The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 662 The First Battle
"Bang, bang, bang, crash." Less than ten minutes after it had darkened, several rays of light of different colors shot out from the woods outside Hogsmeade and hit a wall and the surrounding ground. Several large holes were blown out on the ground, and a big hole was blown in the wall that was hit, which then collapsed.

This attack was like the sound of a starting gun, and in an instant a large number of colorful spells filled the entire sky. Even though the previous analysis and inference that the attackers of Hogsmeade were not the main force of the enemy, the situation now did not look so easy. From time to time, the sound of something breaking or collapsing could be heard. Ryan even saw a big tree at the entrance of Hogsmeade being set on fire by magic, burning like a torch.

"It looks like everyone can still hold on." After looking at the current situation on the second floor for a while, Hermione roughly discovered the problem. "There are fifty or sixty wizards attacking Hogsmeade. They are divided into three teams and are trying to attack Hogsmeade from three directions. To be honest, if they divide into a few more teams now, we will be in real trouble. The strikers and volunteers here have no way to fight in teams."

"Do you think these attacking Death Eaters don't want to fight in small groups?" Ryan said after careful observation. "It's just that they can't do it. Although the fighting outside is very lively, from the messy spell lights, we can see that the organization level of the attacking dark wizards is also very low. If they really attack in small groups, they may be completely scattered. Once the siege turns into a chaotic battle, it will be even more disadvantageous for the attacking party."

After the explanation, Ryan and Hermione went down to the first floor. At this time, a treatment room was vacated on the first floor. Penelope prepared a lot of potions and talismans that Ryan had given him in advance, ready to rescue the wounded at any time.

"Are you going to leave now?" Penelope looked up at Ryan and Hermione as they walked down the stairs and asked. "Lupin and the others are already waiting in the backyard."

"Yes, we are leaving." Hermione nodded to Penelope. "You have to be careful if you stay here. If something goes wrong, go to the secret room below. The magic that Ryan and I have prepared there is enough to protect your safety."

"Got it. I wish you all the best today." When Ryan and the others opened the door and walked towards the backyard, Penelope raised her wand in front of her chest and performed a solemn wizard salute and said.

When they arrived at the backyard, twelve werewolves were already waiting there. After seeing Ryan coming out, Lupin walked up and asked, "Ryan, where should we go now?"

"The other side of the main road in Hogsmeade is close to the Black Lake, and there are no enemies coming from there." Ryan said after thinking for a while. "Hogsmeade Station is closer to the Ministry of Magic, and it is also between the town and Hogwarts Castle, so there should be no need for help for the time being. Percy and his men are at the entrance of the village, and it seems that they are fighting well now. The terrain at the entrance of the village means that no matter how many enemies there are, they can't spread out."

"So we jump out from the back wall and enter the woods first, and then clear out the group of enemies parallel to the back wall under the cover of the trees." Ryan finally made the decision.

"Okay, let's go now." After saying that, Lupin led the werewolves, who were still in wolf form, to climb over the wall and jump out. Then Ryan and Hermione also climbed out of the wall using the corner of the wall.

A few seconds after climbing out of the backyard wall, Ryan and his companions ran into the woods more than ten meters away. Under the cover of night, the group of Death Eaters more than 100 meters away did not notice them at all, and were still exchanging magic with the Hogsmeade defenders.

As soon as he entered the forest, Ryan immediately came to a tree and stretched out his hand to press on the tree. After activating natural perception, Ryan quickly sensed the number and distribution of the enemies in the forest from the big tree.

"There are 17 Death Eaters in the woods. They are roughly distributed as follows..." Ryan used the moonlight to clear a piece of ground and began to draw a rough distribution map of the enemies on the ground with his wand. The werewolves transformed into human forms and surrounded them. "They are now in a stalemate with the group of townspeople in the town. We can go around them from behind and give them a fatal blow."

Ryan turned his head towards the group of werewolves. "This is a real war now, so I hope you can put aside your usual mercy and use deadly force in battle." "We understand," the former Auror William came out. "Kindness and mercy are for our people. When fighting against the enemy, only by going all out can we ensure victory. Don't worry, we have been living in the dark side of the wizarding world since we became werewolves. We know what to do in this situation."

"Okay, then the two of us will clean out the three people guarding the rear." Ryan looked at the werewolves who raised their wands, "After we finish the cleanup, we will send you a signal. When you receive my signal, you will attack them from the side with all your strength."

Seeing that all the werewolves nodded to show that they understood, Ryan and Hermione climbed up the tree using the grappling hook, and then used the grappling hook to run lightly and quietly on the branches. At the same time, the werewolves changed back into wolf form and moved at high speed under the tree towards the enemy.

It was summer now, and the trees in the woods were lush and leafy, perfectly hiding Ryan and Hermione's figures. Soon the two of them came to the upper side of the sentry post set up by the attackers.

From a certain perspective, the arrangement of these sentinels was quite scientific. The three sentinels, one hidden and two bright, could basically observe the situation behind the attackers. Especially the hidden sentinel with a cat-like body standing on the tree and wearing an invisible cloak. If Ryan hadn't been able to communicate and naturally know in advance, ordinary wizards would not be able to determine his position.

However, after being discovered, the inconvenience of moving the sentry position was exposed. Ryan and Hermione used the Disillusionment Charm to approach the tree where the sentry was located and easily destroyed the surrounding warning spells. Then Hermione suddenly fired a small gray ball at the sentry.

At the same time, Ryan fired the finger of death that he had prepared. With the tacit cooperation of the two people, the two spells hit the sentry on the tree at the same time. Ryan's magic killed the sentry on the spot, and at the same time, Hermione's gray ball quickly turned into a transparent net that covered the sentry, blocking all possible magical information transmission.

After secretly killing the secret sentry, it was easy for Ryan to kill the two visible sentries. Especially since this group of Death Eaters focused their main energy on the secret sentry, the visible sentry was more like a symbol.

For example, the two sentries who should be patrolling separately are now gathering together around a purple fire, not paying attention to the surrounding situation. Even when Ryan and his men appeared on the tree above their heads, they did not notice that something was wrong, but were roasting the meat of a small animal over the flames, which created extremely favorable conditions for Ryan and his men's surprise attack.

Five seconds later, two cold lights flashed, and all the sentry posts were cleared. After checking to make sure there was no fourth sentry post, Ryan sent a signal to the group of werewolves.

Lupin and his men had been lying in ambush nearby, so they rushed forward just seconds after receiving the signal, past the tree where Ryan and his men were. Soon, there were sounds of explosions and exclamations from the front. The Death Eaters who were attacking Hogsmeade did not expect that someone could get so close to them without any warning from their carefully arranged security circle, and they were caught off guard for a moment.

"Let's join in the action!" Looking at the chaotic battle ahead, Ryan and Hermione looked at each other and nodded, then they both jumped from the branches at the same time and ran towards the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)