Chapter 197: The Confrontation Gradually Out of Control
Austria time, 7:55 pm, Salzburg.
"Is this where Max disappeared?"
Standing in front of the emergency building of Salk Hospital, Kruger raised his head and glanced at the bright red word "Emergency" at the entrance, and a look of solemnity appeared on his face.
There was no moving figure in the empty building, and most of the floors were darkened. The open door looked like a monster with its huge mouth open.
"Just hold on, man. We're coming to save you."
Kruger murmured in a low voice, pulled his windbreaker to block his right hand that had drawn out the wand, and walked cautiously towards the door. His mind couldn't help but recall Ms. Pope Rocher's guess before setting off -
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Ten minutes ago, the Austrian Ministry of Magic.
"This is definitely not an ordinary disaster accident."
Looking at the metal plate that was constantly fading and turning red, Pope Rocher squinted his eyes and pursed the corners of his mouth tightly.
Bruiser Krueger swore to God that he had never seen Ms. Pope Rocher look so sad in all these years.
"Mr. Krueger, under what circumstances do you think a well-trained member of the [Reversal of Occasional Magic Events Team] can be driven to near death within five seconds?"
"Accidental attack?" Kruger replied hesitantly.
"So what if it happens two times or even three times in a row? And each time, he enters the state of death the next moment after recovery." There seemed to be an angry flame burning in the witch's brown eyes.
"There is no doubt that George was caught."
Before Kruger could respond, Austria's youngest female director in hundreds of years waved her hands vigorously, her tone heavy and full of anger.
"Such a situation will only occur when a wizard completely loses his ability to resist. George Max may be undergoing a heinous and cruel torture at this time."
"Torture?! But...what does George need..." Kruger's eyes suddenly shrank.
"That's what we need to find out later, but first we need to find a way to rescue George Max."
The witch with short blond hair suddenly turned her head to look at Kruger, with an unprecedented seriousness in her tone.
"I need you to go to Salzburg immediately to provide accurate coordinate guidance and a safe support assembly point for the follow-up personnel."
"Then, depending on the situation on the scene, Kruger, you can try to rescue George or wait for support to arrive. But no matter what, you must be extra careful and be vigilant at all times."
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Slowly walking into the emergency building, the first thing Kruger saw was a messy inquiry hall, as if a fierce battle had taken place here.
To the left near the door, a wall has been completely blown up by the magic spell. The floor has been lifted aside by a huge force, exposing the cement foundation underneath. The soil in the flower bed behind the information desk has been blown up everywhere.
And the weirdest thing is that even though the hall has turned into this, neither the security guard standing at the door nor the nurse taking a nap at the information desk seems to have any strange expressions.
"Has the corresponding memory been modified and erased? Was it Max's doing...or are there other wizards trying to cover up something?"
Kruger glanced at the unfocused eyes, like security guards and nurses who had just woken up. It was obvious that there was no way to get any useful information from these Muggle staff - this was a typical case of being under a forgetting curse and
It will take at least an hour or two for the after-effects of the confusion spell to gradually return to normal logical thinking.
It seemed that he had to find a way by himself. Kruger shook his head and carefully looked around the hospital hall. After making sure that there were no other dangers in the hall, he walked to the corner and took out his wand and whispered softly.
"Look for traces and shadows."
Puffing up his cheeks, the wizard held the bottom of the wand with both hands and blew air around him like a balloon. A large golden mist that only Kruger could see instantly poured out from the tip of his wand, filling the air silently.
took up the entire hall space.
"George Max."
Kruger cleared his throat and read clearly, while waving his wand. The golden mist dissipated, and a series of footprints appeared in the hall, showing the movement trajectory of George Max here a few hours ago.
"Strange, there is no sign of fighting..."
Kruger looked at the golden footprints in the hall. They were continuous and orderly, without any signs of panic.
Everything seemed normal, and George Max should still be handling the accident according to normal procedures at this time.
