Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 496 Despair
"Mike, they're heading your way."

"I saw."

Above the cliff at the entrance of the canyon, Mike responded to Franklin in the distance through the Masonic gold coin on his chest, but his eyes were always focused on the white semicircular light curtain approaching him below.

"Oh, useless struggle." Mike snorted coldly, then murmured, "Lilith, attack."

'Yes, Master.'

"Boom boom boom!"

A muffled sound accompanied by a violent shaking of the earth came from the canyon below Mike.

There was a sudden commotion among the Death Eaters' team. Many people sensed the impending danger and wanted to leave the team.

But unfortunately, the Death Eaters' speed has increased, and the will of an individual cannot change the direction of this flesh and blood chariot composed of Death Eaters. They can only be carried forward.

As the shaking became stronger and stronger, soldier ants covered in black and wearing insect armor emerged from the ground around the Death Eaters one after another, raised their spears and stabbed at the Death Eaters closest to them!

"what!"

"Enemy attack! Quickly eliminate the nearby enemies!"

"No! Don't stop! Keep going!"

……

The Death Eaters' team became even more chaotic. The sudden attack of the soldier ants had a very significant effect. Under this situation, not only was the Death Eaters' movement speed slowed down, but even the white light curtain above their heads that they depended on for survival gradually dimmed due to the loss of some magic replenishment.

Seeing this, Franklin above the canyon also increased his firepower, especially those Muggle troops. Those machine gunners had now completely ignored the problem of overheated gun barrels, and were desperately pouring metal storms downwards. For a while, the smell of gunpowder filled the air, and the smell was so strong that it even affected the spellcasting of the surrounding wizards!

But unfortunately, the majority of the Death Eaters were still rational, and with their desperate efforts, the large-scale universal protection spell, although full of cracks, refused to break!

"Looks like we need to add some more ingredients."

Mike on the cliff murmured, raising his arm slightly and aiming the blackthorn wood in his hand at the light curtain below.

"Avada Kedavra!"

After a brief period of accumulating power, a thick green light carrying an infinitely strange aura shot out from the tip of the staff, leaving a dark green mark on everyone's retinas and hitting the light curtain shield below the canyon directly.

"Crack!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of an eggshell breaking, the green light did not stop at all and shot directly through the light curtain, leaving a large hole with a diameter of about 30 cm on it.

"boom!"

Michael's Killing Curse did not cause any casualties to the Death Eaters, but instead fell to the ground and created a deep pit.

But this made the Death Eaters despair. They stared blankly at the holes in the shield above their heads, knowing clearly in their hearts - they were finished!
The next moment, under the continuous attacks from the wizard and Muggle forces, dense cracks began to spread from the hole that Mike had shot, and when the cracks covered the entire light curtain, a strange sound of glass breaking suddenly came from the air, and then, the white light curtain that had protected the Death Eaters for a long time was finally shattered!
The fragments of the shield began to scatter and turned into stardust in the air, floating towards the Death Eaters. Dancing with them was a metal storm formed by endless spells and bullets!
“Puff, puff, puff!~”

There were bursts of teeth-grinding muffled sounds. The canyon had already turned into a meat grinder. The indiscriminate attacks of wizards and Muggles turned everything in the canyon into minced meat. Large clouds of smoke and dust rose slowly, gradually obscuring everyone's sight. But it didn't matter anymore. The Death Eaters were positioned too densely. Neither wizards nor Muggle firepower needed to aim carefully. They just needed to do their best to direct their firepower in the given direction!

The horrific fire bombing lasted for nearly thirty seconds. When it stopped and the smoke gradually dissipated, everyone realized that the ground below was already scorched earth. The ground of the entire canyon had even sunk nearly one meter. A strong smell of burning mixed with gunpowder had already filled the entire canyon.

"Check the battlefield!"

Following Mike's order, more soldier ants swarmed in from the entrance of the canyon, completely ignoring the horrible residual heat on the battlefield, and searched for possible survivors with their antennae.

