Through this five-hour retracement trip, Maca gradually learned a lot about the rules of time. m.

Among them, he had already speculated, but he needed to confirm it with the help of stone balls; And naturally, there are some people who have no way of knowing as long as they have not tested it themselves.

As for the biggest gain of his trip, it is undoubtedly the so-called "safety limit" that he finally tried step by step with Thomas's hands.

Obviously, as long as Maca puts a little more effort into it afterwards...... Not to mention the way to save Luna's life, at least he can always use the reaction of the stone ball to determine the danger of changing something, so as to avoid the recurrence of the serious injury in Delphi's mouth.

"Marca, then we'll send this lady to St. Mungo with Mr. Thomas?"

Harry could hear him speak, and he nodded softly after glancing at the woman Thomas had saved.

"yes, okay."

Just now, Maca's words hit Thomas's heart, and he promised to let the Order of the Phoenix send someone to protect his family, and soon Thomas made up his mind to agree to stay and help.

Thomas's next task was to partner with Harry and Charlie to send the Muggle woman to St. Mungo, and then partner with them to fight more soul collectors in the city.

There was no doubt that Thomas was scared, as evidenced by the roar he had run behind Harry when he had seen Nobeta earlier. But it's also obvious that he actually craves change from the bottom of his heart.

This time, Maca took advantage of him without his knowledge, but it was equivalent to giving him a great opportunity that came with danger.

"Oh yes, Marca, aren't you going with us to St. Mungo?"

Seeing Harry take a few steps and suddenly turn around, Maca shrugged her shoulders and shook her head with a smile.

"I just came out of there."

……

To say that the night in London always comes a little early, from the time of nightfall to five hours later, the whole night is actually only half over.

But just this half night has already changed the situation in the city a lot.

Facts have proved that when things go well, there are always times when things don't go well, even if it's the long-planned and calculating Helbo, it seems to be the same.

Due to the large number of wizards led by Sirius, and the Muggle army that Kingsley had borrowed from the Queen, the orderly large-scale battles made the mad wizards very uncomfortable. In the past five hours, several battlefields have already sent good news to the Leaky Cauldron Bar.

And because of Harry and Charlie's joint attack, the number of black-eyed wizards who have become executioners in the city is decreasing one after another.

For these soul collectors, who are not very numerous, this is clearly becoming a big problem. Therefore, it is conceivable that Helbo's current mood is definitely not very good.

Therefore, when Lu Ping, who was in charge of centering the strategy, suddenly found that when he was sorting out a lot of information, he didn't know when he had witnessed those black-eyed wizards.

"Are Harry and Charlie's actions so efficient?"

"Definitely not."

As Lupin was looking at the statistics, he heard a rough voice beside him. It was so characteristic that he didn't even need to turn his head to see that it was Aberforth back.

"How do you know if there isn't?" Lupin subconsciously said, "You're going to help the two of them?" ”

"Nope."

Aberforth sat down on the chair beside Lupin, then took Lupin's cup again and drank the cold tea in it.

"However, I did follow them for a while because I was on the way, and the two little ones were really surprising, one wielding the Gryffindor sword with agility, and the other riding a Norwegian spinback dragon majestic, and the cooperation in battle was quite good."

As he spoke, he snatched the statistical report from Lupin's hand and looked at it carefully, and then added:

"But it's not possible for them to clear more than half of the city's murderous black eyes so quickly...... You see, there hasn't even been a single hit message in the last hour, how can it be so fast? ”

With that, Aberforth slapped the paper on the table, then raised his hand and scratched his messy gray hair.

"So I see, it's hard to think that Helbo suddenly summoned those guys back!"

"Really?" Lupin hesitated, "But Maca told me before, he said that Helbo doesn't seem to be able to control the actions of those black-eyed wizards, and those guys are not obedient at all?" ”

"Oh?" Aberforth couldn't help frowning, but then waved his hand lazily, "Then I don't know, you can do it yourself!" ”

"Hey!"

Lupin choked on his irresponsible words, and if you don't know the truth, then don't say it like the truth! And in the end, he actually threw the problem away again without care.

