Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 521 The Tragedy of Diagon Alley
The chaos in Diagon Alley continued. Through the dedicated floo network, reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic arrived in Diagon Alley very quickly, but when they actually arrived, the Aurors of the two teams had already been beaten to death. up.

The Muggle wizards didn't even use the spell, but just beat them to death with their fists and kicks.

Benjamin at the top of the Gringotts Tower didn't know which way of death was more painful than being killed by a curse, but there is no doubt that the Aurors who came to support must be very angry after seeing the tragic situation of their colleagues , because at this moment they have aligned their magic wands at the crowd rushing towards them!
"On your marks! Attack!"

Following an order from the commander on site, dozens of scarlet rays of light rushed out.

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

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 and substantial red lights rushed into the crowd, there were screams one after another in Diagon Alley.

Under the effect of these high-strength disarming spells, the people 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, and the attacks of these dozens of Aurors are just a drop in the bucket. Although they have tried their best, they were finally cornered.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic already knew the situation here, and subsequent reinforcements rushed over from all over the country, which allowed the Aurors to survive the attack of a large number of rebels.

In the end, with the continuous support from the Ministry of Magic, the joint force formed by the Aurors and strikers finally gained the upper hand, and succeeded in attracting a crowd that was several times their number.

But it was just repelling. Seeing the assailants who showed their abilities and fled in all directions, the eyes of the victorious Aurors and strikers were full of helplessness.

The number of opponents is really too much, although they are not their opponents in a hard fight, but now the opponents are broken into pieces and retreated, and there is no way for their own side.

In desperation, they could only try their best to intercept, but the effect of this was not very good. In the end, there were only a pitiful number of bombers who were killed, and most of them were injured and lost their ability to move. the wounded.

The war ended, and Diagon Alley finally returned to calm, but now the prosperous Diagon Alley in the past no longer exists. During this battle, except for a few places including Gringotts, other buildings are suffered varying degrees of damage.Among them, the most central area of ​​the battle was almost razed to nothing!
The gray-faced wizards struggled to climb out of the collapsed houses, and looked blankly at the ruins around them.

These people are all customers and businesses in Diagon Alley. In today's battle, the most seriously injured are not the rioters or any party in the Ministry of Magic, but these ordinary people.

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

For a while, crying was everywhere on the ruins, and even the sky above everyone's heads, which was dyed gray by black smoke, was filled with a sad atmosphere.

Seeing this, many Aurors and strikers also had sad expressions on their faces. They also lost many colleagues in this battle.

Out of sympathy and duty, many Aurors started to comfort and rescue these disaster-stricken people spontaneously, but when they really started to contact these people, they were shocked to find that things were far from as simple as they thought.

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

"You give back my son's life!"

"Hey! My store was destroyed by you, you must pay me compensation! Do you hear me?!"

"You gang of executioners!"

……

The scene that had settled down became chaotic again. The disgraced survivors were entangled with the Aurors and the strikers. One of the mothers who lost their son even hung on an Auror. He opened his mouth and bit the Auror's shoulder firmly, no matter how the other party shook him, he refused to let go.

In the minds of these innocent passers-by, the Ministry of Magic is to blame for all this. If they could do a better job, then these things would not have happened at all.

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 by looking at their clothes. .

Then the matter is very simple, the Ministry of Magic is not short of money after all, just throw all the responsibilities to the Ministry of Magic.

And in this chaos, those rioters who were arrested seemed to have been inspired by something, and they kept shouting 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 complain about these Aurors, but they were kicked unconscious by a beater next to them.

On the spire of Gringotts, Benjamin watched all this silently, then took out a pen and paper and wrote something, finally sighed deeply, pressed the Masonic gold coin in his hand and disappeared.

By the time he reappeared, he had already returned to the secret territory of the Freemasonry.

Different from the chaotic Diagon Alley, there is a sense of festiveness everywhere in the Masonic secret area at this time. Mike, Zhou Hong and other Freemasons are accompanying Emily to celebrate their action great success.

The banquet was served by Shuke and Beta as waiters. Countless delicious food and wine were piled up on the large and exaggerated round table in the living room, and there were a bunch of musical instruments playing elegant music by themselves in the corner.

