Chapter 59: Assassination
"Avada suo!" a strong green light flew towards them.
Phoenix summoned a silver shield from the thin air, followed by a death curse, issued with a silent spell. A very beautiful fit, normally, is certain to die, because it is unlikely that you will pay attention to both directions at the same time, not to mention that the person in front of you, deliberately shouts a death curse, and the person behind uses a silent curse.
But they missed a bit.
A flame appeared behind Hermione, and Eden flew out with wings and swallowed the spell in one gulp. Nirvana was reborn in the flames and fell to the ground, chirping faintly.
"Fight back, Hermione, fight back!" Phoenix shouted, his shield making a low noise, and the Death Curse was blocked. The people in front were obviously stunned, obviously not expecting their attack to fail.
The people behind did not hesitate at all, and dozens of sharp daggers flew in the air like sharp swords. Phoenix turned around and waved his wand widely, blasting them into black smoke.
Obviously, no spell will cause obvious damage to the shield. The man in front of him quickly changed positions and bypassed the shield. The wand is down.
Phoenix realized something, and pointed his wand at the ground: petrified. Phoenix and Hermione nearly fell, and their feet became soft and then hard.
"There are two hits!" both yelled in annoyance at the same time.
The black smoke behind turned into a puff of flame and rushed over. Hermione finally reacted from her stunned spurt, her wand spewing out a stream of water, the flames paused for a moment, and then the flames exploded and evaporated all the water.
The other turned a severed piece of wood beneath his feet into a giant bear and rushed at them in a furious manner.
In an instant, the direction of the flames turned. A huge wave of fire was about to drown the bear and the wizard. The firelight illuminated his body as a tall man in a sky-blue robe.
Hermione came back to her senses and attacked the black-robed wizard behind her, preventing him from continuing to attack. The black-robed wizard quickly flashed a stun spell.
Phoenix's mind raced to judge the current situation, and they were at a disadvantage. Hermione had done a good job so far, and the two of them had a tacit understanding of each other's one-on-one fights. But Hermione's experience, reflexes, magic skills, and strength were no match for either of the two, and after three or four spells, she would be defeated.
He himself had to be distracted to protect Hermione, which would make the fight more and more unfavorable - the two of them had been in a straight line with Phoenix during the battle. Also, what is the purpose of the person who hid it with the illusion spell? It must be done quickly, and it is better to have a living mouth.
With a wave of his wand, Phoenix sent a tornado of dust and stones that enveloped him and Hermione. At the last moment, the wave of fire split in two, and the giant bear was engulfed in flames without any suspense, and another flame rose into the sky, forming a pillar of fire.
Dust tornadoes blocked their view. They fired spells indiscriminately, and there were constantly some stun spells and disarming spells flying out to fight back. The flames in the pillar of fire, constantly being sucked in by the tornado, gradually turned red.
The blue-robed wizard drove the pillar of fire closer to the tornado, and Phoenix could feel the temperature around him start to get hot.
"What to do?" Hermione kept firing spells, and the tornado would block her vision. Phoenix doesn't, his detection magic, can feel any magical energy, the wizard himself is like a sun, the trajectory is clear in his magical perception.
Phoenix raised his wand and aimed it at the man with the illusion spell: Blade Blade
This spell wasn't actually what Lupin had taught him, it just told him that there was such a spell. Phoenix researched it and modified the spell to become Area-of-effect destruction.
The pillar of fire was gone, and the jumbled spells that rushed in from time to time were gone.
"Take care of Eden, stay here, wait for me—" Phoenix didn't finish his sentence before he scurried out. The tornado did not cause him any harm.
"No—" Hermione shouted from behind.
The blue-robed wizard had been cut into several pieces by the spell, and this kind of silent magic after use was too much to guard against. Phoenix rushed as fast as he could, to the location of the wizard who had cast the illusion spell.
There were leaves and twigs at his feet, and not far away lay a man, his arms separated from his body.
A large amount of blood gushed out, forming a small pool of blood in this small depression. Phoenix had to do this, cut off his hand and not give him a chance to apparate, which he had to do with a wand.
He knelt in the blood, pressed his neck, and saw his face clearly. It was a strange middle-aged man, his eyes were protruding and his expression was terrified when he saw Phoenix, his mouth opened and closed and spit out a lot of blood, he didn't have long to live. The first spell temporarily stopped him from losing blood.
"Regents!" Phoenix quickly looked through his memories, he didn't try to leave the other two people alive, it was obvious that they, as killers, would hardly have any noteworthy information, and if the person who wanted to kill him had a bit of brains, he wouldn't leave too many clues.
He can only put the treasure on this person with an unknown purpose, since the three of them are ambushed here, why didn't he make a move?
He found it.
In a quaint room, a person stands in front of the window, wearing a beige cape, motionless looking at the scenery outside the window. The people around Phoenix were obviously the owners of this memory, and they hung their heads down, looking familiar. On closer inspection, this man is completely different from the person who fell in a pool of blood.
"It's all done?" was a familiar voice, and he must have seen him in Phoenix's memory.
"Yes, sir. I asked Adler to turn the tea set and cushions into portkeys, and our informant got an invitation. The deposits of the two dark wizards were also paid. ”
"Very well, you have to be careful. His Order of Merlin, the first degree, although he was obtained by my brother under careful planning, he does have some ability. The man's flat tone was mixed with a thick disdain.
"Rest assured, they're the twin dark wizards who have been famous for many years - you know, twins are very dominant in two-on-one, and they're so experienced that they won't miss a beat. ”
"It's better to keep an eye on them, don't make a move, and come back and tell me if there's any accident—" The man in front of the window turned his head slightly, "In case it fails, then the backup plan-"
Suddenly Phoenix's eyes went dark - the Dementor was interrupted, and he used the last of his strength to empty his mind. Occlumency: The contents of the brain will never be known to Phoenix.
The man took a few last strokes and died. He got an incomplete answer. He examined the man's body, which was only a small bottle.
Phoenix sniffed, it was a polyjuice decoction. It's ingenious, it's practical, it's simple. Even if he is seen, it will not help unless he is caught or killed.
They were more decisive than their father thought, and now they have done it, and it seems that his father himself has been murdered. A ray of moonlight shone on his face, and he thought.
Are the conspirators in control of the situation now? He has never been exposed to the family system, and has always been asked to concentrate on learning magic. He didn't know how many pieces his father had left, but the decline of the family was almost inevitable, and no matter how hard he tried, Europe would probably be in a state of fragmentation for a long time.
Phoenix got up and went back the way he came. As for the so-called backup plan, now it can only be taken one step at a time.