"Don't look at me like that, I really don't have any ideas anyway." Aberforth shook his head and said, "Well, I'll have to go to Sirius anyway, so I can help you run by the way...... By the way, where did it come from? Behind Big Ben, right? ”

"Hey," Lupin heard this, and hurriedly said, "Don't! Do you want to go to Helbo? Isn't that looking for death? Although some people in the intelligence say that there is no one there, what if Helbo is hiding and our spies don't find out? ”

But when Aberforth heard this, he pouted on the spot and said:

"Isn't it just a life? If you lose it, you lose it...... I've lived long enough, and honestly, it doesn't make much sense to live any longer. So for me, I just didn't promise you to come in the first place; Otherwise, just go out and have a few fights! ”

"What are you talking about?" Lu Ping held his forehead speechlessly, with a helpless expression, "The main force is not enough, and there are still many places where you are needed!" ”

"Shw!"

Aberforth glanced at him impatiently, then nodded reluctantly. After all, Lupin was right.

What's more, when he thought of his "selfish" brother, Aberforth felt that he must not die like that.

"Alright, I got it!" Soon, I saw him stand up and say, "Then I'll go and rest a little first, I haven't eaten much at night, but I'm hungry for such an activity." ”

Hearing Aberforth say this, Lupin breathed a sigh of relief, and then said:

"If you want something to eat, go to the camp for the refugees! Mr. Swift of Dragon's Breath Bakery made a lot of sweet bread, saying that eating something sweet would soothe everyone's mood...... There should be quite a few left! ”

The Dragon's Breath Bakery he mentioned is in Diagon Alley, and its popularity is not high because the taste has not changed in nearly a hundred years on weekdays. However, the Swift family continued to make bread from generation to generation, and they have barely managed to hold on to it until now.

But this time, when the whole of London was plunged into this fog and Diagon Alley was completely turned into a place of refuge, Mr. Swift Sr. took the initiative to provide free food for the evacuees.

What's more worth mentioning is that the reason why the ancestors of the Swift family built this bakery was also to provide food for the refugees in the magical war...... Although, at that time, Diagon Alley didn't even exist!

Hearing Lupin's words, Aberforth immediately chuckled and said:

"It seems that if we can survive this crisis, Old Swift's bakery should have a lot of new customers."

As he spoke, he turned around and came out of the bar and strode towards the backyard.

"Who's to say it isn't?" Lupin looked at the back of Aberforth leaving, and couldn't help but say, "Moreover, the Swift family is worthy of being a wartime supply, and when they saw that the momentum of the wizarding world was not right, they immediately stocked up on a lot of ingredients. Seriously, if it drags on for a long time this time, then Dragon's Breath Bakery will have done a great job! ”

At least for a certain period of time, they will no longer have to send people to risk collecting food.

Thinking about it casually, Lupin quickly put these things aside for the time being, bowed his head and began to write a letter, the witnesses of the black pupil wizard were abnormally decreasing, and he had to tell Maca as soon as possible.

……

As Lupin had previously mentioned, Helbo really had no way to control the soul gatherers who had been transformed by the summoning ritual itself.

However, although he has no control over the actions of those black-eyed wizards, he is able to prevent "them" from appearing in London for the time being.

That's right, as soon as Maca and Delphi left the mirror space, it was naturally empty. Secretly annoyed, Helmo simply took those "apprentices" who had not yet been transformed into that space.

So, even though they were still in the little square behind Big Ben, Aberforth would not have seen Helbo even if he had gone there.

McKellen ...... See how you're going to get in and mess with my plans this time! ”

In that black-and-white square, Helmbo watched as the apprentices were transformed into Gatherers one by one, and then wandered around in a daze in the monotonous mirror city. I saw the corners of his mouth, and gradually hooked up a sneer.

"Yes, and the little girl," he snorted, as if suddenly remembering Delphi again, "I'll see what else you can do with me when all these collectors are converted." ”

Needless to say, Helbo was planning to release the collectors all at once at that time. And if that were the case, with the combat power of those black-eyed wizards, Harry alone would probably not be able to cope with it.