Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 629 The clarion call for counterattack

"boom!"

Accompanied by a loud bang like muffled thunder, flames exploded on the battlefield, instantly repelling the Picquili troops who were about to launch an attack.

"I heard that you seem to have caused a lot of trouble for my friends."

Mike's figure emerged from the flames, along with his slightly gloomy words.

Looking at the brilliant flames that looked like starlight, and the familiar figure faintly emerging from the flames, Arthur's mouth couldn't help but slightly rise.

"Mike!"

Unlike Arthur, Franklin was so excited at this time that he could only express his emotions by shouting.

Because they knew that since Mike was already here.

That means Mike's plan has succeeded, and that means the balance of war has completely tipped towards them.

Hearing Franklin's call, Mike turned his head and smiled and saluted to the Los Santos wizards who were looking at him blankly from behind.

Now these ordinary wizards finally reacted. They instinctively returned the greeting, and then started shouting like Franklin.

War is never pretty.

They had lost too many comrades in this damn war, and now they could not wait to end it all with victory and the blood of their enemies.

For a moment, the crowded battlefield was filled with cheers and the muffled sound of fists hitting chests.

As for Picquery's side, everyone's faces darkened the moment they saw Mike appear.

Especially Piqueri herself.

Others may not know, but she knows it.

The reason why Motore suddenly disappeared was that he went to start another battle with Mike Townley somewhere else.

Now that Mike is back, there is no need to say who will win or lose between the two of them.

Without Mottore, they would lose the only high-level force that could fight against Mike Townley, which was undoubtedly bad news.

But after all, Motore is no pushover. If Mike Townley wants to defeat or kill Motore, he must pay some price. This means that the opponent is probably not in his prime now.

In this situation, if they can unite as one, they can still win by relying on their numerical advantage.

Thinking of this, Piquili instinctively turned her gaze to the wizard coalition in front of her.

But with just one glance, the glimmer of hope that had risen in Piqueli's heart completely disappeared.

Because all she could see on the faces of her American Aurors was fear and tension. She couldn't rely on such a group of people at all.

The wizards of the Union still maintained their fighting spirit due to their faith and excellent training, but it was simply wishful thinking for them to deal with Mike Townley on their own.

In this case, we have no choice but to adopt other solutions.

Picqueri's eyes narrowed, and within a few brief seconds she had already figured out her next plan of action.

She first said something quietly to her deputy, then raised her arm and ordered the entire army to continue to implement the plan she had previously issued.

All of a sudden, the coalition forces that had been forced back by Mike gathered together again, and the wizards of the Federation holding golden light shields were arranged to stand at the forefront.

At the same time, starting from Piqueri, the Aurors of the Magical Congress of the United States were withdrawing upstairs little by little.

This is the decision Picqueri made.

She was very clear about the power of the legendary wizard. They had no chance of winning this war, so instead of wasting all their forces here, it would be better to retreat and preserve their strength.

And this so-called living force does not include the wizards of the Federation.

Yes. That's right.

The fighting skills of the wizards in these associations are indeed very high, and each of them is fearless and unafraid of death.

But Piqueri knew that these guys were all brainwashed lunatics.

They will only be loyal to the International Magical Confederation and there is no way they can become her power.

In that case, let them make use of their remaining energy to cover the American Aurors.

Of course, Picquili is not a devil. It is impossible for her to leave only the wizards of the Federation to die. That would be too heartless and too obvious.

There are also some American Aurors in this remaining team.

It's just that these guys are just scum who are about to retire and don't have much surplus value.

This should be considered as recycling of waste, right?

Thinking of this, Picqueri took one last deep look at Mike in the distance, and then flew upstairs surrounded by the crowd without looking back.

At the same time, Mike also detected the enemy's movements through his magical perception vision, and he almost instantly realized Piquili's intentions.

This made him feel angry.

You have to know that the reason why he came here in person despite dragging his injured body was to end everything.

And now the other party actually wants to escape?

He will never allow this!
Almost without any hesitation, Mike suddenly shook the elderberry wand in his hand, and a pillar of fire ten meters thick, composed entirely of cursed flames, gushed out.

Seeing this spectacular scene, the American Aurors in the opposite army formation all stood still, and some even pushed away their comrades around them and started running wildly to the rear.

But unlike the American Aurors, the white-robed wizards of the Federation not only did not retreat, they even took two steps forward with their golden light shields.

"Boom!~"

The pillar of fire collided with the shield wall composed of countless light shields.

Although these golden light shields were strong, they were only imitations of the "Holy Light Protection" after all. The moment the two sides touched, a large number of light shields along with the Federation wizards behind them were directly vaporized.

But this still did not make the Union wizards retreat. When the people in the first row died, the people in the second row took over. When the people in the second row died again, the people in the third row took over...

In this way, these white-robed wizards of the Federation resisted Mike's attack in this heroic way!
Mike couldn't help but frown at this scene.

He couldn't understand it!
According to the strength of these Federation wizards, they should have noticed that the Picquili troops had abandoned them and retreated, but even so they still chose to stay and die!

Now Mike finally understood why Arthur and the others had such a hard time fighting.

It is indeed not an easy task to face such a group of fearless and powerful lunatics.

They are crazy, but at the same time, they are also a group of respectable opponents, at least better than Piqueri who fled from the battlefield.

So Mike decided to show his attitude and give these guys a spectacular death as the end of their lives!
"Huhuhu!~"

A strange whistling sound of air rang out over the battlefield. An American Auror who was hiding behind the Union wizards instinctively looked up at the source of the sound, but after just one glance, his expression froze instantly.

