Faced with the current situation, Hector decided to deploy his ultimate trump card right off the bat. To prevent any friendly fire, he shouted the spell at the top of his lungs. Professor Flitwick, having experienced it before, expertly covered his eyes the split second he heard the voice, but the others lacked that kind of awareness. Professor Sprout even turned her head in deep concern upon hearing Hector's somewhat youthful voice.
Hector had already turned his head away early on, and just to be safe, he kept his eyes tightly shut. Hector knew only too well the sheer power of his Lumos. Long before his magical power increased, that Lumos had given Professor Flitwick a profound shock more than once. In Professor Flitwick's own words, he had pondered countless spell combinations—he had even found fitting ways to unleash the effects of seemingly useless spells like the Softening Charm—yet rack his brains as he might, Professor Flitwick never imagined a Lumos could be used quite like *this*. Now, Professor Flitwick was not the only one caught off guard; Professor Sprout, sitting flat on the ground with her eyes covered, felt little else besides bewilderment and, even more so, sheer shock.
Naturally, the primary victims of Hector's Lumos were the Death Eaters directly facing him. A powerful, blinding flash of light erupted from the tip of Hector's wand. Because Hector had deliberately shouted the spell, those Death Eaters inevitably locked eyes with that sudden, fierce glare. …
Chapter 66