The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 575 Melee
As the night deepened, the melee in the manor continued. Above the wizards' heads were rubble flying everywhere, under their feet were soft bodies lying on the ground, and there were slippery bloodstains.

The manor was filled with collapsed buildings and raging fires, screams and cries of pain could be heard everywhere, and the entire Malfoy Manor was like hell on earth.

It was late October, and the night should have been chilly, but there was no chill at all. The killing intent spread among the crowd. Whether it was the Ministry of Magic's action team or Voldemort's followers, everyone had forgotten what cold was, and only knew to mechanically wave their wands to knock down the enemies in front of them.

Blood and fire are the eternal themes of war, and wizards are no exception. Someone falls every second in Malfoy Manor.

Some people are lucky and are rescued by their companions who arrive in time; some people are unfortunate and fall helplessly in the night and will not be able to see the warm sunshine tomorrow morning.

With the arrival of subsequent reinforcements from the Ministry of Magic, Voldemort's followers were caught in a tough battle.

Although the action team seems to have the upper hand, Mr. Weasley, who leads the team, is surrounded and is in danger of being defeated at any time.

The Death Eaters learned the decapitation tactic from somewhere. They believed that as long as they defeated the leader, they could solve the current dilemma. So when the situation was unfavorable, more Death Eaters began to move closer to Mr. Weasley and besieged the Director of the Department of Law Enforcement.

Mr. Weasley had already been somewhat overwhelmed by the combined forces of Greyback and Antonin Dolohov, and now he was in even greater danger. If it had not been for the support of the operatives, Mr. Weasley would have been knocked down long ago.

For a while, the battle in the whole manor was centered around Mr. Weasley, just like Captain Li's attack on Ping'an County, except that Captain Li was trying to save his wife, while the action team members were trying to save their leader.

The Death Eaters wanted to capture Mr. Weasley, force the people from the Ministry of Magic to surrender, and drive them all out of the manor; the action team wanted to keep their director and annihilate the Death Eaters here.

Arthur Weasley could be in danger at any time, and Ada certainly couldn't just sit back and watch.

Ada, who originally wanted to sneak into the village without a gun, had to change her planned route and rescue Mr. Weasley who was trapped first.

The blazing fire not only raised the temperature in the manor, but also made the night in the manor as bright as day. Both the action team and the Death Eaters saw Ada who suddenly appeared.

The firelight illuminated Ada's fair cheeks, allowing everyone to see her appearance clearly.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Many people were shocked by Ada. If the battle at the abandoned manor made Ada famous, then the three-way fight at the Department of Mysteries confirmed Ada's reputation as the Demon King. Needless to say, there is a promising future. Ada is not only the present, she is also the youngest of the three giants in the British wizarding world.

Whether it was Voldemort's henchmen or the raiding party, everyone who saw Ada had the same fear: would she attack me? What would I do if she cursed me?
Although they share the same concerns, the Death Eaters and the action team have different perceptions of Ada.

In the eyes of the Death Eaters, Esmeralda Drizzt is an enemy, not a friend, but an enemy of the Dark Lord. It goes without saying that Ada is definitely not here to enjoy the scenery of Malfoy Manor.

First he fought the resurrected Dark Lord in Little Hangleton, then he sabotaged the plan to seize the prophecy in the Department of Mysteries, and even more despicably teamed up with Dumbledore to injure the Dark Lord, and not long ago he killed Barty Crouch Jr.

So the moment they saw Ada, one of the Death Eaters touched the Dark Mark on his arm and called out to his great master.

The Death Eaters have a clear understanding of Ada, but the Ministry of Magic's action team is a little confused and can't figure out whether Ada is an enemy or a friend.

If we call her a friendly force, Ada first killed three Ministry of Magic staff members outside St. Mungo's, then killed Umbridge in public, assassinated five Aurors including Dawlish, and killed and injured many people in the battle at the abandoned manor.

Over the past year, the damage that Ada caused to the Ministry of Magic was no less than that of the You-Know-Who, and even more than that. However, Ada would not destroy other wizard families, nor would she take pleasure in abusing or killing Muggles.

If she was an enemy, Ada was at the forefront of the fight against the mysterious man and even injured him. After Cornelius Fudge stepped down, Ada never hurt any staff of the Ministry of Magic again. There were even rumors that Ada was secretly controlling the Ministry of Magic.

Recently, the Wizengamot and the International Confederation of Wizards have restarted their judgment of Ada. Whether she is the new Dark Lord or a persecuted woman who has no choice but to resist, there is no conclusion yet.

It was the accumulation of all these things that made it impossible for the action team members to make an accurate judgment about Ada and they didn't know what to do.

