Chapter 575 Any kindness is cruelty to oneself
Hearing Susan's scream, everyone looked into the distance and saw a thin figure hidden in the dense bushes.
It was a huge one-eyed gray wolf, with its tail pulled low, looking at them coldly with pale yellow eyes.
On the ground, there was also a monkey's corpse. Steam was rising from its bitten open stomach, filled with the rich smell of blood and meat.
A monkey head stares blankly at the sky, its cheeks torn open to reveal blood-red bones and empty eye sockets, and the end of its neck has been bitten jagged.
Beneath the body was a puddle of coagulated blood, glowing red and black.
Apparently, the huge one-eyed gray wolf had just been eating, and its mouth was still bleeding from the soft belly of its prey.
To the horror of the students, following the low growl of the wolf, another seven or eight wolves emerged from the bushes.
The wizard's smell aroused the hunger of the wolves, and their eyes, under the dark trees, flickered with crazy light, staring at the prey in front of them.
The one-eyed gray wolf opened its mouth, red saliva dripped from between its teeth, and it roared towards the sky, letting out a terrifying wolf howl.
Immediately afterwards, under the command of the leader wolf, the wolves roared and stepped over rocks, roots and rotten leaves, and rushed towards the students.
The sudden situation frightened the group of little wizards:
Some people stood there stupidly;
Of course, some students raised their wands and wanted to cast magic to attack the wolves.
But it was very simple magic, and it will be cast, either because the spell is mispronounced, or there is a problem with the movement of casting the spell.
After finally releasing it, the spell either hit the tree trunk, or fell on the ground, splashing up large chunks of soil, but couldn't hit those nimble wolves.
Professor Moody didn't help, but just stared at each student with cold eyes. He occasionally shot, but also caught the students who were trying to escape.
Rove also didn't move, there were only a few wolves, and he didn't need to make a move, the little assistant alone was enough.
Shirley raised her wand and pointed the tip at a boulder. Under the transfiguration, it turned into a white wolf. It ran and pounced on an attacking gray wolf.
Thus the two wolves tore at each other with teeth and claws, and they parted now and then, circling in circles, and then dashing forward to engage again.
Shirley took the opportunity to wave her wand again, shooting a red light, and the spell hit another wolf's hind leg, which limped away while barking.
The girl with the ponytail attacked another wolf, chasing it away from her roommate.
Gabriel stared at Shirley with wide eyes. She thought she was weak, but she didn't expect him to be so powerful.
There were not many wolves, and after only a few minutes, the attack came to an end:
Four wolves fled and disappeared into the bushes. Two wolves were hit by the Stunning Spell and lay on the ground. Blood flowed out from the belly of one wolf and groaned in pain. It seemed that he would not survive.
Professor Moody limped up and said in a low, hoarse voice:
"The performance of some of you surprised me. It seems that you have received professional training."
Moody's eyes lingered on Shirley for a while, then he looked at the others and roared: "But most of the students make me very dissatisfied!"
"It's just a few wolves, but you are so afraid that you don't even dare to raise your wand to attack them..."
"I often say that a wand is a weapon, and its strength depends on the owner who holds it." Moody said in a rough voice:
"But it doesn't apply to some of you, because to you, the wand is just a ridiculous wooden toy!"
Many people lowered their heads and began to feel ashamed of their panic.
"Now, come three students and kill these wolves." Moody dropped three daggers, looked at the crowd again, and called out:
"Neville Longbottom, Lisa Dupin and Hannah Abbott."
Everyone turned their heads to look at them, Hannah hesitated, but mustered up her courage and raised her arms.
"What's the matter, Miss Abbott?" Moody asked. "Do you have any questions?"
"Professor Moody," Hannah took a breath, her voice trembling:
"Those three wolves have lost their ability to attack, why should we kill them?"
"Really?!" Moody sneered, stepping on his prosthetic limbs, he walked towards an unconscious wolf, when he was about to get close, the wolf got up suddenly, growled and rushed towards him.
It turned out that the wolf was not unconscious, but was just taking a nap to lure the enemy.
Moody drew his wand from his waist like lightning, and there was a clang, and the blue spell hit the wolf's belly.
It fell to the ground, a sharp gash appeared on its stomach, and a large amount of blood gushed out immediately.
Hannah stared blankly at the scene.
"This is the first knowledge I want to give you in this practical class!" Moody's voice was like two saws rubbing against each other.
"Wolves are very cunning, but black wizards are 10,000 times more cunning than wolves. Never easily judge whether an enemy has lost combat effectiveness...Always be vigilant!"
Moody urged again: "You three, quickly pick up the dagger and kill the wolf!"
The three picked up the daggers according to Moody's order, and after making sure that they were all incapacitated, they walked carefully to the wolf.
But when killing the wolf, they showed different degrees of hesitation, especially Neville, looking at the wolf moaning in pain, he found that he couldn't do anything.
Moody did not urge this time, but said slowly:
"When I was an Auror, I had a friend who was strong, smart, studious, and a hero on the training ground."
"We all thought that one day, he would definitely be the greatest Auror.
Then, during a Death Eater capture during the Wizarding Wars, I watched my friend drive the enemy to his knees and disarm his wand.
But he hesitated for a moment when he was about to finish off the dangerous Death Eater. "
Everyone listened attentively, and Professor Moody said with a painful face:
"On the battlefield, a moment is a lifetime. I saw the Death Eater draw a second wand from his cuff and hit my friend with the Killing Curse on the chest.
His magic, his strength, his bravery, all the hard-earned feats... are worse than shit on the ground.
Everything, all because he hesitated and flinched when he was about to kill the killer! "
Moody looked at all the students, his eyes were deep and cold, and he said hoarsely:
"This is also the second piece of knowledge I give you. Kindness and mercy to any enemy is cruelty to yourself and your companions!"
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