Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 474: Order Returns
There is no doubt that Hogwarts Castle is actually a war fortress!
The era of his first masters, the Four Giants, was a chaotic and disordered world. Dark wizards, plagues, monsters, and even despicable gods spread fear and death on the continent without restraint.

So the four giants built their beloved school, Hogwarts, into the most solid fortress at that time.

Not only are there a large number of magic traps and maze-like changing stairs and walls, there is even a basilisk hidden in the basement of the castle!
These, combined with the powerful protective spells outside the castle and the countless magical statues guarding it, turned Hogwarts into a military city.

However, today, the legacy left by the four giants has been almost completely squandered. Not only have a large number of dangerous restrictions in the castle been dismantled, but even the snake monster has been destroyed.

This greatly weakened Hogwarts's defenses, to the point where they were no longer strong enough to resist Voldemort.

Yes, that's right!
Hogwarts Castle does not have the power to resist Voldemort. In front of that humanoid self-propelled nuclear bomb, the protective shield that Hogwarts is so proud of is like a layer of screen window, which can be broken with a single poke.

It can be said that if Voldemort wanted to, he could easily break into Hogwarts.

But he couldn't do that, because Dumbledore would take action, and once the two of them started fighting, Hogwarts would undoubtedly become a ruin, which would be detrimental to Voldemort's future rule.

As the oldest magic school in Europe, Hogwarts represents extraordinary significance.

As long as it exists, Voldemort will be able to continuously train new subordinates after ruling the Kingdom of War. On the contrary, once Hogwarts is destroyed, Voldemort's rule will become a waste of time and will sooner or later be overthrown by others.

That's why Voldemort wanted Dumbledore dead so much that he even sent someone like Draco to assassinate Dumbledore.

In fact, it is absolutely impossible to say that Voldemort really had any hope for Draco. After all, the gap in strength between the two was too big, even if Dumbledore was already being eroded by the curse.

Mike guessed that the reason why Voldemort asked Draco to carry out such a dangerous mission was simply to warn the dishonest Lucius Malfoy.

But Mike gave Draco a hope to complete the task, which was the Vanishing Cabinet.

The Vanishing Cabinet is a magical item consisting of two identical cabinets. The two cabinets are connected. As long as you open the other cabinet and crawl into it, you can crawl out from the other cabinet thousands of miles away.

Simply put, this is a simplified version of the Flyway network that can be transmitted freely through two nodes.

This magical prop was created by a 15th-century wizard using his rudimentary knowledge of alchemy.

But what's funny is that the Vanishing Cabinet was originally created for touqing, but after the Ministry of Magic discovered that it had the ability to ignore the Unplottable Charm, the Anti-Apparition Charm and the Anti-Apparition Charm, it was banned as a dark magic item.

Since only a few vanishing cabinets were manufactured in the first place, few people know how to use them nowadays.

But coincidentally, there is a vanishing cabinet in the utility room of the Room of Requirement and in Borgin and Burke's, and they are a complete set!
This meant that the Death Eaters could easily invade Hogwarts directly through the Vanishing Cabinet in Borgin and Burke's, completely ignoring the protective spell outside Hogwarts that was powerful enough to allow Snape and the other three to withstand the siege of hundreds of wizards.

In the original book, it was with the help of this vanishing cabinet that Draco caused the fall of Hogwarts, and even Dumbledore died as a result.

And now, Mike has also set his sights on this disappearing cabinet.

His plan was actually very simple. Draco only needed to tell Voldemort the news about the Vanishing Cabinet, and the other party would definitely not miss the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Hogwarts.

At the same time, Mike would use the undercover agent Draco to transfer the Vanishing Cabinet to a safer location such as the Masonic Secret Realm, the Ministry of Magic, or the Hogwarts playground, depending on the situation, and then ambush troops at the above location, waiting for the Death Eaters to arrive.

If things really develop as Mike expected, the scene will become funny.

The Death Eaters came out of the Vanishing Cabinet one after another, and then Mike and others who were already prepared swung their wands and fired a round of Killing Curses at them.

In this situation, Death Eaters can basically be said to be killed one by one, and the battle on the scene will be simply the same as the Ying army's line-up shooting tactics during World War I.

If nothing unexpected happens, the main elite Death Eaters will be wiped out after this battle.

Voldemort's forces will inevitably suffer a devastating disaster. It is even possible that Mike and others will cooperate with the Vanishing Cabinet to launch a sneak attack on Voldemort.

Of course, the key point of this plan is that nothing can happen to Draco. If something happens to him, then let alone a sneak attack on Voldemort, it might be the Freemasons who get attacked.

At this time, Draco, who was regarded by Mike as the key to the plan, was limping towards the exit of the Room of Requirement. He would turn his head to look at Mike from time to time, as if he couldn't believe that he was released so easily.

His appearance at this moment was completely different from before. Not only did his tattered robe become brand new, even his hairstyle was perfect.

This was Mike's request; he didn't want anyone to think that he had abused Draco Malfoy.

Mike and Zhou Hong withdrew their gazes only after Draco left the Room of Requirement. They were both laughing happily. It must be said that it felt good to be an old coin. Zhou Hong even fell in love with this method of using wisdom to manipulate people's hearts.

However, happy times are always short-lived. After enjoying the thrill of being old coins for a while, Mike and Zhou Hong went to the auditorium. They had other more troublesome tasks to deal with, the first of which was of course to find the assassin.

But this is not an easy thing to do.

You know, before Mike was discharged from the hospital, Zhou Hong had used his ability on most people in Hogwarts, but the final result was nothing. Well, it can’t be said that it was nothing, at least they found out the unlucky guy Draco.

