"Kevin, they are coming. I heard the sound of Apparition. We must explain it to them."
In the house shrouded in darkness, the sharp alarm of the looking glass and the frightened scream of the young woman suddenly came out, as if trying to make the uninvited evil guests outside hear clearly.
However, the young woman's scream was meaningless. As soon as the man named Kevin reacted, there was a "bang" and the door of his house was blown open by the late night intruder.
Three rude strangers wearing cloaks, whether they were employees of the Ministry of Magic or Death Eaters, barged directly into the room, and then the windows lit up.
As soon as the owner of the house raised his wand, he was knocked out by the intruder's spell. When his wife saw her husband lying on the ground, she covered her face and screamed in fear. The sound cut through the night and spread far away.
But he was soon hit by a spell and passed out.
"Don't kill people."
Seeing the young couple who were knocked down and whose life or death was unknown, the leading man glared at his colleagues with dissatisfaction.
"Don't worry, they just fainted temporarily."
As if to confirm what she said, the woman in the cloak stretched out her hand to pull up the hair of the fallen woman, slapped her several times in the face, shrugged and said to their heads, "Look, she is still reacting. It will take a while."
I’ll probably wake up soon.”
"That's great!"
A voice suddenly sounded from behind the three of them.
The next moment, a red light lit up in the room, and the guy who had just been so arrogant fell to the ground and passed out.
"Albert is right, it seems they are in a hurry!"
Fred motioned to his companions to search for loot, and he used the resuscitation spell to wake up the unconscious couple.
"You are the Order of the Phoenix!"
The man named Kevin did not have the joy of being rescued on his face. Instead, he looked at the visitor in fear and kept moving back, as if the three people in front of him were infected with some kind of terrible plague.
"Oh, you know us, that's really..."
Angelina raised her eyebrows slightly, very dissatisfied with the young wizard's current reaction.
"Why, why do you want to..."
"Calm down, sir." Angelina seemed to have heard enough similar words and interrupted impatiently: "You have been targeted by the Death Eaters for a long time. If we didn't help you, you and your wife would probably go to the Ministry of Magic first.
Accept the trial. Don't expect that you will be acquitted. You will only be thrown into Azkaban. There are too many unlucky people like you in that damn place."
"Okay, time is precious."
Fred glanced at his watch, stopped Angelina who was about to say something, and said bluntly, "You guys come with us first. No matter if you want to hide first or escape from the UK, we can help you."
It would be better for you to help than to stay in Azkaban with the Dementors."
"It's all your fault. If it weren't for your relationship, how could those people have targeted us!" Kevin's wife angrily shouted filial piety to the group of cloaked guys in front of her.
In her opinion, these guys were no better than Death Eaters. If it weren't for the so-called Order of the Phoenix, their family would not have suffered such a disaster.
"We just rescued you." The cloaked man who had collected the trophies frowned and reminded, "But if you think we have good tempers and won't hurt you, you can throw your temper at us as you like, or I'll let you have a taste of it.
The taste of the Cruciatus Curse."
The young couple shut up when they saw that the man had raised his wand.
"What a bastard." The cloaked man sneered, put away his wand with disdain, and said, "Let's go, they obviously don't need our help."
"If you don't need help." Fred paused, looked at the young couple, and seemed to confirm the matter, then shrugged and said, "Sorry to disturb you, then we will rescue them immediately."
"Hurry up and take your valuables and leave the UK, and wait until this war is over before coming back. Don't expect the Death Eaters to let you go mercifully, they have gone crazy now." Although Angelina hated the two of them, she still
The final words of advice came amid the urging of others.
Under the resentful gazes of the young couple, the three of them turned around and prepared to leave without hesitation.
However, Kevin, who secretly picked up the wand, suddenly raised the wand and chanted a spell at the three of them.
"I really don't know if you all have shit in your heads, but you still have illusions about Death Eaters. It's really hopeless."
