The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 641 Belated Reinforcements

It all happened so fast that neither Snape nor Lupin had time to react before George fell from a high altitude.

Lupin's eyes were red. After casting a spell to repel another Death Eater, he immediately swooped down with his broom, trying to catch the unconscious George.

The remaining two Death Eaters followed suit and dived, preventing Lupin from rescuing Harry Potter (George).

In the eyes of these two, although Potter belonged to the Dark Lord, if Potter fell to his death, the Dark Lord would only be happy and would reward them.

Snape was obviously stunned for a moment (luckily no one saw it). He didn't expect that he would accidentally hurt his friends, and at the same time he felt like he was in trouble.

After two long seconds, Snape also controlled the flying broom to dive down. Of course, he was going to save people, even though he knew that the Potter falling in front of him was not the real Harry.

Lupin pointed his wand at George and used the Slowing Spell to buy himself time, but when he grabbed the falling George, the Death Eaters and Snape also approached him.

Lupin's eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to kill Snape on the spot, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth! But now he could not only not hurt Snape, but he might not even be able to save himself.

George, who had lost consciousness, had no fighting ability and could not even stay on the broomstick steadily. Instead, he became a burden and dragged down Lupin.

At this critical moment, several figures flew over quickly from the horizon. They bombarded the Death Eaters and Snape fiercely, forcing the three away from Lupin.

It was the Auror from the Ministry of Magic, the Auror who arrived late.

The whole thing was a lie. Except for Mr. Weasley and Ada, the rest of the Ministry of Magic really didn't know that Harry would be transferred today. The information they received was the same as Albert Runcorn's, and they all thought that Harry would be transferred in the evening of July 7, which was the day before his birthday.

Firstly, this would allow Snape to further win Voldemort's trust, and would also confirm the lie that Ada and the Order of the Phoenix were not in harmony; secondly, since Dumbledore's death, there had been an increase in leaks in the Ministry, and this would be a good opportunity to find out the hidden dangers in the Ministry and prepare for the next action.

But this approach is very dangerous. The lives of the fourteen people including the Order of the Phoenix who participated in the operation tonight and Harry who was transferred will be in danger. They will either be caught or killed.

Although it is said that a merciful army is not a good one and that there will always be casualties in war, no one wants to suffer heavy casualties on their side. So after discussing with Ada, Mr. Weasley secretly sent more trustworthy Aurors to be stationed around Surrey, ready to provide reinforcements at any time.

The Ministry of Magic has always had Aurors stationed in Little Whinging, and their mission is to protect Harry. Or to monitor him, after all, the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix are not on good terms!
The Order of the Phoenix transferred Harry Potter away silently, and the Aurors stationed there might not have discovered it for a while, but the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters staged an ace dogfight, so how could they not discover it?

Moreover, Harry was not yet an adult, and the traces on him had not been removed. As soon as he used magic, the Ministry would immediately know his whereabouts. And through the spell information transmitted back by the traces, they would also know that he was in danger.

Therefore, it was reasonable for the Aurors to send reinforcements, and there would be no risk of exposing Snape. Moreover, the Ministry of Magic was not collapsed, and was still resisting Voldemort. It would be strange if they ignored Harry who was in crisis.

With the reinforcement of Aurors, Snape and Lupin were relieved that "Harry" (George) was safe now.

Lupin pulled the unconscious George onto his broom, and regardless of the fight between the Aurors and the Death Eaters, he flew away with George.

Snape took a deep look at the two people going away, and the heart that was hanging in his throat finally fell back into his chest. He then looked at the Auror who attacked him, and after throwing a few random spells, Snape escaped.

Not only Lupin and George, but also several other groups of the Order of the Phoenix received support. Although it was difficult to find people in the sky, which made the reinforcements come a little late, it was better than nothing.

Tonks and Ron, Bill and Fleur, Kingsley and Hermione, all six of them arrived safely at the pre-arranged staging point, leaving the Aurors and Death Eaters to continue the fierce battle.

At the same time, Ada was flying over Surrey, like a white light across the night sky, chasing Voldemort.

