Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 616 French Tradition
Accompanied by a bright flash of magical light, Mike and others as well as tens of thousands of Aurors (Los Santos wizards) appeared directly in a subway station under Paris.

The whole process was smooth and seamless, with no interruptions or bumps during the transmission.

This is basically impossible to do in other countries that have a Ministry of Magic. After all, no one wants anyone to be able to enter and exit their territory at will, so most Ministries of Magic will deploy a large number of space interference devices within their territory to prevent anyone from sneaking in through portkeys or Apparition.

But France is different.

In other countries, illegal immigrants may be seen as pests that affect stability and public order, but France does not care.

You know, an open and diversified tourist country is the definition of the French Ministry of Magic. As a country that mainly makes a living by providing luxury services, as long as you have money, it doesn't care whether you are a stowaway or not. Therefore, although there are space interference devices in France, they are basically just decorations.

The advantage of doing this is that France instantly became a refuge for all the wealthy criminals in the world. Many wealthy criminals who had committed economic or bribery crimes in other countries liked to smuggle into France and continue to live a luxurious life here without worrying about being caught.

But while enjoying the benefits, France also lost its defensive capabilities to a certain extent, allowing people like Mike to bring people in directly.

At this time in the subway station, the sudden appearance of more than 10,000 people led by Mike caused a sensation. Most of the passengers who had gathered here screamed and ran away. Only a few fearless guys were still taking pictures with their mobile phones.

Mike didn't hold back on this and made them lose consciousness with a single blow.

Then commanders such as Mike, Arthur and others divided the troops, whose numbers had already been counted, into three teams and rushed to the French Ministry of Magic.

This was the tactic they had decided on earlier, to go straight to the enemy headquarters and defeat the opponent with blitzkrieg.

This is the best way to deal with it at the moment. Otherwise, if we continue to be in a stalemate with the enemies, there will be no need to fight this war at all. The enemy can just use economic sanctions and occasional threats of force to drag down the Ministry of Magic of the United States.

The entrance to the French Ministry of Magic headquarters is located in the center of Furstenberg Square. Normally, when there are visitors, the roots of the trees around the fountain will rise up from the ground, forming a birdcage elevator around the visitors, leading to the underground Ministry of Magic headquarters.

Mike's movement this time was too big, and apparently the French Ministry of Magic noticed something unusual, so when they gathered at Furstenberg Square again, the elevator did not appear as usual.

But this did not bother Mike. He just smiled grimly, looked at the fountain without turning his head and said:

"Force a breakthrough!"

The Aurors who received the order dispersed and formed a huge circle with the fountain as the center.

Then everyone raised their wands and pointed them at the fountain.

"The slide is now available!"

Countless magical lights lit up from the tips of the Aurors' wands, and the fountain in the center of the light and the ground beneath it disappeared instantly. In their place was a huge circular hole with a diameter of more than ten meters. The surface of the hole was extremely smooth, like a slide.

Mike also knows the spell "Slide Immediately". This is not a standard spell taught in Hogwarts, but a complex spell improved from the "Slide Immediately".

The former can turn the stairs into a slide, while its improved version enhances this effect, turning it into a super-powerful hole-drilling technique.

It is not easy for more than 10,000 Aurors to know this spell and to cooperate with each other to increase its power to this level.

Mike nodded in satisfaction, then continued to let them dig the hole.

"The slide is now available!"

"The slide is now available!"

……

Five minutes later, a huge bottomless slide appeared in front of everyone.

Arthur and his elite troops jumped in without any hesitation, followed by Benjamin's troops and Mike's headquarters.

When Arthur's elite troops arrived at the hall of the French Ministry of Magic first, they immediately put up a layer of golden protective shield without any hesitation.

This was their instinctive reaction. After all, according to normal reasoning, the enemy would definitely be lying in ambush at the entrance of the cave and prepare to catch them off guard.

But again, the French Ministry of Magic is not a normal group of people.

After Arthur's troops opened the shield, they were surprised to find that the intensive attack they had expected did not appear. Although there were a large number of French Aurors gathered in the hall of the French Ministry of Magic at this moment, these guys were all holding their wands and looking at them in surprise, as if they had not yet reacted.

Arthur's troops didn't care about all this and continued to advance with their shields raised as planned, making room for Benjamin and Mike's troops who were about to arrive.

But Benjamin and Mike were not so polite. As soon as they landed, countless killing curses flashing with dark green light swayed and rose from behind the golden shield, smashing directly into the still dazed French Auror team in front of them.

For a moment, screams, wails, and the sound of falling corpses resounded throughout the hall of the Ministry of Magic.

It was not until this time that the French Aurors reacted and began to organize a counterattack.

But their formation had been disrupted. Although their commander looked hysterical, most of the Aurors did not listen to him at all and just fled into the Ministry of Magic.

As for the remaining Aurors who were organized, the spells they released were of pitifully small power. Those dim spells did not even cause a ripple when they hit the shields.

A cruel smile appeared on Mike's lips. Even though his opponent's fighting ability was weaker than he had imagined, Mike would still not show mercy.

You have to know that they don't have much time left, and the most important thing at the moment is to capture the French Ministry of Magic in the shortest time possible.

So, at Mike's roar, the Ying Country Aurors, dressed in black, marched forward with arrogant steps and astonishing momentum.

Seeing this, the French Aurors who were barely organized no longer cared about the commander's orders and fled like their colleagues before.

Now, the front of Mike's army suddenly became empty, with only the commander standing there with a dazed look on his face.

After being stunned for a while, the commander seemed to react.

