The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 547: Defending Florin Fusco
In the ward of St. Mungo's Hospital for the Sick and Injured of the Ministry of Magic, Florin Fusco was packing his luggage with the help of Aurors and medical staff.

After the Death Eaters' attack on the ice cream parlor, the frightened Florin Fusco was transferred to St. Mungo's, where he was given close protection by the Aurors, which was very thoughtful.

Things like Broderick Bode must not happen again. If the people the Ministry of Magic is supposed to protect get into trouble at St. Mungo's, or get into trouble in public, the Ministry of Magic will be thrown across the sea.

After packing his luggage, Florin Fusco walked out of the ward accompanied by the Auror. Fusco's body had recovered, but he still needed some time to adjust his mentality.

After consulting with the therapist, the Ministry of Magic decided to discharge Fusco early and transfer him to another place for protection. After all, St. Mungo's is a public place, and the Aurors who protect Fusco are under great pressure.

The team protecting Fusco had just walked out of the ward not far when a loud noise was heard at the staircase, attracting a large number of onlookers, who blocked the staircase completely.

This sudden scene made the protection team extremely nervous. Florin Fusco returned to the ward again accompanied by two Aurors, while the others blocked the door of the ward, watching the crowd's every move.

As the noise gradually died down, the crowd watching the excitement began to disperse, and the Aurors' vigilance slowly dropped, preparing to relocate Fusco.

At this moment, the crowd that had just dispersed suddenly attacked the Aurors. Some of them were wearing ordinary wizard clothes, some were wearing hospital gowns, and some were wearing green clothes of therapists. All of them cast spells at the Aurors in front of the ward.

Fortunately, the Aurors were prepared and they started to fight back immediately, so they were not overwhelmed by the attacking crowd.

The corridor of St. Mungo's suddenly turned into a transport ship. Whether it was the sneak attackers or the Aurors and strikers who were protecting Fosco, they were all shooting at each other under the cover of the corridor, but there was a lack of people to snipe in the middle.

Obviously, the Ministry of Magic's plan to transfer Fosco ahead of schedule was leaked, and leaking secrets seems to have become a traditional skill of the Ministry of Magic. Since the Death Eaters learned about the transfer plan, they would naturally not remain indifferent. The failure of kidnapping Fosco made their master very unhappy.

So when Fusco started to move, the Death Eaters blocked the moving team and surrounded and killed the Ministry of Magic staff. According to their style of doing things, except for the target Florin Fusco, all other Ministry of Magic staff can die.

In terms of numbers, the Ministry of Magic naturally had the upper hand, but in terms of combat power, the Death Eaters were superior. After the initial stalemate and exchange of fire, the Death Eaters began to advance slowly, approaching the ward door.

People fell from both sides from time to time, but more people fell from the Ministry of Magic. Whenever someone fell from the Ministry of Magic, the corridors of St. Mungo's would be filled with the laughter of crazy women.

This laughter came from Bellatrix Lestrange, who was in charge of this operation. It was precisely because of Bellatrix's crazy character that the Death Eaters chose to confront the Ministry of Magic head-on and kidnap Florin Fosco in a head-on way.

Bellatrix did not live up to Voldemort's trust. When the Death Eaters and the Ministry of Magic were in a stalemate, she stood up and knocked down several Ministry of Magic employees one after another. The people who were knocked down could only make a muffled groan or scream, while some people could not make any sound. Bellatrix would make her signature laugh every time she knocked down someone.

Under the leadership of Bellatrix, the remaining Death Eaters fought more and more courageously, and the balance of victory began to shift towards the Death Eaters.

No one on the Ministry of Magic side was a match for Bellatrix, and they were beaten back by her, retreating towards the ward where Fusco was. After Bellatrix knocked down the Auror leading the team, some people began to retreat and wanted to escape.

It seemed that it was only a matter of time before Florin Fosco fell into Voldemort's hands. Just when the team protecting Fosco was on the verge of collapse, support from the Ministry of Magic finally arrived!
A group of Aurors suddenly appeared behind the Death Eaters. Together with the people who were originally guarding the door of the ward, the Death Eaters fell into a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides and being attacked by the people from the Ministry of Magic.

Bellatrix's shrill and crazy laughter finally stopped, her face became solemn, and her thick eyelids could not hide the anger in her eyes.

