Rows of rockets whistled down from the sky, exploding fireballs as brilliant as fireworks in the night. Each explosion around Hogwarts Castle splashes countless fragments of sparks and flesh, and the shattered stone is turned into countless sharp blades by waves of air, flying in all directions, turning the people hiding in the building into hornet's nests, wailing and falling in the rain of blood and roar...... The seemingly sturdy towers and walls were destroyed one after another, and flames rolled everywhere in every courtyard, and the continuous violent explosions pierced everyone's eardrums.

- Although many people have seen the spectacular scene of the Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher destroying the German tank cluster in the movie, when they experience the terrible power of this weapon at this moment, these poor mercenaries and wizards still feel that the end of Shijie is coming!

Even the mercenaries of the "United Kingdom" security company, whose combat profession is concerned, have never seen such a horrific scene - in the Middle East and South America, they have seen the horrific scenes of car bombs at road checkpoints, and they have seen the rebels everywhere being torn to pieces and bloody, but it is the first time in their lives that a devastating and rapid covering strike like this one has ever been.

- In less than three minutes, the entire Hogwarts castle was bathed in explosions and fire.

It was just three rounds of rapid fire, a full 480 whistling 107mm rockets. It completely destroyed Hogwarts Castle, which seemed to be towering and rock-solid. The walls and minarets, which might have been formidable in the age of cold weapons, were deliberately targeted in the face of the intensive firepower of modern armies. The dazzling brilliance can almost blind a person's eyes. And in the explosion, the intense heat was released, and even the lead drainage pipe under the eaves of the castle was melted!

In order to enhance the lethal effect, in addition to the conventional high-explosive bombs, a lot of phosphorus and aluminum incendiary bombs were mixed in the rocket artillery bombardment of Hogsmeade Village...... So, with a deafening roar, countless flaming shrapnel flew out. Towers, auditoriums, courtyards, demonic flames erupted everywhere, igniting everything around them - wooden furniture, wall cladding, and even rubber wires......

There was an explosion. At this time, everyone who was unfortunate enough to be in Hogwarts Castle was in a panic.

The captives who had escaped custody were scrambling through the burning corridors as they scrambled to dodge 107 rockets from afar; Mercenaries with automatic rifles in their hands. Look up at the rockets flying at high speed. found that the weapons in their hands were simply useless, and even the RPG launchers with the longest range could not reach the distant enemy firing positions; The snipers who held on to the high ground were mercilessly shot in the face by the flying brick rubble, and the scorching fire nearly blinded their eyes; There were also many burning "fire men" who let out terrible howls and rolled in the courtyard, groaning in great pain until they fainted or burned alive.

In the midst of the smoky chaos, it was not that no one tried to extinguish the raging flames. But the previous battle had already destroyed the castle's automatic fire system, and not only was there no electricity. Even the water pipes are broken. Moreover, there are just a little too many rockets that keep falling.

In addition, the dense smoke and various toxic gases produced after the explosion also seriously damaged everyone's eyes, throat, nose and other organs, and many people were fainted on the spot. Despite this, some tenacious people still struggle to put out the fire by grabbing a soaked towel to cover their mouths and noses in order to survive, but this is still a futile struggle - usually one side does not have time to fight, and the other place continues to burn......

What's even more terrifying is that the fires are raging all over the castle, and the floors on the Xiangxia side continue to spread...... Finally, a fire ignited the gasoline barrels stored on the ground floor of the castle, and with a series of loud explosions, half of Hogwarts Castle collapsed in an instant......

On the other hand, under the intensive bombardment of rockets, the people in Hogwarts Castle were certainly blown up to the point of howling and flesh flying. The mercenaries who did not enter Hogwarts Castle and continued to stay in the Forbidden Forest and the Ranger's Lodge also had a tragic fate - remember, they were surrounded by lush forests, and these pines, cypresses, camphor trees, and knee-deep dead branches and leaves that were abundant in the Scottish Highlands were ignited by phosphorus and aluminum incendiary bombs, and immediately turned into tsunami-like forest fires!

- Flames, smoke, and heat quickly turned the Forbidden Forest into a sea of fire, and the forest keeper's hut, which had unfortunately been pierced through the roof by an incendiary bomb, had already become a burning torch. The air was hot and hot, full of terrified people, everywhere with tinkling flames, everywhere charred and smoking corpses...... There was a stench of burning animal protein......

When the flames swept over and the smoke cleared, there was only a terrible silence in the scorched earth covered with ash, with no discernible movement except for the sporadic crackling sound of some dead grass and branches continuing to burn.