"puff!"

A soldier ant raised its spear and thrust it fiercely into the ground. After a muffled groan, when the spear was pulled out, the tip was covered with blood.

Such scenes were still being played out all over the battlefield. These Death Eaters were indeed cunning. Many of them dived underground as soon as they realized the situation was beyond saving. This was a common means of escape for them, and their success rate was very high. However, it was completely useless in front of the pit-digging masters like the ants.

While the ants were cleaning the battlefield, the wizards took out water and food and began to rest, as they would be taking part in an even more brutal battle soon!
Half an hour later, a smaller milky white ant came to Mike's side, opening and closing its mouthparts as if it was talking. At the same time, a message from Lily came to Mike's mind.

'The battlefield has been cleared.'

"Got it." Mike nodded with a smile, "Then let's start the second phase of the attack."

The milky white ant's antennae moved slightly, and it roared silently at the soldier ants below.

Then, the soldier ants who had been stabbing the ground with their spears on the battlefield began to march in neat rows towards the disappearing cabinet in the deepest part of the canyon, as if they had received some orders.

These soldier ants are almost twice the size of humans. Fortunately, the vanishing cabinet is large enough to teleport almost two entire soldier ants at a time.

As more and more soldier ants poured into the Vanishing Cabinet, Mike smiled and picked up the Masonic gold coin and said slowly:

"Benjamin, you can start the action now." "Understood! Boss!"

In an open space a few kilometers outside Malfoy Manor, Benjamin, who was riding in a Savage helicopter, spoke excitedly.

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the driver beside him and said:
"Okay, now let's start heading towards the predetermined target!"

"But..." the Savage helicopter pilot asked in confusion, looking at the empty radar dial, "There's nothing there."

The entire Malfoy Manor has been cast with multiple protective spells including the Muggle-Repelling Charm and the Unplottable Charm. It would be strange if these Muggle instruments could detect it!

Benjamin complained in his heart, but smiled strangely and said to the pilot:
"Just fly in the direction of the coordinates I reported!"

"Okay... okay."

The pilot nodded helplessly and started the helicopter.

Amidst a violent gust of wind and noise, five Savage helicopters painted in forest camouflage slowly took off and flew towards Malfoy Manor.

……

At the same time, Voldemort in Malfoy Manor, accompanied by Bellatrix, the Malfoy family and dozens of other Death Eaters, stared at the Vanishing Cabinet.

At present, all the personnel who should be put into the Vanishing Cabinet have already been put in. The remaining personnel in the hall are support troops left by Voldemort, specifically used to deal with various emergencies.

However, in fact, this so-called support force did not exist in the original plan, but Voldemort's growing anxiety still made him alert, so Bellatrix and other Death Eater elites were left behind.

Voldemort believed that this Death Eater team composed entirely of elite members was capable of dealing with everything in the world!
With the mobile firefighting force, frontal assault force, sneak attack force and the spy Snape working together from inside and outside, Voldemort had no idea how he could lose!
As for why he did not take action, it was because of a simple reason - he wanted to obtain a complete Hogwarts.

To this day he is still not sure whether Dumbledore still has the strength to fight. If his estimate is wrong, then the only result of his confrontation with Dumbledore will be the destruction of the entire Hogwarts, which is something Voldemort does not want to see. He will need to use Hogwarts to spread his ideas and continue to gain manpower!

In the hall, thick black air was constantly emanating from Voldemort's body.

Voldemort rubbed his hands irritably. He couldn't understand why the uneasiness in his heart wouldn't go away even though he had made all the necessary preparations!
The constantly emerging black mist was a sign that the magic power in his body was leaking out. The reason for this was that after his servants entered the vanishing cabinet, his sense of uneasiness became stronger and stronger! The strong anxiety brought by this feeling of uneasiness weakened his ability to control his magic power, which caused the magic power to leak out.

