapsed!
This series of attacks seemed to be resolved by John, but unknowingly, the distance between him and Bella and Rodolphus was shortened by three or four meters.
Both sides fell into a strange silence again.
Jon calmed his breathing, and with his wand he quietly touched Gabrielle, who was hiding between him and Nick. Her little head poked out with a worried look on her face, while his other hand reached into his pocket and quietly pulled out a bandage.
While he was doing these actions, Bella and Rodolphus looked at each other across Jon.
Then they raised their wands in their hands, and no one took the initiative to attack, but they just took another step forward together!
They were getting closer to Jon.
He only needed to take five more steps forward to be face to face with Jon.
At this distance, the spell would be more difficult to dodge and would also increase the risk of uncertainty.
But no matter how many uncertain risks there are, as long as they can keep John here and kill him, the Lestrange couple are willing to take it!
Jon leaned against the ice wall, not looking at either of them, but slowly wrapped the bandage around his left hand.
His action did not attract much attention from Bella and Rodolphus. They thought that Jon had an injury on his palm and they had only squeezed out some time to fix it now.
And while Jon was wrapped in bandages, the two of them took another step forward.
At this time, they were as close to Jon as possible. If they continued to move forward, it would no longer be a casting distance, but they could directly engage in close combat.
Just when John finally tied a piece of bandage on his hand, Bella waved the magic wand in her hand!
"Avada Kedavra!"
"Avada Kedavra!"
The sound of Rodolphus chanting the spell sounded almost at the same time as hers, with just a difference of less than a second!
It was this one second of misalignment that caused the direction of their spells to deviate. One person aimed at the back of Jon's chest, while the other aimed at his stomach in front of him.
Such cooperation completely blocked John's space to dodge up, down, left and right, and at such a close distance, it was basically impossible for him to react so quickly and create enough distance to avoid the two killing curses. Even if he turned around immediately and used the petrified ghost to resist, he could only resist the attack from the next party at most, and the other party's killing curse would definitely hit him!
Faced with such a desperate situation, Jon didn't even have time to think.
This was almost an instant hit at such a distance that he suddenly turned to Bella's side and used Nick to block the killing curse coming from this direction. Then, without reciting any spell, he suddenly swung his wand hard at the ground!
Countless pieces of ice suddenly floated up from the ground and blocked John's back. The killing curse shot by Rodolphus was blocked by three or four consecutive pieces of ice, and the magic power attached to the spell was completely exhausted.
Not to mention Bella's side, Nick is always reliable.
Seeing that this almost fatal attack was once again resolved by Jon, Rodolphus's bloodshot eyes were filled with resentment and viciousness!
Including the time on the surface, he has dealt with Jon more than once.
This evil student under Dumbledore was always like this. He could always use the weird magic skills he mastered to perfection, solving desperate situations time and time again, causing constant trouble for him and his master.
This time, in this situation, Rodolphus didn't believe or think that Jon had any chance of escape.
No matter what means are used, Jon must die here today!
Jon fended off the second wave of attack from the Lestrange couple, and at the same time he began to counterattack.
While holding Nick up to face Bella, he also waved the wand in his hand and chanted the unforgivable spell!
"Avada Kedavra!"
Bella had extremely rich combat experience, and when she saw John staring at her coldly, she already had an early warning in her heart.
At the moment when the green light flashed on the tip of Jon's staff, she suddenly rolled to the ground, not only dodging Jon's death curse, but also suddenly grasped a dagger from her sleeve and stabbed it hard at Jon's calf!
While Bella was launching the most direct attack, Rodolphus completely gave up casting spells and incantations. He used Transfiguration to instantly produce a knight's sword, strode forward, and chopped down at Jon's head!
“Go to hell!”
Rodolphus's venting roar fell along with the sword in his hand!
Jon ignored Bella under him, but suddenly lowered his head and moved sideways to avoid Rodolphus' attack.
Bella did not get what she wanted. Although Gabrielle was trembling with fear under John's protection, at this critical moment, she stood up bravely, raised the small backpack she had been carrying on her back, and helped John block Bella's dagger!
"You damn little bitch!!!"
The dagger was stuck in Gabrielle's schoolbag. Bella's furious and sharp curse made Gabrielle tremble all over. But even though tears of fear were welling up in her eyes, she still held the small schoolbag tightly, with no intention of relaxing for a moment.
Just as Bella finished her words, a white, thin hand suddenly grabbed her black wavy hair tightly, and then grabbed her head!
Jon's face was also full of ferocity. At this point in the battle, the three of them had already abandoned all the wizard's methods and were using the most primitive close combat.
This situation is very unfavorable for Jon. No matter how strong his talent in magic is, his real age is only fifteen years old.
In a normal era, this is the age of a junior high school student who has not yet entered high school. There is no way he can be as strong and healthy as Bella and Rodolphus, two adults!
Bella screamed in pain from her hair being pulled, and her hands did not stop at all, constantly pulling the dagger out of Gabrielle's favorite schoolbag, and then stabbing again!
Gabrielle's face was pale, and she insisted on blocking Bella's knife. The schoolbag that Jon gave her when he first met her had become a pile of rags, and the picture book of the wizard Merlin and "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" in the schoolbag were also chopped into pieces of paper.
In the end, there was nothing left for Gabrielle to hold Bella back.
She stretched out her hands helplessly, subconsciously trying to use her body to block the knife of the crazy woman, but she forgot that she was just a special ghost at this moment. She could touch the real objects at her own will, but she had no way to resist the real objects.
The cold blade pierced through Gabrielle's illusory body, and the next moment, it stabbed heavily into John's calf!
"puff!"
Along with the sound of a sharp weapon entering the weapon, a scarlet and warm liquid spurted out from Jon's calf!
The blood also passed through the stunned Gabrielle and fell onto Bella's face.
She let out a shrill laugh as Jon grabbed her hair, but before she could pull out the dagger and continue to cause more harm to Jon.
Jon suddenly bent his other intact leg at the knee and knelt on her neck!
After such a severe blow, Bella's hair was pulled out by Jon on the spot. At the same time, she couldn't breathe smoothly and could only struggle violently under Jon's knees!
At the same time, Rodolphus did not stop his attack. He continued to hold high the knight's sword in his hand and slashed down at Jon!
John did not move the leg that was kneeling on Bella, but just twisted his upper body to avoid the vital parts, and swung his left fist to counterattack Rodolphus!
But his counterattack seemed so weak. His bandaged fist had no way of reaching the attack range of Rodolphus who was wielding a knight's sword.
It was precisely because of this that Rodolphus had no intention of dodging the punch. In his eyes, Jon had already lost his judgment and calmness and was just making a futile resistance!
However, just as the knight's sword in his hand was about to pierce Jon's back, the bandage that was originally wrapped around Jon's left fist instantly released the transformation spell attached to it!
The white bandage turned into a long and narrow fang!
The gap between the fist and Rodolphus' neck was filled by the length of this fang!
"puff!"
Another sound of flesh being pierced was heard.
But this time, it was Rodolphus's fragile throat that was pierced!
At the same time, a melodious song could be heard faintly, and a fiery red light was approaching Jon's direction rapidly from not far away!
