The Defence System of the Ministry of Magic had begun to limit Dumbledore's ability to mobilize his magic, and he began to appear to be scrambled under Voldemort's attacks, not only to fight against a wizard of equal strength, but also to guard against the attacks of the Ministry's defensive magic - unlike Hogwarts, the Ministry's defensive magic was supported by a complete energy supply system, and the attacks sent out were not fancy, but each blow was powerful.

Lockhart realized that Dumbledore needed help, anyway, the Department of Transportation had been charged, and he could escape at any time, without worrying about retreating, he hid behind a fireplace: "The sky is falling apart!"

He used all his magic power to cast the most powerful spell he could ever cast, and the front half of his wand glowed with a dazzling blue light...... The ground throughout the Ministry of Magic began to shake, cracking, cracking, cracking...... All the wizards were unsteady on their feet and had to be distracted in an effort to keep their balances - at this point the trained Aurors finally had a slight advantage, and although they were all unsteady on their feet, the Aurors were in much better condition than the Death Eaters, and they took advantage of the opportunity to fight back frantically and knock down several more Death Eaters.

Half of the magic was left at once, and if it continued, it might collapse the ceiling of the Ministry of Magic, Scrimgeour was dealing with Barty Jr., and Lockhart took this opportunity to try to help Dumbledore, and his wand was pointed at Voldemort: "Break the yuan in one go!"

A blue light flew towards Voldemort, startling him, and he swung his staff to block Lockhart's attack, giving him a fierce look, but still concentrating on Dumbledore.

After the sky was shattered and the earth was stabilized, several Death Eaters continued to besiege Lockhart, and he had to give up the idea of joining the battle between two top wizards.

Another violent fluctuation of magical power, the barrier of the Ministry of Magic, used the most powerful means - to solidify the space and magical elements around Dumbledore's body. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Voldemort drove all the rubble and bricks on the ground, and fired a salvo at Dumbledore with ten thousand bullets, while his wand spewed a ball of fire towards the trapped Dumbledore.

Nearly ten Aurors had already been knocked to the ground, and while the Death Eaters had fallen even more, the numbers on both sides had grown larger again - and most crucially, Dumbledore seemed to be defeated!

Dumbledore struggled to condense a silver shield with magic to block a salvo of bullets, then extinguished the fire with his wand and built a stone wall to block the next attack of the defensive barrier and the death curse that Voldemort might use.

"Alasto, go and smash the logistics department for me, and forcibly turn off the anti-apparition!" Seeing that Dumbledore had only the power to parry, Scrimgeour screamed hoarsely and used his magic to give orders to the other two groups, "Activate the Floo Network and go back to the 'old place'!"

"Don't let them apparition, use the Death Curse!" Barty Jr. cried out frantically.

Scrimgeour preemptively forced him back with the Death Curse, and with a wave of his wand, he created a large cloud of smoke on the ground, and he took advantage of the chaos to rush to Dumbledore's side, relieved him with a spell, and supported him: "Dumbledore, remove Hogwarts' anti-apparition, let's retreat!"

Dumbledore nodded weakly, his old body was a little injured, and he felt a little weaker: "Tom, be careful with my next move." ”

Dumbledore seemed to be pretending to remind Voldemort, but in fact, it was the Order of the Phoenix and the Aurors who reminded them to prepare for apparition - the Ministry of Magic's defenses were finally forcibly closed, and the flow of magic in the hall suddenly became smooth, and a large number of magic elements poured towards Dumbledore, and Lockhart, whose magic affinity was already very high, even felt the magic elements brushing through his body and heard the sound of magic surging...... Voldemort was also immediately alert: the old guy is going to make a big move!

"Ao Bang Nova!"

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The violent flash made people unable to open their eyes, and after a few tenths of a second, everyone was shocked by the powerful shockwave, and the floor of the Ministry of Magic had just been cracked and warped by Lockhart, and at this time, all of them were peeled off the ground by the blast wave of the explosion, torn apart and lifted away, so that the rubble continued to hit the wizards' bodies. After being blown off the ground by the shock wave, the sound of a violent explosion reached everyone's ears - the wizard who did not protect himself with a spell was not directly killed, and he was probably deaf or blind.

