Chapter 153 Lion, Snake, Eagle and Badger
"Welcome, everyone."
Lupin said from the guest of honor seat, "Now that the banquet has begun, should we remove all unnecessary disguises?"
As he said this, the originally stunned big black dog suddenly began to change.
Under everyone's gaze, the big black dog turned into a skinny man with messy hair.
"Sirius!"
Suddenly, Hermione screamed.
Snape and Fred also moved immediately, blocking Harry behind them.
"Squeak!"
The mouse in Fred's hand screamed even more terrified.
Snape drew his wand.
"There will be two more people in Azkaban tonight."
Snape said coldly, "A fugitive from Azkaban, and you - Lupin - Dumbledore vouched for you, but you betrayed his trust and protected the vicious Sirius!"
He used his robes to block Harry tightly, preventing Sirius from getting close at all.
Sirius's condition was also very abnormal at this time. He walked over in a daze, with deep hatred in his eyes.
"Give him to me!"
He held out his hand, "Leave it to me!"
"Don't come any closer!" Snape warned, "Sirius, you know my methods!"
"what!"
Just a short sound came out of Sirius' mouth, and he pounced forward.
"The Divine Edge is Shadowless!"
Snape recited a spell he invented, and countless wounds were instantly cut on Sirius' body, and blood soaked his tattered robes.
But Sirius didn't stop, he pressed forward and crashed into Fred.
Fred was knocked off balance and his hand that was holding the mouse's tail loosened unconsciously. Banban fell to the ground and ran away quickly.
But Fred didn't fall. Sirius was too thin and weak, and not strong enough to knock him away.
"enough!"
Snape yelled, ready to continue his attack on Sirius.
But at this moment, Lupin also took out his wand.
"Expelliarmus."
The Disarming Charm struck Snape, and his wand flew out.
"Now is not the time to kill anyone."
Lupin said, "There will be a chance. You will have the chance to kill as many as you want later. Besides, Mr. Mouse, how long are you going to hide?"
He changed the direction of his wand and pointed it at Scabbers, with a beam of blue light emanating from the tip of the wand.
For a moment, the spotted gray body twisted wildly.
Just like a fast-forward shot of a tree growing, a head emerged, and then limbs.
A moment later, a man stood where Banban was, cowering and wringing his hands.
He was a very short man, with matted, sparse hair and a large bald spot on top.
He looked wrinkled, his skin was dirty, and he had a pointy nose and watery green eyes with some rat-like features.
"Oh my god!"
Fred suddenly covered his forehead with his hand, then looked at the hand that had just grabbed Banban.
I suddenly felt nauseous.
He was very familiar with Banban, this mouse had lived in their house for twelve years!
But now the mouse turned into a man in front of him!
"If I had paid more attention to Ron when I was using the Marauder's Map, I wouldn't have discovered this only now."
Fred thought to himself, but he also knew that this was impossible.
Ron was just a family member he didn't know well, so why should he pay attention to him?
"S-Sirius... R-Remus..."
Peter Pettigrew said in a shrill voice, waving his rat-paw-like hand, "Oh! And Snape, how are you..."
"Peter Pettigrew?!"
Snape's eyes revealed an expression of disbelief, "Aren't you dead?"
"He faked his death! He was the one who killed those thirteen Muggles. He's a Death Eater! Ouch!"
Sirius fell to the ground, bleeding all over. He groaned in pain, "He betrayed James and Lily and killed them!"
boom--
Suddenly, it was a heavy blow to Snape and Harry.
Lupin watched all this with a smile.
"……It's you!"
Snape remembered the day when he chose to betray Voldemort and ran to Dumbledore to ask him to hide the Potter family.
But in the end, the tragedy still happened, and my risk of reporting the news was in vain.
It’s all because of this person in front of me!
"Peter!"
Snape's pores were bulging, and he looked like an angry beast. "It's you! It's you!"
