Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 586: Terror Mist

A terrifying white fog swept in.

Now even the greedy goblins had to stop and hesitate whether to move forward.

After all, the fog had just swallowed up a wizard's life right in front of them.

The goblin leaders all looked displeased upon seeing this; they were extremely disappointed with their fellow men.

In the current situation, they either have to continue moving forward or retreat, but their fellow tribesmen are reluctant to give up the credit that is about to be obtained, and are also full of fear of the thick fog, making them hesitant and unable to decide whether to advance or retreat.

Immediately, the goblin leaders stood up and shouted in goblin language:

"Attack!"

Now the goblins have found their backbone, and under the leadership of each team leader, they are very organized to form a tactical square formation. Then, hundreds of white light bullets rise from the goblin square formation, draw arcs in the air, and form a barrage that smashes into the thick fog.

Seeing this, the goblin leaders all showed ferocious smiles on their faces.

They were very confident in the strength of their subordinates. Even an equal number of striker troops would find it difficult to handle such a large number of intensive magic bombardments. Using it to deal with the thick fog in front of them was simply an overkill.

Moreover, even if their attacks have no effect on the thick fog, they can just run away!
Anyway, they have a large number of reinforcements behind them, so they can just ask others to take the blame when the time comes.

Thinking of this, the goblin leaders looked at each other, and a smug look of victory flashed in everyone's eyes.

However, the development of things far exceeded their expectations.

As the dense white barrage bombarded the thick fog, no fire was seen, but a series of explosions followed.

The thick white fog shrank several times as if it had life, almost shrinking back into the Department of Mysteries, as if it had been injured by the goblins' attack.

This made the goblins jump for joy.

But before they could be happy for long, the intensive explosions stopped, and then the strange white fog came again, and its spreading speed was much faster than before!

The smiles on the faces of the fairies froze in an instant. Without waiting for orders from the fairy leaders, many fairies spontaneously shot out magic balls of light again, trying to curb the spread of the thick fog again as before.

But this time, their method didn't work.

Those white light balls fell into the white fog and disappeared without even a sound of explosion. Not only that, after being attacked once, the speed at which the thick fog spread accelerated again.

"The white mist is absorbing magical energy to strengthen itself?"

Outside the broken gray-white light film, Benjamin asked Mike with a serious face. The strange thick fog in front of him made him feel dangerous.

Mike frowned when he heard this and said firmly:
"I'm afraid it's not just that. The flesh of humans and other creatures is also within its range of swallowing. Wasn't that guy named Peklo swallowed by the thick fog just now?"

As soon as Mike finished speaking, the goblins in the light film began to disperse. Although they were greedy, they were not greedy to the point of risking their lives. Faced with the terrifying fog, they really could not think of resisting.

However, in the Ministry of Magic where Apparition was not allowed, their movement speed was too slow.

The terrifying fog swept in with an invincible force, and in an instant it caught up with the tail of the goblin team and swallowed up all the goblins at the end of the team.

For a moment, countless screams were heard from within the light film.

Hearing the shrill screams, the goblins in front of the team stepped even harder, and they fled madly towards the gap in the light film, and even began to use magic attacks on their compatriots who blocked the way ahead of them, in order to escape danger first.

The people outside the light film looked at the tragic scene inside with fear on their faces and moved away from the hole in the light film. At this moment, they were extremely grateful that they were blocked by the goblins and could not enter the light film, otherwise they would be the ones swallowed by the thick fog.

Of course, there are also many people who gloat over other people’s misfortunes.

Just like those Veela, at this moment they transformed into harpies and were hovering in the air, emitting bursts of shrill howls, mocking the goblins for their harming others and themselves.

On the other side, Benjamin's expression became worried. He turned to look at Mike, waiting for him to give orders.

You know, the white fog at the moment is simply unsolvable. If they don't take action, then when the white fog spreads out from the gap in the light film, everyone here will be doomed.

In Benjamin's opinion, the best way now is to go up and seal the gap in the light membrane.

As for the life or death of the goblin inside, it doesn’t matter at all.

Of course, he couldn't say such things given his status, but he believed that Mike would do the same.

Sure enough, after frowning and thinking for a moment, Mike murmured:

"Save those goblin leaders. Then...seal the light membrane."

"Understood!"

Benjamin grinned when he heard that, revealing his dark white eyes, and rushed over with a group of Los Santos wizards who were specifically responsible for defensive spells.

At this moment, the light film has already become a hell on earth. Although the goblins have already rushed to the vicinity of the light film, the price they paid is that their number has been reduced by two-thirds.

The goblins running in the front are naturally the goblin leaders. This is their privilege as leaders.

Benjamin did not hesitate at all and immediately gave the order to seal the light film. At the same time, he tapped the magic wand in his hand, and the goblins running in the front, including the goblin leader, floated up and flew towards the direction of the breach at a sudden speed.

The team of Los Santos wizards completely ignored their leader's attempt to save people. They quickly approached the light film and placed their magic wands against the broken part of the light film.

They had begun studying this light film since the very first moment it appeared, so they were very familiar with it.

It has to be said that this layer of light film is definitely a rare powerful protective spell in the world today. If these Los Santos wizards were asked to release it again, they would not be able to do so even if they were killed. However, if they just repaired it on the original basis, it would be quite simple.

"Zizzizizi!"

Along with the sound of electric welding, huge amounts of magic power surged out of their bodies, transforming into a streak of light that was transmitted to the light film. With their efforts, the cracks in the light film began to be repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, the goblin team in the light film burst into a burst of curses, even the goblin leaders who were flying towards the gap were no exception. However, the wizards of Los Santos ignored them and continued to do their work.

