Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

The chaos in Diagon Alley continued. Reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic quickly arrived in Diagon Alley through a dedicated floo network, but when they did arrive, the two teams of Aurors had already been beaten to death. .

The Muggle wizards didn't even use a spell, they just beat them to death with their fists and feet.

Benjamin at the top of Gringotts Tower didn't know which was the more painful method of death or being cursed to death, but there was no doubt that those Aurors who came to support must be very angry after seeing the tragic situation of their colleagues. , because at this moment, they have all aligned their wands at the crowd that is rushing towards them!

"Everyone! Attack!"

With an order from the commander on the scene, dozens of scarlet rays of light rushed out.

This time they did not hold back, but attacked with all their strength!

In their eyes, these guys who hurt their colleagues don't need sympathy at all!

And their attack also had a very good effect. As soon as those thick red awns rushed into the crowd, they remembered the screams one after another in Diagon Alley.

Under the action of these high-intensity disarming spells, those who stood at the front of the crowd were knocked out like rag dolls, fell into the crowd behind them, and knocked down a large group of people.

It's just that there are too many people gathered in Diagon Alley these days. The attacks of these dozens of Aurors are simply a drop in the bucket. Although they have used all their strength, they are finally forced to a desperate situation.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic had already known the situation here, and the follow-up reinforcements continued to come from all over the country, which enabled the Aurors to survive under the attack of a large number of rebels.

In the end, with the continuous support of the Ministry of Magic, the combined force of Aurors and Strikers finally gained the upper hand and became a mass of people several times their size.

But this is just a repulsion. Looking at the fighters who showed their magical powers and fled, the Aurors and the batters who won the victory were full of helplessness.

The number of opponents is too large. Although they are not opponents of their own side in a hard fight, there is no way for the opponent to retreat to their own side now.

In desperation, they can only try their best to intercept, but the effect of doing so is not very good. The number of people who are eventually turned into *** is pitiful, and most of them are injured and lose their ability to move. wounded.

The war is over,

Diagon Alley finally regained its calm, but now the prosperous Diagon Alley no longer exists. In this battle, except for some places including Gringotts, other buildings have been affected differently. degree of damage. The most central area of ​​the battle was almost razed to the ground!

The gray-faced wizards crawled out of the collapsed house with difficulty, and then stared blankly at the ruins around them.

These people are all customers and businesses in Diagon Alley. In today's battle, it is not the rioting crowd and any party in the Ministry of Magic who are hurt the most, but these ordinary people.

Some of them lost the industry they had worked for all their lives, some lost their family members, and some even lost their lives directly.

For a time, there were cries all over the ruins, and even the sky above everyone's heads that was dyed gray by black smoke was filled with a sad atmosphere.

Many Aurors and Strikers also showed sad expressions on their faces, and they also lost many colleagues in this battle.

Out of sympathy and responsibility, many Aurors began to spontaneously go to comfort and rescue these disaster-stricken people, but when they really began to contact these people, they were surprised to find that things were far from being as simple as they thought.

"It's all your fault! Why did you choose to fight in Diagon Alley?"

"You give my son's life back!"

"Hey! My store was damaged by you guys, you have to pay me compensation! Do you hear me?!"

"You bunch of executioners!"

...

The scene that had settled down became chaotic again. The disgraced survivors were entangled with the Aurors and the striker troops. One of the mothers who lost her son even hung on an Auror. He opened his mouth and bit the Auror's shoulder firmly, no matter how the other party shook it, he would not let go.

In the minds of these innocent passers-by, it's all the Ministry of Magic's fault, and if they could have done a better job, none of these things would have happened.

The thinking of those merchants is even simpler. Their losses must be compensated by someone. Now most of the rioters are missing, and they don't look like they can afford the money because of their clothes. .

Then the matter is very simple, the Ministry of Magic is not short of money after all, and all the responsibilities are thrown to the Ministry of Magic.

In this chaos, the arrested rioters seemed to have been inspired by something, and began to shout that the Aurors had caught the wrong person, and they were also innocent passers-by.

Some of them even threatened to go to the Ministry of Magic to file a complaint against the Aurors, only to be knocked out by a batter on the side.

Above the spire of Gringotts, Benjamin watched all this silently, then took out a pen and paper to write something, and finally sighed deeply, pressing the Masonic gold coin in his hand to disappear.

By the time he appeared again, he had returned to the secret territory of Freemasonry.

Different from the chaotic Diagon Alley, the secret territory of Freemasonry at this time is filled with a festive taste. Mike and Zhou Hong and other Freemason members are accompanying Emily to celebrate their action. of great success.

The banquet was served by Shuke and Beta. Countless fine wines and delicacies were piled up on the large exaggerated round table in the living room. In the corner, a bunch of musical instruments were playing elegant music by themselves.

Benjamin's sudden intrusion made Mike and others stunned for a while, but they quickly reacted.

I saw Mike excitedly stepped forward and slapped Benjamin on the shoulder twice, and said with a smile:

"You are finally back! Our hero."

The others around also gathered around, laughing and complimenting Benjamin.

They all know that, as the most capable field staff of the Freemasonry, the reason why the Freemasonry can become a *** is Benjamin's ***

"That's what I should do."

Benjamin responded without being humble or arrogant, looking extremely elegant.

But he soon lost his grace, because Zhou Hong, who was smiling wickedly, had already pushed Emily to Benjamin's side.