He just gritted his teeth and with a ferocious look on his face, he charged towards the surging black army in front of him.

However, at this moment, a green light flashed and hit him directly in the chest.

"thump!"

The commander's body fell, but the Black Legion continued to advance.

There is no mercy on the battlefield. Even though the commander is very brave, Mike will not show mercy.

Just as Mike's team was about to bypass the commander's body and enter the French Ministry of Magic, a chubby middle-aged man walked out of the magic elevator. The man was about 40 or 50 years old, with sweat all over his head and face, and he was holding a flag made of white cloth and a short wooden stick in his hand.

At this moment, he was running towards Mike, panting, holding the flag.

Several Ying Country Aurors walking in front of the team raised their hands to launch an attack, but were stopped by Mike.

Because Mike recognized the other person's identity - the French Minister of Magic.

At this time, the middle-aged fat man opposite also noticed the actions of the Yingguo Aurors. His fat body trembled, and he quickly raised the white flag in his hand and shouted:
"Don't kill me! We surrender!"

Upon hearing this, Benjamin, Arthur and others looked at each other, all of them with confusion on their faces.

Mike was a little amused, but he was not too surprised. After all, it was France, an old tradition.

Things became much simpler after that. Although the French Minister of Magic came to surrender, Mike still had someone disarm him with a blow. Only after confirming that the other party was indeed no longer a threat did he lead everyone to continue advancing.

Until this time they still maintained the highest alert. After all, with so many people in the entire French Ministry of Magic, it is impossible for all of them to be spineless, and it is inevitable that some people would want to sacrifice their lives for their country.

But Mike found that he still overestimated these French wizards.

Because even after they imprisoned all French wizards and occupied the entire French Ministry of Magic, no one stood up to resist.

That group of French wizards were extremely cooperative, with some of them even helping Mike and his team to deal with their own compatriots. This really opened the eyes of Benjamin and the others.

"If we resist, we still have some chance, right? But you...you French wizards are really...really..."

Arthur thought for a long time but couldn't think of any adjectives to describe this group of French wizards. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.

He had also investigated the situation of the French wizards and knew that due to various reasons such as environment and personality, the combat effectiveness of the wizards here was generally weak, but he still didn't expect that these guys would be so weak that they even lost the courage to resist.

Upon hearing this, the French Minister of Magic could only smile awkwardly.

But in his heart he had already started cursing.

"Resist? A legendary wizard with 10,000 Aurors directly attacked the Ministry of Magic. How do you expect us to resist?"

No one cared about the French Minister of Magic's thoughts. After occupying the French Ministry of Magic, Mike directly began to use this place as a node to transport a large number of military forces. At the same time, he announced to the French Ministry of Magic agencies stationed in various cities in France that they had been defeated and must surrender.

These small organizations were initially somewhat reluctant, and some of them even colluded with each other in an attempt to save the world.

But when Mike's army arrived, they surrendered obediently just like those guys in the magic headquarters.

At this point, after spending a whole night, the entire French magical world had been taken into Mike's possession.

Excluding the French combat wizards who died on the spot and the ordinary wizards who were judged to be no threat, Mike captured a total of 5 prisoners this time.

Mike had no intention of killing these guys. Instead, he broke their wands and imprisoned them in the lowest floors of the French Ministry of Magic.

Just as Voldemort said in the original book when he was trying to persuade Hogwarts to surrender, every drop of magical blood is precious. There are already very few wizards in the world. If Mike kills more prisoners, it will not be a good thing for the entire wizard community.

In fact, the concept of not carrying out mass killings has basically become an unspoken rule among countries. The reason why Voldemort and Grindelwald caused such a great panic was largely because they did not abide by this rule.

The French wizards obviously knew this unspoken rule, which is why they surrendered so easily.

You won't die if you surrender anyway, so why fight to the death?

This is what the French wizards really think.

And just an hour after France was completely conquered, large numbers of owls carrying the new day's Daily Prophet flew into every wizard's home.

This time the Daily Prophet was still in color, a rare edition. The wizards in the Ying Kingdom's magic world seemed to have gotten used to it, so they were not too surprised.

But when they opened the newspaper and saw the top story, they were stunned.

Because what was published above was the news that the Ministry of Magic of Britain had conquered the entire French magical world.

At the end of the report was a magical photo of the French Minister of Magic signing the surrender document.

As a result, the entire Ying Kingdom's magical world was in an uproar that morning.

Wizards took to the streets, shouting excitedly.

In a barbecue restaurant on Diagon Alley, a young man wearing a chef's hat excitedly pushed open the door and announced to the crowd on the street that everything was free today.

In the Hogwarts Great Hall, countless little wizards climbed onto the tables and roared, venting their excitement!
Within the Ministry of Magic of the Republic of China...

In Hogsmeade...

……

Everyone! They're all crazy!

They have longed for this victory for too long. In the past few decades, they have been immersed in the shadows brought to them by two generations of Dark Lords.

Especially during the period of the second generation of the Dark Lord, Voldemort alone almost plunged the entire wizarding world of Britain into a quagmire.

And now, they finally stood up!

When they meet foreign wizards in the future, they can finally hold their chests high with pride.

Yes, there is indeed such a group of people in the magical world of Ying Country. They have no hope for this country, and once something happens, the first thing they think of is to escape.

But there are still more people who are full of passion.

Before, they were suppressed by endless shame and could only remain silent.

Now, Mike gave them a chance, a chance to be completely released!

And they, naturally, would not disappoint Mike, the minister who gave them hope!
(End of this chapter)