"Avada Kedavra!" A female voice rang out from the Auror team. Laura, with half of her face covered, stood up. A green light shot out from the tip of her wand, and the Killing Curse hit Bellatrix straight.

Bellatrix immediately stopped her bullying behavior, dodged the killing curse, and fought with Laura. Without Bellatrix's suppression, the Death Eaters' attack stagnated, and the Ministry of Magic, with support, began to gain the upper hand and launched a fierce attack on the Death Eaters.

Bellatrix was now preoccupied with herself and was unable to gain an advantage for the Death Eaters as she had done before.

Although Laura was not known for her fighting ability, she was no match for Bellatrix. The two women fought fiercely, from one end of the corridor to the other. Each of them was more ruthless than the other, and the spells fired from their wands were extremely powerful, with the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse accounting for the majority. If you were not careful, you would die on the spot.

"I heard that you are extremely loyal to your master, but I heard that your master doesn't appreciate it!" Laura shouted while casting a spell, "I heard that Barty Crouch Jr. is the 'most loyal servant' he said himself!"

Although a fight between two women is a very interesting scene, there is no need for women to make things difficult for other women, especially when Laura is trying desperately to rub salt into Bellatrix's wounds.

After hearing this, Bellatrix became even crazier. Although she was always fanatical about her loyalty to Voldemort, she still wanted to be the person Voldemort trusted the most. However, not only did Barty Crouch Jr. become his "most loyal servant", Snape also stepped on Bellatrix's head, and she had to be controlled by Lucius Malfoy and listen to the command of her incompetent brother-in-law.

If Lucius Malfoy had not once again demonstrated his incompetence in the Department of Mysteries, Bellatrix Lestrange would not have been the leader of this trip to St. Mungo's.

Furious, Bellatrix stepped up her attack. After Dumbledore, Voldemort, and Ada, Bellatrix's fighting power could be said to be first-class. Her almost crazy attack temporarily suppressed Laura.

Wild laughter rang out again in St. Mungo's. This was the nth time today that it had happened, but it was the shortest one.

Before Bellatrix could defeat Laura, another person jumped out and joined the duel between the two women. This unsportsmanlike person was a man with a baby face. His name was Timotheus Hartman.

"Titi, I can handle this crazy woman!" Laura shouted stubbornly, but her body was very honest. Her offense and defense were cooperating with Hartman.

The two of them attacked together, and Bellatrix immediately stopped laughing.

Bellatrix was not her master, and could not do the unparalleled mowing. Moreover, although Laura's fighting ability was inferior to hers, the gap was not particularly large. Now with Hartman, Bellatrix suddenly fell into a passive position.

The same was true for the other Death Eaters. Being caught in the middle, they had long lost their previous arrogance.

After several people were knocked down in succession, the Death Eaters no longer rushed towards the ward where Fusco was. They chose to retreat, trying to wade through the crowd of Aurors.

From the ambush and robbery of Florin Fusco to the attacks from both inside and outside the Ministry of Magic, how could the Death Eaters not know that they were trapped? If they did not run away, they would only be killed or captured alive. As for Voldemort's rescue, they did not dare to hope for it.

On the other side, Bellatrix no longer had the will to fight. She had once again betrayed her master's trust and failed to complete the task assigned by her master.

Bellatrix thrust her wand out, and cast the Cruciatus Curse at Laura, who had previously laughed at her, forcing her to retreat. Then, Bellatrix's wand transformed into a black whip, and swung it fiercely at Hartman.

Hartmann immediately cast the Armor Charm to protect herself, but although the whip failed to hurt her, it still made him fall.

Immediately afterwards, Bellatrix cast another killing curse at Hartman. Fortunately, Laura was nearby and she summoned a corpse in time to block the fatal attack for Hartman, thus preventing Hartman from dying.

Bellatrix also took advantage of this opportunity to shake off Laura and Hartman who were besieging her and escaped.

As Bellatrix fled, she fired spells at the crowd in a rage, and many people were hit by her spells and lost the ability to continue fighting. It was this move of Bellatrix that created an opportunity for the others to escape.

However, including Bellatrix, only three or four people escaped. Most of them either died in the melee between the two sides or were captured alive.

The operation at St. Mungo's failed again, but this time Voldemort never showed up from beginning to end.

(End of this chapter)