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"Dialogue"
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Chapter 244: Beast vs Construct
"Ahhhrg!!" The man let out a scream of rage.
As he did this, his eyes changed color to a bright and unnatural yellow. His muscles bulged even more, and fur started to coat his entire body.
"What is happening? What is he doing?" Daphne was startled by the sudden change.
Lily was more surprised than anything else because she knew this transformation very well. She had seen it many times when she and her husband had kept Remus company during full moon nights.
"This is impossible…we are two weeks away from the full moon," Lily said.
"Full moon?...wait, you mean this is a werewolf?!" Daphne then understood. They had briefly covered werewolves this year in Defense Against the Dark Arts.
This man was not a normal werewolf. He was one of the elite soldiers from Fenrir Greyback's pack.
Like their leader, he had achieved enough mastery over his curse to transform at will.
However, unlike Fenrir himself, he would still lose himself to his savage instincts when transformed. This was not a concern for him at this moment…his companions were dead….he had nothing to lose.
"We cannot let him transform…" Lily focused her magic and made a diagonal slashing motion. "Diffindo!"
The werewolf's eyes became sharp as a blade. He twisted his body while it was still transforming and avoided the spell completely.
Daphne hurried to retrieve her wand from the floor and tried to restrain the creature's movement. "Incarcerous!" She sent the ropes along with a tripping jinx.
The werewolf moved out of the way of the spells with incredibly fast movements.
As the transformation finished, he became faster and more agile.
Lily was also trying her best and cast a barrage of spells at her dangerous foe, but all of them were avoided with ease.
"He moves too fast, I can't hit him at all!" Daphne exclaimed.
Lily decided to change strategies and target the floor itself. She pointed her wand down and created a large sticking charm in front of them.
If the werewolf tried to approach them, he would become stuck.
But despite its altered mental state, the werewolf appeared to maintain much of his intelligence.
His next move was to jump over the area where the charm had been placed and directly lunge at Lily before she could do anything else.
"Professor!" Daphne shouted when she saw this.
Lily lifted her left hand and poured as much magic as she could into the magicite ring that Harry had given her, creating a powerful shield in front of her.
The beast lifted his right arm, showing her his long, sharp nails before bringing them down on the shield.
Lily was unsure if her protection was going to hold long against an attacker like this.
But it turned out she would not need to worry about that.
She never saw when it happened, but at some point, the golem must have moved from its spot because it was now right in front of her. It had gotten between her and the creature.
The werewolf did not seem to mind that much. In its current state, he wanted to rip everyone and everything apart. He slashed with his sharp claws at the golem with no hesitation.
The nails bit on the stone, making a loud and piercing scratching sound before the claw was grasped by the golem's hand and held tight.
The beastman howled in pain when the golem's hand started to crush his flesh and bones, and his reaction was to use both his legs to kick the chest of the construct.
His legs were powerful enough that the kick managed to push him back with such force that the golem's entire arm was ripped out of its socket.
The werewolf was propelled thirty feet back with the golem's arm still attached to his own while the white golem remained in place, completely impassive despite its missing limb.
Lily and Daphne had their mouths open but had nothing to say. They stared at the struggle between the werewolf and the golem in silence.
"Grrrrr…." The beastman snarled loudly, showing his fangs. His yellow eyes became brighter as he stared at his target…ready to jump at it again and finish it off.
"We should help it out," Daphne said in a nervous tone. That beastman made her extremely nervous.
Lily nodded. She knew what was at stake. If the golem was destroyed…they were next.
"Tap…Tap…" The golem started moving forward towards its target.
"Wait, no!!" Lily tried to warn the construct. Her sticking charm was still in place, right ahead of him. If it continued on that path, it would certainly step on it and get stuck…then the fight would be quickly over.
The golem did not listen to her warning and continued, leaving Lily with no other choice but to remove the magical substance from the floor before it was too late.
Unfortunately, the golem had increased its pace, leaving her not enough time to dispel the jinx.
"Stop!...wait!" Lily hurried with her hand movements.
Her eyes were glued to the floor where the golem was about to step on the green substance. "Finite Incantat…what?!"
She did not have time to finish her chant when the feet of the golem took the next step. Much to her surprise, it did not get stuck.
Instead…the sticky substance moved out of the way, allowing the golem's feet to step on the clean stone.
One by one, the golem continued to step forward and every time its feet were about to touch the magical sticky substance, this one would move away like it was repelled by the golem's presence.
"Anti-magic?!" It was the only conclusion that Lily could reach at this point.
She had only read about it in theories at this point. But there were some people who had worked on trying to create a material capable of nullifying magic or at least repel it to some degree.
It was different from the magical resistance of trolls or dragons. This method would basically push the magic away from the material, like magnets of opposite poles instead of resisting it.
The researchers did not get too far though. Some of them ended up with the conclusion that it was not possible, while others believed they were at least a century away from having the magical technology to create something like that.
But somehow…the golem in front of her had such defenses.
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