- The towering Hogwarts Castle, and all the magnificent scenery around it, have been completely destroyed!

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Thousands of meters away, on the rocket launcher site in Hogsmeade Village, through the military telescope with infrared night vision function, looking at the towering and tall Hogwarts Castle in the distance, in the earth-shattering and lively explosion, Zuihou was even more blown up and collapsed, as the initiator Wang Qiu, also couldn't help but widen his eyes, gasping for a cool breath full of gunsmoke.

“…… Oh, my God! Hogwarts Castle has collapsed! That's too unsturdy, isn't it? ”

“…… It would be nice to be able to hold on until now before it collapses! What do you think this castle is? The Maginot Line was also the North American Air Defense Command (the command center for nuclear warfare during the Cold War in the United States. Tucked deep beneath a granite mountain in the Colorado desert of the United States, it can withstand the atomic bombing)? ”

Harry, Permanent Undersecretary of the British Ministry of Magic. Lord Gordon said with a sneer as he played with the wand he had just snatched. “…… It's just a theme park attraction and a foreign station for our paranormal department! In order to save costs, many of the castle's megalithic structures are nothing more than a camouflage plastic wrapped in concrete walls. Hogwarts is as strong as a real medieval castle - who would build an office building stronger than a bomb shelter? Is there such a waste of construction funds in this world? ”

“…… Uh, what you're saying does make a lot of sense...... The castle was not designed to defend against shelling from the beginning......"

Wang Qiu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then nodded—whether it was the CIA's Langley headquarters. It's still the Lubyanka office building of the Soviet KGB, although it sounds eerie and tingling. But all of them could not withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of rocket artillery clusters......

Well, if we have to emphasize defense capabilities, the shape and structure of the Pentagon are a bit like the appearance of modern Western European bastions. But if you really want to defend it as a fortress. I'm afraid the actual combat effect will also be very tragic! After all, it's essentially an office building.

“…… However, since it is a long-term residence for wizards...... Isn't there some powerful protective magic array?! After Wang Qiu thought about it, he continued to complain and said, "...... I was expecting some magic shield to keep the cannonballs out! ”

“…… You mean the protective force field? This kind of magic can only protect one person, and its defense is very limited, and it is barely used to block bullets, let alone a castle of this size...... "Harry. Permanent Undersecretary Gordon rolled his eyes as he raised his wand. Pointing to the sea of fire in front of him, which reflected half of the night sky red, "...... All right. Hogwarts Castle and the remnants of the enemy have been destroyed by our rocket bombardment, though this time it seems a little too much...... The question is what to do next? ”

“…… What's next? Didn't you say it a long time ago? Wang Qiu raised his head and said with some confusion, "...... After a saturation bombardment of Hogwarts Castle with rocket launchers that initially paralyzed the enemy's defenses, it's up to you to mount a magic broomstick and form an aerial assault team with a group of flying vampires to suppress the wizards in the castle. The rest formed a ground force and attacked from the front......"

“…… My God! From here, cross the entire forest fire and parachute into Hogwarts? Are you crazy? ”

Harry. Permanent Vice Minister Gordon reached out and slapped his forehead exaggeratedly, and shook his head with a wry smile, "...... Even a military helicopter would be hard pressed to maintain a steady flight over such a scorching sea of fire, in the fierce air currents mixed with ash, let alone my magic broomstick and the thin wings of a vampire...... And how are the ground forces supposed to get through the burning forest ?! Do you think they're all iron men? At this temperature, even pig iron can melt! ”

-- Feeling the oncoming waves of scorching heat, Wang Qiu had to admit that this overwhelming rocket bombardment, while successfully destroying the enemy, also accidentally blocked the offensive path for his own troops to organize a counterattack.

“…… What's more, what we really need to consider now is not a counterattack on Hogwarts Castle, but a question of how to escape from the scene of this dangerous forest fire...... "Harry. Gordon sighed, then continued more frustratedly, "...... You see, because I didn't take into account that the wind direction would change in the second half of the night, the fire is now burning towards Hogsmeade! ”

“…… Is it that serious? How do I think this forest fire is still far from Hogsmeade, that is, it has just burned to the very edge of the border between the crops and the forest. Wang Qiu squinted at the fire, and it didn't seem to be as terrible as Harry said, "...... Between the crops and the village, there is a very fast stream! How could this fire burn out in a moment and a half?! ”

“…… The real scary part is not the fire itself, but the smoke that comes out! Harry was a little speechless at first, and then asked rhetorically with a strange expression. …… Mr. Wang, don't you still know what is planted in this field?! ”

on this. Wang Qiu was stunned for a moment, and finally reacted, and was immediately scared into a cold sweat.