He pointed his wand at Pettigrew, with endless murderous intent churning in his heart.
Pettigrew screamed.
"Harry, save me, Harry!" Pettigrew suddenly shouted to Harry, "Think about your father, James, he wouldn't want Snape to kill me!"
"How dare you speak to Harry?"
Sirius was on the ground, roaring, "How dare you face him? How dare you talk about James in front of him?"
After saying that, he began to groan in pain again.
"Please restrain your murderous intent, gentlemen."
Finally, Lupin spoke up to stop it all. He said to Snape, "Mr. Snape, please also remove the spell you cast on Sirius, or he will bleed to death.
"Let's put the murder thing aside, okay?"
"Humph!"
Snape suddenly snorted coldly, and actually listened to Lupin and stopped.
He pointed his wand at Sirius again, "Heal quickly!"
This was the counter-spell of the Oblivion Curse. As the spell was recited, the wounds on Sirius' body began to heal automatically, but they were not fully recovered.
There were still one or two wounds left on Sirius' body, which hurt slightly.
"This is a lesson for biting me before."
Snape said through gritted teeth.
He finally understood why he couldn't even stop a dog before.
Because that was no ordinary dog.
Sirius got up from the ground and looked at Harry.
Harry was still a little frightened. In fact, he had no idea what was going on at this moment.
He didn't know that Sirius was his godfather, nor did he know about the Fidelius Charm, nor did he know any other details about his parents' death.
Harry just saw everything that happened just now and vaguely guessed that Sirius might not be a bad person.
He was wronged.
"You look a lot like your father."
Sirius looked at Harry with gentle eyes, "I will explain everything to you later. Don't be afraid. I will never hurt you!"
When Snape heard this, he felt a toothache.
"Okay, I'll say this one last time, everyone take a seat!"
Lupin urged from the guest of honor seat, "If the banquet doesn't start soon, it will be a waste of my arrangements." "Sit down, Harry, let's sit together."
Sirius pushed Snape aside and sat down with Harry.
Snape looked at Lupin coldly.
"You're not Lupin," he said. "Who are you?"
"I never said I was Lupin."
Lupin only said this and didn't explain any further.
He waited until everyone was seated and Peter Pettigrew was squatting alone at the long table before he continued speaking.
"I'm glad that everyone has come to the Banquet of the God of War."
Lupin said, "Of course, I know that some of you didn't want to attend, so you must be surprised when you find yourself suddenly at the door of the Great Hall."
Cedric and Snape's expressions suddenly became a little unnatural.
It was these two that Lupin was talking about.
They had no plans to attend the God of War Banquet, and didn't even care. They went to bed peacefully at night, and then suddenly, they appeared at the door of the auditorium.
Even the clothes were changed.
"Once you have been branded, you have accepted the rules. Any attempt to resist the rules is in vain."
Lupin said, "Next, let me introduce myself. You can call me Ares, the host of this banquet."
"Ares?"
Snape asked, "Then why did you dress up as Lupin?"
"This is not easy to explain." Ares said, "Next, I will introduce the rules of this banquet to everyone!"
With a wave of his hand, all kinds of exquisite dishes and drinks appeared in front of everyone.
Since it is a banquet, it should look like a banquet.
"The so-called War God Banquet is a banquet I host where you can vent your true nature."
Ares introduced, "The banquet is held once a month. During this month, everyone has ample opportunities to complete their tasks."
"Task?"
Hermione caught the key word and spoke directly without hesitation.
"What do you want us to do?"
"Miss Granger, right? Please don't be so hasty to ask questions. Let me talk slowly."
Ares smiled and said, “Among the nine of you, there are now three people chosen by me. They represent the will of the God of War and shoulder a special mission.
"This mission is also very simple, which is-"
At this point, the smile on Ares' face disappeared.
He said calmly, "Just kill everyone else!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone present looked at each other in surprise.
Even Katum couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"Fuck!"