Lockhart got up from the ground, because he had always used two spells to protect himself, except for a little pain in his eyes and ears, it was basically fine, and there was no complete ground in the entire hall of the Ministry of Magic, which was full of smoke and dust, and it was difficult to breathe or see.

There was a crisp "crackle" sound, alerting Lockhart that Dumbledore was trying to cover their apparitions! He immediately thought about Hogwarts, and began to apparition, the anti-apparition had been turned off, and he followed the apparition and returned to the front of the Hogwarts lobby a few seconds later.

As soon as the apparition was over and his feet hit the ground, Lockhart raised his wand alertly and looked around to see that a dozen people, including Dumbledore and Scrimgeour, had returned.

"Why did you break up with Miss Fudge?" asked Scrimgeour aloud with his wand pointing at Lockhart.

"I didn't break up with her!" Lockhart knew it was identifying, and Scrimgeour removed his wand.

In the seconds that followed, more than a dozen more apparitions appeared, all of whom Scrimgeour pointed at with his wand to confirm their identities, possibly suddenly, without any Death Eaters infiltrating pretending to be the Aurors.

"Activate Hogwarts' Anti-Apparition. Scrimgeour said to Dumbledore, who was sitting on the ground. "It's been more than ten seconds and I haven't come back......"

"Louise didn't come back, Joe and Nikita ......"

The fat man Qiao also phantomed and fell to the ground at once, and the blood flowed to the ground.

"Cure him!" Scrimgeour snapped, "It's impossible to come back all of them, Dumbledore!"

Dumbledore nodded, waved his wand, and reactivated all of Hogwarts' defensive magic.

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Finally breathing a sigh of relief, his nerves tense, Lockhart had only now begun to feel scared - more than a dozen Aurors had been knocked out in the melee, nine of them had not returned, and a few had been dragged back by their colleagues with apparitions, the most losses of an Auror in a single operation since the establishment of Auror Command.

Most of them were wounded, and even if they were fine, they were disgraced - compared to the physical injuries, everyone was terrified: this surprise attack, the other party was prepared, and the ambush was not entirely accidental. But if you rush in and suffer heavy losses and don't immediately retake the Ministry of Magic, don't even think about it when the Death Eaters gain a foothold, control all the employees, and start using public opinion to control the wizarding world.

Most of the Aurors were still on special missions or vacations at the Ministry of Magic a few hours ago, but they were reversed in an instant, and they lost all the games. They suddenly went from being the most elite employees of the Ministry of Magic, the enforcers of the wizarding world, to rebels, and the kind of lost dogs!

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"What's the matter, Mr. Headmaster?" McGonagall, sensing that they were back, hurried over to ask, "Didn't win?"

"No...... Voldemort is stronger than he was a year ago, and I'm still running away from home......" Dumbledore sat down on the ground and told McGonagall what had happened. "I'm afraid I'm really in big trouble this time......"

At this time, it was not yet dawn, but under the attack of Voldemort, many teachers and students were alert and did not sleep, and the crackling sound of a large number of apparitions attracted their attention. Soon the other professors and students came to watch, and Professor McGonagall angrily chased them away, but Hermione rushed over and hugged Lockhart: "Gildero, you're okay!"

"I'm fine. Lockhart put his arm around Hermione and stroked her hair, then saw Pandora running over and let go of Hermione.

"You ......" Pandora glanced at Hermione and Lockhart angrily, but now was clearly not the time to be jealous, "Professor, my grandfather is okay." ”

Lockhart hurriedly hugged her again: "I'm sorry dear, your grandfather has a worry-free life, but he was controlled by a mysterious person......"

Not only Lockhart's side, but Blake also put his arms around Harry, and Lupin put his arms around Tonks, no matter how sudden, as if in a dream, but everyone knew that the days of peace were over, and the catastrophe was coming.

"Why, Britain's No. 1 White Wizard has come back from being beaten to the ground?" Snape also appeared, although he was also a little surprised, but he couldn't help but taunt: "What should we do now?"

"The Order of the Phoenix, and the Aurors, come to the lobby, and the other professors will take the students back to the common room!" Dumbledore commanded sternly, then stood up and walked into the hall.

- (To be continued.) )