Under the leadership of a female nurse, the golden footprints belonging to George Max spread to a room next to the information desk. After staying for a while, they continued towards the ward area inside the hospital.
--and never came back.
"George...what happened to you?"
Kruger frowned, looked ahead, walked into the room where George Max had been talking to the nurse, and placed a metal emblem engraved with the logo of the Austrian Ministry of Magic on the table.
There is no doubt that, at least judging from the current situation, this place should be safe.
"Mentos."
The sturdy man tapped the surface of the metal emblem with the wand in his hand. A circle of faint blue light appeared on the surface of the metal emblem. The next moment, the metal emblem disappeared from the table.
"That should be enough. Anyway, I'd better check out the situation first."
After arranging the coordinates of the door key to guide the Ministry of Magic's follow-up support personnel to arrive, Kruger casually cast a temporarily effective Muggle expulsion spell on the door of the room, swallowed, raised his wand and pointed it at himself -
[Armor protection]
Then, the wizard walked cautiously towards the ward area ahead.
However, to Kruger's expectation, there were no magic traps along the way, and until he reached the ward where George Max's footprints disappeared, the imaginary enemy did not appear either.
"Is it just a false alarm?"
Kruger frowned, stretched out his hand and gently pushed open the ajar door of the ward, and what he saw was a very ordinary Muggle multi-person ward.
After entering the door, there was an old man lying on the first hospital bed on the right with his eyes closed and a face full of vicissitudes of life. A little silver-haired girl wearing Muggle clothing was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking up at the liquid in the infusion bottle.
, they seem to be family members of the old man.
For this pair of ordinary Muggle patients, Kruger just glanced casually, and after confirming that there was nothing noteworthy, he passed by, and then stared at the second hospital bed on the right after entering the door.
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There, the missing George Max was fixed on the hospital bed with dark restraints all over his body, and a man in a white coat was injecting some strange liquid into poor Max.
"Let him go! Bastard! What did you do to George?!"
After Kruger looked around and found no other danger, he quickly raised his wand and roared.
【Fainted to the ground】!
(///￣俣)○—☆
Before the man in the white coat could turn around, a red magical beam shot out instantly and hit the man on the back. The powerful magic knocked the man away and hit the bedside table heavily.
"Um?"
Looking at George Max who didn't have any wounds on his body, and then at the work badge on the chest of the man in a white coat lying next to the cabinet, Kruger couldn't help but frowned, "It seems like he's just a Muggle doctor? What on earth is this?"
what's going on?"
"Doctor?! Who are you! What did you do? Help, help, someone call the police!"
At this moment, the little silver-haired girl who was sitting in the next bed hurriedly ran to the fainted man, then turned her face and looked at Kruger in horror, trembling in the middle of the aisle.
, a series of English words quickly came out of his mouth.
Seeing the panic in the eyes of the Muggle child in front of him, Kruger frowned with a headache. Why was he still a foreign child?
Obviously, due to his previous actions, the little silver-haired girl in front of him was very emotionally unstable. She was waving her little hands randomly and was unable to communicate effectively at all.
Kruger originally thought it would be a fierce battle, but he still hasn't figured out the whole story until now. But fortunately, George has been found. As long as he wakes up George Max, everything will be clear after a little questioning.
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"Sorry, little one, I don't have time to comfort you right now."
The burly adult wizard shook his head, stretched out his hand and effortlessly pushed the little girl in front of him aside. In the blind spot of his vision, the man did not notice the corners of the girl's mouth that was pushed aside quietly curling up.
Krueger walked to George Max's hospital bed and raised his wand.
"Recover quickly!"
With the help of magic, George Max's eyelids trembled, and then his body suddenly trembled - instead, his eyes were tightly closed, as if he was still in a coma.
"Hey, buddy, don't be afraid. It's me, I'm here to save you." Kruger raised his eyebrows in a funny way and said with a smile.
"Kruger? Why are you here?"
