"Your Excellency, our country is under unprecedented attack. Earl Lee's first words made Minister Fudge's face even more difficult to look at. Fudge wanted to say something to show his aggressive attitude at this point, but in the end he didn't say anything, just his face became more gloomy.

"Lee, we already know what you're talking about. Don't be alarmist, aren't they just some terrorists, the minister has already arranged for the director of the Auror Office to deal with it in person, and it will be solved soon. Umbridge retorted. His Excellency the Deputy Minister has always had a feeling of dislike for Count Lee, and she herself cannot understand the reason.

Lee quickly surveyed the people in the office, Lucius Malfoy sat on the left-hand side closer to the minister, Amelia Bones sat across from Secretary Fudge, and the deputy secretary who spoke sat on the couch farther away, twisting his body and glaring at him. "Your Excellency, you must be talking about Gringotts. That's not what I'm talking about. I just got the information that Tumbledown Alley was attacked by unknown people. ”

"What? Tumbledown Alley was also attacked?" Bones stood up from his position suddenly, and now he was afraid that he would be hit by Li Bei's words. Bones also looked at Count Lee.

"Yes, it's the Boggin Bock store. Witnesses said that at least 10 wizards were involved in the attack, and that fierce fighting broke out in Boginbockne, affecting the entire Tumbledown Alley, and the number of dead and wounded is not yet determined. "Count Lee thinks of Lucius Malfoy. The relationship between the Boginbock and Lucius families is ambiguous, and some insiders say that the Malfoy family is actually the force behind Boginbock. The Malfoy family often uses Boginbock to do things that are inconvenient to do in the open, such as under-valuing some of the family's finances and dealing with tricky magic items of unknown origin.

Lucius Malfoy was expressionless, as if Boginbock had nothing to do with him. At this time, his heart was also full of shock. Boggin Bock is not your average store. It has always been a secret stronghold of the Malfoy family. The history of this shop is extremely old, the defenses in the store are very perfect, and some ancient demonic formations are even stronger than those of Malfoy Manor.

There are a lot of shady things in this old store, especially some black magic props, once exposed, I'm afraid no one can cover them up. But that wasn't the thing that surprised Malfoy the most. Not long ago, the Malfoy family had just placed a batch of very important magic items in Boginbock, and they didn't expect someone to attack it today.

Most of these magic items were smuggled from the European continent and were extremely valuable, and some of them were completely stolen from ancient tribes in the Alps at great expense, for which the Malfoy family paid a very high price.

Lucius Malfoy's worst fear at this time happened, I am afraid that this is an attack specifically against the Malfoy family. Minister Fudge thought for a moment and asked, "Apart from Tumbledown Alley, has Diagon Alley been affected?"

"Not yet, those wizards don't seem to be with the Gringotts guys, the two sides don't converge. The Aurors are still trying their best to control the situation at Gringotts, but it seems—" Earl Lee hesitated, "It seems that many wizards have realized that something is wrong with Gringotts. By the time I came, some reporters had already appeared. ”

Since Gringotts had not yet fallen, Minister Fudge did not announce the incident, but ordered the Aurors to take special measures to temporarily seal off the entire Gringotts. The average wizard gets the explanation that Gringotts is maintained for several hours.

However, this measure can only make it impossible for the wizards outside to judge the situation at Gringotts, but there is no way to shield the magic fluctuations. The battle between the Aurors and those attackers was extremely intense, and the strong magic fluctuations were easily perceived by the wizards.

"You said that Wizarding Britain is under attack, and it does look like that. Do you have any good advice?" Fudge was a little anxious by the situation in front of him, the key was that he didn't have enough wizards in his hands, the Aurors had all been dispatched, and now Fudge didn't have any powerful wizard team in his hands.

Earl Lee glanced at a few people, thought for a moment, and said, "We currently have three places under attack, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Gringotts, and Tumbledown Alley. The situation in Tumbledown Alley has been brought under control, and those who attacked, and the most important matter at present is to be ascertained by reliable men, and to ascertain the enemy's intentions, and I think that His Excellency Lucius Malfoy, as the Minister's Special Envoy, can go and deal with it. ”

Fudge looked at Lucius Malfoy, who was still expressionless. Umbridge was a little strange, Malfoy was a little strange today, it seemed like a different person, most of the time it was silent.