This incident shows that the assassin was either extremely lucky or not detected.

Either the other party has mastered a very advanced brain-blocking technique, so he can lie in the face of Zhou Hong's ability.

Neither continuing to examine the remaining students nor catching the assassin who has mastered the art of brain occlusion can be accomplished in a short period of time.

So, Mike decided to take things slow.

Let Zhou Hong check all the students first. If it doesn't work, Mike will go out and catch the assassin himself. This will undoubtedly take a long time, but fortunately Mike has Dumbledore's support.

Until Christmas, Hogwarts will be in a completely closed state, and no students are allowed to go out, including to Hogsmeade village.

This means that the so-called assassin will not be able to leave Hogwarts before Christmas.

This order was issued by Dumbledore, but it was not actually for Mike to catch the assassin. Instead, the outside world had been in complete chaos recently because of Mike's bounty order, and Dumbledore gave this order for the safety of the students.

Perhaps some would also say that the assassin could have left Hogwarts with the help of house-elves, just as Michael had always done.

But in reality, strange house-elves are simply unable to take people away from Hogwarts or teleport people into Hogwarts.

This is because Dumbledore, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, has unparalleled control over the castle. Even Dumbledore knew clearly every time Mike left Hogwarts with the help of the house-elf, he just didn't say anything.

If this were not the case, Voldemort and his companions would not have needed to look for the Vanishing Cabinet. It would have been enough for the house-elves to send them to Hogwarts.

Thanks to the time Dumbledore bought for Mike, Mike was able to focus on another equally important task - maintaining order at Hogwarts.

……

In the Hogwarts Great Hall, students from various colleges were enjoying their lunch.

In the past, under the pressure from professors, they would quietly finish the food on their plates and then leave in groups of two or three.

But now it’s different. The auditorium is now as lively as a banquet!
Everyone was shouting loudly without any scruples, and from time to time they would raise the food on their plates and throw it at others, then laugh at the person's embarrassed appearance.

The whole auditorium was in chaos!
Food was being wasted at an alarming rate, making life difficult for the house-elves in the kitchen, as the lunchtime food quota was almost exceeded.

Reason told the house-elves that they had to stop, but the servility in their bodies prevented them from stopping, because this would cause dissatisfaction among the students, which the house-elves could not tolerate.

But continuing to do so would only be a temporary solution, because if the amount of food for lunch exceeds the quota, they will have to start using the ingredients for dinner, which will result in insufficient ingredients for dinner, thus causing dissatisfaction among students and even professors.

This is almost an unsolvable problem, and the house-elf in the kitchen was almost tortured to death.

Fortunately, Mike came at this time.

He walked into the auditorium with Franklin, Zhou Hong and a group of other mutual aid society members.

Turning his head to avoid a roasted chicken leg thrown at him, Mike slowly pointed the wand in his hand above his head.

"Boom boom boom!"

A series of deafening explosions rang out from the tip of his staff!

The students in the auditorium were startled. They turned their heads in confusion to look in the direction of the explosion. The moment they saw Mike and others, their facial expressions changed drastically.

The recent assassination of Mike can be said to be the most explosive news in Hogwarts, so everyone was very surprised when they saw Mike, who was supposed to be recuperating in bed, suddenly come to the hall with a large group of people.

But Mike didn't care what they thought. After seeing that everyone's attention was focused on him, Mike put the wand against his neck and used the "Voice Loudness Charm" to speak loudly:
"Now, clean up the auditorium and get back to your lounge!"

Mike's voice echoed in the empty auditorium. All the students standing or sitting in the auditorium were shocked. They really didn't expect Mike to say such a thing, because in their opinion, Mike should be in the same group with them.

But soon, the surprise turned into anger. The students began to curse at the microphone on the stage, and the auditorium became noisy again.

Mike watched all this with an expressionless face, while Zhou Hong beside him had a sarcastic look on his face.

As a faceless man with the gift of mind reading, he figures out the psychological changes of this group of people.

Although they had been living a carefree life these past two days and trampled on the school rules of Hogwarts without anyone bothering them, they actually knew very well in their hearts that although the professors had not disciplined them recently, sooner or later, when this matter was over, the stick would fall on them.

In other words, they are now just in their final madness.

Originally they were still expecting Mike, as the culprit who instigated all this, to bear most of the responsibility alone, but now Mike stood up to stop them!
This behavior is undoubtedly a betrayal in their eyes! That's why they are so angry.

But their anger was meaningless to Mike, because the students in the auditorium had been shouting for a long time but no one rushed up to fight with Mike. It was obviously just bluffing.

Shaking his head, Mike no longer wanted to continue to tangle with this group of people.

He just raised his wand high, and without him chanting any spell, a ball of scarlet sparks gushed out from the tip of the blackthorn wand.

This ball of sparks kept stretching and twisting in the air, greedily sucking the oxygen in the air like a new life. As the oxygen continued to be absorbed, the size of the flame continued to expand, and finally turned into a ferocious fire dragon!

After the giant fire dragon appeared, it did not attack the students. Instead, it floated above the auditorium, staring at the students in the auditorium with its dark eyes.

The auditorium fell silent in an instant. Although the temperature in the auditorium had risen to an unbearable level due to the appearance of the fire dragon, no one complained. Everyone looked up at the fire dragon above their heads with horror on their faces.

"You must be joking..."

A seventh-year Gryffindor student murmured in a low voice. He couldn't understand why Mike would use such a horrible spell against them just because they shouted a few times!
(End of this chapter)