Owl said, "What a new semester where everyone kills each other!"
He looked at Ares. So you are the black and white bear?
"This joke is really not funny."
Snape said to Ares coldly, "Do you know what you are saying? This is a school, no one will kill people at will according to your arrangement!"
This is Britain.
Not America!
"It doesn't matter whether you agree or not, this is a confrontation between two camps."
Ares said, "This is the rule, you don't have to take it seriously, but my representatives will still act. They will kill you first, and then kill everyone else in the school!
"If you want to stop this, find those three people before you all die."
Snape shook his head, thinking that Ares was just dreaming.
Kill everyone in Hogwarts?
Would Dumbledore just sit there and do nothing?
"Maybe you don't believe it, but it doesn't matter. After all, you have to bleed a little before you can accept the reality."
Ares shook his head and said, "The arrangement of the gods cannot be stopped by one or two dying old wizards.
"Today I am only here to read out the rules. When the God of War Banquet is held next month, your mentality will naturally be different."
He raised his head and looked at the people below.
"One month, one life."
He said, “My agents know each other’s identities and they only kill one person a month.
“And at each War God Banquet, you will have a chance to vote, and the person with the most votes will be hanged in front of you.
"Either you find them as soon as possible, or they will slaughter you all!
"I gave these spokespersons a name."
Lupin chuckled and looked at his hands.
"I call them--werewolves!"
At this moment, Katum finally understood what Ares meant.
Isn't this Werewolf?
No wonder Lupin, the werewolf, was chosen to host the event!
"By the way, there are some unexpected conditions that I also need to explain to you."
Ares continued, “Just at dusk, a force suddenly intervened in the Banquet of the God of War. This seems to be the self-protection mechanism of your world.
“I didn’t stop them and let them join. After all, only in this way can the War God’s Banquet be more interesting.
"In your words, that kind of power seems to be called a guardian angel?
Ares briefly recalled the four powers he had added to the Banquet of the God of War.
"They are an eagle, a snake, a lion, and a badger."
He said, “These four guardian spirits have their own abilities and will choose one person and grant him special powers.
"The eagle has a broad vision, and I allow it to check a member of the party once a month to see if he is a werewolf.
“The snake has extremely poisonous fangs. I allow it one chance to actively use its poison to kill any party member it wants.
"The lion possesses great strength, and I allow it to fight back when it is killed, and designate a member of the party to die with it.
"The badger has a heart of love. I allow it to reveal its power of guardian and protect one member of the party. He cannot be killed that month.
"Of course, you can rest assured that the power of these four guardians will not be possessed by any werewolf."
I understand. Katum understood now.
The guardian power left by the four founders of Hogwarts just happened to become the priesthood in this werewolf banquet.
The eagle is a prophet, the snake is a witch with only one bottle of poison, the lion is a hunter, and the badger is a guard.
laugh!
Katum was immediately amused. Ares really didn't understand anything.
In a game of nine people, with three wolves and four gods, this good guy has a great chance of winning!
Of course, Owl also knew that this banquet was not a game after all. Judging from Ares' attitude, the killing he mentioned was not a joke.
It is to literally take away a person’s life.
In this case, we must take human sensibility into consideration.
For example, if Sirius was a wolf, would he really have the heart to kill Harry?
During the discussion at the banquet, even if Peter Pettigrew did nothing, he would still be suspected by everyone, right?
Not to mention, would a group of good people really be willing to vote and hang a person whose good or bad is unknown?
However, before Katum could even finish his thoughts, he heard someone speaking at the banquet.
"I see. I now completely understand!"
It was Sirius who spoke. He crossed his arms over his chest, nodded and said -
"No wonder I encountered a strange thing today. A guardian angel in the form of an eagle flew into my body inexplicably."
In an instant, Katoom's smile disappeared.
Eh, is this true?
The werewolf hasn't even started killing people yet, and the prophet jumps out on his own?
(End of this chapter)