This was not the first time this had happened, so all the Death Eaters present kept their heads down and remained silent, even Bellatrix was no exception.

They knew very well that Voldemort would not recognize any relatives in this state!

Gradually, the black air emanating from behind Voldemort became thicker and thicker, his breathing began to become rapid, and the anxiety in his chest was almost reaching its peak!

He suddenly pulled out his wand and pointed it at the Vanishing Cabinet. He had already sensed that the strange feeling of uneasiness came from the Vanishing Cabinet!

At this moment, the disappearing cabinet placed in the middle of the hall suddenly shook. Everyone present opened their eyes wide. They couldn't understand who would use this thing at this time.

Isn't deserting the battlefield tantamount to seeking death?
But no matter what everyone present thought, the disappearing cabinet continued to shake!
Finally, the door of the disappearing cabinet finally opened, and two ugly, huge black-brown ants holding spears crawled out of it, roaring and throwing the spears in their hands towards the people around them!
Everyone present was terrified, but Bellatrix reacted the fastest. She set up a shield in front of Draco to block a spear that was supposed to hit Draco's forehead.

As for the other one, it pierced straight into the chest of another unlucky guy!

"A despicable ambush!"

Voldemort roared and stood up from his chair. A beam of emerald green light flew out from his hand, piercing through the two ants and completely shattering their chests!
Voldemort now fully understood that his worries were completely correct. All of this was a conspiracy from the beginning, and the idiot Draco Malfoy was just a bait that was used!

Voldemort glared angrily at Draco, who had a dazed look on his face. The latter shivered immediately and was then held tightly in the arms of Narcissa and Lucius.

Voldemort xh withdrew his gaze. He knew very well that the top priority now was to get rid of the intruder, not to find someone responsible.

He roared and waved his wand continuously, and the killing curse flew towards the Vanishing Cabinet like raindrops.

The Death Eaters who were originally in chaos in the hall finally reacted after the initial confusion.

They launched an attack on the disappearing cabinet in anger. Under the joint attack of everyone, although the ant troops were still coming out of the disappearing cabinet continuously, they were just delivering food. As soon as they showed their heads, they would be immediately blasted into sieves!
Bursts of wild laughter came from the Death Eaters. They were not stupid and now understood that they had been tricked. But what they sent to attack them was just a group of ants?
Are you looking down on them by sending something this vulnerable?
On the other side, Narcissa and Lucius, who were still holding Draco, had determined looks in their eyes.

The look Voldemort gave them just now made them realize completely that their family had caused Voldemort to suffer such a great loss, and they would probably not be able to escape death after this incident!

Narcissa and Lucius looked at each other, then they took Draco's hand and began to run towards their bedroom. There, there was a secret passage that even Voldemort didn't know about. Through it, they could escape from the manor!

No one noticed the little movements of the three of them. Voldemort was now madly attacking the Vanishing Cabinet, but unlike his subordinates who were laughing wildly, he did not feel relaxed at all. On the contrary, his nerves became even more tense.

Because the feeling of uneasiness lingering in his heart not only did not disappear, but became even more intense!

Gritting his teeth, Voldemort stopped attacking the Vanishing Cabinet and began to use all his mental power to try to capture the source of this uneasiness. This was the top priority now!
The mental power of a wizard like Voldemort has long been so great that he can almost sense danger. Such a wizard cannot be killed by sneak attacks alone, even if you use an anti-material sniper gun to snipe him from a thousand meters away, because he can sense your malice towards him the moment you lock your crosshairs on him!
But unfortunately, neither Michael nor Benjamin's attacks were directed at Voldemort himself. Their target from the very beginning was Voldemort's Death Eaters.

Under such circumstances, Voldemort's predictive ability was weakened to the extreme.

But Mike still underestimated Voldemort. Just after Voldemort closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes again and looked at the top of his head with surprise.

(End of this chapter)