After using a disarming spell to knock away the opponent's wand, Fred looked at the young couple who sneaked up on them with disgust.
"Don't waste time, the Death Eaters will punish these two idiots on our behalf."
"you……"
Looking at the backs of the three people who left decisively, the young newspaper reporter couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, when he looked at the three dark wizards who were unconscious and lying on the ground, he felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.
"What do we do now?"
The young woman looked at her husband with fear on her face, but her husband didn't know what to do.
Do you really have to go to the Ministry of Magic to undergo a so-called trial?
But he obviously didn't do anything!
And, will he really be imprisoned in Azkaban?
Kevin suddenly realized something.
They are actually right. Do they really want to place their hopes on Death Eaters?
Are those evil guys really credible?
At this moment, the young wizard regretted it, but the people who could help him had already been driven away by him.
Anxiety, fear, uneasiness.
Many negative emotions surged up at once, and the young wizard almost suffered an emotional breakdown. He hated the wizard war that brought disaster to them, and hated the Order of the Phoenix that suddenly appeared and disappeared just now.
As for the Death Eaters, they don't dare.
"You really don't want to help them anymore?"
Angelina's voice came from the darkness. In fact, the three of them did not go far, but went to join three colleagues who were standing guard around them.
In this critical moment, the defense association will naturally give priority to ensuring the safety of its own family.
"It's too late, and that guy isn't worth saving."
The "cracking" sound sounded like firecrackers.
One after another, dark wizards apparated, surrounded, and violently broke into the house. This was undoubtedly a premeditated ambush.
The young couple were just the unlucky ones chosen as bait, and their targets were actually rescuers from the Defense Association and the Order of the Phoenix, but their targets had already left a minute ago.
"They obviously learned their lesson from last time. They came a dozen at a time. We are no match for them." Fred did not forget to remind his girlfriend next to him not to do stupid things.
Although there were six of them here, and with the advantage of sneak attacks and props, they could indeed defeat the group of dark wizards, Fred would not let his own people take risks.
God knows if these guys are still a trap. If enemies continue to appear in the meantime, they will probably be doomed.
Fred does like excitement, but that doesn't mean he wants to die, especially since his relationship with Angelina has been heating up rapidly recently.
"It would be nice to have mandrake."
I don’t know who muttered something, but it was echoed by others.
Throwing mandrakes into the crowd will probably kill the enemy in one go.
However, he doesn't have that thing now, and Albert doesn't like them using mandrake randomly, because he is worried that the Death Eaters will start to use that thing against them, and then the problem will become extremely troublesome.
No one wants to be knocked down suddenly by the cry of Mandrake one day, let alone lose his life as a result.
Perhaps because they didn't catch anyone, the group of people who came in a hurry looked very agitated, and finally vented their anger on the begging young couple. After some cruel torture, Kevin
The couple was dragged out of the house like dead dogs.
"Did we hurt them?"
Angelina whispered as she looked at the young couple being taken away.
"No, they harmed themselves. If they are willing to leave with us, at least their lives will not be threatened. And if they choose to place their hopes on the Death Eaters, they will naturally have to pay the price."
Fred looked at the young couple being dragged away by the Death Eaters and curled his lips in disdain.
To be honest, he never felt that he was a magnanimous person, especially after the other party tried to sneak up on them and use them to exchange for the Death Eaters' forgiveness.
If a guy like that dies, he will die.
He knew, however, that the couple was not targeted because of them, and they were not even peripheral members.
"There is no harm in letting them suffer a beating from society. If there is really no big problem, the mysterious man will not kill people randomly. They should be able to survive until the end of the war."
These are the words Albert used to comfort people, and they are indeed true.
The mysterious man would not kill innocent wizards at will.
After all, there are only a few wizards in Britain, and even less Muggle wizards. Those people are ultimately the basis for his rule over the British wizarding world.
