Chapter 1580: Failed Success
"Kent has fallen?"
"Yes, Helmo has detonated an army of living corpses, and the fog has engulfed most of Kent...... Although the actual extent has not been confirmed, since the center of the explosion was Canterbury, and the Strait of Dover is covered by gray fog, it is not difficult to determine the extent of the fog. ”
Right now, Maca was sitting on a slightly old sofa, whispering to Lupin, Kingsley, and others across from her, about the current disaster and situation.
As you can see, the furnishings here look a little old—old sofas, badly worn round tables, miscellaneous items stacked on walls in brown paper bags, and the copper candlesticks that have been burned blue and black.
Because after all, these are things that have been used for a long time.
In fact, this was originally the "back" of the previous warehouse, a magical warehouse of the Blois family in Calais. Given the history of the existence of the port warehouse used for trading, it's no wonder that things are so old.
However, it has now been kindly provided to Maca by the Blois family as a temporary shelter, and after a short break and counting the number of people, most of the evacuees have to move to a safer place again.
At this moment, everyone else is basically resting - the big guys have been tense for several days, and this time they relaxed, sleepiness and exhaustion instantly came to their hearts, and there are naturally only a handful of people who can still hold on to it.
And to be honest, Maca is also tired......
Well, he's probably the most tired of them all. But he knew that it was not yet time for him to sleep in peace.
"Kingsley, go get some sleep too! Tomorrow morning, you have to go to the Prime Minister and the Queen to talk...... Although we have explained the current situation on the phone just now, there are some things that we still have to say in person to make it clear. ”
Maca persuaded Kingsley, who was sitting diagonally opposite, and when he saw that the other party thought about it, he quickly nodded and left the warehouse, and then he turned his gaze to the other person opposite.
"Lupin," after a moment's consideration, Maca continued, "I'm afraid you'll have to work harder!" For now, I'd like to use this as an outpost...... You know, most of the evacuees are going to get out of here early tomorrow morning, so until then, the team that stays here to monitor the situation across the sea will have to be decided. ”
When Lupin heard this, his heart couldn't help but feel a little heavy.
Obviously, the team in charge of this so-called "outpost" must have a patrol mission. And even if they didn't need to enter the foggy area and just patrol the perimeter as they did at the beginning, the danger would not be much lower.
However, it is obviously impossible to not arrange for people to watch here because of the danger.
"I see," Lupin pondered, then nodded at last, "I'll think carefully about the list of candidates—before dawn." ”
Seeing this, Maca couldn't help but wave her hand and said:
"Take it easy, this 'outpost' shouldn't be as stressful as you might think - the fog on the sea isn't far from this shore, but it's still some distance away. And if I'm Helpo, it's easier and more efficient to erode inland than to cross the ocean, isn't it? ”
Maca knew that it might be because Helbo seemed to have been targeting their force for all this time, so that everyone had the illusion that Helbo was going to wipe out all of them!
But in fact, Helbo was probably only targeting Maca.
Then, after the evacuees have been picked up from Blois early tomorrow morning, Maca will leave France. At that time, Helbo's eyes will probably follow him out of France.
No way, although Helbo is strong now, he is still on the way to accumulate strength.
In the final touch to death rule...... Even after he mastered the death rule rune, I am afraid that it is when he really starts to "go crazy".
What's more, this time, under Maca's calculations, Helbo was also injured a lot.
"But," Maca pondered for a moment before continuing, "on the English side, we must be helpless in Kent...... It won't be long before the misty area will be refilled with all sorts of living corpses. But there are other places in England besides Kent, and it is impossible for us, as wizards in our country, to ignore ...... Not to mention, we also have agreements with the Prime Minister and the Queen to cooperate. ”
"That's what we say, but what do we do?"
Seeing Lupin frowning and pondering, Maca could only smile bitterly.
"Honestly, I don't know......" he picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of the cold tea, then leaned back into the old sofa, "Let me think again!" I'm still a little bit clueless, but I still have to think about whether or not to do that...... Let's wait for Kingsley to come back and talk to him about it! On the Muggle side, I'd like to see their 'real' attitude towards the disaster, towards magic, towards wizards. ”
"Hmm."
Seeing Lupin's chin agree, Maca finally couldn't help but stretch her waist, and then yawned and said:
"You've made a list of this outpost, so let's get some rest! Tomorrow has something to do! ”
With that, Maca also stood up, walked step by step to the door of the warehouse, and soon opened a crack in the door and left.
Lupin looked at his back as he went out, and then sighed softly - he knew that many things had not been resolved yet, and Maca probably wouldn't sleep tonight.
"It's hard to relax for a while, ......"
……
Lupin's sigh, Maca heard, but although he was sleepy, he really couldn't sleep well.
Slowly walking out of the warehouse, which was used as a makeshift meeting room, Maca glanced left and right. As you can see, there are several larger warehouses not far away, and in the distance it is a misty white.
These warehouses are physically present, located "on the surface" of them, and are even filled with all sorts of Muggle goods. However, on the "back", it is now used as a temporary collective dormitory, and most of the evacuees are resting in it!
Maca took two steps between the warehouses, pondering the urgent issues and questions about Helbo.
Of course, there may be something more pressing to come.
"The plan can be said to have failed, but it can also be said to have succeeded...... At least in terms of results, it was successful. Maca muttered.
"Tomorrow...... ...... tomorrow night."
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