There is an English Muggle proverb that says, "If you lay don ith dogs, you ill get up ith fleas(1))".

Fortunately, Lupin is usually not worried about fleas, after all, he is still a wolf himself!

It's a pity that fleas or something are easy to deal with, I'm afraid I'm afraid of Sirius's restless nature. Since this time there was a big disturbance in Haifa City, Lupin had a bad premonition, so he sent back the request for temporary return along with the cipher without saying a word.

However, for a short period of time, his injuries did not allow him to use convenient means of movement such as apparition and portkeys, and if they really wanted to go back, they would have to wait at least another day or two before they could do it.

But just a day or two of them caused Lupin and Sirius to suffer.

According to Lupin's previous prediction, he thought that the International Federation of Wizards would send men soon this time, but what he didn't expect was that Helpo's speed of action was actually faster than that of the Federation.

On the second night after the city's fire, nearly three hundred unidentified wizards suddenly appeared in the center of the city, and spread out in groups and in twos.

These wizards looked similar to the small group of attackers before them, and although they couldn't see their faces due to their clothing, they were generally short in height.

But contrary to their stature, they are surprisingly strange and powerful in the use of black magic.

Based on Sirius and Lupin's experience of fighting them, it was as if all of them were skilled in using silent spells, and they weren't as powerful as they were.

And, more importantly, those who hide their heads and tails use some black magic that no one else has even seen.

It's just that one thing is very interesting, and that is - the magic of these short wizards seems to have been printed out of a mold, and it feels exactly the same.

In fact, if the number of people was smaller, as was the case with a maximum of twenty or thirty raiders last time, Sirius would not have been too worried if he was prepared. The reason why Lupin was seriously injured was actually because of the sneak attack.

But if there are a lot of people......

“…… Something wasn't right outside, I just saw a lot of black shadows flying through the air. I remember the last time we were attacked, those wizards of unknown origin were able to fly through the air without the help of anything. ”

At this point, Sirius hurried back from the window and whispered his discovery to Lupin, who was lying on the couch.

"Are you sure those shadows didn't use broomsticks or anything?" Lupin frowned suddenly, "It's cloudy tonight, it's so dark outside...... Do you see clearly? ”

"Not 100% sure, but it should be true."

"And in what direction did they fly?"

Looking at Sirius's expression with confidence, Lupin naturally didn't suspect anything anymore. And because most of those wizards were Helmo's people, he naturally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly sat up with some difficulty on the sofa cushions.

"To the southwest, probably to the coast—that's not exact," Sirius said immediately, "but I think they must have come from the city center." ”

"How many?" Lupin continued to ask softly.

When Sirius heard this, he immediately confirmed the image that still remained in his mind.

Without the moonlight and the stars, the night sky was indeed dark, but since those figures did not fly high, he could still barely distinguish them.

"Not a lot," he thought for a moment, "I can see at least ten people, maybe more...... They passed by two by two, several pairs in a row! ”

"Hmmm......"

Lupin frowned and thought for a moment, but quickly shook his head.

"What does that Helbo think...... He's going to get ahead of the Federation's team—"

"Bang!"

Before Lupin could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a sudden crisp sound. The sound was accompanied by a large shards of glass, and two black shadows rushing in through the window.

"Bang!"

Because Sirius was still facing away from the window at the moment, it was Lupin who was sitting on the couch who reacted first. The pain in his abdomen prevented him from standing up quickly, but it didn't prevent him from drawing his wand.

Suddenly, the cloaked wizard who rushed in front of him seemed to crash into an invisible force, and even his speed slowed down suddenly.

It's a silent obstacle spell that casts extremely fast!

Remembering that Lupin was the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, there may have been some other reasons - for example, Dumbledore seemed to want him to contain Sirius, who had suddenly escaped from prison at that time.

But just from this hand, it can be seen that he still has his real ability to serve as a professor.

It's just that the range of an obstacle spell is not very large, and it is already the limit to be able to stop one at the moment when the other party just enters the house.

When the other attacker who followed him saw that his companion was trapped, he shrank up and took half a step to the side, decisively using his companion as a human shield.

