Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 499 Voldemort Retreats

The demonic flames in the sky flickered with a faint glow and slowly fell from the air to the fields below, where they burned tenaciously again.

If it is given enough time, it may be able to recover into the appearance of a fire dragon.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. The water vapor wafting from the giant cloud beast made the humidity in the dark clouds at the top reach its peak. Bursts of muffled thunder were heard, and a large curtain of rain mixed with large hail fell from the clouds, completely extinguishing the remaining flames.

And in the ruins of Malfoy Manor, the wizards of Los Santos were looking up at the huge cloud beast with horror, despair in their eyes!

They simply cannot resist such a terrifying force!
At this time, the results of Mike's rigorous training came out. Although they were already in despair in their hearts, these wizards still did not flee before Mike issued the order to retreat. Instead, they gathered around Mike and lived and died together with their commander.

Mike in the crowd also had a bad expression on his face. He seriously underestimated Voldemort's strength, which put all of them in danger.

"boom!"

The giant cloud beast opened its mouth towards everyone. Along with a series of thunders, countless red electric currents flowed in its body, and soon a ball of red energy brewed in that bloody mouth!

Mike below felt a sharp pain in his brow and shouted angrily:
"Prepare to attack!"

As soon as Mike finished speaking, the energy ball in the giant cloud beast's mouth suddenly exploded, turning into a thick red lightning that slammed into the golden fog in front of everyone!
In just a moment, the golden fog that had been protecting everyone evaporated instantly, and the red lightning paused for only a moment before continuing forward, vowing to turn Mike and others into ashes!
Mike has already placed his hand on the Masonic gold coin. With this portkey, the mighty red lightning cannot hurt him, but it is different for the combat wizards beside him.

Mike gritted his teeth and his eyes suddenly turned cold in the crowd. He was ready to abandon these soldiers.

However, at this moment, a tall figure in leather armor suddenly jumped out from behind and stood in front of everyone.

For a moment, even the air froze. Everyone saw a flash of silver light in the man's hand suddenly raised above his head, and then he slashed at the lightning fiercely!
'Demon Hunter - Heavy Slash!'

The light sword was covered with a thick layer of black light, and it slashed fiercely at the red lightning!
"Hey!"

An indescribable strange sound suddenly exploded, and the terrifying red thunder was directly cut into two halves by this seemingly unskillful sword, flying past the crowd on both sides!

"Well done, Arthur!"

Franklin jumped up excitedly, while Arthur, who had raised his sword to slash at Chi Lei, turned around and grinned at everyone.

A smile also appeared on Mike's face in the crowd. He put the Masonic gold coins back into his arms. At the same time, he took out Flitwick's boat cap from the pocket of the Traceless Extension Spell with his left hand and put it on his head.

"bass!"

A sharp blade was pulled out, and Mike came to Arthur's side with the holy sword in his hand.

"Arthur, let's go!"

"Okay! Mike!"

Two sword-wielding figures rushed out from the crowd, one on the left and one on the right, and rushed towards the demon in the distance fearlessly!
Mike and Arthur were very fast, and after a short acceleration process, they turned into two afterimages. But the giant cloud beast was even faster, and light flashed inside its body, and then several red lightning mixed with fireballs smashed towards the two.

Not only that, the terrain near Mike and Arthur also changed. Wherever they passed, the ground rolled and cracked, and from time to time rock spikes protruded from the ground and attacked them. The trees were also growing wildly to block their way. Needless to say, there was heavy rain falling from the sky. The most surprising thing was that the surrounding animals also went crazy and rushed towards them as if they were risking their lives.

"bass!"

A sword cut through a giant hailstone falling from the sky, and Mike's expression instantly became extremely ugly. At this moment, they seemed to be rejected by this world, and everything around them was attacking them!

If this is the power of a legendary wizard, then the power possessed by the so-called legendary wizard is just like that of the Son of the World, who can mobilize most of the power in this world!

Under such circumstances, it was simply wishful thinking for him and Arthur to rush to Voldemort!
Fortunately, both of them were no ordinary people, and they were able to stay safe after doing their best to dodge and deploy shields. Most importantly, after the two of them attracted the firepower, the situation of the Los Santos Wizarding Corps was much better. Not only were their lives no longer in danger, they could even find time to start counterattacking the giant cloud beast.

Mike dodged the rock spikes under his feet again, with a hint of relief in his eyes.

To be honest, the current battle results are already very good. Although they failed to kill Voldemort himself, the Death Eaters under his control have almost been slaughtered. The original strategic goal can be said to have been successfully achieved, and now they just have to continue to hold on.

Mike was sure that if the fighting continued like this, Voldemort would be the first to retreat!

This does not mean that Voldemort cannot defeat Michael and others, but that this battle is likely to attract other forces!

You know, as an old Death Eater who is exposed in the open, although Malfoy Manor itself cannot be explored due to the protection spell, its surroundings are closely monitored by the Ministry of Magic!

And now that they've made such a big fuss here, it's impossible for the Ministry of Magic to have no reaction!

But don't underestimate the Ministry of Magic. As an organization that has ruled this land for thousands of years, although it has declined now, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. When the striker troops and Auror troops under their control are combined, even a legendary wizard like Voldemort dare not underestimate them!

Otherwise, Voldemort would not have to cause so much trouble in England. He could have just led his men to storm the Ministry of Magic.

Mike's guess was correct. At this moment, the giant cloud beast was actually just an empty shell. Voldemort inside it had already taken Bellatrix and some remaining Death Eaters away after controlling the cloud beast to shoot out the giant red lightning.