Seeing that Malfoy did not object, Fudge said: "This is a good suggestion, Lucius, you also know, the current situation is very special, and the matter of Tumbledown Alley will be entrusted to you." Lucius Malfoy nodded slightly, turned and left.

"Gringotts' situation is still under control for the elves, and with the Aurors already in the fight, I think the most important thing at the moment is how to maintain Gringotts' solid reputation. Otherwise, once Gringotts is breached, causing everyone's worries, then Gringotts may face an even greater crisis. "There are no paper money in the wizarding world, and there is no big risk of a run, and Earl Lee's fear is that once Gringotts' unbreakable impression is shattered, there may be more trouble.

"What's your suggestion?" Umbridge asked directly.

"The current situation can only be guaranteed by the credibility of the Ministry of Magic, and the Minister must personally come forward to show everyone that Gringotts is strong in order to stabilize the situation. ”

"Hmph, I thought there was a new idea, and it wasn't for the minister to come forward in person, we had already thought of this. Umbridge sneered.

Earl Lee did not respond to the deputy minister's provocation, but just looked at the minister, "Let me think about this matter, let's talk about Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." ”

Count Li sighed slightly in his heart. Fudge is not a strong leader, and despite his good political acumen, he is not a bold leader who can lead Wizarding Britain through the current situation.

Li quickly suppressed his disappointment, thought for a moment and said, "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the most complicated situation, and I'm afraid it can't be solved simply. ”

"So far we have not contacted Albus Dumbledore, and there is information in the ministry that Albus Dumbledore seems to be heading in the direction of the North Sea. The North Sea is barren, and the only place that has a connection with wizards is Azkaban. ”

"Those Quidditch players who visit Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are all arranged in advance, although there is no Auror protection, they are not weak, as adult wizards, there should be no problem in self-preservation, but the situation from the Aurors shows that these Quidditch players have no power to resist at all, and they are all controlled. ”

"And those black-robed wizards, there are so many of them, I don't know how to control the house elves, and use the water of life and death to put the students and professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry into a deep sleep. This is not something that a small organization can do. ”

"Hogwarts Castle has an extremely powerful magical barrier, and it is generally impossible for strange wizards to enter Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry without permission. At this time, there were dozens of black-robed wizards in Hogwarts Castle. ”

"The Aurors were defeated, and all the students on the Quidditch pitch were taken hostage. Now to solve the problems of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, we are in a completely passive situation. To take bold measures is a waste of our strength. ”

"So you mean to do nothing?" Umbridge asked rhetorically.

"Minister, from these signs, this attack on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry must have been planned for a long time, and there is an extremely powerful organization behind it. The size of this organization is not even below the Aurors. We attack at will without knowing it, and we are just wasting our strength. Count Lee explained.

After listening to Lucius Malfoy's words before, Minister Fudge was already very afraid that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would become the second Hogsmeade, knowing that the terrorist attack almost led to his downfall. "Li, I understand the crisis of the situation, and the current situation is indeed not appropriate for rash action. But without doing anything, there was a problem at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and there was no way to explain it. ”

"Minister, of course you can't do anything, but I think the most important thing at the moment is to make sure that the children in the castle are safe first. We can't let things get any worse. ”

"I know, but now I don't have an Auror in my hands. There is a serious shortage of manpower. The minister sighed. At this time, the tournament was held, and a team of Aurors were sent to the East China Sea region of the Far East, and their whereabouts are unknown, and it is still unknown what went wrong. A team of Aurors has been sent to support Hogwarts, but unfortunately they were defeated not long ago and are temporarily repairing. The rest of the Aurors were all in Gringotts, dealing with those wizards of unknown origin, and the battle between the two sides had reached a fever pitch at this time, and it was impossible to bring people in.