- Remember, the dozens of acres of fields around Hogsmeade are now hardy cannabis fields grown by Scottish druids!

To make matters worse, there are also improvised sheds where at least a few hundred kilograms of half-finished products of marijuana cigarettes are stacked...... If these soft drug plants with a pungent odor. It was set ablaze by a spreading wildfire, and then let the wind blow thick marijuana smoke into the village......

Oh, my God! It's not just a matter of potential drug addiction. It's about worrying about whether the strange people in this village will suddenly collectively enter a bloodthirsty and violent state under the psychedelic effect of marijuana, and then slash and bite each other to the point that corpses are all over the field and rivers of blood......

“…… Thank you very much for the reminder. I almost didn't think about this terrible mortal danger...... It's bad luck. There were less than 10 firefighting missiles left, and fire extinguishers and gas masks were largely unprepared...... Hey, forget it, let's organize a retreat quickly! ”

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Explosions, screams, fires, heat waves......

It was as if I was being squeezed by a huge roller, and every corner of my body hurt as if it had been crushed by something......

Every hair, every bone, even every drop of blood, every cell seemed to be flattened. Messily mixed together and stirred constantly, clockwise then counterclockwise and then clockwise or counterclockwise. Very regular...... Oh -- it's like being in a centrifuge in a lab.

God, he must have been stirred into a mess of meat.

With a throbbing pain that seemed to sink deep into his bones, Sir Roderick finally slowly woke up from the rubble.

Fortunately, at this time, not only was he not stirred into a ball of meat, but he didn't even break a single bone.

- Earlier, when the entire ceiling collapsed and fell, the magic talisman he carried with him was triggered in time, and a small shield was erected around him, so that Sir would not be crushed into a pulp by the huge concrete blocks that rolled down.

After dusting off his tattered clothes, and touching the inner pocket of his coat on the chest to make sure that his wand was still intact, Sir Roderick finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he reached out and grabbed a broken wall, staggering to his feet.

“…… Ahem, Nissa! Corey! Wix! Bloom! Ahem! Is anyone still there? If you are there, you will answer! ”

After a moment's respite, Sir Roderick clung at his hoarse, dry throat and tried to call out the names of several of the wizard's men, but answered him with nothing but the plucking of the flames.

As far as the eye could see, there were nothing but blazing flames, crumbling concrete rubble, and mutilated charred corpses—it was clear that his men had either fled or died.

A sense of frustration of defeat quickly spread throughout his body, causing Jazz's shoulders to droop for a moment...... But after only a few seconds, he picked himself up again, pulled out an intricately crafted and expensive teleportation scroll from his bosom, and waved his wand and chanted an awkward incantation to reset the scroll's destination teleportation coordinates.

Then, Sir Roderick took a deep breath of the scorching air filled with smoke and scorching, turned his head in the direction of Hogsmeade Village and smiled coldly: "...... Damn Harry, this time it looks like you've won again! But that's just the beginning...... I'm waiting for you in London! ”

The next moment, with a flash of white light, the former executive director of the British Ministry of Magic disappeared from the ruins of the castle.

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Because it has not been effectively extinguished, the unprecedented scale of the forest fire at Hogwarts theme park burned there for three days and three nights before it was naturally extinguished by a heavy rainstorm...... By the time the fire subsided, all that remained around the ruins of Hogwarts Castle was a scorched black ash of dead trees and ashes, and it would take at least a generation to restore the old view by relying on nature's liliang.

However, no one cared about such a trivial matter at the moment - at dawn the next day, the representatives of the Avatars of Hogsmeade finally managed to break through the fire and smoke that spread over the mountains, and fled to Glasgow's Town Hall, where they seized it as a temporary stronghold.

In fact, even with a cabinet minister and a permanent undersecretary as negotiators, the mayor and the councillors of Glasgow were not very convinced, and even went so far as to claim that they only accepted direct orders from the Scottish government, and had no obligation to obey Whitehall in London...... Thankfully, in Harry. After Permanent Undersecretary Gordon wielded his wand and cast a few mind control spells, all the troubles were solved.

In short, in the Glasgow City Hall building, thousands of delegates of the Adepts who had escaped from the Hogwarts theme park finally found a place to rest for a while. And just as they were drinking cereal porridge for breakfast and sighing about their bad luck this time, the latest news from all over Britain was also spread through various channels. (To be continued......)