"Let's go. I always feel like it's not safe here. They've obviously set their sights on us. It's best to bring more people with you next time to avoid capsizing in the gutter."
Fred waved the others away,
They planned to go to the shelter first, which had changed a lot in recent days.
"It seems that they rejected you?" Mr. Tonks looked at the six people who came back and didn't seem too surprised.
"Yeah, they thought we were the one who harmed them and even attacked us, thanks to the defensive cloak." Fred took off his hood and sighed helplessly: "Maybe Azkaban can help that poor couple calm down.
.”
"Not only you, Cedric's team was also attacked, but they managed to escape." Tonks reminded, "According to Mr. Anderson's instructions, this matter is like this for the time being, and there is no need to continue taking risks.
He would have Lee Jordan say on the radio that if anyone was planning to leave the UK, or join us, we would help them."
"The Death Eaters are listening to our broadcasts too?"
In fact, the Death Eaters have long wanted to recruit people into the Defense Association's ranks, but they never had the chance.
Albert doesn't accept just any rags. Except for some relatively reliable ones, most of them are peripheral members.
Moreover, even if they can really sneak in, they will be discovered soon, although they have not succeeded yet.
"I dare say that other people are definitely happy for us to stop. They always feel that their suffering is caused by us, and they don't want to think about who the mysterious person is. They have read too many newspapers and their brains have been fooled."
"They just bully the weak and fear the strong."
Neville did not forget to express his gratitude to the Weslay twins and reminded them of Xenophilius Lovegood, hoping that they would remind each other to retreat as soon as possible.
"Isn't Lovegood going to hide?"
Fred was surprised. As a partner, he should have been reminded as soon as possible.
"have no idea."
"We have temporarily lost contact with him. Maybe Lovegood is hiding." Tonks was not too optimistic about this. Too many things have happened in recent days.
"Where's Luna?" Qiu Zhang asked with a frown.
"Luna is hiding in the Room of Requirement for the time being. She should be fine for the time being." Neville has been keeping in touch with Hogwarts.
Whenever they encounter trouble, they just need to hide in the Room of Requirement, and the Death Eaters can only stare at the wall.
"Where's Albert?"
"He didn't reply. He seems to have been busy with something in the past few days."
"Let's go over and take a look at the situation. I hope it's not a trap."
Under Albert's influence, people in the Defense Association became cautious.
There was no way, after understanding the secret of sneak attack, they wanted to be attacked more than anyone else.
After a brief discussion, everyone decided to act together to see what was going on with Xenophilius Lovegood.
For this reason, they decided to call in people from the Order of the Phoenix.
As long as there are enough of them, there is no need to worry about the Death Eaters without facing the mysterious man.
This operation took only ten minutes from planning to execution. The efficiency was unimaginably high. Even the members of the Order of the Phoenix were curious about how they could act so efficiently.
"Because of this." Fred shook the toy-like watch and briefly introduced its functions to everyone, "This is the latest achievement. We will wear it during operations for emergency contact."
They didn't spend much time, and after confirming that there was no danger, they broke into Lovegood's house under the cover of the Disguise Charm.
"There are no traces of fighting. They must have withdrawn early."
After a cursory inspection of Lovegood's house, this conclusion was finally reached.
"No, actually I've always been here."
A voice suddenly sounded, startling everyone.
Everyone saw Xenophilius Lovegood appear out of nowhere.
"Where...were you hiding just now?"
"There is a secret room here protected by the Loyalty Curse. Several dark wizards ran nearby in the past two days, so I hid temporarily," Lovegood explained to everyone.
"We thought..."
"If it weren't for Mr. Anderson's help, I would probably have been imprisoned in Azkaban." Lovegood said suddenly, "They seem to have seen through our tricks."
"Why don't you go to our place temporarily? I always feel that it's not very safe here."
"Oh, okay." Lovegood hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "I'm just a little worried about Luna's safety."
"Don't worry, Luna is safe, you should be able to meet tomorrow."