"Stupefy ~ (Stupefy)"
"Petrificus ~ (All petrified)"
"Excellarmus ~ (excluding your weapon)!"
… .
Streaks of magical light flew down the aisle and instantly knocked out several French Aurors who were unable to react in time. Fran casually used a spell to tie them up and then led the main force into the deepest part of the earth.
Everything went more smoothly than anyone could have imagined. Perhaps because the raid was too fast and the other party did not react in time, they did not encounter any decent resistance from beginning to end and soon broke into the Department of Mysteries.
However, to the surprise of Fran and the others, there was no one guarding the Department of Mysteries. When they looked up, they could only see countless six-to-seven-meter-tall rectangular cabinets standing in front of them. They were like a maze.
Flan had a vague idea that something was wrong, but before he could react, there was a dull noise all over the Ministry, and Walker, hanging at the very back, jerked his head around to see that the escape route behind him had disappeared, and the open door had been replaced by a grey painted wall.
It's a trap! the crowd immediately realised.
It was no wonder that when they broke in, they did not activate any of the Ministry's protective devices. At first, Fran thought that their surprise attack had been so effective that the guards were unable to react in time.
Now, it seemed that the other party had done it on purpose to lure them here…
At this thought, Fran's expression changed, but it was too late. The black and white tiles under everyone's feet instantly collapsed. Fran, who had the fastest reaction, suddenly fell forward and rolled a few times, barely avoiding the attack.
The others were not so lucky. Three of the unlucky Aurors were too slow to react and fell, while two others got their feet stuck in the cracks in the tiles.
Flan glanced around and tried to call for help, but the floor tiles were collapsing faster and faster, and dozens of large, rectangular cabinets were hurtling toward them.
"Confringo ~! (Explosion)" Flan and the others waved their wands and cast spells together. Under the bombardment of hundreds of Exploding Spells, a large number of cabinets instantly exploded.
However, these huge, rectangular cabinets were very strong, and there were an unimaginable number of them. In the end, only a small portion of the cabinets were destroyed by the successive explosions. Many more cabinets had already broken through the hastily set up magical barrier and crashed straight into them.
Flan's face darkened, but in the end, she chose not to fight to the death. After pulling out the nearest Auror colleague who had his foot stuck in the ground, she pulled him along and rolled away.
The large and heavy cabinet swept past Fran and the others. The huge wind pressure caused their backs to hurt, and the two Aurors who could not react in time were sent flying.
As soon as he landed, he scrambled to his feet with an ugly expression on his face. This was not only because of his two colleagues who had just been killed, but also because they were surrounded by large cabinets.
A small number of people could also feel the ground shaking and rising rapidly, while the other side was descending rapidly. It was obvious that the other party wanted to separate their team of over a hundred people, and it seemed that they had already done so.
Even if they blew up the cabinets in front of them now, due to the difference in height, they would not be able to meet the others in a short period of time…
"Be careful, all of you!" Flan warned loudly, holding her wand out in front of her. The remaining dozen or so Aurors did not dare to be negligent and stood back to back, looking around warily.
Suddenly, there was a sharp cry from within the Department of Mysteries, and Flan looked up to see a dark shadow passing over the cabinets so fast that even he could not see it.
While everyone was distracted, the cabinet on the right suddenly opened, and another black shadow sprang out, its sharp claws slashing at the face of one of the Aurors. The Aurors were too distracted to dodge, and several deep bloody gashes appeared on their faces.
"Ah!!!" The unlucky Auror covered his face and cried out in pain. His fellow Aurors quickly surrounded him and protected him while the Healers took care of him.
Flan naturally took notice of her injured colleague, and her face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. After breaking into this place, they had not seen a single hostile wizard and had been played for fools, and had even been split up by the other party.
Fran knew that he had to take most of the blame for what had happened. His previous attempt to kill his way in had gone so smoothly that he had underestimated the security and fallen into the trap.
Normally, he would have used a small force as the vanguard…
However, since it had already happened, there was no point in being upset about it. Fearing for the safety of the rest of the Aurors, he chose the most violent method of breaking through.
"Put up protection and smash these cabinets!" shouted Flan as she swung her wand at the cabinets in front of her.
In fact, before he could warn them, the surrounding Aurors had already cast an Armor Charm on themselves and then followed Fren's instructions to blast open the cabinets in front of them.
However, these cabinets were made of special materials and were highly resistant to magic. They were different from the cabinets used by hundreds of wizards, so their effects were limited. They only caused a few large holes in the cabinets, but what made them gasp was that they saw many more cabinets stacked on top of each other, constantly changing positions.
Like ghosts, several black shadows sprang out from these cabinets and attacked at an unimaginable speed. Their sharp claws slashed through the air like assassins.
Even though all the wizards present were protected by protective enchantments, and none of them were injured in the first wave of attacks, they were suddenly attacked by a strange monster that was hiding in the dark. They could not even see the other party's face, and the pressure on them increased exponentially.
Knowing he could not go on like this, he used the Shield Charm to block the second attack.
Due to the short interval between the two attacks, Fran did not have time to reinforce the Shield Charm, so after a slight delay, the sharp claws quickly broke through the protective barrier and pierced deeply into the flesh of his chest, causing several red wounds to appear.
With a grunt, Flun took advantage of these slight pauses to catch the movement of the dark figure, and anticipating it, she jerked her wand and pointed it at the dark figure.
"Diffindo ~ (cracked apart)"