Chapter 442
Bombs and Fire
Chapter 442 Bombs and Fire
“…Now we can get started.”
The long-awaited signal finally came from afar. The man who was called "devil" decades ago and the backbone of the Witch Party would be dragged to that manor and would not be able to suddenly return using the magic of teleportation.
Oh... yes... it should be called Apparition.
The man with high cheekbones corrected himself in his mind, a smug smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
He put the phone down and nodded to the man next to him, who slammed the red button.
A mechanized female voice sounded: "Launch sequence initiated, 3, 2, 1, 0!"
A black shell, trailing a blazing flame, pierced through the air and left a trail of white smoke behind it.
It flew into the air, and its originally unstoppable speed suddenly slowed down, as if it was hit by some invisible obstacle.
The next second, the ammunition exploded, and an invisible wave suddenly spread out!
The instrument in the young man's hand responded first - the display screen that was originally flashing suddenly went out, and the indicator lights next to it all turned black. He tapped twice on the keyboard, but there was no change.
The man made a "tsk" sound, threw the discarded instrument aside, and looked up into the distance.
The strong wind blew the snowflakes towards him, making it almost impossible to open his eyes. Gao Zhibong put his hands in front of his face, squinted his eyes, and saw a wonderful scene through his fingers -
The invisible air was like glass that was suddenly shattered, with spider-web-like cracks spreading from top to bottom, refracting fine, outward-radiating light, like a tree growing upside down.
At a certain moment, the spider web suddenly shattered and disappeared, turning into tiny points of light, like a morning after a snowfall, with ice crystals in the air reflecting the morning sun.
In the star-like light, a huge castle seemed to appear out of thin air, like a giant beast growing out of the rocks.
The dark grey outer wall glowed with a cold metallic luster, and the spire of the main castle looked at least a hundred feet high. The surrounding moat was also thirty or forty feet high, and the water surface had long been covered with thick ice, with an iron chain as thick as an arm connected to the oak drawbridge.
Everyone's breath froze.
Such a huge and majestic building still inspires awe in people even in modern society, not to mention in ancient times, it was like an irresistible giant.
But ten seconds ago, there was still ruins in the distance, and not even a complete wall could be found.
"magic……"
The young man said with fascination and awe.
Then the man with high cheekbones waved his hands and shouted, "Attack!"
The fender on the truck instantly fell to the ground with a "click", and the slender gun barrel extended out. Fully armed soldiers stood beside and operated it manually. The next moment, a roar was heard, and countless shells flew towards the castle!
……
For Wowelet, today was a day without the heart to work.
The little friend that I liked was taken away by Grindelwald, and I don’t know if he can come back safely; the obedient apprentices were also taken away. A group of lazy alchemists couldn’t run faster than others. I hope they can hide well on the battlefield.
After everyone left, Wovilet walked back and forth in the room for dozens of times, and finally opened his treasure house, took out his treasured potions, counted them bottle by bottle, and placed them on the table.
When they all come back, there will always be injured little ones who can be used...
While Wowelet was trying to calm himself down in this way, he was worried that there would be many casualties like before.
Suddenly, his arm trembled and he felt an indescribable pain all over his body, as if he had been stung by a poisonous scorpion, but it was so fast that it seemed like an illusion and was over in the blink of an eye.
"Snapped!"
A bottle of healing medicine floating in the air fell to the ground. Fortunately, the crystal bottle was of high quality and the bottle did not break, but just rolled twice.
Wowelet lifted his finger and made the bottle float again. After putting it back on the table, he looked at his arm in confusion.
——Why did my magic power suddenly go out of control? Could it be that I have contracted a terminal illness?
Wowelet snapped his fingers again, and the flames in the fireplace shot up a bit, as if everything was back to normal.
No... it's not the same as usual...
For some reason, the flame in the fireplace was brighter than usual, and made a strange sound of breaking wind.
Wowelet saw his own shadow on the ground changing with the light, and slowly realized that the light actually came from behind him... from outside the window.
He turned his head and saw the sky glowing with a strange green light, and countless shells with flames were flying towards the castle!
"Enemy attack——"
Someone shouted in a tearing voice!
The next moment, a shell hit the castle, the glass shattered instantly, and the huge shock wave knocked Wovilet to the ground. He slammed into the cabinet with a thud, and blood flowed from his forehead.
Wowelet's vision was blurred and his ears were buzzing. He supported himself on the floor and sat up a little. He saw gravel and dust dancing in the air. His wand accidentally slipped out of his hand and rolled under the laboratory table.