Ada had no idea what passers-by A, B, C, and D were thinking. She didn't have the habit of using Legilimency anytime and anywhere. She just moved towards Mr. Weasley in the center of the battle group.

As Ada walked along, Voldemort's followers fell one after another along the way. No one was able to match her under the yew wand, and it was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

However, the closer they got to the center of the battle, the more severe the resistance Ida encountered, and the carelessness with which she waved her wand also aroused the flames of anger in the hearts of the Death Eaters.

A man in a black Death Eater robe rushed towards Ada while firing random spells. It seemed that this Death Eater wanted to crush Ada with his big body. Ada would always help those who wanted to die. A killing curse hit the Death Eater's chest, and the green curse wrapped around the Death Eater and flew far away, smashing into the crowd in the melee, causing even greater chaos.

From the shouts of some people, Ada learned that the person she had just killed was called Gibbon. As for whether Gibbon was his first name or his last name, Ada was not sure. Although she was very curious, Ada was not curious about everything.

Gibbon was not the last person to try to stop Ada. After him, Mulciber and Selwyn both came up.

Mulciber was an old Death Eater who specialized in the Imperius Curse. When Voldemort first unleashed his reign of terror, Mulciber provided a lot of help to his master.

When Voldemort fell in 1981, Mulciber was imprisoned and his name was included in the list of Death Eaters betrayed by Karkaroff.

In early 1996, the Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban in a large-scale prison break, and Mulciber, Bellatrix and others escaped from Azkaban.

After the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, the unfortunate Mulciber was imprisoned in Azkaban again. However, this time he did not stay in Azkaban for long, as Voldemort quickly rescued him and his Death Eaters.

Another Death Eater who tried to stop Ada was Selwyn. Just by hearing his last name, we could tell that he was from the Selwyn family of the Sacred Twenty-Eight Families.

Umbridge once claimed that she had a relationship with the Selwyn family. Perhaps she had received benefits from Umbridge, or perhaps she had someone in the Ministry of Magic to help her, or perhaps she was angry but dared not speak out. In any case, Selwyn did not expose Umbridge's lies.

However, Selwyn has many similarities with Umbridge, they are both cruel, cold-blooded and ugly. The difference is that Umbridge is vicious and cruel, like an old witch, while Selwyn is rude and brutal, more like a barbarian who only knows how to punch.

Mulciber and Selwyn were not thinking about defeating Ada. It was too unrealistic for the two of them to do that alone. They just wanted to slow down Ada's pace so that other Death Eaters would have time to capture Arthur Weasley.

As long as Arthur Weasley fell into their hands, Ada, who was afraid of the consequences, would be at their mercy.

The idea is good, and the courage to stand up is worthy of praise, but in the end they overestimated themselves.

Mulciber cast a Cruciatus Curse at Ada, while Selwyn also attacked while shouting. The two curses, one red and one green, were both Unforgivable Curses, and their targets were also Ada, which showed how cruel and ruthless the Death Eaters were.

Ada raised the wand in her right hand and deflected Mulciber's Cruciatus Curse. With a wave of her left hand, a bloody corpse immediately flew over and blocked the killing curse for Ada.

There is no reason to just defend without fighting back, her nickname is Ada, and she is not getting beaten.

The yew wand immediately fired a Cruciatus Curse, and Mulciber was unable to dodge it, and he fell to the ground in pain. Due to the severe pain caused by the Unforgivable Curse, Mulciber's body kept twitching and squirming.

Ada pointed her wand at Selwyn again. A strong light flashed, and Selwyn, who had just been furious, let out a scream and was hanging upside down in the air.

The sudden upside-down situation made Selwyn panic. He screamed and waved his arms wildly as if trying to grab something. His ugly head soon turned liver-colored.

The surrounding action team members rushed forward and violently captured Selwyn alive.

The upside-down fuchsia is not referring to the begonia, but a spell. This spell was once popular in Hogwarts. When a riot broke out in the Quidditch World Cup camp, the group of people who marched used the upside-down fuchsia to torture Muggles.

With Ada's joining, the Death Eaters' plan to capture Mr. Weasley failed, and a one-sided situation once again emerged in the manor.

The Death Eaters' long-cherished master never came to rescue them. Even loyal believers like Rodolphus Lestrange and Antonin Dolohov couldn't help feeling a little desperate, let alone others.

Voldemort's followers began to disperse. If it weren't for the anti-Apparition restrictions, they would have escaped even faster.

Ada did not dwell on it too much. After confirming that Mr. Weasley was out of danger, she hurried to the main building to look for the Malfoys. Although there was a fierce fight in the wide courtyard just now, Ada was very sure that she did not see the couple.

They must be found as soon as possible, otherwise when Voldemort arrives, Ada will not be able to take care of them.

(End of this chapter)