Do You Want to Hear a Lullaby, Baby

Luring the Hellhound away was far easier than trying to sneak past it, and Gemini had no doubt Quirrell was capable of doing just that.

So, what protections remained for the Philosopher's Stone?

The Devil's Snare, the flying keys, Wizard Chess, Snape's potions, and the Mirror of Erised.

No, if he remembered correctly, the Mirror had only been moved in after Christmas. That meant the Philosopher's Stone was now without its strongest guardian...

This was terrible!

Gemini had some ideas about the Philosopher's Stone, after all, it was a treasure that could turn lead into gold.

Now, forget ideas, if the Philosopher's Stone wasn't handled carefully, Voldemort could actually take it. And once Voldemort took the Philosopher's Stone, he could reshape his body with it.

Of course, that wasn't the worst thing—

Right now, two trolls and a Hellhound were eyeing him menacingly...

What kind of ridiculous plot was this?

Gemini sighed helplessly. He had only wanted to slightly alter what was about to happen, but he never expected it to devolve into this mess...

Beside him, Hermione's face was pale, her eyes filled with terror, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably.

"Miss Granger?"

"Hm?"

"I need to ask you for a favor." Gemini turned and supported Hermione's shoulders, meeting her gaze seriously, and said quickly, "I'll help you break through those two trolls. You need to run to the Great Hall as fast as you can and notify Professor Dumbledore that Quirrell is trying to get through that trapdoor."

Hermione opened her mouth, her eyes showing a hint of surprise, as if she wanted to say something, but Gemini didn't give her time to speak, directly pulling her into his arms with one hand.

Immediately after, Gemini turned, a strand of webbing shot out and hit the middle head of the Hellhound. The Hellhound was instantly enraged and charged at Gemini from the other end of the corridor. The three furious roars pierced Gemini's eardrums and echoed in his mind.

"This scene looks really exciting." Gemini leaped up, shooting out two strands of webbing that covered the faces of the two trolls. Then, with a flying leap, he passed over the heads of the two trolls and set Hermione down.

"Now hurry and go find Dumbledore."

Hermione looked at Gemini with a face full of worry: "I want to help you!"

"You can't help me!" Gemini's gaze sharpened, and he said sternly, "The only thing you can do is to quickly go find Dumbledore and get the students away from here. You'll only slow me down if you stay here! Leave now!"

Hermione looked at Gemini with a hint of grievance. Gemini had never spoken to her so harshly before. Fortunately, she knew the importance of the situation and turned to run away quickly.

Although the little girl was a bit reckless, she was still very smart and knew what was most important right now.

Seeing Hermione run off quickly, Gemini sealed the corridor behind him with a few webs. Then he turned around, lowered his center of gravity, his posture like a spider preparing to hunt, his gaze sweeping over the trolls and the Hellhound.

"Tsk tsk... look at that tough hide. I guess my spells won't be very effective against you."

There were four creatures in this corridor at the moment. Judging solely by size, the Hellhound was undoubtedly at the top of the food chain. The two trolls had originally wanted to avoid it, but Gemini didn't give them that chance.

He drew the Hellhound's aggro, then passed by the two trolls. As the Hellhound charged at him, it immediately began to fight with the two trolls.

Logically, trolls should occupy a higher position in the food chain among magical creatures, especially since these two trolls were Mountain Trolls, the largest and most aggressive type of troll.

But even so, their mere ten-odd feet of height were no match for the Hellhound Hagrid raised.

Two thick, trunk-like clubs fiercely struck the Hellhound's left and right heads. Although the effect was minimal, it was a successful provocation—the Hellhound went berserk.

Deafening barks and the trolls' shrill roars, two different sounds echoed continuously in the corridor.

With a crunch, one of the Mountain Troll's heads was bitten off by the Hellhound's left head. Blood gushed out from its massive body like a fountain.

Gemini was a bit stunned. Snape managed to keep his leg after being bitten by this thing, which showed that fellow had some skill.

The other troll seemed to be frightened by the scene. Although the troll's head was too stupid to comprehend what was happening, its primal instincts drove it to want to escape.

Then Gemini saw the troll break free from the Hellhound's shaggy paws and charge towards him.

Boom boom boom—

Gemini felt as if a tank was charging directly at him.

A huge club swung down, aiming for Gemini's head. Gemini quickly ducked to dodge the falling club, and two strands of webbing shot out, wrapping around the troll's legs, which were thicker than an elephant's.

Immediately after, he leaped into the air, flying and sticking to the wall. Webbing shot out without restraint, entangling the troll all over.

However, during these brief few seconds, a huge dog's head poked through and lunged at Gemini.

"I guess you could bite off half my body in one go?" Gemini agilely dodged the sharp teeth and jumped onto the ceiling. Then he leaped down, aiming for the troll's small head, and smashed down with one leg.

Several tons of force slammed into the troll's small head without reservation, crushing its skull on the spot.

The troll's weakness was its stupid little head.

Despite its highly magic-resistant skin and powerful limbs, a troll's head was actually quite fragile. This was actually something Quirrell had taught him.

"Good, now both trolls are dead. How about we call a truce?" Gemini dodged the falling troll corpses and looked at the Hellhound with a smile.

"Grrr... Roar—"

"A dog's bark should be 'woof woof~' but I understand what you mean." Gemini said with a smile, "Is it because I look particularly tender and delicious?"

The black Hellhound charged at Gemini. Its massive body completely blocked the entire corridor, turning what was Gemini's best advantage, street fighting, into his disadvantage.

"One head on the left~"

Swish—

"One head on the right~"

Swish

"And of course, we can't forget the one in the middle!"

Swish

Three strands of webbing successively covered the nostrils and mouths of the three heads. However, this delay was only temporary. Gemini seized the opportunity to pull away from the Hellhound.

When the Hellhound clawed away the webbing, it saw Gemini's figure at the end of the corridor.

Gemini looked at it with a smile and casually tossed a few grenades.

Boom boom boom boom

A series of explosions erupted in the corridor, and intense flames and thick smoke swallowed the Hellhound's whimpers and roars.

However, soon the Hellhound, covered in flames and blood, burst out of the firelight. Its eyes glowed red, and it ferociously charged at Gemini. It truly looked like something emerging from hell.

The grenade explosions had only caused it minor flesh wounds...

Gemini looked at the rampaging Hellhound and couldn't help but let out a dry laugh. He realized that without any tools, he currently had no way to harm this Hellhound. His wand was out of the question; its magic resistance was ridiculously high, and even tons of force wouldn't give him much of an advantage against the Hellhound.

"Is it too late for me to sing you a lullaby? Sleep~ sleep~ my dear—"

Bang!

Gemini was slammed into the wall by a claw