Just now, Voldemort killed Alastor Moody, and Ada, who arrived late, could only watch Moody's body fall off the flying broom.

Since I couldn't save Moody, I'll avenge him!
With the idea of ​​crippling him if she couldn't kill him, Ada cast a spell at Voldemort. But the Dark Lord ignored her and flew away without even looking at her.

Ada's mind raced, and she immediately understood why Voldemort acted like this. It was not because Voldemort was afraid of fighting her, but because he had discovered who the real Harry Potter was!

Without bothering to look for Moody's body, Ada hastily left a mark and jumped to chase Voldemort. However, the Death Eaters had the Dark Mark, which allowed them to summon Voldemort to their side, and Ada could only fly hard and search in the general direction she knew.

She missed the mark step by step, and Ada was late again.

When she arrived, she saw neither the half-blood giant Hagrid nor the son of prophecy Harry. She only saw a golden light more brilliant than fireworks, and Voldemort's face full of astonishment after the golden light went out.

Voldemort's red eyes opened wide and he looked at the wand in his hand in shock. Such an expression should not have appeared on his face.

While Voldemort was stunned, Ada thrust out her wand and cast a blue advanced version of the Killing Curse, a spell symbolizing destruction that went straight towards the Dark Lord.

Ada was an expert at sneak attacks and knocking people out with clubs. Unfortunately, Voldemort was no ordinary person either, and he quickly avoided the spell.

Voldemort looked at the wand in Ada's hand with greed in his eyes. He wanted to take the Elder Wand for himself more than ever.

Ada also looked at the wand in her hand. She urgently needed to calm down. Voldemort's perverted look just now was too scary. Anyone with eyes wide open could see that he wanted to take away the Elder Wand.

However, just when Ada thought that Voldemort would fight her to the death for the Elder Wand, Voldemort abandoned her again and rushed to the ground at a high speed.

Ada was so angry that her nose was crooked. It seemed that she was ignored by the dog! Ada, who had never suffered such an injustice, followed closely behind, and the two landed on the ground one after the other.

Three Death Eaters were circling a house, unable to approach it. When they saw Voldemort landing, the three Death Eaters immediately stood behind their master, like vicious dogs wagging their tails.

Ada had her back to the house, which was the home of Tonks' parents and the stopover point for Hagrid and Harry. There was a magical ward around the house, so the three Death Eaters could not enter.

At this moment, Voldemort screamed in anger and raised his wand to the protection in front of the house. With a flash of strong light, the magical barrier protecting the house disappeared, shattered by Voldemort's powerful blow.

The barrier was broken and the people in the house immediately ran out to check.

The blond, big-bellied man was Ted Tonks, and beside him stood his wife, Andromeda, who looked a bit like Bellatrix, except that she had lighter brown hair and looked a bit kinder.

"I only want Harry Potter." Voldemort said coldly, "Hand him over."

Andromeda raised her wand shakily and said, "Harry Potter is not here. You are too late, Dark Lord."

Ada took a few steps to block Voldemort's view of Andromeda. For Tonks' sake, she also wanted to protect the couple.

"Kill them!" Voldemort ordered coldly.

Three Death Eaters immediately rushed towards the Tonks, while Voldemort himself attacked Ada.

Things change over time, and you have to pay for what you have done. A few minutes ago, Ada wanted to drag Voldemort into a fight, but the arrogant Dark Lord refused to pay attention to her; now, the Dark Lord finally condescended to pay attention to her, but Ada didn't want to fight anymore.

Ada believed that what Andromeda said was true. Harry had left, and this was more for her to hear.

Otherwise, with Harry's character, he would have rushed out by now, unless he couldn't move. But if Harry was seriously injured, Andromeda would not let the Death Eaters break into the house.

Faced with Voldemort's hateful attack, Ada simply slipped away.

She flashed and landed in front of Mr. and Mrs. Tonks, and while forcing back two Death Eaters, she took the couple's hands and Disapparated.

The cooked duck flew away. The angry Voldemort cast two consecutive killing curses. The two people who were forced away by Ada were killed instantly, and the Death Eaters who entered the house to search were also crushed to death by the collapsed house.

(End of this chapter)