"I'm calling all of you here today because I think it's time to discuss the next steps, because the situation is much better now than it was before the war broke out. It can even be said that we have come to an important turning point. After taking his seat in his chair, Headmaster Dumbledore spoke first about the purpose of the meeting.

"Yes, Headmaster Dumbledore. Ms. Bones chimed in. "According to our Ministry of Magic, there have been no more cases of Muggles or wizards being harmed in the UK in the last week. In addition to Greater London, Death Eaters and members of the Ministry of Magic in London have also been greatly reduced. ”

"That's really good news. Professor Dumbledore nodded, then gave a serious expression. "But I don't think Voldemort will rest on his laurels, even if he's suffered a huge loss—"

Speaking of which, Dumbledore glanced at Ryan and Hermione, and then continued, "Especially according to my calculations, even if he lost a lot of manpower and material resources in the confrontation with us before, he still has a force in his hands that is not less than 1/3 of his heyday. This also shows that Voldemort's contraction is not due to lack of strength, but to some conspiracy that we don't know about. ”

"Professor. Hermione raised her hand and asked, "Why can't this be the mysterious man trying to put up a complete resistance in London? With the city of London, a place where we can't use powerful magic to attack on a large scale, he can do us a lot of damage. ”

"Besides, I believe that after the Mystery's recent series of failures and the oppression of his subordinates, there are not many people who are willing to follow him loyally now. In this way, it should be fine to hold a place with such a group of half-hearted guys, but I think it will be too difficult to mobilize these people to take the initiative to attack. ”

"You're right, Miss Granger. If Voldemort had been a normal person, he would have done so. After listening to Hermione's analysis, Dumbledore nodded, "But he's never been the kind of person who follows the rules, or since I met Voldemort, he's always been used to doing whatever it takes to get what he wants. And being trapped in London and fighting a defensive war was definitely not what he wanted. ”

"I think Voldemort's plan now should be to use all the forces at his disposal to launch a powerful surprise attack, and then completely turn the tide of the current battle, and even win the war in this battle. Finally, Professor Dumbledore concluded.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, do you have any evidence to prove it?" Miss Bones stood up nervously, looking very uneasy. This is because the main force on the front line is the wizards of the Ministry of Magic, and according to Professor Dumbledore, those members of the Ministry of Magic who are on the front line should be in a very dangerous situation now.

"Amelia, there's no need to be so nervous. Dumbledore also saw Miss Bones' uneasiness, he reached out and made a downward gesture for her to sit down, and then said, "According to Voldemort's personality, he probably wouldn't attack the Aurors on the front line." Because attacking the Aurors would at best lift our siege of London, but London doesn't matter to him, and I don't think Voldemort would put the resources he has into such a thing. ”

"What is the mystery man doing now?" said Lady Bones frowned, "if they don't break our current siege of London, what is the purpose of all this power that the mystery man has gathered?"

"I don't know about that. Headmaster Dumbledore shook his head helplessly. "But what I'm sure of now is that the wealth and resources that Voldemort had gotten before hadn't been shipped back to any location we know of. At the same time, several of Voldemort's core Death Eaters, such as Bellatrix, have not been seen in front of people for a long time. ”

"You're right, Dumbledore. Mrs. Burns added. "Our intelligence agents at the Ministry of Magic in London have also reported on this incident, and they say that some mysterious people have been stationed in the Ministry of Magic more frequently than in the past, and even some important people have been absent from work for an inexplicable long time. ”

Listening to Dumbledore's conversation with Miss Bones, Ryan could now be sure that Voldemort must have gathered a large number of his most loyal men and enough resources to plan something, but he couldn't guess the exact situation. After all, the plot has changed too much now, and he really can't judge Voldemort's thoughts at this time.

So he subconsciously looked at Headmaster Dumbledore, because he knew that Snape was now receiving Professor Dumbledore's dispatch to lurk around Voldemort, and as Voldemort's cronies, Snape should theoretically send some information to Dumbledore.

Everyone in the room, except Ryan, looked at Headmaster Dumbledore as well. After all, Mr. Headmaster is the greatest white wizard in Britain, and at this time, Headmaster Dumbledore has naturally become everyone's hope.

However, Headmaster Dumbledore didn't seem to have received any useful news now, and he looked at everyone's hopeful eyes, and he said helplessly. "Voldemort has done a very good job of secrecy this time, and anyone involved in his plan seems to have been contained. Even cronies like Bella's we haven't seen them lately. ”

"It's terrible. Lady Bones frowned, because Voldemort was now in a state of influence, and no one knew what his next purpose would be, which meant that any place, any person, could be the target of Voldemort's next attack.

"So what are we going to do? Headmaster Dumbledore. Lupin uttered the common question in everyone's minds. "Isn't it necessary to take everyone back and defend all of our locations? ”

"No, it can't be like this. Ryan objected directly. "If we withdraw the people, it will be equivalent to giving up all the previous achievements, and let the mysterious people have enough time to repair. As a result, we may have to pay more to gain that advantage again. ”

Ryan was right. Hermione added. "As Headmaster Dumbledore said earlier, the Mystic has always been inclined to take risks to gain excess benefits, making Horcruxes, making dangerous shapeshifts to his own body, and now I think his plans are no exception. He concentrated so many people and resources in order to gamble a big deal in order to completely turn the situation around. ”

"That's right, Miss Granger. Dumbledore nodded, then glanced at everyone in the office. "Waiting passively for Voldemort's attack now has no effect other than greatly depleting our resources and strength, but will allow the initiative that already belongs to us to change hands again, and let the hope of victory that is close at hand slip away. And that's probably what Voldemort wants us to do. ”

"So I want you to mobilize all your men now to prepare for a general assault on London, and in any case, the elimination of Voldemort's last open stronghold is our most important goal at this stage. This is also the best way to prevent him from dragging on the war. ”

"No problem. "We'll do our best. "Rest assured, Headmaster—" The rest of the office nodded in agreement with Headmaster Dumbledore, as they knew it was better to do something now than nothing.

In the ensuing period, discussions began on the deployment of forces on all sides. After a brief discussion, it was decided to halt all non-essential operations in order to be able to defend these points while reinforcing the London front, in order to recover the Ministry of Magic and a series of locations in London in the shortest possible time.

Just as everyone had finished discussing the future of the war, Dumbledore cleared his throat. "Today we are going to talk about not only the fighting, but also the post-war reconstruction that needs to be discussed. ”