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

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

"You are finally back! Our hero."

Other people around also gathered around, laughing and saying words of praise to Benjamin.

They all knew that, as the most powerful field personnel of the Freemasonry, the reason why the Freemasonry was able to succeed this time was at the behest of Benjamin.
"That's what I should do."

Benjamin responded neither humble nor overbearing, appearing extremely elegant.

But he soon lost his elegance, because Zhou Hong, who had a smirk on his face, had already pushed Emily to Benjamin's side.

Today's Emily is no longer what she looked like when she was in Roya's hut. Under the meticulous decoration of Penello and others, at this moment she is wearing a white dress as white as snow, and there are still many shiny lights on her body. The accessories, the whole person looks jeweled, dignified and generous, but at the moment that face is scary red, with a shy look, cute and pure, making people want to hold her in their arms.

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

But even so, she still boldly forced 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 her back, and stuffed it into Benjamin's arms.

"This……"

Benjamin was a little at a loss, but seeing the girl's begging eyes, he finally put it on his hand.

"you are welcome."

Benjamin nodded and said politely.

At this time, Emily ran back to the original place, and was hiding behind Penello and watching Benjamin secretly.

'She likes herself. '

Benjamin immediately made such a judgment.

This is not surprising at all. The little girl Emily has some slight intellectual problems. In addition, she was rescued by herself. It's not surprising that such emotions will arise from the treatment.

The reason why Emily cooperates so much is based on the above reasons.

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

It's just... she's only 14 years old!
Although she's developed...ahem...but she's too young!
Benjamin thought that he would never be able to do such a thing. The copper smelter was really disgusting!
Besides, I already have a girlfriend!

Thinking of this, Benjamin almost instinctively raised his head 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 stretched out two fingers to make a gesture of scissors!
Benjamin took a deep breath, and instinctively felt a chill in his heart!
You must know that Soraka is a healer, the best kind.

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

During this banquet, Benjamin was terrified. He didn't even dare to eat anything. He was afraid that Soraka would drug it. Based on his understanding of Soraka, the other party would definitely do such a thing.

Fortunately, the banquet didn't last long. When Mike announced that the banquet was over, Benjamin followed Mike's body into Mike's office.

As soon as the office door was closed, Benjamin let out a long sigh of relief.

The feeling of being stared at by Soraka was really terrible, and at the same time, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, Zhou Hong's pranks became more and more exaggerated every time.

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

"How's the investigation going?"

Hearing this, Benjamin's expression also became serious, he straightened his body, and replied in the same serious way:
"Now the Ministry of Magic is indeed in an extremely weak situation. It is estimated that the total number of Aurors and strikers they can call now will not exceed 200."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, the incident in Diagon Alley is so big this time, the Ministry of Magic must have mobilized all their armed forces. But even so, the staff of the Ministry of Magic on the scene are only in their early [-]s, plus For some personnel who stick to the Ministry of Magic, the difference in this number will not be too big."

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

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

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Benjamin said hesitantly, "If you do this, it means that our intentions will be fully 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 didn't dissipate, he seemed to want to persuade Mike, but seeing the determined expression on Mike's face, he finally responded and left the office backwards.

……

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

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

Mike believes that the Ministry of Magic must really want to block the mouths of these media, and has tried.

But unfortunately, the incident this time was so big that even the Ministry of Magic's direct media like the Daily Prophet couldn't turn a blind eye to it.

Because if they do, then the reputation of the Daily Prophet will be greatly damaged.

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

So all they can do is to use Chunqiu's brushwork to cover up some of the facts, so as to throw all the responsibility on the rioters.

But this is really an act of deception, because even if they don't say it, other media will.

Like The Quibbler.

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

This has also led to a surge in the sales of "The Quibbler" recently, and Luna's father was very happy. He firmly believes that the success of "The Quibbler" is entirely due to him.

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

What Mike is interested in is the current social form and the current state of those revolutionaries.

Unsurprisingly, those traitors became more radical after being raped by Emily, and became more irrational, so that various parades and magic exposures across the country began yesterday. Cases surged.

All of this has put tremendous pressure on the Ministry of Magic. For this reason, many staff members in the Ministry of Magic are even thinking of resigning!
(End of this chapter)