Chapter 777: The First Battle of the Cat Order (Edited)

"Do it!"

Umbridge let out a piercing and unpleasant scream.

The others unconsciously raised their wands and cast spells at Fish in the tree.

Fish rolled and jumped from the tree, then raised his hand suddenly...

"Bombarda nya!"

(ΦωΦ)つ

Umbridge and the others fled in fear, but...

Nothing happened?

They looked at Fish and saw that the cat-eared boy didn't have a wand in his hand.

"Nyahaha~"

(≧≦)

Fish rubbed the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly, "Fish forgot his wand nya."

The escaped Azkaban criminals couldn't bear this. They had planned to be passive and then be captured, but now they were provoked by Fish. One by one, they all shouted and unleashed powerful spells at Fish.

Only...

"Eh~ you can't hit me~ eh~ you can't hit me again~ eh~ none of you can hit me nya~".

(≧≦)≡(≧≦)

Agile Fish leaped between the trees, evading every spell.

"Now it's Fish's turn to counterattack!" Fish shouted after dodging for a while.

Then Umbridge and the others saw him make another motion of pulling out his wand.

"Bombarda nya!"

(ΦωΦ)つ━☆*.

"Boom!"

With a deafening explosion, Umbridge and the others, who thought Fish was tricking them again, were instantly blown away.

It was a trick Fish had learned from Grindelwald, who had caught him off guard when they fought in Nurmengard.

Only when Grindelwald had cast a different spell than he recited, or when his wand had remained intact and his empty hand calmly prepared other spells.

If Fish's reflexes hadn't been as fast as Grindelwald's, the spell might have hit him before he could react. Of course, after being fooled a few times, Fish stopped falling for the trick and even learned to use the trick on Grindelwald in turn, but it didn't work.

Such tactics would be of little use to a powerful wizard, as a single Protego Charm would block most spells, and the spell's power would be greatly diminished by the need to focus on two things at once. Grindelwald only used them because he wasn't initially serious and wanted to play with Fish.

What he didn't expect was that this playful style of fighting appealed to Fish, and Fish immediately used it on the members of the Order of the Cat when he returned... and it didn't work.

After all, Harry and the others knew they could never defeat Fish, so they cast the Protego Charm on themselves from the beginning, leaving no room for Fish's tactics...

Now that Fish had finally managed to use it against Umbridge and the others, it gave Fish a great sense of accomplishment.

"Nyahaha! You're all so stupid!"

(≧≦)

The gleeful Fish didn't continue his attack, but instead pointed at the panicked fugitives and laughed.

Fish was going to wait for them to regroup before continuing to play with them, but Fish's ears caught a distant sound.

"Oh no! Someone's coming!"

∑(ΦДΦ)

Fearing for his prey, Fish waved his wand and bound Umbridge and the others with a rope.

Once they were all restrained, Fish saw Flitwick and Professor Snape approaching hastily.

"Umbridge?!" Professor Flitwick spotted the recognizable "former colleague" at first sight and quickly scanned the intruders, exclaiming, "They're all Azkaban escapees!"

"There's another group heading towards the Quidditch pitch nya."

(ΦωΦ)

Fish pointed in the distance, saying, "That same group was responsible for casting the Dark Mark earlier."

"What?!" Professor Flitwick exclaimed. "Fish, keep an eye on these people, don't let them escape! Severus, let's go over there." As soon as he finished telling Fish, he grabbed Snape and ran towards the field.

Once the two of them left, Fish released Umbridge and the others.

"Get up! Keep playing with Fish! Fish won't use his wand this time."

Fish did as instructed and threw his wand far away.

The fugitives, who had already resigned themselves to their fate, immediately attacked Fish again.

"Crucio!"

"Petrificus Totalus!"

"Immobulus!"

"Desmaius!"

"Levicorpus!"

They were angry but didn't want to provoke the professors or Hogwarts students, so they refrained from using any deadly spells.

Except, of course, Umbridge.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Umbridge fired the Killing Curse at Fish with a ruthless look, wanting nothing more than to kill the half-human, half-cat creature while she had the chance!

Naturally, the spells failed once again, and Fish transformed back into his tiger-spotted cat form, leaping among the crowd and leaving claw marks on the bodies of the group with his tiny paws.

"Nya~"

...

While Fish and the Azkaban criminals had their fun, the battle on the Quidditch field came to an end.

With Harry's "Enemy Attack," the members of the Order of the Cat among the spectators sprang into action.

"Younger students, step back! Defense team, move forward! The rest of you, use Transfiguration spells to create beasts and contain the enemy!"

The older students quickly gave orders to the students around them, and everyone skillfully found their usual practice partners, forming their own fighting teams with designated roles.

"Expelliarmus!" xN

The werewolves had barely recovered from the shock of the Dark Mark being "devoured" by a cat's head when a barrage of spells flew toward the field, throwing them off balance.

Immediately after, a large group of animals transfigured by the students stormed onto the field, pouncing on the werewolves who hadn't fully regained their composure.

As werewolves who used to prey on ordinary wizards, Greyback and his men were actually better fighters than Umbridge, so even though caught off guard, they quickly adapted and counterattacked.

Next...

Then they were immobilized and struck by a furious Professor McGonagall.

Seeing that the animals transformed by the members of the Order of the Cat were outnumbered by Professor McGonagall alone, and that the animals she transformed were stronger, Harry suddenly felt that the mission entrusted to him by Dumbledore wasn't as dangerous... Professor McGonagall must have discovered it without his prior notice.

When Flitwick and Professor Snape arrived at the Quidditch field, they were greeted by the sight of the werewolves lying on the ground and tigers, lions, black bears, and other beasts atop them.

Professor McGonagall stood among the spectators, surrounded by students looking at her with admiration.