Because at this moment, above their heads, a giant flaming hammer that was so huge that it blocked their vision was rapidly taking shape.

"Merlin's beard..."

The Auror muttered to himself.

If he could, he really wanted to turn around and run, but his legs were already shaking violently and he could no longer control them.

Now all he could do was keep his head up.

Under his gaze, the giant flaming hammer that had originally seemed a little illusory gradually solidified, and then suddenly smashed down at them!

The white-robed wizards of the Federation were naturally aware of the existence of the giant flaming hammer in the sky.

They adjusted their formation almost immediately after the giant hammer came down, gathered together like the sword and shield warriors of ancient Rome and raised their light shields, forming a semicircular shield formation.

But does this...really work?

You know, after the battle with Motore, Mike has fully understood the characteristics of the holy light protection.

These so-called invincible shields cannot stop blunt force attacks...

"Buzz!~"

The flaming hammer fell, and the dazzling white light and intense heat waves filled all the senses of Mike and others. When they opened their eyes again, the coalition forces that had blocked their way had completely disappeared. Instead, there was a huge pit that led directly to the next level. At the edge of the pit, scarlet magma was even flowing down.

This scene stunned all the Los Santos wizards present. They all stared at the pit blankly, unable to speak.

Seeing this, Arthur shook his head, drew his sword and jumped down from the cave.

Frankly also reacted, moved to the edge of the cave, tilted his neck and began to look down.

After a while, Arthur came up.

He swung the black polymer sword in his hand and nodded to Mike.

"It has been confirmed that all the enemies have been killed. Do you still want to chase after the remaining people?"

Mike used too much magic power in that attack just now, which caused his wound to start to hurt slightly.

But after hearing this, he still shook his head and said:
"No need. Leave some people here to guard the place, and let the rest of you go back to the Ministry of Magic. The situation there is not optimistic either."

There was indeed no need to pursue them now. According to Mike's magical perception, Picquarie and her troops had already left the range of the French Ministry of Magic's anti-Apparition spell and disappeared.

I guess they have all returned to their hometowns by now.

Hearing this, Arthur nodded and began to organize people to go and support the Ministry of Magic of Ying Country.

Franklin noticed Mike's abnormality, stepped forward and supported Mike in a very covert manner, and asked softly:

"Mike, are you okay?"

"It's not a big deal, I can still hold on." Mike nodded, but soon he frowned again and said, "Change to the other side, you're pulling my wound!"

"Ooooh! I'm sorry!"

……

Ten minutes later, Mike finally brought most of the people back to the Ministry of Magic of Ying Kingdom.

But they did not go to the teleportation point originally set up in the logistics department on the first underground floor, but the teleportation hall of the Ministry of Magic.

The reason why Mike did this was to prevent the incident at the French Ministry of Magic from happening again and to block the retreat of the wizarding coalition in advance.

So, when Mike and others arrived, what appeared in front of them was not Penelope and others, but a group of dumbfounded enemies.

"attack!"

Following Mike's order, Arthur, Franklin and others were the first to charge into the enemy camp. Then the Los Santos wizards formed small tactical formations and began to reap the lives of the enemy in teams.

However, they never left Mike too far away. This time, their top priority was to protect Mike. This was an order forced upon them by Franklin and Benjamin.

For a moment, the hall of the Ministry of Magic was filled with spells, and all kinds of shouts and screams were heard continuously.

Soon, a large circle of open space was cleared with Mike as the center, and it was filled with the corpses of the Allied forces.

At this time, the rest of the people finally reacted, but they did not fight back. Instead, they knelt on the ground and chose to surrender.

Mike wasn't surprised by their behavior.

These coalition forces sent to the Ministry of Magic of Ying Country were originally a group of motley crowd. Now they are facing the situation of being directly attacked to the back row by the local high-level combat forces. It is normal for them to surrender.

He let Arthur and the others kill for a while, and only when the number of enemies in the hall of the Ministry of Magic was less than our own troops did Mike order a ceasefire.

He did not mean to kill them all. Every wizard was a valuable resource. Compared to annihilating them all, he preferred to take them as prisoners and then demand a ransom from the Ministry of Magic to which they belonged.

This is also the unspoken rule of war in the wizarding world.

It was not until all the enemies on the scene had their wands broken and they were tied up like Muggles that the British Ministry of Magic defenders on the front line realized the change in the situation and forced the remaining enemies into the hall of the Ministry of Magic.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mike also saw for the first time the combat robot that Victor had mentioned.

Mike's first reaction was that they were just as Victor said, very rudimentary.

They are so simple that they don't even have a shell, they are just bright white mechanical skeletons.

But despite their crudeness, with the help of the weapons and equipment provided by Victor, their combat capability is still outstanding.

In comparison, the new recruits that Mike left behind to guard the Ministry of Magic in Ying Country are much weaker.

This can be seen from the fact that most of the team that counterattacked into the hall of the Ministry of Magic were combat robots.

With a sigh, Mike finally led Benjamin and others towards the mixed group of humans and machines, because at the front of the team, Victor had already discovered them and was waving at him excitedly.

"Mike! Did you see them? They are so beautiful!"

As soon as he got closer, Mike heard Victor's excited shout.

After saying a few perfunctory words to Victor and realizing that Victor's mind was completely occupied by this so-called combat robot, Mike reluctantly asked him to call Penelope.

Now he can no longer communicate.

While Penelope was still there, Mike gathered Arthur, Franklin and the others together again and said to them:

"Gather the troops immediately, we are preparing for a counterattack!"

(End of this chapter)