"Minister, I suggest that the ministry can recruit some volunteers and let them form a team to go to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to support. ”

"Volunteers, will there be any wizards willing to take the risk?" Minister Fudge immediately thought that no one would take the risk, but after looking at Lee's expression, something came to mind, "If the parents of those children are notified, it may help." ”

"The minister thinks the same thing as I do. The situation at Hogwarts is different from Gringotts. The news of Gringotts should not be known to too many people, but the situation at Hogwarts Castle cannot be hidden for long. Sooner or later, these children will tell their parents. It is better to announce it in advance, but it can use the power of these parents to stabilize the situation of Hogwarts magic. ”

"I don't think well, Minister," Umbridge hurriedly retorted.

"What's wrong?" Fudge asked, confused.

"Wouldn't it seem that the Ministry of Magic would be too weak to even solve this problem if the parents had been notified?" Umbridge said.

"Your Excellency, the current situation is not the time to worry so much. We can't conjure up a team of Aurors out of thin air, and if we don't make a decision, once Hogwarts is irreparably damaged, it won't be the slightest suspicion. Lee said to Umbridge with a strained face.

"Minister, I think what Li said makes sense, anyway, it's already this time, so it's better to try. Bones also said.

At this time, in Hogwarts Castle, Elder Dora, who had gradually gained the upper hand, was suddenly stunned, and felt a fluctuation in the surrounding space, and three wizards had already entered the enchantment silently.

This enchantment is very special, even if the pokemon enters it directly, it cannot directly apparition to enter. The three wizards were able to enter, and they were still inside Hogwarts Castle.

After the black-robed wizard appeared, he looked at it and saw that all his subordinates had been knocked out, he was slightly surprised, looked at the elf elder outside the enchantment, and said with a smile: "I said who has the strength to defeat so many of my subordinates alone, it turns out to be the elder of the elf clan." Fortunately, I will be glad to be!"

The black-robed wizard could see Elder Dora's identity at a glance, and his insight was evident. Elder Dora didn't answer directly, but asked, "Who are you, and why did you attack Hogwarts?"

"Elder, you misunderstood, we didn't intend to attack Hogwarts Castle, this time we just came to get something, and after we got it, we would naturally disappear. Saying this, the black-robed wizard's thin hand stretched out from the wizard's robe, Elder Dora felt great pressure, the black-robed wizard moved extremely slowly, as if in order to reassure Elder Dora, he pointed to the black-robed wizards who fainted one by one, and the wizard who was pointed out actually disappeared out of thin air.

In just over ten minutes, all the fallen wizards disappeared. To be able to cast such magic within the Hogwarts enchantment is completely unfathomable. In fact, Elder Dora didn't know that this was mainly because the black-robed wizard had mastered that gray ball of light, and most of the enchantments in the world had no effect on him at this time.

"Alright, that's done. What a disturbing day. Your Excellency Elder, I have heard a little about the history of elves, and maybe we will meet again in the future, and I hope that Your Excellency Elder will not harbor such hostility when the time comes. After saying that, the black robe was the first to disappear.

The Rain Summoner was not interested in these wizards in the slightest, but said to the Void, "Let's go too, the purpose has been accomplished." Something quickly skimmed through the air, and when it reached the side of the Raincaller, the Raincaller sneered and disappeared.

In the end, only Voldemort himself remained, he looked at the professors opposite him expressionlessly, and the professors also looked at him in horror, and the confusion in Voldemort's vertical pupils disappeared in an instant, and finally he disappeared silently.

Severus Snape's tense body was relieved. As a former Death Eater, Severus Snape almost thought that Voldemort was going to kill him when he met him in such a situation. Unexpectedly, Voldemort didn't say anything, and didn't even look at him more. What was the reason for this, Professor Severus Snape was momentarily lost in thought.

And the other professors, although they don't know the black robe and the rain summoner, but they all know Voldemort, and the moment they saw Voldemort, everyone became extremely nervous, but they didn't expect that Voldemort didn't do anything, so they left silently.

"Elder, what did they take from Hogwarts, do you know?" Xie was invisible, guarding against another creature that had also been invisible. When the creature disappeared with the rain summoner, Xie An could feel that it seemed to be paying attention to this side. Although neither side could see each other, the feeling was very clear.

After Xie An recovered from his invisibility state, he immediately asked his own questions.