Before leaving, Voldemort, who was hiding in the black fog, turned his head and looked at the figure below who was waving the holy sword and fighting hard. His golden vertical pupils were full of madness!
……

Without the magical support of Voldemort, the giant cloud beast completely turned into rootless duckweed, and under the continuous concentrated fire of Mike and the Los Santos wizards, it tragically turned into clouds in the sky again.

As it disappeared, the dark clouds that had been hanging over everyone's heads also dissipated instantly, revealing the bright moon and stars hidden behind them.

There were bursts of excited cheers from the Los Santos troops on the ruins of Malfoy Manor. This battle was complete torture for them. The feeling of hovering on the brink of death was really too despairing.

However, Mike did not give them much time to celebrate. Not only was Voldemort afraid of the arrival of the Ministry of Magic's large forces, Mike also did not want to come into contact with the Ministry of Magic's combat forces. You know, Voldemort was just afraid of trouble and injury, and if he wanted to run away, he could still escape.

But Mike is different, he is now with such a large group of people, if the Ministry of Magic sets up a temporary anti-Apparition spell here, it will be a big joke, all the Los Santos troops and Muggle troops he brought here will be killed!
Under Mike's roar, the wizards of Los Santos finally calmed down and began to clean up the battlefield. This had to be done, because they had used the power from the Muggle world this time. If the Ministry of Magic knew about this, there would be a lot of trouble in the future.

After everyone destroyed all the Muggle corpses and plane wreckage on the battlefield, an unexpected surprise was presented to Mike.

"Draco? You're still alive?"

Looking at the Malfoy family being brought in front of him by several Los Santos wizards, Mike sighed in surprise.

He was really surprised. The battle tonight was so intense. He originally thought that the Malfoy family either died early in the battle or took the opportunity to escape. He didn't expect to see them here again.

"The whole family was hiding in the underground passages, and they were caught by our brothers who were cleaning up the battlefield."

Franklin pointed his wand at Draco and said, still snickering as he spoke.

There was nothing they could do about it. When they found the Malfoy family, they were trapped by a collapsed tunnel. The whole family, young and old, were squeezed together like a family of marmots.

Looking at the young man in front of him who was about the same age as his son, Lucius forced himself to raise his head, his face full of tenacity!
He knew very well that his entire family was basically doomed today. In that case, at least before he died, he had to maintain the demeanor of a pure-blooded aristocrat!
Narcissa on the side had the same idea. She raised her head proudly and tried to wipe the tears and stains from Draco's face, wanting her son to leave in a dignified manner.

Unfortunately, facing the impending death, Draco was obviously not as strong as his parents. No matter how many times Narcissa wiped their eyes, they were always filled with tears.

But what is commendable is that, although his emotions were somewhat out of control, Draco still maintained the last stubbornness of a pure-blood noble - he did not beg for mercy.

Mike looked at the Malfoy family kneeling on the ground with amusement, and was thinking in his heart how to deal with them.

As of now, their family is no longer of any use. When dealing with people like this, killing them directly is the best option.

But Mike didn't do that. Under everyone's gaze, he slowly walked up to the Malfoy family.

Draco's body began to tremble because of fear. Narcissa hurriedly hugged him in her arms and blindfolded him.

In her opinion, this was the last hug.

However, Mike chuckled and said to Draco or Franklin:
"You did a good job."

After saying that, Mike turned and left, and the second half of his words drifted away with the wind:
"Take them all back."

……

At the same time, in the Hogwarts Great Hall, Dumbledore was standing on the podium, looking up at the already bright sky reflected on the magical ceiling.

It was already dawn, but Voldemort's expected sneak attack still hadn't come.

Near him, the four long tables in the auditorium that represented the four major colleges had long disappeared. Instead, they were crowded together, almost covering an entire corner of the auditorium, with students sleeping soundly inside.

This was Dumbledore's masterpiece. After learning about Voldemort's sneak attack plan, he did not tell the students the truth immediately, but held the Christmas dinner as usual.

But after the dinner, he did not let the students go back to rest as usual, but kept them in the auditorium for easier protection.

Although the students felt strange about this, they did not react too much.

They had encountered such situations many times in the past few years and had long been accustomed to them.

Sighing, Dumbledore with a complicated expression walked down the podium carefully and checked on his students. Occasionally, when he saw someone kicking off the quilt, he would even gently help them cover the quilt again.

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips tightly, followed Dumbledore anxiously and reported in a low voice:

"We have checked every corner of Hogwarts, but have not found any trace of Death Eaters. Instead, we found a few sneaky wizards outside the school, and Flitwick has gone to catch them. In addition, many Dementors have appeared in the Forbidden Forest, and the newly bred eight-eyed spiders have also rioted. Fortunately, Hagrid has dealt with them all."

Dumbledore nodded, but said nothing.

In the foyer outside the hall, Snape was watching all this quietly.

He held his forearm tightly, his breathing was a little rapid, and the muscles on his face were twitching constantly, as if he was enduring some extreme pain.

Dumbledore came over after checking on the students. He looked at Snape with concern and said:
"Are you reacting again?"

Snape did not answer, but rolled up his sleeves.

On its forearm, there was a skull pattern with poisonous snakes spitting out of its mouth, which was flashing a terrifying red light. Coupled with the terrifying high temperature it was constantly emitting, the pattern looked like it had just been burned on with a branding iron!
Dumbledore took a deep breath, frowned at Snape, and said guiltily:

"Thank you."

Snape rolled his eyes at him, then snorted coldly:
"He was very angry, and there was no attack tonight, so something must have happened to him!"

"I agree with you, but what kind of accident would that be? I really can't think of anyone who can stop Voldemort now."

Mag pursed her lips and said, her face looked very melancholy.

But Snape and Dumbledore did not answer. Instead, they looked at the same time at a blue flag hung on the wall of the hall as a Christmas decoration.

An eagle is soaring above!
(End of this chapter)