Today's Emily is no longer what she looked like when she was in Loya's hut. Under the careful decoration of Penello and others, at this moment, she is wearing a white dress as white as snow, and there are many shiny clothes hanging on her body. Her whole body looked jeweled, dignified and generous, but at the moment her face was red and scary, with a shy look, both cute and pure, making people want to hold her in her arms.

She should have been forcibly pushed by Zhou Hong, so she was extremely shy, especially when Benjamin looked at her, even her earlobes had turned an attractive pink.

But even so, she dared to force herself to look directly into Benjamin's eyes and said:

"Thank you... thank you!"

After saying that, she quickly took out a bracelet woven from various wildflowers and plant roots from behind and stuffed it into Benjamin's arms.

"This……"

Benjamin was a little overwhelmed, but looking at the girl's pleading eyes, he finally put it on his hand.

"you are welcome."

Benjamin nodded and said politely.

At this time, Emily had already run back to her original place, and was hiding behind Penello and secretly watching Benjamin.

'She likes herself. ’

Benjamin immediately made such a judgment.

This is not surprising at all. The little girl Emily has some slight problems with her own intelligence. In addition, she was rescued by herself, and she was also given a very good time during her freemasonry cultivation. It's not surprising that this kind of emotion will arise.

The reason why Emily is so cooperative is also based on the above reasons.

As long as this kind of girl treats her well, it is too easy to fool.

It's just... she's only fourteen years old!

Although she has grown...ahem...but it's too small!

Benjamin believes that he can never do such a thing. Copper smelter or something is really disgusting!

Besides, he already has a girlfriend!

Thinking so, Benjamin raised his head almost instinctively and looked in Soraka's direction.

But as soon as he raised his head, his body froze.

Because at this moment Soraka was waiting for a pair of murderous eyes to stare at him.

Seemingly noticing that Benjamin was also looking at her, Soraka thought for a moment and then stretched out two fingers to compare the action of a scissor!

Benjamin took a deep breath and instinctively felt a chill in his heart!

You must know that Soraka is a healer, or the best kind.

If the other party really wants to do this, it is not impossible.

At this banquet, Benjamin was so frightened that he didn't even dare to eat anything, for fear that Soraka would put medicine in it. With his understanding of Soraka, the other party would definitely do such a thing.

Fortunately, the banquet did not last long. After Mike announced that the banquet was over, Benjamin followed Mike's ** into Mike's office.

Benjamin let out a long sigh of relief as soon as the door to the office closed.

The feeling of being stared at by Soraka was really bad, and at the same time, a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes, Zhou Hong's pranks went too far each time.

But Mike, who was not far away from him, restrained the smile on his face, sat behind the desk, and asked with a serious face:

"How's the investigation going?"

Hearing this, Benjamin's expression also became serious, he straightened his body, and answered with the same seriousness:

"Now that the Ministry of Magic is indeed in a very weak situation, it is estimated that the Aurors and strikers they can call now will not exceed 200 people."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, this time the incident in Diagon Alley is so turbulent, the Ministry of Magic must have called in all the armed forces they can deploy. But even in this way, the Ministry of Magic personnel on the scene are only in their early 100s, plus Some people who stick to the Ministry of Magic, this number will not be too different."

The corners of Mike's mouth rose slightly, he snapped his fingers, and said in a brisk voice:

"Then next step is to send out that statement, arrange for Emily to give a few live speeches, and be prepared to receive a large number of newcomers."

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Benjamin said hesitantly, "If you know that you do this, it means that our intentions are all about to be exposed."

"Don't worry, just do as I say." Mike said meaningfully, "The Ministry of Magic and Voldemort are not worth mentioning now."

Hearing that, the worried look on Benjamin's face still did not dissipate. He seemed to want to persuade Mike, but looking at the determined expression on Mike's face, he finally responded and left the office backwards.

...

The next day, word of what happened on Diagon Alley finally spread.

Almost all the media reported this Diagon Alley incident, even traditional large media such as the Daily Prophet did not leave.

Mike believes that the Ministry of Magic must be very eager to silence the media, and has tried.

But unfortunately, this time the incident is too big, even the Ministry of Magic's direct media such as the Daily Prophet can't turn a blind eye.

Because if they did, the reputation of the Daily Prophet would be badly damaged.

No one likes a media outlet that speaks exclusively for the Ministry of Magic!

Therefore, all they can do is to cover up some of the facts by using the Spring and Autumn brushstrokes, so as to throw all the responsibilities on the criminals.

But this is really a cover-up, because even if they don't say it, other media will say it.

Like "The Quibbler".

This newspaper, which has been privately owned by Mike, has been acting as Mike's mouth from beginning to end in this incident, transmitting the most real information to the outside world, just the previous one that was hung on the facades of various shops in Diagon Alley. The magic portraits on them are perfectly reproduced on the newspapers.

This has also led to a huge increase in the sales of "The Quibbler" recently, and Luna's father was very happy. He firmly believed that the reason why "The Quibbler" was able to sell so much was entirely his credit.

Mike is naturally not interested in this kind of credit, so if Luna's father wants it, give it to him.

What Mike is interested in is the current state of society and the current state of those who are criminals.

As he expected, those who were raped became more radical and more irrational after being raped by Emily, so that since yesterday, various parades and magic exposures have been made all over the country. Cases surged.

All of this has put enormous pressure on the Ministry of Magic, for which many staff members in the Ministry of Magic are even thinking about resigning!