Fortunately, the castle's stone walls were thick enough and had been reinforced by generations of wizards. After a round of artillery fire, the castle still stood strong, with only a few places collapsed.
Wowelet was almost inaudible for a moment, he crawled over and grabbed the wand, sweeping all the potions into the box again, and the door suddenly burst open.
The person who broke in was a witch with a terrified face. She pulled Wowelet up from the ground and said something to him anxiously and fearfully, but Wowelet could not hear it clearly at all.
"I can't hear you!" the old man shouted, "What did you say? I can't hear you! What's going on outside?"
The witch with a bun said something again, dragged Wovilet and ran out quickly.
The main force of the Witch Party followed Grindelwald away. At this time, almost all the people left in the castle were the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, as well as the wounded and corpses who had been sent back from the battlefield not long ago.
The entire castle was in chaos. Wizards were screaming and running around. Some were injured and were dragged away by their companions, covered in blood.
"Etc., etc!"
Wowelet forcefully shook off the witch's hand, tremblingly took out the potions from his box, and with a wave of his wand, distributed them all to the wounded.
He also drank a bottle himself. The effect of the potion was immediate, and soon Wovilet heard countless noisy sounds.
"Muggles! It's the Muggle army!"
"How did they find us? The castle has concealment spells and Muggle-repelling spells!"
"All the protective spells have failed! Where is Mr. Grindelwald? When will they be back?"
"He's dying! Who can help me?"
"Calm down! Calm down! Everyone go to the basement! Run to the basement!"
The strange whistling sound rang out again, as if countless horned beasts were howling in unison. Everyone's faces turned pale, knowing that another round of bombing was coming!
"Protect them all!"
"Iron armor protection!"
"There are many obstacles!"
The wizards cast messy spells and the light of magic flickered, but their eyes revealed fear and despair.
There was a sudden light outside the window!
The next second, a loud explosion sounded, and all the windows in the castle were shattered. The hot storm swept along the corridor, even making a whistling sound. The originally gloomy corridor was illuminated as bright as day, and people were cast with long and narrow shadows behind them. The stone wall made a rustling sound in the vibration, and a piece of gravel rolled down from the high windowsill.
but……
There were no further casualties and no further collapse of the wall.
It was still bright and hot outside the window, but the shells seemed to explode before they hit the castle.
"Fa...what happened?"
Someone asked softly.
Wowelet swallowed, pushed away the young man who was protecting him, walked to the window, and looked out through the narrow window.
The light that suddenly appeared was quickly shrinking, and a golden-red bird spread its wings and flew. Its body made of flames was two or three times larger than the Hippogriff.
"What is that?" A young witch shouted in surprise, "Is it... a phoenix?"
Speaking of the phoenix, one naturally thinks of Dumbledore. He is the only known wizard in the wizarding world who has a phoenix as a pet. He is also the most powerful wizard whom even his enemies trust and admire.
Wowelet was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, Dumbledore's phoenix is much... smaller than that..."
Before Wowelet could finish his words, he froze.
In the distance, where the Muggle army gathered, black fog was surging, directly overturning several trucks and throwing the screaming soldiers into the air.
It was pure, destructive power... the same power that Grindelwald had been trying to obtain for the first half of his life.
——Silently.
Wowelet repeated the name in his mind, speechless with shock, totally unable to comprehend how this had happened.
Why is Mo Mo Ran outside the castle? What's with that weird firebird? They seem to be protecting the people in the castle... why?
If it was a guard force arranged by Grindelwald in advance...why didn't he mention it to everyone?
Wowelet's mind was in a state of confusion, and everything that happened next was even stranger than he could have dreamed.
The firebird that detonated all the shells in the air was moving through the flames after the explosion, as if it had absorbed some kind of power from it. Its body became larger and larger, just like... like an ever-expanding fire beast.
After the Muggle's vehicle was overturned halfway, he suddenly pushed out a fat cannon barrel and fired at the black fog swirling in the air. After a flash of blue light, the black fog suddenly shattered and disappeared, and a thin girl fell from the air.
The black-clad soldier shot at the girl. A cloak flew over to block the bullet. Then suddenly a broom flew over from somewhere, caught the girl, and took her away in a "whoosh".
The firebird that seemed to be enjoying the fire screamed angrily, and its body expanded to more than ten meters high and pounced towards the Muggles!