It was followed by a puff of thin black needles that had been poured on Lupin's side.

The black needles the length of the index finger were all formed by unknown black magic, and they flew fast, and the tips of the needles were quite sharp, and once they pierced something, they would immediately explode.

This kind of dark magic was something that Lupin and Sirius had seen last time, so they knew the power of this thing.

What's more, none of them had ever hit this trick last time, could it still work this time?

When Sirius, who turned around in a hurry, found out about this, his movements were also fast. I saw that he waved his staff and pointed to the table next to him, and then suddenly flicked it in front of Lupin, and the table accurately stopped at the magic black needle.

At the same time, Lupin, of course, was not idle.

He rolled himself off the couch with a dull pain in his abdomen, and then stretched out his wand on his back.

Even though there was a dining table in front of him, and he couldn't see the scene in front of him for a moment, he still recited the next spell according to the location in his memory.

Immediately, I saw a flash of fire from the tip of his staff, which was undoubtedly a stun spell. However, he did not trigger the spell even after it took effect, and somehow delayed the release of the spell for more than a second.

Don't underestimate this second, that's the time when the opponent's black needle pierced the table and caused an explosion. And when a good dining table was torn apart by dozens of thin needles, Lupin's powerful stun spell quickly passed through the large sawdust and went straight to the other party's location.

Because Sirius's throwing table just now obscured the view, the attacker apparently didn't notice Lupin's movements. And the moment he saw the flickering fire, it was too late to dodge.

"Bang!"

The moment the wizard was struck in the chest by the stun spell, he flew backwards and slammed into the wall.

Sirius and Lupin were naturally not interested in admiring the sight of each other sliding down the wall, and after the two of them tacitly cooperated to solve the one, they immediately focused on the first one.

The attacker who had just taken the lead had now been freed from the effects of the Barrier Charm, and when he saw him raise his hand again, it was obvious that he was about to make his counterattack.

Seeing this, Sirius put an iron armor spell on his body, and on the other side, Lupin also immediately thought of the choice that this wizard often makes in duels.

But the moment he raised his wand, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that made him give up the idea - at the base of the wall by the window, the attacker who had been "stunned" by the two of them had stood up again!

"Let's go!"

Lupin was well aware of the strength of the stun spell he had just had, and if he couldn't get the other party into a coma at that moment, it would mean that the situation was not good.

And Sirius was only stunned when he heard Lupin's abrupt reminder, but he didn't hesitate for a moment.

Out of trust in Lupin's best friend, he did not hesitate to abandon the preparation of the next offensive spell, and raised his wand to create a large cloud of smoke.

When the smoke was dispersed by the other party, he and Lupin disappeared into the living room.

The two attackers searched back and forth here twice, but naturally found nothing, and the two who lost their targets didn't seem to care, turned around and quietly left.

Speaking of which, the two short wizards didn't seem to say a word from beginning to end.

……

Sirius and Lupin, of course, couldn't go far, they were actually hiding behind the couch. It's just because of the immortal hidden elixir provided by Maca that the two of them successfully concealed their existence.

This is the benefit of the Immortal Hidden Elixir, if you use other stealth methods such as the Illusion Spell, you may not be able to avoid those two people with strange and treacherous magical abilities.

"Ahem, it looks like it's really gone......"

The two waited in place for a while, and were slightly relieved to see that the other party did not return suddenly.

If they continue to fight just now, it will definitely be their side that suffers - after all, with Lupin's current state, he really can't support too complicated battles.

"Are you alright?" Sirius frowned worriedly.

But Lupin, although he was holding his abdomen in some pain, shook his head decisively.

"I'm more concerned about the two attackers than about the injuries......," he said solemnly, "and as you can see, there is a clear difference between these two tonight and the four last time." If it had been the last sneak attacker, it would have been impossible to use my body to force my stun spell and still get up so quickly! ”

"Well," Sirius nodded, "What's more, there are more than ten of them just what I saw......"

When Lupin heard this, he clutched his abdomen and fell into deep thought.