After eating lunch with regrets about not being able to attend the opening party, Ryan and the others spent the entire afternoon patrolling and reinforcing various defensive magics in Azkaban Castle.
Taking advantage of the time when no one was paying attention to the arrangement of defensive magic, Ryan and Hermione contacted Lupine through the previously enhanced wolf head sculpture tie clip. After some communication, they obtained the latest situation and some information about some acquaintances.
Lupine told them that when Voldemort raided the Ministry of Magic, Percy immediately noticed something was wrong, and then found his boss, Ms. Bones, and his father, and used the special door key that Ryan gave him to take Bones with him.
Madam, Mr. Arthur and the team members escaped to the Burrow before the Ministry of Magic completely blocked it, and now they are all fine.
The Weasley twins, along with the muck wizard employees, took some of the goods to the Hogsmeade branch. Fortunately, since the Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts at the end of the last semester, Ryan and the twins
The goods were mainly stored in the werewolf base in Norway. There were not many inventories in London and Hogsmeade, so the losses during this hasty retreat were not serious.
In hindsight, their retreat was quite timely, because less than ten minutes after their retreat, a group of wizards wearing black robes and covering their faces with masks seized the Weasley Joke Shop in Diagon Alley in the name of the Ministry of Magic.
After receiving the news that their acquaintances were safe and sound, Ryan and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Then Hermione asked through the communicator, "How are Professor Dumbledore and his classmates doing now?"
"They have all entered Hogwarts Castle safely now." Lupine said, "They used magic to speed up the Hogwarts Express. The train arrived at the station just 15 minutes ago. I think everyone now
Everyone has safely entered Hogwarts Castle."
"Actually, I'm in Hogsmeade right now." Lupine said suddenly after telling the whole situation. "Dumbledore summoned most of the members of the Order of the Phoenix to gather at the Pig's Head Bar five minutes ago, and so did I.
I just came over from Norway. Most of the information coming out now is confusing and inconsistent, so except for some confirmed information about acquaintances, I can only tell you after this party is over."
"By the way, didn't you follow the Hogwarts Express into the school?" After finishing the information he had collected before, Lupine suddenly reacted and asked. "Why are you asking about everyone's situation now?"
"We are in Azkaban now, Professor Lupin." Hermione said, "We came here on our own initiative to prevent the mysterious man from sending Death Eaters to control this vital magical prison."
"——How is the situation?" Lupine asked. "Is there anything you need me to convey to Principal Dumbledore?"
"A group of more than a dozen Death Eaters just attacked Azkaban, but we have all driven them away." Hermione briefly introduced the battle just now. "We judge that the enemy will not attack here again.
, but this place is seriously short of manpower and the magic circle was broken just now. We now need the principal to send enough support personnel and materials to strengthen the defense here."
"No problem, I will convey your request to Principal Dumbledore. Okay, now I will run to the Pig's Head Bar." At this point, Lupine ended the communication.
"It's chaos." Hermione said after the communication ended. "I wonder if we could have prevented this catastrophe if we had done all we could to investigate."
"It's unlikely." Ryan knew that Hermione was feeling some kind of survivor's guilt, so he put his hand on Hermione's shoulder to comfort her. "I believe that the Ministry of Magic can be captured so quickly this time.
You-Know-Who's side definitely has enough insiders in the Ministry of Magic."
"Think about it, the intelligence network established by Professor Dumbledore based on his more than 100 years of experience in the wizarding world did not predict this attack in advance. What can those of us who have only been in the wizarding world for six years do?"
Seeing Hermione nodding in agreement with his point of view, Ryan continued: "The current situation is just to convert the previous secret war into an open war. Things are not much worse. We just need to cooperate with Dumbledore
Professor Lido just needs to end this war and win in the end. And don’t you think it’s much better now than before? At least we know who our enemies are and who our friends are. We can do our best to use our strength.”
"You're right." Hermione also adjusted her mood at this time, "Besides, isn't this war what we have already estimated before? This is also an opportunity for us, an opportunity for change."
In the following time, Ryan, with the help of Hermione, worked hard to repair and improve Azkaban's defensive magic. It was not until the sky completely darkened that Ryan and the others finally received Dumbledore's dinner while eating sandwiches on the roof.
News from the professor.
The news came from the liaison room downstairs. After meeting with Director Bones, Professor Dumbledore successfully took over the previous liaison facilities of the Ministry of Magic. After ensuring the safety of the students, he began to contact various
Statistics of the location where the Ministry of Magic is located, what is the situation between the enemy and us.
There is no other way, because after Voldemort captured the Ministry of Magic, he has maintained a state of silence, so the attitudes of the places controlled by the Ministry of Magic vary. There are those who firmly support the Ministry of Magic, who support whoever controls the Ministry of Magic, and those who are eaten by others.
Some of the Dead Apostles announced their support for Voldemort after taking control. Others were inspired by Dumbledore and decided to join Dumbledore's side.
There were even small-scale exchanges of fire at several key points, with Death Eaters, members of the Order of the Phoenix, and Dumbledore's supporters vying for control of each other after it was confirmed that Voldemort had captured the Ministry of Magic. In short, the entire British wizarding world is now in chaos.
"It's great to hear that Azkaban is under our control." Dumbledore's face appeared on the two-way mirror in the communication room, using his magic level plus the information given by Ms. Bones.
After receiving the Ministry of Magic's secret key, he easily took over the entire communication network of the Ministry of Magic. "What's the situation on your end now?"
"After the group of Death Eaters who were trying to take advantage were driven away, no enemies have attacked again." Ryan said, "And I have repaired the magical defense of Azkaban Castle that was destroyed just now."
"But now we are in big trouble." After talking about what he had just done, Ryan began to talk about the key points. "We have eliminated all the dementors, which means that Azkaban needs more manpower to guard the prisoners.
.But we still have to guard this castle, so the manpower is far from enough. Not to mention that Azkaban has previously imprisoned many innocent people who were mistakenly arrested, and we need to send judges to screen them. In short, we
More manpower is needed now.”
"Apart from more people, what else do you need?" The principal looked very tired when he spoke. It seems that Voldemort's surprise attack today was beyond his imagination. As the greatest white wizard, he has countless things to do now.
deal with.
"Supplies, especially enough magic materials." Ryan said solemnly. "There are enough food and drinking water reserves here. We and the prisoners can consume them here for more than a month. But there are too few magic materials. Now we can only
It is said that we have barely repaired and strengthened some defensive formations, but it is basically impossible to do anything further."
"Okay, I understand." Dumbledore nodded slightly. "Now give me the list of supplies you need and your newly set Azkaban Magic Defense Key. I will ask someone to bring the supplies tonight."
I'll send it to you. As for the new manpower, you may have to worry about it for a while, because after the Ministry of Magic was raided, I really couldn't find anyone who could replace you in the defense of Azkaban in a hurry."