Finally, under Benjamin's deliberate control, the goblin leaders were rescued at the last moment when the breach in the light membrane was repaired.

The remaining goblins threw themselves on the gray-white light film in despair and kept beating it.

At this moment, they no longer dared to curse the wizards outside. The insults in their mouths had long since turned into pleas. But no matter how miserable they looked, the wizards of Los Santos remained motionless, just watching everything indifferently.

These goblin leaders also collapsed to the ground, looking with horror at the gray-white light film that had been restored to its original state and their fellow goblins who were still inside the light film. Their expressions instantly became extremely ugly, but they could not utter the curse words.

After all, they rescued you, didn't they?

The other creatures around also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. The gap was closed and they could rest assured to rescue them.

As for the life or death of the goblins inside, they don't care at all.

Finally, the white mist gradually filled the entire Department of Mysteries, and the goblins, along with their wailing, disappeared into the white mist.

Mike nodded calmly. Although this action did not result in the loss of all non-human intelligent creatures due to the selfishness of the goblins, the losses of the goblins were unprecedented. Almost all of their young and middle-aged main forces were killed here.

This basically achieved Mike's initial plan. At least the goblins won't make much noise anymore.

Then the only remaining problem is the white mist.

When he thought of this, Mike frowned.

The weirdness and horror of the white fog before him was far beyond his imagination. Even Mike himself could not guarantee that he could walk back and forth through the white fog safely.

Taking a deep breath, Mike shifted his gaze away from the Mysterious Affairs Department that was completely shrouded in white mist, and said to Penelope and the others beside him:
"Take everyone back and have a good rest first. Leave this place to us."

Penelope and the others nodded in agreement, and then directed everyone in the hall of the Ministry of Magic to leave the Ministry in an orderly manner.

The process went very smoothly. Not only the Muggle-blooded wizards, but even the unruly non-human intelligent creatures and the proud Daughters of the Federation were very cooperative and obediently followed Penelope's instructions and left the Ministry of Magic. This made Penelope feel relieved, as she had originally thought that she would encounter a lot of resistance.

However, it is normal for them to have this reaction. After all, anyone with a normal mind can see that at this moment, the Department of Mysteries is no longer a place where one can easily gain credit, but a place full of dangers.

As long as the white mist breaks through the light film, the entire Ministry of Magic will become a death place.

After all irrelevant personnel had evacuated, Benjamin and his wizards also took action and began to study the white mist in front of them through various means such as magic perception, naked eyes, and magic aura collection.

This was originally Victor's job, but now Victor has been temporarily shut down, so Benjamin has to take over.

Mike didn't leave either. He found a relatively clean place, conjured up a few chairs, and sat down with other Freemasons, watching Benjamin and others who were busy over there.

But unlike the nervous expressions on the faces of others, Mike's face was filled with a carefree and relaxed look.

To him, everything in front of him was still within the controllable range. Even if the white mist broke through the light film and spread out, he was confident that he could take everyone on the scene and escape from here.

What's more, Mike is very confident in Benjamin and the others. He feels that with them around, the white fog will be resolved sooner or later.

It has to be said that Mike's premonitions have always been accurate. Sure enough, after a long wait of about two hours, the white fog in the sky seemed to have pressed the rewind button on the video, and it shrank back into the depths of the Department of Mysteries at an alarming speed, leaving only an empty square.

The people watching on the sidelines stood up excitedly, and Mike laughed and said:

"Well done! I knew you could do it!"

Hearing this, Benjamin turned his head in a daze and said "Huh?" Then he reacted and scratched his head awkwardly.
"Actually, I don't know what's going on. It seems like it retreated on its own."

Mike smiled and shook his head when he heard this, how could he not see such a thing? The reason why he said that was just to keep the benefits within the family and wanted Benjamin to take the credit for breaking into the Department of Mysteries.

"You are so modest!" Mike laughed again, stepped forward and patted Benjamin on the shoulder and said, "I'll give you a bonus when I get back!"

"Ah?! Is... is that so? Thank you very much!"

Benjamin hadn't reacted yet and could only continue scratching his head with an awkward smile on his face.

After a few more greetings, Mike sent a team of people into the light film and began to explore the Department of Mysteries.

This is a very dangerous job, so Mike chose some loners who are not afraid of death. These guys believe in living for the moment, and do not want to get married or start a career. They spend their days in debauchery with the high salary Mike gives them. They are not afraid of death when performing tasks. In their opinion, they have enjoyed what they should have enjoyed, so if they die, they die, and it is not a loss.

There are many such people in the Los Santos Group. As long as Mike can pay with gold galleons, they will dare to fight for him!

So Mike and others fell into a long wait again, and two hours later, just when Mike was about to send out the second suicide squad, the Los Santos wizards finally arrived back.

And fortunately, none of them died.

Benjamin couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he watched the Los Santos wizards who were excitedly discussing where they would go after receiving their prize money.

Sometimes things are just like this: the less you fear death, the less likely you are to die.

Mike didn't give Benjamin too much time to feel emotional. He immediately called the members of the Death Squad to take himself and others into the Department of Mysteries.

As they continued to go deeper, after nearly a year, Mike finally saw the scene inside the Department of Mysteries again.

Since Michael's fire did not penetrate the Department of Mysteries, the items here are relatively well preserved.

However, from some broken storage shelves and cracked walls in the memory hall, it can be seen that a great battle once took place here.

Mike guessed that this should be the trace left by Voldemort when he came last time.

The few of them did not stay too long in front of the remaining traces of battle. After passing through the Memory Hall, Brain Hall, Time Hall and other halls, Mike and others finally stopped in front of a locked wooden door.

This is where the legendary 'room that can never be opened' is!
(End of this chapter)