Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 402 Time Hall

“Boom!~”

As the sound of burning flames echoed, Mike, Arthur and several members of the Order of the Phoenix appeared in the magic hall.

However, this time the Phoenix Fire did not go out like the previous times, but continued to rotate in the air.

Then, as the rotation of the Phoenix Fire accelerated, the fifty Los Santos wizards brought by Mike were all swallowed up by the flames one by one.

At this point, except for Dumbledore, all members of this night raid have arrived.

The reason why Dumbledore did not appear here was one of the plans that everyone had originally discussed.

Dumbledore will not act with the main force. He will hide in the dark and provide support to everyone in times of crisis. Apart from that, he will not take any action in tonight's operation.

Mike expressed his understanding of this. Voldemort has not appeared yet. If he directly follows the main force, it will easily lead to Voldemort's sneak attack.

According to what Dumbledore said before, he himself was not as strong as Voldemort. If he was attacked again, although Dumbledore himself would be fine, the same would be true for the people accompanying him.

You know, if they were really attacked by surprise, Dumbledore would not have the time to take care of them. In this way, regardless of whether they could weaken the power of the Death Eaters, their own personnel would be greatly reduced.

However, Mike was still skeptical about Dumbledore's words that he would help in times of crisis. He believed that if he and the members of the Order of the Phoenix were in danger, Dumbledore would definitely help. But if Arthur and the wizards of Los Santos were in danger, it would not be certain, because these two gangs had just had some unpleasant experiences not long ago.

In the magic hall, the Los Santos wizards who had just landed quickly took up a guard formation and began to observe their surroundings vigilantly. Doing the same thing were the two senior Aurors Moody and Tonks.

As for Mike and Arthur, they looked around the entire magic hall calmly. With their strength, there would be no danger as long as Voldemort didn't come in person tonight.

The magic hall at night was significantly different from that in the daytime. Not only was it silent, but there was no other light source except for the 'Magic Brothers' fountain in the center of the hall, which was composed of centaurs, goblins, witches and wizards and symbolized the power of wizards.

However, the dark environment was not an obstacle for Mike and others. All of them drank the night vision potion provided by Snape before coming here. Now, the vision in the dark is basically the same as in the daytime except for some color difference.

After careful observation, the Los Santos wizards and Moody did not find anyone in the magic hall. Even the security check desk, which was usually manned 24 hours a day, was unmanned.

Seeing this, a smile suddenly appeared on Mike's face. This strange situation was undoubtedly telling them one thing - the Death Eaters had already entered the scene!

Thinking of this, Mike raised his hand and made a few complicated gestures. Then he saw that all the Los Santos fighters around him, including Arthur, pulled up the hoods of their combat uniforms and pressed the Los Santos logo on their chests.

Immediately afterwards, the figures of Arthur and others gradually faded away, and finally merged into the dark night, becoming almost completely invisible.

"Is this the invisible monster leather jacket?"

Moody looked at Mike with his mouth open in shock.

Seeing this, Mike pursed his lips and nodded. The amount of gold Galleons he spent on this wizard army was an astronomical figure. In addition to the regular combat equipment, he also mixed a large amount of invisible monster leather into the combat uniforms. The skin of this magical creature is the raw material for making invisible cloaks. Due to the imbalance between supply and demand, they are now on the verge of extinction, which also caused the price of their skin to soar.

The result of Mike spending a huge amount of money is that now all the combatants in Los Santos have gained the ability to be almost invisible!

This ability is not completely invisible, and it is still very obvious during the day, but at night, they are definitely a stealth weapon!
But the most important thing is that this kind of invisibility does not require the consumption of magic power!
Moody's eyes were about to pop out of his head with jealousy. Even the most elite Auror troop in the magic world could not compare to the Los Santos wizard troop in terms of equipment!
"It's getting late, let's go straight away!"

Mike didn't want to waste any more time talking. He just pulled the switch on his combat suit and went into stealth mode.

Seeing this, Moody finally put away his greedy gaze temporarily, walked forward reluctantly and began to clear the way.

The destination of their trip was the Department of Mysteries on the ninth floor of the Ministry of Magic. This department could be said to be the most mysterious department in the entire Ministry of Magic. At the same time, it was also the scientific research department of the Ministry of Magic. A large number of top wizards had all turned into Unspoken Men, studying the most profound and mysterious things in the entire wizarding world.

For example: time, thought, memory, prophecy, death, power, life span...

Mike was actually not unfamiliar with this place. He had come here to listen in when Harry was prosecuted for the first time.

In order to go to the Department of Mysteries, one must take the magic elevator. Moody and Tonks agreed that there are definitely dangers and ambushes in such a sealed and narrow environment as the magic elevator, but Michael didn't care. He knew very well that the purpose of Voldemort's trip was to let Harry take down the prophecy.

Then it would be impossible for him to set up any obstacles on the way to the Hall of Prophecy, because with Harry Potter's IQ, he would most likely be blocked outside the Hall of Prophecy.

"Ding! Department of Mysteries!"

As a cold female voice sounded in the elevator, Mike, Arthur and others all breathed a sigh of relief. This time their guess was correct.

Mike then used instant messaging to notify the remaining Los Santos wizards and Moody and others who were still in the elevator, while he and Arthur and others left the elevator first.

Unlike the Magic Hall, there were a large number of torches lit on both sides of the corridor leading to the Department of Mysteries. The torches were burning with a crackling sound, and as the breeze brought by the magic elevator going up, the flames on the torches were also shaking slightly, causing the faint shadows of Mike and others to tremble constantly with the trembling of the flames.