Its long, slender tail swept across the ground, leaving a long trail of burning flames.
Its huge body is like a natural target and can be easily hit even when flying in the air.
The Firebird was also hit by the invisible "bomb" from the cannon, and its flight path suddenly shifted. It crashed into a distant hill and ignited a large flame.
When everyone's attention was attracted by the firebird, the broom flew back stealthily and dropped a cube of strange color from the sky.
"bomb!"
The soldiers around the landing point screamed and rushed to the back of the bunker, but saw that the cube fell on top of the cannon barrel. Metal claws suddenly extended from both sides, and with a few "swish"s, most of the cannon barrel was dismantled at a speed invisible to the naked eye. An axe was also pulled out and chopped several times!
"Fire!"
The Muggle commander shouted loudly, and bullets rained down. Suddenly, a shield unfolded on the cube, instantly shielding itself tightly and catching all the bullets.
But the shield was not invincible, and soon there were dents on it. The strange cube moved while resisting the attack, and suddenly dropped the shield and rolled to the side. The shield fell to the ground, and the high-speed bullets hit the truck's fuel tank!
"boom--"
The explosion sounded again, turning the surroundings into a sea of fire!
In the firelight, the cube leaped up, and all kinds of strange tools extended from the sides - metal claws, pliers, wrenches, bottle openers, shovels, etc. It was like a fierce general killing all around, killing the surrounding Muggle soldiers and making them flee in panic.
Suddenly, a masked strange man jumped out. He was so strong that he rammed into the trucks like a runaway bull, flattening the front ends of several cars.
These two guys seemed to have skin of steel and bones. They were not afraid of Muggle bullets at all, and they were not even afraid of death. They snatched the Muggle guns and shot at the truck's fuel tank and even the weapon box!
Several balls of fire exploded one after another, and the hot wind singed people's hair.
The wizards in the castle crowded around the windows, staring in amazement, feeling like they were watching an absurd comedy.
Just when they thought the Muggle army was helpless against those guys, they saw some Muggles suddenly fired a gun with a hook!
"Zizzi-"
A strong arc of electricity flashed, and the cube and the masked man, who had been invincible just now, both became weak and could not move as if their joints were rusted.
The man with high cheekbones sneered, "I knew that anyone who has anything to do with magic would not be able to withstand this kind of attack. Let me see what you two are made of!"
He walked towards the masked man and reached out to pull off the cloth covering his face.
"Thunderbolt explosion!"
Someone yelled, and the high cheekbones flew out like a sandbag being thrown.
Twenty or thirty wizards who had been hiding nearby at some point lifted their invisibility and raised their wands at the same time.
"All petrified!"
Spells were flying on the battlefield, but Wowelet heard the man next to him groan, "Merlin... that seems to be... the Order of the Phoenix?"
Wowelet took a look at him and recognized him as a young wizard from England. He asked curiously, "Order of the Phoenix?"
The young wizard explained in a trembling voice: "It was a secret society founded by Dumbledore more than 20 years ago to resist the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters. I heard that they suffered heavy losses in the First British Wizarding War and were disbanded ten years ago... I know two of the people in it."
As if he had discovered some great secret, he murmured, "It looks like they have regrouped... The Order of the Phoenix is definitely not here to help us, and Dumbledore might show up soon... Should we... Should we escape now?"
He looked around, afraid that the principal would appear in front of him in the next second, and he was so panicked that he didn't know what to do.
Wowelet didn't pay attention to what he said next, and asked with a strange look: "In order to resist Voldemort...Dumbledore also created a secret society?"
He suddenly felt indignant and said angrily: "Why wasn't it created when our Wachowski Party ruled Europe?"
The young wizard collapsed: "…Is this the point?"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud banging sound on the outer wall. Everyone turned around and saw a familiar flying broom parked outside the window without glass. The cube, the masked man, the little girl who could transform into Mo Mo Ran, and a firebird that was very similar to the Lihuo Beast were all staring at them, all exuding a dangerous aura.
"Excuse me, where is our master Vider Grey?" Cube asked politely.
Beside it, the firebird slightly spread its wings, with golden-red light flashing from its mouth. Black mist emerged from the little girl's body, and her pupils were faintly white.
"Good question, I wanted to ask that too."
Sirius and Lupin, riding on broomsticks, also appeared outside the window, holding wands and pointing at the many wizards.
"Let the child go!" Sirius said coldly, "Otherwise, you will go and keep company with those Muggles!"
(End of this chapter)