Hearing the familiar voice, George Max slowly opened his eyes and looked at the familiar face that appeared in front of him. The next moment, a trace of fear appeared on the wizard's face. He tried to raise his head and looked around, "That little devil
Woolen cloth?"
"Of course I saw the warning on your metal nameplate! By the way, what little devil? What are you talking about, brother?"
Looking at the panicked George Max in front of him, a look of confusion appeared on Kruger's face, "I didn't see any enemies along the way. How could you get yourself into such a mess, Max?"
"Kruger, behind! No!" At this moment, George Max suddenly shrank his pupils and shouted loudly.
"Behind? There's nothing behind..." Kruger turned around in confusion, and a pair of familiar lake-blue eyes came into view. A small white hand quickly cut to his arm holding the wand, and the other hand
Then he held a metal tray and slapped him on the forehead.
Click!
Bang!
The moment he touched the girl's palm, Kruger's arm instantly bent into a strange shape, and an unprecedented pain caused him to unconsciously let go of the wand in his hand.
The next moment, as the metal tray fell, the man's world quickly dimmed.
Elena squatted down and smashed the somewhat deformed metal tray a few more times. After confirming that the burly man on the ground had fallen into a deep coma, she stood up and looked at George Max on the hospital bed with a smile.
"I'm sorry, you shouldn't have woken up... It's just that only in this way will he relax his vigilance."
"Wait, you are also a wizard, right? I can't resist now. A simple coma spell will do. I demand the most basic dignity." George Max glanced at Kruger who was lying on the ground.
He swallowed and said quickly.
"Basic dignity?"
Eileen raised her eyebrows, thought for a while and then shrugged, "Okay, I promise you. But in exchange, you need to tell me why someone will find you, and how many people will come next, and their strength.
How high is the level roughly?"
George Max nodded hastily. He no longer wanted to try the terrible and brutal attack of the little devil in front of him again. He doubted that he would never wake up again by accident.
Besides, the question the girl asked was not a special secret.
Two minutes later.
"Thank you for your explanation, I understand."
Elena nodded politely, picked up the metal tray on the ground and walked to George Max. She smiled slightly and said, "The release process of the coma spell may be a little painful. Please bear with it a little."
"Wait..." George Max's pupils suddenly dilated.
"rua!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"The Austrian Ministry of Magic has been alerted...the problem has become more difficult."
Elena frowned, lowered her head and looked at the back of her left hand.
Under the constraints of an unbreakable oath, she cannot take the initiative to attack others before being attacked. This is undoubtedly a very unfavorable situation. Otherwise, she can also rely on her rich experience in fighting chickens and try to use the terrain advantages to ambush and attack nearby.
Raising her head and glancing at Grindelwald who was still unconscious in the bed next door, Elena stood up, tore off the medical record board at the end of the old man's bed and stuffed it into her arms, then picked up the two wands on the ground, her eyes flickering as she fell into deep thought.
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At the same time, far away in the Austrian Ministry of Magic, the two metal plates belonging to Kruger and Max quickly turned red, and the piercing alarm sounded back and forth throughout the office.
"Damn it! Kruger was caught too, it was a trap! A terrible conspiracy and provocation."
Pope Rohirer let out a low roar and looked around at the dozen or so wizards gathered around her: the accidental magic reversal team, the Auror office, the magic execution department, the memory cancellation command...
…The witch’s expression became extremely serious.
In just one afternoon, two wizards lost contact one after another. This has never happened to the Austrian Ministry of Magic since the fall of Grindelwald and the end of the Total Wizarding War more than 40 years ago.
"Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to fight. The enemy is extremely dangerous. The current intelligence is that both Kruger and Max were knocked down by the opponent almost instantly, and not even a single message could be transmitted."
"Although Mr. Kruger sent a positioning coordinate in advance before this, considering that Kruger also lost contact, I do not recommend using the door key directly for transmission. The safest way is to all
The people first moved to the outskirts of Salzburg, and after meeting together, they headed to the location of the portkey."
"Everyone, set off in groups. At least three people should act together and don't go alone."
"Set off!"
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