"The flames are out!"

Mike shook the wand in his hand and cast a lights-out spell.

All the torches on both sides of the corridor were extinguished in an instant, and the entire corridor returned to darkness, and the only shadow that could reveal the whereabouts of Mike and others finally disappeared.

At this time, the elevator behind them made a crisp sound again, and Moody and others finally arrived.

"What's the situation?"

Moody said as he looked around. "No," Mike nodded at him and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, Mike took the lead and walked deeper into the corridor.

At the innermost part of the corridor there is a pitch-black stone door, which is an automatic door driven by a mechanism. When Mike and others came in front of it, they heard the sound of gears turning from the walls on both sides.

Then, the stone door slowly opened, revealing a huge space that was also pitch black inside.

This is a large round room with eleven black stone doors on the walls that are exactly the same as the previous door.

After everyone entered the room, the stone door they had originally entered closed automatically. At the same time, the surrounding scene suddenly changed. Everyone felt that everything in front of them began to spin and jump for a while. After all the abnormalities disappeared, everyone was surprised to find that the stone door behind them had changed its position, and they could no longer find the stone door leading to the outside of the magic!

The wizards of Los Santos immediately became alert, and Mike looked at Moody behind him with dissatisfaction.

The current situation was something he and his friends had never encountered before. As the former commander of the Auror Office, there was no reason for Moody not to know the arrangements of the Department of Mysteries, but he had never told him.

Sure enough, Moody had a smile on his face, and that smile combined with the hideous scar on his face made him look very ferocious and indeed he deserved a beating.

Mike's expression became more and more unfriendly. He was almost certain that Moody did it on purpose!

"Don't be nervous, this is just a general anti-theft measure. In fact, there are hidden markings on each door to indicate their function!"

Tonks walked towards a stone door, pointed to a barely perceptible circular mark on the right side of the door and said:

"Look, this clock mark indicates that the Time Hall is behind this door, and as long as we pass through the Time Hall, we can reach the Hall of Prophecy!"

Mike's expression eased a little and he nodded to Arthur, who then walked forward expressionlessly and opened the stone door.

Moody on the side snorted coldly with a bad look on his face. It seemed that he was very dissatisfied with Tonks's behavior of leaking the information in advance.

But Tonks obviously didn't buy his story. She made a face at him and hid behind Lupin again.

"Kaz-kaz!"

With the sound of gears turning, the stone door finally opened.

Behind the door was another huge room, but unlike the original dim room, there was a huge crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling of this huge room, which was emitting bright light all around.

Below the huge chandelier are rows of neatly arranged containers, on which are placed a large number of strange-shaped clocks, ranging from the smallest pocket watch, common Muggle alarm clock to huge cabinet pendulum clocks.

And these clocks are still running, so the whole room is filled with the ticking sound of time passing.

This strange scene made Mike, Arthur and others a little stunned, while Tonks on the side explained in time:

"This is the Time Hall, where the Silent People study the secrets of time. Although I don't know their specific research process, one thing is for sure: everything here is very dangerous, so everyone must be careful. Oh! By the way, this is also the storage location for time converters. Most of the time converters in Europe are stored here for the Silent People to study."

Mike nodded. In fact, without Tonks' explanation, he had basically guessed that this room should be the laboratory where the Silent People studied time.

Because he saw a huge experimental device at the end of the room!
It was a huge bell-shaped crystal cover that was almost two meters high. It was placed firmly on a table, and inside it was filled with a hazy, swirling, glittering breath.

And in the cover there is a small, beautiful egg like a gem floating.

It quickly rose up in the cover, split open, and a hummingbird broke out of the shell.

But as soon as the young hummingbird appeared, it was lifted up by the surrounding magic power along with the eggshell and flew towards the glowing mist above it.

During the flight, the hummingbird that had just hatched from its shell began to grow rapidly as if someone had pressed the fast-forward button. Its originally wet feathers were instantly dried by the wind, and its body began to expand continuously!

But the moment it came into contact with the misty breath, Mike's pupils suddenly shrank.

Just like a video tape being replayed, the little bird that had just grown into an adult was once again sealed back into the eggshell. Then the cracks on the eggshell healed rapidly. By the time Mike finally reacted, the hummingbird had turned into an egg again, slowly floating down.

All the hairs on Mike's body stood up. At this moment, he was completely conquered by the power of time. At the same time, he also felt a little awe towards the silent people!
They are a group of real lunatics!

"Tonks." Mike calmed down and said, "Lead the way."

The latter seemed to notice Mike's nervousness. She responded and led everyone towards the bell-shaped crystal.

As the distance shortened, the others noticed the horrifying scene inside the bell-shaped crystal. Including Moody, everyone moved away from it at the same time - no one wanted to become an old man or a baby like that poor hummingbird!
Behind the large bell-shaped crystal stood a large door. Tonks was the first to rush forward and push it open.

Then, a room appeared in front of everyone. It was filled with a large number of shelves just like the Time Hall. The only difference was that the light in this room was very dim. There was no gorgeous chandelier on the ceiling at all. The only light source in the room was the faint blue candles scattered around the walls. The items on the shelves were also different from those in the Time Hall. They were filled with all kinds of gray crystal balls.

After everyone entered the room, the door behind them closed automatically again. Tonks turned around and said to everyone with a smile:
"Welcome everyone to the Hall of Prophecy."

At this point, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. What they had just seen in the Time Hall was beyond everyone's imagination. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that someone would actually do such a horrifying experiment!

But just when everyone was relaxing, a vague voice suddenly came from a little further ahead!

(End of this chapter)